¹Tedaj reče Salomon: Jehova je rekel, da bo prebival v mrakoti.

¹Then said Solomon, `Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,

²A jaz sem ti zgradil hišo v prebivališče, stan tebi za sedež na veke!

²and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

³In kralj obrne obličje in blagoslovi ves zbor Izraelov; in ves zbor Izraelov je stal.

³And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,

⁴In reče: Hvaljen bodi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, ki je obljubil z usti svojimi Davidu, očetu mojemu, in z roko svojo je to izpolnil, govoreč:

⁴and he saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled [it], saying:

⁵Od dne, ko sem odpeljal ljudstvo svoje iz dežele Egiptovske, nisem izvolil nobenega mesta iz vseh rodov Izraelovih, da se v njem zgradi hiša, ki naj bi v njej bilo ime moje; tudi nisem izvolil nikogar, da bodi vojvoda ljudstvu mojemu Izraelu;

⁵`From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;

⁶ali izvolil sem Jeruzalem, da bodi v njem moje ime, in izvolil sem Davida, da bodi nad ljudstvom mojim Izraelom.

⁶and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

⁷Bilo pa je na srcu Davidu, očetu mojemu, da zgradi hišo imenu GOSPODA, Boga Izraelovega.

⁷`And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,

⁸Ali GOSPOD je rekel Davidu, očetu mojemu: Ker ti je bilo na srcu, sezidati hišo mojemu imenu, si dobro storil, da si to imel v srcu.

⁸and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,

⁹Vendar pa ti ne boš zidal tiste hiše, temuč sin tvoj, ki pride iz ledja tvojega, ta bo zgradil hišo mojemu imenu.

⁹but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.

¹⁰In GOSPOD je vzdržal besedo svojo, ki jo je govoril: kajti jaz sem nastopil na očeta svojega Davida mestu in sedim na prestolu Izraelovem, kakor je bil GOSPOD obljubil, in zgradil sem hišo imenu Jehove, Boga Izraelovega.

¹⁰`And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,

¹¹In vanjo sem postavil skrinjo, v kateri je zaveza GOSPODOVA, ki jo je sklenil s sinovi Izraelovimi.

¹¹and I place there the ark, where [is] the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.'

¹²In stopi pred oltar GOSPODOV vpričo vsega zbora Izraelovega in razprostre roke

¹²And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand, --

¹³(naredil je bil namreč Salomon bronast oder, pet komolcev dolg in pet komolcev širok in tri komolce visok, in ga je postavil sredi dvorišča; in nanj stopivši, poklekne na kolena pred vsem zborom Izraelovim in razprostre roke proti nebu)

¹³for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens --

¹⁴in reče: O GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, tebi ni enakega Boga v nebesih ali na zemlji, ki hraniš zavezo in milost hlapcem svojim, ki hodijo pred obličjem tvojim z vsem srcem svojim;

¹⁴and saith, `O Jehovah God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart;

¹⁵ki si ohranil hlapcu svojemu Davidu, očetu mojemu, kar si mu bil obljubil. Z usti svojimi si govoril in z roko svojo si to izpolnil, kakor se danes vidi.

¹⁵who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost speak with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled [it], as at this day.

¹⁶In sedaj, GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, ohrani hlapcu svojemu Davidu, očetu mojemu, kar si mu bil obljubil, govoreč: Ne bo ti zmanjkalo pred obličjem mojim moža, ki bo sedel na prestolu Izraelovem, samo če pazijo sinovi tvoji na pot svojo, da hodijo po moji postavi, kakor si ti hodil pred menoj.

¹⁶`And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me.

¹⁷Sedaj torej, GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, naj se uresniči beseda tvoja, ki si jo govoril hlapcu svojemu Davidu.

¹⁷`And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,

¹⁸Toda prebiva li v istini Bog z ljudmi na zemlji? Glej, nebo in nebes nebesa te ne morejo obseči, koliko manj ta hiša, ki sem jo sezidal!

¹⁸(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

¹⁹Vendar se ozri na molitev svojega hlapca in na njegovo prošnjo, GOSPOD, Bog moj, da poslušaš vpitje in molitev, ki jo moli hlapec tvoj pred teboj:

¹⁹`And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee,

²⁰da bodo oči tvoje odprte proti tej hiši po dne in po noči, proti mestu, o katerem si rekel, da postaviš tam ime svoje, da uslišiš molitev, ki jo bo molil hlapec tvoj na tem mestu.

²⁰for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there, to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place.

²¹Poslušaj torej prošnjo hlapca svojega in ljudstva svojega Izraela, ki jo bodo prosili, obrnjeni proti temu mestu, poslušaj na mestu prebivanja svojega, v nebesih, in ko poslušaš, odpuščaj!

²¹`And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they pray towards this place, and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling, from the heavens, and hast hearkened, and forgiven.

²²Ako se kdo pregreši zoper bližnjega svojega in se mu naloži prisega, da se zaveže s prisego, in ta prisega pride pred tvoj oltar v tej hiši:

²²`If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --

²³ti poslušaj v nebesih in stóri, da se pravica zgodi hlapcem tvojim s tem, da obsodiš krivičnega ter mu spraviš pot njegov na glavo, pravičnega pa opravičiš in mu poplačaš po pravičnosti njegovi.

²³then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

²⁴Kadar bo ljudstvo tvoje izraelsko poraženo pred sovražnikom, ker so grešili zoper tebe, pa se zopet obrnejo in pripoznajo tvoje ime in bodo molili in ponižno prosili pred teboj v tej hiši:

²⁴`And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house --

²⁵ti poslušaj v nebesih in odpusti greh ljudstva svojega, Izraela, ter jih zopet pripelji v deželo, ki si jo dal njim in njih očetom.

²⁵then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them, and to their fathers.

²⁶Kadar se zapre nebo, da ne bo dežja, ker so grešili zoper tebe, pa bodo molili, obrnjeni proti temu kraju, in pripoznavali tvoje ime in se izpreobrnejo od grehov svojih, ker si jih ponižal:

²⁶`In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them --

²⁷ti poslušaj v nebesih in odpusti greh hlapcev svojih in ljudstva svojega, Izraela, da jih učiš dobro pot, po kateri naj hodijo, in pošlješ dežja deželi svoji, ki si jo dal ljudstvu svojemu v dediščino.

²⁷then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

²⁸Kadar bode v deželi lakota, kadar pride kuga ali snet ali strupena rosa, kobilice ali gosenice; ko jih bodo sovražniki oblegali v deželi njih mest; katerakoli pridi nadloga, katerakoli bolezen:

²⁸`Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness;

²⁹kakršnokoli molitev in prošnjo bo molil kdo ali vse ljudstvo tvoje izraelsko, kadar spozna vsakteri svojo kazen in svojo nadlogo in iztegne roke proti tej hiši:

²⁹any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each his own plague, and his own pain, and he hath spread out his hands towards this house:

³⁰ti poslušaj v nebesih, v mestu prebivanja svojega, in odpusti in vsakemu povrni po vsem življenju njegovem, kakor spoznaš srce njegovo (zakaj ti, edini ti poznaš srca otrok človeških),

³⁰then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou -- Thou only -- hast known the heart of the sons of men),

³¹da bi se te bali in hodili po potih tvojih, dokler žive v deželi, ki si jo dal njih očetom.

³¹so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.

³²Ako pa tudi inostranec, ki ni iz ljudstva tvojega, Izraela, pride iz daljne dežele zaradi imena tvojega velikega in zaradi močne roke tvoje in iztegnjene rame tvoje; ko torej pridejo in bodo molili proti tej hiši:

³²`And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house:

³³ti poslušaj v nebesih, v mestu prebivanja svojega, in stóri vse, za kar te kliče inostranec; da spoznajo vsa ljudstva na zemlji tvoje ime, da bi se te bali kakor ljudstvo tvoje, Izrael, ter da se prepričajo, da se imenuje ta hiša, ki sem jo zgradil, po imenu tvojem.

³³then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built.

³⁴Kadar pojde ljudstvo tvoje v vojno zoper sovražnike svoje, po kateremkoli potu jih pošlješ, in bodo molili k tebi, ozirajoč se proti temu mestu, ki si ga izvolil, in proti hiši, ki sem jo zgradil imenu tvojemu:

³⁴`When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name:

³⁵ti poslušaj v nebesih njih molitev in prošnjo ter se potegni za njih pravdo.

³⁵then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.

³⁶Kadar se pregreše zoper tebe (kajti ni ga človeka, ki ne greši) in se razsrdiš nad njimi in jih izročiš sovražniku, da jih ujete peljejo v deželo daljno ali bližnjo:

³⁶`When they sin against Thee -- for there is not a man who sinneth not -- and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;

³⁷ako pa se premislijo v deželi, kamor so bili odpeljani v ujetništvo, in se izpreobrnejo in te ponižno prosijo v deželi ujetništva svojega, govoreč: Grešili smo, krivično smo delali, brezbožno smo ravnali!

³⁷and they have turned [it] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly;

³⁸ako se k tebi povrnejo iz vsega srca svojega in iz vse duše svoje v deželi ujetništva svojega, kamor so jih ujete odpeljali, in molijo, ozirajoč se proti deželi svoji, ki si jo dal njih očetom, in mestu, ki si ga izvolil, in proti hiši, ki sem jo zgradil imenu tvojemu:

³⁸yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name:

³⁹ti poslušaj v nebesih, v mestu prebivanja svojega, njih molitev in prošnjo ter se potegni za njih pravdo, in odpusti ljudstvu svojemu, ki je grešilo zoper tebe.

³⁹then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee.

⁴⁰Sedaj torej, Bog moj, prosim, naj bodo odprte oči tvoje in pazijo naj ušesa tvoja na molitev, ki se opravlja na tem mestu.

⁴⁰`Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place:

⁴¹Sedaj torej vstani, o GOSPOD Bog, pridi v počivališče svoje, ti in skrinja moči tvoje! Duhovniki tvoji, o GOSPOD Bog, naj bodo oblečeni z zveličanjem, in svetniki tvoji naj se vesele dobrote!O GOSPOD, Bog, ne zavrni obličja maziljenca svojega! Spominjaj se dobrot, obljubljenih Davidu, hlapcu svojemu!

⁴¹and now, rise, O Jehovah God, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests, O Jehovah God, are clothed with salvation, and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness,

⁴²O GOSPOD, Bog, ne zavrni obličja maziljenca svojega! Spominjaj se dobrot, obljubljenih Davidu, hlapcu svojemu!

⁴²O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.'