القراءة بلغتين

ولَمَّا أُكمِلَ كُلُّ العَمَلِ الَّذي صَنَعَه سُلَيمانُ لِأَجلِ بَيتِ الرَّبّ، أَدخَلَ سُلَيمانُ أَقْداسَ داوُدَ أَبيه مِنَ الفِضَّةِ والذَّهَبِ والأَدَوات، وجَعَلَها في خَزائِنِ بَيتِ الله

حينَئِذٍ جَمَعَ سُلَيمانُ إِلَيه في أُورَشَليمَ شُيوخَ إِسْرائيلَ وجَميعَ رُؤَساءِ الأَسباطِ وعُظَماءِ آباءِ بَني إِسْرائيل، لِيُصعِدوا تابوتَ عَهدِ الرَّبِّ مِن مَدينَةِ داوُدَ الَّتي هي صِهْيون

فٱجتَمَعَ إِلى المَلِكِ جَميعُ رِجالِ إِسْرائيلَ في العيد، في الشَّهرِ السَّابِع

وَجَاءَ جَمِيعُ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَحَمَلَ اللاَّوِيُّونَ التَّابُوتَ،

وأَصعَدوا التَّابوتَ وخَيمَةَ المَوعِد، وجَميعُ أَمتِعَةِ القُدسِ الَّتي في الخَيمَةِ أَصعَدَها الكَهَنَةُ اللَّاوِيُّون

وكانَ المَلِكُ سُلَيمانُ وكُلُّ جَماعَةِ إِسْرائيلَ الَّتي ٱجتَمَعَت إِلَيه أَمامَ التَّابوتِ يَذبَحونَ مِن الغَنَمِ والبَقَرِ ما لا يُحصى ولا يُعَدُّ لِكَثرَتِه

وأَدخَلَ الكَهَنَةُ تابوتَ عَهدِ الرَّبِّ إِلى مَكانِه في مِحْرابِ البَيت، في قُدسِ الأَقْداس، تَحتَ أَجنِحَةِ الكَروبَين

وكانَ الكَروبانِ باسِطَينِ أَجنِحَتَهما على مَوضِعِ التَّابوتِ يُظَلِّلانِ التَّابوتَ وقُضْبانَه مِن فَوقُ

وكانَتِ القُضْبانُ طَويلَةً حتَّى كانَت رُؤُوسُها تُرى مِنَ التَّابوتِ في أَعلى مُقَدَّمِ قُدسِ الأَقْداس، ولم تَكُنْ تُرى مِن خارِج، وهي هُناكَ إِلى هٰذا اليَوم

ولم يَكُنْ في التَّابوتِ إِلَّا اللَّوحانِ اللَّذانِ جَعَلَهما موسى في حوريب، حَيثُ عاهَدَ الرَّبُّ بَني إِسْرائيلَ عِندَ خُروجِهم مِن مِصْر

وكانَ، لَمَّا خَرَجَ الكَهَنَةُ مِنَ القُدس لِأَنَّ جَميعَ الكَهَنَةِ المَوجودينَ تَقَدَّسوا مِن دونِ أَن يُراعى تَقْسيمُ الفِرَق

وكانَ جَميعُ اللَّاوِيِّينَ المُغَنِّينَ، آسافُ وهَيمانُ ويَدوتونُ مع بَنيهم وإِخوَتهم، لابِسينَ الكَتَّانَ النَّاعِم، ومَعهمُ الصُّنوجُ والعيدانُ والكِنَّارات، وقد وَقَفوا شَرقِيَّ المَذبَح، ومعَهم مِئَةٌ وعِشْرونَ كاهِنًا، يَنفُخونَ في الأَبْواق

وكانَ النَّافِخونَ في الأَبواقِ والمُغَنُّونَ كرَجُلٍ واحِد، وهم يُسمِعونَ صَوتًا واحِدًا في التَّسْبيحِ والحَمدِ لِلرَّبّ. وعِندَما رَفَعوا الصَّوتَ بِالأَبْواقِ والصُّنوجِ وآلاتِ الطَّرَبِ قائلين: «سَبِّحوا الرَّبَّ، فإِنَّه صالِح، لِأَنَّ لِلأَبَدِ رَحمَتَه»، إمتَلَأَ البَيتُ بالغَمام: هو بَيتُ الرَّبّ

فلَم يَستَطِعِ الكَهَنَةُ أَن يَقِفوا لِلخِدمَةِ بِسَبَبِ الغَمام، لِأَنَّ مَجدَ الرَّبِّ قد مَلأَ بَيتَ الله

Thus all the work that Solomon did for the LORD’s house was finished. Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of God’s house.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.

So all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.

All the elders of Israel came. The Levites took up the ark.

They brought up the ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. The Levitical priests brought these up.

King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled to him were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.

The priests brought in the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside; and it is there to this day.

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

When the priests had come out of the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and didn’t keep their divisions;

also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets);

when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!” then the house was filled with a cloud, even the LORD’s house,

so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the LORD’s glory filled God’s house.