1 Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
3 And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation of Israel stood.
4 And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:
6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
7 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
8 But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;
9 nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
10 And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
12 And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands.
13 For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, 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 he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,
14 and said, Jehovah, God of Israel! there is no God like thee, in the heavens or on the earth, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart;
15 who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled {it} with thy hand as at this day.
16 And now, Jehovah, 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 on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17 And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
18 But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
19 Yet have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;
20 that thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place in which thou hast said thou wouldest put thy name: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
21 And hearken unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place, and hear thou from thy dwelling-place, from the heavens, and when thou hearest, forgive.
22 If a man have sinned against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to adjure him, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
23 then hear thou from the heavens, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, 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 turn again 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 that thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, because thou hast afflicted them;
27 then hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
28 If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be:
29 what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man his own plague, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;
30 then hear thou from the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men),
31 that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, all the days that they live upon the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand and thy stretched-out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house,
33 then hear thou from the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and may fear thee as do 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 battle against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;
35 then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
36 If they have sinned against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37 and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done iniquity and have dealt perversely;
38 and if they return unto 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 the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;
39 then hear thou from the heavens, from the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their right, and forgive thy people their sin against thee.
40 Now, my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open and let thine ears be attentive unto the prayer {that is made} in this place.
41 And now, arise, Jehovah Elohim, into thy resting-place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, Jehovah Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in {thy} goodness.
42 Jehovah Elohim, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember mercies to David thy servant.
1 那时所罗门说： "耶和华曾说他要住在幽暗之中。
2 我已经为你建造了巍峨的殿宇， 作你永远居住的地方。"
3 然后王转过来， 给以色列全体会众祝福， 以色列全体会众都站着。
4 所罗门说： "耶和华以色列的 神是应当称颂的！ 他亲口对我的父亲大卫应许的， 已亲手作成了， 他说：
5 ‘自从我领我的子民从埃及地出来的那天， 我没有在以色列众支派中， 拣选一座城建造殿宇， 使我的名留在那里； 我也没有拣选一个人作领袖， 统治我的子民以色列。
6 我却拣选了耶路撒冷， 使我的名留在那里； 也拣选了大卫， 统治我的子民以色列。’
7 我的父亲大卫有心要为耶和华以色列的 神的名建造殿宇。
8 耶和华却对我的父亲大卫说： ‘你心想要为我的名建造殿宇， 你心意很好；
9 不过不是由你建造殿宇， 而是你的儿子， 你亲生的儿子， 他必为我的名建殿。’
10 现在耶和华实现了他的应许， 我已经起来接续我的父亲大卫， 坐上了以色列的王位， 就像耶和华所说的； 我为耶和华以色列的 神的名建造了这殿。
11 我也把约柜安放在殿里， 约柜中有耶和华和以色列人所立的约。"
12 所罗门在以色列全体会众面前， 站在耶和华的祭坛前， 张开双手；
13 原来所罗门做了一座铜台， 长两公尺两公寸， 宽两公尺两公寸， 高一公尺三公寸， 安放在外院中。那时他站在铜台上， 在以色列全体会众面前， 屈膝下跪， 向天张开双手，
14 说： "耶和华以色列的 神啊， 天上地下没有神可以和你相比的， 你向那些一心行在你面前的仆人， 常是守约施慈爱的；
15 你对你的仆人我父亲大卫所应许的， 你都遵守了， 你亲口应许， 也亲手成全， 就像今日一样。
16 耶和华以色列的 神啊， 你应许你的仆人我父亲大卫说： ‘只要你的子孙谨守他们的行为， 遵守我的律法， 像你在我面前所行的一样， 你就不会断人在我面前坐上以色列的王位。’现在求你应验这话吧。
17 耶和华以色列的 神啊， 现在求你实现你向你的仆人大卫应许的话吧！
18 " 神真的要和人住在地上吗？看哪， 天和天上的天也容不下你， 何况我建造的这殿呢？
19 耶和华我的 神啊， 求你垂注你仆人的祷告和祈求， 聆听你仆人在你面前所发的呼喊和祷告。
20 求你张开眼睛， 昼夜看顾这殿， 就是看顾你所说要立你名的地方； 求你垂听你仆人向着这地方所发的祷告。
21 求你垂听你的仆人和你的子民以色列的祈求， 就是他们向着这地方所发的祷告； 求你从天上， 从你的居所垂听， 垂听和赦免。
22 "人若是得罪了邻舍， 有人要他起誓， 他就来到这殿， 在你的祭坛前起誓；
23 求你从天上垂听， 施行你的作为， 审判你的仆人， 照着恶人所行的报应在他头上； 宣告义人无罪， 照着他的义行赏赐他。
24 "如果你的子民以色列得罪了你， 以致在仇敌面前被击败； 后来回心转意， 承认你的名， 在这殿里向你祷告祈求，
25 求你从天上垂听， 赦免你子民以色列的罪， 领他们归回你赐给他们和他们列祖的土地。
26 "你的子民因得罪了你， 你惩罚他们， 使天闭塞不下雨； 如果他们向着这地方祷告， 承认你的名， 离开他们的罪，
27 求你在天上垂听， 赦免你的仆人和你的子民以色列的罪， 把他们当行的正道指教他们， 降雨在你的地上， 就是你赐给你的子民作产业的地上。
28 "国中若是有饥荒、瘟疫、旱风、霉烂、蝗虫、蚂蚱， 或是有仇敌围困城镇， 或是有什么灾祸， 什么疾病，
29 你的子民以色列， 无论是个别或是全体， 自知自己的灾祸和痛苦， 向着这殿张开双手祷告或祈求，
30 求你从天上你的居所垂听和赦免他们， 你是知道人心的， 你必照着各人所行的报应各人； 因为只有你知道世人的心。
31 使他们在你赐给我们列祖的地上， 一生一世敬畏你， 遵行你的道路。
32 "至于在你的子民以色列以外的外族人， 他们为了你的大名、你大能的手和伸出来的膀臂， 从远方而来； 他们来向着这殿祷告的时候，
33 求你从天上， 从你的居所垂听他们， 照着外族人向你呼求的一切而行， 使地上万民都认识你的名， 敬畏你， 像你的子民以色列一样； 又使他们知道我建造的这殿， 是奉为你名的所在。
34 "如果你的子民在你派他们出去的路上， 和仇敌作战， 他们向着你拣选的这城， 和向着我为你的名建造的这殿向你祷告，
35 求你从天上垂听他们的祷告祈求， 使他们得胜。
36 "如果你的子民得罪了你（因为世上没有不犯罪的人）， 你向他们发怒， 把他们交在仇敌面前， 以致仇敌把他们掳到外地或远或近；
37 如果他们在被掳去的地方回心转意， 在被掳去的地方祈求你说： ‘我们犯了罪了， 我们作了孽了， 我们行了恶了。’
38 如果他们在被掳去的地方一心一意归向你， 又向着他们自己的地， 就是你赐给他们列祖的地， 和向着你拣选的这城， 以及向着我为你的名建造的这殿祷告，
39 求你从天上， 从你的居所垂听他们的祷告祈求， 为他们伸冤， 赦免得罪了你的那些子民。
40 "我的 神啊， 现在求你张开眼睛， 求你的耳朵垂听在这地方献上的祷告。
41 现在， 耶和华 神啊， 求你起来， 愿你和你有大能的约柜进入你安息的地方； 耶和华 神啊， 愿你的祭司都披上救恩； 愿你的圣民在福乐中欢欣。
42 耶和华 神啊， 求你不要转脸不顾你所膏的人： 愿你记念你向你仆人大卫所施的慈爱。"