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Ndipo Sulemani akaanza kuijenga nyumba ya Bwana huko Yerusalemu, juu ya mlima Moria, pale Bwana alipomtokea Daudi babaye alipotengeza mahali pale alipoagiza Daudi, katika kiwanja cha kupuria cha Arauna Myebusi.
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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Akaanza kujenga siku ya pili ya mwezi wa pili katika mwaka wa nne wa kutawala kwake.
Solomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
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Basi hii ndiyo misingi ya majengo ya nyumba ya Mungu aliyoiweka Sulemani. Urefu wake kwa mikono ya cheo cha kwanza ulikuwa mikono sitini, na upana wake mikono ishirini.
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
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Na ukumbi uliokuwa mbele yake, urefu wake kadiri ya upana wa nyumba ulikuwa mikono ishirini, na kwenda juu kwake mia na ishirini; akaufunikiza ndani kwa dhahabu safi.
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
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Nayo nyumba kubwa akaifunika miti ya miberoshi, aliyoifunikiza kwa dhahabu safi, akaifanyizia mitende na minyororo.
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
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Akaipamba nyumba kwa vito iwe na uzuri; nayo dhahabu ilikuwa dhahabu ya Parvaimu.
He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim.
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Tena, akaifunikiza kwa dhahabu nyumba, na boriti, na vizingiti, na kuta zake, na milango yake; akachora makerubi kutani.
He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
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Akaifanya nyumba ya patakatifu pa patakatifu; urefu wake kadiri ya upana wa nyumba, ulikuwa mikono ishirini, na upana wake mikono ishirini; akaifunikiza kwa dhahabu safi, ya talanta mia sita.
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
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Na uzani wa misumari ulikuwa shekeli hamsini za dhahabu. Akazifunikiza orofa zake za juu kwa dhahabu.
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
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Na ndani ya nyumba ya patakatifu pa patakatifu akafanyiza makerubi mawili ya kuchonga; wakayafunikiza kwa dhahabu.
In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of sculptured work, and he overlaid them with gold.
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Na mabawa ya makerubi hayo urefu wake ulikuwa mikono ishirini; bawa moja mikono mitano, likiufikilia ukuta wa nyumba; na bawa la pili mikono mitano, likishikana na bawa la kerubi la pili.
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
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Na bawa la kerubi la pili lilikuwa mikono mitano, likiufikilia ukuta wa nyumba; na bawa la pili mikono mitano, likishikana na bawa la kerubi la kwanza.
The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.
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Yakaenea mabawa ya makerubi hayo mikono ishirini; yakasimama juu ya miguu yao, na nyuso zao ziliielekea nyumba.
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
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Akalifanya pazia la samawi na urujuani na nyekundu, na kitani safi, akaifanyizia makerubi.
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
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Tena akafanya mbele ya nyumba nguzo mbili za mikono thelathini na tano kwenda juu kwake, na taji iliyokuwa juu yake moja moja ilikuwa mikono mitano.
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
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Akafanya minyororo ndani ya chumba cha ndani, akaiweka juu ya vichwa vya nguzo; akafanya makomamanga mia, akayaweka juu ya hiyo minyororo.
He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
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Akazisimamisha nguzo hizo mbele ya hekalu, moja upande wa kuume, na ya pili upande wa kushoto; akaliita jina la ile ya kuume Yakini, na jina la ile ya kushoto Boazi.
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.