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1 Salomón hizo un altar de bronce, de diez metros de largo, diez de ancho y cinco de alto.	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 El hizo además el Mar de metal fundido, que medía cinco metros de diámetro y tenía forma circular; su altura era de dos metros y medio, y una cuerda de quince metros medía su circunferencia.	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 Debajo del borde, todo alrededor, había unas figuras de toros –diez cada cinco metros– que rodeaban todo el contorno del Mar; había dos hileras de toros, fundidos con el Mar en una sola pieza.	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 El Mar estaba asentado sobre doce toros, tres vueltos hacia el norte, tres hacia el oeste, tres hacia el sur y tres hacia el este. El Mar se elevaba por encima de ellos, que estaban con sus partes traseras vueltas hacia el interior.	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 Su espesor medía un palmo, y su borde tenía forma de copa, semejante al cáliz de una azucena. Su capacidad era de más de cien mil litros.	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 También hizo diez recipientes para el agua; los colocó cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda, para las abluciones; en ellos se lavaba lo que servía para el holocausto, pero los sacerdotes hacían sus abluciones en el Mar de bronce.	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 Hizo asimismo los diez candeleros de oro, conforme al modelo prescrito, y los puso en la nave central, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda.	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 Hizo diez mesas y las colocó en la nave central, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda. Hizo cien copas de oro.	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 Hizo el atrio de los sacerdotes, y la gran explanada con sus puertas, a las que recubrió de bronce.	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 En cuanto al Mar, lo puso al lado derecho, hacia el sudeste.	10 Now he placed the sea on the right side, facing the east, toward the south.
11 Juram hizo las ollas, las palas y los aspersorios. Así terminó el trabajo que debía hacer para el rey Salomón en la Casa de Dios:	11 Then Hiram made cooking pots and hooks and bowls. And he completed every work of the king in the house of God,
12 las dos columnas, las dos esferas de los capiteles que remataban las columnas, las dos redes para cubrir las dos esferas de los capiteles que estaban encima de las columnas;	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 las cuatrocientas granadas para las dos redes, dos hileras de granadas para cada red, a fin de cubrir las dos esferas de los capiteles que estaban encima de las columnas;	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 los diez soportes y los diez recipientes sobre los soportes;	14 He also made bases; and basins that he placed upon the bases;
15 el Mar único y los doce toros que estaban debajo de él;	15 one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
16 las ollas, las palas y los tenedores. Todos estos objetos, Juram Abí los hizo para el rey Salomón, para la Casa del Señor, en bronce reluciente.	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 El rey los hizo fundir en la región del Jordán, sobre el suelo arcilloso, entre Sucot y Seredá.	17 The king cast these in the region near the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Salomón hizo todos esos objetos en tal cantidad, que no se pudo calcular el peso del bronce.	18 Now the multitude of the vessels was innumerable, so much so that the weight of the brass was unknown.
19 Salomón mandó hacer asimismo todos los objetos que estaban en la Casa del Señor: el altar de oro y las mesas sobre las que ponía el pan de la ofrenda;	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 los candeleros y sus lámparas, para encenderlas conforme al ritual ante el lugar santísimo, todo de oro fino;	20 and also, of the purest gold, the lampstands with their lamps, to shine before the oracle, according to the rite;
21 los cálices, las lámparas y las pinzas –¡todo del oro más puro!	21 and certain flowers, and lamps, and gold tongs. All these were made from the purest gold.
22 los cuchillos, los aspersorios, las tazas y los incensarios de oro fino; la entrada de la Casa, sus puertas interiores para el Santo de los santos, y las puertas de la nave central, todo de oro.	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.