II Chronicles 6

حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي الضَّبَابِ.

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

وَأَنَا بَنَيْتُ لَكَ بَيْتَ سُكْنَى مَكَانًا لِسُكْنَاكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

وَحَوَّلَ الْمَلِكُ وَجْهَهُ وَبَارَكَ كُلَّ جُمْهُورِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكُلَّ جُمْهُورِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاقِفٌ.

And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

وَقَالَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَ بِفَمِهِ دَاوُدَ أَبِي وَأَكْمَلَ بِيَدَيْهِ قَائِلاً:

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,

مُنْذُ يَوْمَ أَخْرَجْتُ شَعْبِي مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لَمْ أَخْتَرْ مَدِينَةً مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِبِنَاءِ بَيْتٍ لِيَكُونَ اسْمِي هُنَاكَ، وَلاَ اخْتَرْتُ رَجُلاً يَكُونُ رَئِيسًا لِشَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

بَلِ اخْتَرْتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَكُونَ اسْمِي فِيهَا، وَاخْتَرْتُ دَاوُدَ لِيَكُونَ عَلَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

وَكَانَ فِي قَلْبِ دَاوُدَ أَبِي أَنْ يَبْنِيَ بَيْتًا لاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي: مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِكَ أَنْ تَبْنِيَ بَيْتًا لاسْمِي، قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ بِكَوْنِ ذلِكَ فِي قَلْبِكَ.

But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:

إِلاَّ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ لاَ تَبْنِي الْبَيْتَ، بَلِ ابْنُكَ الْخَارِجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ هُوَ يَبْنِي الْبَيْتَ لاسْمِي.

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

وَأَقَامَ الرَّبُّ كَلاَمَهُ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ، وَقَدْ قُمْتُ أَنَا مَكَانَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي، وَجَلَسْتُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ، وَبَنَيْتُ الْبَيْتَ لاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

وَوَضَعْتُ هُنَاكَ التَّابُوتَ الَّذِي فِيهِ عَهْدُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.

وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ تُجَاهَ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ.

And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

لأَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ صَنَعَ مِنْبَرًا مِنْ نُحَاسٍ وَجَعَلَهُ فِي وَسَطِ الدَّارِ، طُولُهُ خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ وَعَرْضُهُ خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ وَارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاَثُ أَذْرُعٍ، وَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ جَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ تُجَاهَ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ،

For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لاَ إِلهَ مِثْلُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، حَافِظُ الْعَهْدِ وَالرَّحْمَةِ لِعَبِيدِكَ السَّائِرِينَ أَمَامَكَ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمُ.

And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

الَّذِي قَدْ حَفِظْتَ لِعَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي مَا كَلَّمْتَهُ بِهِ، فَتَكَلَّمْتَ بِفَمِكَ وأَكْمَلْتَ بِيَدِكَ كَهذَا الْيَوْمِ.

Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.

وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، احْفَظْ لِعَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي مَا كَلَّمْتَهُ بِهِ قَائِلاً: لاَ يُعْدَمُ لَكَ أَمَامِي رَجُلٌ يَجْلِسُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، إِنْ يَكُنْ بَنُوكَ طُرُقَهُمْ يَحْفَظُونَ حَتَّى يَسِيرُوا فِي شَرِيعَتِي كَمَا سِرْتَ أَنْتَ أَمَامِي.

Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلْيَتَحَقَّقْ كَلاَمُكَ الَّذِي كَلَّمْتَ بِهِ عَبْدَكَ دَاوُدَ.

Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.

لأَنَّهُ هَلْ يَسْكُنُ اللهُ حَقًّا مَعَ الإِنْسَانِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟ هُوَذَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَسَمَاءُ السَّمَاوَاتِ لاَ تَسَعُكَ، فَكَمْ بِالأَقَلِّ هذَا الْبَيْتُ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ!

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

فَالْتَفِتْ إِلَى صَلاَةِ عَبْدِكَ وَإِلَى تَضَرُّعِهِ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهِي، وَاسْمَعِ الصُّرَاخَ وَالصَّلاَةَ الَّتِي يُصَلِّيهَا عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ.

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

لِتَكُونَ عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ عَلَى هذَا الْبَيْتِ نَهَارًا وَلَيْلاً عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي قُلْتَ إِنَّكَ تَضَعُ اسْمَكَ فِيهِ، لِتَسْمَعَ الصَّلاَةَ الَّتِي يُصَلِّيهَا عَبْدُكَ فِي هذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

وَاسْمَعْ تَضَرُّعَاتِ عَبْدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي هذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، وَاسْمَعْ أَنْتَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِ سُكْنَاكَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَإِذَا سَمِعْتَ فَاغْفِرْ.

Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

إِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَوُضِعَ عَلَيْهِ حَلْفٌ لِيُحَلِّفَهُ، وَجَاءَ الْحَلْفُ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِكَ فِي هذَا الْبَيْتِ،

If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

فَاسْمَعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاعْمَلْ، وَاقْضِ بَيْنَ عَبِيدِكَ إِذْ تُعَاقِبُ الْمُذْنِبَ فَتَجْعَلُ طَرِيقَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَتُبَرِّرُ الْبَارَّ إِذْ تُعْطِيهِ حَسَبَ بِرِّهِ.

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

وَإِنِ انْكَسَرَ شَعْبُكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ أَمَامَ الْعَدُوِّ لِكَوْنِهِمْ أَخْطَأُوا إِلَيْكَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا وَاعْتَرَفُوا بِاسْمِكَ وَصَلَّوْا وَتَضَرَّعُوا أَمَامَكَ نَحْوَ هذَا الْبَيْتِ،

And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

فَاسْمَعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاغْفِرْ خَطِيَّةَ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْجِعْهُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتَهَا لَهُمْ وَلآبَائِهِمْ.

Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

«إِذَا أُغْلِقَتِ السَّمَاءُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَطَرٌ لِكَوْنِهِمْ أَخْطَأُوا إِلَيْكَ، ثُمَّ صَلَّوْا فِي هذَا الْمَكَانِ وَاعْتَرَفُوا بِاسْمِكَ وَرَجَعُوا عَنْ خَطِيَّتِهِمْ لأَنَّكَ ضَايَقْتَهُمْ،

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

فَاسْمَعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاغْفِرْ خَطِيَّةَ عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتُعَلِّمَهُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الصَّالِحَ الَّذِي يَسْلُكُونَ فِيهِ، وَأَعْطِ مَطَرًا عَلَى أَرْضِكَ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتَهَا لِشَعْبِكَ مِيرَاثًا.

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

إِذَا صَارَ فِي الأَرْضِ جُوعٌ، إِذَا صَارَ وَبَأٌ أَوْ لَفْحٌ أَوْ يَرَقَانٌ أَوْ جَرَادٌ أَوْ جَرْدَمٌ، أَوْ إِذَا حَاصَرَهُمْ أَعْدَاؤُهُمْ فِي أَرْضِ مُدُنِهِمْ، فِي كُلِّ ضَرْبَةٍ وَكُلِّ مَرَضٍ،

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

فَكُلُّ صَلاَةٍ وَكُلُّ تَضَرُّعٍ تَكُونُ مِنْ أَيِّ إِنْسَانٍ كَانَ، أَوْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ ضَرْبَتَهُ وَوَجَعَهُ، فَيَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ هذَا الْبَيْتِ،

Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

فَاسْمَعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَكَانِ سُكْنَاكَ، وَاغْفِرْ وَأَعْطِ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ حَسَبَ كُلِّ طُرُقِهِ كَمَا تَعْرِفُ قَلْبَهُ. لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ تَعْرِفُ قُلُوبَ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ.

Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

لِكَيْ يَخَافُوكَ وَيَسِيرُوا فِي طُرُقِكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي يَحْيَوْنَ فِيهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتَ لآبَائِنَا.

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

وَكَذلِكَ الأَجْنَبِيُّ الَّذِي لَيْسَ هُوَ مِنْ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَقَدْ جَاءَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ وَيَدِكَ الْقَوِيَّةِ وَذِرَاعِكَ الْمَمْدُودَةِ، فَمَتَى جَاءُوا وَصَلَّوْا فِي هذَا الْبَيْتِ،

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

فَاسْمَعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَكَانِ سُكْنَاكَ وَافْعَلْ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا يَدْعُوكَ بِهِ الأَجْنَبِيُّ، لِكَيْ يَعْلَمَ كُلُّ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ اسْمَكَ فَيَخَافُوكَ كَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلِكَيْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اسْمَكَ قَدْ دُعِيَ عَلَى هذَا الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ.

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

«إِذَا خَرَجَ شَعْبُكَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَعْدَائِهِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي تُرْسِلُهُمْ فِيهِ وَصَلَّوْا إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ هذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا، وَالْبَيْتِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ لاسْمِكَ،

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

فَاسْمَعْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ صَلاَتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ وَاقْضِ قَضَاءَهُمْ.

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

إِذَا أَخْطَأُوا إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ لاَ يُخْطِئُ، وَغَضِبْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَدَفَعْتَهُمْ أَمَامَ الْعَدُوِّ وَسَبَاهُمْ، سَابُوهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ أَوْ قَرِيبَةٍ،

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

فَإِذَا رَدُّوا إِلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي يُسْبَوْنَ إِلَيْهَا، وَرَجَعُوا وَتَضَرَّعُوا إِلَيْكَ فِي أَرْضِ سَبْيِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا وَعَوَّجْنَا وَأَذْنَبْنَا،

Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

وَرَجَعُوا إِلَيْكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فِي أَرْضِ سَبْيِهِمِ الَّتِي سَبَوْهُمْ إِلَيْهَا، وَصَلَّوْا نَحْوَ أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي أَعْطَيْتَهَا لآبَائِهِمْ، وَالْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَ، وَالْبَيْتِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ لاسْمِكَ،

If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

فَاسْمَعْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ مَكَانِ سُكْنَاكَ صَلاَتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَاتِهِمْ، وَاقْضِ قَضَاءَهُمْ، وَاغْفِرْ لِشَعْبِكَ مَا أَخْطَأُوا بِهِ إِلَيْكَ.

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

الآنَ يَا إِلهِي لِتَكُنْ عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ، وَأُذُنَاكَ مُصْغِيَتَيْنِ لِصَلاَةِ هذَا الْمَكَانِ.

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

وَالآنَ قُمْ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ إِلَى رَاحَتِكَ أَنْتَ وَتَابُوتُ عِزِّكَ. كَهَنَتُكَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ يَلْبِسُونَ الْخَلاَصَ، وَأَتْقِيَاؤُكَ يَبْتَهِجُونَ بِالْخَيْرِ.

Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلهُ، لاَ تَرُدَّ وَجْهَ مَسِيحِكَ. اذْكُرْ مَرَاحِمَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِكَ».

O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.