1 Tuʻi 7
1 Ka naʻe fai ʻe Solomone ʻae langa ʻo hono fale ʻoʻona ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma tolu, pea naʻa ne fakaʻosi ʻa hono fale kotoa pē.
They also built a palace for Solomon, but it required 13 years to build it.
2 Naʻa ne langa foki ʻae fale ʻi he vao ʻakau ʻo Lepanoni; ko hono lōloa ʻo ia ko e hanga ʻe uangeau, pea ko hono māukupu ko e hanga ʻe teau, pea ko hono māʻolunga ko e hanga ʻe onongofulu, naʻe tuʻu ia ki he ʻotu pou sita ʻe fā, pea naʻe hilifaki ki he funga pou ʻae ngaahi lalanga sita.
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 Pea naʻe ʻufiʻufi ia ʻaki ʻae sita ki ʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi lalanga, ʻaia naʻe toka ki he pou ʻe fāngofulu ma nima, ʻaia naʻe taki hongofulu ma nima ʻi he ʻotu ʻe taha.
[To support the roof] there were cedar beams that connected the rows of pillars.
4 Pea naʻe ai ʻae ngaahi kātupa naʻe fakaʻotu tolu, pea naʻe fehangaʻaki ia ʻi he ʻotu ʻe tolu.
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
5 Pea naʻe potupotu tatau pe ʻae ngaahi matapā mo e ngaahi pou kotoa pē, pea pehē mo e ngaahi kātupa: pea naʻe fehangaʻaki ʻae kātupa, ki he kātupa ʻi he ʻotu ʻe tolu.
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 Pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae hūʻanga fale fakamalumalu ʻaki ʻae ngaahi pou; ko hono lōloa ko e hanga ʻe teau, pea ko hono māukupu ko e hanga ʻe onongofulu: pea naʻe ki muʻa ʻi ai ʻae hūʻanga fale fakamalumalu: pea ko e ngaahi pou pea mo e lalanga lahi naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻi ai.
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 Pea naʻa ne ngaohi foki ʻae fakamalumaluʻanga ki he nofoʻa fakaʻeiʻeiki ke ne fai mei ai ʻae fakamaau, ʻio, ʻae fale fakamalumalu ʻoe fakamaauʻanga: pea naʻe ʻufiʻufi ia ʻaki ʻae sita mei he potu faliki fale ʻe taha ki he taha kehe.
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 Pea ko hono fale ʻaia naʻa ne nofo ai naʻe ʻi ai ʻae loto ʻae taha ki loto ange ʻi he hūʻanga fale fakamalumalu, ʻaia naʻe tatau pe hono ngaohi. Naʻe ngaohi foki ʻe Solomone ha fale ki he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, ko hono uaifi, ʻo tatau mo e hūʻanga fale fakamalumalu ko eni.
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 Naʻe mahuʻinga hono ngaahi maka kotoa pē, ʻo fakatatau mo e fuofua ʻoe ngaahi maka kuo tā, ka naʻe hele ʻaki ʻae kili, ʻi loto pea ʻi tuʻa, ʻio, mei he tuʻunga ʻo aʻu hake ki he tulutulu, pea naʻe pehē ia ʻi tuʻa ʻo hanga atu ki he lotoʻā lahi.
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 Pea ko hono tuʻunga naʻe ʻoe ngaahi maka mahuʻinga, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi maka lalahi, ko e ngaahi maka naʻe uofulu malie ʻa hono hanga, mo e ngaahi maka naʻe hanga ʻe hongofulu ma ono.
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 Pea naʻe ʻi ʻolunga ʻae ngaahi maka mahuʻinga, ʻo tatau mo e fuofua ʻoe ngaahi maka kuo tā, pea mo e ngaahi sita.
On top of the foundation stones were other blocks of stone that were cut according to the sizes they needed, and cedar beams.
12 Pea ko e lotoʻā lahi ʻaia naʻe takatakai ai naʻe ʻotu tolu ʻae ngaahi maka tātā, pea mo e ʻotu ʻe taha ʻoe ngaahi lalanga sita, ki he lotoʻā ki loto ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova, pea ki he hūʻanga fale fakamalumalu ʻoe fale.
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 Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe Solomone ʻo ne ʻomi ʻa Helami mei Taia.
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 Ko e tama ia ʻoe fefine naʻe pekia hono husepāniti ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Nafitali, pea ko ʻene tamai ko e tangata Taia, ko e tufunga ʻi he palasa: pea naʻe fonu ia ʻi he poto, mo e faʻa fakakaukau, mo nimameaʻa ke ngaohi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻi he palasa.
15 He naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ongo pou palasa, naʻe taki taha ʻae hanga ʻe tolungofulu hona māʻolunga: pea ko hono fua takatakai ʻaki ʻae afo ko e taki taha ʻae hanga ʻe uofulu ma fā.
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 Pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ʻulu pou ʻe ua ʻaki ʻae palasa naʻe haka, koeʻuhi ke ʻai ʻi he ongo ʻulu pou: ko e māʻolunga ʻoe ʻulu pou ʻe taha ko e hanga ʻe hongofulu, pea ko e māʻolunga ʻoe ʻulu pou ʻe taha ko e hanga ʻe hongofulu:
He also made two bronze caps to be put on top of the pillars. Each cap was 7-1/2 feet tall.
17 Pea ko e teunga fakavangavanga, mo e kahoa ʻoe ngāue naʻe fakafihifihi ki he ʻuluʻi pou ʻaia naʻe ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi pou; ko e fitu ki he ʻuluʻi pou ʻe taha, pea fitu ki he ʻuluʻi pou kehe ʻe taha.
Then he made bronze wreaths of chains to decorate the top part of each pillar.
18 Pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi pou, pea mo e ʻotu ʻe ua naʻe ʻi he teunga fakavangavanga pe taha, ke ʻufiʻufi ʻae ʻuluʻi pou ʻaia naʻe ʻi ʻolunga ʻaki ʻae pomikanite; pea naʻe pehē foki ʻa ʻene ngaohi ʻae ʻuluʻi pou ʻe taha.
He also made bronze [figures that resembled] pomegranates. He put two rows of pomegranates over the top parts of each pillar.
19 Pea ko e ʻuluʻi pou ʻaia naʻe ʻi he ʻulu pou ʻi he hūʻanga fale fakamalumalu naʻe fakasanisani ʻaki ʻae lili, ko e hanga ʻe valu.
The top part over each pillar was shaped like a lily. Each [lily leaf] was six feet tall.
20 Pea naʻe ʻi ʻolunga foki, ʻi he ʻuluʻi pou naʻe ʻi he ongo pou, ʻae pomikanite, ʻo feʻunga atu mo e potu pupula naʻe ofi ki he teunga fakavangavanga: pea naʻe uangeau ʻae pomikanite naʻe fakaʻotu takatakai ʻi he ʻuluʻi pou ʻe taha.
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 Pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu ʻae ongo pou ʻi he tūʻanga fale fakamalumalu ʻoe falelotu pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu ʻae pou fakatoʻomataʻu, ʻo ne ui hono hingoa ko Sakini: pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu hake ʻae pou fakatoʻohema, ʻo ne ui hono hingoa ʻoʻona ko Poasi.
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 Pea naʻe ʻi he ngaahi ʻuluʻi pou ʻae [fakatātā ki he ]lili: naʻe pehē ʻae teuteu ʻo ʻosi ʻae ngāue ʻoe ngaahi pou.
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 Pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae tukunga vai lahi ʻaki ʻae ukamea haka, ko e fuofua ʻae ʻataʻatā ʻo hono ngutu, ko e hanga ʻe uofulu, naʻe fuopotopoto ia ʻo takatakai hake, pea ko hono māʻolunga ko e hanga ʻe hongofulu: pea ko e afo naʻe fua ʻaki ʻa hono takatakai ko e hanga ia ʻe onongofulu.
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 Pea ki lalo ʻi hono ngutu ʻo takatakai hake naʻe ʻai ʻae teunga fuopotopoto, ko e taki hongofulu ʻi he hanga ʻe ua, naʻe takatakai ia ʻi he vai: naʻe teuteu ʻae teunga fuopotopoto ʻi he ʻotu ʻe ua fakataha mo e fakafuofua ia ʻi hono haka ʻo ia.
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 Naʻe tuʻu ia ki he fanga pulu ʻe hongofulu ma ua, naʻe hanga ʻae tolu ki he feituʻu tokelau, pea hanga ʻae tolu ki he feituʻu lulunga, pea hanga ʻae tolu ki he feituʻu tonga, pea mo e tolu naʻe hanga ki he feituʻu hahake: pea naʻe tuku ʻae tukunga vai lahi ki ʻolunga ʻi ai, pea naʻe hanga ʻa honau tuʻungaiku kotoa pē ki loto.
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 Pea ko hono matolu ko e nima ʻe taha, pea naʻe ngaohi ʻa hono ngutu ʻo hangē ko e ngutu ʻo ha ipu, ʻaki ʻae fisiʻiʻakau ʻoe fili: pea ko hono fonu ʻo ia ko e kaloni ʻe taha mano mo e ono afe.
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 Pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae tuʻunga ʻe hongofulu ʻaki ʻae palasa; ko e lōloa ʻoe tuʻunga ʻe taha ko e hanga ʻe valu, pea ko e hanga ʻe valu ʻa hono māukupu, pea ko hono māʻolunga ko e hanga ʻe ono.
Huram also made ten bronze carts. Each was six feet long and six feet wide and 4-1/2 feet tall.
28 Pea naʻe pehē ni ʻa hono ngaohi ʻoe ngaahi tuʻunga: naʻe ai honau ngaahi tapa, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻa honau ngaahi tapa ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe potu pupula:
[On the sides of the carts] there were panels which were set in frames.
29 Pea ʻi he ngaahi tapa naʻe ʻi he vahaʻa ʻoe potu pupula naʻe ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi laione, mo e fanga pulu mo e selupimi: pea naʻe tuʻu ha tuʻunga ki ʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi potu pupula: pea ki lalo ʻi he ngaahi laione mo e fanga pulu naʻe ʻai ʻae teunga naʻe ngaohi fakamanifinifi.
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 Pea ki he tuʻunga taki taha naʻe ʻai hono meʻa teka palasa ʻe fā, mo hono takaiʻanga palasa: pea naʻe ʻai hono tokotoʻanga ʻi hono tuliki ʻe fā: ʻi he lalo ʻaiʻanga vai naʻe ʻai hono tokotoʻanga, ko e ukamea haka, ʻi he potu kehekehe kotoa pē.
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 Pea ko e ʻataʻatā ʻo hono ngutu ki ʻolunga pea ki loto ʻi he ʻuluʻi pou ko e hanga ʻe ua: ka naʻe fuopotopoto ʻa hono ngutu, ʻo hangē ko hono ngaohi ʻoe tuʻunga, [pea ko hono fua ]ko e hanga ʻe tolu: pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae ngaahi meʻa tongitongi ki hono ngutu mo honau ngaahi tapa, naʻe potupotu tatau ka naʻe ʻikai ke fuopotopoto.
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 Pea ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi tapa naʻe ʻai ʻae meʻa teka ʻe fā; pea naʻe fakamaʻu ki he tuʻunga ʻae takaiʻanga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa teka: pea ko e māʻolunga ʻoe meʻateka ko e hanga ʻe tolu.
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 Pea naʻe tatau ʻae ngaohi ʻoe ngaahi meʻateka mo e ngaohi ʻoe vaʻe ʻoe saliote: ko e ukamea haka pe kotoa pē, ʻa honau takaiʻanga, mo e veloʻanga ʻoe takaiʻanga, mo e meʻa takai kituʻa, pea mo hono ngaahi meʻa fakapasanga.
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 Pea naʻe ʻai ʻae tokotoʻanga ʻe fā ki he tuliki ʻe fā ʻoe tuʻunga ʻe taha: pea naʻe ʻai ke fakataha ʻaupito ʻae ngaahi tokotoʻanga pea mo e tuʻunga ʻi ai.
At the top corners of each cart there were handles. These were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
35 Pea ʻi he potu ki ʻolunga ʻoe tuʻunga naʻe ʻai hono meʻa ki ʻolunga hake ko e hanga ʻe taha ʻa hono māʻolunga: pea ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he tuʻunga naʻe tatau pe mo ia ʻae ngaohi ʻo hono ngaahi potu pupula pea mo hono ngaahi tapa.
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 He naʻa ne tongitongi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa lafalafa ʻoe potu pupula pea ʻi hono ngaahi tapa, ʻae selupimi mo e laione, mo e ʻakau ko e ponga, ʻo fakatatau mo honau fuofua takitaha, mo e ngaahi meʻa kehekehe ʻo takatakai hake.
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 Naʻe pehē ni ʻa ʻene ngaohi ʻae tuʻunga ʻe hongofulu: naʻe tatau pe ʻa honau haka, mo honau fakafuofua, pea mo honau lahi.
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 Hili ia naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ʻaiʻanga vai ʻe hongofulu ʻaki ʻae palasa: ko e pito ʻoe ʻaiʻanga vai takitaha ko e kaloni ʻe tolungeau tupu: pea naʻe valu ʻae hanga ʻoe ʻaiʻanga vai takitaha: pea ki he tuʻunga takitaha ʻi he hongofulu naʻe hili ai ʻae ʻaiʻanga vai ʻe taha.
Huram also made ten bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and held 200 gallons [of water].
39 Pea naʻa ne tuku ʻae tuʻunga ʻe nima ki he potu toʻomataʻu ʻoe fale, pea nima ki he potu fale fakatoʻohema: pea naʻa ne tuku ʻae fuʻu tukunga vai lahi ki he potu toʻomataʻu fakahahake ʻoe fale ʻo hanga tonu atu ki he feituʻu tonga.
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 Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe Helami ʻae ngaahi ʻaiʻanga vai, mo e ngaahi huo, pea mo e ngaahi ipu luoluo. Naʻe pehē ʻae fakaʻosi ʻe Helami ʻa ʻene fai ʻae ngāue kotoa pē ʻaia naʻa ne teuteu kia Solomone maʻae fale ʻo Sihova:
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 Ko e ongo pou, mo e teunga fuopotopoto ʻoe ʻuluʻi pou ʻaia naʻe ʻi he ʻulu ʻoe ongo pou; pea mo e teunga fakavangavanga ʻe ua ke ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae ongo meʻa fuopotopoto ʻaia naʻe ʻi he ʻuluʻi pou ki he tumuʻaki ʻoe ongo pou;
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 Pea mo e pomikanite ʻe fāngeau ke teunga ʻaki ʻae teunga fakavangavanga ʻe ua, ko e taki ua ʻae ʻotu pomikanite ki he teunga fakavangavanga ʻe taha, ke ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ʻae ongo teunga fuopotopoto ʻaia naʻe ʻi he ʻuluʻi pou ʻe ua;
the 400 [figures of] pomegranates, in two rows, with 100 in each row, that were placed over the top parts of the pillars;
43 Mo e tuʻunga ʻe hongofulu, pea mo e ʻaiʻanga vai ʻe hongofulu naʻe hilifaki ki he ngaahi tuʻunga;
the ten carts; the ten basins;
44 Mo e fuʻu tukunga vai ʻe taha, mo e fanga pulu ʻe hongofulu ma ua ki he lalo tukunga vai;
the big tank; the twelve [statues of] oxen on whose backs the tank was placed;
45 Pea mo e ngaahi kulo, mo e ngaahi huo, pea mo e ngaahi ipu luoluo: pea ko e ngaahi nāunau ni kotoa pē ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Helami ki he tuʻi ko Solomone maʻae fale ʻo Sihova, naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ia ʻae palasa ngingila.
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 Naʻe haka mo ngaohi eni kotoa pē ʻe he tuʻi ʻi he potu tokalelei ʻo Sioatani ʻi he potu ʻoku kelekele ʻumea, ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Sukote mo Salitani.
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 Pea naʻe tuku [taʻefakamamafa ]ʻe Solomone ʻae ngaahi ipu, koeʻuhi naʻe lahi ʻaupito ia; pea naʻe ʻikai ke ʻilo ʻa hono mamafa ʻoe palasa.
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 Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe Solomone ʻae ngaahi nāunau ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova: ko e feilaulauʻanga koula, mo e palepale ʻoe koula ʻaia naʻe hili ki ai ʻae ma ʻoe ʻao,
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 Mo e tuʻungamaama ʻoe koula moʻoniia, ko e nima ki he toʻomataʻu, pea ko e nima ki he toʻohema, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe folofolaʻanga, pea mo e ngaahi fisiʻiʻakau, mo e ngaahi tuʻungamaama, pea mo e meʻa hikofi fakakoula,
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 Pea mo e ngaahi ipu, pea mo e helekosi maama, pea mo e ngaahi ipu luoluo, pea mo e ngaahi sēpuni, pea mo e ngaahi ʻaiʻangaafi ʻoe koula moʻoniia; mo e tautauʻanga matapā koula, ki he ngaahi matapā ʻoe fale ki loto, mo e potu toputapu lahi, pea mo e ngaahi matapā ʻoe fale, ʻio, ʻoe falelotu.
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 Naʻe pehē ʻae fakaʻosi ʻae ngāue kotoa pē ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe Solomone ko e tuʻi maʻae fale ʻo Sihova. Pea naʻe fetuku mai ʻe Solomone ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻae fakatapui ʻe Tevita ko ʻene tamai; ʻio, ʻae siliva, mo e koula, mo e ngaahi ipu, naʻa ne ʻai fakataha ia mo e ngaahi koloa ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova.
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.
