1 Kings 8

1 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

1 حِينَئِذٍ جَمَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ جَمِيعَ رُؤَسَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَكُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ الأَسْبَاطِ وَالْعَشَائِرِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِنَقْلِ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ صِهْيَوْنَ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ.

2 And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

2 فَتَوَافَدَ جَمِيعُ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي عِيدِ الْمَظَالِّ الْوَاقِعِ فِي شَهْرِ أَيْثَانِيمَ (تِشْرِينَ الأَوَّلِ – أُكْتُوبَرَ).

3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

3 فَاحْتَشَدَ كُلُّ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَحَمَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ التَّابُوتَ،

4 and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

4 وَنَقَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ تَابُوتَ الرَّبِّ مَعَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ وَسَائِرِ الأَوَانِي الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي فِي الْخَيْمَةِ.

5 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

5 وَكَانَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُلْتَفِّينَ حَوْلَهُ أَمَامَ التَّابُوتِ يَذْبَحُونَ مَا لَا يُحْصَى وَلا يُعَدُّ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَالْبَقَرِ.

6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

6 وَأَدْخَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ تَابُوتَ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ فِي مِحْرَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ، فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، تَحْتَ جَنَاحَيِ الْكَرُوبَيْنِ

7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

7 اللَّذَيْنِ كَانَا بَاسِطَيْنِ أَجْنِحَتَهُمَا فَوْقَ مَقَرِّ التَّابُوتِ، مُظَلِّلَينِ التَّابُوتَ وَعِصِيَّهُ.

8 The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

8 وَسَحَبُوا أَطْرَافَ الْعِصِيِّ، فَبَدَتْ رُؤُوسُهَا مِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ أَمَامَ الْمِحْرَابِ، وَلَمْ يَسْبِقْ أَنْ شُوهِدَتْ خَارِجَةً مِنْ حَلَقَاتِهَا، وَهِيَ مَا بَرِحَتْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

9 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي التَّابُوتِ سِوَى لَوْحَيِ الْحَجَرِ اللَّذَيْنِ وَضَعَهُمَا مُوسَى فِي حُورِيبَ حِينَ عَاهَدَ الرَّبُّ أَبْنَاءَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

10 وَمَا إِنْ خَرَجَ الْكَهَنَةُ مِنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ حَتَّى مَلأَ السَّحَابُ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ،

11 so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

11 فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْكَهَنَةُ الْقِيَامَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ السَّحَابِ، لأَنَّ مَجْدَ الرَّبِّ مَلأَ الْهَيْكَلَ.

12 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

12 عِنْدَئِذٍ هَتَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِنَّهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي الضَّبَابِ،

13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

13 وَلَكِنِّي قَدْ بَنَيْتُ لَكَ هَيْكَلاً رَائِعاً، مَقَرّاً لِسُكْنَاكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

14 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

14 وَفِيمَا كَانَتْ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَاقِفَةً هُنَاكَ، الْتَفَتَ الْمَلِكُ نَحْوَهُمْ وَبَارَكَهُمْ جَمِيعاً،

15 and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

15 قَائِلاً: «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي حَقَّقَ الْيَوْمَ وَعْدَهُ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ قَائِلاً:

16 ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

16 ’مُنْذُ أَنْ أَخْرَجْتُ شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ مِصْرَ لَمْ أَخْتَرْ مَدِينَةً مِنْ مُدُنِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُبْنَى لِي فِيهَا هَيْكَلٌ، لَكِنِّي اخْتَرْتُ دَاوُدَ قَائِداً لِشَعْبِي.‘

17 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

17 وَقَدْ نَوَى دَاوُدُ أَبِي أَنْ يُشَيِّدَ هَيْكَلاً لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

18 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

18 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي:’لَقَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ إِذْ نَوَيْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ أَنْ تَبْنِيَ لِي هَيْكَلاً،

19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

19 إِلّا أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ لَنْ تَبْنِيَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ، بَلِ ابْنُكَ الْخَارِجُ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ هُوَ يُشَيِّدُهُ لاسْمِي‘.

20 Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

20 وَأَوْفَى الرَّبُّ بِمَا وَعَدَ بِهِ، فَخَلَفْتُ أَنَا دَاوُدَ أَبِي عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ، وَأَقَمْتُ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلَ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

21 And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

21 وَهَيَّأْتُ فِيهِ مَكَاناً لِلتَّابُوتِ الَّذِي يَضُمُّ عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَ آبَائِنَا عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ».

22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

22 وَانْتَصَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ، فِي مُوَاجَهَةِ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَبَسَطَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ،

23 and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

23 وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لَيْسَ نَظِيرٌ لَكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ وَلا عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَسْفَلُ. أَنْتَ يَا مَنْ تُحَافِظُ عَلَى عَهْدِ الرَّحْمَةِ مَعَ عَبِيدِكَ السَّائِرِينَ أَمَامَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمِ.

24 You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

24 الْيَوْمَ حَقَّقْتَ وَعْدَكَ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ

25 Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

25 فَالآنَ احْفَظْ لأَبِي دَاوُدَ مَا وَعَدْتَهُ بِهِ، إِنَّهُ إِذَا حَذَا أَوْلادُهُ حَذْوَهُ، وَسَارُوا فِي طَرِيقِكَ، فَسَيَجْلِسُ دَوْماً وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

26 And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

26 وَالآنَ يَا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَقِّقْ وُعُودَكَ الَّتِي تَعَهَّدْتَ بِها لأَبِي دَاوُدَ.

27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

27 وَلَكِنْ هَلْ يَسْكُنُ اللهُ حَقّاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ؟ إِنْ كَانَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ، بَلِ السَّمَاوَاتُ الْعُلَى لَا تَسَعُكَ فَكَيْفَ يَتَّسِعُ لَكَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلُ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُ؟

28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

28 فَأَصْغِ لابْتِهَالِ عَبْدِكَ وَإِلَى تَضَرُّعِهِ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، وَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى صَوْتِ الدُّعَاءِ وَالصَّلاةِ الَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا عَبْدُكَ أَمَامَكَ الْيَوْمَ،

29 May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

29 حَتَّى لَا تَغْفَلَ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً، هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي قُلْتَ إِنَّ اسْمَكَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ، فَتَسْمَعُ الصَّلاةَ الَّتِي يَتَضَرَّعُ بِها عَبْدُكَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

30 Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

30 فَاسْتَمِعْ إِلَى ابْتِهَالِ عَبْدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ. اسْتَمِعْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَمَتَى سَمِعْتَ فَاغْفِرْ.

31 When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

31 وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَأَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْيَمِينَ لِيَحْلِفَهُ، وَحَضَرَ لِيَحْلِفَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ،

32 then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

32 فَاسْتَمِعْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَاعْمَلْ، وَاقْضِ بَيْنَ عَبِيدِكَ، إِذْ تَدِينُ الْمُذْنِبَ وَتَجْعَلُ شَرَّهُ يَقَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَتُنْصِفُ الْبَارَّ وَتُعْلِنُ بَرَاءَتَهُ.

33 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

33 إِذَا انْهَزَمَ شَعْبُكَ أَمَامَ عَدُوِّهِمْ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ، ثُمَّ تَابُوا مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِاسْمِكَ، وَصَلُّوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ،

34 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

34 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْجِعْهُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ.

35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

35 إِذَا أُغْلِقَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَانْحَبَسَ الْمَطَرُ لأَنَّ الشَّعْبَ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ، ثُمَّ صَلُّوا فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِاسْمِكَ، وَتَابُوا عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ لأَنَّكَ أَنْزَلْتَ بِهِمِ الْبَلاءَ،

36 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

36 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطِيئَةِ عَبِيدِكَ وَشَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَعَلِّمْهُمْ سَبِيلَ الْعَيْشِ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ، وَأَمْطِرْ غَيْثاً عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا مِيرَاثاً لِشَعْبِكَ.

37 When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

37 وَإِنْ أَصَابَتِ الأَرْضَ مَجَاعَةٌ، أَوْ تَفَشَّى فِيهَا وَبَأٌ، أَوِ اعْتَرَتْهَا آفَاتٌ زِرَاعِيَّةٌ، أَوْ جَفَافٌ، أَوْ غَزَاهَا الْجَرَادُ وَالْجُنْدُبُ، أَوْ إِذَا حَاصَرَ الشَّعْبَ عَدُوٌّ فِي أَيَّةِ مَدِينَةٍ مِنْ مُدُنِهِ، أَوْ حَلَّتْ بِهِ كَارِثَةٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ،

38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

38 فَحِينَ يُصَلِّي أَوْ يَتَضَرَّعُ أَيُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ مَا ارْتَكَبَهُ مِنْ مَعْصِيَةٍ، وَيَبْسُطُ يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ،

39 be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—

39 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَاصْفَحْ وَاعْمَلْ، وَاجْزِ كُلَّ إِنْسَانٍ بِمُقْتَضَى طُرُقِهِ، لأَنَّكَ تَعْرِفُ قَلْبَهُ، فَأَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ الْمُطَّلِعُ عَلَى خَفَايَا قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ،

40 so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

40 لِكَيْ يَتَّقُوكَ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي يَحْيَوْنَ فِيهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِنَا.

41 And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

41 أَمَّا الْغَرِيبُ الَّذِي لَا يَنْتَمِي إِلَى شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالَّذِي يُقْبِلُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِكَ،

42 for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

42 لأَنَّ الْغُرَبَاءَ يَسْمَعُونَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، وَبِمَا أَجْرَتْهُ يَدُكَ الْقَوِيَّةُ وَذِرَاعُكَ الْمُقْتَدِرَةُ، فَيَحْضُرُونَ وَيُصَلُّونَ فِي هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ،

43 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

43 فَاسْتَجِبْ أَنْتَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَافْعَلْ كُلَّ مَا يُنَاشِدُكَ بِهِ الْغَرِيبُ، فَيُدْعَى بِاسْمِكَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، فَيَخَافُوكَ كَمَا يَخَافُكَ شَعْبُكَ إِسْرَائِيلُ، وَيُدْرِكُوا أَنَّ اسْمَكَ قَدْ دُعِيَ عَلَى هَذَا الْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ.

44 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

44 وَإذَا خَرَجَ شَعْبُكَ لِمُحَارَبَةِ عَدُوٍّ، فِي أَيِّ مَكَانٍ تُرْسِلُهُمْ إِلَيْهِ، وَصَلُّوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي بَنَيْتُهُ لاسْمِكَ،

45 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

45 فَاسْتَجِبْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ.

46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

46 وَإذَا أَخْطَأُوا إِلَيْكَ، إِذْ لَيْسَ إِنْسَانٌ لَا يَأْثَمُ، وَغَضِبْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَسْلَمْتَهُمْ لِلْعَدُوِّ فَسَبَاهُمْ آسِرُوهُمْ إِلَى دِيَارِ الْعَدُوِّ، بَعِيدَةً كَانَتْ أَوْ قَرِيبَةً.

47 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

47 فَإِنْ تَابُوا فِي أَرْضِ سَبْيِهِمْ وَرَجَعُوا مُتَضَرِّعِينَ إِلَيْكَ قَائِلِينَ: قَدْ أَخْطَأْنَا وَانْحَرَفْنَا وَأَذْنَبْنَا،

48 and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

48 وَتَابُوا حَقّاً مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَنُفُوسِهِمْ وَهُمْ أَسْرَى فِي دِيَارِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ، مُتَوَجِّهِينَ نَحْوَ أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي وَهَبْتَهَا لِآبَائِهِمْ، نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتَهَا وَالْهَيْكَلِ الَّذِي شَيَّدْتُهُ لاِسْمِكَ،

49 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

49 فَاسْتَجِبْ صَلاتَهُمْ وَتَضَرُّعَهُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَقَرِّ سُكْنَاكَ، وَانْصُرْ قَضِيَّتَهُمْ،

50 May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

50 وَاصْفَحْ عَنْ خَطَايَا شَعْبِكَ وَعَنْ جَمِيعِ ذُنُوبِهِمِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبُوهَا فِي حَقِّكَ، وَاجْعَلْ آسِرِيهِمْ يُبْدُونَ نَحْوَهُمْ رَحْمَةً،

51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

51 لأَنَّهُمْ شَعْبُكَ وَمِيرَاثُكَ الَّذِينَ أَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ، مِنْ وَسَطِ أَتُونِ صَهْرِ الْحَدِيدِ.

52 May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

52 لِتَكُنْ عَيْنَاكَ مَفْتُوحَتَيْنِ مُلْتَفِتَتَيْنِ نَحْوَ تَضَرُّعِ عَبْدِكَ وَابْتِهَالِ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَتُصْغِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ كُلَّمَا اسْتَغَاثُوا بِكَ،

53 For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

53 لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَفْرَزْتَهُمْ لَكَ مِيرَاثاً بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ، كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِكَ مُوسَى عِنْدَمَا أَخْرَجْتَ آبَاءَنَا مِنْ مِصْرَ يَا سَيِّدِي الرَّبَّ».

54 Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

54 وَعِنْدَمَا انْتَهَى سُلَيْمَانُ مِنَ الصَّلاةِ إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَالتَّضَرُّعِ إِلَيْهِ، نَهَضَ مِنْ أَمَامِ الْمَذْبَحِ حَيْثُ كَانَ جَاثِياً عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَبَاسِطاً يَدَيْهِ نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ.

55 And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

55 وَوَقَفَ وَبَارَكَ الشَّعْبَ كُلَّهُ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ قَائِلاً:

56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

56 «تَبَارَكَ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي مَنَحَ رَاحَةً لِشَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمُقْتَضَى وَعْدِهِ، وَلَمْ يُخْلِفْ كَلِمَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْ وُعُودِهِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها عَلَى لِسَانِ عَبْدِهِ مُوسَى.

57 May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.

57 لِيَكُنِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُنَا مَعَنَا كَمَا كَانَ مَعَ آبَائِنَا، فَلا يَتْرُكَنَا وَلا يَنْبِذَنَا،

58 May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

58 بَلْ لِيَجْتَذِبْ قُلُوبَنَا إِلَيْهِ لِنَسْلُكَ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَنُطِيعَ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِها آبَاءَنَا،

59 And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

59 وَلْتَكُنْ كَلِمَاتِي الَّتِي تَضَرَّعْتُ بِها مَاثِلَةً دَائِماً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لَيْلَ نَهَارَ لِيُسْعِفَ عَبْدَهُ فِي قَضَاءِ شُؤُونِهِ، وَيُعِينَ شَعْبَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي قَضَاءِ أُمُورِ حَيَاتِهِمْ يَوْماً بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ،

60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

60 فَتَعْلَمَ كُلُّ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ اللهُ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ سِوَاهُ.

61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

61 فَلْيَكُنْ قَلْبُكُمْ مُفْعَماً بِالْوَلاءِ الصَّادِقِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، إِذْ تَسْلُكُونَ بِمُوْجِبِ فَرَائِضِهِ وَتُطِيعُونَ وَصَايَاهُ كَمَا فَعَلْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ».

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

62 ثُمَّ ذَبَحَ الْمَلِكُ وَسَائِرُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَهُ ذَبَائِحَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ،

63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

63 وَقَرَّبَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ لِلرَّبِّ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْبَقَرِ، وَمِئَةَ أَلْفٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ. وَهَكَذَا دَشَّنَ الْمَلِكُ وَجَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ.

64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

64 وَقَدَّسَ الْمَلِكُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الْفِنَاءَ الَّذِي يَقَعُ أَمَامَ الْهَيْكَلِ، بِأَنْ قَرَّبَ هُنَاكَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالتَّقْدِمَاتِ وَشَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ، لأَنَّ مَذْبَحَ النُّحَاسِ الْقَائِمَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ كَانَ أَصْغَرَ مِنْ أَنْ يَسَعَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَالتَّقْدِمَاتِ وَشَحْمَ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ.

65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.

65 وَاحْتَفَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِالْعِيدِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ مَعَ سَائِرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَجُمْهُورٍ كَبِيرٍ تَوَافَدَ مِنْ مَدْخَلِ حَمَاةَ إِلَى وَادِي مِصْرَ، وَاسْتَمَرَّ الاحْتِفَالُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ أرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْماً

66 On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

66 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الخَامِسِ عَشَرَ بَعْدَ الْعِيدِ، صَرَفَ سُلَيْمَانُ الشَّعْبَ، فَبَارَكُوهُ وَتَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ بِقُلُوبٍ يَغْمُرُهَا الْفَرَحُ وَالْغِبْطَةُ مِنْ أَجْلِ كُلِّ الْخَيْرَاتِ الَّتِي أَبْدَاهَا الرَّبُّ نَحْوَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِهِ، وَنَحْوَ شَعْبِهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.