2 Mbiri 6

1 Pamenepo Solomoni anati, “Yehova anati adzakhala mʼmitambo yakuda;

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;

2 ine ndakumangirani Nyumba yokongola kwambiri, malo woti muzikhalamo mpaka muyaya.”

and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

3 Aisraeli onse ali chiyimire pomwepo, mfumu inatembenuka ndi kuwadalitsa.

And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

4 Ndipo inati, “Atamandike Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli amene wachita ndi dzanja lake zimene analonjeza ndi pakamwa pake kwa Davide abambo anga. Pakuti Iye anati,

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

5 ‘Kuyambira tsiku limene ndinatulutsa anthu anga ku Igupto, sindinasankhe mzinda wina uliwonse pa fuko lina lililonse la Aisraeli kuti kumeneko andimangire Nyumba kuti ndizikhalamo kapena munthu wina aliyense kuti akhale mtsogoleri wa Aisraeli anthu anga.

‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.

6 Koma tsopano ndasankha Yerusalemu kuti Dzina langa likhale kumeneko ndiponso ndasankha Davide kuti alamulire anthu anga Aisraeli.’

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

7 “Abambo anga Davide anali ndi maganizo mu mtima mwawo oti amangire Nyumba Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli.

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

8 Koma Yehova ananena kwa abambo anga Davide kuti, ‘Popeza zinali mu mtima mwako kumangira Nyumba dzina langa, unachita bwino kukhala ndi maganizo amenewa mu mtima mwakomo.

But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

9 Komatu si iwe amene udzamanga Nyumba ya Mulungu koma mwana wako, mwana amene iwe udzabereke. Iyeyo ndiye amene adzandimangire Nyumba.’

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

10 “Yehova wasunga zimene analonjeza. Ine ndalowa mʼmalo mwa abambo anga Davide, ndipo tsopano ndili pa mpando waufumu wa Israeli, monga momwe Yehova analonjezera, ndipo ndamangira nyumba Dzina la Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli.

Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

11 Mʼmenemo ndayikamo Bokosi la Chipangano, mmene muli pangano la Yehova limene anapangana ndi ana a Israeli.”

And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”

12 Pamenepo Solomoni anayimirira patsogolo pa guwa lansembe la Yehova patsogolo pa gulu lonse la Aisraeli ndipo anakweza manja ake.

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

13 Iyeyo anali atapanga nsanja yamkuwa, kutalika kwake kunali mamita awiri, mulifupi mwake munali mamita awiri, msinkhu wake unali mita imodzi ndi theka ndipo nsanjayo anayimika pakati pa bwalo lakunja. Iye anayimirira pa nsanjapo nagwada pamaso pa gulu lonse la Aisraeli ndipo anakweza manja ake kumwamba.

Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

14 Iye anati, “Inu Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli, palibe Mulungu wofanana nanu kumwamba kapena pa dziko. Inu amene mumasunga pangano ndi kuonetsa chikondi chosasinthika kwa atumiki anu amene amayenda pamaso panu ndi mtima wawo wonse.

and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

15 Inu mwasunga lonjezo lanu kwa abambo anga Davide, mtumiki wanu. Inde zimene munalonjeza ndi pakamwa panu, mwazikwaniritsa ndi manja anu monga mmene tikuonera lero lino.

You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

16 “Ndipo tsopano, Inu Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli, sungani zimene munalonjeza kwa abambo anga Davide, mtumiki wanu pamene munati, ‘Sudzasowa munthu wokhala pamaso panga pa mpando waufumu wa Israeli, ngati ana ako adzasamalira mayendedwe awo ndi kusunga malamulo anga monga iwe wachitira.’

Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

17 Ndipo tsopano Inu Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli, lolani kuti mawu anu akwaniritsidwe amene munalonjeza mtumiki wanu Davide.

And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.

18 “Kodi Mulungu angakhaledi pa dziko lapansi ndi munthu? Mlengalenga ngakhale kumwamba kwenikweni sikungakukwaneni. Nanga kuli bwanji ndi Nyumba iyi imene ndamanga!

But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

19 Koma Inu Yehova, Mulungu wanga, imvani pemphero ndi pembedzero la mtumiki wanu. Imvani kulira ndi pemphero la mtumiki wanu limene ndikupempha pamaso panu.

Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

20 Maso anu azikhala otsekuka kuyangʼana Nyumba ino usana ndi usiku, malo ano amene Inu munati mudzayikamo Dzina lanu, imvani pemphero la mtumiki wanu limene akupemphera pa malo ano.

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

21 Imvani mapembedzero a mtumiki wanu ndi a anthu anu Aisraeli pamene akupemphera akuyangʼana malo ano. Imvani kumwambako, malo anu amene mumakhala; ndipo mukamva muzitikhululukira.

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

22 “Munthu akalakwira mnzake, nawuzidwa kuti alumbire, akabwera kudzalumbira patsogolo pa guwa lansembe la Nyumba ino,

When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

23 imvani kumwambako ndi kuchitapo kanthu. Weruzani atumiki anuwo, wochimwa mugamule kuti ndi wolakwa ndipo alangidwe chifukwa cha zimene wachita. Wosachimwa mugamule kuti wosalakwa, ndipo muonetse kusalakwa kwakeko.

then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

24 “Anthu anu Aisraeli akagonja kwa adani awo chifukwa akuchimwirani ndipo akatembenukira kwa Inu ndi kuvomereza Dzina lanu, kupemphera ndi kupembedzera pamaso panu mʼNyumba ino,

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

25 pamenepo imvani kumwambako ndi kukhululukira tchimo la anthu anu Aisraeli ndi kuwabweretsa ku dziko limene munawapatsa iwo ndi makolo awo.

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.

26 “Pamene kumwamba kwatsekeka ndipo mvula sikugwa chifukwa anthu anu akuchimwirani, ndipo pamene apemphera akuyangʼana malo ano ndi kuvomereza Dzina lanu ndi kutembenuka kuchoka ku machimo awo chifukwa inu mwawalanga,

When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

27 pamenepo imvani kumwambako ndipo muwakhululukire atumiki anu, anthu anu Aisraeli. Aphunzitseni makhalidwe oyenera, ndipo gwetsani mvula mʼdziko limene munapereka kwa anthu anu monga cholowa chawo.

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

28 “Pamene mʼdziko mwagwa njala kapena mliri, chinoni kapena chiwawu, dzombe kapena kapuchi, kapena pamene adani azungulira mzinda wawo wina uliwonse, kaya mavuto kapena matenda abwera,

When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

29 ndipo wina aliyense mwa Aisraeli akapemphera kapena kukudandaulirani, aliyense wa iwo akadziwa masautso ake ndi ululu wake, ndi kukweza manja awo kuloza Nyumba ino,

then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

30 pamenepo imvani kumwambako, malo anu wokhalamo. Khululukani ndipo muchitire aliyense molingana ndi zonse zimene anachita popeza Inu mumadziwa mtima wake, (pakuti ndinu nokha amene mumadziwa mitima ya anthu),

be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—

31 motero iwo adzakuopani ndipo adzayenda mʼnjira zanu masiku onse amene adzakhale mʼdziko limene munalipereka kwa makolo athu.

so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

32 “Ndipo kunena za mlendo amene si mmodzi wa anthu anu Aisraeli, koma wabwera kuchokera ku dziko lakutali chifukwa cha dzina lanu lotchukali, ndiponso za dzanja lanu lamphamvu ndi lochita zazikulu, kudzapemphera akuyangʼana Nyumba ino,

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

33 pamenepo imvani kumwambako, malo anu okhalamo, ndipo muchite zonse zimene mlendoyo akukupemphani, kotero kuti anthu onse a dziko lapansi adziwe dzina lanu ndi kukuopani monga amachitira anthu anu Aisraeli, ndipo adziwe kuti nyumba ino imene ndakumangirani imadziwika ndi dzina lanu.

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

34 “Anthu akapita ku nkhondo kukamenyana ndi adani awo, kulikonse kumene mungawatume, ndipo akapemphera moyangʼana mzinda uno umene mwausankha ndi Nyumba yanu imene ndakumangirani,

When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

35 pamenepo imvani kumwamba pemphero lawo ndi kupempha kwawo ndipo muwapulumutse.

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

36 “Pamene achimwira inu, pakuti palibe amene sachimwa, ndipo inu mwawakwiyira ndi kuwapereka kwa adani awo, amene awatenga ukapolo ku dziko lawo lakutali kapena pafupi.

When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,

37 Ngati asintha mitima yawo ku dziko limene ali akapolo ndi kulapa ndi kukudandaulirani inu mʼdziko la ukapolo wawo ndi kunena kuti, ‘Ife tachimwa, tachita zolakwa ndipo tachita moyipa kwambiri.’

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

38 Ndipo ngati atembenukira kwa inu ndi mtima ndi moyo wawo wonse mʼdziko lawo la ukapolo kumene anatengedwako ndi kupemphera moyangʼana dziko limene inu munalipereka kwa makolo awo, moyangʼana Nyumba yanu imene ndakumangirani;

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

39 pamenepo imvani kumwamba, malo anu okhala, pemphero lawo ndi kudandaula kwawo, ndipo muwapulumutse. Ndipo mukhululukire anthu anu, amene akuchimwirani.

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

40 “Tsono Inu Mulungu wanga, tsekulani maso anu ndi makutu anu kuti mumve mapemphero ochitikira pa malo ano.

Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

41 “Tsopano dzukani Inu Yehova Mulungu, ndipo bwerani ku malo anu ampumulo,

Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

42 Inu Yehova Mulungu musamukane wodzozedwa wanu.

O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”