2 Ihe E Mere 3
1 Mgbe ahụ, Solomọn malitere iwu ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị. Ọ bụ nʼugwu Mọrịa, nke dị na Jerusalem, ka e wukwasịrị ya, nʼebe ahụ Onyenwe anyị mere ka Devid bụ nna ya hụ ya anya. Ọ bụ nʼala ebe ịzọcha ọka Arauna, onye Jebus, ebe ahụ Devid họpụtara.
Then Solomon began building the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had provided—the former threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 O bidoro iwu ụlọ ahụ nʼabalị nke abụọ, nke ọnwa abụọ, nʼafọ nke anọ, nke ọchịchị eze ya.
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in his fourth year as king.
3 Ntọala Solomọn tọrọ maka iwu ụlọnsọ Chineke dị iri mita abụọ na asaa nʼogologo, mita itoolu nʼobosara. (Nke a bụ ma ejiri ihe ọtụtụ ochie).
The size of the foundation Solomon laid for the Temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, (according to the old cubit measurement).
4 Ịdị ogologo mpụta ọnụ ụlọ nke ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ dị mita itoolu, dịka ịdị ogologo obosara ụlọ nso ahụ nʼonwe ya. Ịdị elu ya dịkwa mita itoolu. O jikwa ọlaedo a nụchara anụcha machie ime ya.
The front porch that ran across the width of the Temple was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He covered the inside of the porch with pure gold.
5 O ji osisi junipa machie ahụ ime ụlọ ezumezu ahụ, jirikwa ọlaedo a nụchara anụcha techie osisi ndị ahụ niile. Emesịa, e sere oyiyi nkwụ dị iche iche, na oyiyi ụdọ igwe nʼahụ ụlọ ahụ iji chọọ ya mma.
He paneled the main room with cypress overlaid with fine gold, with images of palm trees and chains.
6 O ji nkume dị oke ọnụahịa dị iche iche chọọ ime ụlọnsọ ahụ mma, ya na ọlaedo nke e si na Pavaim bute.
He decorated the Temple with beautiful gems, and with gold he imported from Parvaim.
7 Ogidi osisi silin niile, na ibo ọnụ ụzọ niile, na aja ụlọ niile, na ọnụ ụzọ niile dị nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ ka o ji ọlaedo techie. Ọ gbukwara egbugbu oyiyi cherubim na mgbidi ya niile.
He covered the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors of the Temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 O wuru Ebe ahụ Kachasị Nsọ; nke ogologo ọnụ ụlọ ya dị mita iri, otu a kwa, obosara ya dị mita iri. O ji ọlaedo dị ezi mma nke ọnụahịa ya ruru narị talenti isii techie ahụ ime ụlọ ahụ niile.
He made the room of the Most Holy Place to correspond with the width of the Temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He covered the interior with six hundred talents of fine gold.
9 Ịdị arọ ọlaedo e ji kpụọ ǹtu e ji wuo ya dị iri shekel ise. E jikwa ọlaedo techie akụkụ elu elu nke ime ọnụ ụlọ a.
The weight of the nails was one shekel for every fifty shekels of gold.
10 Solomọn tinyere oyiyi mmụọ ozi cherubim abụọ ọ kpụrụ nʼime Ebe ahụ Kachasị Nsọ, werekwa ọlaedo machie ha.
He made for the Most Holy Place two wooden cherubim covered with gold.
11 Ịdị ogologo nku cherubim ndị a ruru mita iri. Ịdị ogologo otu nku cherub nke mbụ ruru mita abụọ na ọkara. Ọnụ nku a na-emetụ ahụ ime ụlọ nke ụlọnsọ ukwu, ma ọnụ ọnụ nku nke ọzọ, nke ịdị ogologo ya ruru mita abụọ nʼọkara, na-emetụ ọnụ otu nku cherub nke ọzọ.
The wingspan of the cherubim together was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched one Temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, and touched the second cherub.
12 Nʼotu aka ahụ, otu nku cherub nke abụọ ruru mita abụọ na ọkara nʼogologo. Ọnụ nku ya na-emetụ akụkụ nke ọzọ nke ahụ ime ụlọnsọ ukwu, ma nku ya nke ọzọ, nke rukwara mita abụọ na ọkara nʼogologo, na-emetụ ọnụ ọnụ otu nku cherub nke mbụ.
In similar fashion, one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched one Temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, and touched the first cherub.
13 Nku cherubim ndị a gbasapụrụ ruo mita iri nʼogologo. Ha guzo ọtọ nʼụkwụ ha, na-eche ihu nʼọnụ ụlọ ezumezu ahụ.
So the wingspan of these cherubim together was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
14 O ji akwa na-acha anụnụ anụnụ, na uhie uhie, na odo odo, na ezi akwa ọcha, mee akwa mgbochi, nke a kpanyekwara oyiyi cherubim nʼime ya.
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson embroidery on fine linen, with images of cherubim on it.
15 O wuru ogidi abụọ dị nʼihu ụlọnsọ ahụ, nke ịdị elu ya ruru mita iri na asaa. Ọ kpụkwara ihe a dokwasịrị nʼelu ogidi ndị a, nke ịdị elu ha dị mita abụọ na ọkara.
He made two columns for the front of the Temple, thirty-five cubits, each having a capital five cubits high.
16 Ọ kpụkwara ihe yiri ụdọ igwe a tụrụ atụ, nke e kokwasịrị nʼelu ogidi abụọ ndị ahụ. Kpụọkwa narị mkpụrụ pomegranet, nke a ganyekọtara ya na ụdọ igwe ahụ.
He made chains like in the Most Holy Place and he placed them on top of the columns. He also made one hundred ornamental pomegranates and attached them to each chain.
17 O guzobere ogidi abụọ ndị ahụ nʼihu ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ, otu nʼakụkụ ugwu nke ọzọ nʼakụkụ ndịda. Ogidi nke dị na ndịda ka ọ kpọrọ Jakin, ma nke dị nʼugwu ka ọ kpọrọ Boaz.
He set up the columns in front of the Temple, one on the south, and one on the north. The column on the south he named Jachin, and the column on the north he named Boaz.
