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A gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí wá sí inú tẹmpili

(A)Nígbà náà ni Solomoni pe àwọn àgbàgbà Israẹli àti gbogbo àwọn olórí àwọn ẹ̀yà àti àwọn olórí ìdílé àwọn ọmọ Israẹli jọ papọ̀, níwájú Solomoni ọba ní Jerusalẹmu, láti gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa wá láti ìlú Dafidi, tí ń ṣe Sioni. Gbogbo àwọn ọkùnrin Israẹli sì pe ara wọn jọ sọ́dọ̀ Solomoni ọba ní àkókò àjọ ọdún ní oṣù Etanimu tí í ṣe oṣù keje.

Nígbà tí gbogbo àwọn àgbàgbà Israẹli dé, àwọn àlùfáà sì gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí, wọ́n sì gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí Olúwa àti àgọ́ àjọ ènìyàn àti gbogbo ohun èlò mímọ́ tí ó wà nínú àgọ́. Àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ọmọ Lefi sì gbé wọn gòkè wá, Àti Solomoni ọba, àti gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn tí ó péjọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ níwájú àpótí ẹ̀rí, wọ́n ń fi ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àgùntàn àti màlúù tí a kò le mọ iye, àti tí a kò le kà rú ẹbọ.

Nígbà náà ni àwọn àlùfáà gbé àpótí ẹ̀rí ti májẹ̀mú Olúwa wá sí ipò rẹ̀, sí ibi inú lọ́hùn ún ilé Olúwa, Ibi Mímọ́ Jùlọ, wọ́n gbé e sí abẹ́ ìyẹ́ àwọn kérúbù. Àwọn kérúbù na ìyẹ́ wọn méjèèjì sí ibi àpótí ẹ̀rí, wọ́n sì bo àpótí ẹ̀rí náà, àti àwọn ọ̀pá rẹ̀ tí a fi ń gbé e. Àwọn ọ̀pá yìí ga tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí a fi le rí orí wọn láti ibi mímọ́ níwájú ibi tí a yà sí mímọ́, ṣùgbọ́n a kò sì rí wọn lóde ibi mímọ́, wọ́n sì wà níbẹ̀ títí di òní yìí. Kò sí ohun kankan nínú àpótí ẹ̀rí bí kò ṣe wàláà òkúta méjì tí Mose ti fi sí ibẹ̀ ní Horebu, níbi tí Olúwa ti bá àwọn ọmọ Israẹli dá májẹ̀mú, lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọ́n jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.

10 (B)Nígbà tí àwọn àlùfáà jáde láti ibi mímọ́, àwọsánmọ̀ sì kún ilé Olúwa. 11 Àwọn àlùfáà kò sì le ṣiṣẹ́ wọn nítorí àwọsánmọ̀ náà, nítorí ògo Olúwa kún ilé náà.

12 (C)Nígbà náà ni Solomoni sì wí pé, “Olúwa ti wí pé, òun yóò máa gbé inú òkùnkùn biribiri; 13 Nítòótọ́, èmi ti kọ́ ilé kan fún ọ, ibi tí ìwọ yóò máa gbé títí láéláé.”

14 Nígbà tí gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn Israẹli sì dúró síbẹ̀, ọba sì yí ojú rẹ̀, ó sì bùkún fún wọn. 15 Nígbà náà ni ó wí pé:

“Ìbùkún ni fún Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli, ẹni tí ó ti fi ọwọ́ ara rẹ̀ mú ìlérí tí ó fi ẹnu rẹ̀ sọ fún Dafidi baba mi ṣẹ. Nítorí tí ó wí pé, 16 ‘Láti ọjọ́ tí èmi ti mú àwọn ènìyàn mi Israẹli jáde kúrò ní Ejibiti, èmi kò tí ì yan ìlú kan nínú gbogbo ẹ̀yà Israẹli láti kọ́ ilé kan fún orúkọ mi láti wà níbẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n èmi ti yan Dafidi láti ṣàkóso àwọn Israẹli ènìyàn mi.’

17 “Dafidi baba mi sì ní i lọ́kàn láti kọ́ ilé kan fún orúkọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli. 18 Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa sì wí fún Dafidi baba mi pé, ‘Nítorí tí ó wà ní ọkàn rẹ láti kọ́ ilé kan fún orúkọ mi, ó dára láti ní èyí ní ọkàn rẹ. 19 Ṣùgbọ́n, ìwọ kọ́ ni yóò kọ́ ilé náà, ṣùgbọ́n ọmọ rẹ, tí ó tinú ara rẹ àti ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ jáde; òun ni yóò kọ́ ilé náà fún orúkọ mi.’

20 Olúwa sì ti pa ìlérí rẹ̀ tí ó ṣe mọ́: Èmi sì ti rọ́pò Dafidi baba mi, mo sì jókòó lórí ìtẹ́ Israẹli báyìí, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti ṣèlérí, èmi sì kọ́ ilé kan fún orúkọ Olúwa, Ọlọ́run Israẹli. 21 Èmi sì ti pèsè ibìkan níbẹ̀ fún àpótí ẹ̀rí, èyí tí í ṣe májẹ̀mú Olúwa tí ó ti bá àwọn baba wa dá, nígbà tí ó mú wọn jáde láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti wá.”

Àdúrà Solomoni fún ìyàsímímọ́

22 Solomoni sì dúró níwájú pẹpẹ Olúwa, níwájú gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn Israẹli, ó sì na ọwọ́ rẹ̀ méjèèjì sókè ọ̀run. 23 Ó sì wí pé:

Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli, kò sí Ọlọ́run tí ó dàbí rẹ lókè ọ̀run tàbí ní ìsàlẹ̀ ilẹ̀ ìwọ tí ó pa májẹ̀mú àti àánú mọ́ pẹ̀lú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ tí ń fi gbogbo ọkàn wọn rìn níwájú rẹ. 24 O sì ti pa ìlérí rẹ mọ́ fún ìránṣẹ́ rẹ Dafidi baba mi; pẹ̀lú ẹnu rẹ ni ìwọ ṣe ìlérí, o sì mú u ṣẹ pẹ̀lú ọwọ́ rẹ, bí ó ti rí lónìí.

25 “Ǹjẹ́ báyìí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli, bá ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ Dafidi baba mi pa ohun tí ìwọ ti ṣe ìlérí fún un mọ́ wí pé, ìwọ kì yóò kùnà láti ní ènìyàn kan láti jókòó níwájú mi lórí ìtẹ́ Israẹli, kìkì bí àwọn ọmọ rẹ bá lè kíyèsi ohun tí wọ́n ń ṣe láti máa rìn níwájú mi bí ìwọ ti rìn. 26 Ǹjẹ́ báyìí, Ọlọ́run Israẹli, jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ tí o ti ṣe ìlérí fún ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ Dafidi baba mi wá sí ìmúṣẹ.

27 “Ṣùgbọ́n nítòótọ́, Ọlọ́run yóò máa gbé ayé bí? Ọ̀run àti ọ̀run àwọn ọ̀run kò le gbà ọ́. Kí a má sọ pé ilé yìí tí mo kọ́ fún ọ! 28 Síbẹ̀ ṣe ìfetísílẹ̀ àdúrà ìránṣẹ́ rẹ àti ẹ̀bẹ̀ rẹ fún àánú, Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi. Gbọ́ ẹkún àti àdúrà tí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ ń gbà níwájú rẹ lónìí. 29 Jẹ́ kí ojú rẹ ṣí sí ilé yìí ní òru àti ní ọ̀sán, ibí yìí tí ìwọ ti wí pé, orúkọ mi yóò wà níbẹ̀, nítorí ìwọ yóò gbọ́ àdúrà tí ìránṣẹ́ rẹ gbà sí ibí yìí. 30 Gbọ́ ẹ̀bẹ̀ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ àti ti Israẹli, ènìyàn rẹ nígbà tí wọ́n bá gbàdúrà sí ibí yìí. Gbọ́ láti ọ̀run wá láti ibùgbé rẹ, àti nígbà tí o bá gbọ́, dáríjì.

31 “Nígbà tí ẹnìkan bá ṣẹ̀ sí ẹnìkejì rẹ̀, tí a sì fi wá lé e láti mú un búra, bí ìbúra náà bá sì dé iwájú pẹpẹ rẹ ní ilé yìí, 32 nígbà náà ni kí o gbọ́ láti ọ̀run, kí o sì ṣe. Kí o sì ṣèdájọ́ láàrín àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, dá ènìyàn búburú lẹ́bi, kí o sì mú wá sí orí òun tìkára rẹ̀ ohun tí ó ti ṣe, dá olóòtítọ́ láre, kí a sì fi ẹsẹ̀ àìlẹ́bi rẹ̀ múlẹ̀.

33 “Nígbà tí àwọn ọ̀tá bá ṣẹ́gun Israẹli, ènìyàn rẹ, nítorí tí wọ́n ti ṣẹ̀ sí ọ, tí wọ́n bá yípadà sí ọ, tí wọ́n sì jẹ́wọ́ orúkọ rẹ, tí wọ́n sì gbàdúrà, tí wọ́n sì bẹ̀bẹ̀ lọ́dọ̀ rẹ nínú ilé yìí 34 nígbà náà ni kí o gbọ́ láti ọ̀run wá, kí o sì dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ Israẹli, ènìyàn rẹ̀ jì í, kí o sì mú wọn padà wá sí ilẹ̀ tí ìwọ ti fún àwọn baba wọn.

35 “Nígbà tí ọ̀run bá sé mọ́, tí kò sí òjò, nítorí tí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ ti ṣẹ̀ sí ọ, bí wọ́n bá gbàdúrà sí ìhà ibí yìí, tí wọ́n sì jẹ́wọ́ orúkọ rẹ, tí wọ́n sì yípadà kúrò nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn nítorí tí ìwọ ti pọ́n wọn lójú, 36 nígbà náà ni kí o gbọ́ láti ọ̀run wá, kí o sì dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ jì wọ́n, à ní Israẹli, ènìyàn rẹ. Kọ́ wọn ní ọ̀nà tí ó tọ́ láti máa rìn, kí o sì rọ òjò sí ilẹ̀ tí ìwọ ti fi fún ènìyàn rẹ fún ìní.

37 “Nígbà tí ìyàn tàbí àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn bá wá sí ilẹ̀ náà, tàbí ìrẹ̀dànù tàbí ìmúwòdù, eṣú tàbí kòkòrò tí ń jẹ ni run, tàbí nígbà tí àwọn ọ̀tá bá dó tì wọ́n nínú àwọn ìlú wọn, irú ìpọ́njú tàbí ààrùnkárùn tó lè wá, 38 nígbà tí àdúrà tàbí ẹ̀bẹ̀ bá ti ọ̀dọ̀ ẹnìkan láti ọ̀dọ̀ gbogbo Israẹli wá, tí olúkúlùkù sì mọ ìbànújẹ́ ọkàn rẹ̀, bí ó bá sì tẹ́ ọwọ́ rẹ̀ méjèèjì sí ìhà ilé yìí, 39 nígbà náà ni kí o gbọ́ láti ọ̀run wá, ní ibùgbé rẹ. Dáríjì, kí o sì ṣe sí olúkúlùkù ènìyàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo ohun tí ó ti ṣe, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí ìwọ mọ ọkàn rẹ̀, nítorí ìwọ nìkan ṣoṣo ni ó mọ ọkàn gbogbo ènìyàn, 40 Nítorí wọn yóò bẹ̀rù rẹ ní gbogbo ọjọ́ tí wọn yóò wà ní ilẹ̀ tí ìwọ fi fún àwọn baba wa.

41 “Ní ti àwọn àlejò tí kì í ṣe Israẹli ènìyàn rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó ti ilẹ̀ òkèèrè jáde wá nítorí orúkọ rẹ, 42 nítorí tí àwọn ènìyàn yóò gbọ́ orúkọ ńlá rẹ, àti ọwọ́ agbára rẹ, àti nínà apá rẹ, nígbà tí ó bá sì wá, tí ó sì gbàdúrà sí ìhà ilé yìí, 43 nígbà náà ni kí o gbọ́ láti ọ̀run wá, ní ibùgbé rẹ, kí o sì ṣe gbogbo èyí tí àlejò náà yóò béèrè lọ́wọ́ rẹ, kí gbogbo ènìyàn ní ayé lè mọ orúkọ rẹ, kí wọn kí ó sì máa bẹ̀rù rẹ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí Israẹli, ènìyàn rẹ ti ṣe, kí wọn kí ó sì le mọ̀ pé orúkọ rẹ ni a fi pe ilé yìí tí mo kọ́.

44 “Nígbà tí àwọn ènìyàn rẹ bá jáde lọ sí ogun sí àwọn ọ̀tá wọn, níbikíbi tí ìwọ bá rán wọn, nígbà tí wọ́n bá gbàdúrà sí Olúwa sí ìhà ìlú tí ìwọ ti yàn àti síhà ilé tí mo ti kọ́ fún orúkọ rẹ, 45 nígbà náà ni kí o gbọ́ àdúrà àti ẹ̀bẹ̀ wọn láti ọ̀run, kí o sì mú ọ̀rọ̀ wọn dúró.

46 “Nígbà tí wọ́n bá ṣẹ̀ sí ọ, nítorí kò sí ẹnìkan tí kì í ṣẹ̀, tí ìwọ sì bínú sí wọn, tí ìwọ sì fi wọ́n lé ọ̀tá lọ́wọ́, tí ó kó wọn ní ìgbèkùn lọ sí ilẹ̀ wọn, jíjìnnà tàbí nítòsí; 47 bí wọ́n bá ní ìyípadà ọkàn ní ilẹ̀ níbi tí a kó wọn ní ìgbèkùn lọ, tí wọ́n bá sì ronúpìwàdà, tí wọ́n sì bẹ̀bẹ̀ sí ọ ní ilẹ̀ àwọn tí ó kó wọn ní ìgbèkùn lọ, wí pé, ‘Àwa ti ṣẹ̀, àwa ti ṣe ohun tí kò tọ́, àwa ti ṣe búburú’; 48 bí wọ́n bá sì fi gbogbo àyà àti gbogbo ọkàn wọn yípadà sí ọ, ní ilẹ̀ àwọn ọ̀tá wọn, tí ó kó wọn ní ìgbèkùn lọ, tí wọ́n sì gbàdúrà sí ọ sí ìhà ilẹ̀ wọn tí ìwọ ti fi fún àwọn baba wọn, Ìlú tí ìwọ ti yàn, àti ilé tí èmi kọ́ fún orúkọ rẹ; 49 Nígbà náà ni kí ìwọ kí ó gbọ́ àdúrà wọn àti ẹ̀bẹ̀ wọn ní ọ̀run, ní ibùgbé rẹ, kí o sì mú ọ̀ràn wọn dúró. 50 Kí o sì dáríjì àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, tí wọ́n ti dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí ọ; dárí gbogbo ìrékọjá wọn tí wọ́n ṣe sí ọ jì, kí o sì bá àwọn tí ó kó wọn ní ìgbèkùn lọ wí, kí wọn kí ó lè ṣàánú fún wọn; 51 nítorí ènìyàn rẹ àti ìní rẹ ni wọ́n, àwọn ẹni tí ìwọ ti mú ti Ejibiti jáde wá, láti inú irin ìléru.

52 “Jẹ́ kí ojú rẹ ṣí sí ẹ̀bẹ̀ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, àti sí ẹ̀bẹ̀ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ Israẹli, kí o sì tẹ́tí sílẹ̀ sí wọn nígbà tí wọ́n bá kégbe sí ọ. 53 Nítorí tí ìwọ ti yà wọ́n kúrò nínú gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè ayé, láti máa jẹ́ ìní rẹ, bí ìwọ ti sọ láti ọwọ́ Mose ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, nígbà tí ìwọ Olúwa Olódùmarè, mú àwọn baba wa ti Ejibiti jáde wá.”

54 Nígbà tí Solomoni ti parí gbogbo àdúrà àti ẹ̀bẹ̀ yìí sí Olúwa tán, ó dìde kúrò lórí eékún rẹ̀ níwájú pẹpẹ Olúwa níbi tí ó ti kúnlẹ̀ tí ó sì na ọwọ́ rẹ̀ sí òkè ọ̀run 55 Ó sì dìde dúró ó sì fi ohùn rara súre fún gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn Israẹli wí pé:

56 “Ìbùkún ni fún Olúwa tí ó ti fi ìsinmi fún Israẹli, ènìyàn rẹ̀ bí ó ti ṣèlérí. Kò sí ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ kan tí ó kùnà nínú gbogbo ìlérí rere tí ó ti ṣe láti ọwọ́ Mose ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ wá. 57 Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa kí ó wà pẹ̀lú wa bí ó ti wà pẹ̀lú àwọn baba wa; kí ó má sì ṣe fi wá sílẹ̀ tàbí kọ̀ wá sílẹ̀. 58 Kí ó fa ọkàn wa sí ọ̀dọ̀ ara rẹ̀, láti máa rìn nínú gbogbo ọ̀nà rẹ̀, àti láti pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́, àti àṣẹ rẹ̀, àti ìlànà rẹ̀, tí ó ti pàṣẹ fún àwọn baba wa. 59 Àti kí ó sì jẹ́ kí àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ mi wọ̀nyí, tí mo ti gbà ní àdúrà níwájú Olúwa, kí ó wà nítòsí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa ní ọ̀sán àti ní òru, kí ó lè mú ọ̀rọ̀ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ dúró àti ọ̀rọ̀ Israẹli ènìyàn rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àìní wa ojoojúmọ́, 60 kí gbogbo ènìyàn ayé lè mọ̀ pé Olúwa òun ni Ọlọ́run, kò sì sí ẹlòmíràn. 61 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ jẹ́ kí ọkàn yín pé pẹ̀lú Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa, láti máa rìn nínú àṣẹ rẹ̀ àti láti pa òfin rẹ̀ mọ́, bí i ti òní yìí.”

Ìyàsímímọ́ ilé náà

62 (D)Nígbà náà ni ọba àti gbogbo Israẹli rú ẹbọ níwájú Olúwa. 63 Solomoni rú ẹbọ àlàáfíà sí Olúwa: ẹgbàá-mọ́kànlá (22,000) màlúù, àti ọ̀kẹ́ mẹ́fà (120,000) àgùntàn. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọba àti gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ya ilé Olúwa sí mímọ́.

64 Ní ọjọ́ kan náà ni ọba ya àgbàlá àárín tí ń bẹ níwájú ilé Olúwa sí mímọ́, níbẹ̀ ni ó sì rú ẹbọ sísun àti ọrẹ oúnjẹ, àti ẹbọ àlàáfíà, nítorí pẹpẹ idẹ tí ń bẹ níwájú Olúwa kéré jù láti gba ẹbọ sísun, àti ọrẹ oúnjẹ, àti ọrẹ ẹbọ àlàáfíà.

65 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Solomoni ṣe àpéjọ nígbà náà, àti gbogbo Israẹli pẹ̀lú rẹ̀, àjọ ńláńlá ni, láti ìwọ Hamati títí dé odò Ejibiti. Wọ́n sì ṣàjọyọ̀ níwájú Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa ní ọjọ́ méje àti ọjọ́ méje sí i, ọjọ́ mẹ́rìnlá papọ̀. 66 Ní ọjọ́ kẹjọ ó rán àwọn ènìyàn lọ. Wọ́n súre fún ọba, wọ́n sì lọ sí ilé wọn pẹ̀lú ayọ̀ àti inú dídùn fún gbogbo ohun rere tí Olúwa ti ṣe fún Dafidi ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, àti fún Israẹli ènìyàn rẹ̀.

The Ark Brought to the Temple(A)

Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs(B) of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark(C) of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David.(D) All the Israelites came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival(E) in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.(F)

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests(G) took up the ark, and they brought up the ark of the Lord and the tent of meeting(H) and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites(I) carried them up, and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing(J) so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.

The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant(K) to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place,(L) and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.(M) The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed(N) the ark and its carrying poles. These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.(O) There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets(P) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud(Q) filled the temple of the Lord. 11 And the priests could not perform their service(R) because of the cloud, for the glory(S) of the Lord filled his temple.

12 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;(T) 13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell(U) forever.”

14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed(V) them. 15 Then he said:

“Praise be to the Lord,(W) the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, 16 ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt,(X) I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name(Y) might be there, but I have chosen(Z) David(AA) to rule my people Israel.’

17 “My father David had it in his heart(AB) to build a temple(AC) for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. 19 Nevertheless, you(AD) are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’(AE)

20 “The Lord has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded(AF) David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built(AG) the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication(AH)

22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands(AI) toward heaven 23 and said:

Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like(AJ) you in heaven above or on earth below—you who keep your covenant of love(AK) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

25 “Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises(AL) you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’ 26 And now, God of Israel, let your word that you promised(AM) your servant David my father come true.

27 “But will God really dwell(AN) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,(AO) cannot contain(AP) you. How much less this temple I have built! 28 Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. 29 May your eyes be open(AQ) toward(AR) this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name(AS) shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray(AT) toward this place. Hear(AU) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.(AV)

31 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath(AW) before your altar in this temple, 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.(AX)

33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(AY) by an enemy because they have sinned(AZ) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(BA) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(BB) because your people have sinned(BC) against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach(BD) them the right way(BE) to live, and send rain(BF) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

37 “When famine(BG) or plague(BH) comes to the land, or blight(BI) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,(BJ) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands(BK) toward this temple— 39 then hear(BL) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive(BM) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(BN) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40 so that they will fear(BO) you all the time they live in the land(BP) you gave our ancestors.

41 “As for the foreigner(BQ) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(BR) of your great name and your mighty hand(BS) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(BT) your name and fear(BU) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(BV)

44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(BW) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.(BX)

46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(BY)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(BZ) to their own lands, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(CA) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(CB) 48 and if they turn back(CC) to you with all their heart(CD) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(CE) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(CF) I have built for your Name;(CG) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;(CH) 51 for they are your people and your inheritance,(CI) whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.(CJ)

52 “May your eyes be open(CK) to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.(CL) 53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,(CM) just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign Lord, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 55 He stood and blessed(CN) the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

56 “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest(CO) to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises(CP) he gave through his servant Moses. 57 May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake(CQ) us. 58 May he turn our hearts(CR) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, 60 so that all the peoples(CS) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.(CT) 61 And may your hearts(CU) be fully committed(CV) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

The Dedication of the Temple(CW)

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices(CX) before the Lord. 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the Lord: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated(CY) the temple of the Lord.

64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat(CZ) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar(DA) that stood before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.(DB)

65 So Solomon observed the festival(DC) at that time, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(DD) to the Wadi of Egypt.(DE) They celebrated it before the Lord our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. 66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good(DF) things the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.