1 T hen Solomon began to build the Lord’s house in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah. It was there that the Lord had shown Himself to his father David. It was the place that David had chosen, on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Então Salomão começou a construir o templo do Senhor em Jerusalém, no monte Moriá, onde o Senhor havia aparecido a seu pai Davi, na eira de Araúna, o jebuseu, local que havia sido providenciado por Davi.

2 S olomon began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his rule.

Começou a construção no segundo dia do segundo mês do quarto ano de seu reinado.

3 H e laid the base for building the house of God. It was thirty long steps, using the old way to find the length. And it was ten long steps wide.

Os alicerces que Salomão lançou para o templo de Deus tinham vinte e sete metros de comprimento e nove metros de largura, pela medida antiga.

4 T he porch in front of the house was as long as the house was wide, ten long steps. It was thirty-three times taller than a man. And he covered the inside with pure gold.

O pórtico da entrada do templo tinha nove metros de largura e nove metros de altura. Ele revestiu de ouro puro o seu interior.

5 H e covered the large room with cypress wood, and covered that with fine gold. Then he made palm trees and chains on it.

Recobriu de pinho o átrio principal, revestiu-o de ouro puro e o decorou com desenhos de tamareiras e correntes.

6 H e put stones of much worth on the house for beauty. And the gold was from Parvaim.

Ornamentou o templo com pedras preciosas. O ouro utilizado era de Parvaim.

7 H e covered the house with gold. He covered its cross-pieces, its door-ways, its walls, and its doors. And he cut pictures of cherubim on the walls.

Também revestiu de ouro as vigas do forro, os batentes, as paredes e as portas do templo, e esculpiu querubins nas paredes.

8 H e made the most holy place. It was as long as the house was wide, ten long steps. And it was as wide as ten long steps. He covered it with fine gold weighing as much as 600 men.

Fez o Lugar Santíssimo, com nove metros de comprimento e nove metros de largura, igual à largura do templo. Revestiu o seu interior de vinte e uma toneladas de ouro puro.

9 T he nails weighed as much as fifty pieces of gold. He covered the rooms on the second floor with gold also.

Os pregos de ouro pesavam seiscentos gramas. Também revestiu de ouro as salas superiores.

10 T hen he made two cherubim of wood in the most holy place, and covered them with gold.

No Lugar Santíssimo esculpiu e revestiu de ouro dois querubins,

11 T he wings of the cherubim spread as far as ten long steps. The wing of one was as long as three steps, and touched the wall of the house. Its other wing was as long as three steps, and touched the wing of the other cherub.

os quais, de asas abertas, mediam juntos nove metros. Cada asa, de dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros, tocava, de um lado, na parede do templo,

12 T he wing of the other cherub was as long as three steps, and touched the wall of the house. Its other wing was as long as three steps, and was joined to the wing of the first cherub.

e do outro lado, na asa do outro querubim.

13 T he wings of these cherubim spread as far as ten long steps. And they stood on their feet with their faces toward the holy place.

Assim os querubins, com asas que se estendiam por nove metros, estavam em pé, de frente para o átrio principal.

14 H e made the curtain of blue, purple and red cloth and fine linen. And he worked cherubim on it.

Ele fez o véu de tecido azul, roxo, vermelho e linho fino, com querubins desenhados nele.

15 H e made two pillars in front of the house that were ten times taller than a man. The top piece of each one was as tall as a man can raise his hand.

Fez na frente do templo duas colunas, que, juntas, tinham dezesseis metros, cada uma tendo em cima um capitel com dois metros e vinte e cinco centímetros.

16 F or the inside holy place he made chains, and put them on the tops of the pillars. Then he made 100 pomegranates and put them on the chains.

Fez correntes entrelaçadas e colocou-as no alto das colunas. Fez também cem romãs, colocando-as nas correntes.

17 H e put up the pillars in front of the house of God. One was on the right and the other was on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin, and the one on the left Boaz.

Depois levantou as colunas na frente do templo, uma ao sul, outra ao norte; à que ficava ao sul deu o nome de Jaquim, e à que ficava ao norte, Boaz.