Deuxième livre des Chroniques 4

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Il fit un autel de bronze de 20 coudées de long, 20 coudées de large et 10 de haut.	1 Also, he made a brass altar of twenty cubits in length, and of twenty cubits in width, and of ten cubits in height,
2 Il fit la Mer en fonte, elle faisait 10 coudées de bord à bord et cinq de haut; une corde de 30 coudées en aurait fait le tour.	2 as well as a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in its circumference. It had five cubits in height, and a line of thirty cubits went around it on all sides.
3 Des coloquintes la bordaient tout autour, il y en avait 10 par coudée: elles encerclaient la Mer. Il y avait deux rangées de coloquintes venues de fonte.	3 Also, under it there was the likeness of oxen. And certain engravings encircled the cavity of the sea, along ten cubits of the outside, as if in two rows. Now the oxen were molten.
4 La Mer était posée sur 12 bœufs, trois tournés vers le nord, trois vers l’ouest, trois vers le sud, trois vers l’est; ils étaient tournés vers l’extérieur et portaient la Mer sur leur dos.	4 And the sea itself was placed upon the twelve oxen, three of which were looking toward the north, and another three toward the west, then another three toward the south, and the three that remained toward the east, having the sea imposed upon them. But the posteriors of the oxen were toward the interior, under the sea.
5 Elle avait la largeur d’une main et son bord était façonné comme le bord d’une coupe, comme une fleur; elle pouvait contenir 3 000 mesures.	5 Now its thickness had the measure of the palm of a hand, and its brim was like the lip of a cup, or like the outturned petal of a lily. And it held three thousand measures.
6 Il fit 10 bassins: cinq à droite et cinq à gauche. Ils servaient pour les purifications: on y lavait ce qui servait pour l’holocauste, mais les prêtres se purifiaient dans la Mer.	6 Also, he made ten basins. And he placed five on the right, and five on the left, so that they might wash in them all the things that they were to offer as holocausts. But the priests were to be washed in the sea.
7 Il fit les 10 chandeliers dorés selon le modèle fixé et les plaça dans la première salle du Temple: cinq à droite et cinq à gauche.	7 Then he also made ten gold lampstands, according to the form by which they had been ordered to be made. And he set them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left.
8 Il fit 10 tables: on les plaça dans le Temple: 10 à droite et 10 à gauche. Il fit également 100 cruches d’or.	8 Moreover, there were also ten tables. And he placed them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. Also, there were one hundred gold bowls.
9 Il fit la cour des prêtres et la grande cour avec leurs portes; les portes étaient recouvertes de bronze.	9 Then too, he made the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.
10 Il plaça la Mer du côté droit et regardant vers le Sud.	10 Now he placed the sea on the right side, facing the east, toward the south.
11 Houram fit aussi les vases, les pelles et les coupes. Houram termina donc tout le travail que le roi Salomon lui avait commandé pour la Maison de Dieu:	11 Then Hiram made cooking pots and hooks and bowls. And he completed every work of the king in the house of God,
12 les deux colonnes, les deux moulures des chapiteaux en haut des colonnes, les deux filets qui couvraient les moulures des deux chapiteaux au sommet des colonnes,	12 that is, the two pillars, and the crossbeams, and the heads, and something like a little net, which would cover the heads above the crossbeams,
13 les 400 grenades des deux filets, fixées en deux rangées pour chaque filet et qui recouvraient donc les chapiteaux au sommet des colonnes,	13 and also four hundred pomegranates, and two little nets, so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each net, which would cover the crossbeams and the heads of the pillars.
14 les 10 bassins avec leurs bases,	14 He also made bases; and basins that he placed upon the bases;
15 la Mer et les 12 bœufs qui la soutenaient,	15 one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
16 les vases, les pelles, les fourchettes. Houram-Abi fit en bronze poli tous ces objets commandés par le roi Salomon pour la Maison de Yahvé.	16 and cooking pots and hooks and bowls. Hiram, his father, made all the vessels for Solomon, in the house of the Lord, from the purest brass.
17 Le roi les fit fondre dans la plaine du Jourdain, près du gué d’Adam, entre Soukkoth et Sartan.	17 The king cast these in the region near the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Ces objets faits par Salomon étaient si nombreux qu’on ne pouvait en compter le poids de bronze.	18 Now the multitude of the vessels was innumerable, so much so that the weight of the brass was unknown.
19 Salomon fit faire tous les objets qui étaient dans la Maison de Dieu: l’autel en or et les tables pour les pains des offrandes,	19 And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the gold altar, and the tables upon which were the bread of the presence;
20 les chandeliers d’or fin et leurs lampes pour les faire brûler selon la coutume devant le Sanctuaire: ils étaient en or fin,	20 and also, of the purest gold, the lampstands with their lamps, to shine before the oracle, according to the rite;
21 les décorations florales, les lampes, les éteignoirs en or fin,	21 and certain flowers, and lamps, and gold tongs. All these were made from the purest gold.
22 les couteaux, les cruches, les écuelles, les encensoirs en or fin, la porte de la Maison, les portes intérieures qui menaient au Saint des Saints, en or fin.	22 Also, the vessels for the perfumes, and the censers, and the bowls, and the little mortars were from the purest gold. And he engraved the doors of the inner temple, that is, for the Holy of Holies. And the doors of the outer temple were of gold. And so, every work was completed that Solomon made in the house of the Lord.