1 ف َاكْتَمَلَ كُلُّ العَمَلِ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ سُلَيْمانُ مِنْ أجلِ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَأدخَلَ سُلَيْمانُ إلَى الهَيكَلِ كُلَّ الأشياءِ الَّتِي خَصَّصَها داوُدُ لِلهَيكَلِ. وَأدْخَلَ سُلَيْمانُ إلَى الهَيكَلِ كُلَّ الأشياءِ المَصنُوعَةِ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَمِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَكُلَّ أثاثِ وَأدَواتِ الهَيكَلِ، وَوَضَعَها فِي مُسْتَودَعاتِ بَيتِ اللهِ. إدخالُ صُنْدُوقِ العَهد إلَى الهَيكَل

And all the work was finished that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he put among the treasures of the house of God.

2 ث ُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ وَرُؤَساءَ العَشائِرِ وَقادَةَ عائِلاتِ إسْرائِيلَ فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ. أرادَهُمْ سُلَيْمانُ أنْ يَنضَمُّوا إلَيهِ فِي إحضارِ صُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ داوُد إلَى الهَيكَلِ.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

3 ف َجاءَ جَمِيعُ رِجالِ إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً إلَى المَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ أثناءَ عِيدُ السَّقائِفِ فِي الشَّهْرِ السّابِعِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ.

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that of the seventh month.

4 ف َلَمّا وَصَلَ كُلُّ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ إلَى ذَلِكَ المَكانِ، حَمَلَ الَّلاويِّونَ صُنْدُوقَ العَهْدِ.

And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

5 و َأحْضَرَ الكَهَنَةُ الَّلاوِيُّونَ صُنْدُوقَ العَهْدِ مَعَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ وَجَميعِ الأدَواتِ المُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي فِيها.

And they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent: the priests, the Levites, brought them up.

6 و َاجتَمَعَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ وَكُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً أمامَ صُنْدُوقِ العَهْدِ. وَذَبَحُوا خِرافاً وَبَقَراً بِأعدادٍ كَثِيرَةٍ لا تُحصَى.

And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel, that were assembled to him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

7 ث ُمَّ وَضَعَ الكَهَنَةُ صُنْدُوقَ عَهْدِ اللهِ فِي مَكانِهِ داخِلَ قُدْسِ الأقداسِ، فِي الهَيكَلِ تَحْتَ أجنِحَةِ المَلاكَيْنِ الكَرُوبَينِ.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim;

8 و َكانَتْ أجنِحَةُ المَلاكَينِ تُظَلِّلُ الصُّنْدُوقَ وَالقُضِيبَينِ اللَّذَينِ يُحمَلُ بِهِما.

and the cherubim stretched forth wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

9 ك انَ القُضيبانِ طَوِيلانِ جِدّاً، حَتَّى إنَّ الواقِفَ فِي القُدْسِ أمامَ قُدْسِ الأقداسِ يَرَى طَرَفَيهِما، أمّا مَنْ يَقِفُ فِي الخارِجِ فَلا يَراهُما. وَمازالَ قَضيبا الحَملِ هُناكَ حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ.

And the staves were long, so that the ends of the staves were seen outside the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there they are to this day.

10 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي صُنْدُوقِ العَهْدِ سِوَى اللَّوحَينِ اللَّذَينِ وَضَعَهُما مُوسَى فِيهِ فِي جَبَلِ حُورِيبَ، حَيثُ قَطَعَ اللهُ عَهْداً مَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ.

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

11 و َطَهَّرَ كُلُّ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ قامُوا بِالاحتِفالِ أنفُسَهُمْ. وَعِندَما خَرَجُوا مِنَ المَكان المُقَدَّسِ وَقَفُوا مَعاً، فَلَمْ يَتَقَيّدُوا بِتَقسِيماتِ فِرَقِهِمِ الرَّسمِيَّةِ.

And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present were hallowed without observing the courses;

12 و َوَقَفَ المُرَنِّمُونَ اللّاوِيُّونَ عَلَى الجانِبِ الشَّرقِيِّ مِنَ المَذبَحِ بِقِيادَةِ آسافَ وَهَيْمانَ وَيَدُوثُونَ وَمَعَهُمْ أبناؤهُمْ وَأقرِباؤهُمْ. وَكانَ المُرَنِّمُونَ يَلبَسُونَ أثواباً بَيضاءَ، وَيَحمِلُونَ صُنُوجاً وَرَباباتٍ وَقَياثِيرَ، وَمَعَهُمْ مئَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ كاهِناً يَنفُخُونَ الأبواقَ.

and the Levites the singers, all they of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, clad in byssus, with cymbals and lutes and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets),

13 و َقَدْ بَدا نافِخُو الأبواقِ وَالمُرَنِّمُونَ كَأنَّهُمْ شَخصٌ واحِدٌ، يُسَبِّحُونَ اللهَ وَيَحمَدُونَهُ بِصَوتٍ واحِدٍ. وَرَفَعُوا أصواتَ الأبواقِ وَالصُّنُوجِ وَالآلاتِ المُوسيقِيَّةِ الأُخرَى مُرَنِّمِينَ: «سَبِّحُوا اللهَ لِأنَّهُ صالِحٌ، لأنَّ إلَى الأبَدِ رَحمَتَهُ.» حِينَئِذٍ، امتَلأ الهَيْكَلُ سَحاباً.

—it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness for ever; that then the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,

14 و َلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الكَهَنَةُ مُواصَلَةَ خِدمَتِهِمْ لِأنَّ مَجدَ اللهِ مَلأ بَيتِ اللهِ.

and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.