The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

圣屋因为楼廊占去些地方，所以上层比中下两层窄些。

房间因为楼廊占掉一些地方，所以房子的上层比中下两层窄。

房间因为楼廊占掉一些地方，所以房子的上层比中下两层窄。

上层的厢房比下层和中层的窄，因为上层走廊占去较大的面积。

上层的房子最窄，因为上层的走廊所占的地方，比下层和中层的为多。

聖屋因為樓廊佔去些地方，所以上層比中下兩層窄些。

房間因為樓廊佔掉一些地方，所以房子的上層比中下兩層窄。

房間因為樓廊佔掉一些地方，所以房子的上層比中下兩層窄。

上層的廂房比下層和中層的窄，因為上層走廊佔去較大的面積。

上層的房子最窄，因為上層的走廊所佔的地方，比下層和中層的為多。

聖屋上層比較窄些，因為樓廊佔了它的地方、比佔了那建築物的下層中層的多。

上層之室維狹、因上層之廡、較中下愈寬、

上層之室最狹、上層之臺、較中下者愈寛、

上層之庫房最狹、蓋上層之廊、較中下者深、

Now the upper rooms were narrower, for the galleries took more space from them than from the rooms on the lower and middle floors of the building.

The rooms on the top floor were narrower than the others. The walkways took up more space from these rooms. The walkways took up less space from the rooms on the other two floors.

Now the upper chambers were narrower, for the galleries took more away from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.

Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building.

Now the upper chambers were shorter, because the galleries took away space from them more than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

Now the upper chambers[ were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building.

The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.