Ii Paralipomenon 6
1 Tunc Salomon ait: Dominus pollicitus est ut habitaret in caligine:
Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 ego autem ædificavi domum nomini eius, ut habitaret ibi in perpetuum.
But I have built Thee a house of habitation, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.
3 Et convertit rex faciem suam, et benedixit universæ 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.
4 Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, qui quod locutus est David patri meo, opere complevit, dicens:
And he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and hath with His hands fulfilled it, saying:
5 A die, qua eduxi populum meum de Terra Ægypti, non elegi civitatem de cunctis tribubus Israel, ut ædificaretur in ea domus nomini meo: neque elegi quemquam alium virum, ut esset dux in populo Israel,
Since the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince 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 have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be there; and have chosen David to be over My people Israel.
7 Cumque fuisset voluntatis David patris mei, ut ædificaret domum nomini Domini Dei Israel,
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
8 dixit Dominus ad eum: Quia hæc fuit voluntas tua, ut ædificares domum nomini meo, bene quidem fecisti huiuscemodi habere voluntatem:
But the LORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;
9 sed non tu ædificabis domum, verum filius tuus, qui egredietur de lumbis tuis, ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo.
nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that 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 ædificavi domum nomini Domini Dei Israel.
And the LORD hath established His word that He spoke; for 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 the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
11 Et posui in ea arcam, in qua est pactum Domini, quod pepigit cum filiis Israel.
And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with the children of Israel.'
12 Stetit ergo coram altari Domini ex adverso universæ 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 forth his hands —
13 Siquidem fecerat Salomon basim æneam, et posuerat eam in medio basilicæ, 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 cælum levatis,
for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven —
14 ait: Domine Deus Israel, non est similis tui Deus in cælo et in terra: qui custodis pactum et misericordiam cum servis tuis, qui ambulant coram te in toto corde suo:
and he said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like Thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their heart;
15 Qui præstitisti servo tuo David patri meo quæcumque locutus fueras ei: et quæ ore promiseras, opere complesti, sicut et præsens tempus probat.
who hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst promise him; yea, Thou spokest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thy hand, as it is this day.
16 Nunc ergo Domine Deus Israel, imple servo tuo patri meo David quæcumque locutus es, dicens: Non deficiet ex te vir coram me, qui sedeat super thronum Israel: ita tamen si custodierint filii tui vias suas, et ambulaverint in lege mea, sicut et tu ambulasti coram me.
Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in My law as thou hast walked before Me.
17 Et nunc Domine Deus Israel, firmetur sermo tuus, quem locutus es servo tuo David.
Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let Thy word be verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy servant David.
18 Ergone credibile est ut habitet Deus cum hominibus super terram? Si cælum et cæli cælorum non te capiunt, quanto magis domus ista, quam ædificavi?
But will God in very truth dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
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 have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee;
20 ut aperias oculos tuos super domum istam diebus ac noctibus, super locum, in quo pollicitus es ut invocaretur nomen tuum,
that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place.
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 cælis, et propitiare.
And hearken Thou to the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place; yea, hear Thou from Thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when Thou hearest, forgive.
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 an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before Thine altar in this house;
23 tu audies de cælo, et facies iudicium servorum tuorum, ita ut reddas iniquo viam suam in caput proprium, et ulciscaris iustum, retribuens ei secundum iustitiam suam.
then hear Thou from heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
24 Si superatus fuerit populus tuus Israel ab inimicis (peccabunt enim tibi) et conversi egerint pœnitentiam, et obsecraverint nomen tuum, et fuerint deprecati in loco isto,
And if Thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, when they sin against Thee, and shall turn again and confess Thy name, and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house;
25 tu exaudies de cælo, et propitiare peccato populi tui Israel, et reduc eos in terram, quam dedisti eis, et patribus eorum.
then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 Si clauso cælo 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 the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, when they sin against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, turning from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;
27 exaudi de cælo Domine, et dimitte peccata servis tuis et populi tui Israel, et doce eos viam bonam, per quam ingrediantur: et da pluviam terræ, quam dedisti populo tuo ad possidendum.
then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou dost direct them on the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
28 Fames si orta fuerit in terra et pestilentia, ærugo, et aurugo, et locusta, et bruchus, et hostes, vastatis regionibus, portas obsederint civitatis, omnisque plaga et infirmitas presserit:
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;
29 si quis de populo tuo Israel fuerit deprecatus, cognoscens plagam et infirmitatem suam, et expanderit manus suas in domo hac,
what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all Thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own pain, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;
30 tu exaudies de cælo, 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 hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest — for Thou, even Thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men —
31 ut timeant te, et ambulent in viis tuis cunctis diebus, quibus vivunt super faciem terræ, quam dedisti patribus nostris.
that they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they live in the land which Thou gavest unto 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,
Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of Thy people Israel, when be shall come out of a far country for Thy great name's sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house;
33 tu exaudies de cælo firmissimo habitaculo tuo, et facies cuncta, pro quibus invocaverit te ille peregrinus: ut sciant omnes populi terræ nomen tuum, et timeant te sicut populus tuus Israel. et cognoscant, quia nomen tuum invocatum est super domum hanc, quam ædificavi.
then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, and fear Thee, as doth Thy people Israel, 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 hæc est, quam elegisti, et domus, quam ædificavi nomini tuo:
If Thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name;
35 tu exaudies de cælo preces eorum, et obsecrationem, et ulciscaris.
then hear Thou from 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 quæ iuxta est,
If they sin against Thee — for there is no man that sinneth not — and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;
37 et conversi in corde suo in terra, ad quam captivi ducti fuerant, egerint pœnitentiam, et deprecati te fuerint in terra captivitatis suæ, dicentes: Peccavimus, inique fecimus, iniuste egimus:
yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done iniquitously, and have dealt wickedly;
38 et reversi fuerint ad te in toto corde suo, et in tota anima sua, in terra captivitatis suæ, ad quam ducti sunt, adorabunt te contra viam terræ suæ, quam dedisti patribus eorum, et urbis, quam elegisti, et domus, quam ædificavi nomini tuo:
if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name;
39 tu exaudies de cælo, hoc est, de firmo habitaculo tuo preces eorum, et facias iudicium, et dimittas populo tuo, quamvis peccatori:
then hear Thou from heaven, even from Thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee.
40 tu es enim Deus meus: aperiantur, quæso, oculi tui, et aures tuæ intentæ sint ad orationem, quæ fit in loco isto.
Now, O my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
41 Nunc igitur consurge Domine Deus in requiem tuam, tu et arca fortitudinis tuæ: Sacerdotes tui Domine Deus induantur salutem, et sancti tui lætentur in bonis.
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into Thy resting-place, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; let Thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let Thy saints rejoice in good.
42 Domine Deus ne averteris faciem christi tui: memento misericordiarum David servi tui.
O LORD God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed; remember the good deeds of David Thy servant.'
