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.
Hizo el altar de bronce de nueve metros de longitud y de anchura, y 4,5 metros de altura.
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.
Hizo también el mar circular de fundición de 4,5 metros de borde a borde, 2,25 metros de alto y 13,5 metros de circunferencia.
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.
Debajo del mar había figuras de calabazas, diez por cada 45 centímetros alrededor. Eran dos hileras de calabazas fundidas juntamente con el mar.
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.
Estaba asentado sobre 12 bueyes: tres miraban al norte, tres al occidente, tres al sur, y tres al oriente. El mar estaba asentado sobre ellos, y todas sus ancas estaban hacia adentro.
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].
El mar tenía 7,5 centímetros de espesor. Su borde tenía la forma como el borde de una copa, como una flor de lirio. Su capacidad era de 66.000 litros.
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.
También hizo diez piletas, cinco al sur y cinco al norte, para lavar y limpiar en ellas lo que se ofrecía en holocausto. Pero el mar era para que los sacerdotes se lavaran en él.
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.
Hizo los diez candelabros de oro, según lo prescrito con respecto a ellos. Los puso en el Santuario, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda.
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.
Hizo diez mesas y las puso en el Templo, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda. También hizo 100 tazones de oro.
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.
Además hizo el patio de los sacerdotes y el gran patio con sus puertas. Recubrió las puertas de ambos de bronce.
10 They placed the very large tank [on the south side of the temple, ] at the southeast corner.
Puso el mar en la esquina sureste de la Casa.
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.
También hizo los calderos, las palas y los tazones. Hiram terminó de realizar la obra que hizo para el rey Salomón en la Casa de ʼElohim:
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,
las dos columnas, y de la parte superior de las columnas, los collares para los dos capiteles y las dos redes que cubrían los dos capiteles,
13 the 400 carvings that resembled pomegranates that were placed in two rows, that decorated the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars,
y las 400 granadas para las dos redes: dos hileras de granadas por cada red para cubrir las dos esferas de los capiteles que estaban en la parte superior de las columnas.
14 the stands, and the basins that were placed on them,
Hizo también las basas y puso las piletas sobre ellas,
15 the very large tank, and the [statues of] twelve bulls underneath it,
el mar con los 12 bueyes debajo de él,
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.
los calderos, las palas y los tenedores. Todos estos utensilios destinados a la Casa de Yavé que Hiram-abí hizo para el rey Salomón eran de bronce abrillantado.
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].
El rey los fundió en tierra arcillosa en la llanura del Jordán, entre Sucot y Seredata.
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.
Salomón hizo tan gran cantidad de estos utensilios que nunca pudo ser averiguado el peso del bronce.
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,
El rey hizo todos los utensilios para la Casa de ʼElohim, el altar de oro, las mesas sobre las cuales se ponían los Panes de la Presencia,
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],
y los candelabros con sus lámparas de oro puro para que las encendieran delante del Lugar Santísimo de la manera prescrita.
21 the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, and the lamps and tongs,
Las flores, las lámparas y las tenazas se hicieron de oro purísimo.
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.
Las despabiladeras, los tazones para lavar, las cucharas y los incensarios eran de oro puro. La entrada de la Casa, las puertas interiores de acceso al Lugar Santísimo y las puertas de entrada al salón principal del Templo [también] eran de oro.
