1 Reis 5

1 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father, and Hiram had always loved David. 2 Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 "You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet. 4 But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side. There is no enemy and no evil occurrence. 5 Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’ 6 Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For you know that there is nobody among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians."

7 When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, "Blessed is Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son to rule over this great people." 8 Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning cypress timber. 9 My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you specify to me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you will receive them. You will accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household."

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar timber and cypress timber according to all his desire. 11 Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors*5:11 20,000 cors would be about 120,000 bushels or about 4.2 megaliters of wheat, which would weigh about 3,270 metric tons. of wheat for food to his household, and twenty cors*5:11 20 cors is about 1,100 gallons or about 4220 liters. of pure oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year. 12 Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

13 King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, 16 besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work: three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people who labored in the work. 17 The king commanded, and they cut out large stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone. 18 Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

Ka Whakarite a Horomona kia Hanga i te Temepara

1 Nā, ka tonoa e Hīrama kīngi o Tāira āna tāngata ki a Horomona; i rongo hoki kua oti ia te whakawahi hei kīngi i muri i tōna pāpā; he aroha mau tonu hoki tō Hīrama ki a Rāwiri. 2 Ā, ka tono tāngata a Horomona ki a Hīrama hei kī atu:

3 "E mōhio ana koe kīhai i taea e tōku pāpā, e Rāwiri, te hanga whare mō te ingoa o Ihowā, o tōna Atua, i ngā whawhai hoki i tētahi taha ōna, i tētahi taha, ā taea noatia te hoatutanga o rātou e Ihowā ki raro i ngā kapu o ōna waewae. 4 Ko tēnei, kua mea nei a Ihowā, tōku Atua, kia okioki ahau i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha; kāhore he hoariri, kāhore hoki he kino e pā mai ana. 5 Nā, e mea ana tēnei ahau kia hangā he whare mō te ingoa o Ihowā, o tōku Atua, kia whakaritea te kupu a Ihowā ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri, tāna i mea ai, ‘Ko tāu tama e hoatu e ahau i muri i a koe ki runga ki tōu torōna, māna e hanga te whare mō tōku ingoa.’

6 "Tēnā rā, māu e whakahau kia tapahia mai he hīta māku i Repanōna. Ā, ko āku tāngata hei hoa mō āu tāngata; me hoatu anō e ahau ki a koe he utu mō āu tāngata, kia rite ki ngā mea katoa e kī mai ai koe; e mōhio ana hoki koe kāhore ō mātou tāngata hei rite mō ngā Haironi te mōhio ki te tapahi rākau."

7 Ā, i te rongonga o Hīrama i ngā kupu a Horomona, nui atu tōna koa, ā, ka mea, "Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā i tēnei rā, nāna nei i hōmai ki a Rāwiri he tama mōhio hei rangatira mō tēnei iwi nui."

8 Nā, ka tono tāngata atu a Hīrama ki a Horomona, hei mea:

"Kua rongo atu ahau i te kupu i tukua mai nei e koe ki ahau; ka mahia katoatia e ahau tāu e hiahia ana, arā ngā rākau, te hīta me te kauri. 9 Mā āku tāngata e tari mai i Repanōna ki te moana; ā, māku e whakatere atu i te moana ki te wāhi e whakarite ai koe ki ahau, māku hoki e mea kia rukea ki uta ki reira, ka tiki mai ai e koe; ā, ka meatia e koe tāku e hiahia ai, ki te hōmai he kai mā tōku whare."

10 Nā, ka hōmai e Hīrama he hīta, he kauri, ki a Horomona, āna rākau i hiahia ai. 11 Ā, hoatu ana e Horomona ki a Hīrama he mēhua wīti e rua tekau mano hei kai mā tōna whare, he mēhua hinu e rua tekau, he mea tuki; ko tā Horomona tēnei i hoatu ai ki a Hīrama i tēnei tau, i tēnei tau. 12 Ā, hōmai ana e Ihowā ki a Horomona he mōhio, he pērā me tāna i kōrero ai ki a ia; ā, mau tonu te rongo i waenganui o Hīrama rāua ko Horomona; ā, i whakarite kawenata rāua tokorua.

13 Nā, ka whakatakā e Horomona ētahi tāngata i roto i a Īharaira katoa; e toru tekau mano tāngata taua whakataka. 14 Ā, ungā ana rātou e ia ki Repanōna, tekau mano i te marama kotahi, he mea whakawhitiwhiti; kotahi tō rātou marama i Repanōna, e rua ngā marama i te kāinga; ko Aronirama hoki te rangatira o taua whakataka.

15 Nā, e whitu tekau mano ngā tāngata a Horomona hei mau kawenga, e waru tekau mano hei tārai i runga i ngā maunga; 16 hāunga ngā rangatira o ngā kaitohutohu a Horomona i whakahau nei i te mahi, e toru mano e toru rau aua kaiwhakahau i ngā kaimahi i te mahi. 17 Nā, ka whakahau te kīngi, ā, ka hāua e rātou he kōhatu nunui, he kōhatu utu nui, hei kōhatu hahau mō te tūranga o te whare.

18 Nā, tāraia ana e ngā kaihanga a Horomona, e ngā kaihanga a Hīrama, e ngā Kipiri, whakapaia ana e rātou ngā rākau me ngā kōhatu hei hanga mō te whare.