2 Chronicles 6

1 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Raja Salomo berdoa, "Ya TUHAN, Engkau lebih suka tinggal dalam kegelapan awan.

2 But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”

Kini kubangun bagi-Mu gedung yang megah, untuk tempat tinggal-Mu selama-lamanya."

3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

Setelah berdoa, raja berpaling kepada seluruh rakyat yang sedang berdiri di situ, lalu ia memohonkan berkat Allah bagi mereka.

4 He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

Ia berkata, "Dahulu TUHAN telah berjanji kepada ayahku Daud begini, 'Sejak Aku membawa umat-Ku ke luar dari Mesir sampai pada hari ini, di negeri Israel tidak ada satu kota pun yang Kupilih menjadi tempat di mana harus dibangun rumah untuk tempat ibadat kepada-Ku, dan tidak seorang pun yang Kupilih untuk memimpin umat-Ku Israel. Tetapi sekarang Aku memilih Yerusalem sebagai tempat ibadah kepada-Ku. Dan engkau, Daud, Kupilih untuk memerintah umat-Ku.' Terpujilah TUHAN Allah Israel yang sudah menepati janji-Nya itu!"

5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel;

6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

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

Selanjutnya Salomo berkata, "Ayahku Daud telah merencanakan untuk membangun rumah tempat ibadat kepada TUHAN Allah Israel.

8 But the LORD said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;

Tetapi TUHAN berkata kepadanya, 'Maksudmu itu baik.

9 nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

Tetapi, bukan engkau, melainkan anakmulah yang akan membangun rumah-Ku itu.'

10 “The LORD has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Sekarang TUHAN telah menepati janji-Nya. Aku telah menjadi raja Israel menggantikan ayahku, dan aku telah pula membangun rumah untuk tempat ibadat kepada TUHAN, Allah Israel.

11 There I have set the ark, in which is the LORD’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel.”

Di dalam Rumah TUHAN itu telah kusediakan tempat untuk Peti Perjanjian yang berisi batu perjanjian antara TUHAN dengan umat Israel."

12 He stood before the LORD’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands

Salomo telah membuat panggung perunggu di tengah-tengah halaman Rumah TUHAN. Panjangnya dan lebarnya 2,2 meter, dan tingginya 1,3 meter. Di hadapan rakyat yang hadir, Salomo menaiki panggung itu, dan berdiri menghadap mezbah. Semua orang dapat melihatnya. Kemudian ia berlutut, lalu mengangkat kedua tangannya serta menadahkannya ke langit dan berdoa,

13 (for Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands towards heaven).

14 Then he said, “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;

"TUHAN, Allah Israel! Di langit ataupun di bumi tak ada yang seperti Engkau! Engkau menepati janji-Mu dan menunjukkan kasih-Mu kepada umat-Mu yang setia dan taat dengan sepenuh hati kepada-Mu.

15 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

Engkau telah menepati janji-Mu kepada ayahku Daud. Apa yang Kaujanjikan itu sudah Kaulaksanakan hari ini.

16 “Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’

Engkau juga telah berjanji kepada ayahku bahwa kalau keturunannya sungguh-sungguh taat kepada hukum-Mu seperti dia, maka untuk selama-lamanya seorang dari keturunannya akan memerintah sebagai raja di Israel. Sekarang, ya TUHAN Allah Israel, tepatilah juga semua yang telah Kaujanjikan kepada ayahku Daud, hamba-Mu itu.

17 Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

18 “But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

Tetapi, ya Allah, sungguhkah Engkau sudi tinggal di bumi ini di antara manusia? Langit seluruhnya pun tak cukup luas untuk-Mu, apalagi rumah ibadat yang kubangun ini!

19 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;

Ya TUHAN, Allahku, aku hamba-Mu! Namun dengarkanlah kiranya doaku, dan kabulkanlah permohonanku.

20 that your eyes may be open towards this house day and night, even towards the place where you have said that you would put your name, to listen to the prayer which your servant will pray towards this place.

Semoga siang malam Engkau melindungi rumah ini yang telah Kaupilih sebagai tempat ibadat kepada-Mu. Semoga dari tempat kediaman-Mu di surga Engkau mendengar dan mengampuni aku serta umat Israel, umat-Mu itu, apabila kami menghadap rumah ini dan berdoa kepada-Mu.

21 Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray towards this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

22 “If a man sins against his neighbour, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,

Apabila seseorang dituduh bersalah terhadap orang lain dan dibawa ke mezbah-Mu di dalam Rumah-Mu ini untuk bersumpah bahwa ia tidak bersalah,

23 then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

ya TUHAN, hendaklah Engkau mendengarkan di surga dan memutuskan perkara hamba-hamba-Mu ini. Hukumlah yang bersalah dan bebaskanlah yang tidak bersalah.

24 “If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house,

Apabila umat-Mu Israel dikalahkan oleh musuh-musuhnya karena mereka berdosa, lalu menyesal dan menghormati Engkau lagi sebagai TUHAN, kemudian datang ke Rumah-Mu ini serta berdoa mohon ampun kepada-Mu,

25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

semoga Engkau mendengarkan mereka di surga. Semoga Engkau mengampuni dosa umat-Mu ini, dan membawa mereka kembali ke negeri yang telah Kauberikan kepada mereka dan kepada leluhur mereka.

26 “When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray towards this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,

Apabila umat-Mu berdosa kepada-Mu dan Engkau menghukum mereka dengan tidak menurunkan hujan, lalu mereka bertobat dari dosa mereka dan menghormati Engkau sebagai TUHAN, kemudian menghadap ke Rumah-Mu ini serta berdoa kepada-Mu,

27 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

ya TUHAN di surga, dengarkanlah mereka. Dan ampunilah dosa hamba-hamba-Mu umat Israel. Ajarlah mereka melakukan apa yang benar. Setelah itu, ya TUHAN, turunkanlah hujan ke negeri-Mu ini, negeri yang Kauberikan kepada umat-Mu untuk menjadi miliknya selama-lamanya.

28 “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is—

Apabila negeri ini dilanda kelaparan atau wabah, atau tanaman-tanaman dirusak oleh angin panas, hama atau serangga belalang, atau apabila umat-Mu diserang musuh, atau diserang penyakit,

29 whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each know his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands towards this house,

semoga Engkau mendengarkan doa mereka. Kalau dari antara umat-Mu Israel ada yang dengan bersedih hati berdoa kepada-Mu sambil menengadahkan tangannya ke arah Rumah-Mu ini,

30 then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men),

kiranya Engkau di dalam kediaman-Mu di surga mendengar serta mengampuni mereka. Hanya Engkaulah yang mengenal isi hati manusia. Sebab itu perlakukanlah setiap orang setimpal perbuatan-perbuatannya,

31 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

supaya umat-Mu takut dan taat kepada-Mu selalu selama mereka tinggal di negeri yang Kauberikan kepada leluhur kami.

32 “Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for your great name’s sake and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray towards this house,

Apabila seorang asing di negeri yang jauh mendengar tentang keagungan dan kekuatan-Mu, dan bahwa Engkau selalu siap untuk menolong, lalu ia datang di Rumah-Mu ini untuk berdoa kepada-Mu,

33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

semoga dari kediaman-Mu di surga Engkau mendengarkan doanya dan mengabulkan permintaannya. Dengan demikian segala bangsa di seluruh dunia mengenal Engkau dan taat kepada-Mu seperti umat-Mu Israel. Mereka akan mengetahui bahwa rumah yang kubangun inilah tempat untuk beribadat kepada-Mu.

34 “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to you towards this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

Apabila Engkau memerintahkan umat-Mu untuk pergi berperang melawan musuh, lalu di mana pun mereka berada, mereka menghadap ke kota pilihan-Mu ini dan berdoa ke arah rumah ini yang telah kubangun untuk-Mu,

35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

semoga di surga Engkau mendengarkan doa mereka itu, dan memberikan kemenangan kepada mereka.

36 “If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

Apabila umat-Mu berdosa kepada-Mu--sesungguhnya tidak ada seorang pun yang tidak berdosa--lalu karena kemarahan-Mu Kaubiarkan mereka dikalahkan oleh musuh dan dibawa sebagai tawanan ke suatu negeri yang jauh atau dekat,

37 yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’

semoga Engkau mendengarkan doa mereka. Jikalau di negeri itu mereka meninggalkan dosa-dosa mereka, dan berdoa kepada-Mu sambil mengakui bahwa mereka telah berdosa dan berbuat jahat, dengarkanlah doa mereka, ya TUHAN.

38 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray towards their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and towards the house which I have built for your name;

Jikalau di negeri itu mereka dengan ikhlas dan sungguh-sungguh meninggalkan dosa-dosa mereka, dan berdoa kepada-Mu sambil menghadap ke negeri ini yang Kauberikan kepada leluhur kami, ke arah kota pilihan-Mu dan rumah ibadat yang telah kubangun untuk-Mu ini,

39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

maka dari kediaman-Mu di surga hendaklah Engkau mendengar doa mereka dan mengasihani mereka. Ampunilah semua dosa umat-Mu.

40 “Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

Kini, ya Allahku, perhatikanlah kami dan dengarkanlah doa-doa yang disampaikan kepada-Mu dari tempat ini.

41 “Now therefore arise, LORD God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.

Bangkitlah sekarang, ya TUHAN Allah! Dan bersama dengan Peti Perjanjian yang melambangkan kuasa-Mu itu hendaklah Engkau memasuki rumah-Mu ini dan tinggal di sini untuk selama-lamanya. Berkatilah segala pekerjaan imam-imam-Mu, dan semoga seluruh umat-Mu berbahagia karena Engkau baik kepada mereka.

42 “LORD God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”

TUHAN Allah, janganlah Kautolak raja yang telah Kaupilih ini. Ingatlah akan kasih-Mu kepada Daud hamba-Mu."