Ii Paralipomenon 6

1 Tunc Salomon ait: Dominus pollicitus est ut habitaret in caligine:

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,

2 ego autem aedificavi domum nomini eius, ut habitaret ibi in perpetuum.

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

3 Et convertit rex faciem suam, et benedixit universae multitudini Israel (nam omnis turba stabat intenta) et ait:

Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

4 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, qui quod locutus est David patri meo, opere complevit, dicens:

And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

5 A die, qua eduxi populum meum de Terra Aegypti, non elegi civitatem de cunctis tribubus Israel, ut aedificaretur in ea domus nomini meo: neque elegi quemquam alium virum, ut esset dux in populo Israel,

From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

6 sed elegi Ierusalem, ut sit nomen meum in ea, et elegi David, ut constituerem eum super populum meum Israel.

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

7 Cumque fuisset voluntatis David patris mei, ut aedificaret domum nomini Domini Dei Israel,

Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

8 dixit Dominus ad eum: Quia haec fuit voluntas tua, ut aedificares domum nomini meo, bene quidem fecisti huiuscemodi habere voluntatem:

But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

9 sed non tu aedificabis domum, verum filius tuus, qui egredietur de lumbis tuis, ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo.

But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

10 Complevit ergo Dominus sermonem suum, quem locutus fuerat: et ego surrexi pro David patre meo, et sedi super thronum Israel, sicut locutus est Dominus: et aedificavi domum nomini Domini Dei Israel.

And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

11 Et posui in ea arcam, in qua est pactum Domini, quod pepigit cum filiis Israel.

And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

12 Stetit ergo coram altari Domini ex adverso universae multitudinis Israel, et extendit manus suas.

Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,

13 Siquidem fecerat Salomon basim aeneam, et posuerat eam in medio basilicae, habentem quinque cubitos longitudinis, et quinque cubitos latitudinis, et tres cubitos altitudinis: stetitque super eam: et deinceps flexis genibus contra universam multitudinem Israel, et palmis in caelum levatis,

(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

14 ait: Domine Deus Israel, non est similis tui Deus in caelo et in terra: qui custodis pactum et misericordiam cum servis tuis, qui ambulant coram te in toto corde suo:

And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts;

15 Qui praestitisti servo tuo David patri meo quaecumque locutus fueras ei: et quae ore promiseras, opere complesti, sicut et praesens tempus probat.

For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

16 Nunc ergo Domine Deus Israel, imple servo tuo patri meo David quaecumque locutus es, dicens: Non deficiet ex te vir coram me, qui sedeat super thronum Israel: ita tamen si custodierint filii tui vias meas, et ambulaverint in lege mea, sicut et tu ambulasti coram me.

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

17 Et nunc Domine Deus Israel, firmetur sermo tuus, quem locutus es servo tuo David.

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

18 Ergone credibile est ut habitet Deus cum hominibus super terram? Si caelum et caeli caelorum non te capiunt, quanto magis domus ista, quam aedificavi?

But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

19 Sed ad hoc tantum facta est, ut respicias orationem servi tui, et obsecrationem eius, Domine Deus meus: et audias preces, quas fundit famulus tuus coram te:

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

20 ut aperias oculos tuos super domum istam diebus ac noctibus, super locum, in quo pollicitus es ut invocaretur nomen tuum,

That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

21 et exaudires orationem, quam servus tuus orat in eo: et exaudias preces famuli tui, et populi tui Israel. Quicumque oraverit in loco isto, exaudi de habitaculo tuo, id est, de caelis, et propitiare.

And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

22 Si peccaverit quispiam in proximum suum, et iurare contra eum paratus venerit, seque maledicto constrinxerit coram altari in domo ista:

If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

23 tu audies de caelo, et facies iudicium servorum tuorum, ita ut reddas iniquo viam suam in caput proprium, et ulciscaris iustum, retribuens ei secundum iustitiam suam.

Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

24 Si superatus fuerit populus tuus Israel ab inimicis (peccabunt enim tibi) et conversi egerint poenitentiam, et obsecraverint nomen tuum, et fuerint deprecati in loco isto,

And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:

25 tu exaudies de caelo, et propitiare peccato populi tui Israel, et reduc eos in terram, quam dedisti eis, et patribus eorum.

Then give ear from heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

26 Si clauso caelo pluvia non fluxerit propter peccata populi, et deprecati te fuerint in loco isto, et confessi nomini tuo, et conversi a peccatis suis, cum eos afflixeris,

When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

27 exaudi de caelo Domine, et dimitte peccata servis tuis et populi tui Israel, et doce eos viam bonam, per quam ingrediantur: et da pluviam terrae, quam dedisti populo tuo ad possidendum.

Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

28 Fames si orta fuerit in terra et pestilentia, aerugo, et aurugo, et locusta, et bruchus, et hostes, vastatis regionibus, portas obsederint civitatis, omnisque plaga et infirmitas presserit:

If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:

29 si quis de populo tuo Israel fuerit deprecatus, cognoscens plagam et infirmitatem suam, et expanderit manus suas in domo hac,

Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

30 tu exaudies de caelo, de sublimi scilicet habitaculo tuo, et propitiare, et redde unicuique secundum vias suas, quas nosti eum habere in corde suo: (tu enim solus nosti corda filiorum hominum.)

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men; )

31 ut timeant te, et ambulent in viis tuis cunctis diebus, quibus vivunt super faciem terrae, quam dedisti patribus nostris.

So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

32 Externum quoque, qui non est de populo tuo Israel, si venerit de terra longinqua, propter nomen tuum magnum, et propter manum tuam robustam, et brachium tuum extentum, et adoraverit in loco isto,

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

33 tu exaudies de caelo firmissimo habitaculo tuo, et facies cuncta, pro quibus invocaverit te ille peregrinus: ut sciant omnes populi terrae nomen tuum, et timeant te sicut populus tuus Israel. et cognoscant, quia nomen tuum invocatum est super domum hanc, quam aedificavi.

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

34 Si egressus fuerit populus tuus ad bellum contra adversarios suos per viam in qua miseris eos, adorabunt te contra viam, in qua civitas haec est, quam elegisti, et domus, quam aedificavi nomini tuo:

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:

35 tu exaudies de caelo preces eorum, et obsecrationem, et ulciscaris.

Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

36 Si autem peccaverint tibi (neque enim est homo, qui non peccet) et iratus fueris eis, et tradideris hostibus, et captivos duxerint eos in terram longinquam, vel certe quae iuxta est,

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin, ) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

37 et conversi in corde suo in terra, ad quam captivi ducti fuerant, egerint poenitentiam, et deprecati te fuerint in terra captivitatis suae, dicentes: Peccavimus, inique fecimus, iniuste egimus:

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

38 et reversi fuerint ad te in toto corde suo, et in tota anima sua, in terra captivitatis suae, ad quam ducti sunt, adorabunt te contra viam terrae suae, quam dedisti patribus eorum, et urbis, quam elegisti, et domus, quam aedificavi nomini tuo:

If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

39 tu exaudies de caelo, hoc est, de firmo habitaculo tuo preces eorum, et facias iudicium, et dimittas populo tuo, quamvis peccatori:

Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

40 tu es enim Deus meus: aperiantur, quaeso, oculi tui, et aures tuae intentae sint ad orationem, quae fit in loco isto.

Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

41 Nunc igitur consurge Domine Deus in requiem tuam, tu et arca fortitudinis tuae: Sacerdotes tui Domine Deus induantur salutem, et sancti tui laetentur in bonis.

Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

42 Domine Deus ne avertaris faciem christi tui: memento misericordiarum David servi tui.

O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.