2 Chronicles 7
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 7
1 When Solomon had ended his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, after which the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 The priests could not enter the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord had filled it.
3 When all the Israelites beheld the fire descending and the glory of the Lord upon the temple, they bowed down upon the pavement with their faces to the ground. Then they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying:
“For he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.”
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 King Solomon offered as a sacrifice twenty-two thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
The Dedication. 6 The priests stood at their appointed posts, as did the Levites, with the musical instruments for the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—for his love endures forever—whenever David used them to offer praise to their accompaniment. Opposite them the priests sounded their trumpets while all the Israelites stood.[a]
7 Then Solomon consecrated the middle part of the court that lay in front of the house of the Lord. There he presented the burnt offerings and the fatty portions of the shared offerings because the bronze altar which he had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fatty parts.
8 After that Solomon, and all Israel with him, a massive congregation, from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi of Egypt, celebrated the festival for seven days. 9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, inasmuch as they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days.
10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people back to their homes rejoicing and happy in heart because of all the wonderful things that the Lord had granted to David, to Solomon, and to his people Israel. 11 Solomon had completed the house of the Lord and the royal palace. Everything that he had been determined to accomplish in the house of the Lord and in his own house had been successfully completed.
12 God’s Warning to Solomon. Then the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send a pestilence to overcome my people, 14 and if then my people who bear my name humble themselves and pray to me and seek my presence as they turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear them from heaven and forgive their sins and restore their land.
15 “Then my eyes will be open and my ears will be attentive to the prayers that are offered in this place. 16 For now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that my name may be there forever and my eyes and my heart shall constantly be there.
17 “As for you, if you on your part live in my presence as your father David lived, doing everything that I have commanded you and observing my laws and my decrees, 18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I promised by a covenant with your father David when I said: ‘You shall never lack a male successor of yours to rule over Israel.’
19 “However, if you turn away and forsake my laws and my commandments which I have laid down for you, and then proceed to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot the people from the land which I have given them. I will cast from my sight this temple which I have consecrated for my name, cast it out of my sight, and make it a byword and an object of ridicule for all people.
21 “And in regard to this temple that was once so exalted, everyone who passes by it will be appalled at the sight and ask: ‘Why has the Lord allowed this to happen[b] to this land and to this house?’ 22 Then others will reply: ‘Because the people abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt. Instead, they adopted other gods, whom they worshiped and served. That is why the Lord has brought all these disasters upon them.’ ”
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 The reference to the Psalms is clear. But on this point see the introduction to the Book of Psalms.
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 Allowed this to happen: it’s easier to accept that God punishes those who commit sinful acts, but thousands of years later good people continue to grapple with the question of unmerited hardship and random violence. Even Solomon’s wisdom does not provide the answer to God’s allowing will. Only faith will suffice.
2-я Паралипоменон 7
New Russian Translation
Освящение храма(A)
7 Когда Соломон закончил молиться, с небес сошел огонь, который пожрал всесожжения и жертвы, и слава Господня наполнила дом. 2 Священники не могли войти в дом Господа, потому что слава Господня наполняла его. 3 Когда все израильтяне увидели, как сошел огонь, и увидели славу Господню над домом, они пали ниц на мостовую, лицами к земле, и поклонились, и возблагодарили Господа, говоря:
– Он благ;
милость Его – навеки!
4 Затем царь и весь народ стали приносить жертвы перед Господом. 5 Царь Соломон принес в жертву двадцать две тысячи голов крупного скота и сто двадцать тысяч мелкого скота. Так царь и весь народ освятили дом Божий. 6 Священники заняли свои места, а с ними и левиты с музыкальными инструментами Господа, которые царь Давид сделал, чтобы славить Господа, и на которых играли, когда он возносил благодарение, говоря: «Милость Его – навеки». Напротив левитов священники трубили в свои трубы, а все израильтяне стояли.
7 Соломон освятил среднюю часть двора перед Господним домом и принес там всесожжения и жир жертв примирения, потому что бронзовый жертвенник, который он сделал, не вмещал всесожжений, хлебных приношений и жир жертв.
8 Соломон, а с ним и весь Израиль – огромное собрание от Лево-Хамата[a] до речки на границе Египта – отметили тогда семидневный праздник Шалашей. 9 На восьмой день они устроили собрание: семь дней праздновали освящение жертвенника, и еще семь дней – праздник. 10 На двадцать третий день седьмого месяца он отпустил по домам народ, который радовался и веселился сердцем о благе, что Господь сделал Давиду, Соломону и Своему народу Израилю.
Господь является Соломону(B)
11 Когда Соломон закончил строительство Господнего дома и царского дворца и успешно завершил все, что думал сделать в Господнем доме и в своем дворце, 12 Господь явился ему ночью и сказал:
– Я услышал твою молитву и избрал это место Себе как дом для жертвоприношений.
13 Когда Я затворю небеса и не будет дождя, или повелю саранче объесть землю, или нашлю мор на Мой народ, 14 тогда, если Мой народ, который называется Моим именем, смирит себя, станет молиться и искать Моего лица и оставит свои злые пути, то Я услышу с небес, прощу их грех и исцелю их землю. 15 Теперь Мои глаза будут открыты и Мои уши будут чутки к молитвам, которые станут возносить на этом месте. 16 Я избрал и освятил этот дом, чтобы Мое имя пребывало здесь навеки. Мои глаза и сердце будут здесь всегда.
17 А ты, если будешь ходить предо Мной, как ходил твой отец Давид, исполнять все, что Я повелю, и соблюдать Мои установления и законы, 18 то Я упрочу твой царский престол по завету, который Я заключил с Давидом, твоим отцом, сказав: «Ты не лишишься преемника, который бы правил Израилем».
19 Но если вы отвернетесь и оставите Мои установления и повеления, которые Я дал вам, и пойдете служить другим богам и поклоняться им, 20 то Я искореню Израиль из Моей земли, которую Я дал им, и отвергну этот дом, который Я освятил для Своего имени. Я сделаю его притчей и посмешищем у всех народов. 21 И хотя этот дом сейчас превознесен, всякий, кто пройдет мимо, поразится и спросит: «За что же Господь обошелся так с этой страной и с этим домом?» 22 А отвечать будут: «Потому что они оставили Господа, Бога их отцов, Который вывел их из Египта, приняли других богов, поклонялись и служили им – вот за что Он навел на них все эти беды».
Footnotes
- 7:8 Или: «от перевала в Хамат».
2 Chronicles 7
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Dedication Ceremonies
7 When Solomon finished praying,(A) fire descended from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices,(B) and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 The priests were not able to enter the Lord’s temple because the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord. 3 All the Israelites were watching when the fire descended and the glory of the Lord came on the temple. They bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground. They worshipped and praised the Lord:
For he is good,
for his faithful love endures for ever.(C)
4 The king and all the people offered sacrifices in the Lord’s presence.(D) 5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. In this manner the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple. 6 The priests and the Levites were standing at their stations. The Levites had the musical instruments of the Lord, which King David had made to give thanks to the Lord – ‘for his faithful love endures for ever’ – when he offered praise with them.(E) Opposite the Levites, the priests were blowing trumpets, and all the people were standing. 7 Since the bronze altar that Solomon had made(F) could not accommodate the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, Solomon first consecrated the middle of the courtyard(G) that was in front of the Lord’s temple and then offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings there.(H)
8 So Solomon and all Israel with him – a very great assembly, from the entrance to Hamath[a] to the Brook of Egypt – observed the festival at that time for seven days. 9 On the eighth day[b] they held a solemn assembly,(I) for the dedication of the altar lasted seven days and the festival seven days. 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people home,[c] rejoicing and with happy hearts for the goodness the Lord had done for David, for Solomon, and for his people Israel.
11 So Solomon finished the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. Everything that had entered Solomon’s heart to do for the Lord’s temple and for his own palace succeeded.(J)
The Lord’s Response
12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:
I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple of sacrifice.(K) 13 If I shut the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on my people,(L) 14 and my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.(M) 15 My eyes will now be open and my ears attentive to prayer from this place.(N) 16 And I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.(O)
17 As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep my statutes and ordinances, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man ruling in Israel.(P)
19 However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,(Q) 20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for my name I will banish from my presence;(R) I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.(S) 21 As for this temple, which was exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will say,(T) ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’ 22 Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They clung to other gods and bowed in worship to them and served them. Because of this, he brought all this ruin on them.’
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