Dermed var alt arbeidet som Salomo gjorde for Herrens hus fullført. Salomo brakte inn de tingene som David, hans far, hadde viet, både sølvet, gullet og alle karene, og la dem i skattene til Guds hus.

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

Da kalte Salomo sammen Israels eldste, alle stammehøvdingene, fyrster av fedrene til Israels barn, til Jerusalem, for å føre opp Herrens paktsark fra Davids by, som er Sion.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.

Og alle Israels menn samlet seg hos kongen under høytiden, som var i den sjuende måneden.

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

Alle Israels eldste kom, og levittene tok arken opp.

All the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;

De førte opp arken, møteteltet og alle de hellige karene som var i teltet; prestene, levittene, bar dem opp.

and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did the priests the Levites bring up.

Kong Salomo og hele Israels menighet, som hadde samlet seg hos ham, var foran arken og ofret sauer og okser, som var så tallrike at de ikke kunne telles.

King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

Prestene bar inn Herrens paktsark til dens plass, inn i det innerste rommet i huset, til det aller helligste, under kjerubenes vinger.

The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

For kjerubene bredde sine vinger ut over stedet til arken, og dekket arken og dens stenger ovenfra.

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

Stengene var så lange at endene av stengene kunne sees foran det innerste rommet, men de kunne ikke sees utenfor, og der er de til denne dag.

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there it is to this day.

Det var ingenting i arken bortsett fra de to steintavlene som Moses hadde lagt der ved Horeb, da Herren inngikk pakt med Israels barn da de dro ut av Egypt.

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put [there] at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Da prestene kom ut av helligdommen, (alle prestene som var til stede hadde helliget seg selv, uten å holde seg til sine avdelinger;

It happened, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their divisions;

også levittene som var sangerne, alle sammen, deriblant Asaf, Heman, Jedutun, og deres sønner og brødre, iført fint lin, med cymbaler, harper og lyrer, sto ved østsiden av alteret, og med dem hundre og tjue prester som blåste på trompeter;)

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 psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)

det skjedde, da trompetblåserne og sangerne ble som én, for å få én lyd til å høres i å prise og takke Herren; og da de løftet stemmen med trompeter, cymbaler og musikkinstrumenter, og lovpriste Herren, og sa: For han er god, for hans miskunn varer evig; at huset ble fylt med en sky, selv Herrens hus,

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

slik at prestene ikke kunne stå og tjene på grunn av skyen, for Herrens herlighet fylte Guds hus.

so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.