1 N ow Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

وَبَدَأ سُلَيْمانُ فِي بِناءِ بَيتِ اللهِ فِي القُدسِ فِي جَبَلِ المُرِيّا حَيثُ كانَ اللهُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ لِأبيه داوُدَ. وَهُوَ المَكانُ الَّذِي سَبَقَ أنْ أعَدَّهُ داوُدُ فِي بَيدَرِ أُرْنانَ اليَبُوسيِّ.

2 A nd he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

بَدَأ سُلَيْمانُ العَمَلَ فِي اليَومِ الثّانِي مِنَ الَّشَّهرِ الثّاني مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ لِتَوَلّيهِ الحُكمَ.

3 T his is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits.

وَهَذِهِ هِيَ القياساتُ الَّتِي استَخدَمَها سُلَيْمانُ فِي بِناءِ أساسِ بَيتِ الله: كانَ طُولُ الأساسِ سِتِّينَ ذِراعاً وَعَرضُهُ عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً. وَقَدِ استُخْدِمَتْ وِحْدَةُ الذِّراعِ القَدِيمَةِ لِلقِياسِ.

4 A nd the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

كانَ طُولُ الدِّهلِيزِ الَّذِي أمامَ الهَيكَلِ عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً وَارتِفاعُهُ عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً. وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمانُ الجِدارَ الداخِلِيِّ لِلدِّهلِيزِ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ.

5 T he larger room he paneled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it.

وَوَضَعَ سُلَيْمانُ ألواحاً مِنَ خَشَبِ السَّروِ عَلَى جُدرانِ الحُجْرَةِ الكُبْرَى، وَغَشّاها بذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ، وَنَقَشَ عَلَيها صُوَراً لِأشجارِ نَخِيلٍ وَسَلاسِلَ.

6 A nd he decorated the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.

وَزَيَّنَ سُلَيْمانُ الهَيكَلَ بِحِجارَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ. وَقَدِ اسْتَوْرَدَ سُلَيْمانُ الذَّهَبَ الَّذِي استَخدَمَهُ مِنْ فَروايِمَ.

7 H e also overlaid the house—the beams and doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمانُ الهَيكَلَ بِالذَّهَبِ مِنَ الدّاخِلِ. غَشِّى جُسُورَ السَّقفِ وَالأعتابِ وَالجُدرانِ وَالأبوابِ بِالذَّهَبِ. وَنَقَشَ صُوَراً لِمَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ عَلَى الجُدرانِ.

8 A nd he made the Most Holy Place. Its length was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold.

ثُمَّ عَمِلَ سُلَيْمانُ قُدسَ الأقداسِ. فَكانَ طُولُهُ عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً وَعَرضُهُ عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً. فَكانَ عَرضُهُ بِعَرضِ الهَيكَلِ. وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمانُ جُدرانَ قُدسِ الأقداسِ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ بَلَغَ وَزنُهُ سِتَّ مِئِةِ قِنْطارٍ.

9 T he weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold; and he overlaid the upper area with gold.

وَبَلَغَ وَزنُ مَسامِيرِ الذَّهَبِ خَمسِينَ مِثْقالاً. وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمانُ الغُرَفَ العُلْوِيَّةَ بِالذَّهَبِ.

10 I n the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim, fashioned by carving, and overlaid them with gold.

وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمانُ تِمْثالَينِ لِمَلاكَينِ كَرُوبَيْنَ فِي قُدسِ الأقداسِ، وَغَشّاهُما بِالذَّهَبِ.

11 T he wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in overall length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub;

وَكانَ طُولُ كُلِّ جَناحٍ مِنْ أجنِحَةِ الكَرُوبِينَ خَمسَ أذرُعٍ، وَمَجمُوعُ أطوالِها عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً. كانَ الجَناحُ الأوَّلُ مُمتَدّاً لِيَلمِسَ الجِدارَ عَلَى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ الغُرفَةِ. أمّا الجَناحُ الآخَرُ فَيَلمِسُ جَناحَ الكَرُوبِ الآخَرِ.

12 o ne wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.

وَكانَ الجَناحُ الآخَرُ لِلكَرُوبِ الثّانِي، وَطُولُهُ خَمسَ أذرُعٍ، يَلمَسُ الجِدارَ الآخَرَ عَلَى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنَ الحُجْرَةِ.

13 T he wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.

فَكانَ مَجمُوعُ أطوالِ أجنِحَةِ الكَرُوبَينِ المُنْبَسِطَةِ عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً. وَكانَتْ عُيُونُهُما تَتَّجِهُ إلَى الدّاخِلِ نَحوَ قُدسِ الأقداسِ.

14 A nd he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.

وَعَمِلَ سُلَيْمانُ السِّتارَةَ مِنْ أقمِشَةٍ زَرقاءَ وَأُرجُوانيَّةٍ وَحَمراءَ وَكِتّانٍ فاخِرٍ. وَرَسَمَ عَلَى السِّتارَةِ مَلائِكَةَ كَرُوبِيمَ.

15 A lso he made in front of the temple two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

وَنَصَبَ سُلَيْمانُ عَمُودَينِ أمامَ الهَيكَلِ طُولُ كُلٍّ مِنها خَمسٌ وَثَلاثُونَ ذراعاً. وَكانَ طُولُ تاجَي العَمُودَينِ خَمسَ أذرُعٍ.

16 H e made wreaths of chainwork, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on top of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates, and put them on the wreaths of chainwork.

وَصَنَعَ داوُدُ سَلاسِلَ عَلى شَكلِ قِلادَةٍ، وَوَضَعَ السَّلاسِلَ عَلَى مُحِيطِ تاجَي العَمُودَينِ. وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمانُ مِئَةَ رُمّانَةٍ وَوَضَعَها عَلَى السَّلاسِلِ.

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

ثُمَّ نَصَبَ العَمُودَينِ أمامَ الهَيكَلِ. فَكانَ أحَدُهُما عَلَى الجانِبِ الأيمَنِ، وَالآخَرُ عَلَى الجانِبِ الأيسَرِ. وَسَمَّى العَمُودَ الأيْمَنَ «ياكِينَ،» وَالأيسَرَ «بُوعَزَ.»