1 T hen Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ سُلَيْمانُ: «اخْتارَ اللهُ السَّكَنَ فِي السَّحابَةِ الكَثِيفَةِ.

2 B ut I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.”

وَأنا قَدْ بَنَيْتُ لَكَ بَيتاً مَجِيداً، مَكاناً لِتَسكُنَ إلَى الأبَدِ فِيهِ.» خِطابُ سُلَيْمان

3 T he king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

ثُمَّ التَفَتَ المَلِكُ وَبارَكَ كُلَّ جَماعَةِ إسْرائِيلَ الواقِفِينَ أمامَهُ.

4 H e said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

وَقالَ: «أحْمَدُ اللهَ ، إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، فَقَدْ وَفَى بِيَدِهِ بِما وَعَدَ بِهِ داوُدَ أبِي بِفَمِهِ. قالَ اللهُ لِأبِي:

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

‹أخرَجْتُ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ، لَكِنِّي لَمْ أكُنْ قَدِ اختَرْتُ مَدِينَةً مِنْ بَينِ قَبائِلِ إسْرائِيلَ لِبِناءِ هَيكَلٍ لِتَكرِيمِ اسْمِي. وَلَمْ أكُنْ قَدِ اختَرْتُ رَجُلاً لِيَرأسَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ.

6 b ut I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

أمّا الآنَ فَقَدِ اختَرْتُ القُدْسَ لِتَكُونَ المَدِينَةَ الَّتِي سَأُكَرَّمُ فِيها. وَاختَرْتُ داوُدَ لِيَرأسَ شَعبِي إسْرائِيلَ.›

7 N ow it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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

8 B ut Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:

لَكِنَّ اللهَ قالَ لَهُ: ‹حَسَنٌ أنَّكَ تَرغَبُ حَقّاً فِي أنْ تَبنِيَ البَيْتَ مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِي.

9 n evertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

لَكِنَّكَ لَسْتَ الَّذِي اختَرْتُهُ لِبِناءِ الهَيكَلِ. فَابنُكَ الَّذِي يُولَدُ لَكَ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيَبْنِي البَيْتَ مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِي.›

10 “ Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

وَهَكَذا وَفَى اللهُ بِالوَعدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ. فَها أنا خَلَفْتُ أبِي عَلَى العَرْشِ، وَأحكُمُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ حَسَبَ وَعْدِ اللهِ. وَقَدْ بَنَيْتُ البَيْتَ مِنْ أجلِ اسْمِ اللهُ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ.

11 T here I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel.”

وَقَدْ هَيَّأْتُ مَكاناً فِي الهَيكَلِ لِصُنْدُوقِ العَهْدِ، ذَلِكَ العَهْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ اللهُ مَعَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.» صَلاةُ سُلَيْمان لِتكرِيس الهيكل

12 H e stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands

ثُمَّ وَقَفَ سُلَيْمانُ أمامَ مَذبَحِ اللهِ مُقابلَ كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ المُجتَمِعينَ مَعاً، وَبَسَطَ سُلَيْمانُ يَدَيهِ.

13 ( for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and on it he stood, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven;)

وَكانَ سُلَيْمانُ قَدْ صَنَعَ مِنَصَّةً نُحاسِيَّةً طُولُها خَمسُ أذرُعٍ، وَعَرضُها خَمسُ أذرُعٍ، وَارتِفاعُها ثَلاثُ أذرُعٍ. ثُمَّ وَضَعَها فِي وَسَطِ الدّار الخارِجيَّةِ. فَوَقَفَ عَلَى المَنَصَّةِ وَرَكَعَ أمامَ كُلِّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ المُجتَمعينَ مَعاً. بَسَطَ سُلَيْمانُ يَدَيهِ نَحوَ السَّماءِ،

14 a nd he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;

وَقالَ: «يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، ما مِنْ إلَهٍ مِثلُكَ فِي السَّماءِ أوْ عَلَى الأرْضِ. ما مِنْ إلَهٍ مِثلُكَ يُحِبُّ شَعبَهُ الأوفِياءَ لَهُ وَيَحفَظُ عَهْدَهُ مَعَهُمْ.

15 w ho have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

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

16 “ Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’

وَالآنَ يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، احفَظْ وُعُودَكَ الأُخرَى الَّتِي قَطَعْتَها لِعَبدِكَ داوُدَ، أبِي. فَقَدْ قُلْتَ لَهُ: ‹يَنْبَغِي أنْ يَحرِصَ أبناؤُكَ دائِماً عَلَى أنْ يُطِيعُوا شَرِيعَتِي، كَما فَعَلْتَ أنتَ. فَإنْ فَعَلُوا هَذا، سَأضمَنُ أنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ واحِدٌ مِنْ نَسلِكَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ دائِماً.›

17 N ow therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

وَها أنا أطلُبُ إلَيكَ ثانِيَةً، يا اللهُ ، يا إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ، أنْ تُواصِلَ حِفظَ وَعدِكَ هَذا لِأبِي، خادمِكَ.

18 “ But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

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

19 Y et have respect for the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;

لَكِنِ اسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلاتِي وَتَضَرُّعاتِي، أنا عَبْدَكَ، يا إلَهِي. وَاسْتَمِعْ إلَى طِلْبَتِي الَّتِي أرفَعُها اليَوْمَ إلَيكَ.

20 t hat your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

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

21 L isten to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

سَنَأْتِي 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.

22 “ If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

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

23 t hen hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

حِينَئِذٍ، اسْتَمِعْ مِنَ السَّماءِ. اعمَلْ وَاحكُمْ عَلَى خُدّامِكَ. عاقِبِ الشِّرِّيرَ وَاجعَلهُ يَذُقْ مِنْ نَفسِ ما أذاقَ الآخَرِينَ، وَأظهِرْ بَراءَةَ مَنْ سَلَكَ باستِقامَةٍ.»

24 “ If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;

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

25 t hen hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

فَاسْتَمِعْ إلَيهِمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ وَاغفِرْ لِشَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ، وَأعِدْ إلَيهِمْ أرْضَهُمُ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لآبائِهِمْ.

26 “ When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:

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

27 t hen hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

فَاسْتَمِعْ إلَيهِمْ مِنَ السَّماءِ، وَاغفِرْ لَهُمْ خَطاياهُمْ، وَعَلِّمْ شَعبَكَ أنْ يَسِيرُوا فِي مَرْضاتِكَ، وَأرسِلْ مَطَراً لِلأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لَهُمْ.

28 “ If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;

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

29 w hatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands toward this house:

فَاسْتَمِعْ كُلَّ صَلاةٍ وَتَضّرُّعٍ مِنْ أحَدِ أفْرادِ شَعبِكَ، أوْ مِنْ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ كُلِّهِ. فَهُمْ يَلجأونَ إلَيكَ عَالِمِينَ مَصْدَرَ مَعاناتِهِم وَألمِهِمْ، باسِطِينَ أيدِيَهُمْ نَحوَ هَذا الهَيكَلِ.

30 t hen hear from heaven, your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)

فَاسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلاتِهِمْ مِنْ مَسْكِنِكَ فِي سَمائِكَ، وَاغفِرْ لَهُمْ وَأعِنْهُمْ. وَاحكُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ شَخصٍ حَسَبَ أعمالِهِ وَنَواياهُ، فَأنتَ وَحدَكَ تَعرِفُ خَفايا قُلُوبِ كُلِّ البَشَرِ.

31 t hat they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَهابُونَكَ طَوالَ فَتْرَةِ بَقائِهِمْ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطَيتَها لآبائِنا.

32 “ Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name’s sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

«قَدْ يَأْتِي أجانِبُ لَيسُوا مِنْ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ بِلادٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، لأنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا بِاسْمِكَ العَظيمِ وَيَدِكَ الجَبّارَةِ وَذِراعِكَ الطَّائِلَةِ. فَعِندَما يَأتُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ إلَيكَ نَحوَ هَذا الهَيكَلِ،

33 t hen hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

اسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلاتِهِمْ مِنْ مَسْكِنِكَ فِي سَمائِكَ. وَاستَجِبْ لِكُلَّ طِلباتِهِمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَهابُونَكَ مَهابَةَ شَعبِكَ إسْرائِيلَ لَكَ، وَيَعرِفُ كُلُّ البَشَرِ أنَّ اسْمَكَ قَدْ دُعِيَ عَلَى هَذا الهَيْكَلِ.

34 “ If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

«وَإذا أمرتَ شَعبَكَ أحياناً بِالانطِلاقِ لِمُحارَبَةِ أعدائِهِمْ. فَيُصَلُّونَ إلَيكَ وَأنظارُهُمْ نَحوَ المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اختَرْتَها وَالهَيكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيتُهُ إكراماً لاسْمِكَ،

35 t hen hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

فَاسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلاتِهِمْ مِنْ مَسْكِنِكَ فِي سَمائِكَ وَأعِنْهُمْ.

36 “ If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

«سَيُخطِئُ شَعبُكَ إلَيكَ أحياناً، لِأنَّهُ ما مِنْ إنسانٍ لا يُخطئُ. سَتَغْضَبُ عَلَيهِمْ وَتَسْمَحُ لِأعدائِهِمْ بِأنْ يَهزِمُوهُمْ وَيَأْخُذُوهُمْ أسْرَى إلَى أرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ.

37 y et if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’

فَيَعُودُونَ إلَى رُشْدِهِمْ فِي تِلْكَ الأرْضِ البَعِيدَةِ، وَيُصَلُّونَ إلَيكَ نادِمِينَ عَلَى خَطاياهُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ: ‹قَدْ أخطَأْنا وَأسَأْنا!›

38 i f they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:

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

39 t hen hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

فَاسْتَمِعْ إلَى صَلاتِهِمْ مِنْ مَسْكِنِكَ فِي سَمائِكَ وَاقبَلْ صَلَواتِهِمْ عِندَما يَستَنجِدُونَ بِكَ، وَأنجِدهُمْ. وَسامِحْ شَعبَكَ الَّذِينَ أخطَأُوا إلَيكَ.

40 “ Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

وَالآنَ يا إلَهِي، افتَحْ عَينَيْكَ وَأُذُنَيْكَ، وَاستَمعْ إلَى الصَّلَواتِ الَّتِي نُصَلِّيها في هَذا المَكان وَأكرِمْها.

41 “ Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.

«وَالآنَ قُمْ يا اللهُ ، وَتَعالَ إلَى مَكانِ راحَتِكَ، أنْتَ وَالصُّنْدُوقُ الَّذِي يُظهِرُ قُدرَتَكَ. لِيَلْبِسْ كَهَنَتُكَ الخَلاصَ. وَلْيَبتَهِجْ أتباعُكَ وَمَنْ يَهابُونَكَ بِهَذِهِ الأُمُورِ الصّالِحَة.

42 “ Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”

يا اللهُ ، لا تَرْفُضْ مَلِكَكَ المَمسُوحَ، وَاذكُرْ خادمَكَ الوَفِيَّ داوُدَ!»