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1 Alltså vardt allt arbetet fullkomnadt, som Salomo gjorde på Herrans hus. Och Salomo lät komma derin allt det hans fader David helgat hade, nämliga silfver och guld, och allahanda tyg; och lade det in uti fataburen i Guds hus.
After Solomon’s workers had finished building the temple, Solomon put in the temple storage rooms everything that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold and all the other things that were used at the temple.
2 Då församlade Salomo alla äldsta i Israel, alla höfdingar i slägterna, Förstar för fäderna i Israels barn, till Jerusalem, att de skulle låta uppkomma Herrans förbunds ark utu Davids stad, det är Zion.
Then King Solomon summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes and of the families/clans. He wanted them to help to bring to the temple Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill], where it was in [the part of the city called] ‘The City of David’.
3 Och församlade sig till Konungen alle Israels män på högtidene, det är i sjunde månadenom;
So all the leaders of Israel gathered together along with the king, during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.
4 Och kommo alle äldste i Israel; och de Leviter togo arken;
When they had all arrived, the descendants of Levi lifted up the Sacred Chest,
5 Och båro honom upp, samt med vittnesbördsens tabernakel, och all helig tyg, som i tabernaklet voro; och Presterna Leviterna båro det allt med upp.
and they carried it and the Sacred Tent and the sacred things that were inside it. The priests, who were also descended from Levi, carried them.
6 Men Konung Salomo och hela Israels menighet med honom, församlad inför arken, offrade får och fä, så mycket, att det ingen tälja eller räkna kunde.
King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the Sacred Chest. And they sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and cattle. No one was able to count them [because there were very many].
7 Alltså båro Presterna Herrans förbunds ark uti sitt rum, i husets chor, uti det aldrahelgasta, under Cherubims vingar;
The priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Most Holy Place, the inner room of the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the statues of winged creatures.
8 Så att Cherubim utsträckte sina vingar öfver arkens rum; och Cherubim öfvertäckte arken och hans stänger, ofvantill.
The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.
9 Men stängerna voro så långa, att man såg ändarna på dem för choren ifrån arkenom; men utantill såg man dem icke; och blef han der allt intill denna dag.
The poles were very long, with the result that they could be seen by [those who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen by anyone standing outside the temple. Those poles are still there.
10 Och i arken var intet utan de två taflor, som Mose hade lagt deruti i Horeb, då Herren ett förbund gjorde med Israels barn, den tid de utur Egypten drogo.
The only things that were inside the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai Mountain, where Yahweh made an agreement with the Israeli people after they came out of Egypt.
11 Och då Presterna gingo utu det helga; ty alle de Prester, som för handene voro, helgade sig, så att ock skiften icke hållne vordo,
Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were there, from every group, had performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to God.
12 Och de Leviter, med alla dem som under Assaph, Heman, Jeduthun, och deras barn och bröder, voro, klädde med linnen kläder, sjöngo med cymbaler, psaltare och harpor, och stodo österut ifrån altaret, och när dem tjugu och hundrade Prester, som blåste med trummeter;
All the descendants of Levi who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons and their other relatives—stood on the east side of the altar. They were wearing linen clothes, and they were playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. There were 120 other priests who were blowing trumpets.
13 Och det var, såsom det hade varit allt en som trummetade, och sjöng, såsom man hörde ena röst, till att lofva och tacka Herranom; och då rösten upphof sig af trummeterna, cymbaler och annor strängaspel, och af Herrans lof, att han mild är, och hans barmhertighet varar till evig tid; då vardt Herrans hus uppfyldt med ett moln;
The men blowing trumpets, those playing the cymbals and other musical instruments, and the singers, made music together, praising Yahweh and singing this song: “Yahweh is good [to us]; he faithfully loves us forever.” Then [suddenly] the temple was filled with a cloud.
14 Så att Presterna icke stå kunde, till att tjena, för molnets skull; ty Herrans härlighet uppfyllde Guds hus.
The glorious radiance of Yahweh filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue doing their work.
