Liber I Paralipomenon, 29

1. locutusque est David rex ad omnem ecclesiam Salomonem filium meum unum elegit Deus adhuc puerum et tenellum opus autem grande est neque enim homini præparatur habitatio sed Deo

1. And king David said to all the assembly: Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is as yet young and tender: and the work is great, for a house is prepared not for man, but for God.

2. ego autem totis viribus meis præparavi inpensas domus Dei mei aurum ad vasa aurea et argentum in argentea æs in ænea ferrum in ferrea lignum ad lignea lapides onychinos et quasi stibinos et diversorum colorum omnem pretiosum lapidem et marmor parium abundantissime

2. And I with all my ability have prepared the expenses for the house of my God. Gold for vessels of gold, and silver for vessels of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, and stones like alabaster, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble of Paros in great abundance.

3. et super hæc quæ obtuli in domum Dei mei de peculio meo aurum et argentum do in templum Dei mei exceptis his quæ paravi in ædem sanctam

3. Now over and above the things which I have offered into the house of my God I give of my own proper goods, gold and silver for the temple of my God, beside what things I have prepared for the holy house.

4. tria milia talenta auri de auro Ophir et septem milia talentorum argenti probatissimi ad deaurandos parietes templi

4. Three thousand talents of gold of the gold of Ophir: and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the temple.

5. ut ubicumque opus est aurum de auro et ubicumque opus est argentum argenti opera fiant per manus artificum et si quis sponte offert impleat manum suam hodie et offerat quod voluerit Domino

5. And gold for wheresoever there is need of gold: and silver for wheresoever there is need of silver, for the works to be made by the hands of the artificers: now if any man is willing to offer, let him fill his hand to day, and offer what he pleaseth to the Lord.

6. polliciti sunt itaque principes familiarum et proceres tribuum Israël tribuni quoque et centuriones et principes possessionum regis

6. Then the heads of the families, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's possessions promised,

7. dederuntque in opera domus Dei auri talenta quinque milia et solidos decem milia argenti talenta decem milia et æris talenta decem et octo milia ferri quoque centum milia talentorum

7. And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord, of gold, five thousand talents, and ten thousand solids: of silver ten thousand talents: and of brass eighteen thousand talents: and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

8. et apud quemcumque inventi sunt lapides dederunt in thesaurum domus Domini per manum Jeihel Gersonitis

8. And all they that had stones, gave them to the treasures of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the Gersonite.

9. lætatusque est populus cum vota sponte promitterent quia corde toto offerebant ea Domino sed et David rex lætatus est gaudio magno

9. And the people rejoiced, when they promised their offerings willingly: because they offered them to the Lord with all their heart: and David the king rejoiced also with a great joy.

10. et benedixit Domino coram universa multitudine et ait benedictus es Domine Deus Israël patris nostri ab æterno in æternum

10. And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

11. tua est Domine magnificentia et potentia et gloria atque victoria et tibi laus cuncta enim quæ in cælo sunt et in terra tua sunt tuum Domine regnum et tu es super omnes principes

11. Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, and victory: and to thee is praise: for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all princes.

12. tuæ divitiæ et tua est gloria tu dominaris omnium in manu tua virtus et potentia in manu tua magnitudo et imperium omnium

12. Thine are riches, and thine is glory, thou hast dominion over all, in thy hand is power and might: in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things.

13. nunc igitur Deus noster confitemur tibi et laudamus nomen tuum inclitum

13. Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, and we praise thy glorious name.

14. quis ego et quis populus meus ut possimus hæc tibi universa promittere tua sunt omnia et quæ de manu tua accepimus dedimus tibi

14. Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? all things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand.

15. peregrini enim sumus coram te et advenæ sicut omnes patres nostri dies nostri quasi umbra super terram et nulla est mora

15. For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no stay.

16. Domine Deus noster omnis hæc copia quam paravimus ut ædificaretur domus nomini sancto tuo de manu tua est et tua sunt omnia

16. O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name, is from thy hand, and all things are thine.

17. scio Deus meus quod probes corda et simplicitatem diligas unde et ego in simplicitate cordis mei lætus obtuli universa hæc et populum tuum qui hic reppertus est vidi cum ingenti gaudio tibi offerre donaria

17. I know my God that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity, wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.

18. Domine Deus Abraham et Isaac et Israël patrum nostrorum custodi in æternum hanc voluntatem cordis eorum et semper in venerationem tui mens ista permaneat

18. O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel our fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and let this mind remain always for the worship of thee.

19. Salomoni quoque filio meo da cor perfectum ut custodiat mandata tua testimonia tua cærimonias tuas et faciat universa et ædificet ædem cujus inpensas paravi

19. And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house, for which I have provided the charges.

20. præcepit autem David universæ ecclesiæ benedicite Domino Deo nostro et benedixit omnis ecclesia Domino Deo patrum suorum et inclinaverunt se et adoraverunt Deum et deinde regem

20. And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.

21. immolaveruntque victimas Domino et obtulerunt holocausta die sequenti tauros mille arietes mille agnos mille cum libaminibus suis et universo ritu abundantissime in omnem Israël

21. And they sacrificed victims to the Lord: and they offered holocausts the next day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with every thing prescribed most abundantly for all Israel.

22. et comederunt et biberunt coram Domino in die illo cum grandi lætitia et unxerunt secundo Salomonem filium David unxerunt autem Domino in principem et Sadoc in pontificem

22. And they ate, and drank before the Lord that day with great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon the son of David. And they anointed him to the Lord to be prince, end Sadoc to be high priest.

23. seditque Salomon super solium Domini in regem pro David patre suo et cunctis placuit et paruit illi omnis Israël

23. And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and he pleased all: and all Israel obeyed him.

24. sed et universi principes et potentes et cuncti filii regis David dederunt manum et subiecti fuerunt Salomoni regi

24. And all the princes, and men of power, and all the sons of king David gave their hand, and were subject to Solomon the king.

25. magnificavit ergo Dominus Salomonem super omnem Israël et dedit illi gloriam regni qualem nullus habuit ante eum rex Israël

25. And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel: and gave him the glory of a reign, such as no king of Israel had before him.

26. igitur David filius Isai regnavit super universum Israël

26. So David the son of Isai reigned over all Israel.

27. et dies quibus regnavit super Israël fuerunt quadraginta anni in Hebron regnavit septem annis et in Hierusalem triginta tribus

27. And the days that he reigned over Israel, were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem three and thirty years.

28. et mortuus est in senectute bona plenus dierum et divitiis et gloria regnavitque Salomon filius ejus pro eo

28. And he died in a good age, full of days, and riches, and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

29. gesta autem David regis priora et novissima scripta sunt in libro Samuhel videntis et in libro Nathan prophetæ atque in volumine Gad videntis

29. Now the acts of king David first and last are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer:

30. universique regni ejus et fortitudinis et temporum quæ transierunt sub eo sive in Israël sive in cunctis regnis terrarum

30. And of all his reign, and his valour, and of the times that passed under him, either in Israel, or in all the kingdoms of the countries.