2 Chronicles 4

2 Tavaareekh 4

qurbaangaah aur samundar naamee hauz

¹sulemaan nay peetal kee ek qurbaangaah bhee banvaaee jis kee lambaaee 30 fut, chaudaaee 30 fut aur oonchaaee 15 fut thee.

²is kay baad us nay peetal ka bada gol hauz dhalvaaya jis ka naam ‘samundar’ rakha gaya. us kee oonchaaee saadhay 7 fut, us ka munh 15 fut chauda aur us ka ghera taqreeban 45 fut tha. ³hauz kay kinaaray kay neechay bailon kee do qataaren theen. fee fut taqreeban 6 bail thay. bail aur hauz mil kar dhaalay gaay thay. ⁴hauz ko bailon kay 12 mujassamon par rakha gaya. teen bailon ka rukh shimaal kee taraf, teen ka rukh maghrib kee taraf, teen ka rukh junoob kee taraf aur teen ka rukh mashriq kee taraf tha. un kay pichhlay hissay hauz kee taraf thay, aur hauz un kay kandhon par pada tha. ⁵hauz ka kinaara piyaalay balki sosan kay phool kee tarah baahar kee taraf muda hua tha. us kee deevaar taqreeban teen inch motee thee, aur hauz men paanee kay taqreeban 66,000 litar sama jaatay thay.

⁶sulemaan nay 10 baasan dhalvaaay. paanch ko rabb kay ghar kay daaen haath aur paanch ko us kay baaen haath khada kiya gaya. in baasnon men gosht kay vah tukday dhoay jaatay jinhen bhasm honay vaalee qurbaanee kay taur par jalaana tha. lekin ‘samundar’ naamee hauz imaamon kay istemaal kay liyay tha. us men vah nahaatay thay.

sonay kay shamaadaan aur mezen

⁷sulemaan nay sonay kay 10 shamaadaan muqarrara tafseelaat kay mutaabiq banva kar rabb kay ghar men rakh diay, paanch ko daaeen taraf aur paanch ko baaeen taraf. ⁸das mezen bhee bana kar rabb kay ghar men rakhee gaeen, paanch ko daaeen taraf aur paanch ko baaeen taraf. in cheezon kay ilaava sulemaan nay chhidkaao kay sonay kay 100 katoray banvaaay.

sahen

⁹phir sulemaan nay vah androonee sahen banvaaya jis men sirf imaamon ko daakhil honay kee ijaazat thee. us nay bada sahen bhee us kay darvaazon samet banvaaya. darvaazon kay kivaadon par peetal chadhaaya gaya. ¹⁰‘samundar’ naamee hauz ko sahen kay junoob-mashriq men rakha gaya.

us saamaan kee faherist jo heeraam nay tayyaar kiyaa

¹¹heeraam nay baasan, belachay aur chhidkaao kay katoray bhee banaaay. yoon us nay allaah kay ghar men vah saara kaam mukammal kiya jis kay liyay sulemaan baadshaah nay usay bulaaya tha. us nay zail kee cheezen banaaeen :

¹²do satoon,

satoonon par lagay piyaalaanuma baalaaee hissay,

baalaaee hisson par lagee zanjeeron ka dizaain,

¹³zanjeeron kay oopar lagay anaar (fee baalaaee hissa 200 adad),

¹⁴hathgaadiyaan,

in par kay paanee kay baasan,

¹⁵hauz banaam samundar,

isay uthaanay vaalay bail kay 12 mujassmay,

¹⁶baaltiyaan, belachay, gosht kay kaantay.

tamaam saamaan jo heeraam-abee nay sulemaan kay hukm par rabb kay ghar kay liyay banaaya peetal say dhaal kar paalish kiya gaya tha. ¹⁷baadshaah nay usay vaadee-ay-yardan men sukkaat aur zartaan kay darmiyaan dhalvaaya. vahaan ek faundree thee jahaan heeraam nay gaaray say saanchay bana kar har cheez dhaal dee. ¹⁸is saamaan kay liyay sulemaan baadshaah nay itna ziyaada peetal istemaal kiya ki us ka kul vazan maaloom na ho saka.

rabb kay ghar kay andar sonay ka saamaan

¹⁹allaah kay ghar kay andar kay liyay sulemaan nay darj-ay-zail saamaan banvaaya :

sonay kee qurbaangaah,

sonay kee vah mezen jin par rabb kay liyay makhsoos rotiyaan padee rahetee theen,

²⁰khaalis sonay kay vah shamaadaan aur charaagh jin ko qavaaid kay mutaabiq muqaddastareen kamray kay saamnay jalna tha,

²¹khaalis sonay kay vah phool jin say shamaadaan aaraasta thay,

khaalis sonay kay charaagh aur battee ko bujhaanay kay auzaar,

²²charaagh ko katarnay kay khaalis sonay kay auzaar, chhidkaao kay khaalis sonay kay katoray aur piyaalay,

jaltay huay koilay kay liyay khaalis sonay kay bartan,

muqaddastareen kamray aur baday haal kay darvaazay.