1 Kings 7
1 They also built a palace for Solomon, but it required 13 years to build it.
Poi Salomone costruì la sua propria casa, e la compì interamente in tredici anni.
2 One of the buildings they constructed was [a] large [ceremonial hall]. It was called the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It was supported/held up by four rows of pillars of [wood from] cedar [trees]. There were 15 pillars in each row. There were cedar beams across each row.
Fabbricò prima di tutto la casa della “Foresta del Libano”, di cento cubiti di lunghezza, di cinquanta di larghezza e di trenta d’altezza. Era basata su quattro ordini di colonne di cedro, sulle quali poggiava una travatura di cedro.
3 [To support the roof] there were cedar beams that connected the rows of pillars.
Un soffitto di cedro copriva le camere che poggiavano sulle colonne, e che erano in numero di quarantacinque, quindici per fila.
4 On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
E v’erano tre ordini di camere, le cui finestre si trovavano le une dirimpetto alle altre lungo tutti e tre gli ordini.
5 All the windows and doorways had rectangular frames. The windows along the long wall on one side faced the windows on the other side.
E tutte le porte coi loro stipiti ed architravi erano quadrangolari, e le finestre dei tre ordini di camere si trovavano le une dirimpetto alle altre, in tutti e tre gli ordini.
6 They also built another building called the Hall of Pillars. It was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch [whose roof was] supported by pillars.
Fece pure il portico di colonne, avente cinquanta cubiti di lunghezza e trenta di larghezza, con un vestibolo davanti, delle colonne, e una scalinata in fronte.
7 Then they made a building called the Hall of the Throne. It was also called the Hall of Judgment. That was where Solomon decided/judged concerning people’s disputes. The walls were covered with cedar boards, from the floor to the rafters.
Poi fece il portico del trono dove amministrava la giustizia e che si chiamò il “Portico del giudizio”; e lo ricoprì di legno di cedro dal pavimento al soffitto.
8 In the courtyard behind the Hall of Judgment they built a house for Solomon to live in that was made like the other buildings. They also built the same kind of house for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt.
E la casa sua, dov’egli dimorava, fu costruita nello stesso modo, in un altro cortile, dietro il portico. E fece una casa dello stesso stile di questo portico per la figliuola di Faraone, ch’egli avea sposata.
9 All of those buildings and the walls around the palace courtyard were made from costly blocks of stone, from the foundations up to the eaves. The stones were cut [at the quarry], according to the sizes that were needed, and the sides of the stones were shaped by cutting/smoothing them with saws.
Tutte queste costruzioni erano di pietre scelte, tagliate a misura, segate con la sega, internamente ed esternamente, dai fondamenti ai cornicioni, e al di fuori fino al cortile maggiore.
10 The foundations were also made from huge blocks of stone [that were prepared at the quarry]. Some of them were twelve feet long and some were fifteen feet long.
Anche i fondamenti erano di pietre scelte, grandi, di pietre di dieci cubiti, e di pietre di otto cubiti.
11 On top of the foundation stones were other blocks of stone that were cut according to the sizes they needed, and cedar beams.
E al di sopra c’erano delle pietre scelte, tagliate a misura, e del legname di cedro.
12 The palace courtyard, the inner courtyard in front of the temple, and the entrance room of the temple had walls made by putting down three layers of cut stones between each layer of cedar beams.
Il gran cortile avea tutto all’intorno tre ordini di pietre lavorate e un ordine di travi di cedro, come il cortile interiore della casa dell’Eterno e come il portico della casa.
13 There was a man who lived in Tyre [city] whose name was Huram. He knew how to make very nice things from bronze. His father had also lived in Tyre and had also been very skilled at making things from bronze, but Huram’s father was no longer living. His mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram was very wise and intelligent and was very skilled at making things from bronze. Solomon invited him to come [to Jerusalem and supervise] all the work of making things from bronze, and Huram agreed.
Il re Salomone fece venire da Tiro Hiram,
figliuolo d’una vedova della tribù di Neftali; suo padre era di Tiro. Egli lavorava in rame; era pieno di sapienza, d’intelletto e d’industria per eseguire qualunque lavoro in rame. Egli si recò dal re Salomone ed eseguì tutti i lavori da lui ordinati.
15 He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around. Each was hollow, and the walls of the pillars were 3 in./7.4 cm. thick.
Fece le due colonne di rame. La prima avea diciotto cubiti d’altezza, e una corda di dodici cubiti misurava la circonferenza della seconda.
16 He also made two bronze caps to be put on top of the pillars. Each cap was 7-1/2 feet tall.
E fuse due capitelli di rame, per metterli in cima alle colonne; l’uno avea cinque cubiti d’altezza, e l’altro cinque cubiti d’altezza.
17 Then he made bronze wreaths of chains to decorate the top part of each pillar.
Fece un graticolato, un lavoro d’intreccio, dei festoni a guisa di catenelle, per i capitelli ch’erano in cima alle colonne: sette per il primo capitello, e sette per il secondo.
18 He also made bronze [figures that resembled] pomegranates. He put two rows of pomegranates over the top parts of each pillar.
E fece due ordini di melagrane attorno all’uno di que’ graticolati, per coprire il capitello ch’era in cima all’una delle colonne; e lo stesso fece per l’altro capitello.
19 The top part over each pillar was shaped like a lily. Each [lily leaf] was six feet tall.
I capitelli che erano in cima alle colonne nel portico eran fatti a forma di giglio, ed erano di quattro cubiti.
20 These top parts were placed on a bowl-shaped section around which was draped the wreaths of chains. He made 200 [figures that represented] pomegranates and put them in two rows around the top/head of each pillar.
I capitelli posti sulle due colonne erano circondati da duecento melagrane, in alto, vicino alla convessità ch’era al di là del graticolato; c’eran duecento melagrane disposte attorno al primo, e duecento intorno al secondo capitello.
21 His [helpers] set up the pillars in front of the entrance of the temple. The pillar on the south side was named Jakin, and the pillar on the north side was named Boaz.
Egli rizzò le colonne nel portico del tempio; rizzò la colonna a man destra, e la chiamò Jakin; poi rizzò la colonna a man sinistra, e la chiamò Boaz.
22 The bronze top parts that were shaped like lilies were placed on top of the pillars. So Huram and his helpers finished making the bronze pillars.
In cima alle colonne c’era un lavoro fatto a forma di giglio. Così fu compiuto il lavoro delle colonne.
23 Huram also constructed a very large round bronze tank that was made of metal and cast [in a clay mold]. It was 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters high, 30 feet/9 meters across/wide, and 45 feet/13.5 meters around it.
Poi fece il mare di getto, che avea dieci cubiti da un orlo all’altro; era di forma perfettamente rotonda, avea cinque cubiti d’altezza, e una corda di trenta cubiti ne misurava la circonferenza.
24 Around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of gourds that were made of bronze. [But] the gourds [were not cast separately; they] were cast in the same mold as the rest of the tank. For each foot of length around the rim of the tank there were six [figures of] gourds.
Sotto all’orlo lo circondavano delle colloquintide, dieci per cubito, facendo tutto il giro del mare; le colloquintide, disposte in due ordini, erano state fuse insieme col mare.
25 Huram [also cast] twelve [bronze statues of] oxen. He placed them to face outward. He placed three of them to face north, three to face west, three to face south, and three to face east. His helpers put the bronze tank on the backs of [the statues of] the oxen.
Questo posava su dodici buoi, dei quali tre guardavano a settentrione, tre a occidente, tre a mezzogiorno, e tre ad oriente; il mare stava su di essi, e le parti posteriori de’ buoi erano vòlte verso il di dentro.
26 The sides [of the tank] were 3 in./8 cm. thick. The rim was like the rim of a cup. It [curved outward, ] like the petals of a lily. [When the tank was full, ] it held about 10,000 gallons [of water].
Esso avea lo spessore d’un palmo; il suo orlo, fatto come l’orlo d’una coppa, avea la forma d’un fior di giglio; il mare conteneva duemila bati.
27 Huram also made ten bronze carts. Each was six feet long and six feet wide and 4-1/2 feet tall.
Fece pure le dieci basi di rame; ciascuna avea quattro cubiti di lunghezza, quattro cubiti di larghezza e tre cubiti d’altezza.
28 [On the sides of the carts] there were panels which were set in frames.
E il lavoro delle basi consisteva in questo. Eran formate di riquadri, tenuti assieme per mezzo di sostegni.
29 On those panels were [bronze figures of] lions, bulls, and winged creatures. Below and above the lions and bulls there were decorations of bronze wreaths.
Sopra i riquadri, fra i sostegni, c’erano de’ leoni, de’ buoi e dei cherubini; lo stesso, sui sostegni superiori; ma sui sostegni inferiori, sotto i leoni ed i buoi, c’erano delle ghirlande a festoni.
30 Each cart had four bronze wheels and two axles made of bronze. At the top corners of each cart were bronze supports to hold up a basin. On these supports were also decorations of bronze wreaths.
Ogni base avea quattro ruote di rame con le sale di rame; e ai quattro angoli c’erano delle mensole, sotto il bacino; queste mensole erano di getto; di faccia a ciascuna stavan delle ghirlande.
31 On top of each cart, [under each basin, ] was a frame [that resembled] a circular collar. The top of each circular frame was 18 inches above the top of the cart, and the bottom of it was nine inches below the top of the cart. There were also decorations of bronze wreaths on the frame engraved within square panels.
Al coronamento della base, nell’interno, c’era un’apertura in cui s’adattava il bacino; essa avea un cubito d’altezza, era rotonda, della forma d’una base di colonna, e aveva un cubito e mezzo di diametro; anche lì v’erano delle sculture; i riquadri erano quadrati e non circolari.
32 The wheels were 27 inches high. They were below the panels. The wheels were connected to axles that had been cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
Le quattro ruote eran sotto i riquadri, le sale delle ruote eran fissate alla base, e l’altezza d’ogni ruota era di un cubito e mezzo.
33 The wheels of the carts were like the wheels of chariots. The axles, the rims, the spokes, and the hubs were all cast [from bronze].
Le ruote eran fatte come quelle d’un carro. Le loro sale, i loro quarti, i loro razzi, i loro mozzi eran di getto.
34 At the top corners of each cart there were handles. These were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
Ai quattro angoli d’ogni base, c’eran quattro mensole d’un medesimo pezzo con la base.
35 There was a nine-inch bronze band around the top of each cart. There were braces attached to the corners of each cart. The bands and the braces were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
La parte superiore della base terminava con un cerchio di mezzo cubito d’altezza, ed aveva i suoi sostegni e i suoi riquadri tutti d’un pezzo con la base.
36 The braces and the panels [on the sides of the carts] were also decorated with [figures of] winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, whenever there was space for them, and there were bronze wreaths all around them.
Sulla parte liscia de’ sostegni e sui riquadri, Hiram scolpì dei cherubini, de’ leoni e delle palme, secondo gli spazi liberi, e delle ghirlande tutt’intorno.
37 That is how Huram made the ten carts. They [were all cast in the same mold, so they] were all alike: They all were the same size and had the same shape.
Così fece le dieci basi; la fusione, la misura e la forma eran le stesse per tutte.
38 Huram also made ten bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and held 200 gallons [of water].
Poi fece le dieci conche di rame, ciascuna delle quali conteneva quaranta bati, ed era di quattro cubiti; e ogni conca posava sopra una delle dieci basi.
39 Huram placed five of the carts on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put the big tank at the southeast corner.
Egli collocò le basi così: cinque al lato destro della casa, e cinque al lato sinistro; e pose il mare al lato destro della casa, verso sud-est.
40 Huram also made pots, shovels [for carrying ashes], and bowls [for carrying the blood of the animals that would be sacrificed]. He completed all the work that King Solomon requested him to do for the temple. [This is a list of the bronze things he made]:
Hiram fece pure i vasi per le ceneri, le palette ed i bacini.
41 the two pillars; the two top parts to be put over the pillars; the two wreaths of chains to decorate the tops of the pillars;
Così Hiram compì tutta l’opera che il re Salomone gli fece fare per la casa dell’Eterno: le due colonne, le due palle dei capitelli in cima alle colonne, i due reticolati per coprire le due palle dei capitelli in cima alle colonne,
42 the 400 [figures of] pomegranates, in two rows, with 100 in each row, that were placed over the top parts of the pillars;
le quattrocento melagrane per i due reticolati, a due ordini di melagrane per ogni reticolato che coprivano le due palle dei capitelli in cima alle colonne,
43 the ten carts; the ten basins;
le dieci basi, le dieci conche sulle basi,
44 the big tank; the twelve [statues of] oxen on whose backs the tank was placed;
il mare, ch’era unico, e i dodici buoi sotto il mare;
45 the pots, shovels [for the ashes of the altar], and bowls. Huram [and his workers] made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of polished bronze.
i vasi per le ceneri, le palette e i bacini. Tutti questi utensili che Salomone fece fare a Hiram per la casa dell’Eterno, erano di rame tirato a pulimento.
46 They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan [River] Valley, between [the cities of] Succoth and Zarethan.
Il re li fece fondere nella pianura del Giordano, in un suolo argilloso, fra Succoth e Tsarthan.
47 Solomon did not [tell his workers to] weigh those bronze objects, because there were many items. So no one ever knew what they weighed.
Salomone lasciò tutti questi utensili senza riscontrare il peso del rame, perché erano in grandissima quantità.
48 Solomon’s [workers] also made all the gold items for the temple: the altar; the table on which the priests put the sacred bread placed before God;
Salomone fece fabbricare tutti gli arredi della casa dell’Eterno: l’altare d’oro, la tavola d’oro sulla quale si mettevano i pani della presentazione;
49 the ten lampstands [that were put] in front of the Very Holy Place, five on the south side and five on the north side; the [decorations that resembled] flowers; the lamps; the tongs [to grasp the hot coals];
i candelabri d’oro puro, cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra, davanti al santuario, con i fiori, le lampade e gli smoccolatoi, d’oro;
50 the cups, the gold lamp wick snuffers, the small lamp bowls, the dishes for incense, the pans [for carrying the hot coals], and the hinges for the doors at the entrance to the Very Holy Place and for the doors at the entrance [to the main room] of the temple. Those things were all made of gold.
le coppe, i coltelli, i bacini, i cucchiai e i bracieri, d’oro fino; e i cardini d’oro per la porta interna della casa all’ingresso del luogo santissimo, e per la porta della casa all’ingresso del tempio.
51 So Solomon’s [workers] finished all the work for the temple. Then they placed in the temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold, and the other valuable items.
Così fu compiuta tutta l’opera che il re Salomone fece eseguire per la casa dell’Eterno. Poi Salomone fece portare l’argento, l’oro e gli utensili che Davide suo padre avea consacrati, e li mise nei tesori della casa dell’Eterno.
