1 E ntão Salomão começou a edificar a casa do Senhor em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá, onde o Senhor aparecera a Davi, seu pai, no lugar que Davi tinha preparado na eira de Ornã, o jebuseu.

Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

2 C omeçou a edificar no segundo dia do segundo mês, no quarto ano do seu reinado.

And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

3 E stes foram os fundamentos que Salomão pôs para edificar a casa de Deus. O comprimento em côvados, segundo a primitiva medida, era de sessenta côvados, e a largura de vinte côvados:

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4 O pórtico que estava na frente tinha vinte côvados de comprimento, correspondendo ã largura da casa, e a altura era de cento e vinte; e por dentro o revestiu de ouro puro.

And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5 A câmara maior forrou com madeira de cipreste e a cobriu de ouro fino, no qual gravou palmas e cadeias.

And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains.

6 P ara ornamento guarneceu a câmara de pedras preciosas; e o ouro era ouro de Parvaim.

And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

7 T ambém revestiu de ouro as traves e os umbrais, bem como as paredes e portas da câmara, e lavrou querubins nas paredes.

He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.

8 F ez também a câmara santíssima, cujo comprimento era de vinte côvados, correspondendo ã largura da casa, e a sua largura era de vinte côvados; e a revestiu de ouro fino, do peso de seiscentos talentos.

And he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

9 O peso dos pregos era de cinqüenta siclos de ouro. Também revestiu de ouro os cenáculos.

And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10 T ambém fez na câmara santíssima dois querubins de madeira, e os cobriu de ouro.

And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.

11 A s asas dos querubins tinham vinte côvados de comprimento: uma asa de um deles, tendo cinco côvados, tocava na parede da casa, e a outra asa, tendo também cinco côvados, tocava na asa do outro querubim;

And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

12 t ambém a asa deste querubim, tendo cinco côvados, tocava na parede da casa, e a outra asa, tendo igualmente cinco côvados, estava unida ã asa do primeiro querubim.

And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

13 A ssim as asas destes querubins se estendiam por vinte côvados; eles estavam postos em pé, com os rostos virados para â camara.

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

14 T ambém fez o véu de azul, púrpura, carmesim e linho fino; e fez bordar nele querubins.

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.

15 D iante da casa fez duas colunas de trinta e cinco côvados de altura; e o capitel que estava sobre cada uma era de cinco côvados.

Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

16 T ambém fez cadeias no oráculo, e as pôs sobre o alto das colunas; fez também cem romãs, as quais pôs nas cadeias.

And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

17 E levantou as colunas diante do templo, uma ã direita, e outra ã esquerda; e chamou o nome da que estava ã direita Jaquim, e o nome da que estava ã esquerda Boaz.

And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.