I Livro dos Reis 5

SAGRADA BIBLIA	NEW JERUSALEM
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 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, de seu lado, mandou a Hirão a mensagem seguinte:	2 The daily provisions for Solomon were: thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures 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 fattened oxen, twenty free-grazing oxen, one hundred sheep, besides deer and gazelles, roebucksand fattened poultry.
4 Agora, porém, o Senhor deu-me paz de todos os lados: não há mais 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 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 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, 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 And Solomon had four thousand stal s of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand cavalrymen.
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 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 Em seguida, mandou responder a Salomão: Recebi tua mensagem. Farei tudo o que desejas acerca das madeiras de cedro e de cipreste.	8 They also provided the barley and straw for the horses and draught animals, where required, eachaccording to the quota demanded of him.
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 God gave Solomon immense wisdom and understanding, and a heart as vast as the sand on the sea-shore.
10 Hirão deu, pois, a Salomão, tanta madeira de cedro e de cipreste quanta ele quis.	10 The wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of al the sons of the East and al the wisdom of Egypt.
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 anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, than the sons of Mahol, Heman, Calcoland Darda; his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.
12 O Senhor tinha dado sabedoria a Salomão, conforme prometera. Houve paz entre Hirão e Salomão, e fizeram 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 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 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 ainda setenta mil carregadores e oitenta mil cortadores de pedras na montanha,	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 três mil e trezentos contramestres que presidiam os vários trabalhos, os quais davam ordens ao povo e aos operários.	16 And Solomon sent 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 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 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 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.