| 1 Hirão, rei de Tiro, enviou também os seus embaixadores a Salomão, pois ouviu dizer que ele tinha sido ungido rei em lugar de seu pai. Hirão tinha sido sempre amigo de Davide. | 1 Solomon was overlord of al the kingdoms from the River to the territory of the Philistines and theEgyptian border. They brought tribute and served him al his life long. |
| 2 Salomão mandou dizer a Hirão: | 2 The daily provisions for Solomon were: thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal, |
| 3 Tu sabes que a Davide, meu pai, lhe foi impossível edificar uma casa ao nome do Senhor seu Deus, por causa das guerras que lhe sobrevinham de todas as partes, enquanto o Senhor lhe não pôs debaixo dos pés os seus inimigos. | 3 ten fattened oxen, twenty free-grazing oxen, one hundred sheep, besides deer and gazelles, roebucksand fattened poultry. |
| 4 Porém , agora, o Senhor meu Deus concedeu-me repouso por toda a parte: nem inimigos, nem calamidades. | 4 For he was master of al Transeuphrates -- of all the kings of Transeuphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza --and he enjoyed peace on al his frontiers. |
| 5 Por isso penso em edificar um templo ao nome do Senhor meu Deus, conforme o que o Senhor ordenou a Davide, meu pai, quando disse: Teu filho, que eu farei sentar em teu lugar sobre o teu trono, este edificará um templo ao meu nome. | 5 Judah and Israel lived in security, everyone under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba,throughout the lifetime of Solomon. |
| 6 Dá ordem, pois, a teus servos que me cortem cedros do Líbano. Os meus servos estarão com os teus, e eu darei a teus servos a paga que pedires, porque tu sabes que, entre o meu povo, não há ninguém que saiba cortar madeira como os Sidónios. | 6 And Solomon had four thousand stal s of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand cavalrymen. |
| 7 Hirão, tendo ouvido as palavras de Salomão, alegrou-se em extremo e disse: Bem-dito seja o Senhor Deus, que deu a Davide um filho sapientíssimo para reinar sobre este grande povo. | 7 These administrators provided the food for Solomon and for al those who were admitted by him to theroyal table, each for the period of a month; they ensured that nothing was wanting. |
| 8 Hirão mandou dizer a Salomão: Ouvi tudo o que me mandaste dizer; eu executarei tudo o que desejas acerca das madeiras de cedro e de faia. | 8 They also provided the barley and straw for the horses and draught animals, where required, eachaccording to the quota demanded of him. |
| 9 Os meus servos as levarão do Líbano até ao mar, e eu as farei conduzir em jangadas até ao lugar que me designares. Aí as desatarão, e tu as mandarás receber. Pela tua parte, dar-me-ás o necessário para sustentação da minha casa. | 9 God gave Solomon immense wisdom and understanding, and a heart as vast as the sand on the sea-shore. |
| 10 Deu, pois, Hirão a Salomão madeiras de cedro e cipreste, conforme o seu desejo. | 10 The wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of al the sons of the East and al the wisdom of Egypt. |
| 11 Salomão dava a Hirão, para sustento da sua casa, vinte mil coros de trigo, e vinte coros de puríssimo azeite. Tudo isto dava Salomão a Hirão anualmente. | 11 He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, than the sons of Mahol, Heman, Calcoland Darda; his fame spread to all the surrounding nations. |
| 12 Deu o Senhor a sabedoria a Salomão, conforme lhe tinha prometido. Havia paz entre Hirão e Salomão, e fizeram ambos aliança entre si. | 12 He composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five. |
| 13 O rei Salomão escolheu trinta mil operários em todo o Israel. | 13 He could discourse on plants from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing on the wal ; and hecould discourse on animals and birds and reptiles and fish. |
| 14 Ele os mandava ao Líbano por seu turno, dez mil cada mês; desta sorte, ficavam dois meses em suas casas. Adonirão era o encarregado de dar cumprimento a esta disposição. | 14 Men from al nations came to hear Solomon's wisdom, and he received gifts from al the kings in theworld, who had heard of his wisdom. |
| 15 Salomão tinha setenta mil que acarretavam os materiais, e oitenta mil cabouqueiros no monte, | 15 Hiram king of Tyre sent an embassy to Solomon, having learnt that he had been anointed king insuccession to his father and because Hiram had always been a friend of David. |
| 16 sem contar os que presidiam aos vários trabalhos, em número de três mil e trezentos, os quais davam ordens ao povo e aos que trabalhavam. | 16 And Solomon sent this message to Hiram, |
| 17 O rei mandou que tirassem pedras grandes, pedras de valor, para os alicerces do templo, e que as esquadriassem. | 17 'You are aware that my father David was unable to build a temple for the name of Yahweh his God, onaccount of the wars waged on him from every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet. |
| 18 E levaram-nas os canteiros de Salomão e os canteiros de Hirão, enquanto que os de Gíblios aparelharam as madeiras e as pedras para se edificar a casa. | 18 But now Yahweh my God has given me peace on every side: not one enemy, no calamities. |
| 19 I propose, then, to build a temple for the name of Yahweh my God, in accordance with what Yahwehtold my father David, "Your son whom I shall place on your throne to succeed you wil be the man to build atemple for my name." |
| 20 So now have cedars of Lebanon cut down for me; my servants wil work with your servants, and I shallpay for the hire of your servants at whatever rate you fix. As you know, we have no one as skil ed in felling treesas the Sidonians.' |
| 21 When Hiram heard what Solomon had said, he was delighted. 'Now blessed be Yahweh,' he said, 'whohas given David a wise son to rule over this great people!' |
| 22 And Hiram sent word to Solomon, 'I have received your message. For my part, I shall supply you withal you require in the way of cedar wood and juniper. |
| 23 Your servants wil bring these down from Lebanon to the sea, and I shal have them towed by sea toany place you name; I shal discharge them there, and you wil take them over. For your part, you wil see to theprovisioning of my household as I desire.' |
| 24 So Hiram provided Solomon with al the cedar wood and juniper he wanted |
| 25 while Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kor of wheat to feed his household, and twenty thousandkor of pure oil. Solomon gave Hiram this every year. |
| 26 Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom as he had promised him; good relations persisted between Solomonand Hiram, and the two of them concluded a treaty. |
| 27 King Solomon raised a levy throughout Israel for forced labour: the levy numbered thirty thousand men. |
| 28 He sent these to Lebanon in relays, ten thousand a month; they spent one month in Lebanon and twomonths at home. Adoram was in charge of the forced labour. |
| 29 Solomon also had seventy thousand porters and eighty thousand quarrymen in the mountains, |
| 30 as wel as the administrators, officials who supervised the work, three thousand three hundred of themin charge of the men employed in the work. |
| 31 At the king's orders they quarried huge stones, special stones for the laying of the temple foundations,dressed stones. |
| 32 Solomon's workmen and Hiram's workmen and the Giblites cut and assembled the wood and stone forthe building of the Temple. |
