2 Crônicas 8

1 At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built Yahweh’s house and his own house, 2 Solomon built the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3 Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars; 6 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

7 As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel— 8 of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel didn’t consume—of them Solomon conscripted forced labor to this day. 9 But of the children of Israel, Solomon made no servants for his work, but they were men of war, chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. 10 These were the chief officers of King Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.

11 Solomon brought up Pharaoh’s daughter out of David’s city to the house that he had built for her; for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where Yahweh’s ark has come are holy."

12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on Yahweh’s altar which he had built before the porch, 13 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times per year, during the feast of unleavened bread, during the feast of weeks, and during the feast of booths.*8:13 or, feast of tents (Sukkot)

14 He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required, the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate, for David the man of God had so commanded. 15 They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.

16 Now all the work of Solomon was accomplished from the day of the foundation of Yahweh’s house until it was finished. So Yahweh’s house was completed.

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom. 18 Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea by the hands of his servants; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and brought from there four hundred fifty talents*8:18 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 450 talents is about 13.5 metric tons of gold, and brought them to King Solomon.

Ngā Whakatutukitanga a Horomona

1 Nā, i te mutunga o ngā tau e rua tekau i hangā ai e Horomona te whare o Ihowā, me tōna whare ake. 2 Ka hangā e Horomona ngā pā i hōmai e Hūrāma ki a Horomona, ā, whakanohoia ana e ia ngā tama a Īharaira ki reira.

3 Nā, haere ana a Horomona ki Hamatatopa, hinga ana a reira i a ia. 4 I hangā anō e ia a Taramoro i te koraha, me ngā pā taonga katoa i hangā nei e ia ki Hāmata. 5 I hangā anō e ia a Petehorono ki runga, me Petehorono anō ki raro he pā kapi tonu i te taiepa, i te kēti, i te tūtaki, 6 me Paarata, me ngā pā taonga katoa a Horomona, me ngā pā hāriata, me ngā pā hōia eke hōiho, me ngā mea katoa i hiahia ai a Horomona kia hangā ki Hiruhārama, ki Repanōna, ki te whenua katoa o tōna kīngitanga.

7 Ko te hunga katoa i mahue o ngā Hiti, o ngā Amori, o ngā Perihi, o ngā Hiwi, o ngā Iepuhi, ehara nei i a Īharaira; 8 ko ā rātou tama i toe i muri i a rātou ki te whenua, he mea kīhai i ngaro i ngā tama a Īharaira, meinga ana rātou e Horomona hei hōmai takoha ā mohoa noa nei. 9 Ko ngā tama ia a Īharaira, kīhai o rātou i meinga e Horomona hei pononga mō tāna mahi; engari hei tāngata whawhai rātou, hei rangatira mō āna rangatira, hei rangatira anō mō ana hāriata, mō āna hōia eke hōiho. 10 Ā, ko ngā rangatira anō ēnei o ngā kaitohutohu a Kīngi Horomona, e rua rau e rima tekau, hei rangatira mō te iwi.

11 I kawea atu hoki e Horomona te tamāhine a Parao i te pā o Rāwiri ki te whare i hangā e ia mōna, i mea hoki ia, "Kaua tāku wahine e noho ki te whare o Rāwiri kīngi o Īharaira; he tapu hoki ngā wāhi i tae ai te āka a Ihowā."

12 Nā, ka whakaekea e Horomona he tahunga tinana mā Ihowā ki runga ki te āta a Ihowā i hangā nei e ia ki mua i te whakamahau, 13 ko te mea o tēnei rā, o tēnei rā; rite tonu te whakaeke ki tā Mohi i whakahau ai, i ngā hāpati, i ngā kōwhititanga marama, i ngā hākari nunui, e toru ngā meatanga i te tau, arā i te Hākari Taro Rēwenakore, i te Hākari o Ngā Wiki, i te Hākari Whare Tīhokahoka. 14 I whakaritea anō e ia tā tōna pāpā, tā Rāwiri, mō ngā wehenga o ngā tohunga ki tā rātou mahi, mō ngā Rīwaiti ki tā rātou mahi, ki te whakamoemiti, ki te minita ki te aroaro o ngā tohunga, ki ngā meatanga o tēnei rā, o tēnei rā; mō ngā kaitiaki kūwaha anō, mō ō rātou wehenga ki ngā kūwaha; ko te mea hoki tēnā i whakahaua e Rāwiri, e tā te Atua tangata. 15 Kīhai hoki rātou i peka kē i te whakahau a te kīngi ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā Rīwaiti mō ngā mea katoa, mō ngā taonga.

16 Nā, kua rite te mahi katoa a Horomona tae rawa ake te rā i tū ai te whare o Ihowā, taea noatia tōna otinga. Nā, kua tino oti te whare o Ihowā.

17 Kātahi a Horomona ka haere ki Ehiono Kēpere, ki Eroto, ki te taha o te moana i te whenua o Ēroma. 18 Nā, ka ungā mai e Hūrāma āna tāngata ki a ia hei kawe mai i ngā kaipuke me ētahi tāngata e mōhio ana ki te moana. Ā, rere ana rātou ko ngā tāngata a Horomona ki Ōpira, tangohia ana e rātou he kōura e whā rau e rima tekau taranata, kawea ana ki a Kīngi Horomona.