II Chronicles 2

vayyispor shelomoh shivim elef ish sabbal ushemonim elef ish khotsev bahar umenatsekhim alehem sheloshet alafim veshesh me'ot

Solomon mustered 70,000 basket carriers and 80,000 quarriers in the hills, with 3,600 supervisors.

vayyishlakh shelomoh el-khuram melekh-tsor lemor ka'asher asita im-david avi vattishlakh-lo arazim livnot-lo vayit lashevet bo

Solomon sent this message to King Huram of Tyre, “In view of what you did for my father David in sending him cedars to build a palace for his residence—

hinneh ani voneh-bbayit leshem Adonai elohay lehaqdish lo lehaqtir lefanayw qetoret-sammim uma'arekhet tamid ve'olot labboqer vela'erev lashabbatot velekhodashim ulemo'ade Adonai elohenu le'olam zot al-yisra'el

see, I intend to build a House for the name of the ETERNAL my God, to whom I will dedicate it and in whose honor I will make incense offering of sweet spices, regular rows of bread, and the morning and evening burnt offerings on sabbaths, new moons, and festivals, as is Israel’s eternal duty.

vehabbayit asher-ani voneh gadol ki-gadol elohenu mikkol-ha'elohim

The House that I intend to build will be great, since our God is greater than all gods.

umi ya'atsor-koakh livnot-lo vayit ki hashamayim usheme hashamayim lo yekhalkeluhu umi ani asher evneh-llo vayit ki im-lehaqtir lefanayw

Who indeed is capable of building such a House! Even the heavens to their uttermost reaches cannot contain [God], and who am I that I should build such a House—except as a place for making burnt offerings?

ve'attah shelakh-li ish-khakham la'asot bazzahav uvakkesef uvannekhoshet uvabbarzel uva'argevan vekharmil utekhelet veyodea lefatteakh pittukhim im-hakhakhamim asher immi bihudah uvirushalai͏m asher hekhin david avi

Now send me someone skillful to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue yarn, and who knows how to engrave, alongside the skilled workers I have here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.

ushelakh-li atse arazim beroshim ve'algummim mehallevanon ki ani yadati asher avadekha yode'im likhrot atse levanon vehinneh avaday im-avadekha

Send me cedars, cypress, and algum wood from the Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled at cutting the trees of Lebanon. My servants will work with yours

ulehakhin li etsim larov ki habbayit asher-ani voneh gadol vehafle

to provide me with a great stock of timber; for the House that I intend to build will be singularly great.

vehinneh lakhotevim lekhorete ha'etsim natatti khittim makkot la'avadekha korim esrim elef use'orim korim esrim alef veyayin battim esrim elef veshemen battim esrim alef

I have allocated for your servants, the wood-cutters who fell the trees, 20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”

vayyomer khuram melekh-tsor bikhtav vayyishlakh el-shelomoh be'ahavat Adonai et-ammo netanekha alehem melekh

Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon this written message in reply, “Because GOD loved the people of Israel, you were made king over them.”

vayyomer khuram barukh Adonai elohe yisra'el asher asah et-hashamayim ve'et-ha'arets asher natan ledavid hammelekh ben khakham yodea sekhel uvinah asher yivneh-bbayit la-Adonai uvayit lemalkhuto

Huram continued, “Blessed is the ETERNAL, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who gave King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and understanding, to build a House for the ETERNAL and a royal palace for himself.

ve'attah shalakhti ish-khakham yodea binah lekhuram avi

Now I am sending you someone skillful and intelligent, my master Huram,

ben-isha min-benot dan ve'aviv ish-tsori yodea la'asot bazzahav-uvakkesef bannekhoshet babbarzel ba'avanim uva'etsim ba'argaman battekhelet uvabbuts uvakkarmil ulefatteakh kol-pittuakh velakhshov kol-makhashavet asher yinnaten-lo im-khakhamekha vekhakhme adoni david avikha

the son of a Danite woman, his father a Tyrian. He is skilled at working in gold, silver, bronze, iron, precious stones, and wood; in purple, blue, and crimson yarn and in fine linen; and at engraving and designing whatever will be required of him, alongside your skilled workers and those of my lord, your father David.

ve'attah hakhittim vehasse'orim hashemen vehayyayin asher amar adoni yishlakh la'avadayw

As to the wheat, barley, oil, and wine that my lord mentioned, let him send them to his servants.

va'anakhnu nikhrot etsim min-hallevanon kekhol-tsorkekha unevi'em lekha rafsodot al-yam yafo ve'attah ta'aleh otam yerushalai͏m

We undertake to cut down as many trees of Lebanon as you need, and deliver them to you as rafts by sea to Jaffa; you will transport them to Jerusalem.”

vayyispor shelomoh kol-ha'anashim haggerim asher be'erets yisra'el akhare hassefar asher sefaram david aviv vayyimmatse'u me'ah vakhamishim elef usheloshet alafim veshesh me'ot

Solomon took a census of all the resident aliens in the land of Israel, besides the census taken by his father David, and they were found to be 153,600.

vayya'as mehem shivim elef sabbal ushemonim elef khotsev bahar usheloshet alafim veshesh me'ot menatsekhim leha'avid et-ha'am

He made 70,000 of them basket carriers, and 80,000 of them quarriers, with 3,600 supervisors to see that the people worked.