2 أخبار 7
| وَمَا إِنْ أَتَمَّ سُلَيْمَانُ صَلاتَهُ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الْتَهَمَتِ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَالذَّبَائِحَ، وَملأَ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ الْهَيْكَلَ، | ١ 1 |
Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and Yahweh’s glory filled the house.
| وَلَمْ يَتَمَكَّنِ الْكَهَنَةُ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، لأَنَّ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ مَلأَهُ. | ٢ 2 |
The priests could not enter into Yahweh’s house, because Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.
| وَشَهِدَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ نُزُولَ النَّارِ وَمَجْدِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى الْهَيْكَلِ، فَخَرُّوا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ سَاجِدِينَ عَلَى بَلاطِ الأَرْضِ الْمُجَزَّعِ، وَحَمَدُوا الرَّبَّ لأَنَّهُ صَالِحٌ، وَلأَنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ. | ٣ 3 |
All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and Yahweh’s glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!”
| ثُمَّ قَدَّمَ الْمَلِكُ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ ذَبَائِحَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. | ٤ 4 |
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Yahweh.
| فَذَبَحَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْبَقَرِ، وَمِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ. وَدَشَّنَ الْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ الْهَيْكَلَ. | ٥ 5 |
King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.
| وَوَقَفَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي الأَمَاكِنِ الْمُخَصَّصَةِ لَهُمْ فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ اللّاوِيِّينَ، يِنْفُخُونَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ، بَيْنَمَا شَرَعَ اللّاوِيُّونَ يَعْزِفُونَ عَلَى آلاتِ غِنَاءِ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا الْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ حِينَ سَبَّحَ الرَّبَّ بِها، مُتَرَنِّمِينَ بِحَمْدِ الرَّبِّ لأَنَّ رَحْمَتَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَدُومُ، وَذَلِكَ عَلَى مَرْأَى مِنَ الشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ. | ٦ 6 |
The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, when David praised by their ministry, saying “For his loving kindness endures forever.” The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
| وَقَدَّسَ سُلَيْمَانُ الْفِنَاءَ الْوَاقِعَ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ حَيْثُ قَرَّبَ هُنَاكَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَشَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ، لأَنَّ مَذْبَحَ النُّحَاسِ الَّذِي صَنَعَهُ سُلَيْمَانُ كَانَ أَصْغَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يَسَعَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالتَّقْدِمَاتِ وَالشَّحْمَ. | ٧ 7 |
Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court that was before Yahweh’s house holy; for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat.
| وَاحْتَفَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِالْعِيدِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ مَعَ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَجُمْهُورٍ كَبِيرٍ تَوَافَدَ مِنْ مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ إِلَى وَادِي مِصْرَ. | ٨ 8 |
So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
| وَاعْتَكَفُوا فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ لِلْعِبَادَةِ بَعْدَ أَنِ احْتَفَلُوا بِتَدْشِينِ الْمَذْبَحِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَبِالْعِيدِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أُخْرَى. | ٩ 9 |
On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
| ثُمَّ صَرَفَ الشَّعْبَ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ، فانْطَلَقُوا بِقُلُوبٍ يَغْمُرُهَا الْفَرَحُ وَالْغِبْطَةُ مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ الْخَيْرَاتِ الَّتِي أَبْدَاهَا الرَّبُّ نَحْوَ دَاوُدَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْبِهِ. | ١٠ 10 |
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
| وَهَكَذَا أَكْمَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ إِقَامَةَ الْهَيْكَلِ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَحَالَفَهُ النَّجَاحُ فِي كُلِّ مَا خَطَّطَ أَنْ يَبْنِيَهُ فِيهِمَا. | ١١ 11 |
Thus Solomon finished Yahweh’s house and the king’s house; and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in Yahweh’s house and in his own house.
| وَتَجَلَّى الرَّبُّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ لَيْلاً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «قَدِ اسْتَجَبْتُ صَلاتَكَ، وَاخْتَرْتُ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ لِي لِيَكُونَ هَيْكَلاً لِلذَّبَائِحِ. | ١٢ 12 |
Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice.
| فَإِنْ أَغْلَقْتُ السَّمَاءَ فَانْحَبَسَ الْمَطَرُ، وَإِنْ أَمَرْتُ الْجَرَادَ أَنْ يَلْتَهِمَ عُشْبَ الأَرْضِ، وَإِنْ جَعَلْتُ الْوَبَأَ يَتَفَشَّى بَيْنَ شَعْبِي، | ١٣ 13 |
“If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people,
| ثُمَّ اتَّضَعَ شَعْبِي الَّذِي دُعِيَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَتَضَرَّعُوا طَالِبِينَ وَجْهِي، وَتَابُوا عَنْ شَرِّهِم، فَإِنَّنِي أَسْتَجِيبُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَأَصْفَحُ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ وَأُخْصِبُ أَرْضَهُمْ. | ١٤ 14 |
if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
| أَمَّا الآنَ فَإِنَّ عَيْنَيَّ تَظَلّانِ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ تَرْعَيَانِ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ، وَأُذُنَيَّ تُصْغِيَانِ إِلَى الصَّلاةِ الصَّادِرَةِ مِنْهُ. | ١٥ 15 |
Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to prayer that is made in this place.
| لَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ وَقَدَّسْتُهُ حَتَّى أَضَعَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، فَتَكُونُ عَيْنَايَ وَقَلْبِي هُنَاكَ إِلَى دَهْرِ الدُّهُورِ. | ١٦ 16 |
For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.
| فَإِنْ سَلَكْتَ أَنْتَ أَمَامِي كَمَا سَلَكَ دَاوُدُ أَبُوكَ، وَنَفَّذْتَ كُلَّ مَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ وَأَطَعْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي، | ١٧ 17 |
“As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances,
| فَإِنَّنِي أُثَبِّتُ عَرْشَكَ كَمَا وَعَدْتُ أَبَاكَ قَائِلاً: لَا يَنْقَرِضُ مِنْ نَسْلِهِ رَجُلٌ يَحْكُمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ١٨ 18 |
then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.’
| وَلَكِنْ إِنِ انْحَرَفْتُمْ وَنَبَذْتُمْ فَرَائِضِي الَّتِي شَرَّعْتُهَا لَكُمْ، وَضَلَلْتُمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَعَبَدْتُمُوهَا وَسَجَدْتُمْ لَهَا، | ١٩ 19 |
But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
| فَإِنَّنِي أَسْتَأْصِلُكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِي الَّتِي وَهَبْتُهَا لَكُمْ، وَأَنْبِذُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ الَّذِي قَدَّسْتُهُ لاسْمِي، وَأَجْعَلُهُ مَثَلاً وَمَثَارَ هُزْءٍ لِجَمِيعِ الأُمَمِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
| وَيَغْدُو هَذَا الْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي كَانَ شَامِخاً عِبْرَةً يُثِيرُ عَجَبَ كُلِّ مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِهِ، فَيَتَسَاءَلُ: لِمَاذَا صَنَعَ الرَّبُّ هَكَذَا بِهَذِهِ الأَرْضِ وَبِهَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ؟ | ٢١ 21 |
This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?’
| فَيَأْتِيهُمُ الْجَوَابُ: لأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمِ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَتَشَبَّثُوا بِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا وَعَبَدُوهَا، لِذَلِكَ جَلَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ هَذَا الْبَلاءِ». | ٢٢ 22 |
They shall answer, ‘Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and took other gods, worshiped them, and served them. Therefore he has brought all this evil on them.’”
