1 S olomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all of it.

Salomón edificó su propia casa (su palacio), y en trece años la terminó toda.

2 H e built the house of the trees of Lebanon. It was as long as fifty long steps, as wide as twenty-five long steps, and eight times taller than a man. It was built on four rows of cedar pillars, and large pieces of cedar wood lying on top of the pillars.

Edificó la casa del bosque del Líbano, que tenía 45 metros de largo, 22. 5 metros de ancho y 13. 5 metros de alto, sobre cuatro hileras de columnas de cedro con vigas de cedro sobre las columnas.

3 A nd it was covered with cedar above the rooms that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.

Estaba cubierta de cedro sobre las cámaras laterales que estaban sobre las 45 columnas, 15 en cada hilera.

4 T here were three rows of special windows on one side, and three rows of windows on the other side.

Y había tres hileras de ventanas con celosías, una ventana frente a la otra en tres filas.

5 A ll the doors and windows were as high as they were wide. And there were three rows of windows on each side.

Todas las puertas y los postes tenían marcos cuadrados, una ventana frente a la otra en tres filas.

6 T hen he made a room for walking through of large pillars. It was as long as twenty-five long steps, and as wide as fifteen long steps. There was a porch in front with pillars, and an overhead covering in front of them.

Salomón hizo el pórtico de las columnas de 22. 5 metros de largo y 13. 5 metros de ancho. Había otro pórtico delante de ellas, con columnas y un umbral delante de ellas.

7 H e made a room for the throne, the room for judging. It was where he would decide between right and wrong. It was covered with cedar from the floor to the roof.

También hizo el pórtico del trono donde había de juzgar, el pórtico del juicio, que fue cubierto de cedro desde el suelo hasta el techo.

8 H is own house where he was to live, in the place behind the throne room, was built the same way. Solomon made a house like this room for Pharaoh’s daughter also, whom he had married.

Y la casa (el palacio) donde él había de vivir, tenía un atrio dentro del pórtico, de la misma hechura. Salomón también hizo una casa (un palacio) con un pórtico similar, para la hija de Faraón que él había tomado por mujer.

9 A ll these were made with stones of much worth, each one cut to be put into place. They were cut with saws, inside and outside, from the very base to the top of the roof, and from the outside to the largest room.

Todas estas obras eran de piedras valiosas, cortadas a la medida, cortadas con sierras por dentro y por fuera, desde el cimiento hasta la cornisa, y por fuera hasta el gran atrio.

10 T he base of the building was made with large stones of much worth. The stones were as long as five long steps, and four long steps.

El cimiento era de piedras valiosas, piedras grandes, piedras de 4. 5 metros y piedras de 3. 6 metros.

11 A bove this were stones of much worth, cut to go well into place, and cedar.

Y más arriba había piedras valiosas, cortadas a la medida, y madera de cedro.

12 T he largest room had three rows of cut stone around it, and a row of cedar pieces. The same was around the open space in the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house. Hiram—the Able Workman

El gran atrio tenía en derredor tres hileras de piedras talladas y una hilera de vigas de cedro, igual que el atrio interior de la casa del Señor y el pórtico de la casa. La Obra de Hiram en el Templo

13 N ow King Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre.

Y el rey Salomón envió a buscar a Hiram de Tiro.

14 H iram was the son of a woman whose husband had died, from the family of Naphtali. His father was a man of Tyre, who worked with brass. He was filled with wisdom and understanding and much learning for doing any work with brass. So he came to King Solomon, and did all his work. The Two Brass Pillars

Este era hijo de una viuda de la tribu de Neftalí, y su padre era un hombre de Tiro, artífice en bronce. Estaba lleno de sabiduría, inteligencia y pericia para hacer cualquier obra en bronce. Y él vino al rey Salomón e hizo toda su obra.

15 H e made the two pillars of brass. One of them was five times taller than a man. And the length around each of them was as far as six long steps.

Fundió las dos columnas de bronce; la altura de una columna era de 8. 1 metros, y un cordel de 5. 4 metros medía la circunferencia de las dos.

16 H e made two top pieces of melted brass to set on the tops of the pillars. One piece to go on top was as tall as a man can raise his hand. And the other piece to go on top was as tall as a man can raise his hand.

Hizo también dos capiteles de bronce fundido para colocarlos en las cabezas de las columnas. La altura de un capitel era de 2. 25 metros y la del otro capitel era de 2. 25 metros.

17 H e made nets of network and turned strings of chain-work for the pieces on top of the pillars. There were seven for one top piece, and seven for the other.

Había redes de obra de malla y trenzas de obra de cadenilla para los capiteles que estaban en la cima de las columnas; siete para un capitel y siete para el otro capitel.

18 S o Hiram made the pillars. There were two rows of pomegranates around each network, to cover the top pieces.

Así hizo las columnas y dos hileras alrededor de la malla que cubría los capiteles que estaban sobre las granadas; y así hizo para el otro capitel.

19 N ow the top pieces on the pillars of the porch were made to look like lily flowers, as tall as a man.

Los capiteles que estaban en las cabezas de las columnas del pórtico tenían forma de lirios, y medían 1. 6 metros.

20 T he top pieces were upon the two pillars, and above the round part beside the network. There were 200 pomegranates in rows around both top pieces.

Había también capiteles sobre las dos columnas, junto a la protuberancia que estaba al lado de la malla; y había 200 granadas en hileras alrededor de los dos capiteles.

21 H e set up the pillars at the porch of the house. He set up the right pillar and called it Jachin. And he set up the left pillar and called it Boaz.

Erigió, pues, las columnas en el pórtico de la nave. Erigió la columna derecha y la llamó Jaquín, y erigió la columna izquierda y la llamó Boaz.

22 T he top pieces on the pillars were made to look like lily flowers. So the work of the pillars was finished. The Brass Pool

En lo alto de las columnas había lirios tallados. Así fue terminada la obra de las columnas.

23 N ow he made a large brass water pool. It was round, and as wide as five long steps. It was as tall as a man can raise his hand. And the length around it was as far as fifteen long steps.

Hizo asimismo el mar de metal fundido de 4. 5 metros de borde a borde, en forma circular. Su altura era de 2. 25 metros, y tenía 13. 5 metros de circunferencia.

24 G ourds went around the top of the pool. There were ten of them for every cubit. The gourds were in two rows, and made right in with the pool.

Debajo del borde había calabazas alrededor, diez por cada codo (45 cm), rodeando el mar por completo. Las calabazas estaban en dos hileras, fundidas en una sola pieza.

25 T he pool stood on the backs of twelve bulls made of brass. Three looked to the north. Three looked to the west. Three looked to the south. And three looked to the east. The water was set on top of them, and their back parts turned toward the center.

El mar descansaba sobre doce bueyes; tres mirando al norte, tres mirando al occidente, tres mirando al sur y tres mirando al oriente. El mar descansaba sobre ellos y todas sus ancas estaban hacia adentro.

26 T he side of the pool was as far through as the width of a man’s open hand. Its round top was made like the top of a cup, like a lily flower. It could hold 2, 000 bottles of water. The Brass Stands

El grueso era de un palmo, y el borde estaba hecho como el borde de un cáliz, como una flor de lirio. Tenía capacidad para 2, 000 batos (44, 000 litros).

27 T hen he made the ten stands of brass. Each stand was as long as two long steps, as wide as two long steps, and as high as a man’s neck.

Entonces hizo las diez basas de bronce; la longitud de cada basa era de 1. 6 metros, su anchura de 1. 6 metros y su altura de 1. 35 metros.

28 T his is how the stands were made. They had sides of the same length between the cross-pieces.

El diseño de las basas era éste: tenían bordes y los bordes estaban entre las molduras,

29 O n the side pieces between the cross-pieces were lions, bulls and cherubim. On the side pieces, both above and below the lions and bulls, there were round pieces of hanging work.

y en los bordes que estaban entre las molduras había leones, bueyes y querubines; y en las molduras había un pedestal arriba, y debajo de los leones y bueyes había guirnaldas en bajorrelieve.

30 E ach stand had four brass wheels on straight pieces of brass. At the four corners were pieces to hold up the basin. These pieces were made of melted brass with round pieces at each side.

Cada basa tenía cuatro ruedas de bronce, con ejes de bronce, y sus cuatro patas tenían soportes. Debajo de la pila había soportes fundidos con guirnaldas a cada lado.

31 I ts opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit. It was round like a pillar, one and a half cubits deep. There were pictures cut on its opening. And their sides were not round, but had four sides of the same length.

La boca de la pila dentro de la corona en la parte superior medía 45 centímetros, y su boca era redonda como el diseño de un pedestal, de 68 centímetros; también en su boca había entalladuras, y sus bordes eran cuadrados, no redondos.

32 U nder the sides were the four wheels. The pieces that held the wheels were on the stand. The height of a wheel was one and a half cubits.

Las cuatro ruedas estaban debajo de los bordes, y los ejes de las ruedas estaban en la basa. La altura de una rueda era de 68 centímetros.

33 T he wheels were made like the wheel of a war-wagon. The straight pieces which held the wheels, the outside of the wheels, their crosspieces and their center pieces were all made of one piece of brass.

La hechura de las ruedas era como la hechura de una rueda de carro. Sus ejes, sus aros, sus rayos y sus cubos eran todos de fundición.

34 T here were four pieces at the four corners of each stand to hold it up. These were of one piece with the stands.

Había cuatro soportes en las cuatro esquinas de cada basa; sus soportes eran parte de la basa misma.

35 A narrow piece went all the way around the top that held it up and the sides were of one piece.

En la parte superior de la basa había una pieza redonda de 23 centímetros de alto, y en la parte superior de la basa sus soportes y sus bordes formaban parte de ella.

36 H e cut pictures of cherubim, lions and palm trees in the plates of the parts that held it up and on its sides, where there was room. And there were pictures all around.

Y en las planchas de sus soportes y en sus bordes grabó querubines, leones y palmeras, conforme al espacio disponible de cada una, con guirnaldas alrededor.

37 H e made the ten stands like this. All of them were made alike. They had the same length, width and height, and looked the same.

Hizo las diez basas de esta manera: todas ellas eran de una misma fundición, de una misma medida y de una misma forma.

38 H e made ten basins of brass. One basin held 40 bottles of water. Each one was as wide as two long steps. And one basin was on each of the ten stands.

También hizo diez pilas de bronce. En cada pila cabían cuarenta batos (880 litros); cada pila medía 1. 6 metros, y sobre cada una de las diez basas había una pila.

39 T hen he put the stands in place. Five were on the south side of the house, and five were on the north side of the house. And he set the large basin of brass on the southeast corner of the house.

Entonces colocó las basas, cinco al lado derecho de la casa y cinco al lado izquierdo de la casa. El mar de metal fundido lo colocó al lado derecho de la casa hacia el sureste.

40 H iram made the basins, and the objects for digging, and the pots. So Hiram finished doing all the work for King Solomon in the house of the Lord.

Hiram hizo también los calderos, las palas y los tazones. Así terminó Hiram toda la obra que hizo para el rey Salomón en la casa del Señor:

41 H e made the two pillars, and the two pots of the top pieces on the top of the two pillars. And he made the two networks to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

las dos columnas y los tazones de los capiteles que estaban en lo alto de las dos columnas, las dos mallas para cubrir los dos tazones de los capiteles que estaban en lo alto de las columnas;

42 H e made the 400 pomegranates for the two networks. There were two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two pots of the pieces on top of the pillars.

las 400 granadas para las dos mallas, dos hileras de granadas por cada malla para cubrir los dos tazones de los capiteles que estaban en lo alto de las columnas;

43 H e made the ten stands with the ten basins on top of them.

las diez basas con las diez pilas sobre las basas;

44 H e made the large basin and the twelve bulls under it.

el mar y los doce bueyes debajo del mar;

45 H e made the pails, the objects for digging, and the pots. All these things which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the Lord were made of shining brass.

los calderos, las palas y los tazones; todos estos utensilios que Hiram hizo para el rey Salomón en la casa del Señor eran de bronce bruñido.

46 T he king made them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

El rey los fundió en la llanura del Jordán, en la tierra arcillosa entre Sucot y Saretán.

47 S olomon did not weigh any of the objects, because there were too many. The weight of the brass was not known.

Salomón dejó todos los utensilios sin pesarlos porque eran demasiados. El peso del bronce no se pudo determinar.

48 S olomon made all the holy things which were in the house of the Lord. He made the gold altar and the gold table for the bread before the Lord.

Salomón hizo todos los utensilios que estaban en la casa del Señor: el altar de oro y la mesa de oro sobre la cual estaba el pan de la Presencia;

49 H e made the lamp-stands of pure gold. There were five on the right side and five on the left side, in front of the most holy place. He made the flowers and the lamps and their objects out of gold.

los candelabros de oro puro, cinco a la mano derecha y cinco a la izquierda, frente al santuario interior; las flores, las lámparas y las tenazas de oro;

50 H e made the cups, the objects to put out the lamps, the pots, the dishes for special perfume, and the fire-holders, of pure gold. He made the hinges of gold, for the doors of the most holy place and for the doors of the house.

las copas, las despabiladeras, los tazones, las cucharas y los incensarios de oro puro; y los goznes para las puertas de la casa interior, el Lugar Santísimo, y para las puertas de la casa, es decir, de la nave, también de oro.

51 S o all the work that King Solomon did in the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which had been set apart by his father David, the silver and the gold and the holy things. He put them in the store-houses of the house of the Lord.

Así fue terminada toda la obra que el rey Salomón hizo en la casa del Señor. Y Salomón trajo las cosas consagradas por su padre David, es decir, la plata, el oro y los utensilios, y los puso en los tesoros de la casa del Señor.