¹In Hiram, kralj tirski, je poslal služabnike svoje k Salomonu, zakaj slišal je bil, da so ga pomazilili za kralja namesto očeta njegovega; Hiram je namreč ljubil Davida vse dni.

¹And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth his servants unto Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was a lover of David all the days;

²In Salomon pošlje k Hiramu sporočit:

²and Solomon sendeth unto Hiram, saying,

³Ti veš, da ni mogel David, oče moj, zgraditi hiše imenu GOSPODA, Boga svojega, spričo sosedov, ki so ga zapletali v vojne, dokler jih ni položil GOSPOD pod stopala nog njegovih.

³`Thou hast known David my father, that he hath not been able to build a house to the name of Jehovah his God, because of the wars that have been round about him, till Jehovah`s putting them under the soles of his feet.

⁴Sedaj pa mi je dal GOSPOD, Bog moj, mir vseokrog; nobenega ni nasprotnika, ne hude prigodbe.

⁴`And now, Jehovah my God hath given rest to me round about, there is no adversary nor evil occurrence,

⁵Glej torej, zgraditi nameravam hišo imenu GOSPODA, Boga svojega, kakor je GOSPOD govoril Davidu, očetu mojemu, rekoč: Sin tvoj, ki ga posadim na prestol tvoj na tvoje mesto, sezida hišo imenu mojemu.

⁵and lo, I am saying to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son whom I appoint in thy stead on thy throne, he doth build the house for My name.

⁶Zdaj torej ukaži, da mi nasekajo ceder z Libanona, in hlapci moji bodo s hlapci tvojimi, tudi plačilo ti dam za hlapce tvoje, kakršnokoli boš zahteval; saj veš, da ga ni med nami, ki bi znal sekati les kakor Sidonci.

⁶`And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with thy servants, and the hire of thy servants I give to thee according to all that thou sayest, for thou hast known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.`

⁷In ko je slišal Hiram besede Salomonove, se silno razveseli ter reče: Hvaljen bodi danes GOSPOD, ki je dal Davidu modrega sina nad tem velikim ljudstvom!

⁷And it cometh to pass at Hiram`s hearing the words of Solomon, that he rejoiceth exceedingly, and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah to-day, who hath given to David a wise son over this numerous people.`

⁸In Hiram pošlje Salomonu sporočit: Slišal sem, kar si mi sporočil. Storil bom vso voljo tvojo glede cedrovega in cipresovega lesa.

⁸And Hiram sendeth unto Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou hast sent unto me, I do all thy desire concerning cedar-wood, and fir-wood,

⁹Hlapci moji ga bodo spravljali z Libanona doli k morju, in zložim ga v splave, da pojde po morju do mesta, ki mi ga določiš; in tam ga dam razvezati, in ti si ga odpraviš. Ti pa izpolniš voljo mojo, da boš dajal živeža moji družini.

⁹my servants bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I make them floats in the sea unto the place that thou sendest unto me, and I have spread them out there; and thou dost take [them] up, and thou dost execute my desire, to give the food of my house.`

¹⁰Tako je dal Hiram Salomonu cedrovega in cipresovega lesa po vsej volji njegovi.

¹⁰And Hiram is giving to Solomon cedar-trees, and fir-trees, all his desire,

¹¹Salomon pa je dajal Hiramu po dvajset tisoč meric pšenice v živež njegovi družini in po dvajset meric čistega olja; toliko je dal Salomon Hiramu vsako leto.

¹¹and Solomon hath given to Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat, food for his house, and twenty cors of beaten oil; thus doth Solomon give to Hiram year by year.

¹²In GOSPOD je dal Salomonu modrost, kakor mu je obljubil; in bil je mir med Hiramom in Salomonom, in oba sta sklenila zavezo.

¹²And Jehovah hath given wisdom to Solomon as He spake to him, and there is peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they make a covenant both of them.

¹³In kralj Salomon je vzel davek od vsega Izraela, in davek je bil trideset tisoč mož.

¹³And king Solomon lifteth up a tribute out of all Israel, and the tribute is thirty thousand men,

¹⁴In pošiljal jih je na Libanon, po deset tisoč vsak mesec, menoma: mesec dni so bili na Libanonu in dva meseca doma. Adoniram pa je bil nad temi robotniki.

¹⁴and he sendeth them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by changes, a month they are in Lebanon, two months in their own house; and Adoniram [is] over the tribute.

¹⁵In Salomon jih je imel sedemdeset tisoč, ki so nosili bremena, in osemdeset tisoč njih, ki so sekali v gorah,

¹⁵And king Solomon hath seventy thousand bearing burdens, and eighty thousand hewing in the mountain,

¹⁶razen višjih uradnikov, ki so nadzorovali delo, tri tisoč in tristo; ti so gospodovali ljudstvu, ki je opravljalo delo.

¹⁶apart from the heads of the officers of Solomon, who [are] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, those ruling over the people who are working in the business.

¹⁷In kralj je ukazal, in pripravili so velikih in dragih kamenov, obsekanih kamenov za podstavo hiši.In obdelovali so jih Salomonovi stavbarji in Hiramovi stavbarji in Gebaljani; in pripravljali so les in kamenje za stavbo hiše.

¹⁷And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

¹⁸In obdelovali so jih Salomonovi stavbarji in Hiramovi stavbarji in Gebaljani; in pripravljali so les in kamenje za stavbo hiše.

¹⁸and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram, and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house.