2 Chroniques 3

1 Et Salomon commença à construire le Temple de l'Éternel à Jérusalem sur le mont de Moriia qui avait été indiqué à David, son père, au lieu que David avait disposé sur l'aire d'Ornan, le Jébusite.

And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord, in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, as it had been shown to David his father, at the place which David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 Et il commença la construction au second mois, le second [jour], la quatrième année de son règne.

Now he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3 Et voici la base que Salomon fixa pour la construction de la Maison de Dieu: la longueur, en coudées ancienne mesure, soixante coudées, et la largeur, vingt coudées,

And these are the foundations, which Solomon set forth so that he might build the house of God: the length in cubits by the first measure sixty, the width in cubits twenty.

4 et le vestibule dont la longueur occupait la largeur de la façade de l'édifice, vingt coudées, et la hauteur cent vingt, et il le revêtit intérieurement d'or pur.

Truly, at the front, the portico, which was extended in length according to the measure of the width of the house, was of twenty cubits. Then the height was of one hundred twenty cubits. And he overlaid it on the interior with the purest gold.

5 Et il revêtit le grand bâtiment de bois de cyprès, et le revêtit de bel or et d'un parement de palmiers et de chaînettes.

Also, he covered the greater house with wooden panels of spruce, and he affixed layers of refined gold through it all. And he engraved in them palm trees, and the likeness of little chains interlaced with one another.

6 Et il recouvrit l'édifice de pierres précieuses comme ornement, et l'or était or de Parvaïm.

Also, he paved the floor of the temple with the most precious marble, of great beauty.

7 Et il revêtit d'or l'édifice, les solives, les seuils et ses parois et battants de porte, et cisela des Chérubins aux parois.

Now the gold, with which he covered in layers the house and its beams and posts and walls and doors, was highly refined. And he engraved cherubim on the walls.

8 Et il fit le bâtiment du Lieu Très-Saint, sa longueur égale à la largeur de l'édifice, étant de vingt coudées, et sa largeur de vingt coudées, et le revêtit de bel or qui se montait à six cents talents.

Also, he made the house of the Holy of Holies. Its length, in accord with the width of the temple, was of twenty cubits. And its width, similarly, was of twenty cubits. And he covered it with layers of gold, of about six hundred talents.

9 Et le poids pour les clous était de cinquante sicles d'or. Et il revêtit aussi d'or les chambres supérieures.

Then he also made nails of gold, such that each nail weighed fifty shekels. Also, he covered the upper rooms in gold.

10 Et il fit dans le Lieu Très-Saint deux Chérubins en travail de sculpture, et on les recouvrit d'or.

Now he also made, in the house of the Holy of Holies, two cherubim as a work of statues. And he covered them with gold.

11 Quant aux ailes des Chérubins, leur longueur était de vingt coudées; l'aile de l'un, longue de cinq coudées, touchait à la paroi de l'édifice, et l'autre aile, longue de cinq coudées, touchait à l'aile de l'autre Chérubin;

The wings of the cherubim extended for twenty cubits, such that one wing had five cubits and it touched the wall of the house, and the other, having five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.

12 et l'aile de l'autre Chérubin, longue de cinq coudées, touchait à la paroi de l'édifice, et l'autre aile, longue de cinq coudées, joignait l'aile de l'autre Chérubin;

Similarly, the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, and it touched the wall, and his other wing of five cubits also touched the wing of the other cherub.

13 les ailes de ces Chérubins, déployées, avaient vingt coudées de longueur, et ils étaient debout sur leurs pieds et leurs visages regardaient l'édifice.

And so the wings of both cherubim were stretched out and extended for twenty cubits. Now they were standing upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the exterior house.

14 Et il fit le voile de pourpre azuré et rouge et de cramoisi et de byssus et y adapta des Chérubins.

Also, he made a veil from hyacinth, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. And he wove within it cherubim.

15 Et il fit devant l'édifice deux colonnes ayant trente-cinq coudées de hauteur, et le parement de leur faîte avait cinq coudées [de longueur].

And also, before the doors of the temple, there were two pillars, having a height of thirty-five cubits. But their heads were of five cubits.

16 Et il fit des chaînettes dans le Sanctuaire et en mit aux faîtes des colonnes et fit cent grenades qu'il ajusta aux chaînettes.

Then too, there were something like little chains on the oracle, and he placed these upon the heads of the pillars. And there were one hundred pomegranates, which he placed between the little chains.

17 Et il dressa les colonnes à la façade du Temple, une à droite et une à gauche, et donna à celle de droite le nom de Jachin et à celle de gauche le nom de Boaz.

Also, he placed these pillars in the vestibule of the temple, one to the right, and the other to the left. The one that was on the right, he called Jachin; and the one that was on the left, Boaz.