2 Beresosɛm 6
1 Na Salomo bɔɔ mpae se, “Awurade, woaka se wobɛtena omununkum kabii mu.
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would live in thick darkness,
2 Afei, masi Asɔredan a ɛho wɔ nyam ama wo, baabi a wubetumi atena afebɔɔ.”
but I have built you a lofty residence, a place for you to live in forever.”
3 Na ɔhene no dan ne ho de kyerɛɛ Israelfo a wogyinagyina nʼanim no, hyiraa wɔn se,
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
4 “Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, a wadi bɔ a ɔhyɛɛ mʼagya Dawid no so, efisɛ ɔka kyerɛɛ mʼagya se,
He said, “May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised, who spoke to David my father, and has fulfilled it with his own hands, 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.
'Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, in order for my name to be there. Neither did I choose any man to be prince over my people Israel.
6 Nanso afei mayi Yerusalem sɛ kuropɔn no, ne Dawid sɛ ɔhene no.’”
However, I have chosen Jerusalem, so that my name might be there, and I have chosen 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.
Now it was in the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
8 Nanso Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se, ‘Eye sɛ wopɛ sɛ wusi asɔredan de hyɛ me din anuonyam,
But Yahweh said to David my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.
9 nanso ɛnyɛ wo na wobɛyɛ. Mmom, wo mmabarima no mu baako na obesi.’
Nevertheless, you must not build the house; instead, your son, one who will come from your loins, will build 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.
Yahweh has carried out the word that he had said, for I have arisen in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
11 Ɛhɔ na mede Adaka no asi, na Adaka no mu nso na apam a Awurade ne Israelfo yɛe no hyɛ.”
I have placed the ark there, in which is Yahweh's covenant, which he made with the people of Israel.”
12 Na Salomo trɛw ne nsam wɔ Awurade afɔremuka ne Israel manfo no nyinaa anim.
Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands.
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 he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. He had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it and knelt down before all the assembly of Israel, and then he spread out 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.
He said, “Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heavens or on the earth, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with your servants who walk 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.
you who have kept with your servant David my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
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.’
Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful 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.
Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant 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.
But will God actually live with mankind on the earth? Look, the entire universe and heaven itself cannot contain you—how much less can this temple that I have built!
19 Tie me mpaebɔ ne mʼabisade, Awurade, me Nyankopɔn. Tie sufrɛ ne mpae a wo somfo rebɔ no.
Yet please respect this prayer of your servant and his request, Yahweh my God; listen to the cry and prayer that your servant prays 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.
May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, the place where you promised to put your name. May you listen to the prayer 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.
So listen to the requests of your servant and of your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, listen from the place where you live, from the heavens; and when you listen, forgive.
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 is required to swear an oath, and if he comes and swears an oath 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.
listen from the heavens and act. Judge your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing what he has done upon his own head. Declare the innocent not guilty and 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,
When your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, if they turn back to you, confess your name, pray, and request forgiveness before you in this temple—
25 tie fi ɔsoro, na fa wɔn bɔne kyɛ wɔn, na ma wɔnsan nkɔ asase a wode maa wɔn agyanom no so.
then please listen from the heavens and forgive the sin of your people Israel; bring them back to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors.
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,
When the skies are shut up and there is no rain because the people have sinned against you—if they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin when you have afflicted 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 listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel, when you direct them to the good way in which they should walk. Send rain on your land, which you have given to your people as 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,
Suppose there is famine in the land, or suppose that there is disease, blight or mildew, locusts or caterpillars; or suppose that its enemies attack the city gates in their land, or that there is any plague or sickness—
29 sɛ wo nkurɔfo bɔ mpae wɔ wɔn haw ne awerɛhow ho, na wɔpagyaw wɔn nsa wɔ asɔredan yi mu a,
and suppose then that prayers and requests are made by a person or by all your people Israel—each knowing the plague and sorrow in his own heart as he spreads out his hands toward this temple.
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 listen from heaven, the place where you live; forgive, and reward every person for all his ways; you know his heart, because you and you only know the hearts of human beings.
31 Ɛno akyi no wobesuro wo na wɔanantew wʼakwan so mmere dodow a wɔte asase a wode maa yɛn agyanom no so.
Do this so that they may fear you, so that they may walk in your ways all the days that they live on the land that you gave to our ancestors.
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,
As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel, but who—because of your great name, your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm—comes and prays 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 please listen from heaven, the place where you live, and do all that the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and that they might know that this house I have built is called by your name.
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,
Suppose that your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you may send them, and suppose that they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name.
35 tie wɔn mpaebɔ fi ɔsoro, na yɛ wɔn abisade ma wɔn.
Then listen from the heavens to their prayer, their request, and help 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.
Suppose they sin against you—since there is no one who does not sin—and suppose that you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that the enemy carries them away and takes them as captives to their land, whether distant or near.
37 Na saa ahɔhosase no so, wɔde ahonu san ba wo nkyɛn, bɔ mpae se, ‘Yɛayɛ bɔne; yɛayɛ amumɔyɛsɛm ne atirimɔdensɛm,’
Then suppose they realize they are in the land where they have been exiled, and suppose that they repent and seek favor from you in the land of their captivity. Suppose that they say, 'We have acted perversely and sinned. We have behaved 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,
Suppose that they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they took them as captives, and suppose that they pray toward their land, which you gave to their ancestors, and toward the city that you chose, and toward 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 listen from the heavens, the place where you live, to their prayer and to their requests, and help their cause. Forgive 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 beg you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
41 “Afei, Awurade Nyankopɔn, sɔre na bra wʼahomegyebea,
Now then arise, Yahweh God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.
42 “Awurade Nyankopɔn, nyi wʼani mfi nea woasra no ngo no so.
Yahweh God, do not turn the face of your anointed away from you. Keep in mind your acts of covenant loyalty for David, your servant.”
