2 Chronicles 6
1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Na Salomo bɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, woaka se wobɛtena omununkum kabii mu.
2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Afei, masi Asɔredan a ɛho wɔ nyam ama wo, baabi a wubetumi atena afebɔɔ.”
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
Na ɔhene no dan ne ho de kyerɛɛ Israelfo a wogyinagyina nʼanim no, hyiraa wɔn se,
4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,
“Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, a wadi bɔ a ɔhyɛɛ mʼagya Dawid no so, efisɛ ɔka kyerɛɛ mʼagya se,
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people from the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
‘Efi da a miyii me nkurɔfo fii Misraim no, minyii kuropɔn biara mfii Israel mmusuakuw no mu sɛ baabi a ɛsɛ sɛ wosi Asɔredan, de hyɛ me din anuonyam. Ɛnna nso, minyii ɔhene biara sɛ onni me nkurɔfo Israelfo anim.
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
Nanso afei mayi Yerusalem sɛ kuropɔn no, ne Dawid sɛ ɔhene no.’”
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Afei, Salomo kae se, “Mʼagya Dawid pɛɛ sɛ osi Asɔredan yi de hyɛ Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn din anuonyam.
8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thy heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thy heart:
Nanso Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Eye sɛ wopɛ sɛ wusi asɔredan de hyɛ me din anuonyam,
9 However thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
nanso ɛnyɛ wo na wobɛyɛ. Mmom, wo mmabarima no mu baako na obesi.’
10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am raised up in the stead of David my father, and am seated on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
“Na afei Awurade ayɛ nea ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ no, efisɛ efisɛ madi ade sɛ ɔhene, asi mʼagya anan mu. Masi saa Asɔredan yi de ahyɛ Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn din anuonyam.
11 And in it have I put the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
Ɛhɔ na mede Adaka no asi, na Adaka no mu nso na apam a Awurade ne Israelfo yɛe no hyɛ.”
12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
Na Salomo trɛw ne nsam wɔ Awurade afɔremuka ne Israel manfo no nyinaa anim.
13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
Na wabɔ kɔbere mfrafrae apa a ne ntwemu yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa, ne trɛw yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa, na ne sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn anan ne fa, de asi asɔredan no adiwo mfimfini. Ogyinaa apa no so wɔ nnipa no nyinaa anim. Obuu nkotodwe, maa ne nsa so kyerɛɛ ɔsoro.
14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor on the earth; who keepest covenant, and showest mercy to thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
Ɔbɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, Onyankopɔn biara nni hɔ sɛ wo wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so nyinaa. Wodi wo bɔhyɛ so, na woda wo dɔ a ɛwɔ hɔ daa no adi kyerɛ wɔn a wotie wo na wɔn ani gye sɛ wɔbɛyɛ wʼapɛde nyinaa.
15 Thou who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and hast spoken with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.
Wo bɔ a wohyɛɛ wo somfo Dawid a ɔyɛ mʼagya no, woadi so. Wʼankasa wʼano na wode hyɛɛ bɔ no, na nnɛ, wonam wʼankasa wo nsa so ama aba mu.
16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; provided thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
“Afei, Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn kɔ so di wo bɔ a woahyɛ wo somfo, mʼagya Dawid, no so. Efisɛ, woka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Sɛ wʼasefo bɔ wɔn bra yiye, na wodi me mmara so sɛnea woayɛ no a, wobedi Israel so hene daa daa.’
17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.
Afei, Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, di saa bɔ a woahyɛ wo somfo Dawid no so.
18 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
“Ɛyɛ nokware sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛtena nnipa mu wɔ asase so? Ɔsorosoro nohɔ mpo ntumi nkora wo, na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Asɔredan a masi yi betumi akora wo.
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken to the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
Tie me mpaebɔ ne mʼabisade, Awurade, me Nyankopɔn. Tie sufrɛ ne mpae a wo somfo rebɔ no.
20 That thy eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place of which thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken to the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
Hwɛ saa Asɔredan yi so, baabi a woaka sɛ wode wo din bɛto so no, awia ne anadwo. Daa, tie me mpae a mebɔ wɔ ha no.
21 Hearken therefore to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
Tie mʼahobrɛase ne nokware adebisa a me ne wo nkurɔfo Israelfo bɔ mpae wɔ ha de to wʼanim no. Yiw, tie yɛn fi ɔsoro faako a wote no; na sɛ wote nso a, fa kyɛ.
22 If a man shall sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath shall come before thy altar in this house;
“Sɛ obi fom obi, na ɛho hia sɛ ɔka ho ntam sɛ onnim ho hwee wɔ afɔremuka no anim wɔ Asɔredan no mu a,
23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by punishing the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
tie fi ɔsoro, na bu wʼasomfo baanu no a ɛyɛ nea wɔabɔ no sobo no ne sobobɔfo no ntam atɛn. Nea odi fɔ no, twe nʼaso na gyaa nea odi bem no.
24 And if thy people Israel are defeated by the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
“Sɛ wo nkurɔfo Israelfo yɛ bɔne tia wo, na ɛno nti wɔn atamfo di wɔn so nkonim na wɔsan ba wo nkyɛn, bɔ wo din na wɔbɔ wo mpae wɔ Asɔredan yi mu a,
25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
tie fi ɔsoro, na fa wɔn bɔne kyɛ wɔn, na ma wɔnsan nkɔ asase a wode maa wɔn agyanom no so.
26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
“Sɛ wo nkurɔfo yɛ bɔne tia wo, na ɛno nti wɔto ɔsoro mu na osu antɔ na wɔbɔ mpae wɔ Asɔredan yi mu, bɔ wo din, twe wɔn ho fi wɔn bɔne ho, efisɛ woatwe wɔn aso a,
27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, in which they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
tie fi ɔsoro, na fa wʼasomfo, wo nkurɔfo Israelfo, bɔne kyɛ wɔn. Kyerɛ wɔn ade trenee yɛ, na tɔ osu gu wʼasase a wode ama wo nkurɔfo sɛ wɔn agyapade sononko no so.
28 If there shall be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blighting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies shall besiege them in the cities of their land; whatever calamity or whatever sickness there be:
“Sɛ ɔkɔm si asase no so anaa ɔyaredɔm ba so anaa nnɔbae nyarewa ba anaa mmoadabi ne asa begu nnɔbae so, anaa wo nkurɔfo atamfo ba asase no so betua wɔn nkurow a, sɛnea ɔhaw no te biara no,
29 Then whatever prayer or whatever supplication shall be made by any man, or by all the people of Israel, when every one shall know his own calamity and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
sɛ wo nkurɔfo bɔ mpae wɔ wɔn haw ne awerɛhow ho, na wɔpagyaw wɔn nsa wɔ asɔredan yi mu a,
30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men: )
tie fi ɔsoro, nea wote hɔ, na fa kyɛ. Fa biribiara a ɛfata wo nkurɔfo no ma wɔn, na wo na wunim wɔn koma mu, efisɛ wo nko ara na wunim nnipa koma mu.
31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest to our fathers.
Ɛno akyi no wobesuro wo na wɔanantew wʼakwan so mmere dodow a wɔte asase a wode maa yɛn agyanom no so.
32 Moreover concerning the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, but hath come from a distant country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy outstretched arm; if they come and pray in this house;
“Na sɛ ananafo te wo nka ne wo nsɛnkyerɛnne akɛse no, na wofi akyirikyiri bɛsom wo din kɛse no, bɔ mpae de wɔn ani kyerɛ Asɔredan yi a,
33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
tie fi ɔsoro nea wote hɔ, na yɛ wɔn abisade ma wɔn. Na ɛbɛma nnipa a wɔte asase so nyinaa ahu, asuro wo, sɛnea wo nkurɔfo Israelfo no yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Wɔn nso behu sɛ, wo din na ɛda saa Asɔredan a masi yi so.
34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray to thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
“Sɛ wohyɛ wo nkurɔfo ma wopue, kɔko tia wɔn atamfo, na sɛ wɔbɔ mpae, srɛ Awurade fa saa kurow yi a woayi yi, ne saa Asɔredan a masi de wo din ato so yi ho a,
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
tie wɔn mpaebɔ fi ɔsoro, na yɛ wɔn abisade ma wɔn.
36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not, ) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives to a land far off or near;
“Sɛ wɔyɛ bɔne tia wo mpo a, hena na ɔnyɛɛ bɔne da? Wo bo befuw wɔn ama wɔn atamfo adi wɔn so, afa wɔn nkoa de wɔn akɔ ananasase so, sɛ ɛwɔ akyiri anaa ɛbɛn.
37 Yet if they take it to their hearts in the land where they are carried captive, and turn and pray to thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
Na saa ahɔhosase no so, wɔde ahonu san ba wo nkyɛn, bɔ mpae se, ‘Yɛayɛ bɔne; yɛayɛ amumɔyɛsɛm ne atirimɔdensɛm,’
38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest to their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
na sɛ wɔde wɔn koma ne wɔn kra nyinaa ba wo nkyɛn, bɔ mpae fa asase a wode maa wɔn agyanom, saa kuropɔn yi a woayi ne saa asɔredan a masi de ahyɛ wo din anuonyam yi ho a,
39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.
tie wɔn mpaebɔ no fi ɔsoro, nea wote hɔ. Di wɔn asɛm ma wɔn, na fa bɔne a wo nkurɔfo ayɛ atia wo no kyɛ wɔn.
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thy eyes be open, and let thy ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
“Afei me Nyankopɔn, bue wʼaniwa na wɛn wʼaso tie mpae a wɔbɔ wɔ ha no nyinaa.
41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
“Afei, Awurade Nyankopɔn, sɔre na bra wʼahomegyebea,
42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
“Awurade Nyankopɔn, nyi wʼani mfi nea woasra no ngo no so.
