Alt arbeidet som Salomo gjorde for Herrens hus var ferdig. Og Salomo tok de hellige tingene som hans far David hadde gitt, sølvet, gullet og alle karene, og la dem i skattekamrene i Guds hus.

So all the work which Solomon did for the house of the Lord was complete. And Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of God.

Så sendte Salomo bud etter alle de ansvarlige mennene i Israel, alle høvdingene for stammene og familieoverhodene for Israels barn, for å komme til Jerusalem og føre Herrens paktsark opp fra Davids byen, som er Sion.

Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

Hele Israels menighet samlet seg til kongen under festen i den sjuende måneden.

And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

Alle de ansvarlige mennene i Israel kom, og levittene tok opp arken.

All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

De tok opp arken, sammenkomstens telt og alle de hellige redskapene som var i teltet; alt dette tok prestene, levittene, opp.

They took up the ark and the Tent of meeting and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests, the Levites, took up.

Kong Salomo og hele Israels menighet som hadde samlet seg der med ham, stod foran arken og ofret sauer og okser så mange at de ikke kunne telles.

And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there with him, were before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

Prestene satte Herrens paktsark på dens plass, i det innerste rommet i huset, i det aller helligste, under vingene til kjerubene.

And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

Deres vinger var utstrakte over stedet der arken stod, og de dekket arken og stengene.

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

Stengene var så lange at deres ender kunne sees fra det hellige stedet foran det innerste rommet, men de kunne ikke sees utenfra; og der er de den dag i dag.

The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.

Ingen ting var i arken bortsett fra de to steintavlene som Moses hadde lagt der på Horeb, hvor Herren hadde inngått en pakt med Israels barn da de kom ut av Egypt.

Nothing was in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt.

Nå, da prestene hadde gått ut av det hellige stedet, (for alle prestene som var til stede hadde helliget seg selv, uten å holde seg til sine avdelinger;

Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had made themselves holy, not keeping to their divisions;

Og levittene som laget musikk, alle sammen, Asaf, Heman, Jedutun, og deres sønner og brødre, kledd i fine linklær, stod på sin plass med sine messingblåseinstrumenter og strengeinstrumenter på østsiden av alteret, og med dem hundre og tjue prester som blåste trompet;

And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;)

Og når trompetblåserne og de som sang, med én stemme lovpriste og æret Herren; med høye røster, med vindinstrumenter og messing- og strengeinstrumenter, priste de Herren og sa: Han er god; hans miskunnhet varer evig: da ble huset fylt av Herrens herlighets sky,

And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,

Slik at prestene ikke kunne fortsette sitt arbeid på grunn av skyen; for Guds hus var fylt av Herrens herlighet.

So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.