2 Cronache 4
1 Poi fece un altare di rame lungo venti cubiti, largo venti cubiti e alto dieci cubiti.
Moreover he made an altar of bronze; its length was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits. Its height was ten cubits.
2 Fece pure il mare di getto, che avea dieci cubiti da un orlo all’altro; era di forma perfettamente rotonda, avea cinque cubiti d’altezza, e una corda di trenta cubiti ne misurava la circonferenza.
He also made the round sea of cast metal, ten cubits from brim to brim. Its height was five cubits, and the sea was thirty cubits in circumference.
3 Sotto all’orlo lo circondavano delle figure di buoi, dieci per cubito, facendo tutto il giro del mare; erano disposti in due ordini ed erano stati fusi insieme col mare.
Under the brim encircling the sea were bulls, ten to each cubit, cast in one piece with the sea when the sea itself was cast.
4 Questo posava su dodici buoi, dei quali tre guardavano a settentrione, tre a occidente, tre a mezzogiorno, e tre ad oriente: il mare stava su di essi, e le parti posteriori de’ buoi erano vòlte verso il di dentro.
The large basin known as “The Sea” was set upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east. “The Sea” was set on top of them, and all their hindquarters were toward the inside.
5 Esso aveva lo spessore d’un palmo; il suo orlo, fatto come l’orlo d’una coppa, avea la forma d’un fior di giglio; il mare poteva contenere tremila bati.
“The Sea” was as thick as the width of a hand, and its brim was forged like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. “The Sea” held three thousand baths of water.
6 Fece pure dieci conche, e ne pose cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra, perché servissero alle purificazioni; vi si lavava ciò che serviva agli olocausti. Il mare era destinato alle abluzioni dei sacerdoti.
He made also ten basins for washing things; he put five on the south side, and five on the north; items used in performing the burnt offering were to be washed in them. The large basin known as “The Sea” was used by the priests for them to wash.
7 E fece i dieci candelabri d’oro, conformemente alle norme che li concernevano, e li pose nel tempio, cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra.
He made the ten lampstands of gold that were made from the instructions for their design; he placed them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8 Fece anche dieci tavole, che pose nel tempio, cinque a destra e cinque sinistra. E fece cento bacini d’oro.
He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
9 Fece pure il cortile dei sacerdoti, e il gran cortile con le sue porte, delle quali ricoprì di rame i battenti.
Furthermore he made the courtyard of the priests, and the great court and the doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze.
10 E pose il mare al lato destro della casa, verso sud-est.
He placed the basin known as “The Sea” on the east side of the temple, facing toward the south.
11 Huram fece pure i vasi per le ceneri, le palette ed i bacini. Così Huram compì l’opera che avea fatta per il re Salomone nella casa di Dio:
Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of God:
12 le due colonne, le due palle dei capitelli in cima alle colonne; i due reticolati per coprire le due palle dei capitelli in cima alle colonne,
the two pillars, the bowl-like capitals that were on top of the two pillars, and the two sets of decorative latticework to cover the two bowl-like capitals that were on top of the pillars.
13 le quattrocento melagrane per i due reticolati, a due ordini di melagrane per ogni reticolato, da coprire le due palle dei capitelli in cima alle colonne;
He had made the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of decorative latticework: two rows of pomegranates for each set of latticework to cover the two bowl-like capitals that were on the pillars.
14 e fece le basi e le conche sulle basi,
He also made the stands and the basins to go on the stands;
15 il mare, ch’era unico, e i dodici buoi sotto il mare,
one sea and the twelve bulls under it,
16 e i vasi per le ceneri, le palette, i forchettoni e tutti gli utensili accessori. Maestro Huram li fece per il re Salomone, per la casa dell’Eterno, di rame tirato a pulimento.
also the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other implements that Huram-Abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh.
17 Il re li fece fondere nella pianura del Giordano in un suolo argilloso, fra Succoth e Tsereda.
The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
18 Salomone fece tutti questi utensili in così gran quantità, che non se ne riscontrò il peso del rame.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; indeed, the weight of the bronze could not be known.
19 Salomone fece fabbricare tutti gli arredi della casa di Dio: l’altare d’oro, le tavole sulle quali si mettevano i pani della presentazione;
Solomon made all the furnishings that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the bread of the presence was to be placed;
20 i candelabri d’oro puro, con le loro lampade, da accendere, secondo la norma stabilita davanti ai santuario;
the lampstands with their lamps, that were designed to burn before the inner room—these were made of pure gold;
21 i fiori, le lampade, gli smoccolatoi, d’oro del più puro;
and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, pure gold.
22 i coltelli, i bacini, le coppe e i bracieri, d’oro fino. Quanto alla porta della casa, i battenti interiori all’ingresso del luogo santissimo, e le porte della casa, all’ingresso del tempio, erano d’oro.
Also the lamp trimmers, basins, spoons, and incense burners were all made of pure gold. As for the entrance into the house, its inner doors into the most holy place and the doors of the house, that is, of the temple, were made of gold.
