1 Manghai 7
1 Solomon loh amah im te a sak bal tih kum hlai thum phoeiah tah a im pum te a coeng.
They also built a palace for Solomon, but it required 13 years to build it.
2 Lebanon duup im te khaw a yun dong yakhat, a daang dong sawmnga, a sang dong sawmthum a sak tih lamphai tung than li neh, tung dongah lamphai thingsuih a khueh.
One of the buildings they constructed was [a] large [ceremonial hall]. It was called the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It was supported/held up by four rows of pillars of [wood from] cedar [trees]. There were 15 pillars in each row. There were cedar beams across each row.
3 Than at dongah hlai nga tih tung sawmli panga lo. A sokah thingphael soah khaw lamphai neh a khop thil.
[To support the roof] there were cedar beams that connected the rows of pillars.
4 Khohue than thum om tih a khosaeng neh khosaeng khaw rhaep thum la humuh.
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
5 Thohka neh khuihlet rhungsut boeih he hniboeng la om tih, khosaeng neh khosaeng khaw rhaep thum la hmaidan uh.
All the windows and doorways had rectangular frames. The windows along the long wall on one side faced the windows on the other side.
6 Ngalha tung rhoek te a yun dong sawmnga neh a daang dong sawmthum la a saii. Te rhoek hmai ah ngalha om tih te rhoek hmai ah tung neh a khuep khaw om.
They also built another building called the Hall of Pillars. It was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch [whose roof was] supported by pillars.
7 Laitloek nah ngolkhoel kah ngalha ham khaw tiktamnah ngalha pahoi a saii tih Cirhong pakhat lamloh cirhong pakhat hil te lamphai a ci.
Then they made a building called the Hall of the Throne. It was also called the Hall of Judgment. That was where Solomon decided/judged concerning people’s disputes. The walls were covered with cedar boards, from the floor to the rafters.
8 A om nah a im khaw a im pabae vongup ah pahoi om tih ngalha dongkah a kutngo bangla om. Tekah ngalha bangla Solomon kah a loh Pharaoh canu ham khaw im a sak pah.
In the courtyard behind the Hall of Judgment they built a house for Solomon to live in that was made like the other buildings. They also built the same kind of house for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt.
9 Lung vang boeih te lungrhaih kah cungnueh tarhing ah hlawh neh a baih tih Imkhui neh imkawt te tungyung lamloh songpoi hil, kawtpoeng lamloh vong puei hil a cung sak.
All of those buildings and the walls around the palace courtyard were made from costly blocks of stone, from the foundations up to the eaves. The stones were cut [at the quarry], according to the sizes that were needed, and the sides of the stones were shaped by cutting/smoothing them with saws.
10 Lung vang neh lung nu te, dong rha lung, dong rhet lung neh a khueng.
The foundations were also made from huge blocks of stone [that were prepared at the quarry]. Some of them were twelve feet long and some were fifteen feet long.
11 A so kah lung vang te khaw lungrhaih neh lamphai kah cungnueh tarhing la om.
On top of the foundation stones were other blocks of stone that were cut according to the sizes they needed, and cedar beams.
12 Vong puei kaepvai ah lungrhaih than thum, lamphai thingsuih than at om. Te tlam te BOEIPA im kah a khui vongtung hil neh im kah ngalha hil ah khaw om.
The palace courtyard, the inner courtyard in front of the temple, and the entrance room of the temple had walls made by putting down three layers of cut stones between each layer of cedar beams.
13 Te vaengah manghai Solomon loh Tyre lamkah Khiram te a tah tih a loh.
There was a man who lived in Tyre [city] whose name was Huram. He knew how to make very nice things from bronze. His father had also lived in Tyre and had also been very skilled at making things from bronze, but Huram’s father was no longer living. His mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram was very wise and intelligent and was very skilled at making things from bronze. Solomon invited him to come [to Jerusalem and supervise] all the work of making things from bronze, and Huram agreed.
14 Anih tah Naphtali koca lamkah nuhmai nu kah a capa tih a napa tah rhohum aka saii Tyre hlang ni. Te dongah rhohum neh bitat cungkuem saii ham vaengah khaw cueihnah neh, lungcuei neh, mingnah neh bae. Te dongah manghai Solomon taengla a pawk vaengah a bitat cungkuem te a saii pah.
15 Te phoeiah rhohum tung rhoi te a hlawn tih tung pakhat kah a sang he dong hlai rhet lo. Tung a pabae te rhuihet neh dong hlai nit la a yen.
He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around. Each was hollow, and the walls of the pillars were 3 in./7.4 cm. thick.
16 Rhohum hlawn tung soi ah khueh ham tungthi panit a saii. Lamhma kah tungthi te a sang dong nga lo tih, a pabae kah tungthi te khaw a sang dong nga lo.
He also made two bronze caps to be put on top of the pillars. Each cap was 7-1/2 feet tall.
17 Sahamlong bitat dongkah sahamlong, cangtui-rhaica bitat dongkah sihno khaw tung soi kah tungthi dongah om tih, lamhma kah tungthi ham parhih, a pabae kah tungthi ham parhih om.
Then he made bronze wreaths of chains to decorate the top part of each pillar.
18 Tung neh a soi kah tungthi te thingcam ham te sahamlong pakhat soah tale thaih than nit la pin om. Te tlam te a pabae kah tungthi ham khaw a saii tangloeng.
He also made bronze [figures that resembled] pomegranates. He put two rows of pomegranates over the top parts of each pillar.
19 Tung soi kah tungthi te ngalha khuiah tuilipai muei bangla om tih dong li lo.
The top part over each pillar was shaped like a lily. Each [lily leaf] was six feet tall.
20 Tung rhoi sokah tungthi rhoi tah sahamlong, sahamlong, dan kah a lungui buelh soah om tih a pabae kah tungthi soah tah tale thaih yahnih te a than la pin om.
These top parts were placed on a bowl-shaped section around which was draped the wreaths of chains. He made 200 [figures that represented] pomegranates and put them in two rows around the top/head of each pillar.
21 Tung te bawkim kah ngalha dongah a ling. Bantang tung te a ling tih a ming te Jakhin a sui. Banvoei tung te a ling bal tih a ming Boaz a sui.
His [helpers] set up the pillars in front of the entrance of the temple. The pillar on the south side was named Jakin, and the pillar on the north side was named Boaz.
22 Tung soi kah tuilipai muei nen ni tung dongkah bitat khaw a soep.
The bronze top parts that were shaped like lilies were placed on top of the pillars. So Huram and his helpers finished making the bronze pillars.
23 Tuili pakhat te rhohum hlawn neh asaii tih pin pumrhuelh. A rhai khat lamloh a rhai khat hil te dong rha lo. A dung te rhui dong nga lo. A pum te a rhui khat neh dong sawmthum la a ven.
Huram also constructed a very large round bronze tank that was made of metal and cast [in a clay mold]. It was 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters high, 30 feet/9 meters across/wide, and 45 feet/13.5 meters around it.
24 A rhai te a hmui kah padae neh dong khat dongah lungrha tah pin a bang. Tuili pin aka vael padae than nit te a hlawnnah neh a hlawn.
Around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of gourds that were made of bronze. [But] the gourds [were not cast separately; they] were cast in the same mold as the rest of the tank. For each foot of length around the rim of the tank there were six [figures of] gourds.
25 Te te saelhung hlai nit soah pai tih pumthum tlangpuei la mael, pumthum khotlak la mael, pumthum tuithim la mael, pumthum khocuk la mael. Tuili tete rhoek sokah a so so ah om tih a nam te imkhui la boeih a sisukuh.
Huram [also cast] twelve [bronze statues of] oxen. He placed them to face outward. He placed three of them to face north, three to face west, three to face south, and three to face east. His helpers put the bronze tank on the backs of [the statues of] the oxen.
26 A thah khaw kutsom tluk thah tih a rhai te tuilipai kah rhaiphuelh boengloeng rhai muei bangla om. Te khuiah bath thawng hnih ael.
The sides [of the tank] were 3 in./8 cm. thick. The rim was like the rim of a cup. It [curved outward, ] like the petals of a lily. [When the tank was full, ] it held about 10,000 gallons [of water].
27 Rhohum tungkho parha a saii tih tungkho pakhat te a yun dong li, a daang dong li neh a sang dong thum lo.
Huram also made ten bronze carts. Each was six feet long and six feet wide and 4-1/2 feet tall.
28 Tungkho kah a muei tah he tlam he om. Te rhoek te a soenglong om tih a soenglong te tungkal laklo ah om.
[On the sides of the carts] there were panels which were set in frames.
29 Tungkal laklo kah a soenglong soah sathueng, vaito neh cherubim om. A kho kah tungkal dongah khaw ahmui a hman la sathueng ham neh vaito ham te singling la aka bat rhaikoi om.
On those panels were [bronze figures of] lions, bulls, and winged creatures. Below and above the lions and bulls there were decorations of bronze wreaths.
30 Tungkho pakhat ham rhohum lengkho pali, rhohum hmuicung neh te rhoek ham a mueihong kho pali om. Baeldung hmuikah ham a hlawn mueihong pakhat dan ah rhaikoi rhip om.
Each cart had four bronze wheels and two axles made of bronze. At the top corners of each cart were bronze supports to hold up a basin. On these supports were also decorations of bronze wreaths.
31 A rhai te a khui ah a so la dong at aka poe tungthi dongah om. A rhai kah a kho phek la pumrhuelh dong khat phoeiah dong kaek lo. A rhai dongah khaw muei om dae a soenglong te hniboeng la om tih pumrhuelh pawh.
On top of each cart, [under each basin, ] was a frame [that resembled] a circular collar. The top of each circular frame was 18 inches above the top of the cart, and the bottom of it was nine inches below the top of the cart. There were also decorations of bronze wreaths on the frame engraved within square panels.
32 Soenglong te a hmui lamloh lengkho pali om tih tungkho dongah lengkho kah a cung om. Lengkho pakhat kah a sang he dong khat phoeiah dong kaek lo.
The wheels were 27 inches high. They were below the panels. The wheels were connected to axles that had been cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
33 A kho kah a muei tah leng kho muei bangla om. A cung neh a amkhawn khaw, a khocung neh a khobom khaw rhohum boeih a hlawn.
The wheels of the carts were like the wheels of chariots. The axles, the rims, the spokes, and the hubs were all cast [from bronze].
34 Tungkho pakhat dongkah a kil pali dongah mueihong pali om tih tungkho lamloh mueihong hil phauh.
At the top corners of each cart there were handles. These were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
35 Tungkho soi kah a pumrhuelh phai te a sang dong kaek lo. Tungkho soi kah a khocung neh a soenglong te phauh.
There was a nine-inch bronze band around the top of each cart. There were braces attached to the corners of each cart. The bands and the braces were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
36 A khocung hman neh a soenglong dongah a soenglong soah khaw cherubim, sathueng neh rhophoe a hoep pakhat dongah a ah tih rhaikoi pin a bat sak.
The braces and the panels [on the sides of the carts] were also decorated with [figures of] winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, whenever there was space for them, and there were bronze wreaths all around them.
37 Tungkho parha te ahlawn pakhat, cungnueh pakhat, suisak pakhat la boeih a saii.
That is how Huram made the ten carts. They [were all cast in the same mold, so they] were all alike: They all were the same size and had the same shape.
38 Rhohum baeldung parha a saii te baeldung pakhat dongah bath sawmli ael. Baeldung pakhat te dong li lo tih, tungkho pakhat dongah baeldung pakhat neh tungkho parha lo.
Huram also made ten bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and held 200 gallons [of water].
39 Tungkho te im bantang hael ah panga, im kah banvoei kah a hael ah panga te a khueh. Tuili te im kah khothoeng bantang hael kah tuithim dan ah a khueh.
Huram placed five of the carts on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put the big tank at the southeast corner.
40 Khiram loh baeldung, hmaisoh neh baelcak khaw a saii. BOEIPA im ah manghai Solomon ham a saii bangla a saii ham bitat cungkuem te Khiram loh a coeng.
Huram also made pots, shovels [for carrying ashes], and bowls [for carrying the blood of the animals that would be sacrificed]. He completed all the work that King Solomon requested him to do for the temple. [This is a list of the bronze things he made]:
41 Tung panit neh tung soi kah tungthi tuidueh panit, tung soi kah tungthi tuidueh rhoi thingcam ham sahamlong panit,
the two pillars; the two top parts to be put over the pillars; the two wreaths of chains to decorate the tops of the pillars;
42 sahamlong rhoi dongkah tale thaih ya li, tung soi kah tungthi tuidueh rhoi thingcam ham sahamlong pakhat dongah talae thaih than nit,
the 400 [figures of] pomegranates, in two rows, with 100 in each row, that were placed over the top parts of the pillars;
43 tungkho parha neh tungkho dongkah baeldung parha,
the ten carts; the ten basins;
44 tuili pakhat neh tuili hmuikah vaito hlai nit,
the big tank; the twelve [statues of] oxen on whose backs the tank was placed;
45 am neh hmaisoh neh baelcak neh hnopai boeih, he rhoek he Khiram loh manghai Solomon ham BOEIPA im ahrhohum rhoh neh a saii pah.
the pots, shovels [for the ashes of the altar], and bowls. Huram [and his workers] made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of polished bronze.
46 Te rhoek te manghai loh Jordan vannaem ah Sukkoth laklo neh Zarethan laklo kah khohmuen amlai neh a hlawn.
They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan [River] Valley, between [the cities of] Succoth and Zarethan.
47 Solomon loh hnopai a khueh boeih te bahoeng bahoeng a hmoeng dongah rhohum kah a khiing khaw khe lek pawh.
Solomon did not [tell his workers to] weigh those bronze objects, because there were many items. So no one ever knew what they weighed.
48 Solomon loh BOEIPA im kah hnopai cungkuem, sui hmueihtuk neh caboei, a sokah sui maelhmai buh khaw,
Solomon’s [workers] also made all the gold items for the temple: the altar; the table on which the priests put the sacred bread placed before God;
49 Hmaitung rhoek te sui cim cangimphu hmai kah bantang ah panga, banvoei ah panga neh rhaiphuelh, hmaithoi, sui paitaeh,
the ten lampstands [that were put] in front of the Very Holy Place, five on the south side and five on the north side; the [decorations that resembled] flowers; the lamps; the tongs [to grasp the hot coals];
50 cingkhaa neh paitaeh, baelcak neh yakbu, sui cim baelphaih neh im thohkhaih dongkah luhoe khaw, a khui hmuencim kah hmuencim ham khaw, sui bawkim kah im thohkhaih ham khaw a saii.
the cups, the gold lamp wick snuffers, the small lamp bowls, the dishes for incense, the pans [for carrying the hot coals], and the hinges for the doors at the entrance to the Very Holy Place and for the doors at the entrance [to the main room] of the temple. Those things were all made of gold.
51 Manghai Solomon loh BOEIPA im kah a saii bitat cungkuem te cung coeng. Te dongah Solomon loha napa David kah hnocim te a khuen tih cak neh sui khaw, hnopai khaw BOEIPA im kah thakvoh khuiah a khueh.
So Solomon’s [workers] finished all the work for the temple. Then they placed in the temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold, and the other valuable items.
