Ii Paralipomenon 6
1 Tunc Salomon ait: Dominus pollicitus est ut habitaret in caligine:
Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
2 ego autem aedificavi domum nomini eius, ut habitaret ibi in perpetuum.
But I have built a house to thy name, holy to thee, and prepared [for thee] to dwell in for ever.
3 Et convertit rex faciem suam, et benedixit universae multitudini Israel (nam omnis turba stabat intenta) et ait:
And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood by.
4 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, qui quod locutus est David patri meo, opere complevit, dicens:
And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel: he has even fulfilled with his hands as he spoke with his mouth to my father David, 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 brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader 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 I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
7 Cumque fuisset voluntatis David patris mei, ut aedificaret domum nomini Domini Dei Israel,
And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord 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 my father David, Whereas it came into thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it came into thy heart.
9 sed non tu aedificabis domum, verum filius tuus, qui egredietur de lumbis tuis, ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo.
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; for thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the 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 confirmed this word, which he spoke; and I am raised up in the room of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel as the Lord said, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel:
11 Et posui in ea arcam, in qua est pactum Domini, quod pepigit cum filiis Israel.
and I have set there the ark in which [is] the covenant of the Lord, which he made with Israel.
12 Stetit ergo coram altari Domini ex adverso universae multitudinis Israel, et extendit manus suas.
And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands.
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 brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it [was] five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad 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 said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven, or on the earth; keeping covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with [their] whole heart.
15 Qui praestitisti servo tuo David patri meo quaecumque locutus fueras ei: et quae ore promiseras, opere complesti, sicut et praesens tempus probat.
Even as thou hast kept [them] with thy servant David my father, as thou hast spoken to him in words: —thou hast both spoken with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hands, as it is 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.
and now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father the things which thou spokest to him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man before me sitting on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons will take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou didst walk before me.
17 Et nunc Domine Deus Israel, firmetur sermo tuus, quem locutus es servo tuo David.
And now, Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy 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?
For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, what then is this house which I have built?
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:
Yet thou shalt have respect to the prayer of thy servant, and to my petition, O Lord God, so as to hearken to the petition and the prayer which thy servant prays before thee this day:
20 ut aperias oculos tuos super domum istam diebus ac noctibus, super locum, in quo pollicitus es ut invocaretur nomen tuum,
so that thine eyes should be open over this house by day and by night, towards this place, whereon thou saidst thy name should be called, so as to hear the prayer which thy servant prays towards this house.
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 thou shalt hear the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, whatsoever prayers they shall make towards this place: and thou shalt hearken in thy dwelling-place out of heaven, yea thou shalt hear, and be merciful.
22 Si peccaverit quispiam in proximum suum, et iurare contra eum paratus venerit, seque maledicto constrinxerit coram altari in domo ista:
If a man sin against his neighbour, and he bring an oath upon him so as to make him swear, and he come and swear before the altar 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 shalt thou hearken out of heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, to recompense the transgressor, and to return his ways upon his head: and to justify the righteous, to recompense him according to his righteousness.
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 thy people Israel should be put to the worse before the enemy, if they should sin against thee, and [then] turn and confess to thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee 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 shalt thou hearken out of heaven and shalt be merciful to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest 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 restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against thee, and [when] they shall pray towards this place, and praise thy name, and shall turn from their sins, because thou shalt afflict 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 shalt thou hearken from heaven, and thou shalt be merciful to the sins of thy servants, and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way in which they shall walk; and thou shalt send rain upon thy land, which thou gavest to thy people for an inheritance.
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 should be famine upon the land, if there should be death, a pestilent wind an blight; if there should be locust and caterpiller, and if the enemy should harass them before their cities: in whatever plague and whatever distress [they may be];
29 si quis de populo tuo Israel fuerit deprecatus, cognoscens plagam et infirmitatem suam, et expanderit manus suas in domo hac,
Then whatever prayer and whatever supplication shall be made by any man and all thy people Israel, if a man should know his own plague and his own sickness, and should spread forth his hands toward 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 shalt thou hear from heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling-place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt recompense to the man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart [to be]; for thou alone knowest the heart 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.
that they may reverence all thy ways all the days which they live upon the face of the land, which thou gavest 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 every stranger who is not himself of thy people Israel, and who shall have come from a distant land because of thy great name, and thy mighty hand, and thy high arm; when they shall come and worship toward this place; —
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 shalt thou hearken out of heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling-place, and shalt do according to all that the stranger shall call upon thee for; that all the nations of the earth may know thy name, and that they may fear thee, as thy people Israel [do], and that they may know that thy name is called upon this house which I have built.
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:
And if thy people shall go forth to war against their enemies by the way by which thou shalt send them, and shall pray to thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and [toward] the house which I have built to thy name;
35 tu exaudies de caelo preces eorum, et obsecrationem, et ulciscaris.
then shalt thou hear out of heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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,
Whereas if they shall sin against thee, (for there is no man who will not sin, ) and thou shalt smite them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, 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 shall repent in their land whither they were carried captive, and shall also turn and make supplication to thee in their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have wrought unrighteously;
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:
and [if] they shall turn to thee with all their heart and all their soul in the land of them that carried them captives, whither they carried them captives, and shall pray toward their land which thou gavest to their fathers, and the city which thou didst choose, and the house which I built to thy name: —
39 tu exaudies de caelo, hoc est, de firmo habitaculo tuo preces eorum, et facias iudicium, et dimittas populo tuo, quamvis peccatori:
then shalt thou hear out of heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplication, and thou shalt execute justice, and shalt be merciful to thy people that sin against thee.
40 tu es enim Deus meus: aperiantur, quaeso, oculi tui, et aures tuae intentae sint ad orationem, quae fit in loco isto.
And now, Lord, let, I pray thee, thine eyes be opened, and thine ears be attentive to the petition [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.
And now, O Lord God, arise into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, and thy sons rejoice in prosperity.
42 Domine Deus ne avertaris faciem christi tui: memento misericordiarum David servi tui.
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of thy servant David.
