1 مُلُوك 6

١ 1 وَعِنْدَمَا بَدَأَ سُلَيْمَانُ فِي بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي، شَهْرِ زِيُو (آيَارَ – مَايُو) مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِتَوَلِّيهِ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَانَ قَدِ انْقَضَى عَلَى خُرُوجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانُونَ عَاماً.

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the LORD’s house.

٢ 2 وَكَانَ طُولُ الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلرَّبِّ سِتِّيِنَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ ثَلاثِينَ مِتْراً) وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاثِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَةِ مِتْراً)

The house which King Solomon built for the LORD had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

٣ 3 وَكَانَتْ هُنَاكَ شُرْفَةٌ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ طُولُهَا عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَعَرْضُهَا عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)

The porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.

٤ 4 وَصَنَعَ لِلْهَيْكَلِ نَوَافِذَ مَسْقُوفَةً مُشَبَّكَةً ضَيِّقَةً.

He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.

٥ 5 وَشَيَّدَ عَلَى جَوَانِبِ جُدْرَانِ الْقَاعَةِ الرَّئِيسِيَّةِ وَالْمِحْرَابِ بِنَاءً ذَا طَوَابِقَ ثَلاثَةٍ، مُحِيطاً بِالْهَيْكَلِ جَعَلَهُ حُجُرَاتٍ إِضَافِيَّةً.

Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.

٦ 6 وَكَانَ عَرْضُ الطَّبَقَةِ الأُولَى خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَعَرْضُ الطَّبَقَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارِ)، وَعَرْضُ الطَّبَقَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ سَبْعَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ). وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتِ مُتَّصِلَةً بِجُدْرَانِ الهَيْكَلِ بِعَوَارِضَ مُرْتَكِزَةٍ عَلَى كُتَلٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ مُثَبَّتَةٍ خَارِجَ الْجُدْرَانِ، وَلَيْسَ فِي بَاطِنِ الْجُدْرَانِ نَفْسِهَا.

The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

٧ 7 وَتَمَّ بِنَاءُ الْهَيْكَلِ بِحِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ، اقْتَلَعَهَا الْعُمَّالُ وَنَحَتُوهَا فِي مَقَالِعِهَا، فَلَمْ يُسْمَعْ فِي الهَيْكَلِ عِنْدَ بِنَائِهِ صَوْتُ مِنْحَتٍ أَوْ مِعْوَلٍ أَوْ أَيِّ أَدَاةٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ.

The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.

٨ 8 وَكَانَ مَدْخَلُ الطَّابِقِ الأَسْفَلِ يَقُودُ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الأَيْمَنِ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَمِنْهُ يَصْعَدُونَ بِدَرَجٍ يُفْضِي إِلَى الطَّابِقَيْنِ الثَّانِي والثَّالِثِ.

The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, and out of the middle into the third.

٩ 9 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَكْمَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِنَاءَ الهَيْكَلِ كَسَا سَقْفَهُ بِعَوَارِضَ وَأَلْوَاحٍ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

١٠ 10 وَكَانَ ارْتِفَاعُ الْحُجُرَاتِ الْمُلْحَقَةِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَقَدْ ثَبَّتَهَا بِالْهَيْكَلِ بِعَوَارِضَ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

He built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timbers of cedar.

١١ 11 وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بِشَأْنِ الْهَيْكَلِ قَائِلاً:

The LORD’s word came to Solomon, saying,

١٢ 12 «أَمَّا مَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي شَيَّدْتَهُ، إِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي فَرَائِضِي وَطَبَّقْتَ أَحْكَامِي وَأَطَعْتَ وَصَايَايَ، وَمَارَسْتَهَا فَإِنَّنِي أُحَقِّقُ وُعُودِي الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها دَاوُدَ أَبَاكَ

“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.

١٣ 13 وَأُقِيمُ وَسَطَ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا أَتَخَلَّى عَنْهُ».

I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”

١٤ 14 وَهَكَذَا شَيَّدَ سُلَيْمَانُ الْهَيْكَلَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ،

So Solomon built the house and finished it.

١٥ 15 وَكُسِيَتْ جُدْرَانُ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ، مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى السَّقْفِ بِعَوَارِضَ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ، وَغُطِّيَتْ أَرْضِيَّتُهُ بِخَشَبِ السَّرْوِ،

He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood. He covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.

١٦ 16 وَاقْتَطَعَ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) مِنْ مُؤَخَّرَةِ الْهَيْكَل بَنَى فِيهَا الْمِحْرَابَ، أَيْ قُدْسَ الأَقْدَاسِ بَعْدَ أَنْ بَنَى جُدْرَاناً دَاخِلِيَّةً مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى الْحِيطَانِ بِعَوَارِضَ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

١٧ 17 وَامْتَدَّ بَاقِي الهَيْكَلِ أَمَامَ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ عَلَى طُولِ أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عِشْرِينَ مِتْراً).

In front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits long.

١٨ 18 وَنُقِشَتْ عَلَى أَلْوَاحِ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ الَّتِي غَطَّتِ الْجُدْرَانَ الدَّاخِلِيَّةَ أَشْكَالُ يَقْطِينٍ، وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ مُتَفَتِّحَةٍ. وَكَانَ الْبِنَاءُ الدَّاخِلِيُّ مَصْنُوعاً كُلُّهُ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ فَلَمْ يَظْهَرْ فِيهِ حَجَرٌ.

There was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.

١٩ 19 وَأَعَدَّ سُلَيْمَانُ مِحْرَاباً فِي وَسَطِ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ لِيَضَعَ فِيهِ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ.

He prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of the LORD’s covenant there.

٢٠ 20 كَانَ طُولُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً، وَارْتِفَاعُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ كَمَا غَشَّى الْمَذْبَحَ بِخَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar.

٢١ 21 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ غَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ الْهَيْكَلَ كُلَّهُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ. وَصَنَعَ سَلاسِلَ ذَهَبِيَّةً حَجَزَ بِها مَدْخَلَ الْمِحْرَابِ الْمُغَشَّى بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ.

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.

٢٢ 22 فَكَانَ الهَيْكَلُ بِكَامِلِهِ مُغَشّىً مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ، بِمَا فِيهِ مَذْبَحُ الْمِحْرَابِ.

He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.

٢٣ 23 وَأَقَامَ فِي الْمِحْرَابِ كَرُوبَيْنِ مَصْنُوعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيْتُونِ، عُلُوُّ الْوَاحِدِ مِنْهُمَا عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ).

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

٢٤ 24 وَطُولُ جَنَاحَيِ الْكَرُوبِ الْوَاحِدِ، مِنَ الطَّرَفِ الْوَاحِدِ إِلَى الطَّرَفِ الآخَرِ، عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)

Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was the length of the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits.

٢٥ 25 وَكَذَلِكَ كَانَ طُولُ جَنَاحَيِ الْكَرُوبِ الثَّانِي عَشْرَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، لأَنَّهُمَا كَانَا مُتَمَاثِلَيْنِ فِي الْقِيَاسِ والشَّكْلِ.

The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

٢٦ 26 وَكَانَ عُلُوُّ كُلِّ كَرُوبٍ عَشْرَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ).

One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.

٢٧ 27 وَأَقَامَ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ فِي وَسَطِ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، بِحَيْثُ يَمْتَدُّ طَرَفَا جَنَاحَيْهِمَا الْخَارِجِيَّيْنِ مِنَ الْحَائِطِ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ، وَيَتَلامَسُ طَرَفَا جَنَاحَيْهِمَا الدَّاخِلِيَّيْنِ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ الْمِحْرَابِ،

He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house.

٢٨ 28 وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ بِالذَّهَبِ.

He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

٢٩ 29 وَنُقِشَتْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْجُدْرَانِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَالْخَارِجِ رُسُومُ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَراعِمِ زُهُورٍ.

He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.

٣٠ 30 وَغَشَّى أَرْضَ الْهَيْكَلِ كُلِّهِ، بِقِسْمَيْهِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ وَالْخَارِجِيِّ، بِذَهَبٍ.

He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.

٣١ 31 وَكَانَ لِلْمِحْرَابِ بَابٌ مِنْ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ مَصْنُوعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيْتُونِ، لَهُمَا عَتَبَةٌ وَقَائِمَتَانِ عَلَى شَكْلِ مُخَمَّسٍ.

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.

٣٢ 32 وَنَقَشَ عَلَى الْمِصْرَاعَيْنِ رُسُومَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهُمَا بِذَهَبٍ، كَمَا رَصَّعَ الْكُرُوبِيمَ وَالنَّخِيلَ بِذَهَبٍ.

So he made two doors of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

٣٣ 33 وَصَنَعَ لِمَدْخَلِ الْهَيْكَلِ قَوَائِمَ مُرَبَّعَةً مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيْتُونِ،

He also made the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall,

٣٤ 34 وَمِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ السَّرْوِ، لِكُلِّ مِصْرَاعٍ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ عَلَى بَعْضِهِمَا.

and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

٣٥ 35 وَنَحَتَ نُقُوشَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ وَغَشَّاهَا بِذَهَبٍ مَطْرُوقٍ.

He carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted on the engraved work.

٣٦ 36 وَكَانَ جِدَارُ السَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلَيَّةِ مَبْنِيًّا مِنْ ثَلاثِ طَبَقَاتٍ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ، وَطَبَقَةٍ مِنْ عَوَارِضِ الأَرْزِ الْمُشَذَّبَةِ.

He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and a course of cedar beams.

٣٧ 37 وَكَانَ إِرْسَاءُ أَسَاسِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو (أَيَارَ – مَايُو) مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِحُكْمِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

The foundation of the LORD’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.

٣٨ 38 وَفِي شَهْرِ بُولَ (تِشْرِينَ الثَّانِي – نُوفَمْبِرَ) مِنْ الْعَامِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ لِمُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَ، اكْتَمَلَ بِنَاءُ الْهَيْكَلِ بِكُلِّ تَفَاصِيلِهِ، وَهَكَذَا اسْتَغْرَقَ تَشْيِيدُهُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ.

In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its specifications. So he spent seven years building it.