Hiram king of Tyre agreeth to furnish timber and workmen for building the temple: the number of workmen and overseers.

 1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon: for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram had always been David's friend.
Misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri servos suos ad Salomonem : audivit enim quod ipsum unxissent regem pro patre ejus : quia amicus fuerat Hiram David omni tempore.

 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:
Misit autem Salomon ad Hiram, dicens :

 3 Thou knowest the will of David my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
Tu scis voluntatem David patris mei, et quia non potuerit aedificare domum nomini Domini Dei sui propter bella imminentia per circuitum, donec daret Dominus eos sub vestigio pedum ejus.

 4 But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about: and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.
Nunc autem requiem dedit Dominus Deus meus mihi per circuitum : et non est satan, neque occursus malus.

 5 Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.
Quam ob rem cogito aedificare templum nomini Domini Dei mei, sicut locutus est Dominus David patri meo, dicens : Filius tuus, quem dabo pro te super solium tuum, ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo.

 6 Give orders therefore that thy servants cut me down cedar trees out of Libanus, and let my servants be with thy servants: and I will give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask, for thou knowest how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians.
Praecipe igitur ut praecidant mihi servi tui cedros de Libano, et servi mei sint cum servis tuis : mercedem autem servorum tuorum dabo tibi quamcumque petieris : scis enim quomodo non est in populo meo vir qui noverit ligna caedere sicut Sidonii.

 7 Now when Hiram had heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said: Blessed be the Lord God this day, who hath given to David a very wise son over this numerous people.
Cum ergo audisset Hiram verba Salomonis, laetatus est valde, et ait : Benedictus Dominus Deus hodie, qui dedit David filium sapientissimum super populum hunc plurimum.

 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have heard all thou hast desired of me: and I will do all thy desire concerning cedar trees, and fir trees.
Et misit Hiram ad Salomonem, dicens : Audivi quaecumque mandasti mihi : ego faciam omnem voluntatem tuam in lignis cedrinis et abiegnis.

 9 My servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: and I will put them together in floats in the sea, and convey them to the place, which thou shalt signify to me; and will land them there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt allow me necessaries, to furnish food for my household.
Servi mei deponent ea de Libano ad mare : et ego componam ea in ratibus in mari usque ad locum quem significaveris mihi : et applicabo ea ibi, et tu tolles ea : praebebisque necessaria mihi, ut detur cibus domui meae.

 10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire.
Itaque Hiram dabat Salomoni ligna cedrina, et ligna abiegna, juxta omnem voluntatem ejus.

 11 And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat, for provision for his house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram every year.
Salomon autem praebebat Hiram coros tritici viginti millia, in cibum domui ejus, et viginti coros purissimi olei : haec tribuebat Salomon Hiram per singulos annos.

 12 And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together.
Dedit quoque Dominus sapientiam Salomoni, sicut locutus est ei : et erat pax inter Hiram et Salomonem, et percusserunt ambo foedus.

 13 And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men.
Elegitque rex Salomon operarios de omni Israel, et erat indictio triginta millia virorum.

 14 And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand every month by turns, so that two months they were at home: and Adoniram was over this levy.
Mittebatque eos in Libanum, decem millia per menses singulos vicissim, ita ut duobus mensibus essent in domibus suis : et Adoniram erat super hujuscemodi indictione.

 15 And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain:
Fueruntque Salomoni septuaginta millia eorum qui onera portabant, et octoginta millia latomorum in monte :

 16 Besides the overseers who were over every work, in number three thousand, and three hundred that ruled over the people, and them that did the work.
absque praepositis qui praeerant singulis operibus, numero trium millium et trecentorum praecipientium populo et his qui faciebant opus.

 17 And the king commanded, that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:
Praecepitque rex, ut tollerent lapides grandes, lapides pretiosos in fundamentum templi, et quadrarent eos :

 18 And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.
quos dolaverunt caementarii Salomonis, et caementarii Hiram : porro Giblii praeparaverunt ligna et lapides ad aedificandam domum.