The Temple Is Built
(1 Kings 6.1-38)1-2 Solomon's workers began building the temple in Jerusalem on the second day of the second month, four years after Solomon had become king of Israel. It was built on Mount Moriah where the Lord had appeared to David at the threshing place that had belonged to Araunah from Jebus.
3 The inside of the temple was 27 meters long and 9 meters wide, according to the older standards. 4 Across the front of the temple was a porch 9 meters wide and 9 meters high. The inside walls of the porch were covered with pure gold.
5 Solomon had the inside walls of the temple's main room paneled first with pine and then with a layer of gold, and he had them decorated with carvings of palm trees and designs that looked like chains. 6 He used precious stones to decorate the temple, and he used gold imported from Parvaim 7 to decorate the ceiling beams, the doors, the door frames, and the walls. Solomon also told the workers to carve designs of winged creatures into the walls.
8 The most holy place was nine meters square, and its walls were covered with over 20 tons of fine gold. 9 Five hundred and seventy grams of gold was used to cover the heads of the nails. The walls of the small storage rooms were also covered with gold.
10 Solomon had two statues of winged creatures made to put in the most holy place, and he covered them with gold. 11-13 Each creature had two wings and was four and a half meters from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing. Solomon set them next to each other in the most holy place, facing the doorway. Their wings were spread out and reached all the way across the nine-meter room.
14 A curtain was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with designs of winged creatures.
The Two Columns
(1 Kings 7.15-22)15 Two columns were made for the entrance to the temple. Each one was 16 meters tall and had a cap on top that was over 2 meters high. 16 The top of each column was decorated with designs that looked like chains and with 100 carvings of pomegranates. 17 Solomon had one of the columns placed on the south side of the temple's entrance; it was called Jachin. The other one was placed on the north side of the entrance; it was called Boaz.
(1مل 6:1-38؛ 1مل 7:15-22)
1 وبدأَ سليمانُ بِبِناءِ هَيكلِ الرّبِّ في أورُشليمَ، في جبَلِ المُريَّا الّذي تَراءَى الرّبُّ فيهِ لِداوُدَ أبـيهِ، في مكانٍ أعدَّهُ داوُدُ في بَيدَرِ أرنانَ اليَبُوسيِّ. 2 بدأَ بالبِناءِ في اليومِ الثَّاني مِنَ الشَّهرِ الثَّاني مِنَ السَّنةِ الرَّابِــعةِ لِمُلْكِهِ، 3 وكانَ طُولُ الأسُسِ الّتي وضَعَها سليمانُ لِبِناءِ الهَيكل سِتِّينَ ذِراعا وعَرْضُها عِشرينَ 4 وطُولُ الرِّواقِ مِنَ الأمامِ عِشرينَ ذِراعا، على مُحاذاةِ عَرْضِ الهَيكلِ وارْتِفاعُهُ مئَةً وعِشرينَ ذِراعا، وغَشَّاهُ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ بِذَهبٍ خالصٍ 5 وألبسَ سليمانُ الغُرفةَ الكُبرى خشَبَ سَرْوٍ وغَشَّاهُ بِذَهبٍ خالِصٍ ورسَمَ علَيهِ نخيلا وسلاسِلَ، 6 ورصَّعَ الغُرفةَ بِـحِجارةٍ كريمةٍ للزِّينةِ. وكانَ الذَّهبُ مِنْ أرضِ فَروايمَ. 7 وألبسَ الرَّوافِدَ والأعتابَ والجُدرانَ والمَصاريعَ ذَهبا، وعلى الجُدرانِ نَقَشَ كروبـيمَ 8 وصنَعَ قُدْسَ الأقداسِ، على مُحاذاةِ عَرْضِ الهَيكلِ، وكانَ طُولُهُ عِشرينَ ذِراعا وعَرضُهُ عِشرينَ ذِراعا، وألبسَهُ ذهَبا خالِصا وَزْنُهُ مئَةُ قِنطارٍ. 9 وكانَ وَزْنُ المَساميرِ رَطلينِ مِنَ الذَّهب، وألبسَ الغُرَفَ العُليا ذهَبا.
10 وصنَعَ في قُدْسِ الأقداسِ كَروبَينِ مِنْ مَعدَنٍ وغَشَّاهُما بِالذَّهبِ. 11 وكانَ طُولُ أجنِحَةِ الكروبَينِ معا عِشرينَ ذِراعا، وطُولُ الجَناحِ الواحدِ مِنَ الكَروبِ الواحِدِ خمسَ أذرُعٍ، ويُلامِسُ جَناحُ الكَروبِ جناحَ الكَروبِ الآخَرِ. 12 وجَناحُ الكَروبِ وطُولُه خمسُ أذرُعٍ، يُلامِسُ حائِطَ الهَيكلِ، والجَناحُ الآخَرُ وطُولُهُ خمسُ أذرعٍ، يَتَّصِلُ بِـجَناحِ الكَروبِ الآخَرِ. 13 وطُولُ أجنِحَةِ هذَينِ الكَروبَينِ، وهيَ مُنبسِطَةٌ عِشرونَ ذِراعا، وهُما واقِفانِ على أرجُلِهِما وأوجُهُهما إلى المَدخَلِ 14 وصنَعَ الحِجابَ مِنْ سَمَنجونيٍّ وأرجوانٍ وقِرمِزٍ وكَتَّانٍ ورسَمَ علَيهِ كَروبـيمَ.
15 وأقامَ أمامَ الهَيكلِ عَمودَينِ طُولُهُما خمسٌ وثَلاثونَ ذِراعا، وارتِفاعُ التَّاجَينِ اللَّذَينِ على رأسَيهِما خمسُ أذرُعٍ. 16 وصنَعَ سلاسِلَ على شكْلِ قلادَةٍ وجعَلَها على رأسَي العَمودَينِ، وصنَعَ مئَةَ رُمَّانَةٍ وجعَلَها بَينَ السَّلاسِلِ، 17 ونصَبَ العَمودَينِ أمامَ الهَيكلِ، واحدا عَنِ اليَمينِ وسَمَّاهُ ياكينَ، وواحدا عَنِ اليَسارِ وسَمَّاهُ بوعَزَ.
