2 Nyakati 3
1 Kisha Selemani akaanza kuijenga nyumba ya Yahwe katika Yerusalemu juu ya Mlima Moria, ambako Yahwe alimtokea Daudi baba yake. Aliandaa sehemu ambayo Daudi aliikusudia, katika sakafu ya kupuria ya Arauna Myebusi.
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Alianza kujenga siku ya pili ya mwezi wa pili, katika mwaka wa nne wa utawala wake.
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Sasa hivi ndinyo vipimo vya ule msingi ambao Selemani alijenga kwa ajili ya nyumba ya Mungu. Akitumia mtindo wa vipimo vya zamani, urefu ulikuwa mikono sitini, na upana ulikuwa mikono ishirini.
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
4 Urefu wa ukumbi mbele ya nyumba ulikuwa mikono ishirini, ukilingana na upana wa nyumba, urefu wake kwenda juu pia ulikuwa mikono ishirini, na Selemani akaifunika sehemu ya ndani kwa dhahabu halisi.
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
5 Akailitengeneza paa la ukumbi mkuu kwa miti ya miberoshi, ambayo aliifunika kwa dhahabu halisi, na ambayo aliifunika kwa miti ya mitende na minyororo.
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
6 Akaipamba nyumba kwa vito vya thamani; dhahabu ilikuwa dhahabu kutoka Parvaimu.
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
7 Pia akazifunika boriti zake, vizingiti, kuta, na milango kwa dhahabu; akachonga makerubi juu ya kuta zake.
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8 Akaijenga sehemu ya patakatifu pa patakatifu. Urefu wake ulilingana na upana wa nyumba, mikono ishirini, na upana wake pia ulikuwa mikono ishirini. Aliifunika kwa dhahabu halisi, thamani yake ilikuwa talanta mia sita.
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
9 Uzito wa misumari ulikuwa shekeli hamsini za dhahabu. Alizifunika sehemu za juu kwa dhahabu.
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
10 Akachonga makerubi wawili kwa ajili ya sehemu za patakatifu pa patakatifu, wahunzi wakayafunika kwa dhahabu. (Maandishi ya kale yanasema: makerubi wawili waliochongwa kwenye mbao).
In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
11 Mabawa ya makerubi yalikuwa na urefu wa mikono ishirini yote kwa pamoja; bawa la kerubi mmoja lilikuwa na urefu wa mikono mitano, lilifikia kwenye ukuta wa chumba; bawa jingine lilikuwa na urefu wa mikono mitano pia.
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
12 Bawa la kerubi mwingine lilikuwa mikono mitano, likifikia kwenye ukuta wa chumba; bawa lake jingine lilikuwa mikono mitano pia, likigusana na bawa la kerubi wa kwanza.
The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.
13 Mabawa ya makerubi hawa yalienea jumla ya mikono mitano. Makerubi yalisimama kwa miguu yake, na nyuso zake zikiuelekea ukumbi mkuu.
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
14 Akatengeneza pazia la samawati, dhambarau, na sufu nyekundu, na kitani safi, na akachora makerubi juu yake.
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
15 Selemani pia akatengeneza nguzo mbili, kila moja ikiwa na urefu wa mikono thelathini na tano kwenda juu, kwa maana mbele ya nyumba; taji ambazo zilikuwa juu ya nguzo zilikuwa na urefu wa mikono mitano kwenda juu.
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
16 Akatengeneza minyororo kwa ajili ya nguzo na akaiweka juu yake, pia akatengeneza maakomamanga mia moja na akayaunganisha kwenye minyororo.
He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
17 Akazisimamisha nguzo mbele ya hekalu, mkono wa kulia, na nyingine mkono wa kushoto; akaiita nguzo ya kulia Yakini, na nguzo ya kushoto akaiita Boazi.
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
