Nneɛma A Wɔde Siesie Asɔredan No Mu
1Salomo san yɛɛ kɔbere mfrafrae afɔremuka a ne tenten yɛ anammɔn aduasa, ne trɛw yɛ anammɔn aduasa saa ara, na ne sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn dunum. 2Afei, ɔyɛɛ nsukorade kɛse kurukuruwa bi a efi ano kɔka ano yɛ anammɔn dunum. Wɔtoo no din Po. Na emu dɔ yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa, na ne dantaban yɛ anammɔn aduanan anum. 3Na Po no wɔ nsɛsode a ɛte sɛ anantwi a atwa afa ano no ase ahyia. Anammɔn baako biara mu no, na anantwi sɛso asia wɔ so a wɔagu ama afra nsukorade no.
4Na Po no si nsiase a ɛyɛ kɔbere mfrafrae anantwi dumien sɛso so. Na wɔn nyinaa ani kyerɛkyerɛ abɔnten. Abiɛsa ani kyerɛ atifi fam. Abiɛsa ani kyerɛ atɔe fam. Abiɛsa kyerɛ anafo fam, na abiɛsa nso ani kyerɛ apuei fam. 5Po no afasu mu piw yɛ bɛyɛ nsateaa abiɛsa, na nʼano no trɛw te sɛ kuruwa a ɛsɛ sukooko nhwiren a apae. Na Po no tumi kora nsu gyare mpem dunsia ne ahannum.
6Ɔyɛɛ guasɛn du a wɔkora nsu a wɔde hohoro afɔrebɔde ho. Na emu anum wɔ Po no anafo fam na anum wɔ atifi fam. Asɔfo no de, na Po no ankasa mu nsu na na wɔde hohoro wɔn ho, na wɔmmfa guasɛn no mu nsu no bi.
7Salomo de sikakɔkɔɔ yɛɛ akaneadua du, sɛnea wɔkyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnyɛ no no, de sisii Asɔredan no mu. Wɔde mu anum sisi bɛn anafo fam ɔfasu, na wɔde mu anum a aka no nso sisi bɛn atifi fam ɔfasu no.
8Afei, ɔyɛɛ apon du de sisii Asɔredan no mu. Wɔde mu anum sisii anafo fam ɔfasu no anim, na wɔde mu anum a aka no nso sisii atifi fam ɔfasu no anim. Afei, ɔyɛɛ sikakɔkɔɔ guasɛn ɔha.
9Salomo sii adiwo maa asɔfo no, san sii adiwo kɛse bi wɔ Asɔredan no mfikyiri. Ɔyɛɛ apon totoo adiwo akwan no ano, na ɔde kɔbere mfrafrae duraa ho. 10Wɔde Po no sii anafo fam ne apuei fam afasu ahyiae no twɔtwɔw so hɔ.
11Huram-Abi yɛɛ nkuku, nsofi ne guasɛn a ɛho hia nyinaa. Nea ɔhene Salomo kyerɛɛ Huram-Abi sɛ ɔnyɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no ho no nyinaa no, ɔyɛe.
12Afadum abien,
afadumti a wɔayɛ no sɛ asuhina abien a esisi afadum no atifi,
ntweaban a wɔayɛ no sɛ atena abien a wɔde asiesie afadumti no,
13ne atoaa nsɛso ahannan a ɛsensɛn nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn a egu ntaaso no so (atoaa a wɔahyehyɛ no ntenten so abien a biara sa nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn a ɛsensɛn ntaaso a egu afadum no atifi no so no).
14Ɔyɛɛ nsu nteaseɛnam a guasɛn no sisi so,
15Po no ne anantwi sɛso dumien a wɔhyɛ ase,
16nkuku, nsofi, nam nnarewa ne nneɛma a ɛkeka ho nyinaa.
Huram-Abi de kɔbere mfrafrae a wɔabere ho na ɛyɛɛ saa nneɛma yi nyinaa maa Awurade Asɔredan no, sɛnea Ɔhene Salomo hyɛɛ no no. 17Ɔhene no ma woguu no wɔ kankua a na ɛwɔ Yordan tataw a na ɛwɔ Sukot ne Sereda ntam no so. 18Kɔbere mfrafrae a wɔde dii dwuma no dodow nti, wɔantumi anhu emu duru ano.
19Na Salomo yɛɛ nneɛma a wɔde siesie Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no mu nyinaa:
sikakɔkɔɔ afɔremuka;
apon a wɔde Daa Daa Brodo gu so;
20kanea nnua ne nʼakanea a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ayɛ a ɛbɛhyerɛn wɔ Kronkron mu Kronkron no anim sɛnea wɔakyerɛ no;
21nhwiren a wɔde siesie, akanea ne adabaw a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ ankasa na ɛyɛɛ ne nyinaa;
22akanea adabaw, guasɛn, nyowa ne nkankyee a wɔnoa mu, ne nyinaa yɛ sikakɔkɔɔ ankasa;
apon a wosisii wɔ ɔkwan a ɛkɔ Kronkron mu Kronkron ne nea ɛkɔ Asɔredan no dan kɛse mu no, wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ na eduraduraa ho nyinaa.
The temple’s furnishings
1He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.4:1 That is, about 9 metres long and wide and 4.5 metres high 2He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits4:2 That is, about 2.3 metres high. It took a line of thirty cubits4:2 That is, about 14 metres to measure round it. 3Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it – ten to a cubit.4:3 That is, about 45 centimetres The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
4The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were towards the centre. 5It was a handbreadth4:5 That is, about 7.5 centimetres in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.4:5 That is, about 66,000 litres
6He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.
7He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
8He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
9He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze. 10He placed the Sea on the south side, at the south-east corner.
11And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:
12the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
13the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);
14the stands with their basins;
15the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
16the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles.
All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze. 17The king had them cast in clay moulds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.4:17 Hebrew Zeredatha, a variant of Zarethan 18All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
19Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple:
the golden altar;
the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
20the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
21the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
22the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
