1 Kings 8
1 Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes, and the leaders of the clans. He wanted them to join in bringing Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill to the temple], where it was in the part of the city called ‘The City of David’.
Apre sa, Salomon bay lòd pou tout gwo chèf pèp Izrayèl yo ansanm ak tout chèf branch fanmi yo ak lòt chèf fanmi pèp la vin jwenn li lavil Jerizalèm pou y' al pran Bwat Kontra Seyè a nan lavil David la, lavil Siyon an, pou yo pote l' nan Tanp lan.
2 So all the Israeli leaders came to King Solomon during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.
Pandan Fèt Joupa yo nan mwa Etanim lan, setyèm mwa nan kalandriye jwif yo, tout pèp Izrayèl la reyini ansanm ak wa Salomon.
3 When they had all arrived, the priests lifted up the Sacred Chest
Lè tout chèf fanmi pèp Izrayèl yo reyini, prèt yo pran Bwat Kontra a,
4 and brought it to the temple. The descendants of Levi [who assisted the priests] helped them to carry to the temple the Sacred Tent and all the sacred things that had been in the tent.
yo pote l' nan Tanp lan ansanm ak Tant Randevou Seyè a ak tout bagay ki te apa pou Seyè a nan Tant Randevou a. Se prèt yo ak moun Levi yo ki te pote yo moute.
5 Then King Solomon and many of the Israeli people who had gathered in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Chest sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and oxen. No one was able to count the sacrifices [because there were so many].
Wa Salomon ansanm ak tout pèp Izrayèl la sanble devan Bwat Kontra a, yo touye bèf, kabrit ak mouton an kantite pou Bondye. Moun pa t' ka konte konbe bèt yo te touye jou sa a sitèlman yo te anpil.
6 The the priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Very Holy Place in the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the [statues of the] winged creatures.
Lè yo fini, prèt yo pote Bwat Kontra a nan pyès ki apa nèt pou Seyè a, yo mete l' nan mitan de pòtre zanj cheriben yo.
7 The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.
Zèl cheriben yo te louvri, yo te kouvri tout kote Bwat Kontra a ye a ansanm ak poto ki sèvi pou pote l' yo.
8 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen [by people who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen [by people standing] outside the temple. Those poles are still there.
Si yon moun kanpe sou devan pyès ki apa pou Seyè a, yo ka wè pwent poto yo tèlman yo te long. Men, ou pa ka wè yo lòt kote ankò. Jouk koulye a poto yo la toujou.
9 The only things that were in the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai [Mountain], where Yahweh made an agreement with the people after they left Egypt.
Nan Bwat Kontra a pa t' gen pase de moso wòch plat Moyiz te mete ladan l' yo depi sou Mòn Orèb la. Se sou de wòch sa yo Seyè a te make kontra li te pase avèk moun pèp Izrayèl yo lè yo t'ap soti kite peyi Lejip.
10 When the priests came out of the temple, [suddenly] it was filled with a cloud.
Lè prèt yo fè sa y'ap soti nan pyès apa pou Seyè a, nwaj la plen Tanp Seyè a nèt.
11 It was the glory/radiance of Yahweh that filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue their work.
Poutèt nwaj la prèt yo pa t' ka rete fè sèvis yo, paske limyè prezans Seyè a te plen Tanp lan nèt.
12 Then Solomon prayed this: “Yahweh, you have placed the sun in the sky, but you have decided that you would live in very dark [clouds].
Lèfini, Salomon di konsa: -Seyè, ou di ou pito viv kote ki fè nwa.
13 I have built for you a magnificent temple, a place for you to live in forever.”
Koulye a, mwen bati yon tanp pou ou ka rete, yon kay kote ou pral viv pou tout tan.
14 Then, while all the people stood there, the king turned around and faced them, and he [asked God to] bless them.
Lèfini, wa a vire, li bay pèp Izrayèl la fas. Tout pèp la te kanpe. Li mande benediksyon Bondye pou pèp la, li di konsa:
15 He said, “Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis belong! By his own power he has done what he promised to give to my father David. What he promised was this:
-Lwanj pou Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la. Avèk fòs kouraj li, li kenbe pwomès li te fè David, papa m', lè li te di l' konsa:
16 ‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen any city in Israel in which a temple should be built for my people to worship me there. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.”
Depi jou mwen te fè pèp mwen an soti kite peyi Lejip, mwen pa janm chwazi yon lavil nan tout peyi pèp Izrayèl la kote pou yo bati yon tanp ladan l' pou mwen rete. Men, mwen te chwazi David pou li gouvènen pèp mwen an, pèp Izrayèl la.
17 [Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple in order that we Israeli people could worship Yahweh our God there.
David, papa m', te fè lide bati yon tanp pou Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la.
18 But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.
Men, Seyè a te di l': Ou byen fèt gen lide bati yon tanp pou mwen.
19 However, you are not the one [who I want] to build it. It is one of your sons, who [I want to] build a temple for me.’
Men, se pa ou ki va bati l'. Se pwòp pitit gason w'ap fè a ki va bati Tanp lan pou mwen.
20 And now Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling my people, like Yahweh promised. I have [arranged for] this temple [to be] built for us Israelis to worship Yahweh, the God, to whom we Israelis belong.
Koulye a, Seyè a kenbe pwomès li. Jan li te di l' la, se mwen ki nan plas David, papa m'. Mwen chita sou fotèy wa a Izrayèl la, mwen bati yon tanp pou Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la.
21 I have also provided a place [in the temple] for the Sacred Chest in which are the two stone tablets [on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of] the agreement that Yahweh made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
Lèfini, mwen fè yon plas ladan l' pou Bwat Kontra Seyè a ki gen de moso wòch plat kote Seyè a te ekri kontra li te pase ak zansèt nou yo lè li te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip.
22 Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was facing the Israeli people who had gathered there. He spread out his arms toward heaven,
Apre sa, Salomon al kanpe devan lotèl Seyè a, devan tout pèp Izrayèl la, li leve de men l' anlè, li lapriyè Bondye,
23 and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israeli people [belong to/worship], there is no god like you up in heaven or down here 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.
li di: -Seyè, ou menm ki Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pa gen Bondye tankou ou ni nan syèl ni sou latè. Ou kenbe kontra ou te pase ak pèp ou a. Ou moutre jan ou renmen moun k'ap sèvi ou ak tout kè yo.
24 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 these things for him, and today we see that by your power you have done them.
Ou te kenbe pwomès ou te fè David, papa m' lan. Tou sa ou te di, ou fè l' rive vre jòdi a.
25 So now, Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [belong to/worship], please do the things that you promised my father that you would do. You told him that there would always be some of his descendants who would rule Israel, if they would conduct their lives as he did.
Se poutèt sa, Seyè, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, m'ap mande ou pou ou kenbe lòt pwomès ou te fè David, papa m', sèvitè ou la, lè ou te di l' va toujou gen yonn nan pitit pitit li yo pou gouvènen pèp Izrayèl la, depi yo veye jan y'ap mache a pou yo mennen bak yo devan ou jan li menm li te fè l' la.
26 So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised to do for my father David, who served you [well], to happen.
Se konsa, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, tanpri, fè tout bagay rive jan ou te fè pwomès la bay David, papa m', sèvitè ou la.
27 But God, you cannot really live on the earth. 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.
Men, Bondye, èske ou ka rete tout bon sou latè? Ata syèl la pa laj ase pou l' kenbe ou. Ale wè pou ti kay mwen bati pou ou la a!
28 But Yahweh, my God, please listen to me while I am praying to you this day,
Seyè, Bondye m', tanpri, se sèvitè ou mwen ye. Tanpri, tande jan m'ap lapriyè ou. Koute jan m'ap rele nan pye ou jòdi a.
29 Please keep protecting this temple night and day. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ I request that you listen to me whenever I turn toward this temple and pray.
Lajounen kou lannwit, voye je ou sou Tanp lan, Tanp kote ou te di w'ap toujou la a. Koute lapriyè mwen menm, sèvitè ou la, m'ap fè nan pye ou la a.
30 I request that when I pray to you and your people pray to you while they turn toward this place, that in your home in heaven you will hear us and forgive us [for the sins that we have committed].
Wi, koute lapriyè m'ap fè ak lapriyè pèp Izrayèl ou a ap fè nan pye ou isit la. Nan syèl kote ou rete a, koute lapriyè nou, padonnen nou.
31 If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to 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,’
Lè yo pote plent pou yon moun ki fè frè l' yon bagay mal, si yo mande l' pou l' fè sèman se pa vre, epi li vin fè sèman an devan lotèl ou a, nan tanp sa a,
32 then you listen from heaven, and 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.
ou menm, Seyè ki nan syèl la, w'a tande, w'a fè sa ki gen pou fèt la, w'a jije sèvitè ou yo. W'a pini moun ki koupab la, w'a fè chatiman li merite a tonbe sou tèt li. W'a fè rekonèt lè yon moun inonsan pou yo ka rann li jistis.
33 And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies [in a battle] because they have sinned against you, [and if they are 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 if they plead [that you will forgive them],
Lè lènmi va bat pèp Izrayèl la paske pèp la te peche kont ou, Bondye, si yo tounen vin jwenn ou, si yo fè lwanj pou ou, si yo vin lapriyè nan pye ou isit nan Tanp sa a,
34 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.
tanpri, kote ou ye nan syèl la, koute yo. Padonnen peche pèp Izrayèl ou a, fè yo tounen nan peyi ou te bay zansèt yo a.
35 And when you do not allow any rain to fall on the land because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit that you [have justly punished them], if they turn away from their sinful behavior and [humbly] pray to you,
Lè va gen chechrès nan peyi a san yon ti degout lapli paske pèp la te peche kont ou, si yo règrèt sa yo te fè a paske ou te pini yo, si yo vin lapriyè isit la, si yo rele non ou,
36 listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins [that they have committed]. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then send rain on this land that you have given to your people to belong to them [permanently].
tanpri, kote ou ye nan syèl la, koute yo. Padonnen peche wa a ansanm ak peche pèp Izrayèl la. Moutre yo bon chemen pou yo pran an. Apre sa, Seyè, w'a voye lapli sou peyi ou te bay pèp ou a pou rele l' pa l' la.
37 And when the people of this land experience famines, or if there is a plague/illness that causes many people to become sick, or if [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,
Lè va gen grangou nan peyi a, osinon lè move maladi lapès va tonbe sou li, lè plant yo va cheche nan van cho, lè krikèt ak chwal bondye va ravaje jaden yo, lè lènmi va sènen lavil nou yo pou atake pèp la, lè nenpòt maladi osinon nenpòt malè va tonbe sou pèp la,
38 when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you knowing that they are suffering because they [have sinned], and if they stretch out their arms toward this temple and pray,
koute lapriyè y'ap fè nan pye ou. Lè nenpòt moun osinon tout pèp la va lapriyè nan pye ou, lè y'a règrèt sa yo fè a, lè y'a leve men yo nan direksyon Tanp lan pou yo lapriyè ou,
39 listen to them from your home in heaven, and forgive them, and help them. You are the only one who knows what people are thinking, so act toward everyone as they deserve,
tanpri, koute lapriyè yo, kote ou ye nan syèl kote ou rete a, padonnen yo, fè sa ou gen pou fè a. Bay chak moun sa yo merite, paske ou konnen sa ki nan kè yo chak. Se ou menm sèlman ki konnen sa ki nan fon kè moun.
40 in order that your people may then have an awesome respect for you, all the years that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
Wi, w'a bay chak moun sa yo merite, konsa pèp ou a va gen krentif pou ou pandan tout tan y'ap viv sou tè ou te bay zansèt nou yo.
41 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 come here to this temple to worship you and pray,
Menm lè yon moun lòt nasyon ki pa fè pati pèp ou a soti byen lwen vini isit la poutèt ou,
paske li tande jan y'ap nonmen non ou, li tande pale tout bèl bagay w'ap fè avèk fòs kouraj ou, si li vin lapriyè nan tanp sa a,
43 in your home in heaven, listen to their prayers, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that so that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we your Israeli people do. And then they will know that this temple that I have [caused to be] built to honor you, is where you [should be worshiped].
tanpri, nan syèl kote ou rete a, koute lapriyè li. W'a fè pou li tou sa li mande ou. Konsa tout pèp sou latè va konnen ou. y'a gen krentif pou ou tankou pèp Izrayèl ou a gen krentif pou ou. y'a konnen Tanp mwen bati pou ou a, se la pou yo vin adore ou.
44 And if you send your people to go to fight against 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 for you,
Lè pèp ou a va pati al goumen ak lènmi l' yo, nenpòt ki bò w'a voye yo, lè y'a vire tèt yo nan direksyon lavil ou chwazi a ak nan direksyon Tanp mwen bati pou ou a pou yo lapriyè nan pye ou,
45 listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you to do, and assist them.
tanpri, nan syèl kote ou rete a, koute lapriyè yo. Koute lapriyè y'ap fè nan pye ou, defann kòz yo.
46 [It is true that] everyone sins. So, if your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to defeat them and capture them and take them away to their enemies’ country, even to countries that are far away.
Lè pèp ou a va peche kont ou, paske pa gen moun ki pa fè peche, lè w'a move sou yo, w'a lage yo nan men lènmi yo ki va fè yo prizonye, ki va depòte yo nan lòt peyi, li te mèt toupre, li te mèt byen lwen,
47 If that happens, while they are in those countries to which they were forced to go, if they sincerely repent and plead with you there saying ‘We have sinned and have done things that are very wicked,’
antan yo la nan peyi kote lènmi yo te depòte yo a, si yo règrèt sa yo te fè, si yo lapriyè nan pye ou, si yo rekonèt yo te fè sa ki mal, si yo rekonèt yo te peche, si yo rekonèt yo antò,
48 if they very sincerely repent, and 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 if they pray,
si yo tounen vin jwenn ou ak tout kè yo ak tout nanm yo, antan yo nan peyi kote lènmi te depòte yo a, si yo vire tèt yo nan direksyon peyi ou te bay zansèt yo a, nan direksyon lavil ou te chwazi a, nan direksyon Tanp mwen bati pou ou a pou yo lapriyè nan pye ou,
49 then from your home in heaven listen to them while they plead [for your help], and assist them.
tanpri, koute lapriyè y'ap fè nan pye ou, kote ou ye nan syèl kote ou rete a. Koute lapriyè yo, defann kòz yo.
50 Forgive them for all the sins that they [have committed] against you, and cause their enemies to be kind to them.
Padonnen pèp ou a tout peche yo te fè kont ou, tout vire do yo te vire do ba ou. W'a fè lènmi ki te depòte yo gen pitye pou yo.
51 Do not forget that the Israelis are your people; they are your special possession; you brought [our ancestors] out of Egypt where [they were greatly suffering as though] they were in a blazing furnace.
Paske, se pèp ki rele ou pa ou la yo ye, pèp ou menm ou te fè soti kite peyi Lejip ki te pou yo tankou yon gwo fou dife kote yo fonn fè.
52 I request that you always listen to your Israeli people and to me, their king, and heed their prayers whenever they call out to you [to help them].
Seyè, Bondye, louvri je ou! Koute lapriyè mwen menm, sèvitè ou, m'ap fè nan pye ou ansanm ak tout pèp Izrayèl la, chak fwa n'ap rele pou mande ou sekou.
53 You chose them from all the other people-groups in the world to belong to you, which is what you told Moses to tell them when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
Se ou menm ki te chwazi nou nan mitan tout lòt pèp sou latè pou nou te ka rele ou pa ou, jan ou te di l' nan bouch Moyiz, sèvitè ou la, lè ou te fè zansèt nou yo soti kite peyi Lejip.
54 After Solomon had finished praying and pleading to Yahweh [for his help], he stood up in front of the altar where he had been kneeling. He lifted up his arms.
Pandan Salomon t'ap fè lapriyè sa a nan pye Bondye, li te ajenou devan lotèl la, de bra leve anlè. Lè li fini, li leve.
55 Then he [asked God to] bless all the Israeli people. [He prayed] loudly, saying,
Li kanpe, li mande Bondye pou l' voye benediksyon l' sou tout pèp Izrayèl la ki te sanble la a. Li pale byen fò, li di:
56 “Praise Yahweh, who has given us his people peace, like he promised that he would do. He has done every one of the good things that he promised to Moses, the man who served him [very well].
-Lwanj pou Seyè a ki bay pèp Izrayèl la kè poze, jan li te pwomèt la. Li kenbe tout bèl pwomès li te fè nan bouch Moyiz, sèvitè l' la.
57 I pray that our God will be with us like he was with our ancestors, and that he will never abandon us.
Koulye a, mwen mande pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, toujou kanpe la avèk nou jan li te toujou kanpe la ak zansèt nou yo. Mwen mande l' pou l' pa janm lage nou, pou l' pa janm bliye nou.
58 I pray that he will cause us to loyally serve him, to conduct our lives as he wants us to, and to obey all his commandments and statutes and laws that he gave to our ancestors.
Se pou li fè nou pa janm bliye l' pou nou ka toujou fè volonte l' nan tout sa n'ap fè, pou nou kenbe lòd, prensip ak kòmandman li te bay zansèt nou yo.
59 I pray that Yahweh our God will never forget these words that I have prayed, pleading for his help; I pray that he will think about them by day and by night. I pray that he will always help [us] Israeli people and me, giving us the things that we need day by day.
Se pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pa janm bliye lapriyè sa yo mwen sot fè nan pye l' la. Se pou l' toujou gen pitye pou pèp Izrayèl la ansanm ak wa a, sèvitè li a, dapre sa y'a bezwen chak jou.
60 If he does that, all the people-groups in the world will know that he is the only one who is God, and that there is no other one who is God.
Konsa, tout nasyon sou latè va konnen se Seyè a sèl ki Bondye. Pa gen lòt!
61 I pray that you, [his people, ] will always be fully committed to Yahweh, and that you will obey all his statutes and commands, like you are doing now.”
Se pou nou toujou kenbe pye Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fèm. Se pou nou mache dapre lòd li ban nou, pou nou fè tou sa li mande nou fè tankou jòdi a.
62 Then the king and all the Israeli people who were there offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Apre sa, wa Salomon ansanm ak tout pèp Izrayèl ki te la a ofri bèt pou touye pou Seyè a.
63 They sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then the king and all the people dedicated the temple.
Salomon te ofri venndemil (22.000) towo ak sanvenmil (120.000) mouton pou mande Bondye padon. Se konsa wa a ansanm ak tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo te mete Tanp lan apa pou Seyè a.
64 On that day, the king also dedicated/set apart the middle part of the courtyard that was in front of the temple. Then he offered sacrifices that would be completely burned [in the courtyard], the offerings of grain and the fat of the animals that were sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. They sacrificed them there because the bronze altar was not big enough for all those sacrifices to be burned on it [that day].
Menm jou a, li mete mitan gwo lakou ki devan Tanp Seyè a apa pou Bondye. Lèfini, se la li ofri bèt pou boule nèt pou Seyè a, grenn jaden ak grès bèt yo te touye pou mande Bondye padon, paske lotèl kwiv ki devan Tanp lan te twò piti pou pran tout ofrann sa yo.
65 Then Solomon and all the Israeli people celebrated the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days. There was a huge crowd of people there, some of whom had come from [distant places like] Hamath [in the far north] and the border of Egypt [in the far south].
Lè sa a, Salomon ansanm ak tout pèp Izrayèl la fete Fèt Joupa yo pandan sèt jou. Foul moun te soti depi Pas Amat la nan nò jouk sou fwontyè ak peyi Lejip la nan sid, yo vin fete fèt la pandan sèt jou. Lèfini, yo fete pandan sèt jou ankò. Sa te fè antou katòz jou.
66 On the eighth day, Solomon sent the people to their homes. They all praised him and went home happy because of all the things that Yahweh had done to bless [King] David and his Israeli people.
Sou wityèm jou a, Salomon voye tout moun tounen lakay yo. Yo tout t'ap fè lwanj li, y' al lakay yo ak kè kontan, paske sa te fè yo plezi pou wè tout benediksyon Seyè a te bay David, sèvitè l' la, ansanm ak pèp Izrayèl li a.
