Secondo libro delle Cronache 3

BIBBIA CEI 2008	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Salomone cominciò a costruire il tempio del Signore in Gerusalemme sul monte Moria dove il Signore era apparso a Davide suo padre, nel luogo preparato da Davide sull'aia di Ornan il Gebuseo.	1 And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord, in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, as it had been shown to David his father, at the place which David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Incominciò a costruire nel secondo mese dell'anno quarto del suo regno.	2 Now he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
3 Queste sono le misure delle fondamenta poste da Salomone per edificare il tempio: lunghezza, in cubiti dell'antica misura, sessanta cubiti; larghezza venti cubiti.	3 And these are the foundations, which Solomon set forth so that he might build the house of God: the length in cubits by the first measure sixty, the width in cubits twenty.
4 Il vestibolo, che era di fronte al tempio nel senso della larghezza del tempio, era di venti cubiti; la sua altezza era di centoventi cubiti. Egli ricoprì l'interno di oro purissimo.	4 Truly, at the front, the portico, which was extended in length according to the measure of the width of the house, was of twenty cubits. Then the height was of one hundred twenty cubits. And he overlaid it on the interior with the purest gold.
5 Ricoprì con legno di abete il vano maggiore e lo rivestì d'oro fino; sopra vi scolpì palme e catenelle.	5 Also, he covered the greater house with wooden panels of spruce, and he affixed layers of refined gold through it all. And he engraved in them palm trees, and the likeness of little chains interlaced with one another.
6 Rivestì l'aula con pietre preziose per ornamento. L'oro era oro di Parvàim.	6 Also, he paved the floor of the temple with the most precious marble, of great beauty.
7 Rivestì d'oro la navata, cioè le travi, le soglie, le pareti e le porte; sulle pareti scolpì cherubini.	7 Now the gold, with which he covered in layers the house and its beams and posts and walls and doors, was highly refined. And he engraved cherubim on the walls.
8 Costruì la cella del Santo dei santi, lunga, nel senso della larghezza della navata, venti cubiti e larga venti cubiti. La rivestì di oro fino, impiegandone seicento talenti.	8 Also, he made the house of the Holy of Holies. Its length, in accord with the width of the temple, was of twenty cubits. And its width, similarly, was of twenty cubits. And he covered it with layers of gold, of about six hundred talents.
9 Il peso dei chiodi era di cinquanta sicli d'oro; anche i piani di sopra rivestì d'oro.	9 Then he also made nails of gold, such that each nail weighed fifty shekels. Also, he covered the upper rooms in gold.
10 Nella cella del Santo dei santi eresse due cherubini, lavoro di scultura e li rivestì d'oro.	10 Now he also made, in the house of the Holy of Holies, two cherubim as a work of statues. And he covered them with gold.
11 Le ali dei cherubini erano lunghe venti cubiti. Un'ala del primo cherubino, lunga cinque cubiti, toccava la parete della cella; l'altra, lunga cinque cubiti, toccava l'ala del secondo cherubino.	11 The wings of the cherubim extended for twenty cubits, such that one wing had five cubits and it touched the wall of the house, and the other, having five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub.
12 Un'ala del secondo cherubino, di cinque cubiti, toccava la parete della cella; l'altra, di cinque cubiti, toccava l'ala del primo cherubino.	12 Similarly, the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, and it touched the wall, and his other wing of five cubits also touched the wing of the other cherub.
13 Queste ali dei cherubini, spiegate, misuravano venti cubiti; essi stavano in piedi, voltati verso l'interno.	13 And so the wings of both cherubim were stretched out and extended for twenty cubits. Now they were standing upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the exterior house.
14 Salomone fece la cortina di stoffa di violetto, di porpora, di cremisi e di bisso; sopra vi fece ricamare cherubini.	14 Also, he made a veil from hyacinth, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. And he wove within it cherubim.
15 Di fronte al tempio eresse due colonne, alte trentacinque cubiti; il capitello sulla cima di ciascuna era di cinque cubiti.	15 And also, before the doors of the temple, there were two pillars, having a height of thirty-five cubits. But their heads were of five cubits.
16 Fece ghirlande e le pose sulla cima delle colonne. Fece anche cento melagrane e le collocò fra le ghirlande.	16 Then too, there were something like little chains on the oracle, and he placed these upon the heads of the pillars. And there were one hundred pomegranates, which he placed between the little chains.
17 Eresse le colonne di fronte alla navata, una a destra e una a sinistra; quella a destra la chiamò Iachin e quella a sinistra Boaz.	17 Also, he placed these pillars in the vestibule of the temple, one to the right, and the other to the left. The one that was on the right, he called Jachin; and the one that was on the left, Boaz.