1 Kings 6

1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.

1 وَعِنْدَمَا بَدَأَ سُلَيْمَانُ فِي بِنَاءِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي، شَهْرِ زِيُو (آيَارَ – مَايُو) مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِتَوَلِّيهِ عَرْشَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَانَ قَدِ انْقَضَى عَلَى خُرُوجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَثَمَانُونَ عَاماً.

2 The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

2 وَكَانَ طُولُ الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلرَّبِّ سِتِّيِنَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ ثَلاثِينَ مِتْراً) وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاثِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَةِ مِتْراً)

3 The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

3 وَكَانَتْ هُنَاكَ شُرْفَةٌ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ طُولُهَا عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَعَرْضُهَا عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)

4 He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.

4 وَصَنَعَ لِلْهَيْكَلِ نَوَافِذَ مَسْقُوفَةً مُشَبَّكَةً ضَيِّقَةً.

5 Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.

5 وَشَيَّدَ عَلَى جَوَانِبِ جُدْرَانِ الْقَاعَةِ الرَّئِيسِيَّةِ وَالْمِحْرَابِ بِنَاءً ذَا طَوَابِقَ ثَلاثَةٍ، مُحِيطاً بِالْهَيْكَلِ جَعَلَهُ حُجُرَاتٍ إِضَافِيَّةً.

6 The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.

6 وَكَانَ عَرْضُ الطَّبَقَةِ الأُولَى خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَعَرْضُ الطَّبَقَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ سِتَّ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارِ)، وَعَرْضُ الطَّبَقَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ سَبْعَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ أَمْتَارٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ). وَكَانَتِ الْحُجُرَاتِ مُتَّصِلَةً بِجُدْرَانِ الهَيْكَلِ بِعَوَارِضَ مُرْتَكِزَةٍ عَلَى كُتَلٍ خَشَبِيَّةٍ مُثَبَّتَةٍ خَارِجَ الْجُدْرَانِ، وَلَيْسَ فِي بَاطِنِ الْجُدْرَانِ نَفْسِهَا.

7 The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

7 وَتَمَّ بِنَاءُ الْهَيْكَلِ بِحِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ، اقْتَلَعَهَا الْعُمَّالُ وَنَحَتُوهَا فِي مَقَالِعِهَا، فَلَمْ يُسْمَعْ فِي الهَيْكَلِ عِنْدَ بِنَائِهِ صَوْتُ مِنْحَتٍ أَوْ مِعْوَلٍ أَوْ أَيِّ أَدَاةٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ.

8 The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

8 وَكَانَ مَدْخَلُ الطَّابِقِ الأَسْفَلِ يَقُودُ إِلَى الْجَانِبِ الأَيْمَنِ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ، وَمِنْهُ يَصْعَدُونَ بِدَرَجٍ يُفْضِي إِلَى الطَّابِقَيْنِ الثَّانِي والثَّالِثِ.

9 So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.

9 وَبَعْدَ أَنْ أَكْمَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِنَاءَ الهَيْكَلِ كَسَا سَقْفَهُ بِعَوَارِضَ وَأَلْوَاحٍ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

10 He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.

10 وَكَانَ ارْتِفَاعُ الْحُجُرَاتِ الْمُلْحَقَةِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ خَمْسَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَقَدْ ثَبَّتَهَا بِالْهَيْكَلِ بِعَوَارِضَ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

11 Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

11 وَأَوْحَى الرَّبُّ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ بِشَأْنِ الْهَيْكَلِ قَائِلاً:

12 “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

12 «أَمَّا مَا يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي شَيَّدْتَهُ، إِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي فَرَائِضِي وَطَبَّقْتَ أَحْكَامِي وَأَطَعْتَ وَصَايَايَ، وَمَارَسْتَهَا فَإِنَّنِي أُحَقِّقُ وُعُودِي الَّتِي وَعَدْتُ بِها دَاوُدَ أَبَاكَ

13 And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”

13 وَأُقِيمُ وَسَطَ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا أَتَخَلَّى عَنْهُ».

14 So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

14 وَهَكَذَا شَيَّدَ سُلَيْمَانُ الْهَيْكَلَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ،

15 He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.

15 وَكُسِيَتْ جُدْرَانُ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ، مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى السَّقْفِ بِعَوَارِضَ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ، وَغُطِّيَتْ أَرْضِيَّتُهُ بِخَشَبِ السَّرْوِ،

16 He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

16 وَاقْتَطَعَ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) مِنْ مُؤَخَّرَةِ الْهَيْكَل بَنَى فِيهَا الْمِحْرَابَ، أَيْ قُدْسَ الأَقْدَاسِ بَعْدَ أَنْ بَنَى جُدْرَاناً دَاخِلِيَّةً مِنَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى الْحِيطَانِ بِعَوَارِضَ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

17 And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

17 وَامْتَدَّ بَاقِي الهَيْكَلِ أَمَامَ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ عَلَى طُولِ أَرْبَعِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عِشْرِينَ مِتْراً).

18 The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

18 وَنُقِشَتْ عَلَى أَلْوَاحِ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ الَّتِي غَطَّتِ الْجُدْرَانَ الدَّاخِلِيَّةَ أَشْكَالُ يَقْطِينٍ، وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ مُتَفَتِّحَةٍ. وَكَانَ الْبِنَاءُ الدَّاخِلِيُّ مَصْنُوعاً كُلُّهُ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ فَلَمْ يَظْهَرْ فِيهِ حَجَرٌ.

19 Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

19 وَأَعَدَّ سُلَيْمَانُ مِحْرَاباً فِي وَسَطِ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ لِيَضَعَ فِيهِ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ.

20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

20 كَانَ طُولُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً، وَارْتِفَاعُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعاً. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ كَمَا غَشَّى الْمَذْبَحَ بِخَشَبِ الأَرْزِ.

21 So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.

21 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ غَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ الْهَيْكَلَ كُلَّهُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ. وَصَنَعَ سَلاسِلَ ذَهَبِيَّةً حَجَزَ بِها مَدْخَلَ الْمِحْرَابِ الْمُغَشَّى بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ.

22 So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.

22 فَكَانَ الهَيْكَلُ بِكَامِلِهِ مُغَشّىً مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ بِالذَّهَبِ النَّقِيِّ، بِمَا فِيهِ مَذْبَحُ الْمِحْرَابِ.

23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.

23 وَأَقَامَ فِي الْمِحْرَابِ كَرُوبَيْنِ مَصْنُوعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيْتُونِ، عُلُوُّ الْوَاحِدِ مِنْهُمَا عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ).

24 One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.

24 وَطُولُ جَنَاحَيِ الْكَرُوبِ الْوَاحِدِ، مِنَ الطَّرَفِ الْوَاحِدِ إِلَى الطَّرَفِ الآخَرِ، عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)

25 The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,

25 وَكَذَلِكَ كَانَ طُولُ جَنَاحَيِ الْكَرُوبِ الثَّانِي عَشْرَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)، لأَنَّهُمَا كَانَا مُتَمَاثِلَيْنِ فِي الْقِيَاسِ والشَّكْلِ.

26 and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.

26 وَكَانَ عُلُوُّ كُلِّ كَرُوبٍ عَشْرَ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ).

27 And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.

27 وَأَقَامَ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ فِي وَسَطِ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، بِحَيْثُ يَمْتَدُّ طَرَفَا جَنَاحَيْهِمَا الْخَارِجِيَّيْنِ مِنَ الْحَائِطِ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ، وَيَتَلامَسُ طَرَفَا جَنَاحَيْهِمَا الدَّاخِلِيَّيْنِ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ الْمِحْرَابِ،

28 He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

28 وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ بِالذَّهَبِ.

29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

29 وَنُقِشَتْ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْجُدْرَانِ الْمُحِيطَةِ بِالْهَيْكَلِ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ وَالْخَارِجِ رُسُومُ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَراعِمِ زُهُورٍ.

30 And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

30 وَغَشَّى أَرْضَ الْهَيْكَلِ كُلِّهِ، بِقِسْمَيْهِ الدَّاخِلِيِّ وَالْخَارِجِيِّ، بِذَهَبٍ.

31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.

31 وَكَانَ لِلْمِحْرَابِ بَابٌ مِنْ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ مَصْنُوعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيْتُونِ، لَهُمَا عَتَبَةٌ وَقَائِمَتَانِ عَلَى شَكْلِ مُخَمَّسٍ.

32 The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

32 وَنَقَشَ عَلَى الْمِصْرَاعَيْنِ رُسُومَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهُمَا بِذَهَبٍ، كَمَا رَصَّعَ الْكُرُوبِيمَ وَالنَّخِيلَ بِذَهَبٍ.

33 In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.

33 وَصَنَعَ لِمَدْخَلِ الْهَيْكَلِ قَوَائِمَ مُرَبَّعَةً مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيْتُونِ،

34 The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.

34 وَمِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ السَّرْوِ، لِكُلِّ مِصْرَاعٍ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ عَلَى بَعْضِهِمَا.

35 He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

35 وَنَحَتَ نُقُوشَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ وَغَشَّاهَا بِذَهَبٍ مَطْرُوقٍ.

36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

36 وَكَانَ جِدَارُ السَّاحَةِ الدَّاخِلَيَّةِ مَبْنِيًّا مِنْ ثَلاثِ طَبَقَاتٍ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ، وَطَبَقَةٍ مِنْ عَوَارِضِ الأَرْزِ الْمُشَذَّبَةِ.

37 The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.

37 وَكَانَ إِرْسَاءُ أَسَاسِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو (أَيَارَ – مَايُو) مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ لِحُكْمِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

38 In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.

38 وَفِي شَهْرِ بُولَ (تِشْرِينَ الثَّانِي – نُوفَمْبِرَ) مِنْ الْعَامِ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ لِمُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَ، اكْتَمَلَ بِنَاءُ الْهَيْكَلِ بِكُلِّ تَفَاصِيلِهِ، وَهَكَذَا اسْتَغْرَقَ تَشْيِيدُهُ سَبْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ.