Liber II Paralipomenon, 4

1. Fecit quoque altare aeneum viginti cubitorum longitudinis et viginti cubitorum latitudinis et decem cubitorum

1. He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2. altitudinis. Mare etiam fusile decem cubitis a labio usque ad labium rotundum per circuitum; quinque cubitos habebat altitudinis, et funiculus triginta cubitorum ambiebat gyrum eius.

2. Then he made the molten sea; it was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.

3. Similitudo quoque boum erat subter illud, in circuitu circumdabant illud — decem cubitis — duobus versibus alvum maris circuibant boves fusiles in una fusione cum mari.

3. Under it were figures of gourds, for thirty cubits, compassing the sea round about; the gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.

4. Et ipsum mare super duodecim boves impositum erat, quorum tres respiciebant aquilonem et alii tres occidentem, porro tres alii meridiem et tres, qui reliqui erant, orientem habentes mare superpositum; posteriora autem boum erant intrinsecus sub mari.

4. It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; the sea was set upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

5. Porro vastitas eius habebat mensuram palmi, et labium illius erat quasi labium calicis vel repandi lilii; capiebatque tria milia batos.

5. Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held over three thousand baths.

6. Fecit quoque luteres decem et posuit quinque a dextris et quinque a sinistris, ut lavarent in eis omnia, quae in holocaustum oblaturi erant; porro in mari sacerdotes lavabantur.

6. He also made ten lavers in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7. Fecit autem et candelabra aurea decem secundum speciem, qua iussa erant fieri, et posuit ea in templo quinque a dextris et quinque a sinistris.

7. And he made ten golden lampstands as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

8. Necnon et mensas decem, et posuit eas in templo quinque a dextris et quinque a sinistris; phialas quoque aureas centum.

8. He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

9. Fecit etiam atrium sacerdotum et atrium grande et ostia in atrio, quae texit aere.

9. He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze;

10. Porro mare posuit in latere dextro contra orientem ad meridiem.

10. and he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

11. Fecit autem Hiram lebetes et vatilla et phialas et complevit omne opus regis Salomonis in domo Dei;

11. Huram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God:

12. hoc est columnas duas et globos et capitella super caput columnarum duarum et serta duo, quae tegerent globos capitellorum;

12. the two pillars, the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;

13. malogranata quoque quadringenta et serta duo, ita ut bini ordines malogranatorum singulis sertis iungerentur, quae protegerent globos capitellorum columnarum.

13. and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars.

14. Bases etiam fecit et luteres, quos superposuit basibus,

14. He made the stands also, and the lavers upon the stands,

15. mare unum, boves quoque duodecim sub mari;

15. and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it.

16. et lebetes et vatilla et fuscinulas: omnia vasa fecit regi Salomoni Hiram magister eius pro domo Domini ex aere mundissimo.

16. The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.

17. In regione Iordanis fudit ea rex in argillosa terra inter Succoth et Saredatha.

17. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zer'edah.

18. Fecitque Salomon multitudinem vasorum innumerabilem, ita ut ignoraretur pondus aeris.

18. Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.

19. Fecitque Salomon omnia vasa domus Dei et altare aureum et mensas et super eas panes propositionis;

19. So Solomon made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,

20. candelabra quoque cum lucernis suis, ut lucerent ante Dabir iuxta ritum, ex auro purissimo,

20. the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

21. et florem et lucernas et forcipes aureos: omnia de auro perfectissimo facta sunt;

21. the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;

22. cultros quoque et phialas et sartagines et turibula ex auro purissimo. Et ostia templi interiora in sancta sanctorum et ostia templi forinsecus aurea.

22. the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; and the sockets of the temple, for the inner doors to the most holy place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.