2 Beresosɛm 6
1 Na Salomo bɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, woaka se wobɛtena omununkum kabii mu.
Then Solomon said, “YHWH said [He would] dwell in thick darkness,
2 Afei, masi Asɔredan a ɛho wɔ nyam ama wo, baabi a wubetumi atena afebɔɔ.”
and I have built a house of habitation for You, and a fixed place for Your dwelling for all ages.”
3 Na ɔhene no dan ne ho de kyerɛɛ Israelfo a wogyinagyina nʼanim no, hyiraa wɔn se,
And the king turns around his face, and blesses the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,
4 “Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, a wadi bɔ a ɔhyɛɛ mʼagya Dawid no so, efisɛ ɔka kyerɛɛ mʼagya se,
and he says, “Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, who has spoken with His mouth with my father David, and with His hands has fulfilled [it], saying,
5 ‘Efi da a miyii me nkurɔfo fii Misraim no, minyii kuropɔn biara mfii Israel mmusuakuw no mu sɛ baabi a ɛsɛ sɛ wosi Asɔredan, de hyɛ me din anuonyam. Ɛnna nso, minyii ɔhene biara sɛ onni me nkurɔfo Israelfo anim.
From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;
6 Nanso afei mayi Yerusalem sɛ kuropɔn no, ne Dawid sɛ ɔhene no.’”
and I fix on Jerusalem for My Name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
7 Afei, Salomo kae se, “Mʼagya Dawid pɛɛ sɛ osi Asɔredan yi de hyɛ Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn din anuonyam.
And it is with the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of YHWH God of Israel,
8 Nanso Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Eye sɛ wopɛ sɛ wusi asɔredan de hyɛ me din anuonyam,
and YHWH says to my father David, Because that it has been with your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well that it has been with your heart,
9 nanso ɛnyɛ wo na wobɛyɛ. Mmom, wo mmabarima no mu baako na obesi.’
but you do not build the house, for your son who comes forth out from your loins, he builds the house for My Name.
10 “Na afei Awurade ayɛ nea ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ no, efisɛ efisɛ madi ade sɛ ɔhene, asi mʼagya anan mu. Masi saa Asɔredan yi de ahyɛ Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn din anuonyam.
And YHWH establishes His word that He spoke, and I rise up in the stead of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as YHWH spoke, and I build the house for the Name of YHWH, God of Israel,
11 Ɛhɔ na mede Adaka no asi, na Adaka no mu nso na apam a Awurade ne Israelfo yɛe no hyɛ.”
and I place the Ark there, where the covenant of YHWH [is] that He made with the sons of Israel.”
12 Na Salomo trɛw ne nsam wɔ Awurade afɔremuka ne Israel manfo no nyinaa anim.
And he stands before the altar of YHWH, in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spreads out his hand—
13 Na wabɔ kɔbere mfrafrae apa a ne ntwemu yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa, ne trɛw yɛ anammɔn ason ne fa, na ne sorokɔ yɛ anammɔn anan ne fa, de asi asɔredan no adiwo mfimfini. Ogyinaa apa no so wɔ nnipa no nyinaa anim. Obuu nkotodwe, maa ne nsa so kyerɛɛ ɔsoro.
for Solomon has made a scaffold of bronze, and puts it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he stands on it, and kneels on his knees in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spreads forth his hands toward the heavens—
14 Ɔbɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, Onyankopɔn biara nni hɔ sɛ wo wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so nyinaa. Wodi wo bɔhyɛ so, na woda wo dɔ a ɛwɔ hɔ daa no adi kyerɛ wɔn a wotie wo na wɔn ani gye sɛ wɔbɛyɛ wʼapɛde nyinaa.
and says, “O YHWH God of Israel, there is not like You a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Your servants who are walking before You with all their heart;
15 Wo bɔ a wohyɛɛ wo somfo Dawid a ɔyɛ mʼagya no, woadi so. Wʼankasa wʼano na wode hyɛɛ bɔ no, na nnɛ, wonam wʼankasa wo nsa so ama aba mu.
who has kept for Your servant, my father David, that which You spoke to him; indeed, You speak with Your mouth, and with Your hand have fulfilled [it], as at this day.
16 “Afei, Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn kɔ so di wo bɔ a woahyɛ wo somfo, mʼagya Dawid, no so. Efisɛ, woka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Sɛ wʼasefo bɔ wɔn bra yiye, na wodi me mmara so sɛnea woayɛ no a, wobedi Israel so hene daa daa.’
And now, O YHWH, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, that which You spoke to him, saying, A man of yours is never cut off from before My face, sitting on the throne of Israel—only, if your sons watch their way to walk in My law, as you have walked before Me.
17 Afei, Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, di saa bɔ a woahyɛ wo somfo Dawid no so.
And now, O YHWH, God of Israel, let Your word be steadfast that You have spoken to Your servant, to David.
18 “Ɛyɛ nokware sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛtena nnipa mu wɔ asase so? Ɔsorosoro nohɔ mpo ntumi nkora wo, na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Asɔredan a masi yi betumi akora wo.
For is it true [that] God dwells with man on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain You, how much less this house that I have built?
19 Tie me mpaebɔ ne mʼabisade, Awurade, me Nyankopɔn. Tie sufrɛ ne mpae a wo somfo rebɔ no.
And You have turned to the prayer of Your servant, and to his supplication, O YHWH my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer that Your servant is praying before You,
20 Hwɛ saa Asɔredan yi so, baabi a woaka sɛ wode wo din bɛto so no, awia ne anadwo. Daa, tie me mpae a mebɔ wɔ ha no.
for Your eyes being open toward this house by day and by night, toward the place that You have said to put Your Name there, to listen to the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
21 Tie mʼahobrɛase ne nokware adebisa a me ne wo nkurɔfo Israelfo bɔ mpae wɔ ha de to wʼanim no. Yiw, tie yɛn fi ɔsoro faako a wote no; na sɛ wote nso a, fa kyɛ.
And You have listened to the supplications of Your servant, and of Your people Israel, that they pray toward this place, and You hear from the place of Your dwelling, from the heavens, and have listened, and forgiven.
22 “Sɛ obi fom obi, na ɛho hia sɛ ɔka ho ntam sɛ onnim ho hwee wɔ afɔremuka no anim wɔ Asɔredan no mu a,
If a man sins against his neighbor, and he has lifted up an oath on him to cause him to swear, and the oath has come in before Your altar in this house—
23 tie fi ɔsoro, na bu wʼasomfo baanu no a ɛyɛ nea wɔabɔ no sobo no ne sobobɔfo no ntam atɛn. Nea odi fɔ no, twe nʼaso na gyaa nea odi bem no.
then You hear from the heavens, and have done, and have judged Your servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
24 “Sɛ wo nkurɔfo Israelfo yɛ bɔne tia wo, na ɛno nti wɔn atamfo di wɔn so nkonim na wɔsan ba wo nkyɛn, bɔ wo din na wɔbɔ wo mpae wɔ Asɔredan yi mu a,
And if Your people Israel is struck before an enemy because they sin against You, and they have turned back and confessed Your Name, and prayed and made supplication before You in this house—
25 tie fi ɔsoro, na fa wɔn bɔne kyɛ wɔn, na ma wɔnsan nkɔ asase a wode maa wɔn agyanom no so.
then You hear from the heavens and have forgiven the sin of Your people Israel, and caused them to return to the ground that You have given to them, and to their fathers.
26 “Sɛ wo nkurɔfo yɛ bɔne tia wo, na ɛno nti wɔto ɔsoro mu na osu antɔ na wɔbɔ mpae wɔ Asɔredan yi mu, bɔ wo din, twe wɔn ho fi wɔn bɔne ho, efisɛ woatwe wɔn aso a,
In the heavens being restrained and there is no rain because they sin against You, and they have prayed toward this place and confessed Your Name, [and] they turn back from their sin because You afflict them—
27 tie fi ɔsoro, na fa wʼasomfo, wo nkurɔfo Israelfo, bɔne kyɛ wɔn. Kyerɛ wɔn ade trenee yɛ, na tɔ osu gu wʼasase a wode ama wo nkurɔfo sɛ wɔn agyapade sononko no so.
then You hear in the heavens, and have forgiven the sin of Your servants, and of Your people Israel, because You direct them to the good way in which they walk, and have given rain on Your land that You have given to Your people for an inheritance.
28 “Sɛ ɔkɔm si asase no so anaa ɔyaredɔm ba so anaa nnɔbae nyarewa ba anaa mmoadabi ne asa begu nnɔbae so, anaa wo nkurɔfo atamfo ba asase no so betua wɔn nkurow a, sɛnea ɔhaw no te biara no,
Famine, when it is in the land, [and] pestilence, when it is [in the land], blasting and mildew, locust and caterpillar, when they are [in the land], when its enemies have distressed it in the land—its gates, any plague and any sickness;
29 sɛ wo nkurɔfo bɔ mpae wɔ wɔn haw ne awerɛhow ho, na wɔpagyaw wɔn nsa wɔ asɔredan yi mu a,
any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Your people Israel, when they each know his own plague, and his own pain, and he has spread out his hands toward this house—
30 tie fi ɔsoro, nea wote hɔ, na fa kyɛ. Fa biribiara a ɛfata wo nkurɔfo no ma wɔn, na wo na wunim wɔn koma mu, efisɛ wo nko ara na wunim nnipa koma mu.
then You hear from the heavens, the settled place of Your dwelling, and have forgiven, and have given to each according to all his ways (because You know his heart, for You alone have known the heart of the sons of men),
31 Ɛno akyi no wobesuro wo na wɔanantew wʼakwan so mmere dodow a wɔte asase a wode maa yɛn agyanom no so.
so that they fear You, to walk in Your ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that You have given to our fathers.
32 “Na sɛ ananafo te wo nka ne wo nsɛnkyerɛnne akɛse no, na wofi akyirikyiri bɛsom wo din kɛse no, bɔ mpae de wɔn ani kyerɛ Asɔredan yi a,
And also, to the stranger who is not of Your people Israel, and he has come from a far-off land for the sake of Your great Name, and Your strong hand, and Your outstretched arm, and they have come in and prayed toward this house—
33 tie fi ɔsoro nea wote hɔ, na yɛ wɔn abisade ma wɔn. Na ɛbɛma nnipa a wɔte asase so nyinaa ahu, asuro wo, sɛnea wo nkurɔfo Israelfo no yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Wɔn nso behu sɛ, wo din na ɛda saa Asɔredan a masi yi so.
then You hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Your dwelling, and have done according to all that the stranger calls to You for, so that all the peoples of the earth know Your Name, so as to fear You, as Your people Israel, and to know that Your Name is called on this house that I have built.
34 “Sɛ wohyɛ wo nkurɔfo ma wopue, kɔko tia wɔn atamfo, na sɛ wɔbɔ mpae, srɛ Awurade fa saa kurow yi a woayi yi, ne saa Asɔredan a masi de wo din ato so yi ho a,
When Your people go out to battle against its enemies in the way that You send them, and they have prayed to You [in] the way of this city that You have fixed on, and the house that I have built for Your Name—
35 tie wɔn mpaebɔ fi ɔsoro, na yɛ wɔn abisade ma wɔn.
then You have heard their prayer and their supplication from the heavens, and have maintained their cause.
36 “Sɛ wɔyɛ bɔne tia wo mpo a, hena na ɔnyɛɛ bɔne da? Wo bo befuw wɔn ama wɔn atamfo adi wɔn so, afa wɔn nkoa de wɔn akɔ ananasase so, sɛ ɛwɔ akyiri anaa ɛbɛn.
When they sin against You—for there is not a man who does not sin—and You have been angry with them, and have given them before an enemy, and their captors have taken them captive to a land far off or near;
37 Na saa ahɔhosase no so, wɔde ahonu san ba wo nkyɛn, bɔ mpae se, ‘Yɛayɛ bɔne; yɛayɛ amumɔyɛsɛm ne atirimɔdensɛm,’
and they have turned [it] back to their heart in the land to where they have been taken captive, and have turned back and made supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly;
38 na sɛ wɔde wɔn koma ne wɔn kra nyinaa ba wo nkyɛn, bɔ mpae fa asase a wode maa wɔn agyanom, saa kuropɔn yi a woayi ne saa asɔredan a masi de ahyɛ wo din anuonyam yi ho a,
indeed, they have turned back to You with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, to where they have taken them captive, and they have prayed [in] the way of their land that You have given to their fathers, and of the city that You have chosen, and of the house that I have built for Your Name—
39 tie wɔn mpaebɔ no fi ɔsoro, nea wote hɔ. Di wɔn asɛm ma wɔn, na fa bɔne a wo nkurɔfo ayɛ atia wo no kyɛ wɔn.
then You have heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Your dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and have maintained their cause, and forgiven Your people who have sinned against You.
40 “Afei me Nyankopɔn, bue wʼaniwa na wɛn wʼaso tie mpae a wɔbɔ wɔ ha no nyinaa.
Now my God, I implore You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
41 “Afei, Awurade Nyankopɔn, sɔre na bra wʼahomegyebea,
And now, rise, O YHWH God, to Your rest, You and the Ark of Your strength; Your priests, O YHWH God, are clothed with salvation, and Your saints rejoice in the goodness.
42 “Awurade Nyankopɔn, nyi wʼani mfi nea woasra no ngo no so.
O YHWH God, do not turn back the face of Your anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of Your servant David.”
