1 Og alt arbeidet som Salomo hadde utført for Herrens hus, var ferdig, og Salomo brakte inn de hellige tingene til David, hans far, sammen med sølvet, gullet og alle karene, og han plasserte dem blant skattene i Guds hus.

And all the work that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah is finished, and Solomon bringeth in the sanctified things of David his father, and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he hath put among the treasures of the house of God.

2 Så samlet Salomo Israels eldste, alle stammelederne og høvdingene blant Israels barn til Jerusalem, for å føre Herrens paktsark opp fra Davids by; det vil si Sion.

Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David -- it `is' Zion.

3 Og samlet hos kongen var alle Israels menn under festen i den syvende måneden.

And assembled unto the king are all the men of Israel in the feast -- it `is' the seventh month;

4 Alle Israels eldste kom dit, og levittene løftet opp arken.

and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark,

5 Og de førte arken opp sammen med møteteltet og alle de hellige karene som var i teltet; prestene og levittene brakte dem opp.

and they bring up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the vessels of the sanctuary that `are' in the tent; brought them up have the priests, the Levites;

6 Kong Salomo og hele Israels menighet som var samlet hos ham foran arken, ofret et så stort antall sauer og okser at de ikke kunne telles eller nummereres.

and king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are convened unto him before the ark are sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered from multitude.

7 Prestene brakte Herrens paktsark til dens plass, inn i huset, til det mest hellige stedet, under kjerubenes vinger.

And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs;

8 Kjerubene bredte vingene sine ut over arken og dekket arken og bærestengene ovenfra.

and the cherubs are spreading out wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves, from above;

9 De trakk ut bærestengene, slik at endene av dem kunne sees foran det innerste rommet, men de var ikke synlige utenfra; og de er der den dag i dag.

and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen out of the ark on the front of the oracle, and they are not seen without; and it is there unto this day.

10 Det var ingenting i arken bortsett fra de to steintavlene som Moses ga i Horeb, da Herren inngikk pakt med Israels sønner etter at de dro ut fra Egypt.

There is nothing in the ark but the two tables that Moses gave in Horeb, where Jehovah covenanted with the sons of Israel, in their going out from Egypt.

11 Da prestene forlot helligdommen – for alle prestene som var der hadde helliget seg, uavhengig av deres skift –

And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the sanctuary -- for all the priests who are present have sanctified themselves, there is none to watch by courses,

12 sto levittene som sang, alle med Asaf, Heman og Jedutun, deres sønner og brødre, kledd i hvitt lin, med cymbaler, harper og lyrer, mot øst for alteret. Sammen med dem var det 120 prester som blåste i trompeter.

and the Levites, the singers, to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to their sons, and to their brethren, clothed in white linen, with cymbals, and with psalteries, and harps, are standing on the east of the altar, and with them priests, to a hundred and twenty, blowing with trumpets --

13 Og det skjedde at da trompetblåserne og sangerne som én begynte å lovprise og takke Herren, og lyden fra trompetene, cymbalene og de musikalske instrumentene steg opp i lovprisning til Herren, for Hans godhet og Hans miskunn som varer evig, ble huset fylt med en sky – Herrens hus.

yea, it cometh to pass, as one `are' trumpeters and singers, to sound -- one voice -- to praise and to give thanks to Jehovah, and at the lifting up of the sound with trumpets, and with cymbals, and with instruments of song, and at giving praise to Jehovah, for good, for to the age `is' His kindness, that the house is filled with a cloud -- the house of Jehovah,

14 Prestene kunne ikke stå og utføre tjeneste på grunn av skyens nærvær, for Herrens herlighet fylte Guds hus.

and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of God.