27.他用銅製造十個盆座,每座長四肘,寬四肘,高三肘。
He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high.[r]
Footnotes:
r. 1 Kings 7:27 That is, about 6 feet long and wide and about 4 1/2 feet high or about 1.8 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
28.座的造法是這樣:四面都有心子,心子在邊子當中,
This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights.
29.心子上有獅子和牛,並基路伯。邊上有小座,獅子和牛以下有垂下的瓔珞。
On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work.
30.每盆座有四個銅輪和銅軸。小座的四角上在盆以下,有鑄成的盆架,其旁都有瓔珞。
Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side.
31.小座高一肘,口是圓的,彷彿座的樣式,徑一肘半,在口上有雕工,心子是方的,不是圓的。
On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit[s] deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half.[t] Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round.
Footnotes:
s. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
t. 1 Kings 7:31 That is, about 2 1/4 feet or about 68 centimeters; also in verse 32
32.四個輪子在心子以下,輪軸與座相連,每輪高一肘半。
The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half.
33.輪的樣式如同車輪;軸、輞、輻、轂都是鑄的。
The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.
34.每座四角上都有盆架,是與座一同鑄成的。
Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand.
35.座上有圓架高半肘;座上有撐子和心子,是與座一同鑄的。
At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit[u] deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand.
Footnotes:
u. 1 Kings 7:35 That is, about 9 inches or about 23 centimeters
36.在撐子和心子上刻著基路伯、獅子和棕樹,周圍有瓔珞。
He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around.
37.十個盆座都是這樣,鑄法、尺寸、樣式相同。
This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.