1 Chronicles 28
Christian Standard Bible
David Commissions Solomon to Build the Temple
28 David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem:(A) the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men,(B) and all the best soldiers. 2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant(C) and as a footstool(D) for our God. I had made preparations to build, 3 but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’(E)
4 “Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family(F) to be king over Israel forever.(G) For he chose Judah as leader,(H) and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons,(I) he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. 5 And out of all my sons(J)—for the Lord has given me many sons—he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.(K) 6 He said to me,(L) ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is doing today.’(M)
8 “So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
9 “As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind,(N) for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought.(O) If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.(P) 10 Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”(Q)
11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans(R) for the portico(S) of the temple and its buildings, treasuries, upstairs rooms, inner rooms, and a room for the mercy seat.(T) 12 The plans contained everything he had in mind[a](U) for the courts of the Lord’s house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries(V) of God’s house, and the treasuries for what is dedicated. 13 Also included were plans for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in the Lord’s house; all the articles of service of the Lord’s house; 14 the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service; 15 the weight of the gold lampstands(W) and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand; 16 the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the Bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables; 17 the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl; 18 the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense;(X) and the plans for the chariot of[b](Y) the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the Lord’s covenant.(Z)
19 David concluded, “By the Lord’s hand on me, he enabled me to understand everything in writing, all the details of the plan.”[c]
20 Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous,(AA) and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you(AB) until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished. 21 Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God’s house.(AC) Every willing person of any skill(AD) will be at your disposal for the work, and the leaders and all the people are at your every command.”
1 Cronache 28
La Nuova Diodati
28 Or Davide convocò a Gerusalemme tutti i capi d'Israele, i capi delle tribú, i capi delle divisioni che erano al servizio del re, i capi di migliaia, i capi di centinaia, gli amministratori di tutti i beni e del bestiame appartenente al re e ai suoi figli, insieme con i funzionari, i prodi e tutti i guerrieri valorosi.
2 Poi il re Davide si alzò in piedi e disse: «Ascoltatemi, fratelli miei e popolo mio! Io avevo in cuore di costruire una casa di riposo per l'arca, del patto dell'Eterno, per lo sgabello dei piedi del nostro DIO, e avevo fatto preparativi per costruirla.
3 Ma DIO mi disse: "Tu non costruirai una casa al mio nome, perché sei stato uomo di guerra e hai sparso sangue".
4 Tuttavia l'Eterno, il DIO d'Israele, ha scelto me fra tutta la casa di mio padre, perché divenissi re d'Israele per sempre. Egli infatti ha scelto Giuda come principe e nella casa di Giuda la casa di mio padre e tra i figli di mio padre gli è piaciuto di fare me re di tutto Israele.
5 Fra tutti i miei figli (poiché l'Eterno mi ha dato molti figli) egli ha scelto mio figlio Salomone, perché sieda sul trono del regno dell'Eterno sopra Israele.
6 Egli mi ha detto: "Sarà tuo figlio Salomone che costruirà la mia casa e i miei cortili, perché mi sono scelto lui come figlio, e io sarò per lui come un padre.
7 Renderò stabile il suo regno per sempre, se persevererà fermamente nei miei comandamenti e nei miei decreti, come fa oggi".
8 Or dunque davanti a tutto Israele, l'assemblea dell'Eterno, e davanti al nostro DIO che ci ascolta, osservate e ricercate tutti i comandamenti dell'Eterno, il nostro DIO, affinché possiate possedere questo buon paese e lasciarlo in eredità ai vostri figli dopo di voi, per sempre.
9 Tu, Salomone figlio mio, riconosci il DIO di tuo padre e servilo con cuore integro e con animo volenteroso, perché l'Eterno investiga tutti i cuori e comprende tutti gli intenti dei pensieri. Se tu lo cerchi, egli si lascerà trovare da te; ma se lo abbandoni, egli ti rigetterà per sempre.
10 Ora considera che l'Eterno ti ha scelto per costruire una casa come santuario, sii forte e mettiti al lavoro!».
11 Allora Davide diede a suo figlio Salomone il progetto del portico del tempio, dei suoi edifici, delle sue stanze, dei cuoi tesori, delle sue stanze superiori, delle sue camere interne e del luogo per propiziatorio,
12 e il progetto di tutto ciò che aveva in mente per lo Spirito riguardo ai cortili della casa dell'Eterno, a tutte le stanze laterali, ai tesori della casa di DIO e ai tesori delle cose consacrate.
13 alle classi dei sacerdoti e dei Leviti, tutto il lavoro riguardante il servizio della casa dell'Eterno e a tutti gli utensili, necessari al servizio della casa dell'Eterno.
14 Gli diede l'oro indicando il peso per gli oggetti d'oro, per tutti gli utensili usati in ogni genere di servizio, e l'argento indicando il peso per tutti gli utensili, d'argento, per tutti gli utensili usati in ogni genere di servizio.
15 Gli diede pure il peso d'oro per i candelabri d'oro e per le loro lampade d'oro, indicando il peso di ogni candelabro e delle sue lampade, e il peso d'argento per i candelabri d'argento, indicando il peso per ogni candelabro e per le sue lampade, secondo l'uso di ogni candelabro.
16 Gli diede, indicando il peso, l'oro per le tavole dei pani della presentazione, per ogni tavola, e l'argento per le tavole d'argento,
17 e l'oro puro per i forchettoni, per le bacinelle e per i calici, e l'oro, indicando il peso, per le coppe d'oro, per ogni coppa, e l'argento, indicando il peso, per le coppe d'argento, per ogni coppa.
18 Gli diede anche oro raffinato per l'altare, dell'incenso, indicando il peso, e per il modello del carro, cioè i cherubini d'oro che spiegavano le ali e coprivano l'arca del patto dell'Eterno.
19 «Tutto questo». disse Davide, «mi è stato dato per iscritto dalla mano dell'Eterno, che mi ha fatto comprendere tutti i lavori di questo progetto».
20 Davide disse quindi a suo figlio Salomone: «Sii forte e coraggioso e mettiti al lavoro, non temere e non sgomentarti, perché l'Eterno DIO il mio DIO, sarà con te. Egli non ti lascerà e non ti abbandonerà, finché non avrai terminato tutto il lavoro per il servizio della casa dell'Eterno.
21 Ed ecco le classi dei sacerdoti e dei Leviti per tutto il servizio della casa di DIO; inoltre per ogni lavoro saranno a tua disposizione ogni sorta di esperti volenterosi in ogni attività; anche i capi e tutto il popolo saranno interamente ai tuoi ordini».
1 Chronicles 28
New International Version
David’s Plans for the Temple
28 David summoned(A) all the officials(B) of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.
2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart(C) to build a house as a place of rest(D) for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool(E) of our God, and I made plans to build it.(F) 3 But God said to me,(G) ‘You are not to build a house for my Name,(H) because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’(I)
4 “Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me(J) from my whole family(K) to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah(L) as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.(M) 5 Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many(N)—he has chosen my son Solomon(O) to sit on the throne(P) of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 6 He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build(Q) my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son,(R) and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws,(S) as is being done at this time.’
8 “So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel(T) and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands(U) of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.(V)
9 “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion(W) and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart(X) and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him,(Y) he will be found by you; but if you forsake(Z) him, he will reject(AA) you forever. 10 Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”
11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans(AB) for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. 12 He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit(AC) had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.(AD) 13 He gave him instructions for the divisions(AE) of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the Lord, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service. 14 He designated the weight of gold for all the gold articles to be used in various kinds of service, and the weight of silver for all the silver articles to be used in various kinds of service: 15 the weight of gold for the gold lampstands(AF) and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand; 16 the weight of gold for each table(AG) for consecrated bread; the weight of silver for the silver tables; 17 the weight of pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls(AH) and pitchers; the weight of gold for each gold dish; the weight of silver for each silver dish; 18 and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense.(AI) He also gave him the plan for the chariot,(AJ) that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow(AK) the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
19 “All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the Lord’s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details(AL) of the plan.(AM)”
20 David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous,(AN) and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake(AO) you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished.(AP) 21 The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the work on the temple of God, and every willing person skilled(AQ) in any craft will help you in all the work. The officials and all the people will obey your every command.”
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