2 Chronicles 6

1 then to say Solomon LORD to say to/for to dwell in/on/with cloud

Then Solomon said, “Yahweh, you said that you would live in a dark cloud.

2 and I to build house: home elevation to/for you and foundation to/for to dwell you forever: enduring

But now I have built a glorious temple for you to live in forever!”

3 and to turn: turn [the] king [obj] face his and to bless [obj] all assembly Israel and all assembly Israel to stand: stand

Then while all the people stood there, Solomon turned toward the people and he [asked God to] bless them.

4 and to say to bless LORD God Israel which to speak: promise in/on/with lip his with David father my and in/on/with hand: power his to fill to/for to say

He said to them, “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, who has caused to happen what he promised to my father David. What he said to David was this:

5 from [the] day which to come out: send [obj] people my from land: country/planet Egypt not to choose in/on/with city from all tribe Israel to/for to build house: home to/for to be name my there and not to choose in/on/with man to/for to be leader upon people my Israel

‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city in Israel in which a temple should be built for people to [worship] me there. Nor did I choose anyone to be the leader of my Israeli people.

6 and to choose in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to be name my there and to choose in/on/with David to/for to be upon people my Israel

But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the place for people to worship me, and I have chosen you to rule my Israeli people.’”

7 and to be with heart David father my to/for to build house: home to/for name LORD God Israel

[Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple for Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.

8 and to say LORD to(wards) David father my because which to be with heart your to/for to build house: home to/for name my be pleasing for to be with heart your

But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.

9 except you(m. s.) not to build [the] house: home for son: child your [the] to come out: produce from loin your he/she/it to build [the] house: home to/for name my

However, you are not the one who I want to build the temple; it is one of your own sons who [I want to] build a temple for me.’

10 and to arise: establish LORD [obj] word: promised his which to speak: promise and to arise: establish underneath: instead David father my and to dwell upon throne Israel like/as as which to speak: promise LORD and to build [the] house: home to/for name LORD God Israel

“And Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling the people, like Yahweh promised, and I have arranged for this temple to be built for us to worship Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.

11 and to set: make there [obj] [the] ark which there covenant LORD which to cut: make(covenant) with son: descendant/people Israel

I have put the Sacred Chest in the temple, in which are the stone tablets [on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of] the agreement that Yahweh made with us Israeli people.”

12 and to stand: stand to/for face: before altar LORD before all assembly Israel and to spread palm his

Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was in front of the people of Israel who had gathered there.

13 for to make Solomon basin bronze and to give: put him in/on/with midst [the] enclosure five cubit length his and five cubit width his and cubit three height his and to stand: stand upon him and to bless upon knee his before all assembly Israel and to spread palm his [the] heaven [to]

His workers had built a bronze platform there [for him to stand on], which was 7-1/2 feet long and 7-1/2 feet wide and 4-1/2 feet high. They put it in the outer courtyard. Solomon stood on that platform and then knelt down in front of all the people of Israel who had gathered there, and he spread out his arms toward heaven,

14 and to say LORD God Israel nothing like you God in/on/with heaven and in/on/with land: country/planet to keep: obey [the] covenant and [the] kindness to/for servant/slave your [the] to go: walk to/for face: before your in/on/with all heart their

and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth. You solemnly promised that you would faithfully love us, and that is what you have done for us who earnestly do what you want us to do.

15 which to keep: obey to/for servant/slave your David father my [obj] which to speak: promise to/for him and to speak: speak in/on/with lip your and in/on/with hand: power your to fill like/as day: today [the] this

“You have done the things that you promised my father David, who served you [very well], that you would do. Truly, you promised to do those things for him, and today we see that by your power you have caused it all to happen.

16 and now LORD God Israel to keep: guard to/for servant/slave your David father my [obj] which to speak: promise to/for him to/for to say not to cut: lack to/for you man from to/for face: before my to dwell upon throne Israel except if to keep: careful son: descendant/people your [obj] way: conduct their to/for to go: walk in/on/with instruction my like/as as which to go: walk to/for face: before my

“So now, Yahweh, the God we Israelis belong to, please do the things that you promised to my father David that you would do. You said that there would always be some of his descendants to rule Israel, if they faithfully conduct their lives as he did.

17 and now LORD God Israel be faithful word your which to speak: speak to/for servant/slave your to/for David

So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised David, who served you [well], to happen.

18 for truly to dwell God with [the] man upon [the] land: country/planet behold heaven and heaven [the] heaven not to sustain you also for [the] house: home [the] this which to build

“But, my God, will you really live on earth among people? There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven! So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built.

19 and to turn to(wards) prayer servant/slave your and to(wards) supplication his LORD God my to/for to hear: hear to(wards) [the] cry and to(wards) [the] prayer which servant/slave your to pray to/for face: before your

But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer, while I am pleading with you this day and do what I am requesting.

20 to/for to be eye your to open to(wards) [the] house: home [the] this by day and night to(wards) [the] place which to say to/for to set: make name your there to/for to hear: hear to(wards) [the] prayer which to pray servant/slave your to(wards) [the] place [the] this

Please protect this temple day and night. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ Please listen to my prayer about this place.

21 and to hear: hear to(wards) supplication servant/slave your and people your Israel which to pray to(wards) [the] place [the] this and you(m. s.) to hear: hear from place to dwell you from [the] heaven and to hear: hear and to forgive

Listen to me when I pray, and listen to your Israeli people when they pray. Listen from heaven, where you live; and when you hear us pray, forgive us.

22 if to sin man: anyone to/for neighbor his and to lift: raise in/on/with him oath to/for oath his and to come (in): come to swear to/for face: before altar your in/on/with house: home [the] this

“If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to testify in front of your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’

23 and you(m. s.) to hear: hear from [the] heaven and to make: do and to judge [obj] servant/slave your to/for to return: pay to/for wicked to/for to give: give way: conduct his in/on/with head his and to/for to justify righteous to/for to give: give to/for him like/as righteousness his

then you listen from heaven, and you decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent.

24 and if to strike people your Israel to/for face: before enemy for to sin to/for you and to return: repent and to give thanks [obj] name your and to pray and be gracious to/for face: before your in/on/with house: home [the] this

“And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies because they sinned against you, [and forced to go to some distant country, ] if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit [that] you [have justly punished them], and plead [that you will forgive them],

25 and you(m. s.) to hear: hear from [the] heaven and to forgive to/for sin people your Israel and to return: return them to(wards) [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for them and to/for father their

listen to them from heaven and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they [have committed], and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors.

26 in/on/with to restrain [the] heaven and not to be rain for to sin to/for you and to pray to(wards) [the] place [the] this and to give thanks [obj] name your from sin their to return: repent [emph?] for to afflict them

“When you do not allow any rain to fall because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit [that] you [have justly punished them], and turn away from their sinful behavior and humbly pray to you,

27 and you(m. s.) to hear: hear [the] heaven and to forgive to/for sin servant/slave your and people your Israel for to show them to(wards) [the] way: conduct [the] pleasant which to go: walk in/on/with her and to give: give rain upon land: country/planet your which to give: give to/for people your to/for inheritance

hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your Israeli people. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then cause it to rain here on the land that you gave to your people to belong to them [permanently].

28 famine for to be in/on/with land: country/planet pestilence for to be blight and mildew locust and locust for to be for to confine to/for him enemy his in/on/with land: country/planet gate his all plague and all sickness

“And when the people of this land experience famines or if there is a plague, or when their crops are destroyed by very hot winds or by mildew or by locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities [in order to attack them], if any of those bad things happen to them,

29 all prayer all supplication which to be to/for all [the] man and to/for all people your Israel which to know man: anyone plague his and pain his and to spread palm his to(wards) [the] house: home [the] this

when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you, knowing in their inner beings that they are suffering [because they have sinned], if they stretch out their hands toward this temple and pray,

30 and you(m. s.) to hear: hear from [the] heaven foundation to dwell you and to forgive and to give: give to/for man like/as all way: conduct his which to know [obj] heart his for you(m. s.) to/for alone you to know [obj] heart son: child [the] man

hear from your home in heaven, and forgive them. You alone know what each person is thinking, so reward each person according to everything that he does,

31 because to fear you to/for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct your all [the] day which they(masc.) alive upon face: surface [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for father our

in order that they will revere you and conduct their lives as you want them to, all the time that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.

32 and also to(wards) [the] foreign which not from people your Israel he/she/it and to come (in): come from land: country/planet distant because name your [the] great: large and hand: power your [the] strong and arm your [the] to stretch and to come (in): come and to pray to(wards) [the] house: home [the] this

“There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israeli people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and that you perform great miracles. If they turn toward this temple and pray,

33 and you(m. s.) to hear: hear from [the] heaven from foundation to dwell you and to make: do like/as all which to call: call to to(wards) you [the] foreign because to know all people [the] land: country/planet [obj] name your and to/for to fear: revere [obj] you like/as people your Israel and to/for to know for name your to call: call by upon [the] house: home [the] this which to build

from your home in heaven listen to their prayer, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that in order that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we, your own Israeli people do. And then they will know that this is the temple that I have caused to be built for you.

34 for to come out: come people your to/for battle upon enemy his in/on/with way: direction which to send: depart them and to pray to(wards) you way: direction [the] city [the] this which to choose in/on/with her and [the] house: home which to build to/for name your

“When you send your people to go to places to attack their enemies, if they pray to you, wherever they are, if they turn toward this city that you have chosen and toward this temple that I have caused to be built to honor you,

35 and to hear: hear from [the] heaven [obj] prayer their and [obj] supplication their and to make: do justice their

listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you [to do], and assist them.

36 for to sin to/for you for nothing man which not to sin and be angry in/on/with them and to give: give them to/for face: before enemy and to take captive them to take captive them to(wards) land: country/planet distant or near

[“It is true that] everyone sins. So, when your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to capture them and take them to their countries, even to countries that are far away.

37 and to return: recall to(wards) heart their in/on/with land: country/planet which to take captive there and to return: repent and be gracious to(wards) you in/on/with land: country/planet captivity their to/for to say to sin to pervert and be wicked

When that happens, while they are in the countries to which they were forced to go, if they are sorry for having sinned, if they say, ‘We have sinned; we have done things that are wrong and have done things that are very wicked,’

38 and to return: repent to(wards) you in/on/with all heart their and in/on/with all soul their in/on/with land: country/planet captivity their which to take captive [obj] them and to pray way: direction land: country/planet their which to give: give to/for father their and [the] city which to choose and to/for house: home which to build to/for name your

if they repent very sincerely, and if they turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen [to be the place where we should worship you], and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you and pray,

39 and to hear: hear from [the] heaven from foundation to dwell you [obj] prayer their and [obj] supplication their and to make: do justice their and to forgive to/for people your which to sin to/for you

then from your home in heaven hear their prayer, and listen to them while they plead [for your help], and do what they ask you to do, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

40 now God my to be please eye your to open and ear your attentive to/for prayer [the] place [the] this

“Now, my God, look at us and listen to us as we pray to you in this place.

41 and now to arise: rise [emph?] LORD God to/for rest your you(m. s.) and ark strength your priest your LORD God to clothe deliverance: salvation and pious your to rejoice in/on/with good

Yahweh our God, come and stay in this place with the Sacred Chest, the chest that shows that you are powerful. Yahweh God, cause your priests to know clearly that you have blessed them. Cause us your people to rejoice because of all the good things [that you do for us].

42 LORD God not to return: turn back face anointed your to remember [emph?] to/for kindness David servant/slave your

Yahweh God, do not reject me [the king] whom you have appointed [to be the king of Israel]; do not forget that you greatly loved David, who served you [very well].”