2. Tarihler 1

¹Davut oğlu Süleyman kendi krallığı üzerinde güçlendi ve Tanrısı Rab onunla birlikteydi ve onu en yüksek dereceye yüceltti.

²Süleyman bütün İsrail e; binbaşılara, yüzbaşılara, hakimlere ve İsrail in önündeki tüm önderlere, yani boy başlarına seslendi.

³Süleyman ve yanındaki bütün topluluk Gabaon daki yüksek yere gittiler; çünkü Rabbin kulu Musa nın çölde yapmış olduğu Tanrı nın tanıklık çadırı oradaydı.

⁴Ancak Davut, Tanrı nın sandığını Karyat-Yarim kentinden yukarı getirmişti; çünkü Davut onun için bir yer hazırlamış ve Yeruşalim de onun için bir çadır kurmuştu.

⁵Hur oğlu Uri oğlu Besalel in yapmış olduğu tunç sunak da oradaydı, Rabbin çadırının önündeydi; Süleyman ve topluluk ona danıştılar.

⁶Süleyman orada, çadırdaki Rabbin önünde bulunan tunç sunağa yöneldi ve onun üzerinde bin yakmalık sunu sundu.

⁷O gece Tanrı Süleyman a göründü ve ona, "Sana ne vermemi istersin, dile" dedi.

⁸Süleyman Tanrı ya şöyle yanıt verdi: "Babam Davut a büyük bir merhamet gösterdin ve beni onun yerine kral yaptın.

⁹Ve şimdi, ey Rab Tanrı, babam Davut a olan sözün doğrulansın; çünkü beni yeryüzünün tozu kadar çok olan bir halkın üzerine kral yaptın.

¹⁰Şimdi bana bilgelik ve anlayış ver ki, bu halkın önünde çıkıp girebileyim; çünkü senin bu büyük halkını kim yargılayabilir?"

¹¹Tanrı Süleyman a şöyle dedi: "Madem yüreğinde bu vardı; zenginlik, mal mülk, görkem ya da düşmanlarının canını istemedin, uzun ömür de dilemedin; aksine, seni üzerine kral yaptığım halkımı yargılayabilmek için kendin için bilgelik ve anlayış diledin;

¹²bu yüzden sana bilgelik ve anlayış veriyorum; sana öyle zenginlik, mal mülk ve görkem de vereceğim ki, senden önceki krallardan hiçbirinin benzeri olmamıştır ve senden sonra da böylesi olmayacaktır."

¹³Böylece Süleyman Gabaon daki yüksek yerden, Tanıklık Çadırı nın önünden Yeruşalim e geldi ve İsrail üzerinde krallık yaptı.

¹⁴Süleyman savaş arabaları ve atlılar topladı; bin dört yüz savaş arabası ve on iki bin atlısı oldu. Bunları savaş arabası kentlerine yerleştirdi, halk ise kral ile birlikte Yeruşalim deydi.

¹⁵Kral Yeruşalim de gümüşü ve altını taşlar kadar, sedir ağaçlarını da Yahudiye deki ovada bulunan yabanıl incir ağaçları kadar bol kıldı.

¹⁶Süleyman ın atlarının gelişi Mısır dandı ve kralın tüccarları bunları belirlenen fiyat üzerinden ticaretini yapmak üzere satın alırlardı.

¹⁷Mısır dan bir savaş arabasını altı yüz gümüşe, bir atı ise yüz elli gümüşe getirirlerdi; aynı şekilde bunları kendi elleriyle bütün Hitit krallarına ve Suriye krallarına da götürürlerdi.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐνίσχυσε Σαλωμὼν υἱὸς Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς αὐτοῦμετ’ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐμεγάλυνεν αὐτὸν εἰς ὕψος.

²καὶ εἶπε Σαλωμὼν πρὸς πάντα ᾿Ισραήλ, τοῖς χιλιάρχοις καὶ τοῖς ἑκατοντάρχοις καὶ τοῖς κριταῖς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἄρχουσιν ἐναντίον ᾿Ισραὴλ τοῖς ἄρχουσι τῶν πατριῶν.

³καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαλωμὼν καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία εἰς τὴν ὑψηλὴν τὴν ἐν Γαβαών, οὗ ἐκεῖ ἦν ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἣν ἐποίησε Μωυσῆς παῖς Κυρίου ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ·

⁴ἀλλὰ κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀνήνεγκε Δαυὶδ ἐκ πόλεως Καριαθιαρίμ, ὅτι ἡτοίμασεν αὐτῇ Δαυίδ, ὅτι ἔπηξεν αὐτῇ σκηνὴν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

⁵καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χαλκοῦν, ὃ ἐποίησε Βεσελεὴλ υἱὸς Οὐρίου, υἱοῦ ῎Ωρ, ἐκεῖ ἦν ἔναντι τῆς σκηνῆς Κυρίου, καὶ ἐξεζήτησεν αὐτὸ Σαλωμὼν καὶ ἡ ἐκκλησία,

⁶καὶ ἤνεγκε Σαλωμὼν ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χαλκοῦν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου τὸ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ καὶ ἤνεγκεν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὁλοκαύτωσιν χιλίαν.

⁷ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ ὤφθη Θεὸς τῷ Σαλωμὼν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· αἴτησαι τί σοι δῶ.

⁸καὶ εἶπε Σαλωμὼν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν· σὺ ἐποίησας μετὰ Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρός μου ἔλεος μέγα καί ἐβασίλευσάς με ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ·

⁹καὶ νῦν, Κύριε ὁ Θεός, πιστωθήτω δὴ τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐπὶ Δαυὶδ τὸν πατέρα μου, ὅτι σὺ ἐβασίλευσάς με ἐπὶ λαὸν πολύν, ὡς ὁ χοῦς τῆς γῆς·

¹⁰νῦν σοφίαν καὶ σύνεσιν δός μοι, καὶ ἐξελεύσομαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου καὶ εἰσελεύσομαι, ὅτι τίς κρινεῖ τὸν λαόν σου τὸν μέγαν τοῦτον;

¹¹καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Σαλωμών· ἀνθ’ ὧν ἐγένετο τοῦτο ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ οὐκ ᾐτήσω πλοῦτον χρημάτων οὐδὲ δόξαν οὐδὲ τὴν ψυχὴν τῶν ὑπεναντίων καὶ ἡμέρας πολλὰς οὐκ ᾐτήσω, καὶ ᾔτησας σεαυτῷ σοφίαν καὶ σύνεσιν, ὅπως κρίνῃς τὸν λαόν μου, ἐφ’ ὃν ἐβασίλευσά σε ἐπ’ αὐτόν,

¹²τὴν σοφίαν καὶ τὴν σύνεσιν δίδωμί σοι καὶ πλοῦτον καὶ χρήματα καὶ δόξαν δώσω σοι, ὡς οὐκ ἐγενήθη ὅμοιός σοι ἐν τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τοῖς ἔμπροσθέν σου, καὶ μετὰ σὲ οὐκ ἔσται οὕτως.

¹³καὶ ἦλθε Σαλωμὼν ἐκ βαμὰ τῆς ἐν Γαβαὼν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ πρὸ προσώπου τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁴Καὶ συνήγαγε Σαλωμὼν ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς, καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ χίλια καὶ τετρακόσια ἅρματα καὶ δώδεκα χιλιάδες ἱππέων· καὶ κατέλιπεν αὐτὰ ἐν πόλεσι τῶν ἁρμάτων, καὶ ὁ λαὸς μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

¹⁵καὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ὡς λίθους, καὶ τὰς κέδρους ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ ὡς συκαμίνους τὰς ἐν τῇ πεδινῇ εἰς πλῆθος.

¹⁶καὶ ἡ ἔξοδος τῶν ἵππων Σαλωμὼν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἡ τιμὴ τῶν ἐμπόρων τοῦ βασιλέως· ἐμπορεύεσθαι ἠγόραζον.

¹⁷καὶ ἀνέβαινον καὶ ἐξῆγον ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἅρμα ἓν ἑξακοσίων ἀργυρίου καὶ ἵππον πεντήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἀργυρίου· καὶ οὕτω πᾶσι τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῶν Χετταίων καὶ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι Συρίας ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἔφερον.

¹And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly.

²And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and to the captains of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the rulers over Israel, even the heads of the families;

³and Solomon and all the congregation went to the high place that was in Gabaon, where was God’s tabernacle of witness, which Moses the servant of the Lord made in the wilderness.

⁴But David had brought up the ark of God out of the city of Cariathiarim; for David had prepared a place for it, for he had pitched a tabernacle for it in Jerusalem.

⁵And the brazen altar which Beseleel the son of Urias, the son of Or, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation enquired at it.

⁶And Solomon brought [victims] thither to the brazen altar that was before the Lord in the tabernacle, and offered upon it a thousand whole-burnt-offerings.

⁷In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

⁸And Solomon said to God, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with my father David, and hast made me king in his stead.

⁹And now, O Lord God, let, I pray thee, thy name be established upon David my father; for thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.

¹⁰Now give me wisdom and understanding, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who shall judge this thy great people?

¹¹And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked great wealth, nor glory, nor the life of thine enemies, and thou hast not asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and understanding, that thou mightest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

¹²I give thee this wisdom and understanding; and I will give thee wealth, and riches, and glory, so that there shall not have been [any] like thee among the kings before thee, neither shall there be such after thee.

¹³And Solomon came from the high place that was in Gabaon to Jerusalem, [from] before the tabernacle of witness, and reigned over Israel.

¹⁴And Solomon collected chariots and horsemen: and he had fourteen hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he set them in the cities of chariots, and the people [were] with the king in Jerusalem.

¹⁵And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem [to be] as stones, and cedars in Judea as sycamores in the plain for multitude.

¹⁶And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and the charge of the king’s merchants for going [was as follows], and they traded,

¹⁷and went and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [pieces] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty [pieces] of silver: and so they brought for all the kings of the Chettites, and for the kings of Syria by their means.