I Regum 8

1 Tunc congregati sunt omnes maiores natu Israel cum principibus tribuum, et duces familiarum filiorum Israel ad regem Salomonem in Ierusalem: ut deferrent arcam foederis Domini, de civitate David, id est, de Sion.

And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and his own house after twenty years, then king Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel in Sion, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, this is Sion,

2 Convenitque ad regem Salomonem universus Israel in mense Bethanim, in sollemni die, ipse est mensis septimus.

in the month of Athanin.

3 Veneruntque cuncti senes de Israel, et tulerunt arcam sacerdotes,

And the priests took up the ark,

4 et portaverunt arcam Domini, et tabernaculum foederis, et omnia vasa Sanctuarii, quae erant in tabernaculo: et ferebant ea sacerdotes et Levitae.

and the tabernacle of testimony, and the holy furniture that was in the tabernacle of testimony.

5 Rex autem Salomon, et omnis multitudo Israel, quae convenerat ad eum, gradiebatur cum illo ante arcam, et immolabant oves et boves absque aestimatione et numero.

And the king and all Israel [were occupied] before the ark, sacrificing sheep [and] oxen, without number.

6 Et intulerunt sacerdotes arcam foederis Domini in locum suum, in oraculum templi, in Sanctum sanctorum subter alas cherubim.

And the priests bring in the ark into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.

7 Siquidem cherubim expandebant alas super locum arcae, et protegebant arcam, et vectes eius desuper.

For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.

8 Cumque eminerent vectes, et apparerent summitates eorum foris Sanctuarium ante oraculum, non apparebant ultra extrinsecus, qui et fuerunt ibi usque in praesentem diem.

And the holy staves projected, and the ends of the holy staves appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen without.

9 In arca autem non erat aliud nisi duae tabulae lapideae, quas posuerat in ea Moyses in Horeb, quando pepigit Dominus foedus cum filiis Israel, cum egrederentur de Terra Aegypti.

There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put [there] in Choreb, which [tables] the Lord made [as a covenant] with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.

10 Factum est autem, cum exissent sacerdotes de Sanctuario, nebula implevit domum Domini,

And it came to pass when the priests departed out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house.

11 et non poterant sacerdotes stare et ministrare propter nebulam: impleverat enim gloria Domini domum Domini.

And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house.

12 Tunc ait Salomon: Dominus dixit ut habitaret in nebula.

13 Aedificans aedificavi domum in habitaculum tuum, firmissimum solium tuum in sempiternum.

14 Convertitque rex faciem suam, et benedixit omni ecclesiae Israel: omnia enim ecclesia Israel stabat.

And the king turned his face, and the king blessed all Israel, (and the whole assembly of Israel stood: )

15 Et ait Salomon: Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, qui locutus est ore suo ad David patrem meum, et in manibus eius perfecit, dicens:

and he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel to-day, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,

16 A die, qua eduxi populum meum Israel de Aegypto, non elegi civitatem de universis tribubus Israel, ut aedificaretur domus, et esset nomen meum ibi: sed elegi David ut esset super populum meum Israel.

From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in [any] one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.

17 Voluitque David pater meus aedificare domum nomini Domini Dei Israel:

And it was in the heart of my father to build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

18 et ait Dominus ad David patrem meum: Quod cogitasti in corde tuo aedificare domum nomini meo, bene fecisti, hoc ipsum mente tractans.

And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into thine heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it came upon thine heart.

19 Verumtamen tu non aedificabis mihi domum, sed filius tuus, qui egredietur de renibus tuis, ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo.

Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that has proceeded out of thy bowels, he shall build the house to my name.

20 Confirmavit Dominus sermonem suum, quem locutus est: stetique pro David patre meo, et sedi super thronum Israel, sicut locutus est Dominus: et aedificavi domum nomini Domini Dei Israel.

And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

21 Et constitui ibi locum arcae, in qua foedus Domini est, quod percussit cum patribus nostris, quando egressi sunt de Terra Aegypti.

And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which the Lord made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

22 Stetit autem Salomon ante altare Domini in conspectu ecclesiae Israel, et expandit manus suas in caelum,

And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven:

23 et ait: Domine Deus Israel, non est similis tui Deus in caelo desuper, et super terram deorsum: qui custodis pactum et misericordiam servis tuis, qui ambulant coram te in toto corde suo.

and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart;

24 Qui custodisti servo tuo David patri meo quae locutus es ei: ore locutus es, et manibus perfecisti, ut haec dies probat.

which thou hast kept toward thy servant David my father: for thou hast spoken by thy mouth and thou hast fulfilled it with thine hands, as [at] this day.

25 Nunc igitur Domine Deus Israel, conserva famulo tuo David patri meo quae locutus es ei, dicens: Non auferetur de te vir coram me, qui sedeat super thronum Israel: ita tamen si custodierint filii tui viam suam, ut ambulent coram me sicut tu ambulasti in conspectu meo.

And now, O Lord God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father, [the promises] which thou hast spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from thee a man sitting before me on the throne of Israel, provided only thy children shall take heed to their ways, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

26 Et nunc Domine Deus Israel firmentur verba tua, quae locutus es servo tuo David patri meo.

And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word to David my father be confirmed.

27 Ergone putandum est quod vere Deus habitet super terram? si enim caelum, et caeli caelorum te capere non possunt, quanto magis domus haec, quam aedificavi?

But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name?

28 Sed respice ad orationem servi tui, et ad preces eius Domine Deus meus: audi hymnum et orationem, quam servus tuus orat coram te hodie:

Yet, O Lord God of Israel, thou shalt look upon my petition, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays to thee in thy presence this day,

29 ut sint oculi tui aperti super domum hanc nocte ac die: super domum, de qua dixisti: Erit nomen meum ibi: ut exaudias orationem, quam orat in loco isto ad te servus tuus.

that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which thou saidst, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays at this place day and night.

30 Ut exaudias deprecationem servi tui et populi tui Israel, quodcumque oraverint in loco isto, et exaudies in loco habitaculi tui in caelo, et cum exaudieris, propitius eris.

And thou shalt hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and thou shalt hear in thy dwelling-place in heaven, and thou shalt do and be gracious.

31 Si peccaverit homo in proximum suum, et habuerit aliquod iuramentum, quo teneatur astrictus; et venerit propter iuramentum coram altari tuo in domum tuam,

Whatsoever trespasses any [one] shall commit against his neighbour, —and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house,

32 tu exaudies in caelo: et facies, et iudicabis servos tuos, condemnans impium, et reddens viam suam super caput eius, iustificansque iustum, et retribuens ei secundum iustitiam suam.

then shalt thou hear from heaven, and do, and thou shalt judge thy people Israel, that the wicked should be condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

33 Si fugerit populus tuus Israel inimicos suos (quia peccaturus est tibi) et agentes poenitentiam, et confitentes nomini tuo, venerint, et oraverint, et deprecati te fuerint in domo hac;

When thy people Israel falls before enemies, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall return and confess to thy name, and they shall pray and supplicate in this house,

34 exaudi in caelo, et dimitte peccatum populi tui Israel, et reduces eos in terram, quam dedisti patribus eorum.

then shalt thou hear from heaven, and be gracious to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.

35 Si clausum fuerit caelum, et non pluerit propter peccata eorum, et orantes in loco isto, poenitentiam egerint nomini tuo, et a peccatis suis conversi fuerint propter afflictionem suam:

When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and the shall pray toward this place, and they shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,

36 exaudi eos in caelo, et dimitte peccata servorum tuorum, et populi tui Israel: et ostende eis viam bonam per quam ambulent, et da pluviam super terram tuam, quam dedisti populo tuo in possessionem.

then thou shalt hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of thy servant and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way to walk in it, and thou shalt give rain upon the earth which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

37 Fames si oborta fuerit in terra, aut pestilentia, aut corruptus aer, aut aerugo, aut locusta, vel rubigo, et afflixerit eum inimicus eius portas obsidens, omnis plaga, universa infirmitas,

If there should be famine, if there should be death, because there should be blasting, locust, or if there be mildew, and if their enemy oppress them in [any] one of their cities, [with regard to] every calamity, every trouble,

38 cuncta devotatio, et imprecatio, quae acciderit omni homini de populo tuo Israel: si quis cognoverit plagam cordis sui, et expanderit manus suas in domo hac,

every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house,

39 tu exaudies in caelo in loco habitationis tuae, et repropitiaberis, et facies ut des unicuique secundum omnes vias suas, sicut videris cor eius (quia tu nosti solus cor omnium filiorum hominum)

then shalt thou hearken from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt do, and recompense to [every] man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart, for thou alone knowest the heart of all the children of men:

40 ut timeant te cunctis diebus, quibus vivunt super faciem terrae, quam dedisti patribus nostris.

that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.

41 Insuper et alienigena, qui non est de populo tuo Israel, cum venerit de terra longinqua propter nomen tuum (audietur enim nomen tuum magnum, et manus tua fortis, et brachium tuum

And for the stranger who is not of thy people,

42 extentum ubique) cum venerit ergo, et oraverit in hoc loco,

when they shall come and pray toward this place,

43 tu exaudies in caelo, in firmamento habitaculi tui et facies omnia, pro quibus invocaverit te alienigena: ut discant universi populi terrarum nomen tuum timere, sicut populus tuus Israel, et probent quia nomen tuum invocatum est super domum hanc, quam aedificavi.

then shalt thou hear [them] from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and thou shalt do according to all that the stranger shall call upon thee for, that all the nations may know thy name, and fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel, and may know that thy name has been called on this house which I have builded.

44 Si egressus fuerit populus tuus ad bellum contra inimicos suos, per viam, quocumque miseris eos, orabunt te contra viam civitatis, quam elegisti, et contra domum, quam aedificavi nomini tuo,

[If it be] that thy people shall go forth to war against their enemies in the way by which thou shalt turn them, and pray in the name of the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name,

45 et exaudies in caelo orationes eorum, et preces eorum, et facies iudicium eorum.

then shalt thou hear from heaven their supplication and their prayer, and shalt execute judgment for them.

46 Quod si peccaverint tibi (non est enim homo qui non peccet) et iratus tradideris eos inimicis suis, et captivi ducti fuerint in terram inimicorum longe vel prope,

[If it be] that they shall sin against thee, (for there is not a man who will not sin, ) and thou shalt bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take [them] captive shall carry [them] to a land far or near,

47 et egerint poenitentiam in corde suo in loco captivitatis, et conversi deprecati te fuerint in captivitate sua, dicentes: Peccavimus, inique egimus, impie gessimus:

and they shall turn their hearts in the land whither they have been carried captives, and turn in the land of their sojourning, and supplicate thee, saying, We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have transgressed,

48 et reversi fuerint ad te in universo corde suo, et tota anima sua in terra inimicorum suorum, ad quam captivi ducti fuerint: et oraverint te contra viam terrae suae, quam dedisti patribus eorum, et civitatis quam elegisti, et templi quod aedificavi nomini tuo:

and they shall turn to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies whither thou hast carried them captives, and shall pray to thee toward their land which thou hast given to their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name:

49 exaudies in caelo, in firmamento solii tui orationes eorum, et preces eorum, et facies iudicium eorum:

then shalt thou hear from heaven thine established dwelling-place,

50 et propitiaberis populo tuo qui peccavit tibi, et omnibus iniquitatibus eorum, quibus praevaricati sunt in te: et dabis misericordiam coram eis, qui eos captivos habuerint, ut misereantur eis.

and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:

51 Populus enim tuus est, et hereditas tua, quos eduxisti de Terra Aegypti, de medio fornacis ferreae.

for [they are] thy people and thine inheritance, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron.

52 Ut sint oculi tui aperti ad deprecationem servi tui, et populi tui Israel, et exaudias eos in universis pro quibus invocaverint te.

And let thine eyes and thine ears be opened to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken to them in all things for which they shall call upon thee.

53 Tu enim separasti eos tibi in hereditatem de universis populis terrae, sicut locutus es per Moysen servum tuum, quando eduxisti patres nostros de Aegypto Domine Deus.

Because thou hast set them apart for an inheritance to thyself out of all the nations of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, when thou broughtest our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God.

54 Factum est autem, cum complesset Salomon orans Dominum omnem orationem, et deprecationem hanc, surrexit de conspectu altaris Domini: utrumque enim genu in terram fixerat, et manus expanderat in caelum.

And it came to pass when Solomon had finished praying to the Lord all this prayer and supplication, that he rose up from before the altar of the Lord, [after] having knelt upon his knees, and his hands [were] spread out towards heaven.

55 Stetit ergo, et benedixit omni ecclesiae Israel voce magna, dicens:

And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

56 Benedictus Dominus, qui dedit requiem populo suo Israel, iuxta omnia quae locutus est: non cecidit ne unus quidem sermo ex omnibus bonis, quae locutus est per Moysen servum suum.

Blessed [be] the Lord this day, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he said: there has not failed one word among all his good words which he spoke by the hand of his servant Moses.

57 Sit Dominus Deus noster nobiscum, sicut fuit cum patribus nostris, non derelinquens nos, neque proiiciens.

May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not desert us nor turn from us,

58 Sed inclinet corda nostra ad se, ut ambulemus in universis viis eius, et custodiamus mandata eius, et ceremonias eius, et iudicia quaecumque mandavit patribus nostris.

that he may turn our hearts toward him to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers.

59 Et sint sermones mei isti, quibus deprecatus sum coram Domino, appropinquantes Domino Deo nostro die ac nocte, ut faciat iudicium servo suo, et populo suo Israel per singulos dies:

And let these words, which I have prayed before the Lord our God, [be] near to the Lord our God day and night, to maintain the cause of thy servant, and the cause of thy people Israel for ever.

60 et sciant omnes populi terrae, quia Dominus ipse est Deus, et non est ultra absque eo.

that all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord God, he [is] God, and there is none beside.

61 Sit quoque cor nostrum perfectum cum Domino Deo nostro, ut ambulemus in decretis eius, et custodiamus mandata eius, sicut et hodie.

And let our hearts be perfect toward the Lord our God, to walk also holily in his ordinances, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

62 Igitur rex, et omnis Israel cum eo, immolabant victimas coram Domino.

And the king and all the children of Israel offered sacrifice before the Lord.

63 Mactavitque Salomon hostias pacificas, quas immolavit Domino, boum viginti duo millia, et ovium centum viginti millia: et dedicaverunt templum Domini rex, et filii Israel.

And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

64 In die illa sanctificavit rex medium atrii, quod erat ante domum Domini: fecit quippe holocaustum ibi, et sacrificium, et adipem pacificorum: quoniam altare aereum, quod erat coram Domino, minus erat, et capere non poterat holocaustum, et sacrificium, et adipem pacificorum.

In that day the king consecrated the middle of the court in the front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifices, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which was before the Lord [was too] little to bear the whole-burnt-offering and the sacrifices of peace-offerings.

65 Fecit ergo Salomon in tempore illo festivitatem celebrem, et omnis Israel cum eo, multitudo magna ab introitu Emath usque ad Rivum Aegypti, coram Domino Deo nostro, septem diebus et septem diebus, id est, quattuordecim diebus.

And Solomon kept the feast in that day, and all Israel with him, even a great assembly from the entering in of Hemath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God in the house which he built, eating and drinking, and rejoicing before the Lord our God seven days.

66 Et in die octava dimisit populos: qui benedicentes regi, profecti sunt in tabernacula sua laetantes, et alacri corde super omnibus bonis, quae fecerat Dominus David servo suo, et Israel populo suo.

And on the eighth day he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and each departed to his tabernacle rejoicing, and [their] heart [was] glad because of the good things which the Lord had done to his servant David, and to Israel his people.