1 I n the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build Yahweh’s house.

فَبَدَأ سُلَيْمانُ بِبِناءِ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَذَلِكَ بَعدَ أربَعِ مِئَةٍ وَثَمانِينَ سَنَةٍ مِنْ خُرُوجِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ، فِي الشَّهْرِ الثّانِي – شَهرِ زِيُو – مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ سُلَيْمانَ لإسْرائِيلَ.

2 T he house which king Solomon built for Yahweh had a length of sixty cubits, and its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

وَكانَ طُولُ بَيتِ اللهِ الَّذِي بَناهُ سُلَيْمانُ سِتِّينَ ذِراعاً، وَعَرضُهُ عِشْرِينَ ذِراعاً، وَارتِفاعُهُ ثَلاثِينَ ذِراعاً.

3 T he porch in front of the temple of the house had a length of twenty cubits, which was along the width of the house. Ten cubits was its width in front of the house.

وَبَلَغَ طُولُ دِهلِيزِ الهَيكَلِ عِشْرِينَ ذِراعاً، وَعَرضُهُ عَشَرَ أذرُعٍ. امتَدَّ الدِّهلِيزُ عَلَى طُولِ وَاجِهَةِ الهَيكَلِ نَفسِهِ، فَكانَ طُولُهُ مُساوِياً لِعَرْضِ الهَيكَلِ.

4 H e made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.

وَكانَ لِلهَيكَلِ نَوافِذُ مُشَبَّكَةٌ.

5 A gainst the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.

وَبَنَى سُلَيْمانُ صَفّاً مِنَ الحُجُراتِ حَولَ المَبْنَى الرَّئِيسِيِّ لِلْهَيْكَلِ مُؤَلَّفاً مِنْ طَوابِقَ ثَلاثَةٍ. فَكانَتِ الحُجُراتُ مَبنِيَّةً بَعضُها فَوقَ بَعضٍ.

6 T he lowest floor 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, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

وَكانَتِ الحُجُراتُ تَتَكِئُ عَلَى حائِطَ الهَيكَلِ. لَكِنَّ جُسُورَها لَمْ تَكُنْ مَبنِيَّةً داخِلَ الحائِطِ. فَكانَ سُمْكُ حائِطِ الهَيكَلِ فِي أعلاهُ أقَلَّ مِنْ سُمكِهِ فِي أسْفَلِهِ. وَهَكَذا كانَ عَرْضُ الحُجُراتِ فِي الطّابِقِ السُّفلِيِّ خَمسَ أذْرُعٍ، وَعَرْضُها فِي الطّابِقِ الأوسَطِ سِتَّ أذْرُعٍ، وَعَرْضُها فِي الطّابِقِ العُلوِيِّ سَبْعَ أذْرُعٍ.

7 T he house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was under construction.

وَقَطَعَ العُمّالُ الحِجارَةَ فِي المَحاجِرِ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الهَيكَلِ صَوتُ مَطارِقَ أوْ أزامِيلَ أوْ أيَّةِ أدَواتٍ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ.

8 T he door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, and out of the middle into the third.

وَكانَ مَدخَلُ الحُجُراتِ السُّفلِيَّةِ إلَى الجانِبِ الشَّرقِيِّ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ. وَفِي الدّاخِلِ كانَ هُناكَ دَرَجٌ يَصْعَدُ إلَى الطّابِقِ الثّانِي مِنَ الحُجُراتِ، وَمِنْ هُناكَ إلَى الطّابِقِ الثّالِثِ مِنَ الحُجُراتِ.

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

فَأنهَى سُلَيْمانُ بِناءَ المَبْنَى الرَّئِيسِيِّ لِلْهَيْكَلِ، وَغَطّاهُ بِألواحِ خَشَبِ الأرزِ.

10 H e built the floors all along the house, each five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

وَأنهَى بنِاءَ الحُجُراتِ حَولَ الهَيكَلِ. وَبَلَغَ ارتِفاعُ كُلِّ طابِقٍ خَمْسَ أذرُعٍ. وَكانَتْ جُسُورُ خَشَبِ الأرْزِ مُثَبَّتَةً بِجِدارِ الهَيكَلِ.

11 Y ahweh’s word came to Solomon, saying,

وَجاءَتْ كَلِمُةُ اللهِ إلَى سُلَيْمانَ:

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

«إنْ سَلَكْتَ بِحَسَبِ أحكامِي، وَأطَعتَ شَرائِعِي وَحَفِظتَ جَمِيعَ وَصايايَ وَعَمِلْتَ بِها، فَإنِّي سَأُحَقِّقُ لَكَ ما وَعَدتُ بِهِ داوُدَ أباكَ بِخُصُوصِ هَذا البَيتِ الَّذِي تَبنِيهِ.

13 I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”

وَسَأسكُنُ وَسَطَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَلَنْ أتَخَلَّى عَنهُمْ.» تَفاصِيلُ تَتَعَلَّقُ بِالهَيكَل

14 S o Solomon built the house, and finished it.

وَهَكَذا انتَهَى سُلَيْمانُ مِنْ بِناءِ حِجارَةِ الهَيكَلِ.

15 H e built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.

وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ غُطِّيَتْ جُدرانُ الهَيكَلِ الحَجَرِيَّةُ بِألواحِ شَجَرِ الأرْزِ، مِنَ الأرْضِيَّةِ إلَى السَّقفِ. وَغُطِّيَتِ الأرْضِيَّةُ الحَجَرِيَّةُ بِألواحِ شَجَرِ السَّروِ.

16 H e built twenty cubits on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built them for it within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

وَبَنُوا حُجرَةً داخِلِيَّةً طُولُها عِشرُونَ ذِراعاً فِي الجَزءِ الخَلفِيِّ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ. وَغَطُّوا جُدرانَ هَذِهِ الحُجرَةِ بِألواحِ الأرْزِ، مِنَ الأرْضِيَّةِ إلَى السَّقفِ. وَسُمِّيَتْ هَذِهِ الحُجرَةُ قُدسَ الأقداسِ.

17 I n front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits.

وَكانَ القِسْمُ الرَّئِيسِيُّ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ أمامَ قُدْسِ الأُقداسِ الَّذي كانَ طُولُهُ أربَعِينَ ذِراعاً.

18 T here was cedar on the house within, carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar. No stone was visible.

وَغَطُّوا جُدرانَ الحُجرَةِ كُلِّها بِألواحِ الأرْزِ المُزَخرَفَةِ بِصُوَرِ بَراعِمِ زُهُورٍ وَقَرْعٍ، فَلَمْ يَظهَرْ أيٌّ مِنْ حِجارَةِ الجُدرانِ.

19 H e prepared an inner sanctuary in the middle of the house within, to set the ark of Yahweh’s covenant there.

وَأعَدَّ سُلَيْمانُ الحُجرَةَ الدّاخِلِيَّةَ فِي الجُزءِ الخَلفِيِّ مِنَ الهَيكَلِ، وَوَضَعَ فِيها صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ اللهِ.

20 W ithin the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.

كانَ طُولُ الحُجرَةِ عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً، وَعَرضُها عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً، وَارْتِفاعُها عِشرِينَ ذِراعاً. وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمانُ جُدرانَ الحُجرَةِ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ. كَما وَضَعَ فِيها المَذْبَحَ المَصنُوعُ مِنَ خَشَبِ الأرْزِ، وَقَدْ غَشّاهُ بِالذَهَبِ.

21 S o Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.

وَغَشَّى سُلَيْمانُ جُدرانَ الهَيكَلِ الدّاخِلِيَّةَ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ، ثُمَّ عَلَّقَ سَلاسِلَ مُغَشّاةً بِالذَّهَبِ أمامَ المَقدِسِ الدّاخِلِيِّ.

22 H e overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.

فَقَد غَشَّي بِالذَّهَبِ الهَيكَلَ كُلَّهُ حَتَّى اكتَمَلَ، وَكَذَلِكَ غَشَّي المَذبَحَ القائِمَ أمامَ المَقدِسِ الدّاخِلِيِّ.

23 I n the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

وَصَنَعَ تِمثالَينِ لِمَلاكَينِ كَرُوبَينِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيتُونِ ارتِفاعُ كُلٌّ مِنْهُما عَشَرُ أذرُعٍ.

24 F ive cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits.

كانَ طُولُ كُلِّ جَناحٍ مِنْ أجنِحَةِ الكَرُوبِ خَمْسَ أذْرُعٍ، فَالمَسافَةُ بَينَ طَرَفَي الجَناحَينِ المُتَقابِلَينِ عَشْرُ أذْرُعٍ.

25 T he other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

وَكَذَلِكَ كانَ الكَرُوُبُ الثّانِي. فَالمَسافَةُ بَينَ طَرَفَي الجَناحَينِ المُتَقابِلَينِ لِلكَرُوبِ الثّانِي عَشَرُ أذْرُعٍ أيضاً. فَقَدْ كانَ لِلتِّمثالَينِ أبعادٌ واحِدَةٌ وَشَكلٌ واحِدٌ.

26 O ne cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.

فَارتِفاعُ الأوَّلِ عَشْرُ أذرُعٍ، وَارتِفاعُ الثّانِي عَشَرُ أذرُعٍ.

27 H e set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house.

وُضِعَ هَذانِ الكَرُوبانِ فِي قُدسِ الأقداسِ جَنباً إلَى جَنبٍ، بِحَيْثُ يَتَلامَسُ جَناحاهُما فِي وَسَطِ الحُجرَةِ، بَينَما يُلامِسُ الجَناحانِ الآخَرانِ جِدارَي الحُجرَةِ.

28 H e overlaid the cherubim with gold.

وَقَدْ غُشِّيَ المَلاكانِ الكَرُوبانِ بِالذَّهَبِ.

29 H e carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.

وَنُقِشَتِ الجُدرانُ حَولَ الحُجرَةِ الرَّئِيسِيَّةِ وَالحُجرَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ عَلَى شَكلِ مَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ، وَأشجارِ النَّخِيلِ، وَبَراعِمِ الزُّهُورِ.

30 H e overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.

وَغُشِّيَتْ أرْضِيَّةُ كِلْتا الحُجرَتَينِ بِالذَّهَبِ.

31 F or the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.

وَصَنَعَ العُمّالُ مِصراعَينِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيتُونِ. وَوَضَعُوهُما فِي مَدخَلِ قُدْسِ الأقداسِ. وَكانَتِ القَوائِمُ حَولَ المصراعَينِ خُماسِيَّةِ الشَّكلِ وَالوُجُوهِ.

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. He spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

وَعَمِلُوا المِصراعينِ مِنْ خَشَبِ الزَّيتُونِ وَنَقَشُوا عَلَيها صُوَرَ مَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ، وَأشجارِ النَّخِيلِ وَبَراعِمِ الزُّهُورِ. ثُمَّ غَشُّوهُما بِالذَّهَبِ.

33 H e also did so for the entrance of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;

وَعَمِلُوا أيضاً بابَينِ لِمَدخَلِ الحُجرَةِ الرَّئِيسِيّةِ. وَاستَخدَمُوا خَشَبَ الزَّيتُونِ فِي صُنْعِ قَوائِمَ مُرَبَّعَةٍ لِلبابَينِ.

34 a nd two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

ثُمَّ استَخدَمُوا خَشَبَ السَّروِ لِصُنْعِ قُضْبانٍ لِلبابَينِ، وَتَألَّفَ كُلُّ بابٍ مِنْ دَفَّتَينِ قَابِلَتَينِ لِلطَّيِّ.

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

وَنَقَشُوا صُوَرَ مَلائِكَةِ الكَرُوبِيمَ وَأشجارِ النَّخِيلِ وَبَراعِمِ الزُّهُورِ عَلَى البابَينِ. ثُمَّ غَشُّوهُما بِالذَّهَبِ.

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

ثُمَّ بَنَوْا جُدرانَ السّاحَةِ الدّاخِلِيَّةِ مِنْ ثَلاثَةِ صُفُوفٍ مِنَ الحِجارَةِ المَنحُوتَةِ وَصَفٍّ مِنْ أخشابِ الأرْزِ.

37 T he foundation of Yahweh’s house was laid in the fourth year, in the month Ziv.

وَقَدْ بَدَأَ العَمَلُ فِي وَضعِ أساسِ بَيتِ اللهِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثّانِي – شَهرِ زِيُو – مِنَ السَّنَةِ الرّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ سُلَيْمانَ.

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

وَانتَهَى العَمَلُ فِي بِناءِ الهَيكَلِ وَجَميعِ أجزائِهِ وَتَفاصِيلِهِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثّامِنِ – شَهرِ بُولَ – مِنَ السَّنَةِ الحادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِ سُلَيْمانَ لإسْرائِيلَ. فَاسْتَغرَقَ بِناؤهُ سبعَ سَنَواتٍ.