² Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.

³ And he got together a great store of iron, for the nails for the doors and for the joins; and brass, more in weight than might be measured;

⁴ And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.

⁵ And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

²³ Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;

¹¹ O troubled one, storm-crushed, uncomforted! see, your stones will be framed in fair colours, and your bases will be sapphires.

¹² I will make your towers of rubies, and your doors of carbuncles, and the wall round you will be of all sorts of beautiful stones.

¹⁰ Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

¹⁸ And the building of its wall was of jasper, and the town was clear gold, clear as glass.

¹⁹ The bases of the wall of the town had ornaments of all sorts of beautiful stones. The first base was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

²⁰ The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

²¹ And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass.

¹⁰ Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

¹¹ If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

³ For I give them witness, that as they were able, and even more than they were able, they gave from the impulse of their hearts,

¹⁶ It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

²⁰ This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

²¹ And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

¹⁴ Of gold, by weight, for the vessels of gold, for all the vessels of different uses; and silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for vessels of different uses;

¹⁵ And gold by weight for the light-supports and the vessels for the lights, the weight of gold needed for every support and every vessel for lights; and for the silver light-supports, the weight of silver needed for every support and for the different vessels as every one was to be used;

¹⁶ And gold by weight for the tables for the holy bread for every table, and silver for the silver tables;

¹⁷ Clear gold for the meat-hooks and the basins and the cups; for the gold basins, gold enough by weight for every basin; and silver by weight for every silver basin;

¹⁸ And the best gold for the altar of perfumes; and gold for the design of the carriage, for the winged ones whose wings were outstretched covering the ark of the Lord's agreement.

¹⁴ Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

¹⁵ And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

¹⁶ In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.

¹³ In the fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they were fixed in twisted frames of gold.

⁶ Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.

²⁰ The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

¹⁷ And on it you are to put four lines of jewels; the first line is to be a cornelian, a chrysolite, and an emerald;

¹² And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.