2 Chronicles 4
1 Solomon’s workers made a square bronze altar that was 10 yards wide on each side, and it was 5 yards high.
Et il fit un autel d'airain, long de vingt coudées, large de vingt, haut de dix.
2 They also made a very large round tank that was made of metal and cast [in a clay mold]. It was 10 yards wide/across, and 5 yards high. It was 15 yards around it.
Et il fit une mer, jetée en fonte, ronde, haute de cinq coudées, ayant dix coudées de diamètre, et trente coudées de circonférence.
3 Below the outer rim there were two rows of [small figures of] bulls that were part of the metal of the basin. Each row had 300 figures of bulls.
Il y avait, au-dessous de ses bords tout alentour, des figures de bœufs, et la piscine avait dix coudées de tour; on avait jeté en fonte deux espèces de bœufs, en deux sortes de moules,
4 The basin was set on twelve [statues of] bulls. There were three statues that faced north, three that faced west, three that faced south, and three that faced east.
Où on avait fait douze bœufs: trois regardant le nord, trois l'occident, trois le midi, trois l'orient; la mer était posée sur eux, et le derrière de leur corps était caché par elle.
5 The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick, and its rim was shaped like a cup that curved outward like the petals of flowers. The basin held about 16,500 gallons [of water].
Elle avait un palme d'épaisseur, et ses bords étaient comme ceux d'une coupe, et ciselés de fleurs de lis; elle contenait trois mille mesures; il l'acheva,
6 They also made ten basins for washing the [animals that were] to be sacrificed. The priests used the very large tank for washing themselves.
Et il fit dix bassins: il en plaça cinq à droite et cinq à gauche, pour qu'on y lavât la matière des holocaustes; quant aux prêtres, ils se lavaient dans la mer.
7 They also made ten gold lampstands according to what Solomon had instructed them. They put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side.
Et il fit dix chandeliers d'or, selon le modèle, et il les plaça dans la nef: cinq à droite, cinq à gauche.
8 They made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. They also made 100 gold bowls.
Et il fit dix tables, et il les plaça dans la nef: cinq à droite, cinq à gauche; et il fit cent fioles d'or.
9 They also constructed one courtyard for the priests, and a larger courtyard [for the other people]. They made doors for the courtyards and covered them with [thin sheets of] bronze.
Il fil aussi le parvis des prêtres, le grand parvis, les portes du parvis, et il revêtit d'airain leurs panneaux.
10 They placed the very large tank [on the south side of the temple, ] at the southeast corner.
Il plaça la mer du côté droit du temple, vers l'angle regardant l'orient.
11 They also made pots and shovels [for the ashes of the altar], and other small bowls. So Huram [and his workers] finished the work that King Solomon had given him to do at the temple of God.
Et Hiram fit les fourchettes, les poêles, la grille de l'autel et tous ses vases; et il acheva tous les travaux que lui avait commandés le roi Salomon pour le temple du Seigneur.
12 [These were the things that they made: ] the two large pillars, the two bowl-shaped top parts on top of the pillars, the two sets of carvings that resembled chains to decorate the tops of the two pillars,
Il fit deux colonnes, et, sur leurs têtes, des cordons aux chapiteaux, et deux filets pour couvrir les deux chapiteaux des têtes de ces colonnes,
13 the 400 carvings that resembled pomegranates that were placed in two rows, that decorated the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,
Et quatre cents clochettes d'or dans les deux filets, et deux sortes de grenades dans chaque filet, pour couvrir les deux chapiteaux des têtes de colonnes.
14 the stands, and the basins that were placed on them,
Et il fit dix bassins, et il fit les cuvettes pour les bassins,
15 the very large tank, and the [statues of] twelve bulls underneath it,
Et la mer, et les douze bœufs qui la supportent.
16 the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other things [needed for the work at the altar]. All those things that Huram [and his workers] made for King Solomon were made of polished bronze.
Et les vases pour les pieds, les seaux, les marmites, les crochets, et les autres vases qui lui étaient commandés; il les fit en airain pur, et il les apporta au roi dans le temple du Seigneur.
17 They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan [river] between Succoth and Zarethan [cities].
Le roi les avait jetés en fonte, dans la vallée du Jourdain, en une terre argileuse de la maison de Soccoth, entre cette ville et Saredatha.
18 All of those things that Solomon [told them to] make used a very large amount of bronze; no one tried to weigh it all.
Et Salomon fit tous ces ustensiles à profusion, car l'airain ne put être épuisé.
19 Solomon’s workers also made all these things that were put at the temple: the golden altar, the tables on which the priests put the sacred bread,
Et il fit tous les vaisseaux du temple du Seigneur, l'autel d'or, les tables de proposition,
20 the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, [in which the priests put oil] to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as God had told [Moses that the priests should do],
Les chandeliers et les lampes en or pur, qui devaient éclairer la façade de l'oracle, selon son plan.
21 the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, and the lamps and tongs,
Il fit leurs mouchettes, leurs récipients, les coupes, les réchauds et les encensoirs, d'or pur,
22 the pure gold wick trimmers and bowls for sprinkling, and dishes and lamp snuffers, the gold doors of the temple and the doors to the main hall.
Et la porte intérieure du temple qui mène au Saint des saints, et les portes d'or du temple.
