Solomon Builds the Temple
1Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah3:1 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David. 2He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
3The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide3:3 That is, about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide or about 27 meters long and 9 meters wide (using the cubit of the old standard). 4The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits3:4 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters; also in verses 8, 11 and 13 long across the width of the building and twenty3:4 Some Septuagint and Syriac manuscripts; Hebrew and a hundred and twenty cubits high.
He overlaid the inside with pure gold. 5He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs. 6He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim. 7He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
8He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents3:8 That is, about 23 tons or about 21 metric tons of fine gold. 9The gold nails weighed fifty shekels.3:9 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
10For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. 11The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits3:11 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 15 long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. 12Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub. 13The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.3:13 Or facing inward
14He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.
15For the front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits3:15 That is, about 53 feet or about 16 meters long, each with a capital five cubits high. 16He made interwoven chains3:16 Or possibly made chains in the inner sanctuary; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. and put them on top of the pillars. He also made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains. 17He erected the pillars in the front of the temple, one to the south and one to the north. The one to the south he named Jakin3:17 Jakin probably means he establishes. and the one to the north Boaz.3:17 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
Solomoni Gwaka Hekarũ
13:1 Atũm 7:47; Kĩam 28:17Hĩndĩ ĩyo Solomoni akĩambĩrĩria gwaka hekarũ ya Jehova kũu Jerusalemu Kĩrĩma-inĩ kĩa Moria,3:1 Ũyũ noguo mũhari thĩinĩ wa Kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa Gĩkũrũ wonanĩtie atĩ Kĩrĩma gĩa Zayuni no kĩo Kĩrĩma kĩa Moria harĩa Iburahĩmu aathiire kũruta mũriũ Isaaka igongona. harĩa Jehova oimĩrĩire ithe Daudi. Hau nĩho kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kĩa Arauna ũrĩa Mũjebusi, handũ harĩa Daudi aaheanĩte hekarũ ĩgaakwo. 23:2 Ezar 5:11Aambĩrĩirie gwaka mũthenya wa ĩĩrĩ wa mweri wa keerĩ, mwaka wa ĩna wa ũthamaki wake.
33:3 Ezek 41:2Mũthingi ũrĩa Solomoni eenjire nĩ ũndũ wa gwaka hekarũ ya Ngai warĩ mĩkono mĩrongo ĩtandatũ3:3 nĩ ta mita 27 kũraiha na mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ3:3 nĩ ta mita 9; o na mũhari 4, na 8, na 11, na 13 kwarama, gũgĩtũmĩrwo mĩkono ya gĩthimo gĩa tene. 4Nakĩo gĩthaku kĩrĩa kĩarĩ hau mbere ya hekarũ kĩarĩ kĩa mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ kũraiha, gĩkĩranĩtie wariĩ wa nyũmba ĩyo, na mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ kũraiha na igũrũ.
Mwena wa thĩinĩ wakĩo akĩũgemia na thahabu ĩrĩa therie. 5Akĩhũũrĩra nyũmba ĩrĩa nene mbaũ cia mĩthengera na agĩcihumbĩra na thahabu ĩrĩa njega mũno, na akĩmĩgemia na mĩcoro ya mĩkĩndũ na mĩcoro ya irengeeri. 6Aagemirie hekarũ na tũhiga twa goro. Nayo thahabu ĩrĩa aahũthĩrire yarĩ thahabu ya Paravaimu. 73:7 Kĩam 3:24; Ezek 41:18Nacio mbaũ cia mĩratho, na buremu cia mĩrango, na thingo, na mĩrango ya hekarũ, agĩcigemia na thahabu, na agĩkururithia mĩhiano ya makerubi thingo-inĩ.
8Ningĩ Solomoni agĩaka Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno, ũraihu waho waringaine na wariĩ wa hekarũ, mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ kũraiha na mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ kwarama. Akĩgemia thĩinĩ waho na taranda 6003:8 nĩ ta tani 21 cia thahabu ĩrĩa njega mũno. 9Ũritũ wa mĩcumarĩ ya thahabu warĩ wa cekeri mĩrongo ĩtano.3:9 nĩ ta nuthu kilo Ningĩ agĩcooka akĩgemia mĩena ya na igũrũ ya hau Hatheru-Mũno na thahabu.
103:10 Thaam 25:18Thĩinĩ wa Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno nĩakururithirie makerubi meerĩ na akĩmagemia na thahabu. 11Ũraihu wa mathagu ma makerubi wothe warĩ mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ. Ithagu rĩmwe rĩa ikerubi rĩa mbere rĩarĩ rĩa mĩkono ĩtano3:11 nĩ ta mita igĩrĩ na robo (2.25) kũraiha na rĩkahutia rũthingo rwa hekarũ, narĩo ithagu rĩu rĩngĩ o narĩo rĩarĩ rĩa mĩkono ĩtano kũraiha na rĩkahutia ithagu rĩa ikerubi rĩu rĩngĩ. 12O narĩo ithagu rĩmwe rĩa ikerubi rĩa keerĩ rĩarĩ na ũraihu wa mĩkono ĩtano na rĩkahutia rũthingo rũu rũngĩ rwa hekarũ, na ithagu rĩu rĩngĩ rĩarĩo o narĩo rĩarĩ na ũraihu wa mĩkono ĩtano na rĩkahutia ithagu rĩa ikerubi rĩa mbere. 13Mathagu ma makerubi maya maarĩ na ũraihu wa mĩkono mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ. Maicũhĩtio marũgamĩte na magũrũ, na mangʼetheire nyũmba nene.
143:14 Thaam 26:31, 33; Kĩam 3:24Solomoni nĩathondekire gĩtambaya gĩa gũcuurio kĩa ndigi cia rangi wa bururu, na cia rangi wa ndathi na cia rangi mũtune ta gakarakũ na gĩa gatani ĩrĩa njega, na mĩhiano ya makerubi nĩyatumĩrĩirwo gĩtambaya-inĩ kĩu.
153:15 1Ath 7:15; Kũg 3:12Mwena wa mbere wa hekarũ agĩaka itugĩ igĩrĩ, na cierĩ ciarĩ na ũraihu wa mĩkono mĩrongo ĩtatũ na ĩtano;3:15 nĩ ta mita 16 o gĩtugĩ kĩarĩ na kĩongo igũrũ rĩakĩo kĩa mũigana wa mĩkono ĩtano. 163:16 1Ath 7:20Nĩathondekire irengeeri igathĩkanĩtio, na agĩciigĩrĩra igũrũ rĩa itugĩ icio. Ningĩ nĩathondekire mĩhiano igana rĩmwe ya matunda ma makomamanga na akĩmĩnyiitithania na irengeeri icio ciagathĩkanĩtio. 17Aakire itugĩ icio mwena wa mbere wa hekarũ, kĩmwe mwena wa gũthini, na kĩrĩa kĩngĩ mwena wa gathigathini. Kĩa mwena wa gũthini agĩgĩĩta Jakini, na kĩa mwena wa gathigathini agĩgĩĩta Boazu.
