2 Chronicles 3

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.

Et Salomon commença à bâtir le temple du Seigneur à Jérusalem, sur le mont Moria, où le Seigneur était apparu à David, son père, au lieu que David avait préparé, dans l'aire d'Orna le Jébuséen.

2 Now he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

Il commença à bâtir le second mois de la quatrième année de son règne.

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.

Et voici comme Salomon commença à bâtir le temple du Seigneur: il lui donna soixante coudées de longueur (ce fut la première mesure), et vingt coudées de largeur.

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.

Le portique de la façade du temple eut vingt coudées de long; c'était la largeur même de l'édifice; sa hauteur fut de cent vingt coudées; Hiram le dora avec de l'or pur, intérieurement.

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.

Et il revêtit de lambris de cèdre le corps de l'édifice, et il le dora d'or pur, sur lequel il grava des palmiers et des chaînes.

6 Also, he paved the floor of the temple with the most precious marble, of great beauty.

Et il orna le temple de pierres précieuses d'un vif éclat, et il le couvrit de lames d'or, et il y employa de l'or de Pharaïm.

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.

Et il dora le temple, ses murs, ses portes, ses plafonds, les battants des portes, et il fit sur les parois des chérubins ciselés.

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.

Et il fit le Saint des saints, dont la façade avait vingt coudées de long, largeur du temple et dont les côtés étaient pareillement de vingt coudées; il le dora d'or pur du poids de six cents talents; pour les chérubins ciselés,

9 Then he also made nails of gold, such that each nail weighed fifty shekels. Also, he covered the upper rooms in gold.

Les clous pesaient chacun cinquante sicles d'or; il revêtit aussi d'or l'étage supérieur.

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.

Puis, il fit, dans le Saint des saints, deux chérubins de bois qu'il revêtit de lames d'or pur.

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.

Les ailes des chérubins avaient un déploiement de vingt coudées; chaque aile était de cinq coudées, de sorte que l'aile droite de l'un des chérubins touchait un mur, et l'aile gauche de l'autre chérubin touchait le mur opposé; [et son autre aile de cinq coudées touchait l'aile de l'autre chérubin.]

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.

[Et l'aile d'un chérubin était de cinq coudées atteignant le mur du temple, et son autre aile était aussi de cinq coudées, joignant l'aile de l'autre chérubin.]

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.

Les ailes des deux chérubins étaient donc déployées, et il y avait entre les deux ailes extrêmes une distance de vingt coudées. Ils étaient en pied, le visage tourné vers l'intérieur du temple.

14 Also, he made a veil from hyacinth, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. And he wove within it cherubim.

Il fit aussi un voile d'hyacinthe, de pourpre, d'écarlate et de lin, dans lequel étaient tissus des chérubins.

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.

Et il fit, devant le temple, deux colonnes, hautes de trente-cinq coudées, avec des chapiteaux de cinq coudées.

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.

Et il fit des chaînes dans l'oracle, et il les plaça sur les chapiteaux des colonnes, et il fit cent petites grenades qu'il posa sur les chaînes.

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.

Et il plaça les colonnes sur la façade du temple, l'une à droite, l'autre à gauche, et il appela celle de droite Rectitude, et celle de gauche Force.