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2 Chronicles 6
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Solomon Blesses the People

6 (A)Then Solomon said,

“Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom.
2 Now I have built You a lofty house,
And a place for Your dwelling forever.”

3 Then the king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. 4 And he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it by His hands, saying, 5 ‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a ruler over My people Israel; 6 but (B)I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I (C)have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 7 (D)And it was [a]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 8 But Yahweh said to my father David, ‘Because it was [b]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [c]in your heart. 9 Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will (E)come forth from your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’ 10 And Yahweh has established His word which He spoke; and I have been established in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh [d]promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 11 And there I have set the ark (F)in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which He cut with the sons of Israel.”

Solomon’s Prayer for Israel

12 Then he stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 (G)Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, (H)knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven. 14 And he said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, (I)there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, (J)keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart; 15 (K)who have kept with Your [e]servant David, my father, that which You have [f]promised him; indeed You have promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand, as it is this day. 16 So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father, that which You have promised him, saying, ‘(L)You shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’ 17 So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, let Your word truly [g]endure which You have spoken to Your servant David.

18 “But (M)will God truly dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, (N)heaven and the [h]highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built. 19 Yet have regard to the prayer of Your slave and to his supplication, O Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your slave prays before You; 20 that Your (O)eyes may be open toward this house day and night, toward (P)the place of which You have said that You would place Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your slave shall pray toward this place. 21 And listen to the supplications of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen from Your dwelling place, from heaven; (Q)listen and forgive.

22 “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, 23 then listen from heaven and act and judge Your slaves, [i](R)punishing the wicked by [j]bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by [k]bringing him reward according to his righteousness.

24 “And if Your people Israel are [l]defeated before an enemy because (S)they have sinned against You, and they turn to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house, 25 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.

26 “When the (T)heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them; 27 then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, (U)teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

28 “If there is (V)famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is scorching wind or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their [m]cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is, 29 whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, who know his own affliction and his own pain, and spread his hands toward this house, 30 then listen from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and give to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, (W)for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men, 31 that they may [n]fear You, to walk in Your ways all the days they live upon the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.

32 “Also concerning (X)the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, if he comes from a far country for Your great name’s sake and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm, so if they come and pray toward this house, 33 then listen from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name even to [o]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is (Y)called upon this house which I have built.

34 “When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, 35 then listen from heaven to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice.

36 “When they sin against You ((Z)for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and give them over to an enemy, so that [p]they take them away captive to a land far off or near, 37 and if they (AA)cause these things to return to their heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and [q]return and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly’; 38 (AB)and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name, 39 then listen from heaven, from Your dwelling place, to their prayer and supplications, and do justice for them and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

40 “Now, O my God, I pray, (AC)let Your eyes be open and (AD)Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

41 “(AE)So now, arise, O Yahweh God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength; let Your priests, O Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation and let Your holy ones be glad in what is good.

42 “O Yahweh God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; (AF)remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:7 Lit with
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:8 Lit with
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:8 Lit with
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:10 Lit spoke
  5. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Or slave, so in ch, cf. 6:14; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Lit spoken to, so in ch
  7. 2 Chronicles 6:17 Or be true
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:18 Lit heaven of heavens
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit returning
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit giving
  11. 2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit giving
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:24 Lit smitten
  13. 2 Chronicles 6:28 Lit gates
  14. 2 Chronicles 6:31 Or reverence
  15. 2 Chronicles 6:33 Or reverence
  16. 2 Chronicles 6:36 Lit their captors take them captive
  17. 2 Chronicles 6:37 Or repent
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2 Ebyomumirembe 6
Endagaano Enkadde nʼEndagaano Empya

6 (A)Mu kiseera ekyo Sulemaani n’ayogera nti, “Mukama eyagamba nti Alituula mu kizikiza ekikutte; 2 (B)nkuzimbidde yeekaalu ey’ekitiibwa, ekifo ky’onoobeerangamu emirembe gyonna.”

3 Awo kabaka n’akyuka n’atunuulira ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri ekyali kiyimiridde awo, n’abasabira omukisa. 4 N’ayogera nti,

“Yeebazibwe Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, atuukiriza n’omukono gwe ekyo kye yasuubiza n’akamwa ke eri Dawudi kitange, ng’agamba nti,

5 “ ‘Okuva ku lunaku lwe naggya abantu bange mu nsi y’e Misiri, tewali kibuga kye nnalonda mu bika byonna ebya Isirayiri okuzimba mu eyeekaalu olw’erinnya lyange, wadde omuntu yenna okuba omukulembeze w’abantu bange Isirayiri. 6 (C)Naye kaakano nnonze Yerusaalemi okubeeramu Erinnya lyange, era nnonze Dawudi okufuga abantu bange Isirayiri.’ 

7 (D)“Kitange Dawudi yali akiteeseteese mu mutima gwe okuzimbira Erinnya lya Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri eyeekaalu. 8 Naye Mukama n’agamba kitange Dawudi nti, ‘Newaakubadde nga kyali mu mutima gwo okuzimbira Erinnya lyange eyeekaalu, era wakola bulungi okuba nakyo mu mutima gwo, 9 naye si ggwe olizimba yeekaalu eyo, wabula mutabani wo, ow’omubiri gwo n’omusaayi gwo; y’alizimbira Erinnya lyange eyeekaalu.’ 

10 “Kaakano, Mukama atuukirizza kye yasuubiza. Nsikidde Dawudi kitange, era ntudde ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka bwa Isirayiri, nga Mukama bwe yasuubiza, era nzimbidde Erinnya lya Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri eyeekaalu. 11 (E)Era omwo mwe ntadde essanduuko, omuli endagaano eya Mukama ggye yakola n’abantu ba Isirayiri.”

Okusaba kwa Sulemaani okw’Okuwonga Eyeekaalu

12 Awo Sulemaani n’ayimirira mu maaso g’ekyoto kya Mukama mu maaso g’ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri, n’ayimusa emikono gye. 13 (F)Yali akoze ekituuti eky’ekikomo, ekyali mita bbiri ne desimoolo ssatu obuwanvu n’obugazi mita bbiri ne desimoolo ssatu, n’obugulumivu mita emu ne desimoolo ssatu, era ng’akitadde wakati mu luggya olw’ebweru era kye yali ayimiriddeko. N’afukamira mu maaso g’ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri, n’ayimusa emikono gye eri eggulu. 14 (G)N’ayogera nti,

“Ayi Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri tewali Katonda akufaanana mu ggulu newaakubadde ku nsi, atuukiriza endagaano ye ey’okwagala eri abaddu be abatambulira mu maaso ge n’emitima gyabwe gyonna. 15 (H)Otuukirizza ekyo kye wasuubiza omuddu wo Dawudi kitange, kubanga wasuubiza n’akamwa ko, era okituukirizza n’omukono gwo leero.

16 (I)“Kaakano Ayi Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri, tuukiriza ebyo bye wasuubiza Dawudi kitange bwe wayogera nti, ‘Tolirema kufuna musika mu maaso gange kutuula ku ntebe ey’obwakabaka bwa Isirayiri, ab’ezzadde lyo bwe baneegenderezanga okutambuliranga mu maaso gange ng’etteeka lyange bwe liri, nga ggwe bw’otambulidde mu maaso gange.’ 17 Kale nno, Ayi Mukama Katonda wa Isirayiri ekigambo kyo kye wasuubiza Dawudi omuddu wo kituukirire.

18 (J)“Naye ddala Katonda alituula n’abantu ku nsi? Laba, eggulu n’eggulu erisinga okuba erya waggulu toligyamu, kale ate olwo yeekaalu gye nzimbye gy’oyinza okugyamu? 19 Wuliriza okusaba kw’omuddu wo n’okwegayirira kwe, Ayi Mukama Katonda wange, owulire okusaba kw’omuddu wo kwasaba gy’oli. 20 (K)Amaaso go gatunuulirenga eyeekaalu eno emisana n’ekiro, ekifo kye wayogerako nti oliteeka omwo Erinnya lyo, era owulire okusaba kw’omuddu wo eri ekifo kino. 21 (L)Wulira kaakano okwegayirira kw’omuddu wo n’okw’abantu bo Isirayiri, bwe banaabanga basaba nga batunuulidde ekifo kino; owulirenga okuva mu kifo eyo gy’obeera, era bw’owuliranga, osonyiwenga.

22 (M)“Omuntu bw’anaayonoonanga ku muliraanwa we, ne kimugwanira okulayira, era n’ajja n’alayira mu maaso g’ekyoto mu yeekaalu eno, 23 (N)owulirenga okuva mu ggulu, obeeko ky’okola. Osalenga omusango wakati w’abaddu bo osasulenga gwe gusinze, ng’ebikolwa bye bwe bimusaanira. Oyatulenga atalina musango, era omusasulenga ng’obutuukirivu bwe, bwe bunaabanga.

24 (O)“Abantu bo Isirayiri bwe banaabanga bawanguddwa omulabe olw’obutali butuukirivu bwabwe, naye ne bakyuka ne baatula erinnya lyo, ne basaba ne beegayiririra mu maaso go mu yeekaalu eno, 25 kale owulirenga ng’osinziira mu ggulu, osonyiwe ekibi ky’abantu bo Isirayiri era obakomyewo mu nsi gye wabawa bo ne bajjajjaabwe.

26 (P)“Eggulu bwe linaggalwangawo ne wataba nkuba, kubanga boonoonye gy’oli, naye ne basaba nga batunuulidde ekifo kino, ne baatula erinnya lyo, ne bakyuka okuleka ekibi kyabwe ekibaweezesezza ekibonerezo, 27 (Q)kale owulirenga ng’osinziira mu ggulu, osonyiwe ekibi ky’abaddu bo, abantu bo Isirayiri, obayigirize ekkubo eggolokofu, lye bateekwa okutambulirangamu, era obaweereze enkuba ku nsi gye wawa abantu bo, obusika bwo.

28 (R)“Bwe wanaagwangawo enjala oba kawumpuli mu nsi, oba ne wabaawo okugengewala oba obukuku, oba enzige oba ebisaanyi, oba abalabe baabwe ne babazingiriza mu bibuga byabwe wadde ne bw’anaabanga kawumpuli ow’engeri etya, oba bulwadde bwa ngeri ki, 29 ne wabaawo okusaba oba okwegayirira okw’engeri zonna okukoleddwa omuntu yenna, oba abantu bo bonna Isirayiri, nga buli omu ategedde endwadde ye, n’obuyinike bwe, era ng’ayanjulurizza engalo ze eri yeekaalu eno, 30 (S)kale owulirenga ng’osinziira mu ggulu gy’obeera osonyiwe, era osasule buli muntu ng’ebikolwa bye bwe biri, kubanga ggwe wekka gw’omanyi emitima gy’abaana b’abantu; 31 (T)balyoke bakutyenga, era batambulirenga mu makubo go ennaku zonna ze banaabeeranga mu nsi gye wawa bajjajjaffe.

32 (U)“Era mu ngeri y’emu, bwe wanaabangawo munnaggwanga atali wa ku bantu bo Isirayiri, ng’ava mu nsi ey’ewala, olw’erinnya lyo ekkulu, n’olw’omukono gwo ogw’amaanyi, n’omukono gwo ogugoloddwa, bw’anajjanga n’asaba ng’atunuulidde eyeekaalu eno, 33 (V)kale owulirenga ng’osinziira mu ggulu gy’obeera, okolere omunnaggwanga oyo kyonna ky’anaakusabanga; abantu bonna ab’omu nsi balyoke bamanye erinnya lyo era bakutye, ng’abantu bo Isirayiri bwe bakola, era bategeere nti ennyumba eno gye nzimbye etuumiddwa Erinnya lyo.

34 (W)“Abantu bo bwe banaatabaalanga abalabe baabwe, yonna gy’onoobasindikanga, ne basaba nga batunuulidde ekibuga kino ky’olonze ne yeekaalu gye nzimbidde Erinnya lyo, 35 kale owulirenga okusaba kwabwe n’okwegayirira kwabwe, ng’osinziira mu ggulu, obaddiremu.

36 (X)“Bwe banaakolanga ebisobyo, kubanga tewaliwo muntu atasobya, n’obasunguwalira, n’obawaayo eri omulabe, ne batwalibwa nga basibe mu nsi ey’ewala oba ey’okumpi, 37 (Y)oluvannyuma ne beenenya mu mutima nga bali mu nsi gye bali abasibe, ne bakwegayiririra mu nsi ey’okusibibwa kwabwe nga boogera nti, ‘Twayonoona, twakola eby’obubambavu, era twagira ekyejo,’ 38 era bwe beenenyanga n’omutima gwabwe gwonna n’emmeeme yaabwe yonna mu nsi ey’okusibibwa kwabwe gye baatwalibwa, ne basaba nga batunuulidde ensi gye wawa bajjajjaabwe, n’eri ekibuga kye walonda, n’eri eyeekaalu gye nazimba ku lw’Erinnya lyo, 39 kale, owulirenga okusaba kwabwe n’okwegayirira kwabwe, ng’osinziira mu ggulu, ekifo gy’obeera obaddiremu, era osonyiwe abantu bo abakwonoonye.

40 (Z)“Kaakano Katonda wange, amaaso go gazibukenga, n’amatu go gawulirenga okusaba okunaaweerwangayo mu kifo kino.

41 (AA)“Era kaakano, Ayi Mukama Katonda golokoka, okke mu kifo kyo
    eky’okuwummulirangamu, ggwe n’essanduuko ey’amaanyi go.
Bakabona bo Ayi Mukama Katonda, bambazibwe obulokozi,
    era n’abatukuvu bo basanyukire obulungi bwo.
42 (AB)Ayi Mukama Katonda, tokyusa maaso go okuva ku oyo gwe wafukako amafuta.
    Ojjukire ekisa kye walaga Dawudi omuddu wo.”

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