2 Chronicles 4
1 Then he made an altar of bronze, thirty-four feet and five inches, its length, and thirty-four feet and five inches, its breadth, and seventeen feet and three inches its height.
Salomone fece l'altare di bronzo lungo venticinque cubiti, largo venticinque e alto dieci.
2 Also he made the molten sea seventeen feet and three inches from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was eight feet and seven inches; and a line of fifty-one feet and eight inches encircled it.
Fece la vasca di metallo fuso del diametro di dieci cubiti, rotonda, alta cinque cubiti; ci voleva una corda di trenta cubiti per cingerla.
3 Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for seventeen feet and three inches, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
Sotto l'orlo, per l'intera circonferenza, la circondavano animali dalle sembianze di buoi, dieci per cubito, disposti in due file e fusi insieme con la vasca.
4 It stood on 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 on them above, and all their backs were toward the center.
Questa poggiava su dodici buoi: tre guardavano verso settentrione, tre verso occidente, tre verso meridione e tre verso oriente. La vasca vi poggiava sopra e le loro parti posteriori erano rivolte verso l'interno.
5 It was almost three inches thick; and its brim was worked like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
Il suo spessore era di un palmo; il suo orlo era come l'orlo di un calice a forma di giglio. Conteneva tremila bat.
6 He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the cohanim to wash in.
Fece anche dieci recipienti per la purificazione ponendone cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra; in essi si lavava quanto si adoperava per l'olocausto. La vasca serviva alle abluzioni dei sacerdoti.
7 He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
Fece dieci candelabri d'oro, secondo la forma prescritta, e li pose nella navata: cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra.
8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
Fece dieci tavoli e li collocò nella navata, cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra.
9 Furthermore he made the court of the cohanim, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
Fece il cortile dei sacerdoti, il gran cortile e le porte di detto cortile, che rivestì di bronzo.
10 He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
Collocò la vasca dal lato destro, a sud-est.
11 And Hiram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God's house:
Curam fece le caldaie, le palette e gli aspersori. Egli portò a termine il lavoro, eseguito nel tempio per il re Salomone:
12 the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
le due colonne, i due globi dei capitelli sopra le colonne, i due reticolati per coprire i globi dei capitelli sopra le colonne,
13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars.
le quattrocento melagrane per i due reticolati, due file di melagrane per ogni reticolato per coprire i due globi dei capitelli sopra le colonne,
14 He made also the bases, and the basins made he on the bases;
le dieci basi e i dieci recipienti sulle basi,
15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
l'unica vasca e i dodici buoi sotto di essa,
16 The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels Hiram Abi made for king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright bronze.
le caldaie, le palette, i forchettoni e tutti gli accessori che Curam-Abi fece di bronzo splendido per il re Salomone per il tempio.
17 The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
Il re li fece fondere nella valle del Giordano, nella fonderia, fra Succot e Zereda.
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the bronze could not be found out.
Salomone fece tutti questi oggetti in grande quantità da non potersi calcolare il peso del bronzo.
19 Solomon made all the vessels that were in God's house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
Salomone fece tutti gli oggetti destinati al tempio: l'altare d'oro e le tavole, su cui si ponevano i pani dell'offerta,
20 and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;
i candelabri e le lampade d'oro da accendersi, come era prescritto, di fronte alla cella,
21 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;
i fiori, le lampade e gli spegnitoi d'oro, di quello più raffinato,
22 and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
i coltelli, gli aspersori, le coppe e i bracieri d'oro fino. Quanto alle porte del tempio, i battenti interni verso il Santo dei santi e i battenti della navata del tempio erano d'oro.
