Secondo libro delle Cronache 5

DIODATI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ora, quando tutto il lavoro, che Salomone faceva fare per la Casa del Signore, fu compiuto, Salomone portò le cose consacrate da Davide, suo padre, e l’argento, e l’oro, e tutti i vasellamenti, ne’ tesori della Casa di Dio.	1 Then Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had vowed, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, which he placed in the treasuries of the house of God.
2 ALLORA Salomone adunò in Gerusalemme gli Anziani d’Israele, e tutti i capi delle tribù, i principali delle famiglie paterne de’ figliuoli d’Israele, per trasportar l’Arca del Patto del Signore dalla città di Davide, che è Sion.	2 After this, he gathered together those greater by birth of Israel, and all the leaders of the tribes, and the heads of the families, from the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, so that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion.
3 E tutti gli uomini principali d’Israele furono adunati appresso del re, alla festa solenne, che è al settimo mese.	3 And so, all the men of Israel went to the king, on the solemn day of the seventh month.
4 Quando dunque tutti gli Anziani d’Israele furono venuti, i Leviti levarono l’Arca in su le loro spalle;	4 And when all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites carried the ark,
5 e trasportarono l’Arca, e il Tabernacolo della convenenza, e tutti i sacri arredi ch’erano nel Tabernacolo. I sacerdoti e i Leviti trasportarono queste cose.	5 and they brought it in, along with all the equipment of the tabernacle. Then too, the priests with the Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle.
6 Or il re Salomone, e tutta la raunanza degl’Israeliti, che si erano adunati appresso di lui, stavano davanti all’Arca, sacrificando pecore e buoi, in tanto numero, che non si potevano nè contare, nè annoverare.	6 Now king Solomon, and the entire assembly of Israel, and all who had gathered together before the ark, were immolating rams and oxen without any number, for so great was the multitude of the victims.
7 Ed i sacerdoti portarono l’Arca del Patto del Signore nel suo luogo, nell’Oracolo della Casa, nel luogo Santissimo, sotto alle ale de’ Cherubini.	7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim,
8 E i Cherubini spandevano le ale sopra il luogo dell’Arca, e coprivano l’Arca, e le sue stanghe, disopra.	8 so that the cherubim extended their wings over the place where the ark was positioned, and they covered the ark itself and its bars.
9 Ed essi tirarono fuori le stanghe per tutta la lor lunghezza; talchè i capi di esse si vedevano fuor dell’Arca, nella parte d’innanzi dell’Oracolo; e non si videro più fuori; e sono restate quivi infino a questo giorno.	9 But concerning the bars by which the ark was carried, because they were a little longer, the ends were able to be seen before the oracle. Yet truly, if anyone were a little ways toward the exterior, he would not be able to see them. And so the ark has been in that place, even to the present day.
10 Dentro all’Arca non vi era nulla, se non le due tavole che Mosè vi avea messe in Horeb, quando il Signore fece patto co’ figliuoli d’Israele, dopo che furono usciti di Egitto	10 And there was nothing else in the ark, except the two tablets, which Moses had placed there at Horeb when the Lord gave the law to the sons of Israel, at the departure from Egypt.
11 Or avvenne che, come i sacerdoti uscivano del luogo Santo conciossiachè tutti i sacerdoti che si ritrovarono si fossero santificati, senza osservare gli spartimenti;	11 And having gone out from the Sanctuary, the priests (for all the priests who were able to be found there were sanctified, and in that time the turns and orders of the ministries had not yet been divided among them)
12 ed i Leviti cantori d’infra tutte le lor compagnie, di Asaf, di Heman, e di Iedutun, e i lor fratelli, e i lor figliuoli, vestiti di bisso, con cembali, e con salteri, e con cetere, stessero in piè, dal lato orientale dell’Altare; e con loro da centoventi sacerdoti, che sonavano con le trombe,	12 with both the Levites and the singing men, that is, those who were under Asaph, and those who were under Heman, and those who were under Jeduthun, with their sons and brothers, clothed in fine linen, sounded out with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing toward the eastern side of the altar. And with them were one hundred twenty priests, sounding out with trumpets.
13 avvenne, dico, che, come quelli che sonavano con le trombe, e quelli che cantavano, facevano unitamente risonare un medesimo concento, lodando e celebrando il Signore; ed alzavano la voce con le trombe, co’ cembali, e con gli altri strumenti musicali, e con lodi al Signore, dicendo: Ch’egli è buono, e che la sua benignità è in eterno; la Casa del Signore fu ripiena della nuvola della Casa del Signore;	13 And when they all sounded out together, with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and pipes, and with various kinds of musical instruments, lifting their voice on high, the sound was heard from far away, so that when they had begun to praise the Lord, and to say, “Confess to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is eternal,” the house of God was filled with a cloud.
14 talchè i sacerdoti non potevano stare in piè per fare il servigio, per cagione della nuvola; perciocchè la gloria del Signore avea riempiuta la Casa di Dio	14 Neither were the priests able to stand and to minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.