Solomon Builds the Temple
1Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord. It was 480 years after the Israelites came out of Egypt. It was in the fourth year of Solomon’s rule over Israel. He started in the second month. That was the month of Ziv.
2The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long. It was 30 feet wide. And it was 45 feet high. 3The temple had a porch in front of the main hall. The porch was as wide as the temple itself. It was 30 feet wide. It came out 15 feet from the front of the temple. 4Solomon made narrow windows high up in the temple walls. 5He built side rooms around the temple. They were built against the walls of the main hall and the Most Holy Room. 6On the first floor the side rooms were seven and a half feet wide. On the second floor they were nine feet wide. And on the third floor they were ten and a half feet wide. Solomon made the walls of the temple thinner as they went up floor by floor. The result was ledges along the walls. So the floor beams of the side rooms rested on the ledges. The beams didn’t go into the temple walls.
7All the stones used for building the temple were shaped where they were cut. So hammers, chisels and other iron tools couldn’t be heard where the temple was being built.
8The entrance to the first floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the second floor. From there it went on up to the third floor. 9So Solomon built the temple and finished it. He made its roof out of beams and cedar boards. 10He built side rooms all along the temple. Each room was seven and a half feet high. They were joined to the temple by cedar beams.
11A message came to Solomon from the Lord. The Lord said, 12“You are now building this temple. Follow my orders. Keep my rules. Obey all my commands. Then I will make the promise I gave your father David come true. I will do it through you. 13I will live among my people Israel. I will not desert them.”
14So Solomon built the temple and finished it. 15He put cedar boards on its inside walls. He covered them from floor to ceiling. He covered the temple floor with juniper boards. 16He put up a wall 30 feet from the back of the temple. He made it with cedar boards from floor to ceiling. That formed a room inside the temple. It was the Most Holy Room. 17The main hall in front of the room was 60 feet long. 18The inside of the temple was covered with cedar wood. Gourds and open flowers were carved on the wood. Everything was cedar. There wasn’t any stone showing anywhere.
19Solomon prepared the Most Holy Room inside the temple. That’s where the ark of the covenant of the Lord would be placed. 20The Most Holy Room was 30 feet long. It was 30 feet wide. And it was 30 feet high. Solomon covered the inside of it with pure gold. He prepared the cedar altar for burning incense. He covered it with gold. 21Solomon covered the inside of the main hall with pure gold. He placed gold chains across the front of the Most Holy Room. That room was covered with gold. 22So Solomon covered the inside of the whole temple with gold. He also covered the altar for burning incense with gold. It was right in front of the Most Holy Room.
23For the Most Holy Room Solomon made a pair of cherubim. He made them out of olive wood. Each cherub was 15 feet high. 24One wing of the first cherub was seven and a half feet long. The other wing was also seven and a half feet long. So the wings measured 15 feet from tip to tip. 25The second cherub’s wings also measured 15 feet from tip to tip. The two cherubim had the same size and shape. 26Each cherub was 15 feet high. 27Solomon placed the cherubim inside the Most Holy Room in the temple. Their wings were spread out. The wing tip of one cherub touched one wall. The wing tip of the other touched the other wall. The tips of their wings touched each other in the middle of the room. 28Solomon covered the cherubim with gold.
29On the walls all around the temple he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. He carved them on the walls of the Most Holy Room and the main hall. 30He also covered the floors of those two rooms with gold.
31For the entrance to the Most Holy Room he made two doors out of olive wood. Each door was one-fifth of the width of the Most Holy Room. 32On the two olive wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers. He covered the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. 33In the same way he made olive wood doorposts for the entrance to the main hall. Each doorpost was one-fourth of the width of the hall. 34He also made two doors out of juniper wood. Each door had two parts. They turned in bases shaped like cups. 35He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on the doors. He covered the doors with gold. He hammered the gold evenly over the carvings.
36He used blocks of stone to build a wall around the inside courtyard. The first three layers of the wall were made out of stone. The top layer was made out of beautiful cedar wood.
37The foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid in Solomon’s fourth year. It was in the month of Ziv. 38The temple was finished in his 11th year. It was in the month of Bul. That was the eighth month. Everything was finished just as the plans required. Solomon had spent seven years building the temple.
Solomoni kọ́ ilé náà
16.1-28: 2Ki 3.1-13; Ap 7.47.Ní ìgbà tí ó pe ọ̀rìnlénírinwó ọdún (480) lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ti jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, ní ọdún kẹrin ìjọba Solomoni lórí Israẹli, ní oṣù Sifi, tí ń ṣe oṣù kejì, ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí kọ́ ilé Olúwa.
2Ilé náà tí Solomoni ọba kọ́ fún Olúwa sì jẹ́ ọgọ́ta ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní gígùn, ogún ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní ìbú àti ọgbọ̀n ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní gíga. 3Ìloro níwájú tẹmpili ilé náà, ogún ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní gígùn rẹ̀, ìbú ilé náà, ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́wàá láti iwájú ilé náà. 4Ó sì ṣe fèrèsé tí kò fẹ̀ fún ilé náà. 5Lára ògiri ilé náà ni ó bu yàrá yíká; àti tẹmpili àti ibi mímọ́ jùlọ ni ó sì ṣe yàrá yíká. 6Yàrá ìsàlẹ̀ sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ márùn-ún ní ìbú, ti àárín sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́fà ní ìbú, àti ẹ̀kẹta ìgbọ̀nwọ́ méje sì ni ìbú rẹ̀. Nítorí lóde ilé náà ni ó dín ìgbọ̀nwọ́ kọ̀ọ̀kan káàkiri, kí igi àjà kí ó má ba à wọ inú ògiri ilé náà.
7Ní kíkọ́ ilé náà, òkúta tí a ti gbẹ́ sílẹ̀ kí a tó mú un wá ibẹ̀ nìkan ni a lò, a kò sì gbúròó òòlù tàbí àáké tàbí ohun èlò irin kan nígbà tí a ń kọ́ ọ lọ́wọ́.
8Ẹnu-ọ̀nà yàrá ìsàlẹ̀ sì wà ní ìhà gúúsù ilé náà; wọ́n sì fi àtẹ̀gùn tí ó lórí gòkè sínú yàrá àárín, àti láti yàrá àárín bọ́ sínú ẹ̀kẹta. 9Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó kọ́ ilé náà, ó sì parí rẹ̀, ó sì bo ilé náà pẹ̀lú àwọn ìtí igi àti pákó kedari. 10Ó sì kọ́ yàrá ẹ̀gbẹ́ sí gbogbo ilé náà. Gígùn ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ márùn-ún, ó sì so wọ́n mọ́ ilé náà pẹ̀lú ìtì igi kedari.
11Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ Solomoni wá wí pé: 12“Ní ti ilé yìí tí ìwọ ń kọ́ lọ́wọ́, bí ìwọ bá tẹ̀lé àṣẹ mi, tí ìwọ sì ṣe ìdájọ́ mi, tí o sì pa òfin mi mọ́ láti máa ṣe wọ́n, Èmi yóò mú ìlérí tí mo ti ṣe fún Dafidi baba rẹ̀ ṣẹ nípa rẹ̀. 13Èmi yóò sì máa gbé àárín àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, èmi kì ó sì kọ Israẹli ènìyàn mi.”
14Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Solomoni kọ́ ilé náà, ó sì parí rẹ̀. 15Ó sì fi pákó kedari tẹ́ ògiri ilé náà nínú, láti ilẹ̀ ilé náà dé àjà rẹ̀, ó fi igi bò wọ́n nínú, ó sì fi pákó firi tẹ́ ilẹ̀ ilé náà. 16Ó pín ogún ìgbọ̀nwọ́ sí ẹ̀yìn ilé náà, láti ilẹ̀ dé àjà ilé ni ó fi pákó kedari kọ́, èyí ni ó kọ sínú, fún ibi tí a yà sí mímọ́ àní ibi mímọ́ jùlọ. 17Ní iwájú ilé náà, ogójì (40) ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ni gígùn rẹ̀ jẹ́. 18Inú ilé náà sì jẹ́ kedari, wọ́n ṣe iṣẹ́ ọnà rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìrudí àti ìtànná. Gbogbo rẹ̀ sì jẹ́ kedari; a kò sì rí òkúta kan níbẹ̀.
19Ó sì múra ibi mímọ́ jùlọ sílẹ̀ nínú ilé náà láti gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa ka ibẹ̀. 20Inú ibi mímọ́ náà sì jẹ́ ogún (20) ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní gígùn, ogún ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní ìbú, àti ogún ìgbọ̀nwọ́ ní gíga. Ó sì fi kìkì wúrà bo inú rẹ̀ ó sì fi igi kedari bo pẹpẹ rẹ̀. 21Solomoni sì fi kìkì wúrà bo inú ilé náà, ó sì tan ẹ̀wọ̀n wúrà dé ojú ibi mímọ́ jùlọ, ó sì fi wúrà bò ó. 22Gbogbo ilé náà ni ó fi wúrà bò títí ó fi parí gbogbo ilé náà, àti gbogbo pẹpẹ tí ó wà níhà ibi mímọ́ jùlọ, ni ó fi wúrà bò.
23Ní inú ibi mímọ́ jùlọ ni ó fi igi olifi ṣe kérúbù méjì, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́wàá ní gíga. 24Apá kérúbù kìn-ín-ní sì jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ márùn-ún ní gíga, àti apá kérúbù kejì ìgbọ̀nwọ́ márùn-ún; ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́wàá láti ṣóńṣó apá kan dé ṣóńṣó apá kejì. 25Ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́wàá sì ni kérúbù kejì pẹ̀lú, nítorí kérúbù méjèèjì jọ ara wọn ní ìwọ̀n ní títóbi àti títẹ̀wọ̀n bákan náà. 26Gíga kérúbù kọ̀ọ̀kan jẹ́ ìgbọ̀nwọ́ mẹ́wàá. 27Ó sì gbé àwọn kérúbù náà sínú ilé ti inú lọ́hùn ún, pẹ̀lú ìyẹ́ apá wọn ní nínà jáde. Ìyẹ́ apá kérúbù kan sì kan ògiri kan, nígbà tí ìyẹ́ apá èkejì sì kan ògiri kejì, ìyẹ́ apá wọn sì kan ara wọn láàrín yàrá náà. 28Ó sì fi wúrà bo àwọn kérúbù náà.
29Lára àwọn ògiri tí ó yí ilé náà ká, nínú àti lóde, ó sì ya àwòrán àwọn kérúbù sí i àti ti igi ọ̀pẹ, àti ti ìtànná ewéko. 30Ó sì tún fi wúrà tẹ́ ilẹ̀ ilé náà nínú àti lóde.
31Nítorí ojú ọ̀nà ibi mímọ́ jùlọ ni ó ṣe ìlẹ̀kùn igi olifi sí pẹ̀lú àtẹ́rígbà àti òpó ìhà jẹ́ ìdámárùn-ún ògiri. 32Àti lára ìlẹ̀kùn igi olifi náà ni ó ya àwòrán àwọn kérúbù, igi ọ̀pẹ àti ti ìtànná ewéko sí, ó sì fi wúrà bò wọ́n, ó sì tan wúrà sí ara àwọn kérúbù àti sí ara igi ọ̀pẹ. 33Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó sì ṣe òpó igi olifi onígun mẹ́rin fún ìlẹ̀kùn ilé náà. 34Ó sì tún fi igi firi ṣe ìlẹ̀kùn méjì, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn sì ní ewé méjì tí ó yí sí ihò ìtẹ̀bọ̀. 35Ó sì ya àwòrán kérúbù, àti ti igi ọ̀pẹ àti ti ìtànná ewéko sí ara wọn, ó sì fi wúrà bò ó, èyí tí ó tẹ́ sórí ibi tí ó gbẹ́.
36Ó sì fi ẹsẹẹsẹ òkúta mẹ́ta gbígbẹ, àti ẹsẹ̀ kan ìtí kedari kọ́ àgbàlá ti inú lọ́hùn ún.
37Ní ọdún kẹrin ni a fi ìpìlẹ̀ ilé Olúwa lé ilẹ̀, ní oṣù Sifi. 38Ní ọdún kọkànlá ní oṣù Bulu, oṣù kẹjọ, a sì parí ilé náà jálẹ̀ jálẹ̀, pẹ̀lú gbogbo ìpín rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo èyí tí ó yẹ. Ó sì lo ọdún méje ní kíkọ́ ilé náà.
