2 Crônicas 6

1 Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever."

3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

4 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying, 5 ‘Since the day that I brought 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, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel; 6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel. 8 But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart; 9 nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

10 "Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 11 There I have set the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel."

12 He stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands 13 (for Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits*6:13 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven). 14 Then he said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart; 15 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

16 "Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’ 17 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

18 "But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built! 19 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you; 20 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name, to listen to the prayer which your servant will pray toward this place. 21 Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

22 "If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house, 23 then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

24 "If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house, 25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

26 "When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them, 27 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

28 "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is— 29 whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each know his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands toward this house, 30 then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men), 31 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

32 "Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for your great name’s sake and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house, 33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

34 "If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name; 35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

36 "If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near; 37 yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’ 38 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name; 39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

40 "Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

41 "Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.

42 "Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant."

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."