Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;(A) I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.(B)

While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them. Then he said:

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hands has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David. For he said, ‘Since the day I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over my people Israel. But now I have chosen Jerusalem(C) for my Name(D) to be there, and I have chosen David(E) to rule my people Israel.’

“My father David had it in his heart(F) to build a temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name. Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

10 “The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 11 There I have placed the ark, in which is the covenant(G) of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication(H)(I)

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 Now he had made a bronze platform,(J) five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,[a] and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down(K) before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. 14 He said:

Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you(L) in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love(M) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 15 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised(N) and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

16 “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail(O) to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law,(P) as you have done.’ 17 And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

18 “But will God really dwell(Q) on earth with humans? The heavens,(R) even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! 19 Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. 20 May your eyes(S) be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name(T) there. May you hear(U) the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 21 Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.(V)

22 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath(W) and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, 23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning(X) the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

24 “When your people Israel have been defeated(Y) by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

26 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(Z) because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 27 then hear from heaven and forgive(AA) the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

28 “When famine(AB) or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— 30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive,(AC) and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),(AD) 31 so that they will fear you(AE) and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

32 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come(AF) from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand(AG) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 33 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner(AH) asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

34 “When your people go to war against their enemies,(AI) wherever you send them, and when they pray(AJ) to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

36 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(AK)—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive(AL) to a land far away or near; 37 and if they have a change of heart(AM) in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’; 38 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; 39 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive(AN) your people, who have sinned against you.

40 “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive(AO) to the prayers offered in this place.

41 “Now arise,(AP) Lord God, and come to your resting place,(AQ)
    you and the ark of your might.
May your priests,(AR) Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
    may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.(AS)
42 Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.(AT)
    Remember the great love(AU) promised to David your servant.”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:13 That is, about 7 1/2 feet long and wide and 4 1/2 feet high or about 2.3 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high

Nang magkagayo'y nagsalita si Salomon, Ang Panginoo'y nagsabi na siya'y tatahan sa salimuot na kadiliman,

Nguni't ipinagtayo kita ng isang bahay na tahanan, at isang dako na ukol sa iyo na tahanan magpakailan man.

At ipinihit ng hari ang kaniyang mukha, at binasbasan ang buong kapisanan ng Israel: at ang buong kapisanan ng Israel ay tumayo.

At kaniyang sinabi, Purihin ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, na nagsalita ng kaniyang bibig kay David na aking ama, at tinupad ng kaniyang mga kamay, na sinasabi,

Mula sa araw na aking ilabas ang aking bayan mula sa lupain ng Egipto, hindi ako pumili ng siyudad mula sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel upang pagtayuan ng bahay, upang ang aking pangalan ay dumoon; o pumili man ako ng sinomang lalake upang maging pangulo sa aking bayang Israel:

Kundi aking pinili ang Jerusalem upang ang aking pangalan ay dumoon; aking pinili si David upang mamahala sa aking bayang Israel.

Nasa puso nga ni David na aking ama ang ipagtayo ng isang bahay ang pangalan ng Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel.

Nguni't sinabi ng Panginoon kay David na aking ama, Yamang nasa iyong puso ang ipagtayo ng isang bahay ang aking pangalan, mabuti ang iyong ginawa na inakala mo sa iyong puso;

Gayon ma'y hindi mo itatayo ang bahay; kundi ang iyong anak na lalabas sa iyong mga balakang ay siyang magtatayo ng bahay na ukol sa aking pangalan.

10 At tinupad ng Panginoon ang kaniyang salita na kaniyang sinalita; sapagka't ako'y bumangon na kahalili ni David na aking ama, at umupo sa luklukan ng Israel, gaya ng ipinangako ng Panginoon, at nagtayo ako ng bahay na ukol sa pangalan ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel.

11 At doo'y aking inilagay ang kaban na kinaroroonan ng tipan ng Panginoon, na kaniyang ginawa sa mga anak ni Israel.

12 At siya'y tumayo sa harap ng dambana ng Panginoon sa harapan ng buong kapisanan ng Israel, at iniunat ang kaniyang mga kamay:

13 (Sapagka't gumawa si Salomon ng isang tungtungang tanso, na may limang siko ang haba, at limang siko ang luwang, at tatlong siko ang taas, at inilagay sa gitna ng looban; at sa ibabaw niyao'y tumayo siya, at lumuhod ng kaniyang mga tuhod sa harap ng buong kapisanan ng Israel, at iginawad ang kaniyang mga kamay sa dakong langit:)

14 At kaniyang sinabi, Oh Panginoon ang Dios ng Israel, walang Dios na gaya mo, sa langit o sa lupa; na nagiingat ng tipan at ng kaawaan sa iyong mga lingkod, na nagsisilakad sa harap mo ng kanilang buong puso:

15 Na siyang tumupad sa iyong lingkod na kay David na aking ama, ng iyong ipinangako sa kaniya: oo, ikaw ay nagsalita ng iyong bibig, at tinupad mo ng iyong kamay, gaya sa araw na ito.

16 Ngayon nga, Oh Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, tuparin mo sa iyong lingkod na kay David na aking ama ang iyong ipinangako sa kaniya, na iyong sinasabi, Hindi magkukulang sa iyo ng lalake sa aking paningin na uupo sa luklukan ng Israel; kung ang iyong mga anak lamang ay magsisipagingat ng kanilang lakad, na magsisilakad sa aking kautusan, gaya ng inilakad mo sa harap ko.

17 Ngayon nga, Oh Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, papangyarihin mo ang iyong salita na iyong sinalita sa iyong lingkod na kay David.

18 Nguni't katotohanan bang ang Dios ay tatahang kasama ng mga tao sa lupa? narito, sa langit, at sa langit ng mga langit ay hindi ka magkasiya; gaano pa nga sa bahay na ito na aking itinayo!

19 Gayon ma'y iyong pakundanganan ang dalangin ng iyong lingkod, at ang kaniyang samo, Oh Panginoon kong Dios, na dinggin ang daing at ang dalangin na idinadalangin ng iyong lingkod sa harap mo:

20 Na anopa't ang iyong mga mata ay idilat sa dako ng bahay na ito araw at gabi, sa makatuwid baga'y sa gawi ng dakong iyong pinagsabihan na iyong ilalagay ang iyong pangalan doon: upang dinggin ang dalangin na idadalangin ng iyong lingkod sa dakong ito.

21 At dinggin mo ang mga samo ng iyong lingkod, at ng iyong bayang Israel, pagka sila'y dadalangin sa gawi ng dakong ito: oo, dinggin mo mula sa iyong tahanang dako, sa makatuwid baga'y mula sa langit; at pagka iyong narinig ay patawarin mo.

22 Kung ang isang tao ay magkasala laban sa kaniyang kapuwa, at papanumpain siya upang siya'y sumumpa, at siya'y pumarito at manumpa sa harap ng iyong dambana sa bahay na ito:

23 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, at iyong gawin, at hatulan mo ang iyong mga lingkod, na papagbayarin ang masama, upang iyong dalhin ang kaniyang lakad sa kaniyang sariling ulo: at patotohanan ang matuwid, upang bigyan siya ng ayon sa kaniyang katuwiran.

24 At kung ang iyong bayang Israel ay masaktan sa harap ng kaaway, dahil sa sila'y nagkasala laban sa iyo, at magbabalik-loob, at kikilalanin ang iyong pangalan, at mananalangin at mamamanhik sa harap mo sa bahay na ito:

25 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, at ipatawad mo ang sala ng iyong bayang Israel, at dalhin mo sila uli sa lupain na iyong ibinigay sa kanila at sa kanilang mga magulang.

26 Pagka ang langit ay nasarhan, at walang ulan, dahil sa sila'y nagkasala laban sa iyo: kung sila'y dumalangin sa gawi ng dakong ito, at kilalanin ang iyong pangalan, at talikdan ang kanilang kasalanan, pagka iyong pinagdadalamhati sila:

27 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, at ipatawad mo ang kasalanan ng iyong mga lingkod, at ng iyong bayang Israel, pagka iyong tinuturuan sila ng mabuting daan na kanilang lalakaran; at hulugan mo ng ulan ang iyong lupain na iyong ibinigay sa iyong bayan na pinakamana.

28 Kung magkaroon ng kagutom sa lupain, kung magkaroon ng salot, kung magkaroon ng pagkalanta o amag, balang o tipaklong; kung kubkubin sila ng kanilang mga kaaway sa lupain ng kanilang mga bayan; anomang salot o anomang sakit na magkaroon;

29 Anomang dalangin at samo na gawin ng sinomang tao, o ng iyong buong bayang Israel, pagka makikilala ng bawa't isa ang kaniyang sariling salot at ang kaniyang sariling sakit, at igagawad ang kaniyang mga kamay sa dako ng bahay na ito:

30 Dinggin mo nga sa langit na iyong tahanang dako, at iyong ipatawad, at gantihin mo ang bawa't tao, ng ayon sa lahat niyang mga lakad, na ang puso ay iyong natataho: (sapagka't ikaw, sa makatuwid baga'y ikaw lamang, ang nakatataho ng mga puso ng mga anak ng mga tao;)

31 Upang sila'y mangatakot sa iyo, upang magsilakad sa iyong mga daan, samantalang sila'y nangabubuhay sa lupain na iyong ibinigay sa aming mga magulang.

32 Bukod dito'y tungkol sa taga ibang lupa, na hindi sa iyong bayang Israel, pagka siya'y magbubuhat sa isang malayong lupain dahil sa iyong dakilang pangalan, at sa iyong makapangyarihang kamay, at sa iyong unat na bisig; pagka sila'y magsisiparito at magsisidalangin sa dako ng bahay na ito:

33 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, sa makatuwid baga'y sa iyong tahanang dako, at gawin mo ang ayon sa lahat na itawag sa iyo ng taga ibang lupa; upang makilala ng lahat ng mga bayan sa lupa ang iyong pangalan, at mangatakot sa iyo, na gaya ng iyong bayang Israel, at upang kanilang makilala na ang bahay na ito na aking itinayo ay tinatawag sa pamamagitan ng iyong pangalan.

34 Kung ang iyong bayan ay lumabas sa pakikipagbaka laban sa kanilang mga kaaway, saan mo man sila suguin, at manalangin sa iyo sa dako ng bayang ito na iyong pinili, at sa dako ng bahay na aking itinayo na ukol sa iyong pangalan:

35 Dinggin mo nga sa langit ang kanilang dalangin at ang kanilang samo, at alalayan mo ang kanilang usap.

36 Kung sila'y magkasala laban sa iyo, (sapagka't walang tao na di nagkakasala,) at ikaw ay magalit sa kanila, at ibigay mo sila sa kaaway, na anopa't sila'y dalhing bihag sa isang lupaing malayo o malapit;

37 Gayon ma'y kung sila'y magbulay sa kanilang sarili sa lupain na pagdadalhang bihag sa kanila, at magbalik-loob, at sumamo sa iyo sa lupain ng kanilang pagkabihag, na sasabihin, Kami ay nangagkasala, kami ay nagsigawa ng kalikuan, at nagsigawa ng kasamaan;

38 Kung sila'y nangagbalik-loob sa iyo ng buong puso nila at ng buong kaluluwa nila sa lupain ng kanilang pagkabihag, saan man sila dalhing bihag, at manalangin sa dako ng kanilang lupain na iyong ibinigay sa kanilang mga magulang, at ng bayan na iyong pinili, at sa dako ng bahay na aking itinayo na ukol sa iyong pangalan:

39 Dinggin mo nga sa langit, sa makatuwid baga'y sa iyong tahanang dako, ang kanilang dalangin at ang kanilang mga pamanhik, at alalayan mo ang kanilang usap; at patawarin mo ang iyong bayan na nagkasala laban sa iyo.

40 Ngayon, Oh Dios ko, isinasamo ko sa iyo na iyong idilat ang iyong mga mata, at pakinggan ng iyong mga pakinig ang dalangin na gawin sa dakong ito.

41 Ngayon nga'y bumangon ka, Oh Panginoong Dios, sa iyong pahingahang dako, ikaw, at ang kaban ng iyong kalakasan: suutan mo ng kaligtasan, Oh Panginoong Dios, ang iyong mga saserdote, at ang iyong mga banal ay mangagalak sa kabutihan.

42 Oh Panginoon, Dios, huwag mong papihitin ang mukha ng iyong pinahiran ng langis: alalahanin mo ang iyong mga kaawaan kay David na iyong lingkod.

Then said Sh’lomo, Hashem hath said that He would dwell in a dark cloud.

But I have built Thee a lofty Beis, even a place for Thee to dwell olamim.

And HaMelech turned his face, v’yevarech at kol Kehal Yisroel, and all the Kehal Yisroel stood.

And he said, Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who hath with His hands fulfilled that which He spoke with His mouth to Dovid Avi, saying,

Since HaYom when I brought forth Ami out of Eretz Mitzrayim I chose no city among all the Shivtei Yisroel to build a Bais in, that Shmi might be there; neither chose I any ish to be a Nagid over Ami Yisroel,

But I chose Yerushalayim, that Shmi might be there; and chose Dovid to be over Ami Yisroel.

Now it was in the levav Dovid Avi to build a Bais for the Shem of Hashem Elohei Yisroel.

But Hashem said to Dovid Avi, Because it was in levavcha to build a Bais for Shmi, thou didst well in that it was in levavcha.

Nevertheless thou shalt not build HaBeis; but bincha (your Son) which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build HaBeis for Shmi.

10 Hashem therefore hath performed His Devar that He hath spoken; for I am risen up after Dovid Avi, and I sit on the kisse Yisroel, just as Hashem promised, and I built HaBeis for the Shem of Hashem Elohei Yisroel.

11 And in it have I put the Aron, wherein is the Brit Hashem that He cut with the Bnei Yisroel.

12 And he stood before the Mizbe’ach Hashem in front kol Kehal Yisroel, and spread forth his hands;

13 For Sh’lomo had made a kiyyor nechoshet (bronze platform) five cubits long, and five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the Azarah [see 4:9], and upon it he stood, and knelt down upon his knees before kol Kehal Yisroel, and spread forth his hands toward Shomayim.

14 And said, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, ein kmocha Elohim (there is no G-d like Thee) in Shomayim, nor in Ha’aretz; shomer HaBrit, who showest chesed unto Thy avadim, that walk before Thee with all their hearts.

15 Thou which has been shomer over Thy eved Dovid Avi over that which Thou hast promised him; and spoke with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thine hand, as it is this day.

16 Now therefore, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, be shomer over Dovid Avi to keep that which Thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee an ish in My sight to sit upon the Kisse Yisroel; if only Banecha are shomer over their way to walk in My torah, as thou hast walked before Me.

17 Now then, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, let Thy Davar come true, which Thou hast spoken unto Thy eved Dovid.

18 But will Elohim really dwell with HaAdam on ha’aretz? Hinei, Shomayim and the Shmei HaShomayim cannot contain Thee; how much less this Beis which I built!

19 Yet give attention to the tefillah of Thy eved, and to his techinnah (supplication), O Hashem Elohai, to pay heed unto the cry and the tefillah which Thy eved prayeth before Thee;

20 That Thine eyes may be open toward this Beis yomam valailah, toward the makom (place) whereof Thou hast said that Thou wouldest put Shimcha there; to pay heed unto the tefillah which Thy eved prayeth toward this makom.

21 Pay heed therefore unto the tachanunei Avdecha (suppplications of Thy servant), and of Thy people Yisroel, which they shall daven toward this place; hear Thou from Thy dwelling place, even from Shomayim; and when Thou hearest, salachta (forgive).

22 If an ish sin against his neighbor, and he is made to swear under oath and he swears an oath before Thine Mizbe’ach in this Beis,

23 Then hear Thou from Shomayim, and act, and judge Thy avadim, by requiting the guilty, by recompensing his way upon his own rosh; and by justifying the tzaddik, by giving him according to his tzedakah.

24 And if thy people Yisroel be defeated before the oyev (enemy), because they have sinned against Thee; and shall return and confess Shmecha, and pray and make techinnah before Thee in this Beis,

25 Then hear Thou from Shomayim, and forgive the sin of Thy people Yisroel, and bring them back to HaAdamah which Thou gave to them and to Avoteichem.

26 When Shomayim is shut up, and there is no matar (rain), because they have sinned against Thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess Shmecha, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;

27 Then hear Thou from Shomayim, and forgive the sin of Thy avadim, and of Thy people Yisroel, when Thou hast taught them the Derech HaTovah, wherein they should walk; and send matar upon Thy land, which Thou hast given unto Thy people for a nachalah.

28 If there be ra’av (hunger, famine) in the land, if there be dever, if there be blight, or mildew, locust, or grasshopper; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever nega or machalah there be,

29 Then what tefillah or what techinnah soever shall be made of kol ha’adam, or of all Thy people Yisroel, when every one shall know his own nega and his own pain, and shall spread forth his hands in this Beis,

30 Then hear Thou from Shomayim Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose lev Thou knowest; (for Thou only knowest the hearts of the Bnei HaAdam),

31 That they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, so long as they live in HaAdamah which Thou gavest unto Avoteinu.

32 Also concerning the nokhri, who is not of Thy people Yisroel, but is come from a far country for the sake of Shimcha Hagadol, Thy yad hachazakeh, and Thy zero’a stretched out; if they come and pray toward this Beis,

33 Then hear Thou from Shomayim, even from Thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the nokhri calleth for to Thee, that kol Amei Ha’aretz may know Shmecha, and fear Thee, as doth Thy people Yisroel, and may know that this Beis which I have built is called by Shimcha.

34 If Thy people go out to milchamah against their enemies by the derech that Thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Thee toward this city which Thou hast chosen, and the Beis which I have built for Shmecha,

35 Then hear Thou from Shomayim their tefillah and their techinnah, and uphold their mishpat.

36 If they sin against Thee, (for there is no adam which sinneth not), and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captive unto an Eretz rechokah or kerovah,

37 Yet if they change in their heart in the land where they are carried captive, and repent and supplicate unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, Chatanu (we have sinned), he’evnu (we have done wrong), and rashanu (we acted wickedly);

38 If they return to Thee with all their lev and with all their nefesh in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto Avotam, and toward HaIr which Thou hast chosen, and toward the Beis which I have built for Thy Shem,

39 Then hear Thou from Shomayim, even from Thy dwelling place, their tefillah and their techinnah, and uphold their mishpat, and forgive Thy people which have sinned against Thee.

40 Now, Elohai, may Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attentive unto the tefillah that is davened in this place.

41 Now therefore arise, Hashem Elohim, into Thy resting place, Thou, and the Aron of Thy might; let Thy Kohanim, Hashem Elohim, be clothed with Teshu’ah, and let Thy Chasidim rejoice in goodness.

42 Hashem Elohim, turn not away the face of Thine Moshiach. Remember the Chasdei Dovid Avdecha.