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1. Verse 1.፩

   ወፈነወ ፡ ኪራም ፡ ንተ ፡ ወጢሮስ ፡ አግብርቲሁ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ሰሎምን ፡ ስብእ ፡ ሰምዐ ፡ ኸመ ፡ ቀብእዎ ፡ ኸመ ፡ ይንግሥ ፡ ህየንተ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ዳዊት ፡ እስመ ፡ ያፈቅሮ ፡ ኪራም ፡ ለዳዊት ፡ በኹሉ ፡ መዋዕሊሁ

   And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him to reign in place of his father David; for Hiram loved David all his days.

2. Verse 2.፪

   ወለእከ ፡ ሰሎሞን ፡ ኀበ ፡ ኪራም ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይብል

   And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

3. Verse 3.፫

   አንተ ፡ ተአምር ፡ ለዳዊት ፡ አቡየ ፡ ኸመ ፡ ትስእን ፡ ሐኒፀ ፡ ቤት ፡ ለስመ ፡ እግዚእብሔር ፡ አምላኩ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ፀብእ ፡ ዘዓውዱ ፡ እስኪ ፡ አመ ፡ አግብአሙ ፡ እግዚእብሔር ፡ ታሕተ ፡ መከየደ ፡ እገሪሁ

   You know David my father, that he was unable to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars round about him, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.

4. Verse 4.፬

   ወይእዜኒ ፡ አዕረፈኒ ፡ እግዚእብሔር ፡ አምላኪየ ፡ እምነ ፡ እለ ፡ አውድየ ፡ አልቦ ፡ መስተቃርን ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ዘያመጽእ ፡ እኪተ

   And now Yahweh my God has given me rest from those round about me; there is no adversary and no one who brings harm.

5. Verse 5.፭

   ናሁ ፡ እብል ፡ አነ ፡ ኸመ ፡ እሐንጽ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ለስመ ፡ እግዚእብሔር ፡ አምላኪየ ፡ ኸመ ፡ ይቤሎ ፡ እግዚእብሔር ፡ ለዳዊት ፡ አቡየ ፡ ወልድከ ፡ ዘእሁብ ፡ ዘይነብር ፡ ላዕለ ፡ መንበርከ ፡ ህየንቲከ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ የሐንፅ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ለስምየ

   Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh said to David my father, saying: Your son whom I will set upon your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ወይእዜኒ ፡ አዝዝ ፡ ወይግዝሙ ፡ ሊተ ፡ ዕፀወ ፡ እርዘ ፡ እምሊባኖስ ፡ ወእግብርትየ ፡ ይኩኑ ፡ ምስለ ፡ እግብርቲከ ፡ ወእሁበሙ ፡ ዓስበ ፡ ለእግብርቲከ ፡ በኹሉ ፡ ዘትቤለኒ ፡ እስመ ፡ አንተ ፡ ተአምር ፡ ኸመ ፡ አልብነ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ዘየአምር ፡ ገዘ ፡ ዕፀ ፡ ኸመ ፡ ስብእ ፡ ሲደናዊ

   And now command that they cut for me cedar trees from Lebanon, and let my servants be with your servants, and I will give wages to your servants according to all that you say; for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.

7. Verse 7.፯

   ወሰበ ፡ ሰምዓ ፡ ኪራም ፡ ቃለ ፡ ሰሎምን ፡ ተፈሥሐ ፡ ፈድፋደ ፡ ወይቤ ፡ ይትባረክ ፡ እግዚእብሔር ፡ ዘወሀቦ ፡ ለዳዊት ፡ ወልደ ፡ ጠቢበ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ ብዙኅ

   And when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said: Blessed be Yahweh, who has given David a wise son over this numerous people.

8. Verse 8.፰

   ወለእከ ፡ ኪራም ፡ ኀበ ፡ ሰሎምን ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይብል ፡ ሰማዕኩ ፡ ኹሎ ፡ ዘለአክ ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ አነ ፡ እገብር ፡ ኹሎ ፡ መፍቅደከ ፡ በዕፀወ ፡ እርዝ ፡ ወበዕፀወ ፡ ኪራሲም

   And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have heard all that you sent to me; I will do all your desire concerning the cedar timber and the cypress [juniper] timber.

9. Verse 9.፱

   እግብርትየ ፡ ይወርዱ ፡ እምሊባኖስ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ባሕር ፡ ወእነ ፡ እሰይም ፡ ሐመረ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ባሕር ፡ እስኪ ፡ መካን ፡ ዘትረኩ ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ ወትትሜጠዉ ፡ እምህየ ፡ ወትንሥእ ፡ እንተ ፡ ወግብር ፡ ፈቃደከ ፡ ወትሁ ፡ ብሲሳየ ፡ ለሰብእ ፡ ቤትየ

   My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts [set them as a fleet] on the sea, to the place that you appoint for me, and I will deliver them there [break them apart there], and you shall take them; and you, do my desire, by giving food for my household.

10. Verse 10.፲

    ወወሀበ ፡ ኪራም ፡ ለሰሎምን ፡ ዕፀወ ፡ እርዝ ፡ ወዕፀ ፡ በርሲም ፡ ወኹሎ ፡ ዘፈቀደ

    And Hiram gave Solomon cedar timber and cypress timber, and all that he desired.

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    ወሰሎምን ፡ ወሀበ ፡ ለኪራም ፡ ፳ ፻ ፡ በመስፈርተ ፡ ቆርስ ፡ ስርናየ ፡ በመስፈርተ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ወ ፳ ፡ ቆርስ ፡ ቀብእ ፡ ዘይት ፡ ቅድወ ፡ ኸመዝ ፡ የሁብ ፡ ሰሎምን ፡ ለኪራም ፡ በበ ፡ እመት

    And Solomon gave Hiram two thousand measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty measures of pure beaten olive oil; thus Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.

12. Verse 12.፲፪

    ወወሀቦ ፡ እግዚእብሔር ፡ ጥበበ ፡ ለሰሎምን ፡ በከመ ፡ ይቤሎ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሰላም ፡ ማእከለ ፡ ሰሎምን ፡ ወማእከለ ፡ ኪራም ፡ ወተካየዱ ፡ ኪዳነ ፡ ጽኑዓ

    And Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him; and there was peace between Solomon and Hiram, and the two of them made a firm covenant.

13. Verse 13.፲፫

    ወገብረ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ሰሎምን ፡ ፀዋርያነ ፡ እምኩሉ ፡ እስራኤል ፡ ወኮኑ ፡ ፀዋርያን ፡ ፸ ፻ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ወይፀኑ ፡ እምኔሆሙ

    And King Solomon raised up bearers of burdens [a levy] out of all Israel, and the bearers numbered seven thousand men, and they labored from among them.

14. Verse 14.፲፬

    ደይ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሊባኖስ ፡ በ ፩ ፡ ወርኁ ፡ ወያስተባቅርዮሙ ፡ ኸመ ፡ የህልዉ ፡ ፪ ፡ ወርኃ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሊባኖስ ፡ ወ ፪ ፡ ወርኃ ፡ የህልዉ ፡ ውስቲ ፡ አብያቲሆሙ ፡ ወእዶኒራም ፡ መልአክ ፡ በዐርያን

    [He sent them] to Lebanon, in one month [by shifts], and he relieved them, so that they would be two months in Lebanon and two months in their own houses; and Adoniram was over the bearers of burdens.

15. Verse 15.፲፭

    ወቦ ፡ ለሰሎምን ፡ ፸ ፻ ፡ በዐሬ ፡ አርሶን ፡ ወ ፹ ፻ ፡ ወቀርት ፡ እለ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ደብር

    And Solomon had seven thousand who bore burdens, and eight thousand stonecutters [hewers] who were in the mountain,

16. Verse 16.፲፮

    ዘዘኀበ ፡ ንበለ ፡ ስዶማን ፡ መላእክት ፡ ሣዕለ ፡ ግብሪ ፡ ሰሎምን

    besides those who were apart from the officers [governors], over the work of Solomon.

17. Verse 17.፲፯

    ወዓሥርዩ ፡ እለ ፡ የዓርት ፡ ውስተ ፡ ደብር ፡ ወይወርዱ ፡ ኸመ ፡ ይግበሩ ፡ ግብሮሙ ፡ ወእዘዘ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ያምጽኡ ፡ ዓበይተ ፡ እእባነ ፡ ወሠናያነ ፡ ለሐኒጸ ፡ ቤት ፡ እብነ ፡ ዘኢኮነ ፡ ውቁረ

    And [the king commanded], and they hewed in the mountain and brought down [stones], that they might do their work; and the king commanded them to bring great and goodly stones for the building of the house, hewn stone [stone that was not yet dressed].

18. Verse 18.፲፰

    ወወቀርጾን ፡ ደቁ ፡ ሰሎምን ፡ ወደቁ ፡ ኪራም ፡ ወሐገብሊም ፡ ወአስተዳለዉ ፡ ዕፀ ፡ ወአእባነ ፡ ለሐኒጸ ፡ ቤት

    And the builders of Solomon and the builders of Hiram and the Gebalites [the Giblites / men of Byblos] dressed [them], and they prepared the timber and the stones for the building of the house.

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