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

Thus all the work that Solomon performed for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver and the gold and all the utensils, and put them in the treasuries 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 to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord 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.

All the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that is in the seventh month.

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

Then 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.

They brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils which were in the tent; the Levitical priests 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 congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

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

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles.

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.

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there 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 except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. The Glory of God Fills the Temple

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

When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions),

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 all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests blowing 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.

in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the Lord saying, “ He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,” then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

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

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.