2 أخبار 6

١ 1 عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي الضَّبَابِ.

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick cloud.

٢ 2 وَلَكِنِّي بَنَيْتُ هَيْكَلاً رَائِعاً، مَقَرّاً لِسُكْنَاكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

٣ 3 ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ الْمَلِكُ إِلَى كُلِّ جُمْهُورِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمَاثِلِ هُنَاكَ وَبَارَكَهُمْ،

The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

٤ 4 وَقَالَ: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي حَقَّقَ الْيَوْمَ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ دَاوُدَ أَبِي قَائِلاً:

He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

٥ 5 مُنْذُ أَنْ أَخْرَجْتُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ لَمْ أَخْتَرْ مَدِينَةً مِنْ بَيْنِ مُدُنِ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِبِنَاءِ هَيْكَلٍ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ اسْمِي هُنَاكَ، وَلا اصْطَفَيْتُ رَجُلاً يَمْلِكُ عَلَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

'Since the day that I brought forth 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; nor did I choose any man to be a leader over my people Israel:

٦ 6 سِوَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَكُونَ اسْمِي فِيهَا، وَدَاوُدَ لِيَحْكُمَ عَلَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

but I chose Jerusalem, that my name may be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.'

٧ 7 وَقَدْ نَوَى أَبِي دَاوُدُ أَنْ يَبْنِيَ هَيْكَلاً لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

٨ 8 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لَهُ: لَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِذْ نَوَيْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ أَنْ تَبْنِيَ لِي هَيْكَلاً.

But the LORD 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:

٩ 9 لَكِنْ لَسْتَ أَنْتَ مَنْ يَبْنِيهِ، بَلِ ابْنُكَ الْخَارِجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ هُوَ يَبْنِي الْهَيْكَلَ لاِسْمِي.

nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'

١٠ 10 وَأَوْفَى الرَّبُّ بِمَا وَعَدَ، فَخَلَفْتُ أَنَا دَاوُدَ أَبِي عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ، وَأَقَمْتُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

"The LORD 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 the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

١١ 11 وَوَضَعْتُ فِيهِ التَّابُوتَ الَّذِي يَضُمُّ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with the children of Israel."

١٢ 12 وَانْتَصَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ، فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ،

He stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands

١٣ 13 لأَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ كَانَ قَدْ صَنَعَ مِنْبَراً مِنْ نُحَاسٍ أَقَامَهُ فِي وَسَطِ الدَّارِ، طُولُهُ خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَعَرْضُهُ خَمْسُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرَيْنِ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، وَارْتِفَاعُهُ ثَلاثُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ مِتْرٍ وَنِصْفِ الْمِتْرِ)، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ جَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ،

(for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, eight feet and seven inches long, and eight feet and seven inches broad, and five feet and two inches high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; )

١٤ 14 وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَيْسَ إِلَهٌ نَظِيرَكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، أَنْتَ يَا مَنْ تُحَافِظُ عَلَى عَهْدِ الرَّحْمَةِ مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ السَّائِرِينَ أَمَامَكَ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ،

and he said, "LORD, 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;

١٥ 15 هَا قَدْ حَقَّقْتَ الْيَوْمَ لِعَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ كُلَّ مَا وَعَدْتَهُ بِهِ،

who 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 this day.

١٦ 16 وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْفِ بِمَا وَعَدْتَ بِهِ عَبْدَكَ أبِي دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً: إِنْ حَذَا أَوْلادُكَ حَذْوَكَ، وَمَارَسُوا شَرِيعَتِي أَمَامِي، فَلَنْ يَخْلُوَ يَوْماً عَرْشُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ.

"Now therefore, LORD, 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.'

١٧ 17 وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيَتَحَقَّقْ وَعْدُكَ هَذَا الَّذِي قَطَعْتَهُ لِعَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ.

Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

١٨ 18 لأَنَّهُ هَلْ يَسْكُنُ اللهُ حَقّاً مَعَ الإِنْسَانِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟ إِنْ كَانَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ بَلِ السَّمَاوَاتُ الْعُلَى لَا تَسَعُكَ، فَكَمْ بِالأَحْرَى هَذَا الْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ!

"But will God indeed dwell with humankind on the earth? Look, heaven and the highest heaven can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built.

١٩ 19 فَأَصْغِ إِلَى ابْتِهَالِ عَبْدِكَ وَإِلَى تَضَرُّعِهِ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، وَاسْتَجِبْ إِلَى اسْتِغَاثَتِي وَالصَّلاةِ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ.

Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and to his petition, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;

٢٠ 20 لِتَظَلَّ عَيْنَاكَ تَرْعَيَانِ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ نَهَاراً وَلَيْلاً، هَذَا الْمَوْضِعَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ عَنْهُ إِنَّكَ تَضَعُ اسْمَكَ فِيهِ، لِتَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ الَّتِي يِتَضَرَّعُ بِها عَبْدُكَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

that 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.

٢١ 21 وَأَنْصِتْ لاِبْتِهَالاتِ عَبْدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ، فَاسْمَعْ أَنْتَ فِي مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَمَتَى سَمِعْتَ فَاغْفِرْ (إِثْمَنَا)

Listen 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.

٢٢ 22 إِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَأَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَمِينَ لِيُحَلِّفَهُ، فَحَضَرَ لِيَحْلِفَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ،

"If a man sins against his neighbor and obliges him to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before your altar in this house;

٢٣ 23 فَاسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاعْمَلْ وَاقْضِ بَيْنَ عَبِيدِكَ، إِذْ تَدِينُ الْمُذْنِبَ، فَتُعَاقِبُهُ عَلَى شَرِّهِ وَتُنْصِفُ الْبَارَّ وَتُنْعِمُ عَلَيْهِ حَسَبَ بِرِّهِ.

then 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.

٢٤ 24 وَإذَا انْهَزَمَ شَعْبُكَ أَمَامَ عَدُوِّهِمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ ثُمَّ تَابُوا مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِاسْمِكَ وَصَلُّوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ،

"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 petition before you in this house;

٢٥ 25 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْجِعْهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ.

then 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.

٢٦ 26 إِذَا أُغْلِقَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَانْحَبَسَ الْمَطَرُ لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ قَدْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ مُعْتَرِفاً بِاسْمِكَ وَارْتَدَّ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ لأَنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَ بِهِ الْبَلاءَ.

"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 punish them:

٢٧ 27 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَلِّمْهُمْ سُبُلَ الْعَيْشِ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ، وَأَمْطِرْ غَيْثاً عَلَى أَرْضِكَ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا مِيرَاثاً لِشَعْبِكَ.

then 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.

٢٨ 28 وَإِنْ أَصَابَتِ الأَرْضَ مَجَاعَةٌ، أَوْ تَفَشَّى فِيهَا وَبَأٌ، أَوِ اعْتَرَتْهَا آفَاتٌ زِرَاعِيَّةٌ أَوْ جَفَافٌ، أَوْ غَزَاهَا الْجَرَادُ وَالْجُنْدُبُ، أَوْ إِذَا حَاصَرَ الشَّعْبَ عَدُوٌّ فِي مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنِهِ، أَوْ حَلَّتْ بِهِ كَارِثَةٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ،

"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 gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;

٢٩ 29 فَحِينَ يُصَلِّي أَوْ يَتَضَرَّعُ إِلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ أَوْ شَعْبُكَ كُلُّهُ مُعْتَرِفاً بِخَطِيئَتِهِ وَبَاسِطاً يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ

whatever prayer and petition 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 forth his hands toward this house:

٣٠ 30 اسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَاصْفَحْ وَجَازِ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ، لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ قَلْبَهُ، فَأَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ الْمُطَّلِعُ عَلَى دَخَائِلِ النَّاسِ،

then 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 humankind; )

٣١ 31 لِكَيْ يَتَّقُوكَ وَيَسْلُكُوا فِي سُبُلِكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي يَحْيَوْنَ فِيهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِنَا.

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

٣٢ 32 وَمَتَى جَاءَ الْغَرِيبُ الَّذِي لَا يَنْتَمِي إِلَى شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالَّذِي قَدِمَ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، وَلأَجْلِ مَا أَجْرَتْهُ يَدُكَ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَذِرَاعُكَ الْمُقْتَدِرَةُ، وَصَلَّى فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ،

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

٣٣ 33 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَافْعَلْ كُلَّ مَا يُنَاشِدُكَ بِهِ الْغَرِيبُ لِيُذَاعَ اسْمُكَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَخَافُوكَ كَمَا يَخَافُكَ شَعْبُكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَلِيُدْرِكُوا أَنَّ اسْمَكَ قَدْ دُعِيَ عَلَى هَذَا الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ.

then 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.

٣٤ 34 وَإذَا خَرَجَ شَعْبُكَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عَدُوٍّ فِي أَيِّ مَكَانٍ تُرْسِلُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ، وَصَلُّوا إِلَيْكَ مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ لاِسْمِكَ،

"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;

٣٥ 35 فَاسْتَجِبْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ.

then hear from heaven their prayer and their petition, and maintain their cause.

٣٦ 36 وَإذَا أَخْطَأُوا إِلَيْكَ، إِذْ لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ لَا يَأْثَمُ، وَغَضِبْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَسْلَمْتَهُمْ لِلْعَدُوِّ، فَسَبَاهُمْ آسِرُوهُمْ إِلَى دِيَارِهِمْ، بَعِيدَةً كَانَتْ أَمْ قَرِيبَةً،

"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;

٣٧ 37 فَإِنْ تَابُوا فِي أَرْضِ سَبْيِهِمْ، وَرَجِعُوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلِينَ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا وَانْحَرَفْنَا وَأَذْنَبْنَا،

yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and repent and make petition to you in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;'

٣٨ 38 وَتَابُوا حَقّاً مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَهُمْ فِي دِيَارِ آسِرِيهِمْ، وَصَلُّوا إِلَيْكَ مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ، نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ لاسْمِكَ،

if 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:

٣٩ 39 فَاسْتَجِبْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ، وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ شَعْبِكَ.

then 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.

٤٠ 40 لِتَكُنْ يَا إِلَهِي عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ وَأُذُنَاكَ مُصْغِيَتَيْنِ لِلصَّلاةِ الْمَرْفُوعَةِ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ.

"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.

٤١ 41 وَالآنَ، انْهَضْ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ إِلَى مَكَانِ رَاحَتِكَ، أَنْتَ وَالتَّابُوتُ رَمْزُ عِزَّتِكَ. لِيَرْتَدِ، أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ، كَهَنَتُكَ ثَوْبَ خَلاصِكَ، وَلْيَبْتَهِجْ أَتْقِيَاؤُكَ بِالْخَيْرِ.

"Now therefore arise, LORD God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your cohanim, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your holy ones rejoice in what is good.

٤٢ 42 أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ، لَا تَرْفُضِ الْمَلِكَ، وَاذْكُرْ رَحْمَتَكَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَ بِها دَاوُدَ عَبْدَكَ».

"LORD God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant."