اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 6

١ 1 وَكَانَ فِي سَنَةِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ وَٱلثَّمَانِينَ لِخُرُوجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ لِمُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو وَهُوَ ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلثَّانِي، أَنَّهُ بَنَى ٱلْبَيْتَ لِلرَّبِّ.

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of the reign of Solomon over Israel, in the month Zio (the same is the second month), he began to build a house to the Lord.

٢ 2 وَٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلرَّبِّ طُولُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَسَمْكُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ ذِرَاعًا.

And the house, which king Solomon built to the Lord, was threescore cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.

٣ 3 وَٱلرِّوَاقُ قُدَّامَ هَيْكَلِ ٱلْبَيْتِ طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا حَسَبَ عَرْضِ ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَعَرْضُهُ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ قُدَّامَ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

And there was a porch before the temple of twenty cubits in length, according to the measure of the breadth of the temple: and it was ten cubits in breadth before the face of the temple.

٤ 4 وَعَمِلَ لِلْبَيْتِ كُوًى مَسْقُوفَةً مُشَبَّكَةً.

And he made in the temple oblique windows.

٥ 5 وَبَنَى مَعَ حَائِطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ طِبَاقًا حَوَالَيْهِ مَعَ حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ حَوْلَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَٱلْمِحْرَابِ، وَعَمِلَ غُرُفَاتٍ فِي مُسْتَدِيرِهَا.

And upon the wall of the temple he built floors round about, in the walls of the house round about the temple and the oracle, and he made sides round about.

٦ 6 فَٱلطَّبَقَةُ ٱلسُّفْلَى عَرْضُهَا خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَٱلْوُسْطَى عَرْضُهَا سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ، وَٱلثَّالِثَةُ عَرْضُهَا سَبْعُ أَذْرُعٍ، لِأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ لِلْبَيْتِ حَوَالَيْهِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ أَخْصَامًا لِئَلَّا تَتَمَكَّنَ ٱلْجَوَائِزُ فِي حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

The floor that was underneath, was five cubits in breadth, and the middle floor was six cubits in breadth, and the third door was seven cubits in breadth. And he put beams in the house round about on the outside, that they might not be fastened in the walls of the temple.

٧ 7 وَٱلْبَيْتُ فِي بِنَائِهِ بُنِيَ بِحِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ مُقْتَلَعَةٍ، وَلَمْ يُسْمَعْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ عِنْدَ بِنَائِهِ مِنْحَتٌ وَلَا مِعْوَلٌ وَلَا أَدَاةٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ.

And the house, when it was in building, was built of stones hewed and made ready: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house when it was in building.

٨ 8 وَكَانَ بَابُ ٱلْغُرْفَةِ ٱلْوُسْطَى فِي جَانِبِ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ، وَكَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ بِدَرَجٍ مُعَطَّفٍ إِلَى ٱلْوُسْطَى، وَمِنَ ٱلْوُسْطَى إِلَى ٱلثَّالِثَةِ.

The door for the middle side was on the right hand of the house: and by winding stairs they went up to the middle room, and from the middle to the third.

٩ 9 فَبَنَى ٱلْبَيْتَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ، وَسَقَفَ ٱلْبَيْتَ بِأَلْوَاحٍ وَجَوَائِزَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْزِ.

So he built the house, and finished it: and he covered the house with roofs of cedar.

١٠ 10 وَبَنَى ٱلْغُرُفَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ كُلِّهِ سَمْكُهَا خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَتَمَكَّنَتْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ بِخَشَبِ أَرْزٍ.

And he built a floor over all the house five cubits in height, and he covered the house with timber of cedar.

١١ 11 وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ قَائِلًا:

And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying:

١٢ 12 «هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ بَانِيهِ، إِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي فَرَائِضِي وَعَمِلْتَ أَحْكَامِي وَحَفِظْتَ كُلَّ وَصَايَايَ لِلسُّلُوكِ بِهَا، فَإِنِّي أُقِيمُ مَعَكَ كَلَامِي ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ،

This house, which thou buildest, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments, walking in them, I will fulfill my word to thee which I spoke to David thy father.

١٣ 13 وَأَسْكُنُ فِي وَسْطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَا أَتْرُكُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

١٤ 14 فَبَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْبَيْتَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ.

So Solomon built the house and finished it.

١٥ 15 وَبَنَى حِيطَانَ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِأَضْلَاعِ أَرْزٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَى حِيطَانِ ٱلسَّقْفِ، وَغَشَّاهُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِخَشَبٍ، وَفَرَشَ أَرْضَ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِأَخْشَابِ سَرْوٍ.

And he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the top of the walls, and to the roots, he covered it with boards of cedar on the inside: and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

١٦ 16 وَبَنَى عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعًا مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِأَضْلَاعِ أَرْزٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى ٱلْحِيطَانِ. وَبَنَى دَاخِلَهُ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ، أَيْ قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ.

And he built up twenty cubits with boards of cedar at the hinder part of the temple, from the floor to the top: and made the inner house of the oracle to be the holy of holies.

١٧ 17 وَأَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا كَانَتِ ٱلْبَيْتَ، أَيِ ٱلْهَيْكَلَ ٱلَّذِي أَمَامَهُ.

And the temple itself before the doors of the oracle was forty cubits long.

١٨ 18 وَأَرْزُ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ كَانَ مَنْقُورًا عَلَى شِكْلِ قِثَّاءٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ. ٱلْجَمِيعُ أَرْزٌ. لَمْ يَكُنْ يُرَى حَجَرٌ.

And all the house was covered within with cedar, having the turnings, and the joints thereof artfully wrought and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar: and no stone could be seen in the wall at all.

١٩ 19 وَهَيَّأَ مِحْرَابًا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ لِيَضَعَ هُنَاكَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

٢٠ 20 وَلِأَجْلِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا طُولًا وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا عَرْضًا وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا سَمْكًا. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ، وَغَشَّى ٱلْمَذْبَحَ بِأَرْزٍ.

Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar.

٢١ 21 وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْبَيْتَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ. وَسَدَّ بِسَلَاسِلِ ذَهَبٍ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ.

And the house before the oracle he overlaid with most pure gold, and fastened on the plates with nails of gold.

٢٢ 22 وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْبَيْتِ غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ إِلَى تَمَامِ كُلِّ ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي لِلْمِحْرَابِ غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ.

And there was nothing in the temple that was not covered with gold: the whole altar of the oracle he covered also with gold.

٢٣ 23 وَعَمِلَ فِي ٱلْمِحْرَابِ كَرُوبَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ، عُلُوُّ ٱلْوَاحِدِ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ.

And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height.

٢٤ 24 وَخَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ جَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْوَاحِدُ، وَخَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ جَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْآخَرُ. عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ طَرَفِ جَنَاحِهِ إِلَى طَرَفِ جَنَاحِهِ.

One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits: that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing.

٢٥ 25 وَعَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ ٱلْكَرُوبُ ٱلْآخَرُ. قِيَاسٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَشَكْلٌ وَاحِدٌ لِلْكَرُوبَيْنِ.

The second cherub also was ten cubits: and the measure, and the work was the same in both the cherubims:

٢٦ 26 عُلُوُّ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ وَكَذَا ٱلْكَرُوبُ ٱلْآخَرُ.

That is to say, one cherub was ten cubits high, and in like manner the other cherub.

٢٧ 27 وَجَعَلَ ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيِّ، وَبَسَطُوا أَجْنِحَةَ ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ فَمَسَّ جَنَاحُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ ٱلْحَائِطَ وَجَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْآخَرِ مَسَّ ٱلْحَائِطَ ٱلْآخَرَ. وَكَانَتْ أَجْنِحَتُهُمَا فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ يَمَسُّ أَحَدُهُمَا ٱلْآخَرَ.

And he set the cherubims in the midst of the inner temple: and the cherubims stretched forth their wings, and the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall: and the other wings in the midst of the temple touched one another.

٢٨ 28 وَغَشَّى ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ بِذَهَبٍ.

And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

٢٩ 29 وَجَمِيعُ حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ فِي مُسْتَدِيرِهَا رَسَمَهَا نَقْشًا بِنَقْرِ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ وَمِنْ خَارِجٍ.

And all the walls of the temple round about he carved with divers figures and carvings: and he made in them cherubims and palm trees, and divers representations, as it were standing out, and coming forth from the wall.

٣٠ 30 وَغَشَّى أَرْضَ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِذَهَبٍ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ وَمِنْ خَارِجٍ.

And the floor of the house he also overlaid with gold within and without.

٣١ 31 وَعَمِلَ لِبَابِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ. ٱلسَّاكِفُ وَٱلْقَائِمَتَانِ مُخَمَّسَةٌ.

And in the entrance of the oracle he made little doors of olive tree, and posts of five corners,

٣٢ 32 وَٱلْمِصْرَاعَانِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ. وَرَسَمَ عَلَيْهِمَا نَقْشَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهُمَا بِذَهَبٍ، وَرَصَّعَ ٱلْكَرُوبِيمَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ بِذَهَبٍ.

And two doors of olive tree: and he carved upon them figures of cherubims, and figures of palm trees, and carvings very much projecting: and he overlaid them with gold: and he covered both the cherubims and the palm trees, and the other things with gold.

٣٣ 33 وَكَذَلِكَ عَمِلَ لِمَدْخَلِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ قَوَائِمَ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ مُرَبَّعَةً،

And he made in the entrance of the temple posts of olive tree foursquare:

٣٤ 34 وَمِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلسَّرْوِ. ٱلْمِصْرَاعُ ٱلْوَاحِدُ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ، وَٱلْمِصْرَاعُ ٱلْآخَرُ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ.

And two doors of fir tree, one of each side: and each door was double, and so opened with folding leaves.

٣٥ 35 وَنَحَتَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلًا وَبَرَاعِمَ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهَا بِذَهَبٍ مُطَرَّقٍ عَلَى ٱلْمَنْقُوشِ.

And he carved cherubims, and palm trees, and carved work standing very much out: and he overlaid all with golden plates in square work by rule.

٣٦ 36 وَبَنَى ٱلدَّارَ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةَ ثَلَاثَةَ صُفُوفٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَصَفًّا مِنْ جَوَائِزِ ٱلْأَرْزِ.

And he built the inner court with three rows of polished stones, and one row of beams of cedar.

٣٧ 37 فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ أُسِّسَ بَيْتُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو.

In the fourth year was the house of the Lord founded in the month Zio:

٣٨ 38 وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْحَادِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ فِي شَهْرِ بُولَ، وَهُوَ ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلثَّامِنُ، أُكْمِلَ ٱلْبَيْتُ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِ وَأَحْكَامِهِ. فَبَنَاهُ فِي سَبْعِ سِنِينٍ.

And in the eleventh year in the month Bul (which is the eighth month) the house was finished in all the works thereof, and in all the appurtenances thereof: and he was seven years in building it.