I Livro dos Reis 5

SAGRADA BIBLIA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Quando Hirão, rei de Tiro, soube que Salomão fora ungido rei em lugar de seu pai, enviou-lhe os seus servos, pois Hirão fora sempre amigo de Davi.	1 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, down to the border of Egypt; they paid Solomon tribute and were his vassals as long as he lived.
2 Salomão, de seu lado, mandou a Hirão a mensagem seguinte:	2 Solomon's supplies for each day were thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,
3 Sabes que Davi, meu pai, não pôde edificar um templo em nome do Senhor seu Deus, por causa das guerras que teve de sustentar até o dia em que o Senhor pôs os seus inimigos sob a planta de seus pés.	3 ten fatted oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, not counting harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
4 Agora, porém, o Senhor deu-me paz de todos os lados: não há mais inimigos nem calamidades.	4 He ruled over all the land west of the Euphrates, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and over all its kings, and he had peace on all his borders round about.
5 Por isso penso em edificar um templo em nome do Senhor, meu Deus. O Senhor, com efeito, falara disso a Davi, meu pai, nestes termos: Teu filho, que eu farei sentar em teu lugar no trono, este edificará um templo em meu nome.	5 Thus Judah and Israel lived in security, every man under his vine or under his fig tree from Dan to Beer-sheba, as long as Solomon lived.
6 Dá ordem, pois, aos teus servos, que me cortem cedros do Líbano. Meus operários trabalharão com os teus, e pagarei a estes o salário que pedires, pois sabes que não há ninguém entre nós que saiba cortar árvores como os sidônios.	6 Solomon had four thousand stalls for his twelve thousand chariot horses.
7 Hirão, ouvindo a mensagem de Salomão, encheu-se de grande alegria, e disse: Bendito seja o Senhor, que deu a Davi um filho cheio de sabedoria para governar esse grande povo!	7 These commissaries, one for each month, provided food for King Solomon and for all the guests at the royal table. They left nothing unprovided.
8 Em seguida, mandou responder a Salomão: Recebi tua mensagem. Farei tudo o que desejas acerca das madeiras de cedro e de cipreste.	8 For the chariot horses and draft animals also, each brought his quota of barley and straw to the required place.
9 Meus servos as descerão do Líbano até o mar, e dali as farei conduzir em jangadas até o lugar que me designares. Ali as desatarão, e tu as mandarás receber. De teu lado, corresponderás aos meus desejos, fornecendo víveres à minha casa.	9 Moreover, God gave Solomon wisdom and exceptional understanding and knowledge, as vast as the sand on the seashore.
10 Hirão deu, pois, a Salomão, tanta madeira de cedro e de cipreste quanta ele quis.	10 Solomon surpassed all the Cedemites and all the Egyptians in wisdom.
11 E Salomão deu-lhe vinte mil coros de trigo para o sustento de sua casa, bem como vinte coros de óleo bruto. Isso fornecia Salomão a Hirão cada ano.	11 He was wiser than all other men--than Ethan the Ezrahite, or Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the musicians--and his fame spread throughout the neighboring nations.
12 O Senhor tinha dado sabedoria a Salomão, conforme prometera. Houve paz entre Hirão e Salomão, e fizeram aliança entre si.	12 Solomon also uttered 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 discussed plants, from the cedar on Lebanon to the hyssop growing out of the wall, and he spoke about beasts, birds, reptiles, and fishes.
14 Ele os mandava por seu turno ao Líbano, dez mil cada mês; passavam assim um mês no Líbano e dois meses em sua casa. Adonirão dirigia os trabalhos.	14 Men came to hear Solomon's wisdom from all nations, sent by all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
15 Salomão tinha ainda setenta mil carregadores e oitenta mil cortadores de pedras na montanha,	15 When Hiram, king of Tyre, heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, he sent an embassy to him; for Hiram had always been David's friend.
16 sem contar três mil e trezentos contramestres que presidiam os vários trabalhos, os quais davam ordens ao povo e aos operários.	16 Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:
17 O rei ordenou que extraíssem grandes e belas pedras, que deviam ser talhadas para os alicerces do templo.	17 "You know that my father David, because of the enemies surrounding him on all sides, could not build a temple in honor of the LORD, his God, until such a time as the LORD should put these enemies under the soles of his feet.
18 Os operários de Salomão e os de Hirão talharam as pedras, enquanto os giblieus preparavam as madeiras e as pedras para a construção da casa.	18 But now the LORD, my God, has given me peace on all sides. There is no enemy or threat of danger.
	19 So I purpose to build a temple in honor of the LORD, my God, as the LORD predicted to my father David when he said: 'It is your son whom I will put upon your throne in your place who shall build the temple in my honor.'
	20 Give orders, then, to have cedars from the Lebanon cut down for me. My servants shall accompany yours, since you know that there is no one among us who is skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians, and I will pay you whatever you say for your servants' salary."
	21 When he had heard the words of Solomon, Hiram was pleased and said, "Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given David a wise son to rule this numerous people."
	22 Hiram then sent word to Solomon, "I agree to the proposal you sent me, and I will provide all the cedars and fir trees you wish.
	23 My servants shall bring them down from the Lebanon to the sea, and I will arrange them into rafts in the sea and bring them wherever you say. There I will break up the rafts, and you shall take the lumber. You, for your part, shall furnish the provisions I desire for my household."
	24 So Hiram continued to provide Solomon with all the cedars and fir trees he wished;
	25 while Solomon every year gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat to provide for his household, and twenty thousand measures of pure oil.
	26 The LORD, moreover, gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, since they were parties to a treaty.
	27 King Solomon conscripted thirty thousand workmen from all Israel.
	28 He sent them to the Lebanon each month in relays of ten thousand, so that they spent one month in the Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the draft.
	29 Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain,
	30 in addition to three thousand three hundred overseers, answerable to Solomon's prefects for the work, directing the people engaged in the work.
	31 By order of the king, fine, large blocks were quarried to give the temple a foundation of hewn stone.
	32 Solomon's and Hiram's builders, along with the Gebalites, hewed them out, and prepared the wood and stones for building the temple.