Liber I Regum, 6
1. Factum est igitur quadringente simo et octogesimo anno egres sionis filiorum Israel de terra Aegypti, in anno quarto, mense Ziv — ipse est mensis secundus — regni Salomonis super Israel, aedificare coepit domum Domino.
1. In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
2. Domus autem, quam aedificabat rex Salomon Domino, habebat sexaginta cubitos in longitudine et viginti cubitos in latitudine et triginta cubitos in altitudine.
2. The house which King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
3. Et porticus erat ante templum viginti cubitorum longitudinis iuxta mensuram latitudinis templi et habebat decem cubitos latitudinis ante faciem templi.
3. The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.
4. Fecitque in templo fenestras cum marginibus et cancellis.
4. And he made for the house windows with recessed frames.
5. Et aedificavit contra parietem templi tabulata per gyrum in parietibus domus per circuitum templi et Dabir et fecit latera in circuitu.
5. He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running round the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary; and he made side chambers all around.
6. Tabulatum, quod subter erat, quinque cubitos habebat latitudinis et medium tabulatum sex cubitorum latitudinis et tertium tabulatum septem habens cubitos latitudinis; gradus enim posuit in domo per circuitum forinsecus, ut non ingrederentur trabes in muros templi.
6. The lowest story was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
7. Domus autem cum aedificaretur, lapidibus dedolatis atque perfectis aedificata est; et malleus et securis et omne ferramentum non sunt audita in domo, cum aedificaretur.
7. When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry; so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the temple, while it was being built.
8. Ostium lateris inferioris in parte erat domus dextrae, et per cochleam ascendebant in medium latus et a medio in tertium.
8. The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house; and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
9. Et aedificavit domum et consummavit eam; texit quoque domum laquearibus cedrinis.
9. So he built the house, and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.
10. Aedificavit ergo stratum contra omnem domum quinque cubitis altitudinis et iunxit domui lignis cedrinis.
10. He built the structure against the whole house, each story five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.
11. Et factus est sermo Domini ad Salomonem dicens:
11. Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon,
12. “Domus haec, quam aedificas, si ambulaveris in praeceptis meis et iudicia mea feceris et custodieris omnia mandata mea gradiens per ea, firmabo sermonem meum tibi, quem locutus sum ad David patrem tuum;
12. "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
13. et habitabo in medio filiorum Israel et non derelinquam populum meum Israel”.
13. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel."
14. Igitur aedificavit Salomon domum et consummavit eam.
14. So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
15. Et aedificavit parietes domus intrinsecus tabulis cedrinis; a pavimento domus usque ad summitatem parietum et usque ad laquearia operuit lignis intrinsecus et texit pavimentum domus tabulis abiegnis.
15. He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
16. Aedificavitque viginti cubitorum a posteriore parte templi tabulis cedrinis a pavimento usque ad superiora; et fecit ei intrinsecus Dabir, id est sancta sanctorum.
16. He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the most holy place.
17. Porro quadraginta cubitorum erat ipsum templum ante illud.
17. The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.
18. Et cedrus in domo intrinsecus sculptas habebat colocynthidas et calices apertos florum. Omnia cedrinis tabulis vestiebantur, nec omnino lapis apparere poterat in pariete.
18. The cedar within the house was carved in the form of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.
19. Dabir autem in medio domus in interiori parte fecerat, ut poneret ibi arcam foederis Domini.
19. The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
20. Habebat viginti cubitos longitudinis et viginti cubitos latitudinis et viginti cubitos altitudinis; et vestivit illud auro purissimo et fecit altare cedrinum ante Dabir.
20. The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also made an altar of cedar.
21. Domum quoque operuit Salomon intrinsecus auro purissimo et posuit catenas aureas ante Dabir.
21. And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.
22. Nihilque erat in templo, quod non auro tegeretur; sed et totum altare Dabir texit auro.
22. And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
23. Et fecit in Dabir duos cherubim de lignis oleastri decem cubitorum altitudinis.
23. In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.
24. Quinque cubitorum ala cherub una et quinque cubitorum ala cherub altera, id est decem cubitos habentes a summitate alae unius usque ad alae alterius summitatem.
24. Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
25. Decem quoque cubitorum erat cherub secundus, mensura par et effigies una erat duobus cherubim;
25. The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.
26. altitudinem habebat unus cherub decem cubitorum et similiter cherub secundus.
26. The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
27. Posuitque cherubim in medio templi interioris; extendebant autem alas suas cherubim, et tangebat ala una parietem et ala cherub secundi tangebat parietem alterum; alae autem alterae in media parte templi se invicem contingebant.
27. He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house; and the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house.
28. Texit quoque cherubim auro.
28. And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
29. Et omnes parietes templi per circuitum scalpsit variis caelaturis; et fecit in eis cherubim et palmas et calices apertos florum intrinsecus et foras.
29. He carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.
30. Sed et pavimentum domus texit auro intrinsecus et extrinsecus.
30. The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.
31. Et pro ingressu Dabir fecit valvas de lignis oleastri postesque cum marginibus quinque.
31. For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts formed a pentagon.
32. Et in duabus valvis de lignis oleastri scalpsit cherubim et palmas et calices apertos florum et vestivit ea auro operiens tam cherubim quam palmas et cetera auro.
32. He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim and upon the palm trees.
33. Fecitque eodem modo pro introitu templi postes cum quattuor marginibus de lignis oleastri
33. So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,
34. et duas valvas de lignis abiegnis; et utraque valva duplex erat et versatilis.
34. and two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
35. Et scalpsit cherubim et palmas et calices apertos florum operuitque omnia laminis aureis.
35. On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied upon the carved work.
36. Et aedificavit atrium interius tribus ordinibus lapidum politorum et uno ordine lignorum cedri.
36. He built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone and one course of cedar beams.
37. Anno quarto fundata est domus Domini in mense Ziv;
37. In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv.
38. et in anno undecimo, mense Bul — ipse est mensis octavus — perfecta est domus in omni opere suo et in universis utensilibus; aedificavitque eam annis septem.
38. And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.
