2 أخبار 4

١ 1 وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مَذْبَحَ النُّحَاسِ، طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَارْتِفَاعُهُ عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ).

And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.

٢ 2 وَسَبَكَ بِرْكَةً مِنَ النُّحَاسِ مُسْتَدِيرَةً طُولُ قُطْرِهَا مِنْ حَافَتِهَا إِلَى حَافَتِهَا عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَارْتِفَاعُهَا خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَطُولُ مُحِيطِهَا ثَلاثُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ مِتْراً).

And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits.

٣ 3 وَقَدْ سُبِكَ بِشَكْلٍ دَائِرِيٍّ، وَكَجُزْءٍ مِنْهَا، تَحْتَ اسْتِدَارَةِ مُحِيطِهَا، صَفَّانِ مِنَ الْقِثَّاءِ بِمِقْدَارِ عَشْرِ قِثَّاءَاتٍ لِكُلِّ ذِرَاعٍ (نَحْوَ نِصْفِ مِتْرٍ)، وَقَدْ سُبِكَتْ كَجُزْءٍ مِنَ الْحَوْضِ.

And beneath it the likeness of calves, they compass it round about: ten cubits compass the laver round about, they cast the calves two rows in their casting,

٤ 4 وَكَانَتِ الْبِرْكَةُ قَائِمَةً عَلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْراً، يَتَّجِهُ ثَلاثَةٌ مِنْهَا بِرُؤُوسِهَا نَحْوَ الشِّمَالِ، وَثَلاثَةٌ أُخْرَى نَحْوَ الْغَرْبِ، وَثَلاثَةٌ ثَالِثَةٌ نَحْوَ الْجَنُوبِ، وَالثَّلاثَةُ الأَخِيرَةُ نَحْوَ الشَّرْقِ، وَالْبِرْكَةُ تَرْتَكِزُ عَلَى أَعْجَازِهَا الْمُتَّجِهَةِ نَحْوَ الدَّاخِلِ.

wherein they made them twelve calves, —three looking northwards, and three westwards, and three southwards, and three eastwards: and the sea was upon them above, [and] their hinder parts were inward.

٥ 5 وَبَلَغَ سُمْكُ جِدَارِ الْبِرْكَةِ شِبْراً، وَصُنِعَتْ حَافَّتُهَا عَلَى شَكْلِ كَأْسِ زَهْرِ السُّوسَنِّ، وَكَانَتْ تَتَّسِعُ لِثَلاثَةِ آلافِ بَثٍّ (نَحْوَ اثْنَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفاً وَخَمْسِ مِئَةِ لِتْرٍ).

And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim as the brim of a cup, graven with flowers of lilies, holding three thousand measures: and he finished [it].

٦ 6 وَصَنَعَ عَشَرَةَ أَحْوَاضٍ لِغَسْلِ مَا يُقَرِّبُونَهُ كَمُحْرَقَاتٍ، أَقَامَ خَمْسَةً مِنْهَا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَخَمْسَةً عَنِ الشِّمَالِ. أَمَّا الْبِرْكَةُ فَقَدْ خُصِّصَتْ لاغْتِسَالِ الْكَهَنَةِ.

And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole-burnt-offerings, and to rinse [the vessels] in them; and the sea [was] for the priests to wash in.

٧ 7 وَصَاغَ عَشْرَ مَنَائِرِ ذَهَبٍ بِمُوْجِبِ الْمُوَاصَفَاتِ الْمَوْضُوعَةِ لَهَا، وَنَصَبَهَا فِي الْهَيْكَلِ: خَمْساً عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَخَمْساً عَنِ الشِّمَالِ.

And he made the ten golden candlesticks according to their pattern, and he put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

٨ 8 وَكَذَلِكَ صَنَعَ عَشْرَ مَوَائِدَ وَضَعَهَا فِي الْهَيْكَلِ خَمْسَةً عَنِ الْيَمِينِ وَخَمْسَةً عَنِ الشِّمَالِ. كَمَا صَنَعَ مِئَةَ مِنْضَحَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ.

And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls.

٩ 9 وَبَنَى فِنَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالدَّارَ الْعَظِيمَةَ مَعَ مَصَارِيعِهَا الَّتِي غَشَّاهَا بِالنُّحَاسِ.

Also he made the priests' court, and the great court, and doors to the court, and their panels [were] overlaid with brass.

١٠ 10 أَمَّا الْبِرْكَةُ فَقَدْ أَثْبَتَهَا فِي الْجَانِبِ الأَيْمَنِ فِي الْجِهَةِ الْجَنُوبِيَّةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ.

And he set the sea at the corner of the house on the right, as it were fronting the east.

١١ 11 وَعَمِلَ حُورَامُ الْقُدُورَ وَالرُّفُوشَ وَالْمَنَاضِحَ. وَأَكْمَلَ كُلَّ مَا طَلَبَهُ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ لإِتْمَامِ الْهَيْكَلِ:

And Chiram made the fleshhooks, and the fire-pans, and the grate of the altar, and all its instruments: and Chiram finished doing all the work which he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:

١٢ 12 الْعَمُودَيْنِ وَكُرَتَيِ التَّاجَيْنِ الْقَائِمَتَيْنِ عَلَى قِمَّتَيِ الْعَمُودَيْنِ، وَالشَّبَكَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ تُغَطِّيَانِ كُرَتَيِ التَّاجَيْنِ.

two pillars, and upon them an embossed work for the chapiters on the heads of the two pillars, and two nets to cover the heads of the chapiters which are on the heads of the pillars;

١٣ 13 وَالرُّمَّانَاتِ الأَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ الْمُعَلَّقَةَ بِالشَّبَكَتَيْنِ، صَفَّيْنِ لِكُلِّ شَبَكَةٍ لِتُغَطِّيَ كُرَتَيِ التَّاجَيْنِ الْقَائِمَتَيْنِ عَلَى قِمَّتَيِ الْعَمُودَيْنِ.

and four hundred golden bells for the two nets, and two rows of pomegranates in each net, to cover the two embossed rims of the chapiters which are upon the pillars.

١٤ 14 كَذَلِكَ صَنَعَ الْقَوَاعِدَ وَأَحْوَاضَهَا الْمُرْتَكِزَةَ عَلَيْهَا.

And he made the ten bases, and he made the lavers upon the bases;

١٥ 15 وَالْبِرْكَةَ الْقَائِمَةَ عَلَى اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ ثَوْراً،

and the one sea, and the twelve calves under it;

١٦ 16 وَالْقُدُورَ وَالرُّفُوشَ وَالْمَنَاشِلَ، وَكُلَّ أَوَانِيهَا. وَقَدْ صَنَعَ حُورَامُ هَذِهِ كُلَّهَا لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ مَصْقُولٍ، لِتَكُونَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ،

and the foot-baths, and the buckets, and the caldrons, and the flesh-hooks, and all their furniture (which Chiram made, and brought to king Solomon in the house of the Lord) of pure brass.

١٧ 17 فِي غَوْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ حَيْثُ سَبَكَهَا فِي أَرْضِ الْخَزَفِ بَيْنَ سُكُّوتَ وَصَرَدَةَ.

In the country round about Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground in the house of Socchoth, and between [that and] Saredatha.

١٨ 18 وَعَمِلَ سُلَيْمَانُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الآنِيَةِ الْكَثِيرَةِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَحْسُبَ وَزْنَ النُّحَاسِ.

So Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the quantity of brass failed not.

١٩ 19 وَأَمَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِصُنْعِ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ اللهِ، وَمَذْبَحِ الذَّهَبِ وَمَوَائِدِ خُبْزِ التَّقْدِمَاتِ،

And Solomon made all the vessels of the house of the Lord, and the golden altar, and the tables, and upon them [were to be] the loaves of shewbread;

٢٠ 20 وَالْمَنَائِرِ وَسُرُجِهَا الْمُضِيئَةِ دَائِماً أَمَامَ الْمِحْرَابِ بِمُقْتَضَى نَصِّ الشَّرِيعَةِ، مِنْ ذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ.

also the candlesticks, and the lamps to give light according to the pattern, and in front of the oracle, of pure gold.

٢١ 21 وَالأَزْهَارُ والسُّرُجُ وَالْمَلاقِطُ، كُلُّهَا صُنِعَتْ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ.

And their snuffers, and their lamps [were made], and [he made] the bowls, and the censers, and the fire-pans, of pure gold.

٢٢ 22 كَمَا سُبِكَتِ الْمَقَاصُّ وَالْمَنَاضِحُ وَالصُّحُونُ وَالْمَجَامِرُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ. وَكَذَلِكَ صُنِعَ بَابُ الْهَيْكَلِ وَمَصَارِيعُ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ وَمَصَارِيعُ الْقَاعَةِ الرَّئِيسِيَّةِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ.

And [there was] the inner door of the house [opening] into the holy of holies, and [he made] the inner doors of the temple of gold. So all the work which Solomon wrought for the house of the Lord was finished.