1 Bassekabaka 8

1 Awo Sulemaani n’ayita abakadde ba Isirayiri, n’abakulu b’ebika bonna, n’abaami b’ennyumba za Isirayiri bonna, okuggya essanduuko ey’endagaano ya Mukama mu Sayuuni ekibuga kya Dawudi, okugireeta e Yerusaalemi.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 Bonna ne bakuŋŋaanira ewa Kabaka Sulemaani ku mbaga mu mwezi ogwa Esanimu gwe mwezi ogw’omusanvu.

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

3 Abakadde bonna aba Isirayiri bwe baatuuka, bakabona ne basitula essanduuko,

And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

4 ne bagireeta, ne baleeterako n’Eweema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu n’ebintu byonna ebitukuvu ebyalimu.

And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

5 Bakabona n’Abaleevi ne babisitula, Kabaka Sulemaani n’abo abaali awamu naye, n’eggwanga lyonna erya Isirayiri eryali liri naye mu maaso g’essanduuko, ne bawaayo ebiweebwayo ebya ssaddaaka eby’endiga, n’ente, ebitaamanyibwa muwendo.

And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

6 Bakabona ne bayingiza essanduuko ey’endagaano ya Mukama mu kifo kyayo, mu kisenge eky’omunda, mu Kifo Ekitukuvu Ennyo, wansi w’ebiwaawaatiro bya bakerubi.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

7 Ebiwaawaatiro bya bakerubi byali byanjuluze ku kifo essanduuko we yateekebwa, ne bibikka ku ssanduuko ne ku misituliro gyayo.

For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

8 Emisituliro gino gyali miwanvu nnyo nga n’okulabika girabikira mu kifo ekitukuvu mu maaso g’ekisenge ekitukuvu ennyo, naye nga tegirabika okuva ebweru; era gikyaliyo ne leero.

And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are to this day.

9 Temwali kintu mu ssanduuko okuggyako ebipande ebibiri eby’amayinja Musa bye yateekamu e Kolebu, Mukama bwe yalagaana endagaano n’abaana ba Isirayiri, nga bavudde mu nsi y’e Misiri.

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

10 Awo bakabona bwe baava mu kifo ekitukuvu, ekire ne kibuna yeekaalu ya Mukama,

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

11 bakabona n’okuyinza ne batayinza kuweereza olw’ekire, kubanga ekitiibwa kya Mukama kyali kibunye mu yeekaalu.

So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

12 Awo Sulemaani n’agamba nti, “Mukama yayogera nti anaabeeranga mu kire ekikutte.

Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

13 Nkuzimbidde yeekaalu ey’ekitiibwa, ekifo ky’onoobeerangamu emirembe gyonna.”

I have surely built you an house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in for ever.

14 Ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri bwe kyali kiyimiridde awo, kabaka n’abakyukira n’abasabira omukisa.

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood; )

15 N’ayogera nti, “Mukama yeebazibwe, Katonda wa Isirayiri, atuukirizza n’omukono gwe bye yasuubiza Dawudi kitange ne bye yayogerera mu ye.

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

16 Yayogera nti, ‘Okuva ku lunaku lwe naggyirako abantu bange Isirayiri mu Misiri, seerobozanga kibuga na kimu mu bika byonna ebya Isirayiri okuzimbamu yeekaalu, naye neeroboza Dawudi okufuga abantu bange Isirayiri.’

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

17 “Era kyali mu mutima gwa Dawudi kitange okuzimbira erinnya lya Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri yeekaalu.

And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

18 Naye Mukama n’agamba Dawudi kitange nti, ‘Kubanga kyali mu mutima gwo okuzimbira erinnya lyange eyeekaalu, walowooza bulungi.

And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build an house to my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

19 Naye si ggwe olinzimbira yeekaalu, mutabani wo alikuzaalirwa, ow’omusaayi gwo yennyini, y’alizimbira erinnya lyange eyeekaalu.’

Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house to my name.

20 “Mukama atuukirizza kye yasuubiza, ne nsikira Dawudi kitange, n’okutuula ne ntuula ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka bwa Isirayiri, nga Mukama bwe yasuubiza, era nzimbidde erinnya lya Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri eyeekaalu.

And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

21 Ntaddewo ekifo ky’essanduuko, omuli endagaano ya Mukama gye yakola ne bajjajjaffe, ng’abaggya mu nsi y’e Misiri.”

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

22 Awo Sulemaani n’ayimirira mu maaso g’ekyoto kya Mukama ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri nga kiraba, n’ayanjuluza emikono gye eri eggulu,

And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

23 n’ayogera nti, “Ayi Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, tewali Katonda akufaanana mu ggulu waggulu oba wansi ku nsi, gwe akuuma endagaano yo ey’okwagala n’okuuma n’abaddu bo abatambulira mu maaso go n’emitima gyabwe gyonna.

And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keep covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart:

24 Okuumye ekisuubizo kyo eri omuddu wo Dawudi kitange; wasuubiza n’akamwa ko era okituukirizza n’omukono gwo, nga bwe kiri leero.

Who have kept with your servant David my father that you promised him: you spoke also with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

25 “Kaakano Mukama, Katonda wa Isirayiri, otuukirize bye wasuubiza omuddu wo Dawudi kitange, bwe wagamba nti, ‘Abaana bo bwe baneegenderezanga mu buli kye banaakolanga, ne batambuliranga mu maaso gange nga bw’okoze, wanaabangawo ow’omu lulyo lwo anaatuulanga ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka bwa Isirayiri mu maaso gange.’

Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me.

26 Era kaakano, Ayi Katonda wa Isirayiri, ekigambo kyo kye wasuubiza omuddu wo Dawudi kitange, okituukirize.

And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

27 “Naye ddala Katonda anaabeeranga ku nsi? Laba, eggulu n’eggulu ly’eggulu terikumala, ne yeekaalu eno toyinza kugigyamu.

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?

28 Kaakano osseeyo omwoyo eri okusaba kw’omuddu wo n’okwegayirira kwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda wange. Owulire okukaaba n’okusaba omuddu wo kw’asaba mu maaso go leero.

Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you to day:

29 Amaaso go gatunuulirenga yeekaalu eno emisana n’ekiro, ekifo kino kye wayogerako nti, ‘Erinnya lyange linaabeeranga omwo,’ okuwulira okusaba kw’omuddu wo kw’asabira ekifo kino.

That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.

30 Owulire okwegayirira kw’omuddu wo, n’okw’abantu bo Isirayiri, bwe banasabanga nga batunuulidde ekifo kino. Owulire okuva mu ggulu, ekifo gy’obeera, era bw’otuwulira, tukwegayiridde otusonyiwe.

And listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear you in heaven your dwelling place: and when you hear, forgive.

31 “Omuntu bw’anaasobyanga muliraanwa we, ne kimugwanira okulayira, n’ajja n’alayirira mu maaso g’ekyoto mu yeekaalu eno,

If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house:

32 owulire okuva mu ggulu, era omukole nga bw’olaba. Osale omusango wakati wa baddu bo, era obonereze oyo omusango gwe gusinze nga bwe kimusaanidde. Olangirire nti atasobezza taliiko musango, ekyo kinaakakasa nti taliiko musango.

Then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

33 “Abantu bo Isirayiri bwe banaawaangulibwanga omulabe olw’ebibi byabwe, ne bakyuka ne badda gy’oli, ne baatula erinnya lyo, ne basaba ne bakwegayirira mu yeekaalu muno,

When your people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray, and make supplication to you in this house:

34 kale owulirenga ng’oli mu ggulu, era osonyiwenga abantu bo Isirayiri olw’ebibi byabwe, era obakomyengawo mu nsi gye wawa bajjajjaabwe.

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

35 “Eggulu bwe linaggalwangawo ne wataba nkuba, olw’ebibi byabwe, era bwe banasabanga nga batunuulira ekifo kino ne baatula erinnya lyo ne bakyuka okuleka ekibi kyabwe, olw’okubabonereza,

When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:

36 kale owulirenga ng’oli mu ggulu, era obasonyiwenga ekibi ky’abaddu bo, abantu bo Isirayiri. Obayigirize ekkubo etuufu ery’okutambulirangamu, era otonnyese enkuba ku nsi gye wawa abantu bo ng’omugabo gwabwe.

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

37 “Bwe wanaabangawo enjala mu nsi, oba kawumpuli, oba okugengewala oba bukuku, oba enzige, oba omulabe ng’abazingizza mu bibuga byabwe, endwadde yonna ne bweneefaanananga etya,

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be;

38 omuntu yenna ku bantu bo bw’anaasabiranga ekintu kyonna, buli omu n’amanya endwadde ey’omu mutima gwe, era n’ayanjuluza emikono gye eri yeekaalu eno, kale owulirenga ng’oli mu ggulu, ekifo gy’obeera.

What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

39 Osonyiwenga era okolenga buli muntu ng’ebikolwa bye bwe biri, kubanga ggwe wekka ggwe omanyi, emitima gy’abantu bonna,

Then hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men; )

40 balyoke bakutyenga ennaku zonna ze banaabeeranga mu nsi gye wawa bajjajjaffe.

That they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

41 “Ebikwata ku munnaggwanga atali wa mu bantu bo Isirayiri, naye ng’avudde mu nsi ey’ewala olw’erinnya lyo,

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name’s sake;

42 kubanga abantu baliwulira erinnya lyo ekkulu n’omukono gwo ogw’amaanyi, bw’anajjanga n’asaba ng’atunuulidde yeekaalu eno;

(For they shall hear of your great name, and of your strong hand, and of your stretched out arm; ) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

43 owulirenga ng’oli mu ggulu, ekifo gy’obeera, era okolenga buli kintu kyonna omunaggwanga oyo ky’anaakusabanga, abantu bonna ab’omu nsi bamanye erinnya lyo era bakutyenga, ng’abantu bo Isirayiri bwe bakola, era bamanyenga nti Ennyumba eno gye nzimbye, etuumiddwa erinnya lyo.

Hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.

44 “Abantu bo bwe banaatabaalanga abalabe baabwe gy’onoobasindikanga ne basaba Mukama nga batunuulidde ekibuga kye weeroboza ne yeekaalu gye nzimbidde erinnya lyo,

If your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever you shall send them, and shall pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name:

45 kale owulirenga okusaba kwabwe n’okwegayirira kwabwe ng’oli mu ggulu, otegeere ensonga zaabwe.

Then hear you in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

46 “Bwe banaayonoonanga mu maaso go, kubanga tewali muntu atasobyanga, n’obasunguwalira n’obagabula eri omulabe, ne batwalibwa mu nsi eyeewala oba eyokumpi;

If they sin against you, (for there is no man that sins not, ) and you be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives to the land of the enemy, far or near;

47 era bwe banaakyusanga emitima gyabwe nga bali mu nsi gye baabatwala ne babasibira eyo, ne beenenya era ne bakwegayiririra mu nsi y’abo abaabatwala nga boogera nti, ‘Twayonoona, twakola ebikyamu era ne tukola ekyejo;’

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to you in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

48 bwe banaakukyukiranga n’omutima gwabwe gwonna n’emmeeme yaabwe yonna mu nsi ey’abalabe baabwe abaabawamba, ne bakusaba nga batunuulidde ensi gye wawa bajjajjaabwe, ekibuga kye weeroboza ne yeekaalu gye nzimbidde erinnya lyo;

And so return to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:

49 kale owulirenga okusaba kwabwe n’okwegayirira kwabwe ng’oli mu ggulu ekifo gy’obeera, era otegeerenga ensonga yaabwe.

Then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

50 Osonyiwenga abantu bo abakusobezza, era obasonyiwenga ebibi byabwe byonna, era abo abaabawangula babakwatirwe ekisa,

And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

51 kubanga bantu bo era gwe mugabo gwo, be waggya mu Misiri, mu kyoto ekisaanuusa ekyuma.

For they be your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the middle of the furnace of iron:

52 “Ontunuulize amaaso ag’ekisa olabe okwegayirira kw’abantu bo Isirayiri, era obawulirenga buli lwe banaakukaabiriranga.

That your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all that they call for to you.

53 Ayi Mukama Ayinzabyonna gwe walonda abantu bo mu mawanga gonna ag’omu nsi okuba ababo, nga bwe wayogerera mu muddu wo Musa, bwe waggya bajjajjaffe mu Misiri.”

For you did separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.

54 Awo Sulemaani bwe yamala okusaba n’okwegayiririra abantu eri Mukama, n’asituka okuva we yali afukamidde ng’emikono gye ajanjuluza eri eggulu, mu maaso g’ekyoto kya Mukama.

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

55 N’ayimirira n’asabira ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri omukisa mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka ng’agamba nti,

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

56 “Mukama yeebazibwe awadde abantu be Isirayiri okuwummula nga bwe yasuubiza. Tewali kigambo na kimu ekitatuukiridde ku ebyo ebirungi bye yasuubiza omuddu we Musa.

Blessed be the LORD, that has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

57 Mukama Katonda waffe abeere wamu naffe nga bwe yali ne bajjajjaffe, era aleme okutuleka wadde okutwabulira.

The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

58 Akyuse emitima gyaffe tudde gyali, okutambuliranga mu makubo ge gonna, n’okukwatanga ebiragiro bye, n’amateeka ge, n’ebigambo bye n’emisango gye bye yawa bajjajjaffe.

That he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

59 N’ebigambo byange bino bye nsabye mu maaso ga Mukama, bibeerenga kumpi ne Mukama Katonda waffe emisana n’ekiro, alyoke awanirire ensonga y’abantu be Isirayiri, ng’ebyetaago ebya buli lunaku,

And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

60 abantu bonna ab’oku nsi bategeere nga Mukama ye Katonda era tewali mulala.

That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

61 Naye emitima gyammwe giteekwa okunywerera ku Mukama Katonda waffe, nga mutambulira mu mateeka ge, n’okugondera ebiragiro bye, nga bwe mukola leero.”

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

62 Awo Kabaka ne Isirayiri yonna ne bawaayo ssaddaaka mu maaso ga Mukama.

And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

63 Sulemaani yawaayo ssaddaaka ey’ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe eri Mukama, era bino bye yawaayo: ente emitwalo ebiri, n’endiga n’embuzi emitwalo kkumi n’ebiri. Bwe batyo Kabaka n’Abayisirayiri bonna ne bawonga yeekaalu ya Mukama.

And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

64 Ku lunaku olwo Kabaka kwe yatukuliza oluggya olwa wakati mu maaso ga yeekaalu ya Mukama, era eyo n’aweerayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, n’eby’obutta, n’amasavu g’ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe, kubanga ekyoto eky’ekikomo mu maaso ga Mukama kyali kitono nnyo okugyaako ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, n’ebiweebwayo eby’obutta, n’amasavu g’ebiweebwayo olw’emirembe.

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

65 Sulemaani ne Isirayiri yonna wamu naye, ne batuukiriza embaga eyo mu biro ebyo, ekibiina ekinene ddala mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda waffe, nga beegatiddwako abantu abaava ku mulyango gwa Kamasi n’abaava ku mukutu gw’e Misiri, okumala ennaku kkumi na nnya.

And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

66 Ku lunaku olwaddirira abantu ne basabira Kabaka omukisa, n’abasiibula ne baddayo ewaabwe nga basanyuka era nga bajaguza mu mutima olw’ebirungi byonna Mukama bye yali akoledde Dawudi omuddu we n’abantu be Isirayiri.

On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.