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 وَكَانَ فِي سَنَةِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ وَٱلثَّمَانِينَ لِخُرُوجِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ لِمُلْكِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو وَهُوَ ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلثَّانِي، أَنَّهُ بَنَى ٱلْبَيْتَ لِلرَّبِّ.

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

2 وَٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ لِلرَّبِّ طُولُهُ سِتُّونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَعَرْضُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَسَمْكُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ ذِرَاعًا.

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 وَٱلرِّوَاقُ قُدَّامَ هَيْكَلِ ٱلْبَيْتِ طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا حَسَبَ عَرْضِ ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَعَرْضُهُ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ قُدَّامَ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

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

4 وَعَمِلَ لِلْبَيْتِ كُوًى مَسْقُوفَةً مُشَبَّكَةً.

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 وَبَنَى مَعَ حَائِطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ طِبَاقًا حَوَالَيْهِ مَعَ حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ حَوْلَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَٱلْمِحْرَابِ، وَعَمِلَ غُرُفَاتٍ فِي مُسْتَدِيرِهَا.

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 فَٱلطَّبَقَةُ ٱلسُّفْلَى عَرْضُهَا خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَٱلْوُسْطَى عَرْضُهَا سِتُّ أَذْرُعٍ، وَٱلثَّالِثَةُ عَرْضُهَا سَبْعُ أَذْرُعٍ، لِأَنَّهُ جَعَلَ لِلْبَيْتِ حَوَالَيْهِ مِنْ خَارِجٍ أَخْصَامًا لِئَلَّا تَتَمَكَّنَ ٱلْجَوَائِزُ فِي حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

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 وَٱلْبَيْتُ فِي بِنَائِهِ بُنِيَ بِحِجَارَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ مُقْتَلَعَةٍ، وَلَمْ يُسْمَعْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ عِنْدَ بِنَائِهِ مِنْحَتٌ وَلَا مِعْوَلٌ وَلَا أَدَاةٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ.

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 بَابُ ٱلْغُرْفَةِ ٱلْوُسْطَى فِي جَانِبِ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ، وَكَانُوا يَصْعَدُونَ بِدَرَجٍ مُعَطَّفٍ إِلَى ٱلْوُسْطَى، وَمِنَ ٱلْوُسْطَى إِلَى ٱلثَّالِثَةِ.

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

9 فَبَنَى ٱلْبَيْتَ وَأَكْمَلَهُ، وَسَقَفَ ٱلْبَيْتَ بِأَلْوَاحٍ وَجَوَائِزَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْزِ.

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

10 وَبَنَى ٱلْغُرُفَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ كُلِّهِ سَمْكُهَا خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَتَمَكَّنَتْ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ بِخَشَبِ أَرْزٍ.

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

11 وَكَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ قَائِلًا:

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 «هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتُ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ بَانِيهِ، إِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي فَرَائِضِي وَعَمِلْتَ أَحْكَامِي وَحَفِظْتَ كُلَّ وَصَايَايَ لِلسُّلُوكِ بِهَا، فَإِنِّي أُقِيمُ مَعَكَ كَلَامِي ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَى دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ،

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

13 وَأَسْكُنُ فِي وَسْطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَا أَتْرُكُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

14 So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

14 فَبَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْبَيْتَ 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 وَبَنَى حِيطَانَ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِأَضْلَاعِ أَرْزٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَى حِيطَانِ ٱلسَّقْفِ، وَغَشَّاهُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِخَشَبٍ، وَفَرَشَ أَرْضَ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِأَخْشَابِ سَرْوٍ.

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 وَبَنَى عِشْرِينَ ذِرَاعًا مِنْ مُؤَخَّرِ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِأَضْلَاعِ أَرْزٍ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى ٱلْحِيطَانِ. وَبَنَى دَاخِلَهُ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ، أَيْ قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ.

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

17 وَأَرْبَعُونَ ذِرَاعًا كَانَتِ ٱلْبَيْتَ، أَيِ ٱلْهَيْكَلَ ٱلَّذِي أَمَامَهُ.

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

18 وَأَرْزُ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ كَانَ مَنْقُورًا عَلَى شِكْلِ قِثَّاءٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ. ٱلْجَمِيعُ أَرْزٌ. لَمْ يَكُنْ يُرَى حَجَرٌ.

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

19 وَهَيَّأَ مِحْرَابًا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ لِيَضَعَ هُنَاكَ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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 وَلِأَجْلِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا طُولًا وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا عَرْضًا وَعِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعًا سَمْكًا. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ، وَغَشَّى ٱلْمَذْبَحَ بِأَرْزٍ.

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 وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْبَيْتَ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ. وَسَدَّ بِسَلَاسِلِ ذَهَبٍ قُدَّامَ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ. وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ.

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 وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْبَيْتِ غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ إِلَى تَمَامِ كُلِّ ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي لِلْمِحْرَابِ غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ.

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

23 وَعَمِلَ فِي ٱلْمِحْرَابِ كَرُوبَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ، عُلُوُّ ٱلْوَاحِدِ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ.

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 وَخَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ جَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْوَاحِدُ، وَخَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ جَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْآخَرُ. عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ مِنْ طَرَفِ جَنَاحِهِ إِلَى طَرَفِ جَنَاحِهِ.

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

25 وَعَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ ٱلْكَرُوبُ ٱلْآخَرُ. قِيَاسٌ وَاحِدٌ، وَشَكْلٌ وَاحِدٌ لِلْكَرُوبَيْنِ.

26 and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.

26 عُلُوُّ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ عَشَرُ أَذْرُعٍ وَكَذَا ٱلْكَرُوبُ ٱلْآخَرُ.

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 وَجَعَلَ ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيِّ، وَبَسَطُوا أَجْنِحَةَ ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ فَمَسَّ جَنَاحُ ٱلْوَاحِدِ ٱلْحَائِطَ وَجَنَاحُ ٱلْكَرُوبِ ٱلْآخَرِ مَسَّ ٱلْحَائِطَ ٱلْآخَرَ. وَكَانَتْ أَجْنِحَتُهُمَا فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْبَيْتِ يَمَسُّ أَحَدُهُمَا ٱلْآخَرَ.

28 He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

28 وَغَشَّى ٱلْكَرُوبَيْنِ بِذَهَبٍ.

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 وَجَمِيعُ حِيطَانِ ٱلْبَيْتِ فِي مُسْتَدِيرِهَا رَسَمَهَا نَقْشًا بِنَقْرِ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ وَمِنْ خَارِجٍ.

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

30 وَغَشَّى أَرْضَ ٱلْبَيْتِ بِذَهَبٍ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ وَمِنْ خَارِجٍ.

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

31 وَعَمِلَ لِبَابِ ٱلْمِحْرَابِ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ. ٱلسَّاكِفُ وَٱلْقَائِمَتَانِ مُخَمَّسَةٌ.

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 وَٱلْمِصْرَاعَانِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ. وَرَسَمَ عَلَيْهِمَا نَقْشَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلٍ وَبَرَاعِمِ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهُمَا بِذَهَبٍ، وَرَصَّعَ ٱلْكَرُوبِيمَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ بِذَهَبٍ.

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

33 وَكَذَلِكَ عَمِلَ لِمَدْخَلِ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ قَوَائِمَ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ مُرَبَّعَةً،

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

34 وَمِصْرَاعَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ ٱلسَّرْوِ. ٱلْمِصْرَاعُ ٱلْوَاحِدُ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ، وَٱلْمِصْرَاعُ ٱلْآخَرُ دَفَّتَانِ تَنْطَوِيَانِ.

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

35 وَنَحَتَ كَرُوبِيمَ وَنَخِيلًا وَبَرَاعِمَ زُهُورٍ، وَغَشَّاهَا بِذَهَبٍ مُطَرَّقٍ عَلَى ٱلْمَنْقُوشِ.

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

36 وَبَنَى ٱلدَّارَ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةَ ثَلَاثَةَ صُفُوفٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، وَصَفًّا مِنْ جَوَائِزِ ٱلْأَرْزِ.

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 فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلرَّابِعَةِ أُسِّسَ بَيْتُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي شَهْرِ زِيُو.

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 ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْحَادِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ فِي شَهْرِ بُولَ، وَهُوَ ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلثَّامِنُ، أُكْمِلَ ٱلْبَيْتُ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِ وَأَحْكَامِهِ. فَبَنَاهُ فِي سَبْعِ سِنِينٍ.