1 Kings 7
1 BUT Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Salomone costruì anche la propria reggia e la portò a compimento in tredici anni.
2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
Costruì il palazzo detto Foresta del Libano, lungo cento cubiti, largo cinquanta e alto trenta su tre ordini di colonne di cedro e con capitelli di cedro sulle colonne.
3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
Un soffitto di cedro si stendeva sopra le stanze che poggiavano sulle colonne; queste erano quarantacinque, quindici per fila.
4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
Vi erano tre serie di finestre, che si corrispondevano faccia a faccia tre volte.
5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
Le porte e i loro stipiti erano a forma quadrangolare; le finestre erano le une di fronte alle altre per tre volte.
6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
Costruì il vestibolo delle colonne, lungo cinquanta cubiti e largo trenta. Sul davanti c'era un vestibolo e altre colonne e davanti ad esse una tettoia.
7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
Fece anche il vestibolo del trono, ove rendeva giustizia, cioè il vestibolo della giustizia; era di cedro dal pavimento alle travi.
8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
La reggia, dove abitava, fu costruita con il medesimo disegno, in un secondo cortile, all'interno rispetto al vestibolo; nello stile di tale vestibolo fece anche una casa per la figlia del faraone, che Salomone aveva sposata.
9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
Tutte queste costruzioni erano di pietre pregiate, squadrate secondo misura, segate con la sega sul lato interno ed esterno, dalle fondamenta ai cornicioni e al di fuori fino al cortile maggiore.
10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Le fondamenta erano di pietre pregiate, pietre grandi dieci o otto cubiti.
11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
Al di sopra erano pietre pregiate, squadrate a misura, e legno di cedro.
12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.
Il cortile maggiore comprendeva tre ordini di pietre squadrate e un ordine di tavole di cedro; era simile al cortile interno del tempio e al vestibolo del tempio.
13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
Salomone fece venire da Tiro Chiram,
14 He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
figlio di una vedova della tribù di Nèftali; suo padre era di Tiro e lavorava il bronzo. Era dotato di grande capacità tecnica, di intelligenza e di talento, esperto in ogni genere di lavoro in bronzo. Egli si recò dal re ed eseguì le sue commissioni.
15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
Fuse due colonne di bronzo, ognuna alta diciotto cubiti e dodici di circonferenza.
16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
Fece due capitelli, fusi in bronzo, da collocarsi sulla cima delle colonne; l'uno e l'altro erano alti cinque cubiti.
17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
Fece due reticolati per coprire i capitelli che erano sopra le colonne, un reticolato per un capitello e un reticolato per l'altro capitello.
18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
Fece melagrane su due file intorno al reticolato per coprire i capitelli sopra le colonne; allo stesso modo fece per il secondo capitello.
19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
I capitelli sopra le colonne erano a forma di giglio.
20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
C'erano capitelli sopra le colonne, applicati alla sporgenza che era al di là del reticolato; essi contenevano duecento melagrane in fila intorno a ogni capitello.
21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
Eresse le colonne nel vestibolo del tempio. Eresse la colonna di destra, che chiamò Iachin ed eresse la colonna di sinistra, che chiamò Boaz.
22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
Così fu terminato il lavoro delle colonne.
23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
Fece un bacino di metallo fuso di dieci cubiti da un orlo all'altro, rotondo; la sua altezza era di cinque cubiti e la sua circonferenza di trenta cubiti.
24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
Intorno, sotto l'orlo, c'erano cucurbite, dieci per ogni cubito; le cucurbite erano disposte in due file ed erano state colate insieme con il bacino.
25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
Questo poggiava su dodici buoi; tre guardavano verso settentrione, tre verso occidente, tre verso meridione e tre verso oriente. Il bacino poggiava su di essi e le loro parti posteriori erano rivolte verso l'interno.
26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
Il suo spessore era di un palmo; il suo orlo fatto come l'orlo di un calice era a forma di giglio. Conteneva duemila bat.
27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
Fece dieci basi di bronzo, ciascuna lunga quattro cubiti, larga quattro e alta tre cubiti.
28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
Ecco come erano fatte le basi: si componevano di doghe e di traverse incrociate con le doghe.
29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
Sulle doghe che erano fra le traverse c'erano leoni, buoi e cherubini; le stesse figure erano sulle traverse. Sopra e sotto i leoni e i buoi c'erano ghirlande a forma di festoni.
30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
Ciascuna base aveva quattro ruote di bronzo con gli assi di bronzo; i suoi quattro piedi avevano sporgenze, sotto il bacino; le sporgenze erano di metallo fuso e situate al di là di ogni ghirlanda.
31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
L'estremità della base, dalla parte della sporgenza e sopra, era di un cubito; tale estremità era rotonda, fatta in forma di sostegno, alta un cubito e mezzo; anche su tale estremità c'erano sculture. Le traverse erano di forma quadrata, non rotonda.
32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
Le quattro ruote erano sotto le traverse; gli assi delle ruote erano fissati alla base; l'altezza di ogni ruota era di un cubito e mezzo.
33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
Le ruote erano lavorate come le ruote di un carro; i loro assi, i loro quarti, i loro raggi e i loro mozzi erano tutti di metallo fuso.
34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
Quattro sporgenze erano sui quattro angoli di ciascuna base; la sporgenza e la base erano di un sol pezzo.
35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
Alla cima della base c'era un sostegno rotondo, alto mezzo cubito; alla cima della base c'erano i manici; le traverse e la base erano di un sol pezzo.
36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
Sulle sue pareti scolpì cherubini, leoni e palme, secondo gli spazi liberi, e ghirlande intorno.
37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
Fuse le dieci basi in un medesimo stampo, identiche nella misura e nella forma.
38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
Fuse poi anche dieci bacini di bronzo; ognuno conteneva quaranta bat ed era di quattro cubiti; un bacino per ogni base, per le dieci basi.
39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
Pose cinque delle basi sul lato destro del tempio e cinque su quello sinistro. Pose la vasca sul lato destro del tempio, a sud-est.
40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:
Chiram preparò inoltre caldaie, palette e vassoi. E terminò tutte le commissioni del re Salomone per il tempio del Signore,
41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
cioè le due colonne, i globi dei capitelli che erano sopra le colonne, i due reticolati per coprire i due globi dei capitelli che erano sopra le colonne,
42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
le quattrocento melagrane sui due reticolati, due file di melagrane per ciascun reticolato,
43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
le dieci basi e i dieci bacini sulle basi,
44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
il bacino e i dodici buoi sotto il bacino,
45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.
le caldaie, le palette, i vassoi e tutti quei vasi che Chiram aveva fatti al re Salomone per il tempio del Signore; tutto era di bronzo rifinito.
46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
Il re li fece fondere nella valle del Giordano, in suolo argilloso, fra Succot e Zartan.
47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
Salomone installò tutti gli arredi in quantità molto grande: non si poteva calcolare il peso del bronzo.
48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
Salomone fece anche tutti gli arredi del tempio del Signore, l'altare d'oro, le tavole d'oro su cui si ponevano i pani dell'offerta,
49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
i cinque candelabri a destra e i cinque a sinistra di fronte alla cella d'oro purissimo, i fiori, le lampade, gli smoccolatoi d'oro,
50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
le coppe, i coltelli, gli aspersori, i mortai e i bracieri d'oro purissimo, i cardini per le porte del tempio interno, cioè per il Santo dei santi, e i battenti d'oro per la navata.
51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.
Fu così terminato tutto il lavoro che il re Salomone aveva fatto per il tempio. Salomone presentò le offerte fatte da Davide suo padre, cioè l'argento, l'oro e i vari oggetti; le depositò nei tesori del tempio.
