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’s workers started to build the temple for Yahweh in Jerusalem. They built it on Moriah Hill, where [an angel from] Yahweh had appeared to his father David. They built it on the ground that Araunah, a descendant of the Jebus people-group, had sold to David and where David said that it should be built.
2 O bidoro iwu ụlọ ahụ nʼabalị nke abụọ, nke ọnwa abụọ, nʼafọ nke anọ, nke ọchịchị eze ya.
They began the work in April, when Solomon had been ruling almost four years.
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 foundation of the temple was about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.
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 entrance room across the front of the temple was 30 feet wide and 30 feet high.
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.
Solomon’s workers used [panels/boards of] pine [wood] to line the main hall of the temple. Then they covered those panels with [very thin sheets of] pure gold. Then they decorated the walls with [carved images of] palm trees and designs that resembled 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.
They decorated the temple with very valuable stones. The gold that they used was from [the land of] 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.
They covered the ceiling beams, the door frames, the walls and the doors of the temple with [very thin sheets of] gold. They also carved [statues of] winged creatures 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.
They also built the Very Holy Place [inside the temple]. It was 30 feet wide and 30 feet long. They covered its walls with sheets of pure gold that altogether weighed 23 tons.
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.
They used 1-1/4 pounds of gold to [cover the heads of] the nails. They also covered the walls of the upper rooms with sheets of gold.
10 Solomọn tinyere oyiyi mmụọ ozi cherubim abụọ ọ kpụrụ nʼime Ebe ahụ Kachasị Nsọ, werekwa ọlaedo machie ha.
Solomon’s workers made two statues of creatures with wings to put inside the Very Holy Place. They covered those statues with [very thin sheets of] 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.
[Each statue had two long wings]. One wing of each statue touched one of the walls of the Temple. The other wing of each statue touched a wing of the other statue. It was 7-1/2 feet from the outer tip of one wing to the outer tip of the other wing. The inner wings of the two statues touched each other.
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.
13 Nku cherubim ndị a gbasapụrụ ruo mita iri nʼogologo. Ha guzo ọtọ nʼụkwụ ha, na-eche ihu nʼọnụ ụlọ ezumezu ahụ.
It was 30 feet from the outer wing of the one statue to the outer wing of the other statue. The statues faced the doorway to 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.
Solomon’s workers made a curtain [to separate the main room from the Very Holy Place]. It was made of blue, purple, and red thread and fine linen. There were figures of winged creatures that were embroidered on the curtain.
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.
They made two [bronze] pillars and put them at the entrance of the temple. They were each 27 feet high. Each had a top over it that was 7-1/2 feet 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.
The workers made [carvings that resembled] chains and put them on top of the pillars. They made [carvings that resembled] pomegranates and attached them to the chains.
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.
They set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south side [of the entrance] and the other on the north side. The one on the south side was named Jakin and the one on the north side was named Boaz.
