1 Saliamonui baigus melstis, ugnis nusileido iš dangaus ir prarijo deginamąsias bei kitas aukas, ir Viešpaties šlovė pripildė namus.

2 Kunigai negalėjo įeiti į Viešpaties namus, nes Viešpaties šlovė buvo pripildžiusi Viešpaties namus.

3 Visi izraelitai, pamatę nusileidžiančią ugnį ir Viešpaties šlovę ant šventyklos, krito veidais į žemę, pagarbino ir šlovino Viešpatį, sakydami: "Jis yra geras ir Jo gailestingumas amžinas".

4 Karalius ir visa tauta aukojo aukas Viešpaties akivaizdoje.

5 Saliamonas aukojo dvidešimt du tūkstančius jaučių ir šimtą dvidešimt tūkstančių avių. Taip karalius ir visa tauta pašventino Dievo namus.

6 Kunigai stovėjo savo vietose, taip pat ir levitai su Viešpaties muzikos instrumentais, kuriuos padarė karalius Dovydas Viešpačiui šlovinti už Jo amžiną gailestingumą, kai Dovydas šlovindavo per jų tarnavimą; kunigai trimitavo priešais juos ir visas Izraelis stovėjo.

7 Saliamonas pašventino ir kiemo vidurį, kuris buvo priešais Viešpaties namus, nes ten jis aukojo deginamąsias aukas ir padėkos aukų taukus, kadangi varinis aukuras, kurį Saliamonas buvo padaręs, nesutalpino deginamųjų bei duonos aukų ir taukų.

8 Saliamonas su visu Izraeliu, nuo Hamato apylinkių iki Egipto upės, šventė septynias dienas.

9 Aštuntą dieną jie padarė iškilmingą susirinkimą, nes jie šventino aukurą septynias dienas ir dar septynias dienas vyko šventė.

10 Septinto mėnesio dvidešimt trečią dieną Saliamonas paleido žmones, besidžiaugiančius dėl to gero, kurį Viešpats padarė Dovydui, Saliamonui ir visai Izraelio tautai, grįžti į savo palapines.

11 Saliamonui pabaigus statyti Viešpaties namus bei karaliaus namus, sėkmingai atlikus viską, ką jis buvo numatęs padaryti Viešpaties namuose ir savo namuose,

12 naktį jam pasirodė Viešpats ir tarė: "Aš išklausiau tavo maldą ir pasirinkau šitą vietą aukoms aukoti.

13 Jei nebus lietaus arba jei leisiu skėriams naikinti krašto augalus, arba siųsiu marą savo tautai

14 ir jei mano tauta, kuri vadinasi mano vardu, nusižemins, melsis, ieškos mano veido ir atsisakys savo blogų kelių, Aš išgirsiu danguje, atleisiu jos nuodėmes ir išgydysiu jų žemę.

15 Mano akys ir ausys bus atviros maldai šioje vietoje,

16 nes Aš išsirinkau ir pašventinau šituos namus, kad juose amžinai būtų mano vardas; mano akys ir širdis bus ten visada.

17 O jei tu vaikščiosi prieš mane, kaip tavo tėvas Dovydas vaikščiojo, ir vykdysi, ką tau įsakiau, bei laikysies mano nuostatų ir potvarkių,

18 tai įtvirtinsiu tavo karalystės sostą, kaip pažadėjau tavo tėvui Dovydui, sakydamas: ‘Tu nepritrūksi vyro, kuris valdytų Izraelį’.

19 Bet jei jūs nusigręšite ir nesilaikysite mano nuostatų ir įsakymų, kuriuos jums daviau, nuėję tarnausite kitiems dievams ir juos garbinsite,

20 tai Aš jus išrausiu su šaknimis iš žemės, kurią jums daviau, o šituos namus, kuriuos pašventinau savo vardui, pašalinsiu iš savo akių ir padarysiu juos patarle ir priežodžiu visose tautose.

21 Šitie aukšti namai kels nusistebėjimą kiekvienam praeiviui, ir jis sakys: ‘Kodėl Viešpats taip padarė šitai žemei ir šitiems namams?’

22 Ir jam atsakys: ‘Kadangi jie paliko Viešpatį, savo tėvų Dievą, kuris juos išvedė iš Egipto šalies, ir sekė kitus dievus, juos garbino ir jiems tarnavo, tai Jis siuntė jiems šią nelaimę’ ".

1 Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

2 And the priests were not able to go into the house of the Lord, for the Lord's house was full of the glory of the Lord.

3 And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

4 Then the king and all the people made offerings before the Lord.

5 King Solomon made an offering of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people kept the feast of the opening of the house of God.

6 And the priests were in their places, and the Levites with their instruments of music for the Lord's song, which David the king had made for the praise of the Lord whose mercy is unchanging for ever, when David gave praise by their hand; and the priests were sounding horns before them; and all Israel were on their feet.

7 Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.

8 So Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, for the people had come together from the way into Hamath and from as far as the river of Egypt.

9 And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

10 And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.

11 So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.

12 Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

13 If, at my word, heaven is shut up, so that there is no rain, or if I send locusts on the land for its destruction, or if I send disease on my people;

14 If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.

15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

16 For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

17 And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

18 Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.

19 But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:

20 Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.

21 And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

22 And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.