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1 Lè sa a te gen katsankatreven (480) lanne depi pèp Izrayèl la te soti kite peyi Lejip, Salomon te gen katran depi li t'ap gouvènen pèp Izrayèl la. Nan mwa Ziv la, ki dezyèm mwa nan kalandriye jwif yo, Salomon mete men nan bati kay Seyè a.
480 years after the Israeli people left Egypt, during the fourth year that Solomon ruled Israel, early in May, Solomon’s workers began to build the temple.
2 Kay wa Salomon bati pou Seyè a te gen katrevendis pye longè, trant pye lajè ak karantsenk pye wotè.
Inside, [the main part of] the temple was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
3 Premye pyès devan an te gen kenz pye longè, trant pye lajè. Li te menm lajè ak kay la.
The entrance room was 15 feet long and 30 feet wide, just as wide as the main part of the temple.
4 Miray tanp lan te gen fennèt ak griyaj bare yo.
There were windows in [the walls of] the temple. The windows were narrower on the outside than on the inside.
5 Kole kole ak miray yo, sou de sou kote yo ak sou dèyè Tanp lan ak pyès dèyè a, li fè bati twa ran pyès, yonn sou lòt. Chak etaj te gen sèt pye edmi wotè.
Against the two sides and against the back of the temple walls, they built a structure/building that had rooms in it. [This structure had three levels/stories and each was 7-1/2 feet high].
6 Chak pyès nan dènye etaj anba a te gen sèt pye edmi lajè. Pyès nan etaj mitan an te gen nèf pye lajè ak pyès nan etaj anwo nèt la te gen dis pye edmi. Miray tanp lan menm te pi laj anba pase anwo. Konsa, gwo travès plafon yo te chita sou miray yo san yo pa t' bezwen fouye twou ladan yo.
[Each room in] the lowest level/story was 7-1/2 feet wide. [Each room in] the middle level/story was nine feet wide. [The rooms in] the top level/story were 10-1/2 feet wide. The wall of the temple at the top level/story was thinner than the wall at the middle level/story, and the wall of the middle level/story was thinner than the wall at the bottom level/story. The result was that the rooms could be supported by the wall underneath them, and did not require wooden beams to support them.
7 Wòch yo te sèvi pou bati Tanp lan te pare depi nan min wòch kote yo te jwenn yo a. Konsa, pandan yo t'ap bati Tanp lan pa t' gen ankenn bri mato, bri sizo, ni bri ankenn zouti fè.
The huge stones for [the foundation of] the temple were cut and shaped at the quarry [to become very smooth]. The result was that while the workers were building the temple there was no noise, because they did not use hammers or chisels or any other iron tools there.
8 Pòt pou antre nan premye chanm anba yo te bay sou bò sid Tanp lan. Te gen eskalye pou moute nan premye ak nan dezyèm etaj yo.
The entrance to the bottom level/story [of that attached structure] was on the south side of the temple. There were stairs from the bottom level/story to the middle and top level/story.
9 Lè Salomon fin bati Tanp lan, li mete yon plafon fèt ak travès ak planch sèd.
So Solomon’s [workers] finished building the [framework of the] temple. They made the ceiling from cedar beams and boards.
10 Li bati pyès chanm yo tout arebò tanp lan. Chak etaj te gen sèt pye edmi wotè. Yo te kole kole ak miray kay la. Yo te mare sou miray la ak travès sèd.
They built the structure that had three levels/stories, that was against the walls of the temple. Each level/story was 7-1/2 feet high, and was joined to the temple with cedar beams.
11 Seyè a pale ak Salomon, li di l' konsa:
Then Yahweh said this to Solomon:
12 -Lè w'a fin bati tanp lan, si ou mache dapre lòd mwen, si ou fè sa m' di ou fè, si ou kenbe tout kòmandman mwen yo, m'a fè pou ou tou sa mwen te pwomèt David, papa ou.
“[I want to tell you] about this temple that you are building. If you continually obey all my statutes and laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised to your father David.
13 M'ap rete nan mitan peyi Izrayèl la, mwen p'ap janm lage yo.
I will live among the Israeli people, [in this temple, ] and I will never abandon them.”
14 Se konsa Salomon fin bati Tanp lan.
Solomon’s [workers] finished building the temple.
15 Tout miray yo te plake sou anndan ak planch sèd depi planche a rive nan plafon an. Planche a te fèt ak bwa pichpen.
On the inside, they lined/covered the walls with cedar boards. They lined/covered them from the floor to the ceiling. They made the floor from cypress boards.
16 Li bati sou dèyè tanp lan yon gwo pyès li rele Pyès ki apa nèt pou Seyè a. Pyès la te gen trant pye longè. Panno pyès la fèt ak planch sèd ki soti depi atè rive nan plafon an.
Inside the back part of the temple they built an inner room, called the Very Holy Place. It was 30 feet long. All the walls of this room were lined with cedar boards.
17 Pati tanp lan ki te devan pyès ki apa nèt pou Seyè a te gen swasant pye longè.
In front of the Very Holy Place there was a room that was 60 feet long.
18 Sou anndan, tout miray tanp lan te kouvri ak planch sèd, ou pa t' ka wè yon wòch. Planch sèd yo te travay ak desen flè ak ti kalbas sou tout kò yo.
The cedar [boards on the walls] inside the temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. [The walls were] completely covered with cedar boards, with the result that the stones [of the walls behind them] could not be seen.
19 Anndan Tanp lan, sou dèyè, li bati yon pyès apa pou Seyè a. Se la yo te mete Bwat Kontra Seyè a.
At the back of the temple they made the Very Holy Place, where the Sacred Chest would be put.
20 Pyès la te gen trant pye longè, trant pye lajè ak trant pye wotè. Li te kouvri nèt ak lò. Sou devan pyès la yo bati yon lotèl ak bwa sèd, lèfini yo te kouvri li nèt ak lò.
That room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. They covered the walls with [very thin sheets of] pure gold. [For burning incense] they also made an altar of cedar [boards].
21 Tout miray anndan tanp lan te kouvri ak lò. Pyès apa nèt pou Seyè a te kouvri ak lò tou. Yo fè chenn lò pou fèmen pòt pyès ki apa pou Seyè a.
Solomon told them to cover the other walls inside the temple with [very thin sheets of] pure gold and to fasten gold chains across the entrance to the Very Holy Place.
22 Konsa, tout anndan Tanp lan nèt ansanm ak lotèl ki te devan pyès ki apa pou Seyè a te kouvri nèt ak lò.
They covered all the walls of the temple and the altar that was outside the Very Holy Place with [very thin sheets of] gold.
23 Apre sa, li fè fè de estati zanj cheriben yo an bwa oliv pou pyès ki apa nèt pou Seyè a. Chak estati te gen kenz pye wotè.
Inside the Very Holy Place, they made from olive tree wood [large statues of] two creatures with wings. Each one was 15 feet tall.
24 Chak zèl te mezire sèt pye edmi longè. Konsa, depi pwent yon zèl rive nan pwent lòt zèl la te gen kenz pye.
They each were the same size and had the same shape. They each had two wings [which were spread out]. Each wing was 7-1/2 feet long, with the result that the distance between the outer ends of the two wings was 15 feet.
25 Tou de estati yo te gen menm fòm, menm gwosè.
26 Tou de te menm wotè, yo te gen kenz pye wotè.
27 Salomon fè mete de estati yo anndan pyès ki apa pou Seyè a, kòtakòt, ak zèl yo louvri pou pwent zèl anndan yo touche yonn ak lòt nan mitan pyès la, de pwent zèl deyò yo touche ak de miray sou kote yo.
They put those statues next to each other in the Very Holy Place so that the wing of the one touched the one wing of the other in the center of the room, and the outer wings touched the walls.
28 De estati ak zèl yo te kouvri nèt ak lò.
They covered the statues with [very thin sheets of] gold.
29 Sou tout miray anndan tanp lan te gen pòtre zanj cheriben, pòtre pye palmis ak pòtre flè yo te travay nan bwa a.
[Solomon told them to] decorate the walls of the main room and the Very Holy Place by carving representations of winged creatures and palm trees and flowers.
30 Menm planche a te kouvri ak lò anndan kou deyò.
They also covered the floor of both rooms with [very thin sheets of] gold.
31 Salomon fè mete yon pòt de batan fèt ak bwa oliv pou fèmen pyès apa pou Seyè a. Lento pòt la ak de montan yo te pran yon senkyèm nan ouvèti pòt la.
They made a set of doors from olive tree wood, and placed them at the entrance to the Very Holy Place. The doorposts joined at the top to form a pointed arch.
32 Batan pòt yo te dekore ak pòtre zanj cheriben, pye palmis ak flè yo te travay nan bwa a. Tout pòt la ansanm ak pòtre yo te kouvri nèt ak lò.
The doors were decorated by carving on them representations of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. All of these things were covered with [very thin sheets of] gold.
33 Pòt pyès mitan Tanp lan te gen yon ankadreman fèt ak bwa oliv ki te pran yon ka nan ouvèti pòt la.
They made a rectangular door frame from olive tree wood, and put it [between the entrance room and] the main room.
34 Pòt la menm te fèt an pichpen. Li te gen kat batan, de batan chak bò ki ka fèmen yonn sou lòt.
They made two folding doors from cypress wood [and fastened them to the door frame].
35 Batan pòt yo te dekore ak pòtre zanj cheriben, pye palmis ak flè yo te travay sou bwa a. Tout pòt la ansanm ak pòtre yo te kouvri nèt ak lò.
The doors were also decorated with wood carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, and they were also covered evenly with [very thin sheets of] gold.
36 Li fè bati yon lakou fèmen devan Tanp lan. Miray lakou a te fèt ak yon ranje madriye sèd pou chak twa ranje wòch yonn sou lòt.
They built a courtyard in front of the temple. The walls around the courtyard were made of cedar and stone; to make the walls, between each layer of cedar beams they put down two layers of stone.
37 Se nan katriyèm lanne rèy Salomon, nan mwa Ziv la, yo te mete men nan fondasyon kay Seyè a.
They laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh in early May, in the fourth year [that Solomon ruled].
38 Tanp lan te fin bati ak tout ti detay li yo, jan yo te fè plan an, nan onzyèm lanne rèy Salomon nan wityèm mwa kalandriye jwif yo, ki rele Boul. Salomon te pran sètan pou l' bati Tanp lan.
In the eleventh year [that he ruled], in the middle of October, they finished building the temple and all of its parts, doing exactly what Solomon told them to do. It required seven years to build it.
