2 Cronache 3
1 Salomone cominciò a costruire la casa dell’Eterno a Gerusalemme, sul monte Moriah, dove l’Eterno era apparso a Davide suo padre, nel luogo che Davide aveva preparato, nell’aia di Ornan, il Gebuseo.
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 Egli cominciò la costruzione il secondo giorno del secondo mese del quarto anno del suo regno.
Now he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Or queste son le misure dei fondamenti gettati da Salomone per la costruzione della casa di Dio. La lunghezza, in cubiti dell’antica misura, era di sessanta cubiti; la larghezza, di venti cubiti.
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 Il portico, sul davanti della casa, avea venti cubiti di lunghezza, rispondenti alla larghezza della casa, e centoventi d’altezza. Salomone ricopri d’oro finissimo l’interno della casa.
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 Egli ricoprì la casa maggiore di legno di cipresso, poi la rivestì d’oro finissimo e vi fece scolpire delle palme e delle catenelle.
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 Rivestì questa casa di pietre preziose, per ornamento; e l’oro era di quello di Parvaim.
Also, he paved the floor of the temple with the most precious marble, of great beauty.
7 Rivestì pure d’oro la casa, le travi, gli stipiti, le pareti e le porte; e sulle pareti fece dei cherubini d’intaglio.
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 E costruì il luogo santissimo. Esso avea venti cubiti di lunghezza, corrispondenti alla larghezza della casa, e venti cubiti di larghezza. Lo ricoprì d’oro finissimo, del valore di seicento talenti;
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 e il peso dell’oro per i chiodi ascendeva a cinquanta sicli. Rivestì anche d’oro le camere superiori.
Then he also made nails of gold, such that each nail weighed fifty shekels. Also, he covered the upper rooms in gold.
10 Nel luogo santissimo fece scolpire due statue di cherubini, che furono ricoperti d’oro.
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 Le ali dei cherubini aveano venti cubiti di lunghezza. L’ala del primo, lunga cinque cubiti, toccava la parete della casa; l’altra ala, pure di cinque cubiti, toccava l’ala del secondo cherubino.
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 L’ala del secondo cherubino, lunga cinque cubiti, toccava la parete della casa; l’altra ala, pure di cinque cubiti, arrivava all’ala dell’altro cherubino.
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 Le ali di questi cherubini, spiegate, misuravano venti cubiti. Essi stavano ritti in piè, e aveano le facce vòlte verso la sala.
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 E fece il velo di filo violaceo, porporino, scarlatto e di bisso, e vi fece ricamare dei cherubini.
Also, he made a veil from hyacinth, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. And he wove within it cherubim.
15 Fece pure davanti alla casa due colonne di trentacinque cubiti d’altezza; e il capitello in cima a ciascuna, era di cinque cubiti.
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 E fece delle catenelle, come quelle che erano nel santuario, e le pose in cima alle colonne; e fece cento melagrane, che sospese alle catenelle.
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 E rizzò le colonne dinanzi al tempio: una a destra e l’altra a sinistra; e chiamò quella di destra Jakin, e quella di sinistra 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.
