1 En Hiram, die koning van Tirus, het sy dienaars na Salomo gestuur, omdat hy gehoor het dat hulle hom in sy vader se plek as koning gesalf het, want Hiram was altyd 'n vriend van Dawid.
2 Daarop laat Salomo aan Hiram weet:
3 U weet self dat my vader Dawid geen huis vir die Naam van die HERE sy God kon bou nie vanweë die oorlog waarmee hulle hom omring het, totdat die HERE hulle onder sy voetsole gebring het.
4 Maar nou het die HERE my God my rus gegee rondom; daar is geen teëstander en daar is geen onheil wat dreig nie.
5 En kyk, ek is van plan om vir die Naam van die HERE my God 'n huis te bou soos die HERE met my vader Dawid gespreek en gesê het: Jou seun wat Ek in jou plek op jou troon sal sit, hy sal die huis vir my Naam bou.
6 Gee dan nou bevel dat hulle vir my seders uit die L¡banon kap, en laat my dienaars saam met u dienaars wees, en die loon van u dienaars sal ek u gee net soos u sê; want u weet self dat onder ons niemand is wat verstaan om bome te kap soos die Sidoniërs nie.
7 Net toe Hiram die woorde van Salomo hoor, was hy baie bly en sê: Geseënd is die HERE vandag wat vir Dawid 'n wyse seun gegee het oor hierdie groot volk.
8 Daarop laat Hiram aan Salomo weet: Ek het gehoor wat u my laat weet het; ,k sal doen alles wat u verlang insake die sederhout en die sipreshout.
9 My dienaars sal dit van die L¡banon na die see afbring, en ,k sal daar vlotte van maak op die see, tot by die plek wat u my sal laat weet, en ek sal dit daar uitmekaar laat neem; dan kan u dit laat wegneem; en u moet doen wat ek verlang deur voedsel aan my huis te lewer.
10 So het Hiram dan aan Salomo sederhout en sipreshout gelewer, soveel as hy wou hê,
11 terwyl Salomo aan Hiram gelewer het twintig duisend kor koring as voedsel vir sy huis en twintig kor uitgestampte olie; so het Salomo aan Hiram jaar vir jaar gelewer.
12 En die HERE het aan Salomo wysheid gegee volgens sy belofte, en daar was vrede tussen Hiram en Salomo, en hulle twee het 'n verbond gesluit.
13 Verder het koning Salomo uit die hele Israel die dwangarbeiders laat opkom, sodat die dwangarbeiders dertig duisend man was.
14 En hy het hulle gestuur na die L¡banon, tien duisend elke maand by beurte; een maand was hulle op die L¡banon, twee maande tuis; en Adon¡ram was oor die dwangarbeid.
15 Salomo het ook sewentig duisend draers en tagtig duisend klipkappers op die gebergte gehad,
16 behalwe die hoofopsigters van Salomo wat oor die werk was, drie duisend drie honderd wat bevel gevoer het oor die mense wat die werk doen.
17 En die koning het bevel gegee om groot klippe, kosbare klippe uit te breek om die fondament van die huis met gekapte klippe te lê.
18 En die bouers van Salomo en die bouers van Hiram en die Gibliete het dit gekap en die boomstamme en die klippe bewerk om die huis te bou.
1 Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.
2 And Solomon sent back word to Hiram, saying,
3 You have knowledge that David my father was not able to make a house for the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars which were round him on every side, till the Lord put all those who were against him under his feet.
4 But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.
5 And so it is my purpose to make a house for the name of the Lord my God, as he said to David my father, Your son, whom I will make king in your place, will be the builder of a house for my name.
6 So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.
7 And these words of Solomon made Hiram glad, and he said, Now may the Lord be praised who has given to David a wise son to be king over this great people.
8 Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.
9 My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.
10 So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;
11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.
12 Now the Lord had given Solomon wisdom, as he had said to him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made an agreement together.
13 Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;
14 And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.
15 Then he had seventy thousand for the work of transport, and eighty thousand stone-cutters in the mountains;
16 In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.
17 By the king's orders great stones, stones of high price, were cut out, so that the base of the house might be made of squared stone.
18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did the work of cutting them, and put edges on them, and got the wood and the stone ready for the building of the house.