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Klei Y-Salômôn Bi Mguôp Hŏng Mtao Y-Hiram

(II KYD 2:1-18)

¹Y-Hiram mtao ƀuôn Tir tiŏ nao phung dĭng buăl ñu kơ Y-Salômôn tơdah ñu hmư̆ leh arăng trôč êa ƀâo mngưi kơ ñu brei jing mtao čuê ama ñu. Kyuadah Y-Hiram khăp nanao kơ Y-Đawit. ²Y-Salômôn mơĭt asăp blŭ kơ Y-Hiram, ³“Ih thâo kơ Y-Đawit ama kâo amâo dưi mdơ̆ng ôh sa boh sang kơ anăn Yêhôwa Aê Diê ñu, kyuadah klei ñu bi blah hŏng phung roh jŭm dar ñu, tơl Yêhôwa dưm leh phung roh anăn ti gŭ jơ̆ng ñu. ⁴Ƀiădah ară anei Yêhôwa Aê Diê kâo brei leh kơ kâo klei mdei jŭm dar, amâo mâo pô bi kdơ̆ng ôh, kăn mâo klei jhat truh rei. ⁵ Snăn kâo čiăng ngă sa boh sang kơ anăn Yêhôwa Aê Diê kâo, tui si Yêhôwa blŭ leh kơ Y-Đawit ama kâo, ‘Anak êkei ih pô kâo srăng mdưm ti jhưng mtao ih čuê ih srăng mdơ̆ng sang kơ anăn kâo.’ ⁶Kyuanăn ară anei, mtă bĕ brei arăng druôm kyâo sêdar mơ̆ng čar Liƀan kơ kâo; leh anăn phung dĭng buăl kâo srăng bi mguôp hŏng phung dĭng buăl ih, leh anăn kâo srăng mưn phung dĭng buăl ih tui si ênoh ih bi kčah. Kyuadah ih thâo amâo mâo ôh sa čô hlăm phung hmei thâo druôm kyâo msĕ si phung Sidôn.”
⁷Tơdah Y-Hiram hmư̆ klei Y-Salômôn blŭ, ñu mơak snăk, leh anăn lač, “Mpŭ mni kơ Yêhôwa hruê anei, pô brei leh kơ Y-Đawit sa čô anak êkei thâo mĭn kiă kriê phung ƀuôn sang êngŭm anei.” ⁸Leh anăn Y-Hiram tiŏ arăng nao lač kơ Y-Salômôn, “Kâo hmư̆ leh klei blŭ ih mơĭt leh kơ kâo. Kâo răng čiăng ngă jih klei ih čiăng hlăm klei djŏ kơ kyâo sêdar leh anăn kyâo Čiprơ. ⁹Phung dĭng buăl kâo srăng ba kyâo anăn mơ̆ng čar Liƀan truh ti êa ksĭ; leh anăn kâo srăng kă kyâo anăn mbĭt brei nao ti êa ksĭ kơ anôk ih ktrâo brei, leh anăn kâo srăng kleh digơ̆ tinăn, leh anăn ih srăng mă tŭ digơ̆. Leh anăn ih srăng ngă klei kâo čiăng êjai brei mnơ̆ng ƀơ̆ng huă kơ phung sang kâo.” ¹⁰Snăn Y-Hiram mkra brei kơ Y-Salômôn jih jang kyâo sêdar leh anăn Čiprơ tui si ñu čiăng. ¹¹Hlăk anăn Y-Salômôn brei kơ Y-Hiram dua pluh êbâo kôr mdiê ƀlê jing mnơ̆ng ƀơ̆ng huă kơ phung sang gơ̆, leh anăn dua pluh kôr êa boh ôliwơ. Y-Salômôn brei mnơ̆ng anăn kơ Y-Hiram grăp thŭn. ¹²Leh anăn Yêhôwa brei kơ Y-Salômôn klei thâo mĭn tui si ñu ƀuăn leh kơ gơ̆; leh anăn mâo klei êđăp ênang Y-Hiram hŏng Y-Salômôn; leh anăn diñu dua ngă klei bi mguôp.
¹³Mtao Salômôn rĭng phung mă bruă mlan mơ̆ng jih jang phung Israel; leh anăn phung arăng rĭng mâo tlâo pluh êbâo čô êkei. ¹⁴ Leh anăn ñu tiŏ nao digơ̆ kơ čar Liƀan, pluh êbâo čô sa mlan. Sa mlan diñu dôk ti čar Liƀan, leh anăn dua mlan ti čar pô. Y-Adôniram jing khua bruă mlan anăn. ¹⁵Msĕ mơh Y-Salômôn mâo kjuh pluh êbâo čô mnuih kkung dŏ ktrŏ leh anăn sa păn pluh êbâo čô krah boh tâo hlăm čar kngư, ¹⁶êbeh kơ tlâo êbâo tlâo êtuh čô khua Y-Salômôn phung kiă kriê bruă, phung kiă kriê phung ƀuôn sang mă bruă anăn. ¹⁷Tui si klei mtao mtă diñu kblang boh tâo prŏng yuôm, čiăng mdơ̆ng tur sang hŏng boh tâo krah leh. ¹⁸Snăn phung mă bruă kơ Y-Salômôn leh anăn phung mă bruă kơ Y-Hiram leh anăn phung Gêbal druôm krah kyâo leh anăn boh tâo pioh mdơ̆ng sang.

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Preparations for Building the Temple

¹When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. ²Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:
³“You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the Lord put his enemies under his feet. ⁴But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster. ⁵I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord told my father David, when he said, ‘Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.’
⁶“So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians.”
⁷When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was greatly pleased and said, “Praise be to the Lord today, for he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”
⁸So Hiram sent word to Solomon:
“I have received the message you sent me and will do all you want in providing the cedar and juniper logs. ⁹My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household.”
¹⁰In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted, ¹¹and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors⚓ of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths⚓⚓ of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year. ¹²The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised him. There were peaceful relations between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.
¹³King Solomon conscripted laborers from all Israel—thirty thousand men. ¹⁴He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor. ¹⁵Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stonecutters in the hills, ¹⁶as well as thirty-three hundred⚓ foremen who supervised the project and directed the workers. ¹⁷At the king’s command they removed from the quarry large blocks of high-grade stone to provide a foundation of dressed stone for the temple. ¹⁸The craftsmen of Solomon and Hiram and workers from Byblos cut and prepared the timber and stone for the building of the temple.