1 ث ُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ وَرُؤَساءِ العَشائِرِ، وَقادَةِ عائِلاتِ إسْرائِيلَ فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ. أرادَهُمْ سُلَيْمانُ أنْ يَنضَمُّوا إلَيهِ فِي إحضارِ صُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ مِنْ مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ إلَى الهَيكَلِ.

¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the families of the sons of Israel, unto King Solomon in Jerusalem that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 ف َجاءَ جَمِيعُ رِجالِ إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً إلَى المَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ. كانَ هَذا أثناءَ عِيدُ السَّقائِفِ فِي شَهْرِ إيثانِيمَ: الشَّهْرِ السّابِعِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ.

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto King Solomon in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month, on the solemn day.

3 و َلَمّا وَصَلَ كُلُّ شُيُوخِ إسْرائِيلَ إلَى ذَلِكَ المَكانِ. وَأخَذَ الكَهَنَةُ صُنْدُوقَ العَهْدِ.

And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

4 و َحَمَلُوا صُنْدُوقَ عَهْدِ اللهِ مَعَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ وَالأشياءِ المُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي فِيها. حَمَلَها الكَهَنَةُ وَالَّلاوِيُّونَ.

And they brought up the ark of the LORD and the tabernacle of the testimony and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, which the priests and the Levites carried.

5 و َاجتَمَعَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ وَكُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً أمامَ صُنْدُوقِ العَهْدِ. وَذَبَحُوا خِرافاً وَبَقَراً بِأعدادٍ لا تُحصَى مِنْ كَثْرَتِها.

And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

6 ث ُمَّ وَضَعَ الكَهَنَةُ صُنْدُوقَ عَهدِ اللهِ فِي مَكانِهِ الصَّحِيحِ داخِلَ قُدْسِ الأقداسِ فِي الهَيكَلِ تَحتَ أجنِحَةِ المَلاكَينِ الكَرُوبَينِ.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, in the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

7 ف َظَلَّلَتْ أجْنِحَةُ المَلاكَينِ الكَرُوبَينِ الصُّنْدُوقَ، فَصارَ الكَروبانِ كَغِطاءٍ للصُّندُوقِ وَللقَضِيبَينِ اللَّذَينِ يُحمَلُ بِهِما.

For the cherubim had their wings extended over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves from above.

8 و َكانَ القُضيبانِ طَوِيلانِ حَتَّى كانَ بِمَقدُورِ الواقِفِ فِي القُدْسِ أمامَ قُدْسِ الأقداسِ أنْ يَرَى طَرَفَيهِما. لَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي مَقدُورِ مَنْ يَقِفُ خارِجاً أنْ يَراهُما. وَمازالَ القضِيبانَ هُناكَ حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ.

And they drew out the staves so that the ends of the staves could be seen out in the holy place in front of the oracle, but they could not be seen from outside, and thus they remained until today.

9 و َلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي صُنْدُوقِ العَهْدِ إلّا اللَّوْحانِ الحَجَرِيّانِ اللَّذانِ وَضَعَهُما مُوسَى فِيهِ فِي حُورِيبَ. فَفِي ذَلِكَ المَكانِ قَطَعَ اللهُ عَهْداً مَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ.

There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD cut a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

10 و َلَمّا خَرَجَ الكَهَنَةُ مِنَ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ، مَلأتْ سَحابَةٌ بَيتَ اللهِ.

And when the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD.

11 و َلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الكَهَنَةُ مُواصَلَةَ خِدمَتِهِمْ بِسَبِبِ السَّحابَةِ، لِأنَّ بَيْتَ اللهِ امتَلأ مِنْ مَجْدِ اللهِ.

And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

12 ح ِينَئِذٍ، قالَ سُلَيْمانُ: «اخْتارَ اللهُ أنْ يَسْكُنَ فِي السَّحابَةِ الكَثِيفَةِ.

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

13 ه ا قَدْ بَنَيتُ هَيكَلاً بَدِيعاً لَكَ يا اللهُ، مَكاناً لِتَسكُنَ إلَى الأبَدِ فِيهِ.»

I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

14 و َكانَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ واقِفِينَ هُناكَ. فَالتَفَتَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ وَطَلَبَ لَهُمُ البَرَكَةَ.

And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel were standing.

15 ث ُمَّ صَلَّى فَقالَ: « اللهُ إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ عَظِيمٌ. فَقَدْ صَنَعَ بِيَدِهِ ما قالَهُ لِداوُدَ أبِي. إذْ قالَ لِأبِي:

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and with his hand has fulfilled it, saying,

16 ‹ أخرَجْتُ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ. لَكِنِّي لَمْ أكُنْ قَدِ اختَرْتُ مَدِينَةً مِنْ بَينِ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ لِبِناءِ بَيْتٍ إكْراماً لاسْمِي. وَلَمْ أكُنْ قَدِ اختَرْتُ رَجُلاً لِيَرأسَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ. أمّا الآنَ فَقَدِ اختَرْتُ داوُدَ لِيَرأسَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ.›

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I have chosen no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

17 « أرادَ داوُدُ أبِي أنْ يَبنِيَ بَيْتاً مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِ اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ.

And it was in the heart of David, my father, to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

18 ل َكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لَهُ: ‹أنْتَ تَرغَبُ حَقّاً فِي أنْ تَبنِيَ بَيتاً مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِي. وَهَذِا حَسَنٌ.

But the LORD said unto David, my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;

19 ل َكِنَّكَ لَسْتَ مَنْ سَيَبْنِي البَيْتَ، بَلِ ابنُكَ الَّذِي سَيُولَدُ لَكَ هُوَ مَنْ سَيَبْنِي البَيْتَ مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِي.›

nevertheless, thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build a house unto my name.

20 « وَهَكَذا حَقَّقَ اللهُ الوَعدَ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ. فَها أنا خَلَفْتُ أبِي عَلَى العَرْشِ، وَأحكُمُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ حَسَبَ وَعْدِ اللهِ. وَها قَدْ بَنَيْتُ البَيْتَ إكْراماً لاسْمِ اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ.

And the LORD has established his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in the place of David, my father, and sit on the throne of Israel as the LORD had said and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

21 و َقَدْ هَيَّأْتُ مَكاناً فِي الهَيكَلِ لِصُنْدُوقِ عَهْدِ اللهِ، ذَلِكَ العَهْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ اللهُ مَعَ آبائِنا عِندَما أخرَجَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ.»

And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

22 ث ُمَّ وَقَفَ سُلَيْمانُ أمامَ مَذبَحِ اللهِ مُقابِلَ كُلِّ الشَّعبِ. وَبَسَطَ يَدَيهِ ناظِراً نَحْوَ السَّماءِ.

¶ And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and extending his hands toward heaven,

23 و َقالَ: «يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، لَيْسَ إلَهٌ مِثلَكَ فِي السَّماءِ أوْ عَلَى الأرْضِ، يُحِبُّ شَعبَهُ الأوفِياءَ وَيَحفَظُ عَهْدَهُ مَعَهُمْ.

he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in the heavens above or on earth beneath, who keeps the covenant and mercy with thy slaves that walk before thee with all their heart,

24 ف َقَدْ قَطَعْتَ عَهْداً لِعَبْدِكَ داوُدَ، أبِي، وَوَفَيتَ بِهِ. بِفَمِكَ أنتَ قَطَعْتَ ذَلِكَ العَهْدَ. وَبِقُوَّتِكَ العَظِيمَةِ حَقَّقْتَهُ اليَوْمَ.

who hast kept unto thy slave David, my father, what thou didst declare unto him; thou didst say it with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as we see this day.

25 و َالآنَ يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، احفَظْ وُعُودَكَ الأُخرَى الَّتِي قَطَعْتَها لِعَبدِكَ داوُدَ، أبِي. فَقَدْ قُلْتَ لَهُ: ‹يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَحرِصَ أبناؤُكَ دائِماً عَلَى طاعَتِي، كَما فَعَلْتَ أنْتَ. فَإنْ فَعَلُوا، سَأضمَنُ أنْ يَكُونَ واحِدٌ مِنْ نَسلِكَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ دائِماً.›

Therefore, now, LORD God of Israel, fulfill unto thy slave David, my father, what thou didst promise him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if thy sons keep their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

26 و َها أنا أطلُبُ إلَيكَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، أنْ تَحْفَظَ وَعدِكَ هَذا دائِماً لِأبِي، خادِمِكَ.

And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be made firm, which thou didst speak unto thy slave David, my father.

27 « لَكِنْ، أحَقّاً سَتَسْكُنُ مَعَنا عَلَى الأرْضِ، بَينَما الكَوْنُ كُلُّهُ وَالسَّماواتُ لا تَتَّسِعُ لَكَ؟ فَكَيفَ يَتَّسِعُ لَكَ هَذا البَيتُ الَّذِي بَنَيتُهُ؟

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have built?

28 ف َاسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلاتِي، أنا عَبْدَكَ، يا إلَهِي ، وَاسْتَمِعْ إلَى طِلْبَتِي الَّتِي أرفَعُها اليَوْمَ إلَيكَ.

Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy slave and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy slave prays before thee today,

29 أ ُصَلِّي أنْ تَبقَى عَيناكَ عَلَى هَذا الهَيكَلِ نَهاراً وَلَيلاً. فَأنتَ قُلْتَ إنَّكَ سَتَضَعُ اسْمَكَ فِيهِ. لَيتَكَ تَسمَعُ صَلَواتِيَ الآنَ بَينَما أنظُرُ إلَى هَيكَلِكَ.

that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there that thou may hearken unto the prayer which thy slave shall make in this place.

30 س َنَأْتِي أنا وَشَعبُكَ إسْرائِيلَ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ لِكَي نُصَلِّي لَكَ. فَاسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلَواتِنا مِنْ مَكانِ سُكْناكَ فِي السَّماءِ. وَحِينَ تَسْمَعُ صَلَواتِنا، فَإنَّنا نَسألُكَ أنْ تَغفِرَ لَنا.

Therefore, thou shalt hearken unto the supplication of thy slave and of thy people Israel when they shall pray in this place and hear in thy dwelling place, from the heavens; please hear and forgive.

31 « إذا اتُّهِمَ شَخصٌ بِالإساءَةِ إلَى آخَرَ، سَيُؤْتَى بِالطَّرَفَينِ هُنا إلَى المَذبَحِ. فَإذا أنكَرَ المُتَّهَمُ أنَّهُ أساءَ، سَيُحَلَّفُ أنَّهُ بَرِيءٌ،

When anyone shall have sinned against his neighbour, and an oath is laid upon him to cause him to swear and the oath comes before thy altar in this house,

32 ف َاسْمَعْ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَاستَجِبْ، وَاقضِ بَينَ خَادِمَيكَ. احكُمْ عَلَى المُذنِبِ وَعاقِبْهُ عَلَى عَمَلِهِ، وَأنصِفِ البَرِيءَ وَكافِئْهُ بِحَسَبِ صَلاحِهِ.

thou shalt hear from heaven and do and judge thy slaves, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

33 « رُبَّما يُخطِئُ شَعبُكَ إسْرائِيلُ أحياناً، فَتَسمَحُ لِأعدائِهِمْ بِأنْ يَنتَصِرُوا عَلَيهِمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَرجِعُونَ إلَيكَ وَيَعتَرِفُونَ بِخَطِيَّتِهِمْ، وَيَعُودُونَ إلَيكَ، وَيَتَضَرَّعُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ إلَيكَ فِي هَذا الهَيكَلِ.

When thy people Israel are smitten down before the enemy because they have sinned against thee and shall turn again to thee and confess thy name and pray and make supplication with humility unto thee in this house,

34 ف اسْمَعْهُمْ مِنْ سَمائِكَ. وَاغفِرْ لِشَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ، وَأعِدْ لَهُمْ أرْضَهُمُ الَّتِي أعْطَيتَها لآبائِهِمْ.

then thou shalt hear in the heavens and forgive the sin of thy people Israel and bring them again unto the land which thou didst give unto their fathers.

35 « رُبَّما يُخطِئُونَ إلَيكَ، فَتُعاقِبُهُمْ بِحَبْسِ المَطَرِ عَنْ أرْضِهِمْ، فَيُصَلُّونَ مُوَجِّهِينَ أنظارَهُمْ إلَى هَذا المَكانِ، وَيَعتَرِفُونَ بِخَطِيَّتِهِمْ. وَيَعُودُونَ إلَيكَ أنْتَ إلَهَهُمْ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ بَعْدَ أنْ ضايَقْتَهُمْ.

When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against thee, if they pray in this place and confess thy name and turn from their sin when thou hast afflicted them,

36 ف اسمَعْهُمْ مِنْ سَمائِكَ، وَاغفِرْ لَهُمْ خَطاياهُمْ، وَعَلِّمْ شَعبَكَ أنْ يَسِيرُوا فِي مَرْضاتِكَ، وَأرسِلْ مَطَراً لِلأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لَهُمْ.

then thou shalt hear in the heavens and forgive the sin of thy slaves and of thy people Israel, teaching them the good way in which they should walk and shalt give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

37 « رُبَّما تَحدُثُ مَجاعَةٌ، أوْ رُبَّما يَنتَشِرُ وَباءٌ، أوْ رُبَّما تَقْضِي حَشَراتٌ عَلَى المَحاصِيلِ، وَرُبَّما يُحاصَرُ شَعبُكَ مِنْ أعدائِهِمْ فِي بَعضِ مُدُنِهِمْ، فَتَتَفَشَّى الأمراضُ بَينَهُمْ.

When there is famine in the land or pestilence or blasting or mildew or locusts or caterpillars, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,

38 ف ِإنْ لَجَأَ إلَيكَ شَعبُكَ إسرائِيلُ أوْ أحَدُ أفرادِهِ بِالصَّلاةِ وَالتَّضّرُّعِ، مُعتَرِفِينَ بِمَعاصِيَ قُلُوبِهِمْ، باسِطِينَ أيدِيَهُمْ نَحوَ هَذا البَيتِ،

every prayer and every supplication made by any man or by all thy people Israel, when anyone knows the plague of his own heart and spreads forth his hands toward this house,

39 ف اسْمَعْ صَلاتَهُمْ مِنْ مَسْكِنِكَ فِي سَمائِكَ، وَاغفِرْ لَهُمْ وَأعِنْهُمْ. وَاحكُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ شَخصٍ حَسَبَ أعمالِهِ وَنَواياهُ، فَأنتَ وَحدَكَ تَعرِفُ خَفايا قُلُوبِ البَشَرِ.

then thou shalt hear in the heavens, in the habitation of thy dwelling place, and forgive and do and give to each one according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the sons of men),

40 ح ِينَئِذٍ، سَيَهابُونَكَ طَوالَ فَتْرَةِ بَقائِهِمْ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لآبائِنا.

that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou didst give unto our fathers.

41 « قَدْ يَأْتِي أجنَبِيٌّ لَيسَ مِنْ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ، بَلْ بَلَدٍ بَعِيدٍ مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِكَ.

Likewise concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but comes out of a far country for thy name’s sake

42 ف َالنَّاسُ يَسْمَعُونَ بِاسْمِكَ العَظيمِ وَقُوَّتِكَ الجَبّارَةِ وَمَقدِرَتِكَ عَلَى عَمَلِ أُمُورٍ عَظِيمَةٍ. عِندَما يَأْتِي مِثلُ هَذا الشَّخصِ وَيُصَلِّي ناظِراً إلَى هَذا الهَيكَلِ،

(for they shall have heard of thy great name and of thy strong hand and of thy stretched out arm), when he shall come to pray in this house,

43 ف اسمَعْ صَلَواتِهِمْ مِنْ مَسكِنِكَ فِي سَمائِكَ. وَاستَجِبْ لِكُلَّ ما يَطلُبُهُ مِنْكَ هَؤُلاءِ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَهابُونَكَ مَهابَةَ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ لَكَ، وَثُمَّ سَيَعرِفُ كُلُّ البَشَرِ أنِّي بَنَيتُ هَذا الهَيكَلَ لاسْمِكَ وَإكْراماً لَكَ.

thou shalt hear in the heavens, in the habitation of thy dwelling place, and do according to all that for which the stranger shall have called unto thee, that all peoples of the earth may know thy name and fear thee as do thy people Israel and that they may know that thy name is invoked upon this house, which I have built.

44 « وَإذا أمرْتَ شَعبَكَ بِالخُرُوجِ لِمُحارَبَةِ أعدائِهِمْ فِي مَكانٍ ما، وَصَلُّوا إلَى اللهِ ناظِرِينَ نَحوَ المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اختَرْتَها، وَالهَيكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيتُهُ إكراماً لاسْمِكَ،

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

45 ف اسْمَعْ صَلَواتِهِمْ وَتَضَرُّعاتِهِمْ مِنْ مَسْكَنِكَ فِي السَّماءِ وَأعِنْهُمْ.

thou shalt hear in the heavens their prayer and their supplication and do their judgment.

46 « سَيُخطِئُ شَعبُكَ إلَيكَ أحياناً، لِأنَّهُ ما مِنْ إنسانٍ مَعصُومٍ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَتَغْضَبُ عَلَيهِمْ وَتَسْمَحُ لِأعدائِهِمْ بِأنْ يَهزِمُوهُمْ وَيَأْخُذُوهُمْ أسْرَى إلَى أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ،

If they have sinned against thee (for there is no man that does not sin) and thou should be angry with them and deliver them to the enemy so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near,

47 ف َيَعُودُونَ إلَى رُشْدِهِمْ فِي تِلْكَ الأرْضِ البَعِيدَةِ، وَيُصَلُّونَ إلَيكَ نادِمِينَ عَلَى خَطاياهُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: ‹قَدْ أخطَأْنا وَأسَأْنا،›

and they return unto their heart in the land where they were carried captives and return and make supplication unto thee in the land of those that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned and have done iniquity, we have committed wickedness;

48 ف َيَرجِعُونَ إلَيكَ فِي أرْضِ أعدائِهِمْ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَأنفُسِهِمْ، نادِمِينَ عَلَى خَطاياهُمْ. وَيُصَلُّونَ ناظِرِينَ إلَى المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اختَرْتَها أنتَ وَالهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيتُهُ أنا لاسمِكَ،

and so convert themselves unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou didst give unto their fathers, toward the city which thou hast chosen and the house which I have built for thy name,

49 ف اسْمَعْ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعاتِهِمْ مِنْ مَسْكَنِكَ فِي سَمائِكَ، وَأنصفِهِم.

thou shalt hear in the heavens, in the habitation of thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplication and do what is right unto them

50 و َاغْفِرْ لِشَعبِكَ خَطاياهُمْ ضِدَّكَ وَتَمَرُّدَهُمْ عَلَيكَ، وَارأفْ بِهِمْ أمامَ أعدائِهِمُ الَّذِينَ أسَرُوهُمْ، لَعَلَّهُمْ هُمْ أيضاً يَرْأفُونَ بِهِمْ.

and forgive thy people that have sinned against thee and all their rebellions by which they have rebelled against thee and cause those who carried them captive to have mercy on them,

51 ا ذكُرْ أنَّهُمْ شَعبُكَ الَّذِينَ أخرَجْتَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ كَما مِنْ فُرْنٍ مُشتَعِلٍ!

for they are thy people and thy inheritance, which thou didst bring forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace.

52 « انْظُرْ إلَى صَلاتِي وَإلَى صَلَواتِ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ، وَأصغِ إلَيهِمْ كُلَّما اسْتَنجَدُوا بِكَ.

Let thine eyes be open unto the supplication of thy slave and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

53 ف َأنْتَ اختَرْتَهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ شُعُوبِ الأرْضِ لِيَكُونُوا مُلْكاً لَكَ. فَهَذا هُوَ ما وَعَدْتَهُمْ بِهِ يا اللهُ عَلَى لِسانِ عَبْدِكَ مُوسَى عِنْدَما أخرَجْتَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ.»

For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thy inheritance, as thou didst speak by the hand of Moses, thy slave, when thou didst bring our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

54 ر َفَعَ سُلَيْمانُ هَذِهِ الصَّلاةَ إلَى اللهِ راكِعاً أمامَ مَذبَحِ اللهِ ، باسِطاً ذِراعَيهِ نَحوَ السَّماءِ. وَلَمّا أنهَى صَلاتَهُ وَقَفَ.

¶ And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands extended toward heaven.

55 و َقَفَ وَطَلَبَ البَرَكَةَ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فَقالَ:

And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

56 « تَبارَكَ اللهُ الَّذِي وَعَدَ شَعبَهُ إسْرائِيلَ بِراحَةٍ فَأعطاها! قَطَعَ لَهُمْ وُعُوداً كَثِيرَةً عَلَى فَمِ عَبْدِهِ مُوسَى. فَتَحَقَّقَتْ كُلُّها!

Blessed be the LORD that has given rest unto his people Israel according to all that he had said; not one word has failed of all his good word, which he spoke by the hand of Moses, his slave.

57 ف َلَيتَ إلَهَنا يَكُونُ مَعَنا كَما كانَ مَعَ آبائِنا، فَلا يَترُكَنا أبَداً.

The LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him not leave us nor forsake us

58 ل َيتَهُ يَجذِبُ قُلُوبَنا إلَيهِ. فَحِينَئِذٍ، سَنُطِيعُ شَرائِعَهُ وَأحكامَهُ وَوَصاياهُ الَّتِي أعطاها لِآبائِنا.

that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his rights, which he commanded our fathers.

59 ل َيتَ كَلِماتِ صَلاتِي هَذِهِ إلَى اللهِ ، تَكُونُ أمامَ إلَهَنا لَيلَ نَهارٍ. لَيتَهُ يَسُدُّ حاجَةَ عَبْدِهِ المَلِكِ، وَشَعبِهِ إسْرائِيلَ يَوماً بِيَومٍ.

And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near unto the LORD our God day and night that he maintain the judgment of his slave and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require;

60 إ ذْ حِينَئِذٍ، سَتَعرِفُ الشُّعُوبُ أنَّ يهوه هُوَ اللهُ الحَقِيقِيُّ.

that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is no other.

61 ف َكَرِّسُوا أنْفُسَكُمْ تَماماً لإلَهِنا ، وَاتبَعُوا كُلَّ شَرائِعِهِ وَوَصاياهُ دائِماً، كَما تَفعَلُونَ حَتَّى هَذا اليَومِ.»

Let your heart, therefore, be perfect with the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.

62 ب َعدَ ذَلِكَ، قَدَّمَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ وَكُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَعَهُ ذَبائِحَ للهِ.

¶ Then the king and all Israel with him, offered sacrifices before the LORD.

63 ف َقَدَّمَ سُلَيْمانُ اثْنَينِ وَعِشْرِينَ ألفاً مِنَ البَقَرِ وَمِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ألفاً مِنَ الغَنَمِ كَذَبائِحِ شَرِكَةٍ. وَهَكَذا كَرَّسَ المَلِكُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ بَيتَ اللهِ.

And Solomon offered sacrifices of peace, which he offered unto the LORD, which were twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

64 و َكَرَّسَ سُلَيْمانُ أيضاً السّاحَةَ الَّتِي أمامَ بَيتَ اللهِ. وَقَدَّمَ ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً، وَتَقدِماتِ دَقِيقٍ، وَشُحُوماً مِنْ ذَبائِحِ الشَّرِكَةِ. قَدَّمَ سُلَيْمانُ هَذِهِ الذَّبائِحَ هُناكَ فِي السّاحَةِ لِأنَّ مَذبَحَ البُرونْزِ القائِمَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ كانَ صَغيراً لا يَتَّسِعُ لِهَذِهِ التَّقدِماتِ جَميعِها.

That same day the king sanctified the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, for there he offered the burnt offerings and the presents and the fat of the peace offerings because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too small to receive the burnt offerings and the presents and the fat of the peace offerings.

65 و َاحتَفَلَ سُلَيْمانُ وَكُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الهَيْكَلِ بِالعِيدِ. كانَ كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ هُناكَ، مِنْ مَعْبَرِ حَماةَ شِمالاً إلَى حُدُودِ مِصْرَ جَنُوباً. فَكانُوا جُمْهُوراً كَبِيراً، عَيَّدُوا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ سَبْعَةَ أيّامٍ.

And at that time Solomon held a feast and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and another seven days, even fourteen days.

66 و َفِي اليَوْمِ التّالِي صَرَفَ المَلِكُ النّاسَ إلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ. فَبارَكُوا المَلِكَ وَعادُوا إلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ فَرِحِينَ جِدّاً، بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ إحساناتِ اللهِ لِداوُدَ عَبْدِهِ وَلِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they, blessing the king, went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done unto David, his slave, and unto Israel his people.