Anden Krønikebog 7

1 Da Salomo havde endt sin Bøn, for Ild ned fra Himmelen og fortærede Brændofferet og Slagtofrene, og HERRENS Herlighed fyldte Templet,

And when Solomon had completed pouring out his prayers, fire descended from heaven, and it devoured the holocausts and the victims. And the majesty of the Lord filled the house.

2 og Præsterne kunde ikke gaa ind i HERRENS Hus, fordi HERRENS Herlighed fyldte det.

Neither were the priests able to enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.

3 Og da alle Israeliterne saa Ilden og HERRENS Herlighed fare ned over Templet, kastede de sig paa Knæ paa Stenbroen med Ansigtet mod Jorden og tilbad og lovede HERREN med Ordene »thi han er god, og hans Miskundhed varer evindelig!«

Moreover, all the sons of Israel saw the fire descending, and the glory of the Lord upon the house. And falling prone upon the ground, on the layer of pavement stones, they adored and praised the Lord: “For he is good. For his mercy is everlasting.”

4 Kongen ofrede nu sammen med alt Folket Slagtofre for HERRENS Aasyn.

Then the king and all the people were immolating victims before the Lord.

5 Til Slagtofferet tog Kong Salomo 22 000 Stykker Hornkvæg og 120 000 Stykker Smaakvæg. Saaledes indviede Kongen og alt Folket Guds Hus.

And so, king Solomon slaughtered victims: twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand rams. And the king and the entire people dedicated the house of God.

6 Og Præsterne stod paa deres Pladser, og Leviterne stød med HERRENS Musikinstrumenter, som Kong David havde ladet lave, for at love HERREN med Davids Lovsangs Ord »thi hans Miskundhed varer evindelig!« og Præsterne stod lige over for dem og blæste i Trompeter, og hele Israel stod op:

Then the priests and the Levites were standing in their offices, with the instruments of music for the Lord, which king David made in order to praise the Lord: “For his mercy is eternal.” And they were playing the hymns of David with their hands. And the priests were sounding out with trumpets before them, and all of Israel was standing.

7 Og Salomo helligede den mellemste Del af Forgaarden foran HERRENS Hus, thi der maatte han ofre Brændofrene og Fedtstykkerne af Takofrene, da Kobberalteret, som Salomo havde ladet lave, ikke kunde rumme Brændofferet, Afgrødeofferet og Fedtstykkerne.

Also, Solomon sanctified the middle of the atrium in front of the temple of the Lord. For he had offered the holocausts and the fat of peace offerings in that place because the bronze altar, which he had made, had not been able to support the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat.

8 Samtidig fejrede Salomo i syv Dage Højtiden sammen med hele Israel, en vældig Forsamling lige fra Egnen ved Hamat og til Ægyptens Bæk.

Therefore, Solomon kept the solemnity, at that time, for seven days, and all of Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath, even to the torrent of Egypt.

9 Ottendedagen holdt man festlig Samling, thi de fejrede Alterets Indvielse i syv Dage og Højtiden i syv.

And on the eighth day, he held a solemn gathering, because he had dedicated the altar over seven days, and he had celebrated the solemnity over seven days.

10 Og paa den tre og tyvende Dag i den syvende Maaned lod han Folket gaa hver til sit, glade og vel til Mode over den Godhed, HERREN havde vist sin Tjener David og Salomo og sit Folk Israel.

And so, on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he dismissed the people to their dwellings, joyful and glad over the good that the Lord had done for David, and for Solomon, and for his people Israel.

11 Salomo var nu færdig med at opføre HERRENS Hus og Kongens Palads; og alt, hvad Salomo havde sat sig for at udføre ved HERRENS Hus og sit Palads, havde han lykkeligt ført igennem.

And Solomon completed the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and all that he had resolved in his heart to do for the house of the Lord, and for his own house. And he prospered.

12 Da lod HERREN sig til Syne for Salomo om Natten og sagde til ham: »Jeg har hørt din Bøn og udvalgt mig dette Sted til Offersted.

Then the Lord appeared to him by night, and said: “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

13 Dersom jeg tillukker Himmelen, saa Regnen udebliver, eller jeg opbyder Græshopperne til at æde Landet op, eller jeg sender Pest i mit Folk,

If I close up heaven, so that no rain will fall, or if I order and instruct the locust to devour the land, or if I send a pestilence among my people,

14 og mit Folk, som mit Navn nævnes over, da ydmyger sig, beder og søger mit Aasyn og vender om fra deres onde Veje, saa vil jeg høre det i Himmelen og tilgive deres Synd og læge deres Land,

and if my people, over whom my name has been invoked, being converted, will have petitioned me and sought my face, and will have done penance for their wicked ways, then I will heed them from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.

15 Nu skal mine Øjne være aabne og mine Ører lytte til Bønnen, der bedes paa dette Sted.

Also, my eyes will be open, and my ears will be attentive, to the prayer of him who shall pray in this place.

16 Og nu har jeg udvalgt og billiget dette Hus, for at mit Navn kan bo der til evig Tid, og mine Øjne og mit Hjerte skal være der alle Dage.

For I have chosen and sanctified this place, so that my name may be there continually, and so that my eyes and my heart may remain there, for all days.

17 Hvis du nu vandrer for mit Aasyn som din Fader David, saa du gør alt, hvad jeg har paalagt dig, og holder mine Anordninger og Lovbud,

And as for you, if you will walk before me, just as your father David walked, and if you will act in accord with all that I have instructed you, and if you will observe my justices and judgments,

18 saa vil jeg opretholde din Kongetrone, som jeg tilsagde din Fader David, da jeg sagde: En Efterfølger skal aldrig fattes dig til at herske over Israel.

I will raise up the throne of your kingdom, just as I promised to your father David, saying: ‘There shall not be taken away a man from your stock who will be ruler in Israel.’

19 Men hvis I vender eder bort og forlader mine Anordninger og Bud, som jeg har forelagt eder, og gaar hen og dyrker fremmede Guder og tilbeder dem,

But if you will have turned away, and will have forsaken my justices and my precepts, which I have set before you, and going astray, you serve strange gods, and you adore them,

20 saa vil jeg rykke eder op fra mit Land, som jeg gav eder; og dette Hus, som jeg har helliget for mit Navn, vil jeg forkaste fra mit Aasyn og gøre det til Spot og Spe blandt alle Folk,

I will uproot you from my land, which I gave to you, and from this house, which I sanctified to my name, and I will cast it away from before my face, and I will deliver it to be a parable and an example for all the peoples.

21 og dette Hus, som var saa ophøjet, over det skal enhver, som kommer der forbi, blive slaaet af Rædsel. Og naar man siger: Hvorfor har HERREN handlet saaledes mod dette Land og dette Hus?

And this house will be like a proverb to all who pass by. And being astonished, they shall say: ‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land and toward this house?’

22 skal der svares: Fordi de forlod HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, som førte dem ud af Ægypten, og holdt sig til andre Guder, tilbad og dyrkede dem; derfor har HERREN bragt al denne Elendighed over dem!«

And they shall respond: ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who led them away from the land of Egypt, and they took hold of foreign gods, and they adored and worshipped them. Therefore, all these evils have overwhelmed them.’”