Building the Temple
1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
Basi Sulemani alikusudia kujenga nyumba kwa jina la Bwana, na kuujengea ufalme wake nyumba.
2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
Sulemani akahesabu watu sabini elfu wawe wachukuzi wa mizigo, na watu themanini elfu wawe wachongaji milimani, na elfu tatu na mia sita wawe wasimamizi wao.
3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me .
Sulemani akatuma watu kwa Hiramu mfalme wa Tiro, akisema, kama ulivyomtendea baba yangu Daudi, na kumletea mierezi, ajijengee nyumba ya kukaa, unitendee na mimi.
4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
Angalia, najenga nyumba kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wangu, ili kumfanyia wakfu, ya kufukizia mbele zake fukizo la manukato, na ya mkate wa wonyesho wa daima, na ya sadaka za kuteketezwa za asubuhi na jioni, na za siku za sabato, na za mwezi mpya, na za sikukuu zilizoagizwa za Bwana, Mungu wetu. Hili ni agizo la milele kwa Israeli.
5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
Nayo nyumba nitakayoijenga ni kubwa; kwa sababu Mungu wetu ndiye mkuu juu ya miungu yote.
6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
Lakini ni nani awezaye kumjengea nyumba, ikiwa mbingu hazimtoshi, wala mbingu za mbingu? Nami ni nani basi, hata nimjengee nyumba, isipokuwa kwa ajili ya kufukizia fukizo mbele zake?
7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
Unipelekee basi mtu mstadi wa kazi ya dhahabu, na ya fedha, na ya shaba, na ya chuma, na ya urujuani, na nyekundu, na samawi, mwenye kujua kuchora machoro, pamoja na wastadi walioko Yuda na Yerusalemu pamoja nami, aliowaweka baba yangu Daudi.
8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
Niletee tena mierezi, na miberoshi, na miti ya msandali kutoka Lebanoni; maana najua ya kwamba watumishi wako hujua sana kuchonga miti Lebanoni; na tazama, watumishi wangu watakuwa pamoja na watumishi wako,
9 even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
ili wanitengenezee miti kwa wingi; kwani nyumba nitakayoijenga itakuwa kubwa ajabu.
10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
Na tazama, nitawapa watumishi wako, wachongaji wakatao miti, kori ishirini elfu za ngano iliyopondwa, na kori ishirini elfu za shayiri, na bathi ishirini elfu za mvinyo, na bathi ishirini elfu za mafuta.
11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
Ndipo Hiramu mfalme wa Tiro akajibu kwa waraka, aliompelekea Sulemani, Ni kwa sababu Bwana awapenda watu wake, amekufanya uwe mfalme juu yao.
12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
Hiramu akasema tena, Na ahimidiwe Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, aliyezifanya mbingu na nchi, ambaye amempa mfalme Daudi mwana wa hekima, mwenye busara na akili, ili amjengee Bwana nyumba, na nyumba kwa ufalme wake.
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
Na sasa nimemtuma mtu mstadi, mwenye akili, yaani, Hiramu baba yangu.
14 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
mwana wa mwanamke wa binti za Dani, na babaye alikuwa mtu wa Tiro, ajuaye sana kazi ya dhahabu, na ya fedha, ya shaba, ya chuma, ya mawe, na ya mti, ya urujuani, ya samawi, na ya kitani safi, na ya nyekundu; tena mstadi wa kuchora machoro yo yote, na wa kufikiri fikira yo yote; apate kuagiziwa kazi pamoja na watu wako wastadi, tena na wastadi wa bwana wangu Daudi baba yako.
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
Basi sasa hiyo ngano na shayiri, mafuta na mvinyo, aliyonena bwana wangu, na wapelekewe watumishi wake;
16 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
nasi tutakata miti katika Lebanoni, kadiri utakavyohitaji; na kukuletea tukiieleza baharini mpaka Yafa; nawe utaichukua Yerusalemu.
Foreign Labour
17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Ndipo Sulemani akawahesabu wageni wote waliokuwamo katika nchi ya Israeli, sawasawa na hesabu aliyowahesabu Daudi baba yake; wakatokea mia hamsini na tatu elfu, na mia sita.
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
Akaweka katika hao sabini elfu wawe wachukuzi wa mizigo, na themanini elfu wawe wachongaji milimani, na wasimamizi elfu tatu na mia sita, ili wawatie watu kazini.
