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Sulemaani Azimba Olubiri lwe

(A)Sulemaani kyamutwalira ebbanga lya myaka kkumi n’esatu okuzimba olubiri lwe. (B)N’azimba olubiri nga luli ng’Ekibira kya Lebanooni[a], obuwanvu mita amakumi ana mu mukaaga, n’obugazi mita amakumi abiri mu ssatu, n’obugulumivu mita kkumi na ssatu n’ekitundu, nga luwaniriddwa ku mpagi nnya ez’emivule. Ne luserekebwa n’emivule ku mikiikiro amakumi ana mu etaano, buli lunyiriri nga lulimu kkumi na ttaano. Waaliwo amadirisa agaateekebwa mu nnyiriri ssatu, buli limu nga litunuulidde linnaalyo. Buli mulyango gwalina omwango nga gwa nsonda nnya, era nga gitunuuliraganye mu nnyiriri ssatu.

N’azimba ekisenge ekinene eky’empagi obuwanvu mita amakumi abiri mu ssatu n’obugazi mita kkumi na ssatu n’ekitundu. Mu maaso gaakyo waaliwo ekisasi, ekyali kiwaniriddwa empagi ez’emiti.

(C)Yazimba n’ekisenge ekinene omwali entebe ey’obwakabaka, nga kye kisenge mwe yasaliranga emisango, era nga kyonna ky’ateekebwamu emivule okuva wansi okutuuka waggulu. (D)Olubiri lwe yali agenda okubeeramu olwali emanju w’ekisenge ekinene lwali lukifaanana. N’azimbira ne muwala wa Falaawo, gwe yali awasizza, olulufaanana.

Okuva ku musingi okutuuka waggulu, ebizimbe ebyo byonna n’oluggya olunene, byazimbibwa n’amayinja agaagerebwa ne gasalibwa n’emisumeeno, mu bigera byago. 10 Omusingi gw’azimbibwa n’amayinja amanene amalungi, agamu ng’obuwanvu genkana mita nnya n’ekitundu n’amalala ng’obuwanvu genkana mita ssatu n’obutundu mukaaga. 11 Waggulu okumpi n’akasolya waaliyo amayinja ag’omuwendo omungi, agatemebwa nga bwe gaagerebwa, n’emiti egy’emivule. 12 (E)Oluggya olunene lwali lwetooloddwa bbugwe ow’embu ssatu ez’amayinja amateme, n’olubu olumu nga lwa miti egy’emivule, ng’ekisasi eky’omu maaso n’oluggya olw’omunda olwa yeekaalu bwe byali bizimbiddwa.

Ebintu bya Yeekaalu

13 (F)Kabaka Sulemaani n’atumya Kiramu ow’e Ttuulo, eyali mutabani wa nnamwandu ow’omu kika kya Nafutaali. 14 (G)Kitaawe yali musajja w’e Ttuulo nga muweesi wa bikomo. Kiramu yali musajja mugezi, mumanyirivu nnyo era ng’ategeera emirimu egy’ebyebikomo egya buli ngeri. N’agenda eri Kabaka Sulemaani, n’akola emirimu gyonna egya muweebwa. 15 (H)Kiramu n’akola empagi bbiri ez’ekikomo, buli emu obuwanvu mita munaana n’akatundu kamu, n’okwetooloola buli emu mita ttaano n’obutundu buna. 16 (I)Waggulu wa buli mpagi n’assaako ebitikkiro ebyalina ebitimba eby’omulimu ogw’ekikomo, n’emigo egy’omulimu ogw’emikuufu egyalukibwa. 17 N’akola empagi zombi n’ebitikkiro byakwo nga zitimbiddwa buli emu ng’erina ebiruke ng’amalanga ag’amakomamawanga, musanvu. 18 Ebitikkiro ebyali ku mpagi ez’olubalaza zakolebwa ng’amalanga ag’ebimuli eby’amakomamawanga. 19 Ebitikkiro eby’empagi byali ng’amalanga nga ziri mita emu n’obutundu munaana obugulumivu. 20 (J)Ku buli nkufiira ey’empagi kwaliko ekifaanana ng’ebakuli okuliraana n’omulimu ogufaanana ng’ekintu ekiruke, era waaliwo amakomamawanga ebikumi bibiri mu mbu okwetooloola ebitikkiro ebyo. 21 (K)N’akola empagi bbiri ku lubalaza lwa yeekaalu, emu n’agizimba ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo n’agituuma Yakini, n’eyokubiri n’agizimba ku luuyi olw’obukiikakkono n’agituuma Bowaazi. 22 Ebitikkiro byabyo byakolebwako ebimuli eby’amalanga, era bwe gutyo omulimu ogw’okuzimba empagi ne guggwa.

23 (L)N’akola ttanka[b] ennene ey’ekikomo ekisaanuuse, nga neekulungirivu ng’eri mita nnya n’ekitundu okuva ku mugo okutuuka ku mugo, ne mita bbiri n’obutundu busatu obugulumivu. Obwekulungirivu bwali mita kkumi na ssatu n’ekitundu. 24 Wansi w’omugo gwayo kwaliko entaabwa okugyetooloola, kkumi buli butundu busatu obwa mita, era nga ziri embu bbiri, ezasaanuusibwa nayo.

25 (M)Ettanka ennene yatuulanga ku bifaananyi by’ente ennume kkumi na bbiri, esatu nga zitunudde mu bukiikakkono, n’endala essatu nga zitunudde ebugwanjuba, n’endala essatu nga zitunudde mu bukiikaddyo, n’endala essatu nga zitunudde ebuvanjuba, era ng’ebitundu byabyo eby’emabega nga bitunuuliraganye mu masekkati gaayo. 26 Obugazi bwayo yali oluta lumu, n’omugo gwayo gwakolebwa ng’omugo gw’ekibya, ng’ekimuli ky’amalanga. Yajjulanga lita emitwalo ena mu enkumi nnya.

27 (N)N’akola n’ebitebe ebiseetulwa, mu bikomo buli kimu obuwanvu bwakyo mita emu n’obutundu munaana, n’obugazi bwe bumu, ate obugulumivu mita emu n’obutundu busatu. 28 Ebitebe ebyo by’akolebwa bwe biti: byalina enkulukumbi mu myango gyabyo. 29 Ku nkulukumbi wakati mu myango mwalimu ebifaananyi bya bakerubi n’eby’empologoma, n’eby’ente ennume; kwaliko n’ebintu ebireebeeta ebyakolebwa n’emikono. 30 (O)Buli kitebe ky’alina nnamuziga nnya ez’ebikomo, n’entobo za nnamuziga nga za bikomo, era nga buli kimu kirina ebensani ewaniriddwa mu nsonda nnya n’emisituliro egyasaanuusibwa, nga ku buli musituliro kuliko ebireebeeta. 31 Ekitebe ekimu kyalina akamwa akalina omwango omwekulungirivu ogwali kitundu kya mita mu kukka. Akamwa kaagwo kaali keekulungirivu n’omulimu ogwa wansi kwe kyaterezebwanga, nga gwa butundu musanvu obwa mita mu kukka. Ku kamwa kaagwo kwaliko enjola, n’enkulumbi zaakyo nga si nnekulungirivu naye ng’enjuyi zonna zenkanankana. 32 Nnamuziga ennya zaali wansi w’enkulumbi; n’emisingi gya nnamuziga gyali gikomereddwa ku kitebe. Okusala mu bukiika bwa nnamuziga emu bwali obutundu musanvu obwa mita. 33 Nnamuziga zaakolebwa nga nnamuziga ez’amagaali, era kwaliko emisingi, n’empanka, n’empagi, n’emisumaali nga byonna by’akolebwa mu kyuma ekisaanuuse.

34 Kwaliko emisituliro ena ku nsonda ennya eza buli kitebe era gyonna nga gya kika kyekimu n’ekitebe. 35 Ku ntikko eya buli kitebe kwaliko engeri ey’ekikoba ekyekulungirivu; okukka kwakyo obutundu bubiri obwa mita, n’embiriizi zaakyo n’enkulukumbi ebyagiwaniriranga, byakwatagananga ku ntikko. 36 Ku biwanirira ne ku nkulukumbi, Kiramu yakolako ebifaananyi ebyole ebya bakerubi, n’eby’empologoma, n’eby’enkindu mu buli kifo omwali ebbanga, era n’ayolako ebimuli okwetooloola. 37 Bw’atyo bwe yakola ebitebe ekkumi. Byonna yabikola mu kyuma ekisaanuuse kyekimu, era n’abikola byonna nga bya kigero kyekimu, n’okufaanana nga bifaanana.

38 (P)N’alyoka akola amabensani kkumi, nga ga kikomo, buli emu ng’egyamu lita lunaana mu kinaana, era buli emu nga yenkana mita emu ne desimoolo munaana obugazi, ate buli bensani ng’etuula ku kitebe kyayo. 39 N’addira ebitebe bitaano ku byo n’abiteeka ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo obwa yeekaalu, n’ebitaano ebirala ku luuyi olw’obukiikakkono; n’ateeka Ennyanja ku luuyi olw’obukiikaddyo obw’ebuvanjuba obwa yeekaalu. 40 N’akola n’ensuwa, n’amabensani, n’ebijiiko, n’amabensani ag’okumansira.

Bw’atyo Kiramu n’amaliriza omulimu gwa yeekaalu ya Mukama gwonna gwe yakolera Kabaka Sulemaani.

41 Empagi ebbiri zombi;

ebitikkiro byombi eby’ebibya ebyayolebwa waggulu ku mpagi;

embu ebbiri ez’ebitimbe ebyali ku bitikkiro byombi eby’empagi;

42 (Q)n’ebitone ebikumi ebina eby’amakomamawanga ebyali mu mbu ebbiri, ebyali bibikka ku nkufiira ez’empagi;

43 ebitebe ekkumi n’amabensani gaakwo agaabituulangako kkumi;

44 ettanka ennene n’ebifaananyi eby’ente ennume ekkumi n’ebbiri ebyali wansi w’ettanka ennene;

45 (R)n’ensuwa, n’ebisena, n’amabensani agamansira.

Ebintu byonna Kulamu bye yakolera Kabaka Sulemaani ku lwa yeekaalu ya Mukama byali bya bikomo bizigule. 46 (S)Kabaka yalagira babisaanuusize mu lusenyi lwa Yoludaani awali ettaka ery’ebbumba wakati w’e Sukkosi n’e Zalesani. 47 (T)Sulemaani teyapima bintu ebyo byonna, kubanga byali biyitiridde obungi; era tewali yapima buzito obw’ekikomo ebintu mwe byakolebwa.

48 (U)Awo Sulemaani n’akozesa n’ebintu ebirala byonna ebyateekebwa mu yeekaalu ya Mukama:

ekyoto ekya zaabu;

emmeeza eya zaabu okwaberanga emigaati egy’okulaga;

49 (V)ebikondo by’ettaala[c] ebya zaabu ennongoose, bitaano ku luuyi olwa ddyo n’ebitaano ku luuyi olwa kkono, byonna awamu kkumi, mu kifo awaayimirirwanga okwogera;

obusumbi bw’ebimuli; ettabaaza ne makansi nga bya zaabu;

50 (W)bbensani, ne makansi ezisala ebisirinza, ne bbakuli ezifukirira, n’ebibya ne fulampeni, nga bya zaabu ennongoose;

eminyolo gy’enzigi egy’ekisenge eky’omunda ddala, kye Kifo Ekitukuvu Ennyo nga gya zaabu, n’egy’enzigi ez’ekisenge ekinene ddala ekya yeekaalu nga gya zaabu.

51 (X)Omulimu gwonna Kabaka Sulemaani gwe yakola ku yeekaalu ya Mukama bwe gwaggwa, n’aleeta ebintu Dawudi kitaawe bye yayawulirako Mukama, effeeza ne zaabu n’ebintu ebirala byonna, n’abiteeka mu mawanika ga yeekaalu ya Mukama.

Footnotes

  1. 7:2 Olubiri lwa Sulemaani lwayitibwa Ekibira kya Lebanooni olw’empagi z’emivule ezaali zizimbiddwamu nga zitegekeddwa ng’emiti egisangibwa mu kibira. Emivule gyavanga Lebanooni
  2. 7:23 Bakabona baanaabanga engalo n’ebigere nga bakozesa amazzi agali mu ttanka ennene ey’ekikomo ekisaanuuse, bwe baabanga tebannawaayo biweebwayo ebyokebwa (Kuv 30:17-21)
  3. 7:49 Mu Weema ya Mukama mwalimu ekikondo ky’ettaala kimu kyokka nga kirina amatabi musanvu, (Kuv 25:31-40; 26:35). Mu kifo kyayo, Sulemaani yassaawo ebikondo kkumi eby’ettaala

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