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Ikawa katika mwaka wa mia nne na themanini baada ya kutoka wana wa Israeli katika nchi ya Misri, katika mwaka wa nne wa kutawala kwake Sulemani juu ya Israeli, katika mwezi wa Zivu, ndio mwezi wa pili, akaanza kuijenga nyumba ya Bwana.
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
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Nayo nyumba hiyo mfalme Sulemani aliyomjengea Bwana, urefu wake ulikuwa mikono sitini, na upana wake ishirini, na kwenda juu kwake mikono thelathini.
The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
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Na ukumbi mbele ya hekalu la nyumba, urefu wake ulikuwa mikono ishirini, kadiri ya upana wa nyumba; na upana wake mikono kumi mbele ya nyumba.
The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
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Akaifanyia nyumba madirisha ya miangaza yenye kimia.
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
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Nao ukuta wa nyumba akauzungushia vyumba, kushikamana na kuta za nyumba kote kote, za hekalu na za chumba cha ndani; akafanya vyumba vya mbavuni pande zote.
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
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Chumba cha chini kilikuwa mikono mitano upana wake, na chumba cha katikati kilikuwa mikono sita upana wake, na chumba cha tatu kilikuwa mikono saba upana wake; kwa kuwa upande wa nje akaupunguza ukuta wa nyumba pande zote, ili boriti zisishikamane kutani mwa nyumba.
The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
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Na nyumba ilipokuwa ikijengwa, ikajengwa kwa mawe yaliokwisha kuchongwa chimboni; wala nyundo, wala shoka, wala chombo cha chuma cho chote, sauti yake haikusikiwa ilipokuwa ikijengwa nyumba.
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
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Mlango wa vyumba vya chini ulikuwapo upande wa kuume wa nyumba; mtu hupanda madaraja ya kuzunguka mpaka vyumba vya katikati, na kutoka vile vya katikati mpaka vile vya tatu.
The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
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Basi ndivyo alivyoijenga nyumba, akaimaliza; akaifunika nyumba kwa boriti na mbao za mwerezi.
So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
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Akavijenga vyumba mbavuni mwa nyumba yote, kwenda juu kwake kila kimoja kilikuwa mikono mitano; vikaitegemea nyumba kwa boriti za mwerezi.
He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
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Neno la Bwana likamjia Sulemani, kusema,
Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:
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Katika habari ya nyumba hii unayoijenga, kama ukienda katika sheria zangu, na kuzifanya hukumu zangu, na kuzishika amri zangu zote na kwenda katika hizo; ndipo nitakapolithibitisha neno langu kwako, nililomwambia Daudi baba yako.
“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
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Nami nitakaa katikati ya wana wa Israeli, wala sitawaacha watu wangu Israeli.
And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
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Basi Sulemani akaijenga hiyo nyumba akaimaliza.
So Solomon built the temple and finished it.
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Akazijenga kuta za nyumba ndani kwa mbao za mwerezi; toka sakafu ya nyumba hata boriti za juu, akazifunika ndani kwa mti; akafunika sakafu ya nyumba kwa mbao za mberoshi.
He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards.
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Akajenga mikono ishirini pande za nyuma za nyumba toka chini hata juu kwa mbao za mwerezi; naam, ndani akaijengea chumba cha ndani, yaani, patakatifu pa patakatifu.
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
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Nayo nyumba, ndiyo hekalu la mbele, ilikuwa mikono arobaini.
And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
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Na ndani ya nyumba, mlikuwa na mwerezi ulionakishiwa maboga na maua yaliyofunuka wazi; mlikuwa na mwerezi mahali pote; wala mawe hayakuonekana.
The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
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Akaweka tayari chumba cha ndani katikati ya nyumba ndani, ili atie humo sanduku la agano la Bwana.
Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
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Na ndani yake chumba hicho cha ndani mlikuwa na nafasi, mikono ishirini urefu, na mikono ishirini upana, na mikono ishirini kwenda juu kwake; akaifunika na dhahabu safi. Akaifunika madhabahu nayo kwa mwerezi.
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.
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Hivyo Sulemani akaifunika nyumba ndani kwa dhahabu safi. Akaitenga kwa mikufu ya dhahabu mbele ya chumba cha ndani; akapafunika na dhahabu.
So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.
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Akaifunika nyumba yote kwa dhahabu, hata ilipokwisha nyumba yote; tena madhabahu yote iliyokuwa ya chumba cha ndani akaifunika kwa dhahabu.
So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
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Akafanya ndani ya chumba cha ndani makerubi mawili ya mzeituni, kwenda juu mikono kumi.
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.
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Na bawa moja la kerubi lilikuwa mikono mitano urefu wake, na bawa la pili la kerubi mikono mitano; mikono kumi toka mwisho wa bawa moja hata mwisho wa bawa la pili.
One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.
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Na kerubi la pili lilikuwa mikono kumi; makerubi yote mawili walikuwa ya cheo kimoja na namna moja.
The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,
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Kwenda juu kwake kerubi moja kulikuwa mikono kumi, na kerubi la pili vivyo.
and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
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Akayaweka hayo makerubi katika nyumba ya ndani; na mabawa ya makerubi yakanyoshwa, bawa la moja likafika ukutani huko, na bawa la kerubi la pili likafika ukutani huko; mabawa yao yakagusana katikati ya nyumba.
And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
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Akayafunika makerubi kwa dhahabu.
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
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Akazinakshi kuta zote za nyumba kwa nakshi za makerubi, na mitende, na maua yaliyofunuka wazi, pande za ndani na nje.
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
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Na sakafu ya nyumba akaifunika na dhahabu ndani na nje.
And he overlaid the temple floor with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.
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Akayafanyia maingilio ya chumba cha ndani milango ya mzeituni; kizingiti na miimo ilikuwa ya pande tano.
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
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Hivyo akafanya milango miwili ya mzeituni; akanakshi juu yake nakshi za makerubi, na mitende, na maua yaliyofunuka wazi, akaifunika kwa dhahabu; akatia dhahabu juu ya makerubi, na juu ya mitende.
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
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Ndivyo alivyoyafanyia maingilio ya hekalu miimo ya mzeituni, yenye pande nne;
In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
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na milango miwili ya mberoshi; mbao mbili za mlango mmoja zilikuwa za kukunjana, na mbao mbili za mlango wa pili za kukunjana.
The two doors were made of cypress wood, and each had two folding panels.
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Akanakshi juu yake makerubi, na mitende, na maua yaliyofunuka wazi; akazifunika kwa dhahabu iliyonyoshwa juu ya machoro.
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
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Akaijengea behewa ya ndani safu tatu za mawe ya kuchongwa, na safu moja ya mihimili ya mierezi.
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
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Katika mwaka wa nne nyumba ya Bwana ilitiwa msingi, katika mwezi wa Zivu.
The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
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Hata katika mwaka wa kumi na mmoja, katika mwezi wa Buli, ndio mwezi wa nane, nyumba ikaisha, mambo yake yote, na sharti zake zote. Basi muda wa miaka saba alikuwa katika kuijenga. </p>
In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.