Chronicles II 5
1 And Solomon brought in the holy things of his father David, the silver, and the gold, and the [other] vessels, and put them in the treasury of the house of the Lord.
Setelah Raja Salomo selesai membangun Rumah TUHAN itu, ia menyimpan di dalam gudang-gudang Rumah itu semua perak, emas, dan barang-barang lain yang telah dipersembahkan oleh Daud ayahnya kepada TUHAN.
2 Then Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, [even] the leaders of the families of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, —this [is] Sion.
Setelah itu Raja Salomo menyuruh semua pemimpin suku dan kaum dari bangsa Israel berkumpul di Yerusalem untuk memindahkan Peti Perjanjian TUHAN dari Sion, Kota Daud ke Rumah TUHAN.
3 And all Israel were assembled [to] the king in the feast, this [is] the seventh month.
Maka datanglah mereka semua pada hari raya Pondok Daun.
4 And all the elders of Israel came; and all the Levites took up the ark,
Setelah semua pemimpin itu berkumpul, orang-orang Lewi mengangkat Peti Perjanjian itu,
5 and the tabernacle of witness, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; and the priests and the Levites brought it up.
dan membawanya ke Rumah TUHAN. Kemah TUHAN serta semua perlengkapannya dipindahkan juga ke Rumah TUHAN oleh para imam dan orang Lewi.
6 And king Solomon, and all the elders of Israel, and the religious of them, and they of them that were gathered before the ark, [were] sacrificing calves and sheep, which could not be numbered or reckoned for multitude.
Raja Salomo dan seluruh rakyat Israel berkumpul di depan Peti Perjanjian itu lalu mempersembahkan kepada TUHAN domba dan sapi yang tak terhitung banyaknya.
7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the house, [even] into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.
Setelah itu para imam memasukkan Peti Perjanjian itu ke dalam Rumah TUHAN dan meletakkannya di bawah patung kerub di dalam Ruang Mahasuci.
8 And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark, and its staves above.
Sayap patung-patung itu terbentang menutupi Peti itu dan kayu-kayu pengusungnya.
9 And the staves projected, and the heads of the staves were seen from the holy place in front of the oracle, they were not seen without: and there they were to this day.
Kayu pengusung itu panjang sekali, sehingga ujung-ujungnya terlihat dari depan Ruang Mahasuci, tapi tidak terlihat dari luar. (Sampai hari ini kayu-kayu itu masih di situ.)
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables which Moses placed [there] in Choreb, which God gave in covenant with the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt.
Di dalam Peti Perjanjian itu tidak ada sesuatu pun kecuali dua lempeng batu. Batu-batu itu telah dimasukkan ke situ oleh Musa di Gunung Sinai, ketika TUHAN membuat perjanjian dengan bangsa Israel pada waktu mereka dalam perjalanan dari Mesir ke negeri Kanaan.
11 And it came to pass, when the priests when out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were found were sanctified, they were not [then] arranged according to their daily course, )
Semua imam yang ada di situ, dari semua kelompok, telah mempersiapkan diri untuk upacara itu. Semua penyanyi dan pemain musik dalam suku Lewi, yaitu Asaf, Heman, Yedutun dan seluruh anggota kaum mereka, memakai pakaian dari kain lenan. Orang-orang Lewi itu berdiri di sebelah timur mezbah dengan memegang simbal dan kecapi. Bersama mereka ada 120 orang imam yang meniup trompet. Nyanyian para biduan berpadu dengan iringan musik trompet, simbal dan alat musik lain. Inilah kata-kata pujian yang mereka nyanyikan untuk TUHAN: "Pujilah TUHAN, sebab Ia baik. Kasih-Nya kekal abadi." Pada waktu para imam keluar dari Rumah TUHAN itu, tiba-tiba Rumah itu penuh dengan cahaya kehadiran TUHAN, sehingga mereka tidak dapat meneruskan upacara ibadah.
12 that all the singing Levites [assigned] to the sons of Asaph, to Aeman, to Idithun, and to his sons, and to his brethren, of them that were clothed in linen garments, with cymbals and lutes and harps, [were] standing before the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, blowing trumpets.
13 And there was one voice in the trumpeting and in the psalm-singing, and in the loud utterance with one voice to give thanks and praise the Lord; and when they raised their voice together with trumpets and cymbals, and instruments of music, and said, Give thanks to the Lord, for [it is] good, for his mercy [endures] for ever: —then the house was filled with the cloud of the glory of the Lord.
14 And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
