1 Kings 6

1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.

١ وَكَانَ فِي سَنَةِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ وَٱلثَّمَانِينَ لِخُرُوجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ لِمُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو وَهُوَ ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلثَّانِي، أَنَّهُ بَنَى ٱلْبَيْتَ لِلرَّبِّ.

2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length of it [was] sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty [cubits], and the hight of it thirty cubits.

٢ وَٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلرَّبِّ طُولُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَسَمْكُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ ذِرَاعًا.

3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth of it, before the house.

٣ وَٱلرِّوَاقُ قُدَّامَ هَيْكَلِ ٱلْبَيْتِ طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا حَسَبَ عَرْضِ ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَعَرْضُهُ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ قُدَّامَ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

٤ وَعَمِلَ لِلْبَيْتِ كُوًى مَسْقُوفَةً مُشَبَّكَةً.

5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, [against] the walls of the house round about, [both] of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

٥ وَبَنَى مَعَ حَائِطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ طِبَاقًا حَوَالَيْهِ مَعَ حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ حَوْلَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَٱلْمِحْرَابِ، وَعَمِلَ غُرُفَاتٍ فِي مُسْتَدِيرِهَا.

6 The nethermost chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

٦ فَٱلطَّبَقَةُ ٱلسُّفْلَى عَرْضُهَا خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَٱلْوُسْطَى عَرْضُهَا سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ، وَٱلثَّالِثَةُ عَرْضُهَا سَبْعُ أَذْرُعٍ، لِأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ لِلْبَيْتِ حَوَالَيْهِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ أَخْصَامًا لِئَلَّا تَتَمَكَّنَ ٱلْجَوَائِزُ فِي حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor ax [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

٧ وَٱلْبَيْتُ فِي بِنَائِهِ بُنِيَ بِحِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ مُقْتَلَعَةٍ، وَلَمْ يُسْمَعْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ عِنْدَ بِنَائِهِ مِنْحَتٌ وَلَا مِعْوَلٌ وَلَا أَدَاةٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ.

8 The door for the middle chamber [was] in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle [chamber], and out of the middle into the third;

٨ وَكَانَ بَابُ ٱلْغُرْفَةِ ٱلْوُسْطَى فِي جَانِبِ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ، وَكَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ بِدَرَجٍ مُعَطَّفٍ إِلَى ٱلْوُسْطَى، وَمِنَ ٱلْوُسْطَى إِلَى ٱلثَّالِثَةِ.

9 So he built the house and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.

٩ فَبَنَى ٱلْبَيْتَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ، وَسَقَفَ ٱلْبَيْتَ بِأَلْوَاحٍ وَجَوَائِزَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْزِ.

10 And [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

١٠ وَبَنَى ٱلْغُرُفَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ كُلِّهِ سَمْكُهَا خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَتَمَكَّنَتْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ بِخَشَبِ أَرْزٍ.

11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

١١ وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ قَائِلًا:

12 [Concerning] this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spoke to David thy father:

١٢ «هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ بَانِيهِ، إِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي فَرَائِضِي وَعَمِلْتَ أَحْكَامِي وَحَفِظْتَ كُلَّ وَصَايَايَ لِلسُّلُوكِ بِهَا، فَإِنِّي أُقِيمُ مَعَكَ كَلَامِي ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ،

13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

١٣ وَأَسْكُنُ فِي وَسْطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَا أَتْرُكُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

١٤ فَبَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْبَيْتَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ.

15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: [and] he covered [them] on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

١٥ وَبَنَى حِيطَانَ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِأَضْلَاعِ أَرْزٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَى حِيطَانِ ٱلسَّقْفِ، وَغَشَّاهُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِخَشَبٍ، وَفَرَشَ أَرْضَ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِأَخْشَابِ سَرْوٍ.

16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].

١٦ وَبَنَى عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعًا مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِأَضْلَاعِ أَرْزٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى ٱلْحِيطَانِ. وَبَنَى دَاخِلَهُ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ، أَيْ قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ.

17 And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].

١٧ وَأَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا كَانَتِ ٱلْبَيْتَ، أَيِ ٱلْهَيْكَلَ ٱلَّذِي أَمَامَهُ.

18 And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knobs and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.

١٨ وَأَرْزُ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ كَانَ مَنْقُورًا عَلَى شِكْلِ قِثَّاءٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ. ٱلْجَمِيعُ أَرْزٌ. لَمْ يَكُنْ يُرَى حَجَرٌ.

19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

١٩ وَهَيَّأَ مِحْرَابًا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ لِيَضَعَ هُنَاكَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

20 And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the hight of it, and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.

٢٠ وَلِأَجْلِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا طُولًا وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا عَرْضًا وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا سَمْكًا. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ، وَغَشَّى ٱلْمَذْبَحَ بِأَرْزٍ.

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

٢١ وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْبَيْتَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ. وَسَدَّ بِسَلَاسِلِ ذَهَبٍ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ.

22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that [was] by the oracle he overlaid with gold.

٢٢ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْبَيْتِ غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ إِلَى تَمَامِ كُلِّ ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي لِلْمِحْرَابِ غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ.

23 And within the oracle he made two cherubim [of] olive tree, [each] ten cubits high.

٢٣ وَعَمِلَ فِي ٱلْمِحْرَابِ كَرُوبَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ، عُلُوُّ ٱلْوَاحِدِ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ.

24 And five cubits [was] the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other [were] ten cubits.

٢٤ وَخَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ جَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْوَاحِدُ، وَخَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ جَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْآخَرُ. عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ طَرَفِ جَنَاحِهِ إِلَى طَرَفِ جَنَاحِهِ.

25 And the other cherub [was] ten cubits: both the cherubim [were] of one measure and one size.

٢٥ وَعَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ ٱلْكَرُوبُ ٱلْآخَرُ. قِيَاسٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَشَكْلٌ وَاحِدٌ لِلْكَرُوبَيْنِ.

26 The hight of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] of the other cherub.

٢٦ عُلُوُّ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ وَكَذَا ٱلْكَرُوبُ ٱلْآخَرُ.

27 And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the [one] wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

٢٧ وَجَعَلَ ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيِّ، وَبَسَطُوا أَجْنِحَةَ ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ فَمَسَّ جَنَاحُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ ٱلْحَائِطَ وَجَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْآخَرِ مَسَّ ٱلْحَائِطَ ٱلْآخَرَ. وَكَانَتْ أَجْنِحَتُهُمَا فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ يَمَسُّ أَحَدُهُمَا ٱلْآخَرَ.

28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

٢٨ وَغَشَّى ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ بِذَهَبٍ.

29 And he carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, within and without.

٢٩ وَجَمِيعُ حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ فِي مُسْتَدِيرِهَا رَسَمَهَا نَقْشًا بِنَقْرِ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ وَمِنْ خَارِجٍ.

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

٣٠ وَغَشَّى أَرْضَ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِذَهَبٍ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ وَمِنْ خَارِجٍ.

31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors [of] olive tree: the lintel [and] side-posts [were] a fifth part [of the wall].

٣١ وَعَمِلَ لِبَابِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ. ٱلسَّاكِفُ وَٱلْقَائِمَتَانِ مُخَمَّسَةٌ.

32 The two doors also [were of] olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid [them] with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.

٣٢ وَٱلْمِصْرَاعَانِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ. وَرَسَمَ عَلَيْهِمَا نَقْشَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهُمَا بِذَهَبٍ، وَرَصَّعَ ٱلْكَرُوبِيمَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ بِذَهَبٍ.

33 So also he made for the door of the temple posts [of] olive tree a fourth part [of the wall].

٣٣ وَكَذَلِكَ عَمِلَ لِمَدْخَلِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ قَوَائِمَ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ مُرَبَّعَةً،

34 And the two doors [were of] fir tree: the two leaves of the one door [were] folding, and the two leaves of the other door [were] folding.

٣٤ وَمِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلسَّرْوِ. ٱلْمِصْرَاعُ ٱلْوَاحِدُ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ، وَٱلْمِصْرَاعُ ٱلْآخَرُ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ.

35 And he carved [thereon] cherubim, and palm trees, and open flowers; and covered [them] with gold, fitted upon the carved work.

٣٥ وَنَحَتَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلًا وَبَرَاعِمَ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهَا بِذَهَبٍ مُطَرَّقٍ عَلَى ٱلْمَنْقُوشِ.

36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.

٣٦ وَبَنَى ٱلدَّارَ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةَ ثَلَاثَةَ صُفُوفٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَصَفًّا مِنْ جَوَائِزِ ٱلْأَرْزِ.

37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:

٣٧ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ أُسِّسَ بَيْتُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو.

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul (which [is] the eighth month) was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

٣٨ وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْحَادِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ فِي شَهْرِ بُولَ، وَهُوَ ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلثَّامِنُ، أُكْمِلَ ٱلْبَيْتُ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِ وَأَحْكَامِهِ. فَبَنَاهُ فِي سَبْعِ سِنِينٍ.