¹Raja Salomo berdoa, "Ya TUHAN, Engkau lebih suka tinggal dalam kegelapan awan.

¹Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

²Kini kubangun bagi-Mu gedung yang megah, untuk tempat tinggal-Mu selama-lamanya."

²But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.”

³Setelah berdoa, raja berpaling kepada seluruh rakyat yang sedang berdiri di situ, lalu ia memohonkan berkat Allah bagi mereka.

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

⁴Ia berkata, "Dahulu TUHAN telah berjanji kepada ayahku Daud begini, 'Sejak Aku membawa umat-Ku ke luar dari Mesir sampai pada hari ini, di negeri Israel tidak ada satu kota pun yang Kupilih menjadi tempat di mana harus dibangun rumah untuk tempat ibadat kepada-Ku, dan tidak seorang pun yang Kupilih untuk memimpin umat-Ku Israel. Tetapi sekarang Aku memilih Yerusalem sebagai tempat ibadah kepada-Ku. Dan engkau, Daud, Kupilih untuk memerintah umat-Ku.' Terpujilah TUHAN Allah Israel yang sudah menepati janji-Nya itu!"

⁴He 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(6:4)

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(6:4)

⁶but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

⁷Selanjutnya Salomo berkata, "Ayahku Daud telah merencanakan untuk membangun rumah tempat ibadat kepada TUHAN Allah Israel.

⁷Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

⁸Tetapi TUHAN berkata kepadanya, 'Maksudmu itu baik.

⁸But 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:

⁹Tetapi, bukan engkau, melainkan anakmulah yang akan membangun rumah-Ku itu.'

⁹nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’

¹⁰Sekarang TUHAN telah menepati janji-Nya. Aku telah menjadi raja Israel menggantikan ayahku, dan aku telah pula membangun rumah untuk tempat ibadat kepada TUHAN, Allah Israel.

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.

¹¹Di dalam Rumah TUHAN itu telah kusediakan tempat untuk Peti Perjanjian yang berisi batu perjanjian antara TUHAN dengan umat Israel."

¹¹There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel.”

¹²Salomo telah membuat panggung perunggu di tengah-tengah halaman Rumah TUHAN. Panjangnya dan lebarnya 2,2 meter, dan tingginya 1,3 meter. Di hadapan rakyat yang hadir, Salomo menaiki panggung itu, dan berdiri menghadap mezbah. Semua orang dapat melihatnya. Kemudian ia berlutut, lalu mengangkat kedua tangannya serta menadahkannya ke langit dan berdoa,

¹²He stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands

¹³(6:12)

¹³(for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)

¹⁴"TUHAN, Allah Israel! Di langit ataupun di bumi tak ada yang seperti Engkau! Engkau menepati janji-Mu dan menunjukkan kasih-Mu kepada umat-Mu yang setia dan taat dengan sepenuh hati kepada-Mu.

¹⁴and 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;

¹⁵Engkau telah menepati janji-Mu kepada ayahku Daud. Apa yang Kaujanjikan itu sudah Kaulaksanakan hari ini.

¹⁵who 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 this day.

¹⁶Engkau juga telah berjanji kepada ayahku bahwa kalau keturunannya sungguh-sungguh taat kepada hukum-Mu seperti dia, maka untuk selama-lamanya seorang dari keturunannya akan memerintah sebagai raja di Israel. Sekarang, ya TUHAN Allah Israel, tepatilah juga semua yang telah Kaujanjikan kepada ayahku Daud, hamba-Mu itu.

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(6:16)

¹⁷Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.

¹⁸Tetapi, ya Allah, sungguhkah Engkau sudi tinggal di bumi ini di antara manusia? Langit seluruhnya pun tak cukup luas untuk-Mu, apalagi rumah ibadat yang kubangun ini!

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!

¹⁹Ya TUHAN, Allahku, aku hamba-Mu! Namun dengarkanlah kiranya doaku, dan kabulkanlah permohonanku.

¹⁹Yet 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;

²⁰Semoga siang malam Engkau melindungi rumah ini yang telah Kaupilih sebagai tempat ibadat kepada-Mu. Semoga dari tempat kediaman-Mu di surga Engkau mendengar dan mengampuni aku serta umat Israel, umat-Mu itu, apabila kami menghadap rumah ini dan berdoa kepada-Mu.

²⁰that 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 shall pray toward this place.

²¹(6:20)

²¹Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

²²Apabila seseorang dituduh bersalah terhadap orang lain dan dibawa ke mezbah-Mu di dalam Rumah-Mu ini untuk bersumpah bahwa ia tidak bersalah,

²²“If a man sin 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;

²³ya TUHAN, hendaklah Engkau mendengarkan di surga dan memutuskan perkara hamba-hamba-Mu ini. Hukumlah yang bersalah dan bebaskanlah yang tidak bersalah.

²³then hear from heaven, and do, 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.

²⁴Apabila umat-Mu Israel dikalahkan oleh musuh-musuhnya karena mereka berdosa, lalu menyesal dan menghormati Engkau lagi sebagai TUHAN, kemudian datang ke Rumah-Mu ini serta berdoa mohon ampun kepada-Mu,

²⁴“If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;

²⁵semoga Engkau mendengarkan mereka di surga. Semoga Engkau mengampuni dosa umat-Mu ini, dan membawa mereka kembali ke negeri yang telah Kauberikan kepada mereka dan kepada leluhur mereka.

²⁵then 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.

²⁶Apabila umat-Mu berdosa kepada-Mu dan Engkau menghukum mereka dengan tidak menurunkan hujan, lalu mereka bertobat dari dosa mereka dan menghormati Engkau sebagai TUHAN, kemudian menghadap ke Rumah-Mu ini serta berdoa kepada-Mu,

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:

²⁷ya TUHAN di surga, dengarkanlah mereka. Dan ampunilah dosa hamba-hamba-Mu umat Israel. Ajarlah mereka melakukan apa yang benar. Setelah itu, ya TUHAN, turunkanlah hujan ke negeri-Mu ini, negeri yang Kauberikan kepada umat-Mu untuk menjadi miliknya selama-lamanya.

²⁷then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of 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.

²⁸Apabila negeri ini dilanda kelaparan atau wabah, atau tanaman-tanaman dirusak oleh angin panas, hama atau serangga belalang, atau apabila umat-Mu diserang musuh, atau diserang penyakit,

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;

²⁹semoga Engkau mendengarkan doa mereka. Kalau dari antara umat-Mu Israel ada yang dengan bersedih hati berdoa kepada-Mu sambil menengadahkan tangannya ke arah Rumah-Mu ini,

²⁹whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:

³⁰kiranya Engkau di dalam kediaman-Mu di surga mendengar serta mengampuni mereka. Hanya Engkaulah yang mengenal isi hati manusia. Sebab itu perlakukanlah setiap orang setimpal perbuatan-perbuatannya,

³⁰then hear from heaven, your dwelling place and forgive, and render 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;)

³¹supaya umat-Mu takut dan taat kepada-Mu selalu selama mereka tinggal di negeri yang Kauberikan kepada leluhur kami.

³¹that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

³²Apabila seorang asing di negeri yang jauh mendengar tentang keagungan dan kekuatan-Mu, dan bahwa Engkau selalu siap untuk menolong, lalu ia datang di Rumah-Mu ini untuk berdoa kepada-Mu,

³²“Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name’s sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:

³³semoga dari kediaman-Mu di surga Engkau mendengarkan doanya dan mengabulkan permintaannya. Dengan demikian segala bangsa di seluruh dunia mengenal Engkau dan taat kepada-Mu seperti umat-Mu Israel. Mereka akan mengetahui bahwa rumah yang kubangun inilah tempat untuk beribadat kepada-Mu.

³³then 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 does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

³⁴Apabila Engkau memerintahkan umat-Mu untuk pergi berperang melawan musuh, lalu di mana pun mereka berada, mereka menghadap ke kota pilihan-Mu ini dan berdoa ke arah rumah ini yang telah kubangun untuk-Mu,

³⁴“If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

³⁵semoga di surga Engkau mendengarkan doa mereka itu, dan memberikan kemenangan kepada mereka.

³⁵then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

³⁶Apabila umat-Mu berdosa kepada-Mu--sesungguhnya tidak ada seorang pun yang tidak berdosa--lalu karena kemarahan-Mu Kaubiarkan mereka dikalahkan oleh musuh dan dibawa sebagai tawanan ke suatu negeri yang jauh atau dekat,

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;

³⁷semoga Engkau mendengarkan doa mereka. Jikalau di negeri itu mereka meninggalkan dosa-dosa mereka, dan berdoa kepada-Mu sambil mengakui bahwa mereka telah berdosa dan berbuat jahat, dengarkanlah doa mereka, ya TUHAN.

³⁷yet if they shall repent themselves 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;’

³⁸Jikalau di negeri itu mereka dengan ikhlas dan sungguh-sungguh meninggalkan dosa-dosa mereka, dan berdoa kepada-Mu sambil menghadap ke negeri ini yang Kauberikan kepada leluhur kami, ke arah kota pilihan-Mu dan rumah ibadat yang telah kubangun untuk-Mu ini,

³⁸if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them 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:

³⁹maka dari kediaman-Mu di surga hendaklah Engkau mendengar doa mereka dan mengasihani mereka. Ampunilah semua dosa umat-Mu.

³⁹then 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.

⁴⁰Kini, ya Allahku, perhatikanlah kami dan dengarkanlah doa-doa yang disampaikan kepada-Mu dari tempat ini.

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.

⁴¹Bangkitlah sekarang, ya TUHAN Allah! Dan bersama dengan Peti Perjanjian yang melambangkan kuasa-Mu itu hendaklah Engkau memasuki rumah-Mu ini dan tinggal di sini untuk selama-lamanya. Berkatilah segala pekerjaan imam-imam-Mu, dan semoga seluruh umat-Mu berbahagia karena Engkau baik kepada mereka.

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.

⁴²TUHAN Allah, janganlah Kautolak raja yang telah Kaupilih ini. Ingatlah akan kasih-Mu kepada Daud hamba-Mu."

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