Solomon Builds the Temple
1 Four hundred and eighty years after the people of Israel left Egypt, during the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, the month of Ziv, Solomon began work on the Temple. 2 Inside it was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 3 The entrance room was 15 feet deep and 30 feet wide, as wide as the sanctuary itself. 4 The walls of the Temple had openings in them, narrower on the outside than on the inside. 5 Against the outside walls, on the sides and the back of the Temple, a three-storied annex was built, each story 7½ feet high. 6 Each room in the lowest story was 7½ feet wide, in the middle story 9 feet wide, and in the top story 10½ feet wide. The Temple wall on each floor was thinner than on the floor below, so that the rooms could rest on the wall without having their beams built into it.
7 The stones with which the Temple was built had been prepared at the quarry, so that there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was being built.
8 The entrance to the lowest story of the annex was on the south side of the Temple, with stairs leading up to the second and third stories. 9 So King Solomon finished building the Temple. He put in a ceiling made of beams and boards of cedar. 10 The three-storied annex, each story 7½ feet high, was built against the outside walls of the Temple, and was joined to them by cedar beams.
11 The Lord said to Solomon, 12 “If you obey all my laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised your father David. 13 I will live among my people Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never abandon them.”
14 So Solomon finished building the Temple.
The Interior Furnishings of the Temple
(2 Chronicles 3.8-14)15 The inside walls were covered with cedar panels from the floor to the ceiling, and the floor was made of pine. 16 An inner room, called the Most Holy Place, was built in the rear of the Temple. It was 30 feet long and was partitioned off by cedar boards reaching from the floor to the ceiling. 17 The room in front of the Most Holy Place was 60 feet long. 18 The cedar panels were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers; the whole interior was covered with cedar, so that the stones of the walls could not be seen.
19 In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the Lord's Covenant Box was to be placed. 20 This inner room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high, all covered with pure gold. The altar was covered with cedar panels. 21 The inside of the Temple was covered with gold, and gold chains were placed across the entrance of the inner room, which was also covered with gold. 22 The whole interior of the Temple was covered with gold, as well as the altar in the Most Holy Place.
23 Two winged creatures were made of olive wood and placed in the Most Holy Place, each one 15 feet tall. 24-26 Both were of the same size and shape. Each had two wings, each wing 7½ feet long, so that the distance from one wing tip to the other was 15 feet. 27 They were placed side by side in the Most Holy Place, so that two of their outstretched wings touched each other in the middle of the room, and the other two wings touched the walls. 28 The two winged creatures were covered with gold.
29 The walls of the main room and of the inner room were all decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. 30 Even the floor was covered with gold.
31 A double door made of olive wood was set in place at the entrance of the Most Holy Place; the top of the doorway was a pointed arch. 32 The doors were decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. The doors, the winged creatures, and the palm trees were covered with gold. 33 For the entrance to the main room a rectangular doorframe of olive wood was made. 34 There were two folding doors made of pine 35 and decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, which were evenly covered with gold.
36 An inner court was built in front of the Temple, enclosed with walls which had one layer of cedar beams for every three layers of stone.
37 The foundation of the Temple was laid in the second month, the month of Ziv, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign. 38 In the eighth month, the month of Bul, in the eleventh year of Solomon's reign, the Temple was completely finished exactly as it had been planned. It had taken Solomon seven years to build it.
Tempeli di ǂnubihes
1 Hakakaidisi tsî ǁkhaisadisi kurigu, Israelǁîn ge Egipteba xu doeǂoas khaoǃgâ, hakaǁî kurib Salomob gaosis Israeli ǂamas dib ǃnâb ge ǁîba ǃKhūb di Tempela ǂnubis ǀkha ge tsoatsoa; nēs ge ǀgamǁî ǁkhâb, Sifi ǃnâ ge ī. 2 Nē Tempeli, gao-aob Salomob ge ǃKhūba ǂnubibab ge ǃnonadisi metergu kōse gaxu, disi metergu kōse ǂhaba tsî disikoroǀa metergu kōse ge ǀgapi i. 3 Aisǀkhāb ǃnā-oms, Tempeli di dao-ams dis ge disi metergu kōse ge gaxu i, Tempeli di ǂhabab khami tsîs ge ge koro metergu kōse ǂhaba i. 4 Tsîb ge Tempela mûǂuidaode ge dība, ǃaugab ǀkhāb ai ǂō tsî ǂganagabǀkhāb ai harade. 5 Ommi ǂnubiǂgoab ǂnamipeb ge ǃnona ǁhaoxa omde ge omǀaro, mâs hoas ǀgam meterkha ǀgapisiba ge ūhâ ide. 6 Hoadi xa ǃnaka hâ ǃnā-oms ge ǀgam tsî ǃkhare metergu kōse ge ǂhaba i; ǁaegu hâsa ǃnona metergu kōse ǂhaba tsî ǃnaon ǁîs din ge ǃnona tsî ǃkhare metergu kōse ge ǂhaba i. Tempeli di ǂnubiǂgoab ge mâ ǃgû-aiǂgapab ǀgapise hâb hoab tawa ǃnaka hâb xa ge ǀui i, ǃnā-omde Tempeli di ǂnubiǂgoab ǀkha omǀhaos ge ǁnās ǀkha ge ǂhâbasa tama hâ i.
7 Tempeli gere ǂnubi-ūhe ǀuidi ge ǁhāǂuihedi ra ǃkhaib ai gere ǂhomitoahe, Tempeli ra ǂnubihe ǃkhais ai i hamer-i kas, ǃō-i kas, ǀnî ǀurikuru-ūxū-i kas hoas di ǀō-e ǁnâusen tidese.
8 ǃNaka hâ ǁhao-oms di dao-ams ge ǃkhawagasǀkhāb Tempeli dib ai ge hâ i. ǁÎsa xu di ge ǃapa-ūdade ǀgamǁîs tsî ǃnonaǁî ǁhao-oms tsîra ǃoa gere ǂoa. 9 Nētib ge Salomoba Tempela ǂnubitoa tsî omǂamǃnâba sederhain ǀkha ge kuru. 10 Tempeli di ǂnubiǂgoab xōǀkhā ge omǀarohe ǃnā-omdi, ǀgam tsî ǃkhare metergu kōse ge ǀgapi ideb ge sederhaigu ǀkha Tempeli ǂnubiǂgoab ǀkha ge kuruǀhao.
11 Ob ge ǃKhūba Salomob ǃoa ge mî: 12 “Ti ǂhanugu tsî mîmādi tsînats ga ǁnâuǀnam, o ta ge sa îb Davida ta ge mîmâiban hoana satsa nî dība. 13 Tita ge ti ǁaes Israels tawa nē Tempeli ǃnâ nî ǁan tsî ta ge ǁîna tātsē ǁnāxū tide.”
14 Nētib ge Salomoba Tempela ge ǂnubitoa.
ǂGanagab ommi dib dītoahes
(2 Kroniks 3:8-14)15 Ommi di ǂnubiǂgoagu ge ǂganagab ai sederhaiǃnaogu ǀkha, ǃnakaba xu ǂamǃnâb kōse ge ǁguiǂuiǃnâsa i, tsî ǃgû-aiǂgapab ommi dib ge denehaiǃnaogu ǀkha ge ǁguiǂuisa i. 16 ǂGanaga hâ ǃnā-oms, Hoan xa ǃAnu, ti gere ǀonǂgaihes ge ǃgâbǀkhāb Tempeli dib ǃnâ ge kuruhe. ǁÎs ge khoese meterga ge gaxu i tsî ǃnakaba xu omǂamǃnâb kōse sederǃnaogu ǀkha ge omǀgorasa i. 17 Hoan xa ǃAnu ǃKhaib aiǃâ ge hâ i ǃnā-oms ge disiǁkhaisaǀa meterga ge gaxu i. 18 Sederhaigu ǃnâ di ge apadi tsî ǃkhādi tsîna ge ǃgaoǂuisa i. ǂGanagab hoab ge sederhain ǀguin ǀkha ge ǁguiǂuisa i tsî i ge ǀui-i tsîna ge mûsen tama hâ i.
19 Tsîb ge ǂganaga hâ ǃnā-oms Tempeli dis ǃnâ, ǃGaeǀhaos ǂGaes ǃKhūb disab ǁnāpa nî mâise ǃkhai-e ge ǂhomi. 20 Nē ǃnā-oms ge khoese meterga gaxu, khoese meterga ǂhaba tsî khoese meterga ge ǀgapi i; tsîb ge ǁîsa ǃūmû ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ǃkhûǂuiǃnâ tsî altarsa sederhain ǀkha ge ǃkhûǀkhā. 21 ǂGanagab ommi dib hoabab ge ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ge ǁguiǂuiǃnâ tsîb ge dao-ams, ǁîs tsîn ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ǁguiǂuiǃnâsas, ais ai ǃhuniǀuri khedega ge ǃgae. 22 Tempeli hoaragab di ǂganagab tsî ǁkhāti altars Hoan xa ǃAnu ǃkhais ǃnâ mâs tsîn hoan ge ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ge ǁguiǂuiǃnâsa i.
23 Hoan xa ǃAnu ǃkhais ǃnâb ge ǀkherahain ǀkha kurusa xerukha, mâb hoab ge koro metergu kōse ǀgapi ikha ge mâi. 24 Mâ ǁgabob xerub dib hoab ge ǀgam tsî ǃkhare metergu kōse ge gaxu i. ǀGui ǀamsa xu nau ǀams kōse kha ge ǁgabokha koro metergu kōse ge gaxu i. 25 Hoa xerukha ge ǀguitikō tsî ǁkhāti ǀguiti ge ī i. 26 Hoakha ge koro metergu kōse ge ǀgapi i. 27 Salomob ge ǁîkha Hoan xa ǃAnu ǃkhais ǃnâ ge mâi, ǀguiǀkhāb khoraǂuisa ǁgabokha âkha dib ge ǃnā-oms ǁaegub ǃnâ gere tsâǀkhāgu tsî nauǀkhāb ǁgabokha ge ǂnubiǂgoakha gere tsâǀkhā. 28 Salomob ge ǁîkha ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ge ǃkhûǀkhā.
29 Dana ǃnā-oms tsî ǂganaga hâ ǃnā-oms tsîra di ǂnubiǂgoagab ge ǂganagab ǃnâs tsî ǃaugab ais tsîna, ǃgaoǂuisa xerugu, palmdi tsî ǃkhādi tsîn ǀkha ge ani. 30 ǃGû-aiǂgapab ǁîra dib on ge ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ge ǁguiǂuisa i.
31 Hoan xa ǃAnu ǃkhaisab ge ǀkherahain ǀkha dao-amsa ge dība. Dao-ams haigu ge koroǁhôaxase ge dīsa i. 32 ǀKherahain ǀkha dīsa dao-amra ge ǃgaoǂuisa xerugu, palmdi tsî ǃkhādi tsîn ǀkha ge anihe hâ i tsîn ge ǁîn hoana ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ge ǃkhûǀkhāhe hâ i.
33 Ommi dao-amra ramrab ge ǀkherahaigu ǀkha hakaǁhôaxase ge kuru 34 tsî dao-amrab ge denehain ǀkha ge kuru. Nē ǀgam dao-amra ge apusen rase ge kurusa i, 35 tsî mâs hoas ain ge xerukha, palmdi tsî ǃkhādi tsîna ǃgaoǂgāhe tsî hoana ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha ge ǃkhûǀkhāsa i.
36 Omǂnamibab ge Tempeli ais ai ge ǂnubi, ǃnona raiga ǁhāsa ǀuidi ǀkha tsî ǀguib sederhain ǀkha ge kurusa iba.
37 Hakaǁî kurib Salomob gaosis dib ǃnâ, ǀgamǁî ǁkhâb, Sifi ǃnâb ge Tempeli di ǃgaoǃgaoba ge ǁguihe. 38 Tsîb ge nē omma disiǀguiǀaǁî kurib Salomob gaosis dib ǃnâ, ǁkhaisaǁî ǁkhâb, Buli ǃnâ hoaragase ge dītoahe. Hû kurigab ge ǁîba Tempela ge ǂnubi.
