Vifaa Vya Hekalu
(1 Wafalme 7:23-51)
14:1 Eze 43:13; Kut 27:1-2; 2Fal 16:14; 1Fal 9:25Mfalme Solomoni akatengeneza madhabahu ya shaba yenye urefu wa dhiraa ishirini,4:1 Dhiraa 20 ni sawa na mita 9. upana wa dhiraa ishirini na kimo chake dhiraa kumi.4:1 Dhiraa 10 ni sawa na mita 4.5. 24:2 Kut 30:18; Ufu 4:6; 15:2; 1Fal 7:23Akatengeneza Bahari ya kusubu, yenye umbo la mviringo, ya dhiraa kumi kutoka ukingo hadi ukingo na kimo cha dhiraa tano. Kamba ya urefu wa dhiraa thelathini4:2 Dhiraa 30 ni sawa na mita 13.5. ingeweza kuizunguka. 34:3 1Fal 7:24Chini ya huo ukingo, kulikuwa na mafahali kuizunguka, yaani mafahali kumi katika kila dhiraa moja.4:3 Dhiraa moja ni sawa na sentimita 45. Hayo mafahali waliyasubu katika safu mbili yakiwa ya kitu kimoja na hiyo Bahari.
44:4 Eze 48:30-34; Ufu 21:13Bahari hiyo ilikaa juu ya mafahali kumi na wawili, mafahali watatu walielekeza nyuso zao kaskazini, watatu magharibi, watatu kusini na watatu mashariki. Bahari hiyo ilikaa juu ya hao mafahali, nazo sehemu zao za nyuma zilielekeana. 54:5 1Fal 7:26Unene wake ulikuwa nyanda nne,4:5 Nyanda nne ni sawa na sentimita 7.5. na ukingo wake ulifanana na ukingo wa kikombe, kama ua la yungiyungi iliyochanua. Iliweza kuchukua bathi 3,000.4:5 Bathi 3,000 ni sawa na lita 60,000.
64:6 Kut 30:18; 1Fal 7:26; Ebr 9:9; 4:7Kisha akatengeneza masinia kumi kwa ajili ya kuoshea vifaa, naye akayaweka matano upande wa kusini na matano upande wa kaskazini. Ndani yake ndimo walioshea vifaa vya kutumika katika sadaka za kuteketezwa, lakini ile Bahari ilikuwa ni kwa ajili ya makuhani kunawia.
74:7 Kut 25:31, 40; 1Fal 7:49Akatengeneza vinara vya taa kumi vya dhahabu kama ilivyoainishwa kwao na kuviweka hekaluni, vinara vitano upande wa kusini na vitano upande wa kaskazini.
84:8 Kut 25:23; Hes 4:14; 1Fal 7:48-49Akatengeneza meza kumi na kuziweka hekaluni, tano upande wa kusini na tano upande wa kaskazini. Pia akatengeneza mabakuli 100 ya dhahabu ya kunyunyizia.
94:9 2Fal 21:5; 2Nya 33:5Akatengeneza ukumbi wa makuhani na ukumbi mwingine mkubwa na milango yake, naye akaifunika hiyo milango kwa shaba. 10Akaweka ile Bahari upande wa kusini, kwenye pembe ya kusini mashariki ya nyumba.
114:11 1Fal 7:14Pia akatengeneza masufuria, masepetu na mabakuli ya kunyunyizia.
Kwa hiyo Huramu akakamilisha kazi katika Hekalu la Mungu kama vile Mfalme Solomoni alikuwa amemwagiza, yaani:
12zile nguzo mbili;
yale mataji mawili yaliyokuwa juu ya hizo nguzo,
zile nyavu mbili za kupamba hayo mataji mawili yenye umbo la bakuli yaliyowekwa juu ya zile nguzo;
134:13 Yer 52:23; Wim 4:13; Kut 28:33-34; 1Fal 7:20yale makomamanga 400 kwa ajili ya hizo nyavu mbili (safu mbili za makomamanga kwa kila wavu yakipamba hayo mataji mawili yenye umbo la bakuli juu ya hizo nguzo);
144:14 1Fal 7:27-30vishikio pamoja na masinia yake;
15hiyo Bahari na hao mafahali kumi na wawili chini yake;
16pia hayo masufuria, masepetu, uma za nyama na vyombo vingine vyote vilivyohusiana.
Vitu vyote ambavyo Huramu-Abi alimtengenezea Mfalme Solomoni kwa ajili ya Hekalu la Bwana vilikuwa vya shaba iliyosuguliwa. 174:17 Mwa 33:17; 1Fal 7:46Mfalme aliagiza wavisubu vitu hivi kwenye kalibu za udongo wa mfinyanzi katika uwanda wa Yordani kati ya Sukothi na Sereda.4:17 Au Sarethani. 184:18 1Fal 7:23, 47Vitu hivi vyote Mfalme Solomoni alivyotengeneza vilikuwa vingi sana hivi kwamba uzito wa shaba haungekadirika.
194:19 Kut 25:23, 30; 2Fal 24:13; Dan 5:2-3; Yer 28:3; 1Nya 28:6Solomoni pia akatengeneza samani zote zilizokuwa ndani ya Hekalu la Mungu:
madhabahu ya dhahabu;
meza za kuweka mikate ya Wonyesho;
204:20 Kut 27:20-21vinara vya taa vya dhahabu safi pamoja na taa zake ili ziwake mbele ya sehemu takatifu ya ndani kama ilivyoelekezwa;
214:21 Kut 37:20; 1Fal 6:18-35; Kut 25:31maua ya dhahabu yaliyofanyizwa, taa na makoleo (vilikuwa vya dhahabu bora kabisa);
224:22 Hes 7:14; Law 10:1; 1Fal 6:21mikasi ya dhahabu safi, mabakuli ya kunyunyizia, masinia na vyetezo; milango ya dhahabu ya Hekalu: yaani milango ya ndani ya Patakatifu pa Patakatifu, na milango ya ukumbi mkuu.
The Temple’s Furnishings
1He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.4:1 That is, about 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high or about 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters 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 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters high. It took a line of thirty cubits4:2 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters to measure around it. 3Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.4:3 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters 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 toward the center. 5It was a handbreadth4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters 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 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters
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 southeast 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 molds 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.
