1 N ow it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.

Quatrocentos e oitenta anos depois que os israelitas saíram do Egito, no quarto ano do reinado de Salomão em Israel, no mês de zive, o segundo mês, ele começou a construir o templo do Senhor.

2 A s for the house which King Solomon built for the Lord, its length was sixty cubits and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits.

O templo que o rei Salomão construiu para o Senhor media vinte e sete metros de comprimento, nove metros de largura e treze metros e meio de altura.

3 T he porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits.

O pórtico da entrada do santuário tinha a largura do templo, que era de nove metros, e avançava quatro metros e meio à frente do templo.

4 A lso for the house he made windows with artistic frames.

Ele fez para o templo janelas com grades estreitas.

5 A gainst the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around.

Junto às paredes do átrio principal e do santuário interior, construiu uma estrutura em torno do edifício, na qual havia salas laterais.

6 T he lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house.

O andar inferior tinha dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros de largura, o andar intermediário tinha dois metros e setenta centímetros e o terceiro andar tinha três metros e quinze centímetros. Ele fez saliências de apoio nas paredes externas do templo, de modo que não houve necessidade de perfurar as paredes.

7 T he house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.

Na construção do templo só foram usados blocos lavrados nas pedreiras, e não se ouviu no templo nenhum barulho de martelo, nem de talhadeira, nem de qualquer outra ferramenta de ferro durante a sua construção.

8 T he doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third.

A entrada para o andar inferior ficava no lado sul do templo; uma escada conduzia até o andar intermediário e dali ao terceiro.

9 S o he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

Assim ele construiu o templo e o terminou, fazendo-lhe um forro com vigas e tábuas de cedro.

10 H e also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

E fez as salas laterais ao longo de todo o templo. Cada uma tinha dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros de altura, e elas estavam ligadas ao templo por vigas de cedro.

11 N ow the word of the Lord came to Solomon saying,

E a palavra do Senhor veio a Salomão dizendo:

12 “ Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father.

“Quanto a este templo que você está construindo, se você seguir os meus decretos, executar os meus juízos e obedecer a todos os meus mandamentos, cumprirei por meio de você a promessa que fiz ao seu pai Davi,

13 I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”

viverei no meio dos israelitas e não abandonarei Israel, o meu povo”.

14 S o Solomon built the house and finished it.

Assim Salomão concluiu a construção do templo.

15 T hen he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

Forrou as paredes do templo por dentro com tábuas de cedro, cobrindo-as desde o chão até o teto, e fez o soalho do templo com tábuas de pinho.

16 H e built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place.

Separou nove metros na parte de trás do templo, fazendo uma divisão com tábuas de cedro, do chão ao teto, para formar dentro do templo o santuário interno, o Lugar Santíssimo.

17 T he house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.

O átrio principal em frente dessa sala media dezoito metros de comprimento.

18 T here was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.

O interior do templo era de cedro, com figuras entalhadas de frutos e flores abertas. Tudo era de cedro; não se via pedra alguma.

19 T hen he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Preparou também o santuário interno no templo para ali colocar a arca da aliança do Senhor.

20 T he inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

O santuário interno tinha nove metros de comprimento, nove de largura e nove de altura. Ele revestiu o interior de ouro puro, e também revestiu de ouro o altar de cedro.

21 S o Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.

Salomão cobriu o interior do templo de ouro puro, e estendeu correntes de ouro em frente do santuário interno, que também foi revestido de ouro.

22 H e overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

Assim, revestiu de ouro todo o interior do templo e também o altar que pertencia ao santuário interno.

23 A lso in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

No santuário interno ele esculpiu dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, cada um com quatro metros e meio de altura.

24 F ive cubits was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits.

As asas abertas dos querubins mediam dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros: quatro metros e meio da ponta de uma asa à ponta da outra.

25 T he other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form.

Os dois querubins tinham a mesma medida e a mesma forma.

26 T he height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.

A altura de cada querubim era de quatro metros e meio.

27 H e placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the wings of the cherubim were spread out, so that the wing of the one was touching the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. So their wings were touching each other in the center of the house.

Ele colocou os querubins, com as asas abertas, no santuário interno do templo. A asa de um querubim encostava numa parede, e a do outro encostava na outra. As suas outras asas encostavam uma na outra no meio do santuário.

28 H e also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

Ele revestiu os querubins de ouro.

29 T hen he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inner and outer sanctuaries.

Nas paredes ao redor do templo, tanto na parte interna como na externa, ele esculpiu querubins, tamareiras e flores abertas.

30 H e overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries.

Também revestiu de ouro os pisos, tanto na parte interna como na externa do templo.

31 F or the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts.

Para a entrada do santuário interno fez portas de oliveira com batentes de cinco lados.

32 S o he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

E nas duas portas de madeira de oliveira esculpiu querubins, tamareiras e flores abertas, e revestiu os querubins e as tamareiras de ouro batido.

33 S o also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood

Também fez pilares de quatro lados, de madeira de oliveira para a entrada do templo.

34 a nd two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two leaves of the other door turned on pivots.

Fez também duas portas de pinho, cada uma com duas folhas que se articulavam por meio de dobradiças.

35 H e carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work.

Entalhou figuras de querubins, de tamareiras e de flores abertas nas portas e as revestiu de ouro batido.

36 H e built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.

E construiu o pátio interno com três camadas de pedra lavrada e uma de vigas de cedro.

37 I n the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv.

O alicerce do templo do Senhor foi lançado no mês de zive, do quarto ano.

38 I n the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it.

No mês de bul, o oitavo mês, do décimo primeiro ano, o templo foi terminado em todos os seus detalhes, de acordo com as suas especificações. Salomão levou sete anos para construí-lo.