Da var hele arbeidet som Salomo hadde gjort for Herrens hus ferdig, og Salomo brakte inn de hellige ting som David, hans far, hadde viet, samt sølvet, gullet og alle karene, og la dem i skattkamrene i Guds hus.

So all the work that Solomon did for the temple of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the holy items dedicated by his father David— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

Da samlet Salomo de eldste i Israel og overhodene for stammene, lederne for Israels barns familier, til Jerusalem for å føre Herrens paktsark opp fra Davids by, som er Sion.

Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the chiefs of the ancestral families of the Israelites in Jerusalem to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from the City of David, which is Zion.

Alle Israels menn samlet seg til kongens fest mot den syvende måneden.

All the men of Israel came together before the king at the festival in the seventh month.

Da alle eldste i Israel var kommet, bar levittene arken.

When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

De bar arken, sammenkomstens telt og alle de hellige karene som var i teltet, opp dit. Det var prestene og levittene som bar det.

They brought up the Ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items that were in the tent. The priests and Levites carried them.

Kongen Salomo og hele Israels menighet, de som var samlet omkring arken, ofret sauer og storfe, så mange at de ikke kunne telles eller regnes.

King Solomon and the whole assembly of Israel who had gathered around him before the Ark were sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be counted or numbered.

Så førte prestene Herrens paktsark til dens sted, til det innerste rommet i huset, til det aller helligste, under kjerubenes vinger.

The priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

Kjerubene bredte sine vinger ut over stedet der arken sto, og slik dekket kjerubene arken og dens stenger ovenfra.

The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its poles from above.

Stengene var så lange at endene kunne ses fra det hellige stedet foran det indre rommet, men de kunne ikke ses utenfor. Der er de den dag i dag.

The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from the outside. They remain there to this day.

Det var ingenting i arken unntatt de to tavlene som Moses hadde lagt der ved Horeb, da Herren gjorde en pakt med Israels barn etter deres utgang fra Egypt.

There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

Da prestene kom ut av helligdommen, for alle prestene som var til stede hadde helliget seg, uten å forholde seg til avdelinger,

When the priests came out of the holy place, for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves without regard to their divisions,

alle levittene som var sangere, både Asaf, Heman, Jedutun, deres sønner og deres brødre, kledd i fint lin, med cymbaler, harper og lyrer, sto øst for alteret, og med dem sto 120 prester som blåste i trompeter.

And all the Levites who were singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons, and their relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests who were blowing trumpets.

Det skjedde at trompetblåserne og sangerne var som én i det øyeblikk de løftet sin røst, for å love og prise Herren, da lyden av trompeter, cymbaler og musikkinstrumenter, og deres lovsang til Herren, «For han er god, for hans miskunn varer evig», fylte huset med en sky.

The trumpeters and singers joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: 'He is good; His love endures forever.' Then the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,

Prestene kunne ikke stå der for å gjøre tjeneste på grunn av skyen; for Herrens herlighet fylte Guds hus.

and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.