1 Kings 6

1 Four hundred and eighty years after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of King Solomon's reign, in the month of Ziv, Solomon began building the Temple of the Lord.

١ 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.

2 The Temple King Solomon built for the Lord measured sixty cubits long by twenty cubits wide by thirty cubits high.

٢ 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)

3 The entrance room at the front of the Temple was twenty cubits wide. It ran the whole width of the Temple and projected out ten cubits in front of the Temple.

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

4 He had latticed windows made to be placed high up in the Temple.

٤ وَصَنَعَ لِلْهَيْكَلِ نَوَافِذَ مَسْقُوفَةً مُشَبَّكَةً ضَيِّقَةً.

5 He also had a structure built against the outer wall of the Temple, both the outer and the inner sanctuary, to provide a series of side rooms.

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

6 The ground floor measured five cubits wide, the first floor six cubits, and the second floor seven cubits. In addition he had offset ledges placed all the way around the outside, so that beams would not have to be inserted into the Temple walls.

٦ 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.

7 When the Temple was built the stones were finished at the quarry so that no noise from any hammer, ax, or any iron tool was heard in the Temple during construction.

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

8 The entrance to the ground floor was on the south side of the Temple. Stairs led to the first floor, and then on to the second floor.

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

9 So Solomon finished building the Temple, covering it with a roof made of cedar rafters and planks.

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

10 He built the external structure along the whole of the Temple. It was five cubits high, joined to the Temple with cedar joists.

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

11 The Lord sent this message to Solomon, telling him,

١١ وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بِشَأْنِ الْهَيْكَلِ قَائِلاً:

12 “About this Temple you are building: if you follow what I have said, fulfilling my requirements and keeping my commandments in what you do, I will keep the promise I made to your father David through you.

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

13 I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon Israel, my people.”

١٣ وَأُقِيمُ وَسَطَ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا أَتَخَلَّى عَنْهُ».

14 Solomon finished building the Temple.

١٤ وَهَكَذَا شَيَّدَ سُلَيْمَانُ الْهَيْكَلَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ،

15 He lined the walls with cedar panels from floor to ceiling and he covered the floor of the Temple with cypress boards.

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

16 He sectioned off twenty cubits at the rear of the Temple with boards of cedar from floor to ceiling, making an inner sanctuary as the Most Holy Place.

١٦ 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.

17 The main Temple in front of this room measured forty cubits long.

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

18 The cedar panels inside the Temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and open flowers. Everything was lined with cedar—none of the stone was visible.

١٨ 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.

19 He also had the inner sanctuary made within the Temple where the Ark of the Lord's Agreement would be placed.

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

20 The inner sanctuary measured twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He had the interior covered with a coating with pure gold, as well as the altar of cedar.

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

21 Solomon had the whole of the inside of the Temple covered with pure gold, He had gold chains stretched across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was also covered with gold.

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

22 He covered the whole inside of the Temple with a coating of gold until it was all finished. He also covered with gold the entire altar for the inner sanctuary.

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

23 He had two cherubim made out of olive wood for the inner sanctuary, each one ten cubits tall.

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

24 Both wings of the cherub measured five cubits, making a total wingspan of ten cubits.

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

25 The other cherub was also ten cubits tall, since they were identical both in size and shape.

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

26 Both cherubs were ten cubits tall.

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

27 He had the cherubim placed inside the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Since their wings were fully spread, a wing of the first cherub touched one wall, a wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the Temple their wings touched.

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

28 The cherubim were also covered with a gold coating.

٢٨ وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ بِالذَّهَبِ.

29 He had all the Temple walls, both the inner and outer sanctuaries, carved with designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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

30 He also had the floor of the Temple floor covered with gold, both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

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

31 He had doors of olive wood made for the entrance to the inner sanctuary, together with a lintel and doorposts that had five sides.

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

32 These olive wood double doors had carved into them designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The cherubim and palm trees carvings were covered with beaten gold.

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

33 Similarly he had four-sided doorposts of olive wood made for the entrance to the sanctuary.

٣٣ وَصَنَعَ لِمَدْخَلِ الْهَيْكَلِ قَوَائِمَ مُرَبَّعَةً مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيْتُونِ،

34 Its doors were made of cypress wood, each with two hinged panels.

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

35 He had them carved with designs of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and covered them with gold beaten evenly over the carvings.

٣٥ وَنَحَتَ نُقُوشَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ وَغَشَّاهَا بِذَهَبٍ مَطْرُوقٍ.

36 Solomon had the inner courtyard built with three courses of dressed stone and one of cedar beams.

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

37 The foundation of the Lord's Temple was laid in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, in the month of Ziv.

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

38 The Temple was finished exactly as specified and planned in Solomon's eleventh year, in the eighth month, the month of Bul. So it took him seven years to build the Temple.

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