2 Crônicas 6

Te Whaikōrero a Horomona ki ngā Iwi

1 Nā, ka mea a Horomona, "I mea a Ihowā, ka noho ia ki te pōuri nui. 2 Otiia, kua oti i ahau te hanga he whare hei nohoanga mōu, he kāinga pūmau mōu mō ake tonu atu."

3 Nā, ka tahuri te aroaro o te kīngi, ā, manaakitia ana e ia te huihui katoa o Īharaira, me te tū anō tērā te huihui katoa o Īharaira. 4 I mea ia:

"Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, te Atua o Īharaira, nā tōna māngai nei te kupu ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri, ā, kua rite nei i tōna ringa; i mea hoki ia, 5 ‘Mai o te rā i whakaputaina mai ai e ahau tāku iwi i te whenua o Īhipa, kīhai i whiriwhiria e ahau he pā i roto i ngā iwi katoa o Īharaira e hangā ai he whare hei waihotanga iho mō tōku ingoa ki reira; kīhai hoki i whiriwhiria e ahau tētahi tangata hei rangatira mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira. 6 Otiia, kua whiriwhiria nei e ahau a Hiruhārama hei waihotanga iho mō tōku ingoa; kua whiriwhiria anō e ahau a Rāwiri hei rangatira mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira.’

7 "Nā, i whai ngākau tōku pāpā, a Rāwiri, ki te hanga whare mō te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira. 8 Otiia i mea a Ihowā ki a Rāwiri, ki tōku pāpā, ‘I te mea i roto i tōu ngākau kia hangā he whare mō tōku ingoa, he pai tāu, arā te whakaaro a tōu ngākau; 9 otiia e kore taua whare e hangā e koe; engari tāu tama e puta mai i tōu hope, māna e hanga te whare mō tōku ingoa.’

10 "Nā, kua mana nei i a Ihowā tāna kupu i kōrero ai ia; ā, kua ara tēnei ahau i muri i a Rāwiri, i tōku pāpā, ā, noho ana i runga i te torōna o Īharaira, pērā ana me tā Ihowā i kōrero ai, ā, hangā ana e ahau he whare mō te ingoa o Ihowā, o te Atua o Īharaira. 11 Nā, kua whakatakotoria e ahau ki reira te āka, kei roto nei tā Ihowā kawenata, i whakaritea e ia ki ngā tama a Īharaira."

Te Īnoi a Horomona

12 Nā, ka tū ia ki mua i te āta a Ihowā, i te aroaro o te huihui katoa o Īharaira, ā, wherahia ana ōna ringa. 13 Kua hangā hoki e Horomona he tūranga parāhi, e rima whatīanga te roa, e rima whatīanga te whānui, e toru whatīanga te tiketike, ā, kua whakatūria e ia ki waenganui o te marae; tū ana ia ki runga ki taua tūranga. Nā, kua tūturi ōna turi i te aroaro o te whakaminenga katoa o Īharaira, wherahia ana ōna ringa whaka te rangi. 14 Nā, ka mea ia:

"E Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, kāhore he Atua hei rite mōu i te rangi, i te whenua; e pupuri nei i te kawenata, i te aroha ki āu pononga, ina whakapaua ō rātou ngākau ki te haere i tōu aroaro. 15 I mau tonu rā i a koe ngā mea i kōrerotia e koe ki tāu pononga, ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri. Āe rā, i kōrerotia e tōu māngai, ā, kua rite nei i tōu ringa; koia anō tēnei ināianei.

16 "Nā, kia mau, e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, āianei tāu i kōrero ai ki tāu pononga, ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri, i a koe i kī rā, ‘E kore e whakakorea he tangata māu i tōku aroaro hei noho ki te torōna o Īharaira; ki te mahara rāia āu tama ki tō rātou ara, ki te haere i runga i tāku ture, ki te pērā me koe i haere nā i tōku aroaro.’ 17 Nā, kia mana āianei, e Ihowā, e te Atua o Īharaira, āu kupu i kōrero ai koe ki tāu pononga, ki a Rāwiri.

18 "Otiia he pono rānei, tērā rānei te Atua e noho ki ngā tāngata, ki te whenua? Nanā, kāhore e nui hei nohoanga mōu te rangi me te rangi o ngā rangi; ā, he aha rā tēnei whare kua oti nei i ahau te hanga? 19 He ahakoa rā, kia anga mai koe ki te īnoi a tāu pononga, ki tāna karanga, e Ihowā, e tōku Atua, whakarongo ki te karanga, ki te īnoi e īnoi nei tāu pononga ki tōu aroaro. 20 Kia titiro mai ōu kanohi ki tēnei whare i te pō, i te ao, ki te wāhi i kī ai koe, ko reira hei waihotanga iho mō tōu ingoa. Whakarongo hoki ki te īnoi e īnoi ai tāu pononga ki te ritenga mai o tēnei wāhi. 21 Kia rongo hoki koe ki ngā karanga a tāu pononga, a tāu iwi hoki, a Īharaira, ina īnoi ki te ritenga mai o tēnei wāhi; āe rā kia rongo koe i te wāhi e noho nā koe, arā i te rangi; ā, ka rongo, murua tō rātou kino.

22 "Ki te hara tētahi tangata ki tōna hoa, ā, ka meinga he oati hei oati māna, ā, ka tae te oati ki mua i tōu āta i tēnei whare; 23 nā, māu e whakarongo mai i te rangi, e mahi, e whakarite tā āu pononga, māu e utu te tangata hē, e mea iho tōna ara ki runga ki tōna māhunga. Māu anō e whakatika tā te tika, e hoatu ki a ia ngā mea e rite ana ki tōna tika.

24 "Ā, ki te patua tāu iwi, a Īharaira, e te hoariri, mō rātou i hara ki a koe, ā, ka hoki ki a koe, ka whakaae ki tōu ingoa, ka īnoi, ka karanga ki tōu aroaro i roto i tēnei whare; 25 nā, māu e whakarongo i ngā rangi, e muru te hara o tāu iwi, o Īharaira, e whakahoki mai anō rātou ki te whenua i hōmai e koe ki a rātou ko ō rātou mātua.

26 "Ki te tūtakina te rangi, ā, kāhore he ua, mō rātou i hara ki a koe; ā, ka īnoi rātou ki te ritenga mai o tēnei wāhi, ka whakaae ki tōu ingoa, ka tahuri kē i tō rātou hara, nō rātou ka whakawhiua e koe; 27 nā, māu e whakarongo i te rangi, e muru te hara o āu pononga, o tāu iwi hoki, o Īharaira, ina whakaakona rātou e koe ki te ara pai e haere ai rātou. Māu hoki e tuku mai he ua ki tōu whenua i hōmai nei e koe hei kāinga pūmau mō tāu iwi.

28 "Ki te mea he matekai tō te whenua, he mate urutā, ki te mea he ngingio, he koriri, he māwhitiwhiti rānei, he whē rānei; ki te whakapaea rānei rātou e ō rātou hoariri ki te whenua o ō rātou pā; ki te pā mai he whiu, he mate tūroro rānei; 29 ki te mea he īnoi, he karanga rānei nā tētahi tangata, nā tāu iwi katoa rānei, nā Īharaira, ina mōhio tēnei, tēnei, ki tōna pōuri, ki tōna whiu, ā, ka wherahia ōna ringa ki te ritenga mai o tēnei whare. 30 Nā, māu e whakarongo i te rangi, i tōu nohoanga, e muru te hē, e hoatu ki ngā tāngata ngā mea e rite ana ki ngā huarahi katoa o tēnei, o tēnei; e mōhio ana hoki koe ki tōna ngākau. Ko koe anake nei hoki te mōhio ana ki ngā ngākau o ngā tama a te tangata. 31 Kia wehi ai rātou i a koe, kia haere ai i āu ara i ngā rā katoa e ora ai rātou i te whenua i hōmai nei e koe ki ō mātou mātua.

32 "Nā, ko te tangata iwi kē, ehara nei i tāu iwi i a Īharaira, ā, ka tae mai i te whenua mamao, he whakaaro ki tōu ingoa nui, ki tōu ringa kaha, ki tōu tākakau mārō, ā, ka haere mai, ka īnoi ki te ritenga mai o tēnei whare, 33 māu e whakarongo mai i ngā rangi, i tōu wāhi e noho nā koe, e mea ngā mea katoa i karanga ai te tangata iwi kē ki a koe. Kia mōhio ai ngā iwi katoa o te whenua ki tōu ingoa, kia wehi ai i a koe, kia pērā ai me tāu iwi, me Īharaira; kia mōhio ai hoki ka oti tōu ingoa te karanga ki runga ki tēnei whare kua oti nei i ahau te hanga.

34 "Ki te haere tāu iwi ki te whawhai ki ōna hoariri i te ara e tonoa ai rātou e koe, ā, ka īnoi ki a koe ki te ritenga mai o tēnei pā kua whiriwhiria nei e koe, o te whare anō kua hangā nei e ahau mō tōu ingoa. 35 Nā, māu e whakarongo mai i ngā rangi ki tā rātou īnoi, ki tā rātou karanga, e whakatika tā rātou.

36 "Ki te hara rātou ki a koe, kāhore hoki he tangata i hapa i te hara, ā, ka riri koe ki a rātou, ka tuku i a rātou ki te hoa whawhai, ā, ka whakaraua atu rātou hei whakarau ki tētahi whenua e mamao atu ana, e tata ana rānei; 37 otirā, ki te hoki ake tō rātou mahara i te whenua i whakaraua atu ai rātou, ā, ka rīpenetā rātou, ka īnoi ki a koe i te whenua i whakaraua atu ai, ka mea, ‘Kua hara mātou, kua parori kē tā mātou mahi, kua mahi i te kino’; 38 ki te tahuri ō rātou ngākau katoa, ō rātou wairua katoa, ki a koe i te whenua o tō rātou whakaraunga i whakaraua atu ai rātou, ā, ka īnoi ki te ritenga mai o tō rātou nei whenua i hōmai e koe ki ō rātou mātua, o te pā anō i whiriwhiria nei e koe, o tēnei whare anō i hangā nei e ahau mō tōu ingoa; 39 nā, māu e whakarongo mai i ngā rangi, i tōu wāhi e noho nā koe, ki tā rātou īnoi, ki tā rātou karanga, māu hoki e whakatika tā rātou; me muru hoki e koe te hē o tāu iwi i hara nei ki a koe.

40 "Nā, e tōku Atua, kia titiro mai rā ōu kanohi, kia rongo ōu taringa ki te īnoi e īnoia ana i tēnei wāhi.

41 Nā, e ara, e Ihowā, e te Atua, ki tōu okiokinga,

a koe anō, me te āka o tōu kaha.

Kia whakakākahuria āu tohunga, e Ihowā, e te Atua, ki te whakaoranga;

ā, kia koa tāu hunga tapu ki te pai.

42 E Ihowā, e te Atua, kaua e whakahokia te kanohi o tāu i whakawahi ai;

maharatia ngā mahi atawhai i tāu pononga, i a Rāwiri."

1 Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

4 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake 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 have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 8 But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for 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 for my name. 10 And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 11 And there have I set 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 all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands 13 (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, 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 kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven); 14 and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven, or on earth; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness 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: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day. 16 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the 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 children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me. 17 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.

18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded! 19 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O 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 toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place. 21 And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house; 23 then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

24 And if thy people Israel be smitten down 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 heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which 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, when thou dost afflict them: 27 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

28 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be; 29 what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house: 30 then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men); 31 that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

32 Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house: 33 then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they 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 whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 35 then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

36 If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near; 37 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly; 38 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 captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: 39 then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

40 Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 42 O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant.