1 Kings 6
1 And it comes to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year—in the month of Ziv, it [is] the second month—of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he builds the house for YHWH.
Kwa hiyo Sulemani akaanza kulijenga hekalu. Hii ilikuwa mwaka wa 480 baada ya wana wa Israeli kutoka katika nchi ya Misri, katika mwaka wa nne wa utawala wa Sulemani huko Israeli, katika mwezi wa Ziv, ambao ndio mwezi wa pili.
2 As for the house that King Solomon has built for YHWH, its length [is] sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty, and its height thirty cubits.
Hekalu ambalo mfalme Sulemani alimjengea BWANA lilikuwa na urefu wa mita 27, na upana wa mita 9, na kimo cha mita 13. 5.
3 As for the porch on the front of the temple of the house, its length [is] twenty cubits on the front of the breadth of the house; its breadth [is] ten by the cubit on the front of the house;
Na ukumbi uliokuwa mbele ya hekalu ulikuwa na urefu wa mita 9 na upana wa mita 4. 5 sawa na upana wa sehemu kuu ya hekalu.
4 and he makes frames of narrowing windows for the house.
Lile hekalu alilitengenezea madirisha ambayo fremu zake kwa nje yalifanya yaonekane membamba kuliko ile sehemu ya ndani.
5 And he builds a couch against the wall of the house all around, [even] the walls of the house all around, of the temple and of the oracle, and makes sides all around.
Na ukuta wa nyumba aliuzungushia vyumba kuzunguka pande zake, kushikamana na vyumba vya nje na vya ndani ya hekalu. Akajenga vyumba katika pande zote.
6 The lowest couch, its breadth [is] five by the cubit; and the middle, its breadth [is] six by the cubit; and the third, its breadth [is] seven by the cubit, for he has put withdrawings of the house all around outside—not to lay hold on the walls of the house.
Kile chumba cha chini kilikuwa na upana wa mita 2. 3, kile cha kati kilikuwa na upana wa mita 2. 8. na kile cha tatu kilikuwa na upana wa mita 3. 2. upande wa nje akaupunguza ukuta wa nyumba pande zote, ili boriti zisishikamane ukutani mwa nyumba.
7 And the house, in its being built, has been built of perfect stone [that was] brought; and hammer and the axe—any instrument of iron—was not heard in the house in its being built.
Hekalu lilijengwa kwa mawe yaliyokuwa yamechongwa chimboni. Hakuna nyundo, wala shoka au chombo chochote cha chuma kilisikika wakati hekalu lilipokuwa likjengwa.
8 The opening of the middle side [is] at the right shoulder of the house, and with windings they go up on the middle one, and from the middle one to the third.
Upande wa kusini wa hekalu kulikuwa na lango la chini, ambalo mtu hupanda kwa madaraja mpaka juu kwenye chumba cha kati, na kutoka chumba cha kati hadi chumba cha tatu.
9 And he builds the house, and completes it, and covers the house [with] beams and rows of cedars.
Kwa hiyo Sulemani akalijenga hekalu mpaka akalimaliza, akalifunika hekalu kwa boriti na mbao za mwerezi.
10 And he builds the couch against all the house, its breadth [is] five cubits, and it takes hold of the house by cedar-wood.
Akajenga vyumba vya pembeni mwa hekalu, kila upande mita 2. 3 kwenda juu. Navyo vikaunganishwa na hekalu kwa mbao za mierezi.
11 And the word of YHWH is to Solomon, saying,
Neno la BWANA likamjia Sulemani, likisema,
12 “This house that you are building—if you walk in My statutes, and do My judgments, indeed, have done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with you, which I spoke to your father David,
“Kuhusu hili hekalu ambalo unajenga, kama utatatembea katika maagizo yangu na kuhukumu kwa haki, na kutunza amri zangu na kuishi kwa hizo, ndipo ntakapozithibitisha ahadi zangu na wewe ambazo niliziahidi kwa baba yako Daudi.
13 and have dwelt in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.”
Nitaishi kati ya watu wa Israeli nami sitawatupa.”
14 And Solomon builds the house and completes it;
Kwa hiyo Sulemani akalijenga hekalu mpaka akalimaliza.
15 and he builds the walls of the house within with beams of cedar, from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling; he has overlaid the inside with wood, and covers the floor of the house with ribs of fir.
Kisha akajenga kuta za ndani za hekalu kwa mbao za mwerezi. Kuanzia sakafu ya hekalu hadi boriti za juu, kwa ndani akazifunika kwa miti, na akaifunika sakafu kwa mbao za miberoshi.
16 And he builds the twenty cubits on the sides of the house with ribs of cedar, from the floor to the walls; and he builds for it within, for the oracle, for the Holy of Holies.
Alijenga mita 9 ndani ya hekalu kwa mbao za miberoshi kutoka sakafuni hadi juu. Hiki ni chumba cha ndani, cha patakatifu sana.
17 And [this area of] the house was forty by the cubit; it [is the area of] the temple before My face.
Ule ukumbu mkuu, ulikuwa mahali pakatifu amabao ulikuwa mbele ya patakatifu sana, ulikuwa wa mita 18. hapo kulikwa na mbao za mwerezi ndani ya hekalu, zilizokuwa zimechongwa kwa sura ya vibuyu na maua yaliyochanua.
18 And the cedar for the house within [is] carvings of knobs and openings of flowers; the whole [is] cedar, there is not a stone seen.
Zote zilikuwa za mierezi kwa ndani. Hapakuonekana chochote ndani kilichokuwa kimetengenezwa kwa mawe.
19 And he has prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to put the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH there.
Sulemani alitengeneza kile chumba cha ndani kwa lengo la kuweka sanduku la agano la BWANA.
20 And before the oracle [is] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height [is] twenty cubits; and he overlays it with gold refined, and overlays the altar with cedar.
Kile chumba cha ndani kilikuwa na upana wa mita 9, na kimo cha mita 9. Sulemani alizifunika kuta kwa dhabahu na madhabahu aliifunika kwa mbao za mierezi.
21 And Solomon overlays the house within with gold refined, and causes [it] to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlays it with gold.
Sulemani alifunika ndani ya hekalu kwa dhahabu safi na akaweka mikufu ya dhahabu iliyopita mbele ya chumba cha ndani, na kulifunika eneo la mbele kwa dhabahu.
22 And he has overlaid the whole of the house with gold, until the completion of all the house; and the whole of the altar that the oracle has, he has overlaid with gold.
Akalisakafia kwa dhahabu eneo lote la ndani mpaka akamaliza hekalu lote. Pia akalisakafia kwa dhahabu madhahabu yote ya chumba cha ndani.
23 And he makes two cherubim of the oil-tree within the oracle; their height [is] ten cubits;
Sulemani akatengeneza makerubi mawili kwa mbao za mizeituni, kila moja lilikuwa na kimo cha mita 4. 5 kwa ajili ya chumba cha ndani.
24 and the first wing of the cherub [is] five cubits, and the second wing of the cherub five cubits—ten cubits from the ends of his wings even to the ends of his wings;
Bawa moja la kerubi wa kwanza lilikuwa na urefu wa mita 2. 3. Kwa hiyo kutoka ncha ya bawa moja hadi ncha ya bawa lingine kulikuwa na umbali wa mita 4. 5. Yule
25 and the second cherub [is] ten by the cubit; one measure and one form [are] of the two cherubim,
kerubi mwingine naye alikuwa na bawa lenye kipimo cha mita 4. 5 Makerubi hawa walikuwa wanafanana kwa umbo na kwa vipimo.
26 the height of the first cherub [is] ten by the cubit, and so [is] the second cherub;
Kimo cha kerubi mmoja kilikuwa mita 4. 5 na yule wa pili alikuwa hivyo hivyo.
27 and he sets the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and they spread out the wings of the cherubim, and a wing of the first comes against the wall, and a wing of the second cherub is coming against the second wall, and their wings [stretched] into the midst of the house, coming wing against wing;
Sulemani aliwaweka hao kerubi kwenye chumba cha patakatifu sana. Bawa moja la kerubi lilikuwa limeenea kiasi kwamba bawa moja liligusa ukuta huu na bawa la yule wa pili nalo liligusa ukuta wa upande mwingine. Hayo mabawa yalikuwa yanakutana katikati ya chumba cha patakatifu sana.
28 and he overlays the cherubim with gold,
Sulemani aliwafunika hao kerubi kwa dhahabu.
29 and he has carved all around the walls of the house with engravings of carvings, cherubim, and palm trees, and openings of flowers, inside and outside.
Akazinakshi kuta zote kwa sura za makerubi, miti ya mitende, na maua yaliyochanua, kwa vyumba vya nje na vya ndani.
30 And he has overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside;
Sulemani akalisakafia hekalu kwa dhahabu, kwa vyumba vyote vya ndani na vya nje.
31 as for the opening of the oracle, he made doors of the oil-tree; the lintel [and] doorposts [are] a fifth [of the wall].
Sulemani akatengeneza milango ya mbao za mizeituni kwenye lango la kuingia ndani. Aliweka vizingiti na miimo kwenye pande tano.
32 And the two doors [are] of the oil-tree, and he has carved on them carvings of cherubim, and palm-trees, and openings of flowers, and overlaid with gold, and he causes the gold to go down on the cherubim and on the palm-trees.
Kwa hiyo akatengeneza na milango miwili ya mizeituni, na akainakshi kwa makerubi, na mitende, na maua yaliyochanua. Akasakafia kwa dhahabu na akatandaza dhahabu kwenye makerubi na kwenye mitende.
33 And so he has made for the opening of the temple, doorposts of the oil-tree, from the fourth [of the wall].
Kwa njia hii, akalitengenezea hekalu miimo miwili ya mbao za mizeituni yenye pande nne
34 And the two doors [are] of fir-tree, the two sides of the first door are revolving, and the two hangings of the second door are revolving.
na milango miwili ya mbao za mierezi. Zile mbao mbili za mlango mmoja zilikuwa zikijikunja na mbao mbili za mlango wa pili nazo zilikuwa zikijikunja pia.
35 And he has carved cherubim, and palms, and openings of flowers, and overlaid the carved work with straightened gold.
Akazinakshi kwa makerubi, mitende, na maua yaliyochanua, na pia akazisakafia kwa dhahabu juu ya zile nakshi.
36 And he builds the inner court, three rows of hewn work, and a row of beams of cedar.
Akalijengs Korido la ndani kwa safu tatu za mawe ya kuchongwa na safu moja ya mhimili wa mierezi.
37 In the fourth year the house of YHWH has been founded, in the month of Ziv,
Msingi wa hekalu ulijengwa katika mwaka wa nne, wa mwezi wa Ziv.
38 and in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul (the eighth month), the house has been finished in all its matters, and in all its ordinances, and he builds it [in] seven years.
Mwaka wa kumi na moja mwezi wa Buli, ambao ndio mwezi wa nane, sehemu zote za hekalu zilimalizika na sharti zake zote. Sulemani alilijenga hekalu kwa miaka saba.
