¹Ja Saalomon määras seitsekümmend tuhat meest kandjaiks, kaheksakümmend tuhat meest kiviraiujaiks mäestikus ja kolm tuhat kuussada, kes neid juhatasid.

¹And Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

²Ja Saalomon läkitas ütlema Huuramile, Tüürose kuningale: 'Tee minule sedasama, mida sa tegid mu isale Taavetile, kellele sa saatsid seedripuid, et ta sai enesele ehitada koja, kus ta elas.

²And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand stone-masons in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred to superintend them.

³Vaata, mina tahan ehitada Issanda, oma Jumala nimele koja ja selle pühitseda temale, et tema ees suitsutada hästilõhnavaid suitsutusrohte, tuua igapäevaseid ohvrileibu ja põletusohvreid hommikul ja õhtul, hingamispäevil, noorkuupäevil ja Issanda, meie Jumala pühadel; see on Iisraelile igaveseks kohustuseks.

³And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein [so do for me].

⁴Ja koda, mille ma ehitan, peab olema suur, sest meie Jumal on suurem kõigist jumalaist!

⁴Behold, I build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God to dedicate it to him, to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual arrangement [of the shewbread], and for the morning and evening burnt-offerings [and] on the sabbaths and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is [an ordinance] for ever to Israel.

⁵Aga kellel jätkuks jõudu temale koda ehitada? Sest taevad ja taevaste taevad ei mahuta teda! Ja kes olen siis mina, et ma tahan temale koja ehitada, kuigi ainult suitsutuseks tema ees?

⁵And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

⁶Aga nüüd läkita mulle mees, kes oskab teha töid kullast, hõbedast, vasest ja rauast, purpurpunasest, karmiinpunasest ja sinisest lõngast, ja kes tunneb nikerdustööd, et ta töötaks Juudas ja Jeruusalemmas koos minu oskustöölistega, kes on hangitud mu isa Taaveti poolt.

⁶But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him?

⁷Ja saada mulle seedripuid, küpressi- ja algumipuid Liibanonist, sest ma tean, et sinu sulased oskavad raiuda Liibanoni puid. Ja vaata, minu sulased olgu koos sinu sulastega!

⁷And now send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and experienced in carving, besides the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

⁸Mul on tarvis hankida palju puitu, sest koda, mille ma ehitan, peab olema suur ja imetlusväärne!

⁸Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

⁹Ja vaata, raiujaile, kes puid lõikavad, annan ma kakskümmend tuhat koori nisu, su sulastele toiduks, ja kakskümmend tuhat koori otri, kakskümmend tuhat batti veini ja kakskümmend tuhat batti õli!'

⁹even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house that I build shall be great and wonderful.

¹⁰Ja Huuram, Tüürose kuningas, vastas kirjaga, mille ta Saalomonile läkitas: 'Sellepärast, et Issand oma rahvast armastab, on ta sinu pannud neile kuningaks.'

¹⁰And behold, I will give to thy servants the hewers that fell 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.

¹¹Ja edasi ütles Huuram: 'Kiidetud olgu Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, kes on teinud taeva ja maa, kes on andnud kuningas Taavetile targa poja, kel on tarkust ja taipu, et ehitada Issandale koda ja iseenesele kuninglik koda!

¹¹And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loved his people, he made thee king over them.

¹²Ja nüüd ma läkitan ühe targa ja aruka mehe, Huuram-Abi,

¹²And Huram said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, that made the heavens and the earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a house for his kingdom.

¹³kes on Daani tütreist pärit naise poeg ja kelle isa on Tüürose mees. Tema oskab teha töid kullast, hõbedast, vasest, rauast, kivist ja puust, ja purpurpunasest, sinisest, valgest linasest ja karmiinpunasest lõngast. Ta oskab igasuguseid nikerdusi ja lahendab igasuguseid ülesandeid, mis temale antakse, koos sinu tarkadega ja minu isanda, sinu isa Taaveti tarkadega.

¹³And now, I send a skilful man, endued with understanding, Huram Abi,

¹⁴Saada siis nüüd oma sulastele nisu, otri, õli ja veini, nagu mu isand on lubanud.

¹⁴the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and whose father was a man of Tyre, experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in byssus, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful men, and the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

¹⁵Meie raiume siis Liibanonist puid, nõnda palju kui sul on vaja, ja me toome need sulle parvedena merd mööda Jaafosse. Sina vii need siis üles Jeruusalemma!'

¹⁵And now the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants.

¹⁶Ja Saalomon luges ära kõik Iisraelimaal olevad võõrad mehed, pärast seda lugemist, mida tema isa Taavet oli toimetanud, ja neid leiti olevat sada viiskümmend kolm tuhat kuussada.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁷Ja ta tegi neist seitsekümmend tuhat kandjaiks, kaheksakümmend tuhat kiviraiujaiks mäestikus ja kolm tuhat kuussada juhatajaiks, kes panid rahva tööle.

¹⁷And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the account that David his father had taken of them, and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

¹⁸And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.