2 Crônicas 7

Te Kawanga o te Temepara

1 Nā, i te mutunga o te īnoi a Horomona, ka heke iho te ahi i te rangi, ā, pau ake te tahunga tinana, me ngā patunga tapu; ā, kī tonu te whare i te korōria o Ihowā. 2 Ā, kīhai i āhei i ngā tohunga te tomo ki te whare o Ihowā; kī tonu hoki te whare o Ihowā i te korōria o Ihowā. 3 Ā, ka mātakitaki ngā tama katoa a Īharaira i te hekenga iho o te ahi, i te korōria hoki o Ihowā i runga i te whare; nā, ka piko ō rātou kanohi ki te whenua ki ngā papa, ā, koropiko ana rātou, whakamoemiti ana ki a Ihowā, me te kī anō,

"Nō te mea he pai ia;

he mau tonu tāna mahi tohu."

4 Nā, kei te patu te kīngi rātou ko te iwi katoa i ngā patunga tapu ki te aroaro o Ihowā. 5 Nā, patua ana e Kīngi Horomona he patunga tapu, e rua tekau mā rua mano kau, kotahi rau e rua tekau mano hipi. Nā, kua tāia te kawa o te whare o te Atua e te kīngi, e te iwi katoa. 6 Tū ana tērā ngā tohunga i te aronga o ā rātou mahi, ko ngā Rīwaiti hoki me ngā mea rangi waiata a Ihowā, i hangā nei e Kīngi Rāwiri hei whakawhetai ki a Ihowā – he mau tonu nei tāna mahi tohu – i ngā wā i meinga ai rātou e Rāwiri hei whakamoemiti māna. Nā, whakatangi ana ngā tohunga i ngā tētere ki tō rātou aroaro; ā, tū ana a Īharaira katoa.

7 I whakatapua anō e Horomona a waenganui o te marae i mua i te whare o Ihowā; i tukua hoki e ia ki reira he tahunga tinana, me te ngako o ngā whakahere mō te pai. He iti hoki nō te āta parāhi i hangā e Horomona hei meatanga mō ngā tahunga tinana, mō ngā whakahere totokore, mō ngā ngako.

8 Heoi, mahia ana te hākari e Horomona i taua wā, e whitu ngā rā, e rātou ko Īharaira katoa, he nui atu te huihui, nō te haerenga atu ki Hāmata tae noa ki te awa o Īhipa. 9 Nā, i te waru o ngā rā he huihui nui nā rātou. E whitu hoki ngā rā i tāia ai e rātou te kawa o te āta, ā, e whitu ngā rā o te hākari. 10 I te rua tekau mā toru o ngā rā o te whitu o ngā marama ka ungā e ia te iwi ki ō rātou tēneti, koa tonu rātou, pai tonu ngā ngākau i te pai i meinga e Ihowā ki a Rāwiri, ki a Horomona, ki tāna iwi anō, ki a Īharaira.

11 Nā, kua oti i a Horomona te whare o Ihowā, me te whare o te kīngi. Nā, ko ngā mea katoa i puta ki te ngākau o Horomona kia mahia ki te whare o Ihowā, ki tōna whare ake hoki, oti pai ana i a ia.

Ka Puta anō a Ihowā ki a Horomona

12 Nā, ka puta a Ihowā ki a Horomona i te pō, ā, ka mea ki a ia:

"Kua rongo ahau i tāu īnoi, kua whiriwhiria anō e ahau tēnei wāhi mōku, hei whare patunga tapu.

13 "Ki te tūtakina e ahau te rangi, ā, kāhore he ua, ki te whakahaua rānei e ahau ngā māwhitiwhiti kia kai i te whenua, ki te ungā rānei e ahau tētahi mate urutā ki tāku iwi; 14 heoi ki te whakaiti tāku iwi i a rātou, kua karangatia nei hoki tōku ingoa ki a rātou, ki te īnoi, ā, ka rapu i tōku mata, ka tahuri mai i ō rātou ara hē; ka whakarongo mai ahau i te rangi, ka muru i tō rātou hara, ka whakaora i te mate o tō rātou whenua. 15 Ko tēnei ka titiro ōku kanohi, ka tahuri anō ōku taringa ki ngā mea e īnoia ana ki tēnei wāhi. 16 Kua whiriwhiria nei hoki e ahau, kua whakatapua ināianei tēnei whare, hei waihotanga iho mō tōku ingoa ā ake ake; ko reira anō ōku kanohi, me tōku ngākau, i ngā rā katoa.

17 "Nā, ko koe, ki te rite tāu haere i tōku aroaro ki te haere a tōu pāpā, a Rāwiri, ki te mahia ngā mea katoa i whakahaua e ahau ki a koe, ki te puritia e koe āku tikanga me āku whakaritenga; 18 kātahi ahau ka whakapūmau i te torōna o tōu kīngitanga, ka pērā me tāku kawenata ki tōu pāpā, ki a Rāwiri, i ahau i mea rā, ‘E kore e whakakorea he tangata māu hei kāwana mō Īharaira.’

19 "Tēnā ki te tahuri kē atu koutou, ā, ka whakarere i āku tikanga, i āku whakahau ka hoatu nei e ahau ki tō koutou aroaro, ā, ka haere, ka mahi ki ngā atua kē, ka koropiko ki a rātou; 20 kātahi ō rātou pakiaka ka unuhia ake e ahau i tōku oneone i hoatu nei e ahau ki a rātou; kātahi tēnei whare i whakatapua nei e ahau mō tōku ingoa, ka ākiritia atu e ahau i tōku aroaro, ā, ka meinga hei whakatauki, hei taunutanga i roto i ngā iwi katoa. 21 Nā, ko tēnei whare e tiketike nei, ka ai hei mīharotanga mā ngā tāngata katoa e haere ana i tōna taha; ā, ka mea rātou, ‘Nā te aha tēnei mea i meatia ai e Ihowā ki tēnei whenua, ki tēnei whare?’ 22 Nā, ka whakautua e rātou, ‘Mō rātou i whakarere i a Ihowā, i te Atua o ō rātou mātua i whakaputa mai nei i a rātou i te whenua o Īhipa, mō rātou i tango ki ngā atua kē, ā, koropiko ana ki a rātou, mahi ana ki a rātou; nā reira, i kawea ai e ia tēnei hē katoa ki a rātou.’ "

1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah’s house. 3 And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah. 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah, which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jehovah (for his lovingkindness endureth for ever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood. 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.

8 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

11 Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12 And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13 If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; 14 if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances; 18 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21 And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house? 22 And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.