Третья книга Царств 8
1 И собра царь Соломон вся старейшины Израилевы, вся начала колен, старейшины отечеств сынов Израилевых к себе во Сион, еже пренести кивот завета Господня от града Давидова: той есть Сион.
Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes, and the leaders of the clans. He wanted them to join in bringing Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill to the temple], where it was in the part of the city called ‘The City of David’.
2 И собрашася ко царю Соломону вси людие Израилевы в месяц Афаним в праздник: сей есть месяц седмый.
So all the Israeli leaders came to King Solomon during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.
3 И приидоша вси старейшины Израилевы, и взяша иерее кивот,
When they had all arrived, the priests lifted up the Sacred Chest
4 и вознесоша кивот Господень, и скинию свидения, и вся сосуды святыя яже во скинии свидения: и вознесоша я иерее и левити.
and brought it to the temple. The descendants of Levi [who assisted the priests] helped them to carry to the temple the Sacred Tent and all the sacred things that had been in the tent.
5 Царь же Соломон и весь собор Израилский, собравшеся к нему, с ним пред кивотом жряху волы и овцы несочтенны, безчисленны от множества.
Then King Solomon and many of the Israeli people who had gathered in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Chest sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and oxen. No one was able to count the sacrifices [because there were so many].
6 И внесоша иерее кивот завета Господня на место его во давир храма, во Святая Святых, под крила херувимов.
The the priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Very Holy Place in the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the [statues of the] winged creatures.
7 Херувими бо беша распростерше криле над местом кивота: и окрываху херувими над кивотом и над святыми его сверху.
The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.
8 И обдержаста освященая: и зряхуся главы освященных от святых к лицу давира, и не являхуся вне.
The poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen [by people who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen [by people standing] outside the temple. Those poles are still there.
9 Не бе в кивоте токмо две скрижали каменны, скрижали завета, ихже положи Моисей в Хориве, яже завеща Господь со сынами Израилевыми, внегда исходити им от земли Египетския.
The only things that were in the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai [Mountain], where Yahweh made an agreement with the people after they left Egypt.
10 И бысть егда изыдоша иерее из святилища, и облак исполни храм Господень,
When the priests came out of the temple, [suddenly] it was filled with a cloud.
11 и не можаху иерее стати служити от лица облака, яко исполни слава Господня храм.
It was the glory/radiance of Yahweh that filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue their work.
12 Тогда рече Соломон: Господь рече еже обитати во мгле,
Then Solomon prayed this: “Yahweh, you have placed the sun in the sky, but you have decided that you would live in very dark [clouds].
13 аз же создах дом имени Твоему свят Тебе и готов, и престолу твоему, еже обитати Тебе в нем во веки.
I have built for you a magnificent temple, a place for you to live in forever.”
14 И обрати царь лице свое и благослови царь всего Израиля: весь же собор Израилев стояше.
Then, while all the people stood there, the king turned around and faced them, and he [asked God to] bless them.
15 И рече (царь): благословен Господь Бог Израилев днесь, Иже глагола усты Своими о Давиде отце моем и рукама Своима исполни, глаголя:
He said, “Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis belong! By his own power he has done what he promised to give to my father David. What he promised was this:
16 от дне в оньже изведох люди Моя Израиля из Египта, не избрах града от всех племен Израилевых на создание храму, еже быти имени Моему тамо: но избрах во Иерусалиме быти имени Моему тамо: и избрах Давида быти ему властелину над людьми Моими Израилем:
‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen any city in Israel in which a temple should be built for my people to worship me there. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.”
17 и бысть на сердцы отцу моему Давиду, еже создати храм имени Господа Бога Израилева,
[Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple in order that we Israeli people could worship Yahweh our God there.
18 и рече Господь к Давиду отцу моему: понеже взыде на сердце твое еже создати храм имени Моему, добре сотворил еси, яко бысть на сердцы твоем:
But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.
19 обаче ты не созиждеши храма, но разве сын твой, иже изыде из чресл твоих, той созиждет храм имени Моему:
However, you are not the one [who I want] to build it. It is one of your sons, who [I want to] build a temple for me.’
20 и возстави Господь глаголгол Свой егоже глагола: и востах вместо Давида отца моего, и седох на престоле Израилеве, якоже глагола Господь, и создах храм имени Господа Бога Израилева,
And now Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling my people, like Yahweh promised. I have [arranged for] this temple [to be] built for us Israelis to worship Yahweh, the God, to whom we Israelis belong.
21 и поставих тамо место кивоту, в немже есть тамо завет Господень, егоже завеща Господь со отцы нашими во извождении их из земли Египетския.
I have also provided a place [in the temple] for the Sacred Chest in which are the two stone tablets [on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of] the agreement that Yahweh made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
22 И ста Соломон пред лицем олтаря Господня пред всем собором Израилевым и воздвиже руце свои на небо,
Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was facing the Israeli people who had gathered there. He spread out his arms toward heaven,
23 и рече: Господи Боже Израилев, несть якоже Ты Бог на небеси горе и на земли низу, храняй завет и милость рабу Твоему ходящему пред Тобою всем сердцем своим,
and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israeli people [belong to/worship], there is no god like you up in heaven or down here on the earth. You solemnly promised that you would faithfully love us. And that is what you have done for us who earnestly do what you want us to do.
24 яже сохранил еси рабу Твоему Давиду отцу моему: ибо глаголал еси усты Твоими и рукама Твоима совершил еси, якоже день сей:
You have done the things that you promised my father David, who served you [very well], that you would do. Truly, you promised to do these things for him, and today we see that by your power you have done them.
25 и ныне, Господи Боже Израилев, сохрани рабу Твоему Давиду отцу моему, яже рекл еси ему, глаголя: не оскудеет муж от лица Моего седяй на престоле Израилеве, токмо аще сохранят чада твоя пути своя, еже ходити предо Мною, якоже ходил еси предо Мною:
So now, Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [belong to/worship], please do the things that you promised my father that you would do. You told him that there would always be some of his descendants who would rule Israel, if they would conduct their lives as he did.
26 и ныне, Господи Боже Израилев, да уверится глаголгол Твой, егоже рекл еси Давиду отцу моему:
So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised to do for my father David, who served you [well], to happen.
27 яко аще истинно вселится Бог с человеки на земли? Аще небо и небо небесе не довлеют Ти, кольми паче храм сей, егоже создах имени Твоему?
But God, you cannot really live on the earth. There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven. So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built.
28 И да призриши на молитву мою, Господи Боже Израилев, послушати молитвы, еюже молится раб Твой пред тобою к Тебе днесь,
But Yahweh, my God, please listen to me while I am praying to you this day,
29 да будут очи Твои отверсты на храм сей день и нощь, на место о немже рекл еси: будет имя Мое тамо на услышание молитвы, еюже молится раб Твой на месте сем день и нощь:
Please keep protecting this temple night and day. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ I request that you listen to me whenever I turn toward this temple and pray.
30 и услышиши молитву раба Твоего и людий Твоих Израиля, о нихже помолятся на месте сем: и ты услышиши на месте обиталища Твоего на небеси, и сотвориши и помилуеши:
I request that when I pray to you and your people pray to you while they turn toward this place, that in your home in heaven you will hear us and forgive us [for the sins that we have committed].
31 елика аще согрешит кийждо ко искреннему своему, и аще приимет на него клятву еже кляти его, и приидет, и исповесть пред лицем олтаря Твоего в храме сем:
If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’
32 и Ты услышиши от небесе, и сотвориши суд людем Твоим Израилю: осудити беззаконнаго, дати путь его на главу его, и оправдити праведнаго, дати ему по правде его:
then you listen from heaven, and decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent.
33 егда падут людие Твои Израиль пред враги, яко согрешат Ти, и обратятся к Тебе, и исповедятся имени Твоему, и помолятся и возглаголют молитву к Тебе в храме сем:
And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies [in a battle] because they have sinned against you, [and if they are forced to go to some distant country, ] if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit that you [have justly punished them], and if they plead [that you will forgive them],
34 и Ты услышиши с небесе, и милостив будеши о согрешениих людий Своих Израиля, и возвратиши я в землю, юже дал еси отцем их:
listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they [have committed], and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors.
35 внегда заключитися небеси и не быти дождю, яко согрешат Ти, и помолятся на месте сем, и исповедятся имени Твоему, и от грех своих обратятся, егда смириши их:
And when you do not allow any rain to fall on the land because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit that you [have justly punished them], if they turn away from their sinful behavior and [humbly] pray to you,
36 и услышиши с небесе, и милостив будеши о гресех раба Твоего и людий Твоих Израиля: яко явиши им путь благий ходити по нему, и даси дождь на землю, юже дал еси людем Твоим в достояние:
listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins [that they have committed]. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then send rain on this land that you have given to your people to belong to them [permanently].
37 глад аще будет, смерть аще будет, егда будет возжжение, гусеницы, ржа аще будет, и аще оскорбят я врази их в единем от градов их: все противное, всяка болезнь,
And when the people of this land experience famines, or if there is a plague/illness that causes many people to become sick, or if [their crops are destroyed by] very hot winds or [by] mildew or [by] locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities [in order to attack them], if any of those bad things happen to them,
38 всяка молитва, всяко моление аще будет всякому человеку от людий Израилевых, егда познает кийждо болезнь сердца своего, и воздвигнет руце свои в храме сем:
when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you knowing that they are suffering because they [have sinned], and if they stretch out their arms toward this temple and pray,
39 и Ты услышиши от небесе, от готоваго жилища Твоего, и милостив будеши, и сотвориши, и даси коемуждо по путем его, якоже увеси сердце его, яко Ты един токмо веси всех сердца сынов человеческих:
listen to them from your home in heaven, and forgive them, and help them. You are the only one who knows what people are thinking, so act toward everyone as they deserve,
40 да боятся Тебе вся дни, в няже поживут на земли, юже дал еси отцем нашым:
in order that your people may then have an awesome respect for you, all the years that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
41 и чуждему, иже несть от людий Твоих Израиля, той аще приидет от земли издалеча ради имене Твоего, зане услышат имя Твое велико, и руку Твою крепкую, и мышцу Твою высокую,
There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israeli people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and that you perform great miracles. If they come here to this temple to worship you and pray,
42 и приидет, и помолится на месте сем:
43 и ты услышиши с небесе от готоваго жилища Твоего, и сотвориши по всем, в еликих аще призовет Тя чуждий, яко да уразумеют вси людие земнии имя Твое и убоятся Тебе, якоже людие Твои Израиль, и разумеют, яко имя Твое наречеся на храме сем, егоже создах:
in your home in heaven, listen to their prayers, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that so that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we your Israeli people do. And then they will know that this temple that I have [caused to be] built to honor you, is where you [should be worshiped].
44 егда изыдут людие Твои на брань на враги своя, путем имже возвратиши я, и помолятся именем Господним путем града, егоже избрал еси Себе, и ко храму, егоже аз создах имени Твоему:
And if you send your people to go to fight against their enemies, if they pray to you, wherever they are, if they turn toward this city that you have chosen and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you,
45 и ты услышиши с небесе молитву их и моления их, и сотвориши оправдание им:
listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you to do, and assist them.
46 яко согрешат Ти, яко несть человек, иже не согрешит, и разгневаешися на ня, и предаси я пред враги, и попленят их пленящии в землю далече, или близ,
[It is true that] everyone sins. So, if your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to defeat them and capture them and take them away to their enemies’ country, even to countries that are far away.
47 и обратят сердца своя в земли, аможе преселишася, и обратятся, и помолятся Тебе в земли преселения своего, глаголюще: согрешихом, беззаконновахом, неправдовахом:
If that happens, while they are in those countries to which they were forced to go, if they sincerely repent and plead with you there saying ‘We have sinned and have done things that are very wicked,’
48 и обратятся ко Тебе всем сердцем своим и всею душею своею в земли враг своих, аможе превел еси их, и помолятся к Тебе по пути земли своея, юже дал еси отцем их, и ко граду, егоже избрал еси, и ко храму, егоже создах имени Твоему:
if they very sincerely repent, and turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen [to be the place where we should worship you], and toward this temple that I have [caused to be] built for you, and if they pray,
49 и услышиши от небесе, от готоваго жилища Твоего молитву их и моление их, и сотвориши оправдание им,
then from your home in heaven listen to them while they plead [for your help], and assist them.
50 и милостив будеши неправдам их, имиже согрешиша Ти, и по всем отметанием их, имиже отвергошася Тебе, да даси их в щедроты пред пленившими их, и ущедрят я:
Forgive them for all the sins that they [have committed] against you, and cause their enemies to be kind to them.
51 яко людие Твои и наследие Твое суть, ихже извел еси из земли Египетския от среды пещи железныя:
Do not forget that the Israelis are your people; they are your special possession; you brought [our ancestors] out of Egypt where [they were greatly suffering as though] they were in a blazing furnace.
52 и да будут уши Твои и очи Твои отверсты на молитву раба Твоего и к молению людий Твоих Израиля, послушати их о всех, о нихже призовут Тя,
I request that you always listen to your Israeli people and to me, their king, and heed their prayers whenever they call out to you [to help them].
53 яко Ты избрал еси я Себе в наследие от всех людий земли, якоже глаголал еси рукою раба Твоего Моисеа, внегда извести Тебе отцы нашя из земли Египетския, Господи Господи. Тогда глагола Соломон о храме, егда соверши созидати его: солнце познано сотвори на небеси: Господь рече пребывати во мгле: созижди храм Мой, храм благолепный себе, еже пребывати в новости: не сие ли писано в книгах песни?
You chose them from all the other people-groups in the world to belong to you, which is what you told Moses to tell them when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
54 И бысть егда сконча Соломон моляся ко Господу всею молитвою и молением сим, и воста от лица олтаря Господня припад на колена своя, и руце свои возде на небо,
After Solomon had finished praying and pleading to Yahweh [for his help], he stood up in front of the altar where he had been kneeling. He lifted up his arms.
55 и ста, и благослови весь собор Израилев, гласом велиим глаголя:
Then he [asked God to] bless all the Israeli people. [He prayed] loudly, saying,
56 благословен Господь (Бог) днесь, Иже даде покой людем Своим Израилю, по всем елика глагола: не пременися слово ни едино во всех словесех Его благих, имиже глагола рукою Моисеа раба Своего:
“Praise Yahweh, who has given us his people peace, like he promised that he would do. He has done every one of the good things that he promised to Moses, the man who served him [very well].
57 да будет Господь Бог наш с нами, якоже бе со отцы нашими: да не оставит нас, ниже да отвратит нас,
I pray that our God will be with us like he was with our ancestors, and that he will never abandon us.
58 преклонити сердца наша к Нему, еже ходити во всех путех Его и хранити вся заповеди Его и повеления Его и оправдания Его, яже заповеда отцем нашым:
I pray that he will cause us to loyally serve him, to conduct our lives as he wants us to, and to obey all his commandments and statutes and laws that he gave to our ancestors.
59 и да будут словеса сия, имиже молихся пред Господем Богом нашим днесь, приближающеся Господу Богу нашему день и нощь, еже творити оправдания рабу Твоему и оправдания людем Твоим Израилю во вся дни:
I pray that Yahweh our God will never forget these words that I have prayed, pleading for his help; I pray that he will think about them by day and by night. I pray that he will always help [us] Israeli people and me, giving us the things that we need day by day.
60 яко да разумеют вси людие земли, яко Господь Бог Той Сам Бог, и несть инаго,
If he does that, all the people-groups in the world will know that he is the only one who is God, and that there is no other one who is God.
61 и да будут сердца наша совершенна ко Господу Богу нашему преподобно ходити в повелениих Его и хранити заповеди Его, якоже день сей.
I pray that you, [his people, ] will always be fully committed to Yahweh, and that you will obey all his statutes and commands, like you are doing now.”
62 И царь и вси сынове Израилевы пожроша жертву пред Господем.
Then the king and all the Israeli people who were there offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
63 И пожре царь Соломон жертвы мирныя, яже пожре Господу, волов двадесять две тысящы и овец сто и двадесять тысящ. И обнови царь храм Господень и вси сынове Израилевы.
They sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then the king and all the people dedicated the temple.
64 В той день освяти царь (Соломон) средину двора, яже пред лицем храма Господня: яко сотвори тамо всесожжение и дары, и жертвы и тучная мирных, яко олтарь медяный, иже пред Господем, мал бе, еже не возмощи вместити всесожжения даров и жертвы мирных.
On that day, the king also dedicated/set apart the middle part of the courtyard that was in front of the temple. Then he offered sacrifices that would be completely burned [in the courtyard], the offerings of grain and the fat of the animals that were sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. They sacrificed them there because the bronze altar was not big enough for all those sacrifices to be burned on it [that day].
65 И сотвори Соломон праздник в той день, и весь Израиль с ним, собор велий, от входа Емафа даже до реки Египта, пред Господем Богом нашим, у храма, егоже созда, ядый и пия и веселяся пред Господем Богом нашим седмь дний,
Then Solomon and all the Israeli people celebrated the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days. There was a huge crowd of people there, some of whom had come from [distant places like] Hamath [in the far north] and the border of Egypt [in the far south].
66 и во осмый день распусти люди. И благословиша царя, и идоша кийждо в домы своя, радующеся веселым сердцем о благих, яже сотвори Господь Давиду рабу Своему и Израилю людем Своим.
On the eighth day, Solomon sent the people to their homes. They all praised him and went home happy because of all the things that Yahweh had done to bless [King] David and his Israeli people.
