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1 Después Salomón edificó su propia casa en 13 años, y terminó toda su casa.
They also built a palace for Solomon, but it required 13 years to build it.
2 Edificó la casa del bosque del Líbano, la cual tenía 45 metros de longitud, 22,5 metros de anchura y 13,5 metros de altura, sobre cuatro hileras de columnas de cedro con vigas de cedro sobre las columnas.
One of the buildings they constructed was [a] large [ceremonial hall]. It was called the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It was supported/held up by four rows of pillars of [wood from] cedar [trees]. There were 15 pillars in each row. There were cedar beams across each row.
3 Estaba cubierta de cedro encima de las vigas que se apoyaban sobre 45 columnas, 15 columnas por hilera.
[To support the roof] there were cedar beams that connected the rows of pillars.
4 Había tres hileras de ventanas, una ventana frente a otra, en grupos de tres.
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
5 Todas las puertas y ventanas tenían marcos cuadrados, y una ventana estaba frente a otra, en grupos de tres.
All the windows and doorways had rectangular frames. The windows along the long wall on one side faced the windows on the other side.
6 También hizo el patio de las columnas, que tenía 22,5 metros de longitud por 13,5 metros de anchura. Frente a las columnas de este patio había otro patio con columnas, que tenía una cubierta delante.
They also built another building called the Hall of Pillars. It was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch [whose roof was] supported by pillars.
7 También edificó el patio del trono donde iba a juzgar, el patio del juicio. Lo recubrió con cedro desde el suelo hasta las vigas.
Then they made a building called the Hall of the Throne. It was also called the Hall of Judgment. That was where Solomon decided/judged concerning people’s disputes. The walls were covered with cedar boards, from the floor to the rafters.
8 En la casa donde vivía, había otro patio más adentro del patio, del mismo tipo de construcción. Salomón también edificó una casa parecida a este patio para la hija de Faraón a quien tomó como esposa.
In the courtyard behind the Hall of Judgment they built a house for Solomon to live in that was made like the other buildings. They also built the same kind of house for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt.
9 Todas estas obras, desde los cimientos hasta las cornisas, y afuera hasta el gran patio, eran de piedras costosas y bloques tallados a la medida, cortados con sierra por el lado interior y el exterior.
All of those buildings and the walls around the palace courtyard were made from costly blocks of stone, from the foundations up to the eaves. The stones were cut [at the quarry], according to the sizes that were needed, and the sides of the stones were shaped by cutting/smoothing them with saws.
10 El cimiento era de grandes piedras costosas de 4,5 metros y de 3,6 metros.
The foundations were also made from huge blocks of stone [that were prepared at the quarry]. Some of them were twelve feet long and some were fifteen feet long.
11 De allí hacia arriba, también eran piedras costosas, bloques tallados a medida y madera de cedro.
On top of the foundation stones were other blocks of stone that were cut according to the sizes they needed, and cedar beams.
12 El gran patio tenía alrededor un muro de tres hileras de bloques tallados y una hilera de vigas de cedro, como el patio interior de la Casa de Yavé y el patio de la casa.
The palace courtyard, the inner courtyard in front of the temple, and the entrance room of the temple had walls made by putting down three layers of cut stones between each layer of cedar beams.
13 El rey Salomón envió a traer a Hiram desde Tiro.
There was a man who lived in Tyre [city] whose name was Huram. He knew how to make very nice things from bronze. His father had also lived in Tyre and had also been very skilled at making things from bronze, but Huram’s father was no longer living. His mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram was very wise and intelligent and was very skilled at making things from bronze. Solomon invited him to come [to Jerusalem and supervise] all the work of making things from bronze, and Huram agreed.
14 Este era hijo de una viuda de la tribu de Neftalí, cuyo padre era un hombre de Tiro, artesano en bronce. Él estaba lleno de sabiduría, inteligencia y pericia para hacer cualquier obra en bronce. Éste fue al rey Salomón e hizo toda su obra.
15 Hizo el vaciado de las dos columnas de bronce. Cada columna tenía 8,1 metros de altura. La circunferencia de cada columna medida con un cordel era de 5,4 metros.
He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around. Each was hollow, and the walls of the pillars were 3 in./7.4 cm. thick.
16 Hizo dos capiteles de bronce fundido para ponerlos en las cabezas de las columnas. Cada capitel tenía 2,25 metros de altura.
He also made two bronze caps to be put on top of the pillars. Each cap was 7-1/2 feet tall.
17 Había redes de trabajo de malla y trenzas en trabajo de cadenilla para los capiteles que estaban en las cabezas de las columnas: siete para cada capitel.
Then he made bronze wreaths of chains to decorate the top part of each pillar.
18 Hizo también dos hileras de granadas alrededor de cada red, para cubrir los capiteles que estaban en las cabezas de las columnas con las granadas, lo mismo para cada capitel.
He also made bronze [figures that resembled] pomegranates. He put two rows of pomegranates over the top parts of each pillar.
19 Los capiteles que estaban sobre las columnas en el patio tenían forma de lirios, y eran de 1,8 metros.
The top part over each pillar was shaped like a lily. Each [lily leaf] was six feet tall.
20 Los capiteles sobre las columnas tenían 200 granadas en dos hileras, sobre la parte abultada del capitel que estaba encima de la red, tanto en el primer capitel como en el segundo.
These top parts were placed on a bowl-shaped section around which was draped the wreaths of chains. He made 200 [figures that represented] pomegranates and put them in two rows around the top/head of each pillar.
21 Erigió también las columnas en el patio del Lugar Santo. Erigió la columna derecha, y la llamó Jaquín. Erigió la columna izquierda, y la llamó Boaz.
His [helpers] set up the pillars in front of the entrance of the temple. The pillar on the south side was named Jakin, and the pillar on the north side was named Boaz.
22 Puso un diseño de lirios en la parte superior de las columnas. Estas columnas fueron diseñadas del mismo modo.
The bronze top parts that were shaped like lilies were placed on top of the pillars. So Huram and his helpers finished making the bronze pillars.
23 Hizo también el mar de fundición de forma circular de 4,5 metros de borde a borde, 2,25 metros de alto y 13,5 metros de circunferencia.
Huram also constructed a very large round bronze tank that was made of metal and cast [in a clay mold]. It was 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters high, 30 feet/9 meters across/wide, and 45 feet/13.5 meters around it.
24 Había calabazas debajo y alrededor del borde, diez [calabazas] por cada 45 centímetros, dispuestas en dos hileras alrededor del mar, las cuales fueron fundidas en una sola pieza con el mar.
Around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of gourds that were made of bronze. [But] the gourds [were not cast separately; they] were cast in the same mold as the rest of the tank. For each foot of length around the rim of the tank there were six [figures of] gourds.
25 [El mar] estaba asentado sobre 12 bueyes. Tres miraban al norte, tres al occidente, tres al sur y tres al oriente. El mar estaba asentado sobre ellos. Todas las ancas daban hacia la parte interior.
Huram [also cast] twelve [bronze statues of] oxen. He placed them to face outward. He placed three of them to face north, three to face west, three to face south, and three to face east. His helpers put the bronze tank on the backs of [the statues of] the oxen.
26 Su espesor era de 7,5 centímetros, y su borde, como el borde de un cáliz de flor de lirio. Su capacidad era de 44.000 litros.
The sides [of the tank] were 3 in./8 cm. thick. The rim was like the rim of a cup. It [curved outward, ] like the petals of a lily. [When the tank was full, ] it held about 10,000 gallons [of water].
27 Hizo también las diez basas de bronce. 1,8 metros era la longitud y la anchura de cada basa y 1,35 metros la altura.
Huram also made ten bronze carts. Each was six feet long and six feet wide and 4-1/2 feet tall.
28 Este era el diseño de las basas. Tenían marcos, los cuales estaban entre los paneles.
[On the sides of the carts] there were panels which were set in frames.
29 Sobre los marcos que había entre los paneles había figuras de leones, bueyes y querubines. Sobre los paneles, tanto encima como debajo de los leones y los bueyes, había guirnaldas en bajorrelieve.
On those panels were [bronze figures of] lions, bulls, and winged creatures. Below and above the lions and bulls there were decorations of bronze wreaths.
30 Cada basa tenía cuatro ruedas de bronce con ejes de bronce. Sus cuatro patas tenían soportes debajo de la fuente, los cuales eran de bronce fundido. Tenían molduras a cada lado.
Each cart had four bronze wheels and two axles made of bronze. At the top corners of each cart were bronze supports to hold up a basin. On these supports were also decorations of bronze wreaths.
31 Su abertura sobresalía 45 centímetros del interior, a manera de capitel. Su abertura era circular, hecha como una base de 68 centímetros. También alrededor de su abertura había bajorrelieves. Sus marcos eran cuadrados, no circulares.
On top of each cart, [under each basin, ] was a frame [that resembled] a circular collar. The top of each circular frame was 18 inches above the top of the cart, and the bottom of it was nine inches below the top of the cart. There were also decorations of bronze wreaths on the frame engraved within square panels.
32 Las cuatro ruedas estaban debajo de los marcos. Los ejes de las ruedas salían de la base. Cada rueda tenía 68 centímetros de alto.
The wheels were 27 inches high. They were below the panels. The wheels were connected to axles that had been cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
33 El diseño de las ruedas era como el de las ruedas de una carroza. Sus ejes, sus aros, sus rayos y sus cubos, todo era de fundición.
The wheels of the carts were like the wheels of chariots. The axles, the rims, the spokes, and the hubs were all cast [from bronze].
34 También los cuatro soportes de las cuatro esquinas de cada base salían de la misma base.
At the top corners of each cart there were handles. These were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
35 En la parte superior de la base había un soporte circular de 23 centímetros de altura. Sobre la base había molduras y tableros que salían de la misma.
There was a nine-inch bronze band around the top of each cart. There were braces attached to the corners of each cart. The bands and the braces were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
36 Sobre las planchas de sus soportes y de sus marcos grabó querubines, leones y palmeras, según el espacio de cada uno, con guirnaldas alrededor.
The braces and the panels [on the sides of the carts] were also decorated with [figures of] winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, whenever there was space for them, and there were bronze wreaths all around them.
37 De esta manera hizo las diez bases de una sola fundición, de la misma medida y de la misma forma.
That is how Huram made the ten carts. They [were all cast in the same mold, so they] were all alike: They all were the same size and had the same shape.
38 Hizo también diez fuentes de bronce. Cada una tenía una capacidad de 880 litros. Cada fuente tenía 1,8 metros. Puso una fuente sobre cada una de las diez bases.
Huram also made ten bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and held 200 gallons [of water].
39 Puso cinco bases al lado sur de la Casa y las otras cinco al lado norte. El mar lo colocó al lado sur de la Casa, hacia el sureste.
Huram placed five of the carts on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put the big tank at the southeast corner.
40 Hiram también hizo las ollas, las palas y los tazones. Hiram terminó de realizar toda la obra para el rey Salomón en la Casa de Yavé:
Huram also made pots, shovels [for carrying ashes], and bowls [for carrying the blood of the animals that would be sacrificed]. He completed all the work that King Solomon requested him to do for the temple. [This is a list of the bronze things he made]:
41 las dos columnas y los capiteles circulares que estaban en lo alto de las dos columnas, las dos redes que cubrían los dos capiteles que estaban en lo alto de las columnas;
the two pillars; the two top parts to be put over the pillars; the two wreaths of chains to decorate the tops of the pillars;
42 las 400 granadas para las dos redes: dos hileras de granadas por red, para cubrir los dos capiteles que coronaban las columnas;
the 400 [figures of] pomegranates, in two rows, with 100 in each row, that were placed over the top parts of the pillars;
43 las diez bases y diez fuentes sobre las bases;
the ten carts; the ten basins;
44 el mar, con los 12 bueyes debajo del mar;
the big tank; the twelve [statues of] oxen on whose backs the tank was placed;
45 las ollas, las palas y los tazones. Todos estos utensilios que Hiram hizo para la Casa de Yavé, para el rey Salomón, eran de bronce abrillantado.
the pots, shovels [for the ashes of the altar], and bowls. Huram [and his workers] made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of polished bronze.
46 El rey ordenó fundir todo esto en tierra arcillosa en la llanura del Jordán, entre Sucot y Saretán.
They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan [River] Valley, between [the cities of] Succoth and Zarethan.
47 Salomón decidió no pesar todos estos utensilios por su gran cantidad. El peso del bronce nunca pudo ser averiguado.
Solomon did not [tell his workers to] weigh those bronze objects, because there were many items. So no one ever knew what they weighed.
48 Salomón también hizo todos los utensilios de la Casa de Yavé: el altar de oro, la mesa de oro sobre la cual estaba el Pan de la Presencia,
Solomon’s [workers] also made all the gold items for the temple: the altar; the table on which the priests put the sacred bread placed before God;
49 los cinco candelabros de oro puro que estaban al sur, y los otros cinco al norte, delante del Lugar Santísimo, con las flores, las lámparas y las tenazas de oro.
the ten lampstands [that were put] in front of the Very Holy Place, five on the south side and five on the north side; the [decorations that resembled] flowers; the lamps; the tongs [to grasp the hot coals];
50 Asimismo, hizo las copas, las despabiladeras, los tazones, las cucharas y los incensarios de oro puro. También eran de oro las bisagras de las puertas de la Sala Interior, del Lugar Santísimo, y los de las puertas de la sala de la Casa.
the cups, the gold lamp wick snuffers, the small lamp bowls, the dishes for incense, the pans [for carrying the hot coals], and the hinges for the doors at the entrance to the Very Holy Place and for the doors at the entrance [to the main room] of the temple. Those things were all made of gold.
51 Se completó toda la obra que el rey Salomón hizo para la Casa de Yavé. Salomón introdujo las cosas que su padre David consagró. Depositó la plata, el oro y los utensilios en la tesorería de la Casa de Yavé.
So Solomon’s [workers] finished all the work for the temple. Then they placed in the temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold, and the other valuable items.
