1 مُلُوك 8
| حِينَئِذٍ جَمَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ رُؤَسَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ الأَسْبَاطِ وَالْعَشَائِرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِنَقْلِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ صِهْيَوْنَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ. | ١ 1 |
Then Solomon summoned before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel, including all the heads of the tribes and the family leaders of the Israelites. He instructed them to bring up with them the Ark of the Lord's Agreement from Zion, the City of David.
| فَتَوَافَدَ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي عِيدِ الْمَظَالِّ الْوَاقِعِ فِي شَهْرِ أَيْثَانِيمَ (تِشْرِينَ الأَوَّلِ – أُكْتُوبَرَ). | ٢ 2 |
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon at the festival which is held in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
| فَاحْتَشَدَ كُلُّ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَحَمَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ التَّابُوتَ، | ٣ 3 |
When all the elders of Israel had gathered, the priests picked up the Ark and brought the Ark of the Lord and the Tent of Meeting with all its holy items.
| وَنَقَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ مَعَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ وَسَائِرِ الأَوَانِي الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي فِي الْخَيْمَةِ. | ٤ 4 |
The priests and Levites carried them up.
| وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَهُ أَمَامَ التَّابُوتِ يَذْبَحُونَ مَا لَا يُحْصَى وَلا يُعَدُّ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ. | ٥ 5 |
In front of the Ark, King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had gathered there with him sacrificed many, many sheep and bulls—so numerous they couldn't be counted!
| وَأَدْخَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ فِي مِحْرَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ، فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيِ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ | ٦ 6 |
Then the priests carried the Ark of the Lord's Agreement to its place in the inner sanctuary of the Temple, the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
| اللَّذَيْنِ كَانَا بَاسِطَيْنِ أَجْنِحَتَهُمَا فَوْقَ مَقَرِّ التَّابُوتِ، مُظَلِّلَينِ التَّابُوتَ وَعِصِيَّهُ. | ٧ 7 |
The cherubim spread their wings over the place where the Ark was, covering the Ark and its carrying poles.
| وَسَحَبُوا أَطْرَافَ الْعِصِيِّ، فَبَدَتْ رُؤُوسُهَا مِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ أَمَامَ الْمِحْرَابِ، وَلَمْ يَسْبِقْ أَنْ شُوهِدَتْ خَارِجَةً مِنْ حَلَقَاتِهَا، وَهِيَ مَا بَرِحَتْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٨ 8 |
The poles were so long that the ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside. They are there to this day.
| وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي التَّابُوتِ سِوَى لَوْحَيِ الْحَجَرِ اللَّذَيْنِ وَضَعَهُمَا مُوسَى فِي حُورِيبَ حِينَ عَاهَدَ الرَّبُّ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ. | ٩ 9 |
There was nothing in the Ark apart from the two tablets of stone that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord had made an agreement with the Israelites after they came out of the land of Egypt.
| وَمَا إِنْ خَرَجَ الْكَهَنَةُ مِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ حَتَّى مَلأَ السَّحَابُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ، | ١٠ 10 |
When the priests left the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Temple of the Lord.
| فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْكَهَنَةُ الْقِيَامَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ السَّحَابِ، لأَنَّ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ مَلأَ الْهَيْكَلَ. | ١١ 11 |
Due to the cloud, the priests could not stay there to carry out their service, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's Temple.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ هَتَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي الضَّبَابِ، | ١٢ 12 |
Then Solomon said: “Lord, you said that you would live in the thick cloud.
| وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ بَنَيْتُ لَكَ هَيْكَلاً رَائِعاً، مَقَرّاً لِسُكْنَاكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ». | ١٣ 13 |
Now I have built for you a majestic Temple, a place where you may live for ever.”
| وَفِيمَا كَانَتْ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاقِفَةً هُنَاكَ، الْتَفَتَ الْمَلِكُ نَحْوَهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ جَمِيعاً، | ١٤ 14 |
The king turned around to the whole assembly of Israel who were standing there, and blessed them,
| قَائِلاً: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي حَقَّقَ الْيَوْمَ وَعْدَهُ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً: | ١٥ 15 |
saying, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who by his own power has fulfilled the promise he made to my father David when he said,
| ’مُنْذُ أَنْ أَخْرَجْتُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ لَمْ أَخْتَرْ مَدِينَةً مِنْ مُدُنِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُبْنَى لِي فِيهَا هَيْكَلٌ، لَكِنِّي اخْتَرْتُ دَاوُدَ قَائِداً لِشَعْبِي.‘ | ١٦ 16 |
‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt I have not chosen any town of the tribes of Israel as the place to build a Temple to honor me. But I have chosen David as king over my people Israel.’
| وَقَدْ نَوَى دَاوُدُ أَبِي أَنْ يُشَيِّدَ هَيْكَلاً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٧ 17 |
My father David really wanted to build a Temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.
| فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي:’لَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِذْ نَوَيْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ أَنْ تَبْنِيَ لِي هَيْكَلاً، | ١٨ 18 |
But the Lord told my father David, ‘You had the desire to build a Temple to honor me, and it was good that you really wanted to do this.
| إِلّا أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ لَنْ تَبْنِيَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ، بَلِ ابْنُكَ الْخَارِجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ هُوَ يُشَيِّدُهُ لاسْمِي‘. | ١٩ 19 |
But it won't be you who will build this Temple, but your son who is to be born to you—he will build the Temple to honor me.'
| وَأَوْفَى الرَّبُّ بِمَا وَعَدَ بِهِ، فَخَلَفْتُ أَنَا دَاوُدَ أَبِي عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ، وَأَقَمْتُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، | ٢٠ 20 |
Now the Lord has kept his promise that he made. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised. I have built the Temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.
| وَهَيَّأْتُ فِيهِ مَكَاناً لِلتَّابُوتِ الَّذِي يَضُمُّ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبَائِنَا عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ». | ٢١ 21 |
I have provided a place there for the Ark, which contains the agreement of the Lord that he made with our forefathers when he led them out of the land of Egypt.”
| وَانْتَصَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ، فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
Then Solomon stood in front of the altar of the Lord before the whole assembly of Israel and held out his hands toward heaven.
| وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَيْسَ نَظِيرٌ لَكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ وَلا عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَسْفَلُ. أَنْتَ يَا مَنْ تُحَافِظُ عَلَى عَهْدِ الرَّحْمَةِ مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ السَّائِرِينَ أَمَامَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
He said, “Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep you agreement of trustworthy love with your servants, those who are totally committed to following you.
| الْيَوْمَ حَقَّقْتَ وَعْدَكَ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ | ٢٤ 24 |
You have kept the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You yourself promised, and by your own power you have fulfilled it today.
| فَالآنَ احْفَظْ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ مَا وَعَدْتَهُ بِهِ، إِنَّهُ إِذَا حَذَا أَوْلادُهُ حَذْوَهُ، وَسَارُوا فِي طَرِيقِكَ، فَسَيَجْلِسُ دَوْماً وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
So now, Lord, God of Israel, please also keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said: ‘You will never fail to have a descendant sit in my presence on the throne of Israel, as long as they make sure to follow me as you have done.’
| وَالآنَ يَا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَقِّقْ وُعُودَكَ الَّتِي تَعَهَّدْتَ بِها لأَبِي دَاوُدَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
Now, God of Israel, please keep the promise you made to our servant, my father David.
| وَلَكِنْ هَلْ يَسْكُنُ اللهُ حَقّاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟ إِنْ كَانَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ، بَلِ السَّمَاوَاتُ الْعُلَى لَا تَسَعُكَ فَكَيْفَ يَتَّسِعُ لَكَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ؟ | ٢٧ 27 |
But will God really live here on earth? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!
| فَأَصْغِ لابْتِهَالِ عَبْدِكَ وَإِلَى تَضَرُّعِهِ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، وَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى صَوْتِ الدُّعَاءِ وَالصَّلاةِ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ الْيَوْمَ، | ٢٨ 28 |
Please hear the prayer of your servant and his request, Lord my God. Please hear the appeals and the prayers that your servant is presenting before you today.
| حَتَّى لَا تَغْفَلَ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً، هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي قُلْتَ إِنَّ اسْمَكَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ، فَتَسْمَعُ الصَّلاةَ الَّتِي يَتَضَرَّعُ بِها عَبْدُكَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ. | ٢٩ 29 |
May you watch over this Temple day and night, caring for the place where you said you would be honored. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place,
| فَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى ابْتِهَالِ عَبْدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ. اسْتَمِعْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَمَتَى سَمِعْتَ فَاغْفِرْ. | ٣٠ 30 |
and may you hear the request of your servant and your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Please hear from heaven where you live. May you hear and forgive.
| وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَأَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَمِينَ لِيَحْلِفَهُ، وَحَضَرَ لِيَحْلِفَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، | ٣١ 31 |
When someone sins against another and is required to take an oath before your altar in this Temple,
| فَاسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَاعْمَلْ، وَاقْضِ بَيْنَ عَبِيدِكَ، إِذْ تَدِينُ الْمُذْنِبَ وَتَجْعَلُ شَرَّهُ يَقَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَتُنْصِفُ الْبَارَّ وَتُعْلِنُ بَرَاءَتَهُ. | ٣٢ 32 |
listen from heaven—act and judge your servants. Pay back the guilty; vindicate and reward those who do right.
| إِذَا انْهَزَمَ شَعْبُكَ أَمَامَ عَدُوِّهِمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ، ثُمَّ تَابُوا مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِاسْمِكَ، وَصَلُّوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، | ٣٣ 33 |
When your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they come back in repentance to you, praying for forgiveness in this Temple,
| فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْجِعْهُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ. | ٣٤ 34 |
then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their forefathers.
| إِذَا أُغْلِقَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَانْحَبَسَ الْمَطَرُ لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ، ثُمَّ صَلُّوا فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِاسْمِكَ، وَتَابُوا عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ لأَنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَ بِهِمِ الْبَلاءَ، | ٣٥ 35 |
If the skies are closed shut and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and if they come back in repentance to you, turning away from their sin because you have punished them,
| فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَلِّمْهُمْ سَبِيلَ الْعَيْشِ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ، وَأَمْطِرْ غَيْثاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا مِيرَاثاً لِشَعْبِكَ. | ٣٦ 36 |
then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the good way so that they can walk on it, and send rain on the earth that you have given to your people as their possession.
| وَإِنْ أَصَابَتِ الأَرْضَ مَجَاعَةٌ، أَوْ تَفَشَّى فِيهَا وَبَأٌ، أَوِ اعْتَرَتْهَا آفَاتٌ زِرَاعِيَّةٌ، أَوْ جَفَافٌ، أَوْ غَزَاهَا الْجَرَادُ وَالْجُنْدُبُ، أَوْ إِذَا حَاصَرَ الشَّعْبَ عَدُوٌّ فِي أَيَّةِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنِهِ، أَوْ حَلَّتْ بِهِ كَارِثَةٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ، | ٣٧ 37 |
If there is famine in the land, or disease, or blight or mildew on the crops, or if there are locusts or caterpillars, or if an enemy comes to lay siege to the towns in the land—it can be whatever kind of plague or whatever kind of disease—
| فَحِينَ يُصَلِّي أَوْ يَتَضَرَّعُ أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَةٍ، وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، | ٣٨ 38 |
then whatever kind of prayer or whatever kind of appeal is made by anyone or all your people Israel, in fact anyone who, knowing their problems and pains, prays toward this Temple,
| فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَاصْفَحْ وَاعْمَلْ، وَاجْزِ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ، لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ قَلْبَهُ، فَأَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ الْمُطَّلِعُ عَلَى خَفَايَا قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ، | ٣٩ 39 |
then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and forgive. Give according to the way they live their lives, for you know what people are really like inside, and you alone know the true character of people.
| لِكَيْ يَتَّقُوكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي يَحْيَوْنَ فِيهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِنَا. | ٤٠ 40 |
Then they will respect you and follow your ways all the time they live in the land you gave to our forefathers.
| أَمَّا الْغَرِيبُ الَّذِي لَا يَنْتَمِي إِلَى شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالَّذِي يُقْبِلُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ، | ٤١ 41 |
As for the foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel but who come from a distant land,
| لأَنَّ الْغُرَبَاءَ يَسْمَعُونَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، وَبِمَا أَجْرَتْهُ يَدُكَ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَذِرَاعُكَ الْمُقْتَدِرَةُ، فَيَحْضُرُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ، | ٤٢ 42 |
having heard of your great nature and power and ability to help, when they come and pray toward this Temple,
| فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَافْعَلْ كُلَّ مَا يُنَاشِدُكَ بِهِ الْغَرِيبُ، فَيُدْعَى بِاسْمِكَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَخَافُوكَ كَمَا يَخَافُكَ شَعْبُكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَيُدْرِكُوا أَنَّ اسْمَكَ قَدْ دُعِيَ عَلَى هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ. | ٤٣ 43 |
then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and give them what they're asking. That way, everyone on earth will come to know and respect you, just as your own people Israel do. They will also know that this Temple I have built is dedicated to you.
| وَإذَا خَرَجَ شَعْبُكَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عَدُوٍّ، فِي أَيِّ مَكَانٍ تُرْسِلُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ، وَصَلُّوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ لاسْمِكَ، | ٤٤ 44 |
When your people go to fight against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you towards the city you have chosen and the house I have built to honor you,
| فَاسْتَجِبْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ. | ٤٥ 45 |
then hear from heaven what they are praying and asking for, and support their cause.
| وَإذَا أَخْطَأُوا إِلَيْكَ، إِذْ لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ لَا يَأْثَمُ، وَغَضِبْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَسْلَمْتَهُمْ لِلْعَدُوِّ فَسَبَاهُمْ آسِرُوهُمْ إِلَى دِيَارِ الْعَدُوِّ، بَعِيدَةً كَانَتْ أَوْ قَرِيبَةً. | ٤٦ 46 |
If they sin against you—and there is nobody who does not sin—you may become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy who takes them away as prisoners to a foreign land, near or far away.
| فَإِنْ تَابُوا فِي أَرْضِ سَبْيِهِمْ وَرَجَعُوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلِينَ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا وَانْحَرَفْنَا وَأَذْنَبْنَا، | ٤٧ 47 |
But if they think again in their land of captivity and repent and plead for mercy from you, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly,’
| وَتَابُوا حَقّاً مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَنُفُوسِهِمْ وَهُمْ أَسْرَى فِي دِيَارِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ، نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي شَيَّدْتُهُ لاِسْمِكَ، | ٤٨ 48 |
and they come back to you with complete sincerity in their thoughts and attitudes there in their land of captivity; and they pray towards the land you gave their forefathers, the city you chose, and the Temple I have built to honor you,
| فَاسْتَجِبْ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ، | ٤٩ 49 |
then hear from heaven, the place where you live, respond and support their cause.
| وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطَايَا شَعْبِكَ وَعَنْ جَمِيعِ ذُنُوبِهِمِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبُوهَا فِي حَقِّكَ، وَاجْعَلْ آسِرِيهِمْ يُبْدُونَ نَحْوَهُمْ رَحْمَةً، | ٥٠ 50 |
Forgive your people who have sinned against you, all the rebellious acts they have committed against you. Please make those who have captured them show mercy to them.
| لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبُكَ وَمِيرَاثُكَ الَّذِينَ أَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، مِنْ وَسَطِ أَتُونِ صَهْرِ الْحَدِيدِ. | ٥١ 51 |
For they are your people—they belong to you! You led them out of Egypt, out of the middle of furnace used for smelting iron.
| لِتَكُنْ عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ مُلْتَفِتَتَيْنِ نَحْوَ تَضَرُّعِ عَبْدِكَ وَابْتِهَالِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتُصْغِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ كُلَّمَا اسْتَغَاثُوا بِكَ، | ٥٢ 52 |
May you pay attention to the requests of your servant, and to the requests of your people Israel, and may you respond whenever they call out to you.
| لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَفْرَزْتَهُمْ لَكَ مِيرَاثاً بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِكَ مُوسَى عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجْتَ آبَاءَنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ يَا سَيِّدِي الرَّبَّ». | ٥٣ 53 |
For you set them apart from all the nations of the world as a people who belonged to you, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you led our fathers out of Egypt.”
| وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَهَى سُلَيْمَانُ مِنَ الصَّلاةِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَالتَّضَرُّعِ إِلَيْهِ، نَهَضَ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْمَذْبَحِ حَيْثُ كَانَ جَاثِياً عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَبَاسِطاً يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ. | ٥٤ 54 |
After Solomon finished praying all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he stood up before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands held out toward heaven.
| وَوَقَفَ وَبَارَكَ الشَّعْبَ كُلَّهُ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ قَائِلاً: | ٥٥ 55 |
Solomon stood, and in a loud voice he blessed the whole assembly of Israel, saying,
| «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي مَنَحَ رَاحَةً لِشَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمُقْتَضَى وَعْدِهِ، وَلَمْ يُخْلِفْ كَلِمَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْ وُعُودِهِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ مُوسَى. | ٥٦ 56 |
“Praise the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel in accordance with everything he promised. Not a single word has failed among all the good promises he made through his servant Moses.
| لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا مَعَنَا كَمَا كَانَ مَعَ آبَائِنَا، فَلا يَتْرُكَنَا وَلا يَنْبِذَنَا، | ٥٧ 57 |
May the Lord our God be with us in the same way he was with our forefathers. May he never leave us or abandon us.
| بَلْ لِيَجْتَذِبْ قُلُوبَنَا إِلَيْهِ لِنَسْلُكَ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَنُطِيعَ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها آبَاءَنَا، | ٥٨ 58 |
May he help us to come to him, to follow all his ways and to keep the commandments, statutes, and regulations he ordered our forefathers to observe.
| وَلْتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتِي الَّتِي تَضَرَّعْتُ بِها مَاثِلَةً دَائِماً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لَيْلَ نَهَارَ لِيُسْعِفَ عَبْدَهُ فِي قَضَاءِ شُؤُونِهِ، وَيُعِينَ شَعْبَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي قَضَاءِ أُمُورِ حَيَاتِهِمْ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ، | ٥٩ 59 |
May these words of mine I have used to make my request in the Lord's presence be before the Lord our God day and night. In that way he may support the cause of his servant and of his people Israel as is needed every day,
| فَتَعْلَمَ كُلُّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ اللهُ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ سِوَاهُ. | ٦٠ 60 |
in order that everyone on the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is no other!
| فَلْيَكُنْ قَلْبُكُمْ مُفْعَماً بِالْوَلاءِ الصَّادِقِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، إِذْ تَسْلُكُونَ بِمُوْجِبِ فَرَائِضِهِ وَتُطِيعُونَ وَصَايَاهُ كَمَا فَعَلْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ». | ٦١ 61 |
So make sure you are completely committed to the Lord our God just as you are today, and be careful to follow his statutes and to keep his commandments.”
| ثُمَّ ذَبَحَ الْمَلِكُ وَسَائِرُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ ذَبَائِحَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، | ٦٢ 62 |
Then the king and together with all of Israel offered sacrifices before the Lord.
| وَقَرَّبَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ لِلرَّبِّ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْبَقَرِ، وَمِئَةَ أَلْفٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ. وَهَكَذَا دَشَّنَ الْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ. | ٦٣ 63 |
Solomon presented as friendship offerings to the Lord 22,000 bulls and 120,000 sheep. In this way the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the Lord's Temple.
| وَقَدَّسَ الْمَلِكُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الْفِنَاءَ الَّذِي يَقَعُ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ، بِأَنْ قَرَّبَ هُنَاكَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالتَّقْدِمَاتِ وَشَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ، لأَنَّ مَذْبَحَ النُّحَاسِ الْقَائِمَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كَانَ أَصْغَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يَسَعَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالتَّقْدِمَاتِ وَشَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ. | ٦٤ 64 |
On that same day, the king dedicated the center of the courtyard in front of the Lord's Temple. There he presented burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the friendship offerings, since the bronze altar in the Lord's presence was too small to hold all these offerings.
| وَاحْتَفَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِالْعِيدِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مَعَ سَائِرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَجُمْهُورٍ كَبِيرٍ تَوَافَدَ مِنْ مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ إِلَى وَادِي مِصْرَ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ الاحْتِفَالُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ أرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً | ٦٥ 65 |
Then Solomon together with all of Israel observed the festival before the Lord our God for seven days, and then another seven days—fourteen days in all. It was a large assembly of people, who came from as far away as Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt.
| وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الخَامِسِ عَشَرَ بَعْدَ الْعِيدِ، صَرَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ الشَّعْبَ، فَبَارَكُوهُ وَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ بِقُلُوبٍ يَغْمُرُهَا الْفَرَحُ وَالْغِبْطَةُ مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ الْخَيْرَاتِ الَّتِي أَبْدَاهَا الرَّبُّ نَحْوَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، وَنَحْوَ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٦٦ 66 |
One day later Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king and went home, full of joy and happy for all the good things that the Lord had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.
