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Sulaymaan Oo Qasrigiisii Dhisay

Oo Sulaymaan gurigiisana wuxuu dhisayay saddex iyo toban sannadood, oo gurigiisii oo dhanna wuu dhammeeyey. Waayo, guriga wuxuu ka dhisay geedihii Lubnaan, oo dhererkiisu wuxuu ahaa boqol dhudhun, ballaadhkiisuna wuxuu ahaa konton dhudhun, sarajooggiisuna wuxuu ahaa soddon dhudhun, oo wuxuu ku dul taagnaa afar saf oo tiirar kedar ah, oo tiirarkana waxaa dul saarnaa alwaax waaweyn oo kedar ah. Oo waxaa ku dednaa qoryo kedar ah oo ka sarreeya shan iyo afartanka loox oo tiirarka dul saarnaa, ee shan iyo tobanba saf ahaayeen. Oo wuxuu lahaa saddex saf oo dariishado ah, oo saddexda saf iftiinkooduna midba mid buu ka soo hor jeeday. Oo albaabbada oo dhan iyo dariishadaha oo dhammu waxay wada ahaayeen afargees, oo saddexda saf iftiinkooduna midba mid buu ka soo hor jeeday. Oo wuxuu sameeyey balbalo tiirar ah; oo dhererkeedu wuxuu ahaa konton dhudhun, ballaadhkeeduna wuxuu ahaa soddon dhudhun, oo balbalona waa ka horraysay, iyadoo leh tiirar iyo looxyo balballaadhan. Oo wuxuu kaloo sameeyey balbaladii carshiga oo ahayd meeshii uu wax ku xukumi lahaa, oo taasu waxay ahayd balbaladii xukunka; oo dhulkeedana waxaa ku dednaa alwaax kedar ah. Oo gurigiisii uu degi lahaana wuxuu ku yiil balbalada barxaddeeda kale, oo isku si baana loo dhisay. Oo guri balbaladan u eg ayuu u dhisay gabadhii Fircoon (oo Sulaymaan guursaday). Oo kuwanu dhammaantood waxay ahaayeen dhagxan qaali ah oo qiyaas loo qoray, oo kor iyo hoosba miinshaaro lagu gooyay tan iyo salka iyo baarka, oo dibadduna saasay ahayd tan iyo barxadda weyn. 10 Oo aasaaskuna wuxuu ahaa dhagxan qaali ah oo waaweyn, oo qaarna waxay ahaayeen toban dhudhun, qaarna waxay ahaayeen siddeed dhudhun. 11 Oo korkana waxaa jiray dhagxan qaali ah oo qiyaas loo qoray, iyo alwaax kedar ah. 12 Oo barxadda weyn ee ku wareegsanna waxay lahayd saddex saf oo dhagxan qoran ah, iyo saf ah looxyo waaweyn oo kedar ah, oo waxay la mid ahayd guriga Rabbiga barxaddiisa hoose iyo sida balbalada guriga.

Alaabtii Macbudka

13 Oo Boqor Sulaymaanna Xiiraam cid buu u diray oo Turos ka soo kexeeyey. 14 Oo Xiiraam waxaa dhashay naag carmal ah oo qabiilkeedu yahay reer Naftaali, aabbihiisna wuxuu ahaa nin reer Turos ah, oo naxaasta ka shaqayn jiray, Xiiraamna waxaa ka buuxay xigmad, iyo waxgarasho, iyo sanco uu ku sameeyo shuqul kasta oo naxaas laga qabto. Oo Boqor Sulaymaan buu u yimid oo shuqulkiisii oo dhan u sameeyey. 15 Wuxuu sameeyey labada tiir oo naxaasta ah, oo midkiiba sarajooggiisu yahay siddeed iyo toban dhudhun; meeriskiisuna yahay laba iyo toban dhudhun markii xadhig lagu qiyaaso. 16 Wuxuuna sameeyey laba taaj oo naxaas la shubay ah in la saaro tiirarkii dhaladooda. Oo taaj sarajooggiisu wuxuu ahaa shan dhudhun, oo taajka kale sarajooggiisuna wuxuu ahaa shan dhudhun. 17 Oo taajajka tiirarka dhaladooda saarnaa waxay lahaayeen shabagyo isa sudhsudhan, iyo silsilado tidcan, oo taaj wuxuu lahaa toddoba, taajka kalena wuxuu lahaa toddoba. 18 Oo saasuu u sameeyey tiirarkii; oo shabaggiiba waxaa kor saarnaa laba saf oo ku wareegsan inay dedaan taajajka tiirarka kor saaran; oo taajkii kalena saasoo kaluu u galay. 19 Oo balbalada tiirarkeedii taajajkoodii saarnaa waxay u ekaayeen ubax, afar dhudhun bayna ahaayeen. 20 Oo taajajkii labadii tiir saarnaa dushooda oo shabagga u dhowaana waxay lahaayeen rummaanno. Oo rummaannadu waxay ahaayeen laba boqol oo taajkiiba safaf ugu wareegsan. 21 Oo tiirarkiina wuxuu qotomiyey balbaladii macbudka; oo tiirkii midigta ahaa intuu qotomiyey ayuu magiciisii u bixiyey Yaakiin, tiirkii bidixda ahaana intuu qotomiyey ayuu u bixiyey Bocas. 22 Oo tiirarka korkoodana waxaa saarnaa wax ubax u eg, oo tiirarka hawshoodiina saasay ku dhammaatay. 23 Oo wuxuu sameeyey berkedda naxaasta ah, oo labadeeda qar isu jiraan toban dhudhun, oo ku wada wareegsan, oo sarajooggeeduna wuxuu ahaa shan dhudhun, oo meeriskeeduna wuxuu ahaa soddon dhudhun. 24 Oo berkedda qarkeedii wareegsanaa waxaa ku hoos yiil ubbooyin ku wareegsan berkedda, dhudhunba toban; oo ubbooyinku waxay ahaayeen laba saf, oo markii berkeddii la shubay ayaa iyana la shubay. 25 Oo berkeddu waxay dul saarnayd laba iyo toban dibi, oo saddex waxay u jeedday xagga woqooyi, saddexna waxay u jeedday xagga galbeed, saddexna waxay u jeedday xagga koonfureed, saddexna waxay u jeedday xagga bari; berkeddiina way dul saarnayd, oo dibidii kulligoodna qarkooda dambe wuxuu ku jiray gudaha. 26 Oo berkeddii dhumucdeedu waxay ahayd taako; qarkeedana waxaa loo sameeyey sidii koob qarkiis oo kale oo ubax u ekaa; oo waxay qaadday laba kun oo qiyaasood oo bad la yidhaahdo. 27 Oo wuxuu sameeyey toban saldhig oo naxaas ah, oo saldhig kasta dhererkiisu wuxuu ahaa afar dhudhun, ballaadhkiisuna wuxuu ahaa afar dhudhun, sarajooggiisuna wuxuu ahaa saddex dhudhun. 28 Oo saldhigyadana sidan baa loo sameeyey; darfaha dhexdooda waxay ku lahaayeen meelo dhexe. 29 Oo darfaha meelaha u dhexeeyeyna waxaa ku yiil libaaxyo, iyo dibiyo, iyo keruubiim, oo darfaha korkoodana waxaa ku yiil meel la saaro; oo libaaxyada iyo dibiyada hoostoodana waxaa ku yiil ubaxyo ka soo laalaada. 30 Oo saldhig kastaaba wuxuu lahaa afar giraangirood oo naxaas ah, iyo ulo naxaas ah oo giraangiraha wareejiya; oo afarta rukunna waxay ku lahaayeen meelo haya; oo berkeddii hoosteeda ayaa meelihii hayay oo shubanu ku yiilleen iyagoo dhinac kasta ku leh ubaxyo ka laalaada. 31 Oo afkeeda oo qarka ku dhex jira wuxuu ahaa dhudhun; oo afkeeduna wuu wareegsanaa, oo wuxuu u ekaa sida meesha haysa, wuxuuna ahaa dhudhun iyo badh; oo weliba afkeedu waa xardhanaa oo darfahooduna afargees bay ahaayeen oo ma wareegsanayn. 32 Oo afarta giraangiroodna waxay ku yiilleen darfaha hoostooda, oo ulaha giraangiraha wareejiyaana waxay ku yiilleen salka hoose; oo giraangir kastana sarajooggeedu wuxuu ahaa dhudhun iyo badh. 33 Oo giraangiruhuna waxay u ekaayeen sidii gaadhifaras giraangirihiis; oo ulahooda wareejiya, iyo qararkooda, iyo birahooda gudban, iyo dhexbadhtanadoodaba kulligood shub bay ahaayeen. 34 Oo afarta geesna waxay ku lahaayeen afar meelood oo haya, oo afarta meelood oo hayaana waxay ka mid ahaayeen saldhigga qudhiisii. 35 Oo saldhigga dushiisana waxaa tiil meel wareegsan oo sarajooggeedu yahay dhudhun badhkiis; oo saldhigga korkiisa siddooyinkiisa iyo darfihiisuba isagay ku yiilleen. 36 Oo siddooyinkiisa iyo darfihiisa dushooda wuxuu ku xardhay keruubiim, iyo libaaxyo, iyo geedo timireed sidii mid kasta meeshiisii bannaanayd ahayd, iyagoo mid kasta ubaxyo laalaada ku wareegsan yihiin. 37 Oo tobankii saldhigna saasuu u sameeyey; oo kulligoodna isku si baa loo shubay, oo isku qiyaas bay ahaayeen iyo isku qaab. 38 Oo wuxuu sameeyey toban berkedood oo naxaas ah; oo berkedba waxay qaadday afartan bad; oo berked kastaaba waxay ahayd afar dhudhun; oo tobankii saldhigna mid kasta berked baa saarnayd. 39 Oo saldhigyadii shanna wuxuu dhigay guriga dhankiisa midig, shantii kalena wuxuu dhigay guriga dhankiisa bidix; oo berkeddii weynaydna wuxuu dhigay guriga dhankiisa midig ee xagga bari ee dhinaca koonfureed. 40 Oo Xiiraam wuxuu wada sameeyey berkedihii, iyo majarafadihii, iyo maddiibadihii. Oo sidaasuu Xiiraam u dhammeeyey shuqulkii uu Boqor Sulaymaan ugu sameeyey guriga Rabbiga, 41 kaasoo ahaa labadii tiir, iyo labadii fijaan oo taajajkii tiirarka kor saarnaa, iyo labadii shabag oo ku dednaa labada fijaan oo taajajkii tiirarka kor saarnaa, 42 iyo afartii boqol oo rummaan ee labadii shabag lahaayeen, oo shabag kastaa wuxuu lahaa laba saf oo rummaan ah si ay u dedaan labadii fijaan ee taajajkii tiirarka kor saarnaa; 43 iyo tobankii saldhig, iyo tobankii berkedood ee saldhigyada dul saarnaa, 44 iyo berkeddii weynayd, iyo laba iyo tobankii dibi ee berkedda weyn ka hooseeyey, 45 iyo dheryihii, iyo majarafadihii, iyo maddiibadihii; oo dhammaan weelashan gurigii Rabbiga yiil ee uu Xiiraam Boqor Sulaymaan u sameeyey waxay ahaayeen naxaas dhalaasha. 46 Oo boqorku wuxuu alaabtaas ku shubay Bannaankii Webi Urdun oo dhoobada lahaa ee u dhexeeyey Sukod iyo Saaretaan. 47 Oo Sulaymaanna weelashii oo dhan ma uu miisaamin, maxaa yeelay, aad iyo aad bay u badnaayeen; oo naxaasta miisaankeeda lama hubin. 48 Oo Sulaymaan baa sameeyey alaabtii guriga Rabbiga tiil oo dhan, kuwaasoo ahaa girgirihii dahabka ahaa, iyo miiskii ay kibistii tusniinta saarnayd oo dahabka ahaa; 49 iyo laambadihii ahaa dahabka saafiga ah oo meesha ugu quduusan horteeda yiil, ee shanu midigta ka tiil, shanuna bidixda, iyo ubaxyadii iyo laambadihii, iyo birqaabyadii ee dahabka wada ahaa; 50 iyo koobabkii, iyo alaabta laambadihii lagu safeeya, iyo maddiibadihii, iyo malgacadihii, iyo idammadii ee dahabka saafiga ah wada ahaa, iyo birihii albaabbada guriga hoose ee ah meesha ugu wada quduusan iyo guriga macbudka ah albaabbadiisa oo dhan ee dahabka wada ah. 51 Oo saasuu ku wada dhammaaday shuqulkii uu Boqor Sulaymaan ku sameeyey guriga Rabbiga. Oo Sulaymaanna wuxuu soo geliyey alaabtii aabbihiis Daa'uud quduuska ka dhigay ee ahayd lacagtii, iyo dahabkii, iyo weelashii, oo wuxuu ku riday khasnadihii guriga Rabbiga.

Solomon Builds His Palace

It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace.(A) He built the Palace(B) of the Forest of Lebanon(C) a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[a] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.[b]

He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide.[c] In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof.

He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge,(D) and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling.[d](E) And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.(F)

All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. 10 The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits[e] and some eight.[f] 11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. 12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses(G) of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the Lord with its portico.

The Temple’s Furnishings(H)(I)

13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram,[g](J) 14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom,(K) with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all(L) the work assigned to him.

15 He cast two bronze pillars,(M) each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.[h] 16 He also made two capitals(N) of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits[i] high. 17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. 18 He made pomegranates in two rows[j] encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars.[k] He did the same for each capital. 19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits[l] high. 20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates(O) in rows all around. 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin[m] and the one to the north Boaz.[n](P) 22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars(Q) was completed.

23 He made the Sea(R) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line(S) of thirty cubits[o] to measure around it. 24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls,(T) 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. 26 It was a handbreadth[p] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.[q]

27 He also made ten movable stands(U) of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[r] 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. 29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. 30 Each stand(V) had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. 31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit[s] deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half.[t] Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. 32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. 35 At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit[u] deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. 36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. 37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.

38 He then made ten bronze basins,(W) each holding forty baths[v] and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. 39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. 40 He also made the pots[w] and shovels and sprinkling bowls.(X)

So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the Lord:

41 the 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;

42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals(Y) on top of the pillars);

43 the ten stands with their ten basins;

44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;

45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls.(Z)

All these objects that Huram(AA) made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of burnished bronze. 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain(AB) of the Jordan between Sukkoth(AC) and Zarethan.(AD) 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed,(AE) because there were so many;(AF) the weight of the bronze(AG) was not determined.

48 Solomon also made all(AH) the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple:

the golden altar;

the golden table(AI) on which was the bread of the Presence;(AJ)

49 the lampstands(AK) of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary);

the gold floral work and lamps and tongs;

50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes(AL) and censers;(AM)

and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated(AN)—the silver and gold and the furnishings(AO)—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:2 That is, about 150 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 45 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
  2. 1 Kings 7:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
  3. 1 Kings 7:6 That is, about 75 feet long and 45 feet wide or about 23 meters long and 14 meters wide
  4. 1 Kings 7:7 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew floor
  5. 1 Kings 7:10 That is, about 15 feet or about 4.5 meters; also in verse 23
  6. 1 Kings 7:10 That is, about 12 feet or about 3.6 meters
  7. 1 Kings 7:13 Hebrew Hiram, a variant of Huram; also in verses 40 and 45
  8. 1 Kings 7:15 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference
  9. 1 Kings 7:16 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters; also in verse 23
  10. 1 Kings 7:18 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts made the pillars, and there were two rows
  11. 1 Kings 7:18 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts pomegranates
  12. 1 Kings 7:19 That is, about 6 feet or about 1.8 meters; also in verse 38
  13. 1 Kings 7:21 Jakin probably means he establishes.
  14. 1 Kings 7:21 Boaz probably means in him is strength.
  15. 1 Kings 7:23 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
  16. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
  17. 1 Kings 7:26 That is, about 12,000 gallons or about 44,000 liters; the Septuagint does not have this sentence.
  18. 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
  19. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  20. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 2 1/4 feet or about 68 centimeters; also in verse 32
  21. 1 Kings 7:35 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters
  22. 1 Kings 7:38 That is, about 240 gallons or about 880 liters
  23. 1 Kings 7:40 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate (see also verse 45 and 2 Chron. 4:11); many other Hebrew manuscripts basins