Secondo libro delle Cronache 4

BIBBIA CEI 1974	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Salomone fece l'altare di bronzo lungo venticinque cubiti, largo venticinque e alto dieci.	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 Fece la vasca di metallo fuso del diametro di dieci cubiti, rotonda, alta cinque cubiti; ci voleva una corda di trenta cubiti per cingerla.	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 Sotto l'orlo, per l'intera circonferenza, la circondavano animali dalle sembianze di buoi, dieci per cubito, disposti in due file e fusi insieme con la vasca.	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 Questa poggiava su dodici buoi: tre guardavano verso settentrione, tre verso occidente, tre verso meridione e tre verso oriente. La vasca vi poggiava sopra e le loro parti posteriori erano rivolte verso l'interno.	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 Il suo spessore era di un palmo; il suo orlo era come l'orlo di un calice a forma di giglio. Conteneva tremila 'bat'.	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 Fece anche dieci recipienti per la purificazione ponendone cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra; in essi si lavava quanto si adoperava per l'olocausto. La vasca serviva alle abluzioni dei sacerdoti.	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 Fece dieci candelabri d'oro, secondo la forma prescritta, e li pose nella navata: cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra.	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 Fece dieci tavoli e li collocò nella navata, cinque a destra e cinque a sinistra.	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 Fece il cortile dei sacerdoti, il gran cortile e le porte di detto cortile, che rivestì di bronzo.	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 Collocò la vasca dal lato destro, a sud-est.	10 Now he placed the sea on the right side, facing the east, toward the south.
11 Curam fece le caldaie, le palette e gli aspersori. Egli portò a termine il lavoro, eseguito nel tempio per il re Salomone:	11 Then Hiram made cooking pots and hooks and bowls. And he completed every work of the king in the house of God,
12 le due colonne, i due globi dei capitelli sopra le colonne, i due reticolati per coprire i globi dei capitelli sopra le colonne,	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 le quattrocento melagrane per i due reticolati, due file di melagrane per ogni reticolato per coprire i due globi dei capitelli sopra le colonne,	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 le dieci basi e i dieci recipienti sulle basi,	14 He also made bases; and basins that he placed upon the bases;
15 l'unica vasca e i dodici buoi sotto di essa,	15 one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
16 le caldaie, le palette, i forchettoni e tutti gli accessori che Curam-Abi fece di bronzo splendido per il re Salomone per il tempio.	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 Il re li fece fondere nella valle del Giordano, nella fonderia, fra Succot e Zereda.	17 The king cast these in the region near the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Salomone fece tutti questi oggetti in grande quantità da non potersi calcolare il peso del bronzo.	18 Now the multitude of the vessels was innumerable, so much so that the weight of the brass was unknown.
19 Salomone fece tutti gli oggetti destinati al tempio: l'altare d'oro e le tavole, su cui si ponevano i pani dell'offerta,	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 i candelabri e le lampade d'oro da accendersi, come era prescritto, di fronte alla cella,	20 and also, of the purest gold, the lampstands with their lamps, to shine before the oracle, according to the rite;
21 i fiori, le lampade e gli spegnitoi d'oro, di quello più raffinato,	21 and certain flowers, and lamps, and gold tongs. All these were made from the purest gold.
22 i coltelli, gli aspersori, le coppe e i bracieri d'oro fino. Quanto alle porte del tempio, i battenti interni verso il Santo dei santi e i battenti della navata del tempio erano d'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.