2 Crónicas 6
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Dedicación del templo(A)
6 Entonces Salomón dijo:
«Señor, tú has dicho que habitas en la oscuridad de una nube. 2 Pero yo te he edificado un templo, una mansión donde habites para siempre.»
3 Luego se volvió hacia toda la congregación de Israel, que estaba allí de pie, y la bendijo. 4 Y añadió:
«Bendito sea el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que con su mano ha cumplido la promesa que le hizo a David mi padre, cuando dijo: 5 “Desde el día en que saqué de Egipto a mi pueblo, no he elegido ninguna ciudad en ninguna de las tribus de Israel para edificarme una casa donde establecer mi nombre, ni tampoco he escogido a nadie como príncipe de mi pueblo Israel. 6 Pero he elegido a Jerusalén para que mi nombre esté en ella, y he elegido a David para que gobierne a mi pueblo Israel.” 7 Por eso David, mi padre, tuvo la intención de edificar una casa para honrar el nombre del Señor y Dios de Israel. 8 Pero el Señor le dijo a David mi padre: “En cuanto a tu intención de edificar una casa para honrar mi nombre, me parece bien que lo hayas puesto en tu corazón. 9 Pero no serás tú quien me edifique casa, sino el hijo que te va a nacer. Él será quien edifique el templo para honrar mi nombre.”(B) 10 Y el Señor ha cumplido su palabra, pues sucedí a David, mi padre, y ahora ocupo el trono de Israel, tal y como el Señor lo había dicho, y he edificado una casa para honrar el nombre del Señor, el Dios de Israel. 11 Ya he puesto en ella el arca, en donde está el pacto que el Señor celebró con los hijos de Israel.»
12 Enseguida, ante toda la congregación de Israel, Salomón se puso delante del altar del Señor y extendió los brazos. 13 Como Salomón había hecho un estrado de bronce que medía cinco codos de largo, cinco codos de ancho y tres codos de alto, y lo había puesto en medio del atrio, se subió a éste, se arrodilló delante de toda la congregación de Israel, y con los brazos extendidos al cielo dijo:
14 «Señor, Dios de Israel, no hay en el cielo ni en la tierra un Dios que se compare a ti, que cumples el pacto y eres misericordioso con tus siervos que de todo corazón caminan delante de ti. 15 Tú has cumplido tu promesa a tu siervo David, mi padre; con tus labios lo dijiste, y con tu mano lo has cumplido, como hoy se puede ver. 16 Ahora, Señor y Dios de Israel, cumple tu promesa a tu siervo David, mi padre, cuando le dijiste: “No faltará delante de mí un varón, hijo tuyo, que se siente en el trono de Israel, siempre y cuando tus hijos vigilen sus pasos y sigan mi ley, como lo has hecho tú delante de mí.”(C)
17 »Ahora, Señor y Dios de Israel, que se cumpla la promesa que le hiciste a tu siervo David. 18 Pero ¿acaso es verdad que tú, mi Dios, puedes vivir en la tierra con el hombre? Si ni siquiera los cielos, ni los cielos de los cielos, te pueden contener, ¡mucho menos podría contenerte esta casa que he edificado!(D) 19 Pero, Señor Dios mío, dígnate atender a la oración y a los ruegos de tu siervo, y escucha el clamor y la oración que este siervo tuyo eleva a ti. 20 Mantén abiertos tus ojos, de día y de noche, sobre esta casa, sobre el lugar del cual has dicho: “Mi nombre estará allí”,(E) y atiende a la oración que tu siervo eleva en este lugar. 21 Atiende también al ruego de este siervo tuyo, y de tu pueblo Israel; óyelo desde los cielos, desde el lugar donde vives, y cuando en este lugar se haga oración, ¡escúchanos, y perdónanos!
22 »Cuando alguien peque contra su prójimo, y se le exija hacer un juramento, y venga a jurar aquí, ante tu altar, 23 dígnate escuchar desde los cielos, y actúa y juzga a tus siervos; dale al impío su merecido y haz que sus acciones recaigan sobre su cabeza, y hazle justicia al justo y decláralo inocente.
24 »Cuando tu pueblo Israel sea derrotado ante sus enemigos por haber pecado contra ti, si se vuelve a ti y confiesa tu nombre, y en esta casa eleva a ti sus ruegos, 25 dígnate escucharlo desde los cielos, y perdona el pecado de tu pueblo Israel, y hazlos volver a la tierra que les diste a ellos y a sus padres.
26 »Si los cielos se cierran y, por haber pecado contra ti, deja de llover, si dirigen sus oraciones hacia este lugar y confiesan tu nombre, y cuando tú los aflijas se arrepienten de sus pecados, 27 escúchalos en los cielos, y perdona el pecado de tus siervos y de tu pueblo Israel; enséñales el buen camino para que lo sigan, y haz llover sobre tu tierra, la que diste a tu pueblo en propiedad.
28 »Cuando haya hambre en la tierra, o peste, tizoncillo, hongo, langosta o pulgón, o cualquiera otra plaga o enfermedad; o cuando sus enemigos los asedien en la tierra en donde vivan; 29 que toda oración y todo ruego que haga cualquier hombre, o todo tu pueblo Israel, que de corazón reconozca su llaga y su dolor, si tiende las manos hacia esta casa, 30 dígnate escuchar desde los cielos, desde el lugar donde resides, y perdónalos. Examina su corazón y dale a cada uno lo que merecen sus acciones, pues sólo tú conoces el corazón humano. 31 Así ellos te temerán y andarán en tus caminos todos los días de su vida en la tierra que les diste a nuestros padres.
32 »A los extranjeros, a los que no sean de tu pueblo Israel, pero que hayan venido de tierras lejanas por causa de tu gran renombre, y de tu mano poderosa y de tu brazo extendido, si llegan a esta casa y oran, 33 dígnate escucharlos desde los cielos, desde el lugar donde vives, y trátalos conforme a las peticiones que te hagan, para que todos los pueblos de la tierra reconozcan tu nombre y te teman, así como lo hace tu pueblo Israel, y sepan que tu nombre es invocado sobre esta casa que yo he edificado.
34 »Cuando tu pueblo salga a la guerra contra sus enemigos por el camino que tú les señales, si oran a ti mirando hacia esta ciudad que tú elegiste, hacia el templo que he edificado para honrar tu nombre, 35 dígnate escuchar desde los cielos su oración y su ruego, y defiende su causa.
36 »Cuando pequen contra ti (pues no hay nadie que no peque), si te enojas contra ellos y los entregas en manos de sus enemigos, y sus captores los llevan cautivos a un país enemigo, sea lejos o cerca, 37 si en la tierra a la que fueron llevados cautivos ellos recapacitan y se vuelven a ti, y si en el país de su cautividad oran a ti y dicen: “Hemos pecado; hemos actuado de manera inicua e impía”; 38 si allí en el país adonde los llevaron cautivos se vuelven a ti con todo su corazón y con toda su alma, y oran hacia la tierra que les diste a sus padres, hacia la ciudad que tú elegiste, y hacia el templo que he edificado a tu nombre, 39 dígnate escuchar desde los cielos, desde el lugar donde vives, su oración y su ruego; defiende su causa y perdona a tu pueblo cuando peque contra ti.
40 »Dios mío, yo te ruego ahora que mantengas abiertos tus ojos, y atentos tus oídos, a la oración en este lugar. 41 ¡Levántate ahora, Señor y Dios, y ven a reposar aquí, tú y el arca de tu poder! ¡Oh, Señor y Dios, que tus sacerdotes se revistan de tu salvación! ¡Que tus santos se regocijen en tu bondad! 42 Señor y Dios, ¡no rechaces a tu ungido! ¡Acuérdate de tu gran misericordia para con David, tu siervo!»(F)
2 Chronicles 6
King James Version
6 Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
8 But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
10 The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.
12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
13 For Solomon had made a brasen 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 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
16 Now therefore, O Lord 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 upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that 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 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
40 Now, 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 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 goodness.
42 O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
2 Chronicles 6
English Standard Version
Solomon Blesses the People
6 (A)Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 2 But I have built you (B)an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” 3 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. 4 And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, 5 ‘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, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; 6 (C)but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, (D)and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’ 7 (E)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 But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas (F)it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. 9 Nevertheless, it is not you who shall build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ 10 Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11 And there I have set the ark, (G)in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 (H)Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits[a] long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. (I)Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven, 14 and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, (J)there is no God like you, in heaven or on earth, (K)keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart, 15 (L)who have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. 16 Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, (M)‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, (N)if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’ 17 Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.
18 “But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, (O)heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built! 19 Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you, 20 (P)that your eyes may be open day and night toward this house, the place where you have promised to set your name, that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. 21 And listen to the pleas of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen from heaven your dwelling place, (Q)and when you hear, forgive.
22 “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, 23 then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
24 “If your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, 25 (R)then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.
26 (S)“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict[b] them, 27 (T)then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way[c] in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
28 (U)“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemies besiege them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 29 whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, 30 (V)then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, (W)for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind, 31 that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.
32 “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for the sake of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this house, 33 hear from heaven 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 and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house (X)that I have built is called by your name.
34 “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, 35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.
36 “If they sin against you—(Y)for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near, 37 yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ 38 if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity to which they were carried captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, 39 then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you. 40 Now, O my God, (Z)let your eyes be open (AA)and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
41 “And now arise, O Lord God, and go to your (AB)resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
Let your priests, O Lord God, be (AC)clothed with salvation,
and let your saints (AD)rejoice in your goodness.
42 O Lord God, (AE)do not turn away the face of your anointed one!
(AF)Remember your steadfast love for David your servant.”
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew answer
- 2 Chronicles 6:27 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 1 Kings 8:36); Hebrew toward the good way
2 Cronica 6
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Binasbasan ni Solomon ang Buong Israel(A)
6 Sinabi noon ni Solomon:
“Sinabi ninyo, Yahweh, na ibig ninyong manirahan sa makapal na ulap.
2 Ipinagtayo ko kayo ng isang maringal na bahay,
isang lugar na titirhan ninyo magpakailanman.”
3 Pagkatapos ay humarap ang hari at binasbasan ang buong sambayanang Israel. 4 Sinabi(B) niya: “Purihin si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. Tinupad niya ang kanyang pangako kay David na aking ama. Sinabi niya noon: 5 ‘Mula nang ilabas ko sa Egipto ang aking bayan hanggang ngayon, hindi ako pumili ng alinmang lunsod sa mga lipi ng Israel upang ipagtayo ako roon ng isang Templo kung saan ako'y sasambahin. Hindi pa rin ako pumipili ng sinuman upang mamuno sa Israel. 6 Ngunit pinili ko ang Jerusalem upang doon ako sambahin at hinirang ko si David upang mamuno sa aking bayang Israel.’
7 “Binalak ni David na aking ama na ipagtayo ng templo si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, upang doon siya sambahin. 8 Ngunit sinabi sa kanya ni Yahweh, ‘Mabuti ang binabalak mong magtayo ng isang Templo para sa akin. 9 Subalit hindi ikaw ang magtatayo niyon, kundi ang isa sa magiging anak mo.’
10 “Natupad ngayon ang pangako ni Yahweh. Humalili ako sa aking amang si David at ngayo'y nakaupo ako sa trono ng Israel gaya ng pangako ni Yahweh. Naitayo ko na ang Templo kung saan ay sasambahin si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. 11 Nailagay ko na roon ang Kaban ng Tipan na kinalalagyan ng kasunduang ginawa ni Yahweh sa sambayanang Israel.”
Ang Panalangin ni Solomon para sa Sarili(C)
12 Pagkatapos, sa harap ng buong sambayanan ng Israel, tumayo si Solomon sa harap ng altar ni Yahweh at iniunat ang kanyang mga kamay. 13 Gumawa siya ng isang entabladong tanso, dalawa't kalahating metro ang haba gayundin ang luwang at isa't kalahating metro ang taas. Ito ay pinagawa sa gitna ng bulwagan. 14 Nanalangin siya ng ganito:
“Yahweh, Diyos ng Israel, walang Diyos na katulad ninyo sa langit man o sa lupa. Tinutupad ninyo ang inyong pangako sa inyong mga lingkod. Tapat ang pag-ibig na ipinapakita ninyo sa kanila habang sila'y nananatiling tapat sa inyo. 15 Tinupad ninyo ngayon ang inyong pangako sa inyong lingkod na si David na aking ama. 16 Yahweh,(D) Diyos ng Israel, patuloy sana ninyong tuparin ang inyong pangako kay David na inyong lingkod nang sabihin ninyo sa kanya: ‘Hindi ko ipapahintulot na ang iyong angkan ay mawalan ng isang nakaupo sa trono ng Israel kung susunod ang iyong mga anak sa Kautusan ko, tulad ng ginawa mo.’ 17 Pagtibayin po ninyo Yahweh, Diyos ng Israel, ang mga pangakong binitiwan ninyo sa aking amang si David na inyong lingkod.
18 “Subalit(E) maaari po bang manirahan sa lupa ang Diyos? Kung ang langit, ang kataas-taasang langit, ay hindi sapat na maging tahanan ninyo, ito pa kayang hamak na Templong aking itinayo? 19 Gayunman, pakinggan po ninyo Yahweh, aking Diyos, ang panalangin at pagsusumamo ng inyong lingkod. 20 Huwag(F) ninyong iwaglit sa inyong paningin araw-gabi ang Templong ito, yamang ipinangako ninyong dito sasambahin ang inyong pangalan. Pakinggan sana ninyo ako kapag ako'y humarap sa Templong ito at nananalangin.
Ang Panalangin ni Solomon para sa Sambayanan
21 “Pakinggan po ninyo ang inyong lingkod at ang inyong bayan tuwing kami'y mananalangin na nakaharap sa lugar na ito. Pakinggan ninyo kami mula sa langit na inyong tahanan at sana'y patawarin ninyo kami.
22 “Sakaling magkasala ang isang tao sa kanyang kapwa at siya'y panumpain sa harap ng inyong altar sa Templong ito, 23 pakinggan po ninyo siya, Yahweh, buhat sa langit. Kayo ang humatol sa inyong mga lingkod. Parusahan ninyo ang nagkasala ayon sa bigat ng kanyang kasalanan at pagpalain ang walang sala.
24 “Sakaling ang inyong bayang Israel ay matalo ng kaaway dahil sa kanilang pagkakasala sa inyo, sa sandaling sila'y magbalik-loob sa inyo, kumilala ng inyong kapangyarihan, nanalangin at nagsumamo sa inyo sa Templong ito, 25 pakinggan po ninyo sila mula diyan sa langit. Patawarin po ninyo ang inyong bayan at ibalik ninyo sila sa lupaing inyong ibinigay sa kanilang mga ninuno.
26 “Kapag pinigil ninyo ang ulan sapagkat nagkasala sa inyo ang inyong bayang Israel, at kung sila'y manalangin sa Templong ito, magpuri sa inyong pangalan at magsisi sa kanilang kasalanan at kilalaning iyon ang dahilan ng inyong pagpaparusa, 27 pakinggan po ninyo sila mula sa langit. Patawarin ninyo ang inyong mga lingkod, ang inyong bayang Israel. Ituro ninyo sa kanila ang landas na dapat nilang tahakin. Papatakin na ninyo ang ulan sa lupaing ipinamana ninyo sa inyong bayan.
28 “Kapag nagkaroon ng taggutom at salot sa lupain, kung malanta at matuyo ang mga halaman, kung ang mga ito'y salantain ng higad at balang, at kung ang alinman sa kanilang mga lunsod ay makubkob ng kaaway, kung lumaganap ang sakit at salot, 29 sa sandaling ang inyong bayang Israel o sinuman sa kanila ay magsisi at iunat ang mga kamay na nananalangin paharap sa lugar na ito upang tumawag at magmakaawa sa iyo, 30 pakinggan ninyo sila mula sa langit na inyong trono at patawarin ninyo sila. Ibigay ninyo sa bawat isa ang nararapat sa kanyang mga gawa, sapagkat kayo lamang ang nakakaalam ng nilalaman ng puso ng tao. 31 Sa ganoon, mananatili silang may takot sa inyo habang sila'y nabubuhay dito sa lupaing ibinigay ninyo sa aming mga ninuno. 32 Idinadalangin ko rin ang dayuhang mula sa malayong lugar at hindi kabilang sa inyong bayang Israel na magsasadya sa Templong ito upang manalangin sapagkat nabalitaan ang inyong dakilang pangalan at kapangyarihan. 33 Pakinggan ninyo siya mula sa langit na inyong trono at ipagkaloob ninyo sa kanya ang kanyang hinihiling. Sa ganoon, kikilalanin ng lahat ng tao sa daigdig ang inyong pangalan. At tulad ng Israel, malalaman nila na kayo ay sinasamba sa Templong ito.
34 “Kapag ang inyong bayan ay nakipagdigma laban sa kanilang mga kaaway bilang pagsunod sa inyong utos, at sila'y nanalangin na nakaharap sa lunsod na ito na inyong pinili at sa Templong aking ipinatayo upang dito'y sambahin kayo, 35 pakinggan po ninyo sila mula sa langit. Pagtagumpayin ninyo sila.
36 “Kapag ang inyong bayan ay nagkasala sa inyo (at walang taong hindi nagkakasala) at dahil sa galit ninyo'y pinabayaan ninyo silang matalo at dalhing-bihag ng kanilang mga kaaway sa malayo o malapit na lupain, 37 kung sa lupaing pinagdalhan sa kanila'y makilala nila ang kanilang kamalian at tanggaping sila'y nagkasala at nagpakasama, 38 sa sandaling sila'y magsisi nang taos-puso at magbalik-loob sa inyo at mula roo'y humarap sila sa lupaing ibinigay mo sa kanilang mga ninuno, sa lunsod na ito na iyong pinili at sa Templong ito na aking ipinatayo upang dito'y sambahin kayo, 39 pakinggan ninyo sila mula sa langit na inyong tahanan. Pakinggan ninyo ang kanilang panalangin at pagsusumamo at iligtas ninyo sila. Patawarin ninyo ang inyong bayan sa kanilang pagkakasala sa inyo. 40 Pagmasdan ninyo kami, O Diyos, at pakinggan ang mga panalanging iniaalay sa lugar na ito.
41 ‘Sa(G) iyong tahanan, Panginoong Yahweh, pumasok ka kasama ang Kaban,
ang Kaban na sagisag ng inyong kapangyarihan.
Iyong mga pari, hayaang magpahayag ng iyong kaligtasan,
ang mga hinirang sumigaw sa galak!
42 Huwag ninyong itakwil, Panginoong Yahweh, ang pinili ninyong hari.
Alalahanin ninyo ang inyong tapat na pag-ibig kay David na inyong lingkod.’”
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