Kronika 2 6
1 Tete Solomo gblɔ be, “Yehowa gblɔ be yeanɔ lilikpo do viviti aɖe me;
Then, said Solomon, —Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom;
2 metu gbedoxɔ gã nyui aɖe na wò, afi si nànɔ tegbee.”
But, I, have built a house as a home for thee, —A settled place for thee to abide in, for ages.
3 Tete Fia Solomo trɔ ɖe Israel ƒe ameha la gbɔ, ameawo tsi tsitre be yewoaxɔ eƒe yayra eye wòyra wo hegblɔ na wo bena,
And the king turned about his face, and blessed all the convocation of Israel, —while, all the convocation of Israel, was standing;
4 “Woakafu Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu, si tsɔ eƒe nu gblɔ nya na fofonye David eye wòwɔ ŋugbe si wòdo nɛ la dzi azɔ. Mawu gblɔ na David bena,
and he said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who spake with his mouth, unto David my father, -and, with his hand, hath fulfilled, saying:
5 ‘Tso gbe si gbe mekplɔ nye amewo tso Egipte la, nyemetia du aɖeke le Israel ƒe toawo dometɔ aɖeke me be, woatu gbedoxɔ ne nye ŋkɔ nanɔ afi ma o eye nyemetia ame aɖeke be wòanye kplɔla na nye dukɔ, Israel o.
From the day I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I made choice of no city, out of all the tribes of Israel, for building a house, where my Name might be, —neither made I choice of any man, to be chief ruler over my people Israel:
6 Ke azɔ la, metia Yerusalem, be nye ŋkɔ nanɔ afi ma eye azɔ la metia David be wòanɔ nye dukɔ, Israel nu.’”
nevertheless I have made choice of Jerusalem, that my Name might be there, —and I have made choice of David, that he might be over my people Israel.
7 “Ame siae nye fofonye, Fia David. Edi be yeatu gbedoxɔ aɖe na Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu ƒe ŋkɔ.
And so it came to pass, that it was near the heart of David my father, —to build a house, to the Name of Yahweh, God of Israel.
8 Ke Yehowa gblɔ na fofonye, David be, ‘Esi nèɖoe ɖe wò dzi me be yeatu gbedoxɔ na nye ŋkɔ la, èwɔe nyuie be nèɖoe ɖe wò dzi me.
Then said Yahweh unto David my father, Because it was near thy heart to build a house for my Name, thou didst well that it was near thy heart:
9 Ke menye wòe nye ame si atu gbedoxɔ la o, ke viwò, ame si nye wò ŋutɔ wò ŋutilã kple ʋu; eyae nye ame si atu gbedoxɔ la na nye ŋkɔ.’
Only, thou thyself, must not build the house, —but, thine own son, that proceedeth out of thy loins—he, shall build the house for my Name.
10 “Azɔ la, Yehowa wɔ nu si ŋugbe wòdo elabena mezu fia ɖe fofonye teƒe eye metu gbedoxɔ la na Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ.
So then Yahweh hath established his word, which he spake, —and I have been raised up instead of David my father, and have taken my seat upon the throne of Israel, as spake Yahweh, and have built the house to the Name of Yahweh, God of Israel;
11 Metsɔ nubablaɖaka la da ɖe eme eye Nubabla si le Yehowa kple eƒe amewo, Israelviwo dome la, le nubablaɖaka la me.”
and have put there, the ark, —wherein is the covenant of Yahweh, —which he solemnised with the sons of Israel.
12 Tete Solomo tsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ƒe vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ le Israel ƒe ameha blibo la ŋkume eye wòke eƒe abɔwo me do ɖe dziƒo.
Then stood he before the altar of Yahweh, in the presence of all the convocation of Israel, —and spread forth his hands;
13 Azɔ la ewɔ teƒe kɔkɔ aɖe kple akɔbli; edidi mita eve kple afã, keke mita eve kple afã eye wòkɔ mita ɖeka kple afã. Etsɔe da ɖe xɔxɔnu egodotɔ titina. Etsi tsitre ɖe kɔkɔƒe la dzi, dze klo le Israel ƒe ameha blibo la ŋkume eye wòke eƒe abɔwo me do ɖe dziƒo.
for Solomon had made a platform of bronze, and had set it in the midst of the enclosure, five cubits, the length thereof, and, five cubits, the breadth thereof, and, three cubits, the height thereof, -and he stood thereon, and knelt upon his knees, in the presence of all the convocation of Israel, and spread forth his hands, heavenward;
14 Edo gbe ɖa bena, “Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu, Mawu aɖeke meɖi wò, le dziƒo afi ma alo anyigba dzi afi sia o, wò ame si léa wò lɔlɔ̃ ƒe nubabla me ɖe asi kple wò subɔla siwo zɔna ɖe wò mɔwo nu kple dzi blibo.
and said, O Yahweh! God of Israel, Not like unto thee, is there a god, in the heavens, or throughout the earth, —who keepest Covenant and Lovingkindness for thy servants who are walking before thee with all their heart:
15 Egbe la, èwɔ ŋugbe si nèdo na fofonye, David ame si nye wò subɔla la, dzi. Ètsɔ wò nu do ŋugbee eye nètsɔ wò asi wɔ edzi abe ale si wòle egbe ene.
who hast kept, for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, —in that thou didst promise with thy mouth, and, with thy hand, hast fulfilled, as [it is] this day.
16 “Azɔ la, Oo Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu, wɔ ŋugbe bubu si nèdo nɛ be, ‘Wò dzidzimeviwo aɖu fia ɖe Israel dzi tegbetegbe ne woawɔ nye sewo dzi abe ale si nèwɔ ene,’ la dzi.
Now, therefore, O Yahweh—God of Israel, keep thou, for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man, from before me, to sit upon the throne of Israel, if only, thy sons take heed to their way, to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17 Ke azɔ la, Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu, wɔ ŋugbedodo si nèwɔ na wò dɔla David la hã dzi.
Now, therefore, O Yahweh, God of Israel, -verified be thy promise, which thou didst make unto thy servant David.
18 “Ke, ɖe Mawu anya nɔ anyigba dzi kple amewoa? Kpɔ ɖa, dziƒo kple dziƒowo ƒe dziƒo gɔ̃ hã melolo na wò o, ekema nu kae nye gbedoxɔ sia si metu?
But, in very deed, will God dwell with man on the earth? Lo! the heavens, even the leaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built!
19 Ke, ɖo to wò dɔla ƒe gbedodoɖa kple eƒe kokoƒoƒo na nublanuikpɔkpɔ, O Yehowa, nye Mawu. Se wò dɔla ƒe ɣlidodo kple gbe si wòle dodom ɖa na wò.
Wilt thou then turn unto the prayer of thy servant and unto his supplication, O Yahweh my God, —to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer, wherewith thy servant is praying before thee:
20 Na wò ŋkuwo nanɔ gbedoxɔ sia ŋu zã kple keli, teƒe si ŋu nègblɔ le be wò ŋkɔ anɔ afi ma ale be nàse wò subɔla ƒe gbe si wòado ɖa ɖo ɖe teƒe sia.
that thine eyes may be open toward this house, day and night, toward the place of which thou hast said thou wouldst set thy Name there, —to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant may pray towards this place:
21 Ɖo to wò subɔla kple Israelviwo ƒe kukuɖeɖe ne wodze ŋgɔ afi sia eye wodo gbe ɖa na wò. Ẽ, se woƒe gbedodoɖa le dziƒo si nye wò nɔƒe eye ne èsee la, ekema nàtsɔ nu vɔ̃wo ake.
wilt thou therefore hearken unto the supplications of thy servant, and thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place, —yea wilt, thou thyself, hear, out of thine own dwelling-place, out of the heavens, and, when thou hearest, then wilt thou forgive?
22 “Ne ame aɖe wɔ nu vɔ̃ eye wobia tso esi be wòava aka atam le wò vɔsamlekpui sia ŋgɔ be yemewɔ nu vɔ̃ la o la,
If a man shall sin against his neighbour, and there shall be laid upon him an oath, to put him on oath, —and an oath shall come before thine altar in this house,
23 ekema, se eƒe gbe le dziƒo, nàtso afia na ame si tɔ dzɔ, nàbu fɔ agɔdzela la eye nàna eƒe fɔɖiɖi nava eƒe ta dzi. Wɔ na ame si tɔ dzɔ la ɖe eƒe dzɔdzɔenyenye nu.
then wilt, thou thyself, hear out of the heavens, and act, and judge thy servants, bringing back unto the lawless, to set his way upon his own head, —and justifying the righteous, by giving to him, according to his righteousness?
24 “Ne futɔwo ɖu wò dukɔ, Israel dzi elabena wowɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe ŋutiwò, ne wotrɔ va gbɔwò eye woʋu wò ŋkɔ me, ne wodo gbe ɖa na wò le gbedoxɔ sia me la,
Or, if thy people Israel be smitten before an enemy, because they have been sinning against thee, —and they turn, and confess thy Name, and pray and make supplication before thee, in this house,
25 ekema se woƒe gbe tso dziƒo eye nàtsɔ wò dukɔ, Israel ƒe nu vɔ̃ akee eye nàgbugbɔ wo ava anyigba si nèna wo fofowo la dzi.
then wilt, thou thyself, hear out of the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, —and bring them back unto the soil, which thou didst give to them and to their fathers?
26 “Ne dziƒowo nu tu eye tsi mele dzadzam o elabena wò amewo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe ŋutiwò, ne wodo gbe ɖa ɖo ɖe teƒe sia, ʋu wò ŋkɔ me eye woɖe asi le woƒe nu vɔ̃ ŋu elabena èwɔ fu wo la,
When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have been sinning against thee, —and they shall pray towards this place, and shall confess thy Name, from their sin, shall return, because thou hast been afflicting them,
27 ekema see le dziƒo eye nàtsɔ wò dɔla siwo nye wò dukɔ Israelviwo la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ake wo. Fia agbemɔ nyuitɔ wo eye nàdɔ tsidzadza ɖe anyigba si nètsɔ na wò dukɔ be wòanye eƒe domenyinu la dzi.
then wilt, thou thyself, hear [out of] the heavens and forgive the sin of thy servants, and thy people Israel, that thou mayest direct them into the good way, wherein they should walk, —and give rain, upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people, for an inheritance?
28 “Ne dɔ to alo dɔvɔ̃ va anyigba dzi, ne bli hlɔ̃ alo dze heteku, ne ʋetsuviwo alo ʋetrawo va anyigba la dzi alo ne futɔwo va ɖe to ɖe wo le woƒe duwo dometɔ aɖe me, dzɔgbevɔ̃e alo dɔléle ɖe sia ɖe si ava la,
When there shall be, a famine, in the land, when there shall be, a pestilence, —when there shall be, blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar, —when their enemy shall besiege them in the land at their own gates-whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness; -
29 ne wò dukɔ, Israel do gbe ɖa alo ƒo koko eye wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nya eƒe hiãkame kple vevesesewo eye woke woƒe abɔwo me ɖo ɖe gbedoxɔ sia gbɔ la,
whatsoever prayer, whatsoever supplication, which any son of earth may have, or any of thy people Israel, —when any man shall come to know his plague, or his pain, and so he shall spread abroad his hands towards this house—
30 ekema se woƒe gbedodoɖa tso dziƒo, wò nɔƒe, tsɔ woƒe nu vɔ̃wo ke wo eye nàwɔ na ame sia ame ɖe eƒe nuwɔna nu (elabena wò koe nya amewo ƒe dzi me),
then wilt, thou thyself, hear out of the heavens, the settled place of thine abode, and forgive, and grant to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou wilt know, —for, thou thyself alone, knowest the heart of the sons of men:
31 ale be woavɔ̃ wò eye woazɔ le wò mɔwo dzi le woƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me le anyigba si nèna mía fofowo la dzi.
to the end they may revere thee, to walk in thy ways, all the days which they shall be living upon the face of the soil, —which thou gavest unto their fathers?
32 “Amedzro, ame siwo metso wò dukɔ, Israel me o, ke wotso didiƒenyigba aɖe dzi le wò ŋkɔ gã, wò asi sesẽ kple wò abɔ si nèdo ɖe dzi ta, eye wodo gbe ɖa le gbedoxɔ sia gbɔ la,
Moreover also, unto the stranger who is not, of thy people Israel, but he shall come in out of a far country—for the sake of thy great Name, and of thy strong hand, and of thine outstretched arm, —and so they shall come in and pray towards this house,
33 ekema se woƒe gbedodoɖa le dziƒo, wò nɔƒe la eye nàwɔ nu si wobia wò la na wo. Ekema anyigbadzitɔwo katã anya nu tso wò ŋkɔxɔxɔ ŋu eye woavɔ̃ wò abe ale si wò ŋutɔ wò Israelviwo vɔ̃a wòe ene, ale woawo hã anya be gbedoxɔ sia, si metu na wò la nye tɔwò nyateƒe.
then wilt, thou thyself, hear out of the heavens, out of the settled place of thine abode, and do according to all for which the stranger shall cry unto thee, —to the end that all the peoples of the earth may know thy Name, so as to revere thee like thy people Israel, and know that, thy Name, hath been given unto this house, which I have built?
34 “Ne wò amewo yi aʋa wɔ ge kple woƒe futɔwo le wò gbeɖeɖe nu eye wodo gbe ɖa ɖo ɖe du sia, Yerusalem, esi nètia kple gbedoxɔ sia, si metu na wò gbɔ la,
When thy people shall go forth to war against their enemies, whithersoever thou mayest send them, —and shall pray unto thee in the direction of this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy Name,
35 ekema se woƒe gbedodoɖa kple kokoƒoƒo le dziƒo eye nàxɔ na wo.
then wilt thou hear, out of the heavens, their prayer and their supplication, —and maintain their right.
36 “Ne wowɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe ŋuwò, abe ale si amegbetɔ ɖe sia ɖe wɔa nu vɔ̃e ene eye nèdo dɔmedzoe ɖe wo ŋu hena woƒe futɔwo ɖu wo dzi, woɖe aboyo wo yi dzronyigba aɖe dzi, kpuiƒe alo didiƒe aɖe
When they sin against thee—for there is no son of earth who sinneth not—and thou shalt be angry with them, and deliver them up before an enemy, —who shall carry them away as their captives into a land—far away or near;
37 eye ne wotrɔ susu le anyigba si dzi woɖe aboyo wo yi, wotrɔ dzime eye woƒo koko na wò le aboyonyigba dzi hegblɔ be, ‘Míewɔ nu vɔ̃, míeda vo eye míewɔ nu ŋutasẽtɔe’ la,
and they come back to their right mind, in the land whither they have been taken captive, —and so turn and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and been lawless; —
38 ekema ne wotrɔ va gbɔwò kple woƒe dzi blibo kple luʋɔ blibo le anyigba si dzi wole aboyome le eye wodo gbe ɖa ɖo ɖe anyigba si nètsɔ na wo fofowo kple du si nètia kple gbedoxɔ si metu na wò ŋkɔ la gbɔ la,
and so turn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, —and shall pray in the direction of their own land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and unto the house which I have built for thy Name,
39 ekema se woƒe gbedodoɖa tso dziƒo, wò nɔƒe, kpe ɖe wo ŋu eye nàtsɔ wò ame siwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe ŋuwò la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ake wo.
then wilt thou hear out of the heavens—out of the settled place of thine abode—their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, —and forgive thy people, that wherein they sinned against thee?
40 “Ẽ, nye Mawu, na wò ŋkuwo nanɔ ʋuʋu eye nàlé to ɖe gbe siwo katã woado ɖa na wò le teƒe sia la ŋu.
Now, O my God, let—I beseech thee—thine eyes be open, and thine ears attent, —unto the prayer of this place.
41 “Azɔ la, Yehowa Mawu, tso eye nàge ɖe wò gbɔɖemeƒe sia,
Now, therefore, arise! O Yahweh God, unto thy rest, thou, and the ark of thy strength: Thy priests, O Yahweh God, let them be clothed with salvation, and, thy men of lovingkindness, let them rejoice in prosperity.
42 Oo Yehowa, mègagblem ɖi o eye mègatrɔ wò mo ɖa tso nye,
O Yahweh God! do not turn away thy face from thine Anointed One, —oh remember lovingkindness unto David thy servant.
