¹Ipapo Soromoni akati, Jehovha akati, ndinoda kugara mukati merima guru.

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

²Asi ndakakuvakirai imba pamungagara, nenzvimbo yamungagara nokusingaperi.

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

³Zvino mambo akatendeudza chiso chake, akaropafadza ungano yose yaIsiraeri; ungano yose yaIsiraeri ikasimuka.

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

⁴Akati, Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri ngaakudzwe, iye akataura nomuromo wake naDhavhidhi baba vangu, akazvizadzisa noruoko rwake, achiti,

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:

⁵Kubva pazuva randakabudisa vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri paEgipita, handina kutsaura guta rimwe pamarudzi ose aIsiraeri, pavangandivakira imba, kuti zita rangu rigarepo; uye handina kutsaura munhu mumwe ave mutungamiriri wavanhu vangu vaIsiraeri;

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;

⁶asi ndakatsaura Jerusaremu, kuti zita rangu rigarepo; uye ndakatsaura Dhavhidhi kuti abate vanhu vangu vaIsiraeri.

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

⁷Zvino Dhavhidhi baba vangu vakanga vachida kuvakira zita raJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri imba.

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

⁸Asi Jehovha akati kuna Dhavhidhi baba vangu, Wakaita zvakanaka, zvawakanga uchida kuvakira zita rangu imba;

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,

⁹kunyange zvakadaro iwe haungavaki imba iyo; asi mwanakomana wako wauchabereka, ndiye achavakira zita rangu imba.

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.

¹⁰Zvino Jehovha akaita shoko rake raakataura, nekuti ini ndamuka panzvimbo yaDhavhidhi baba vangu, ndikagara pachigaro choushe chalsiraeri, sezvakapika Jehovha, ndikavakira zita raJehovha Mwari walsiraeri imba.

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,

¹¹Imomo ndakaisa areka, mune sungano yaJehovha, yaakaita navana vaIsiraeri.

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

¹²Akamira pamberi pearitari yaJehovha, pamberi peungano yose yalsiraeri, akatambanudza maoko ake;

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

¹³(nokuti Soromoni akanga aita nendarira pokumira pakakwirira, kureba kwapo kwakasvika makubhiti mashanu, noupamhi makubhiti mashanu, nokukwirira makubhiti matatu, akazviisa pakati poruvazhe; akamira pamusoro pazvo, akapfugama pamberi peungano yose yaIsiraeri, akatambanudzira maoko ake kudenga;)

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 --

¹⁴akati, Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, hakuna mumwe Mwari akafanana nemwi kudenga kumusoro kana panyika pasi; munorangarira sungano nenyasha kuvaranda venyu, vanofamba pamberi penyu nomoyo wavo wose.

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;

¹⁵imwi makaitira muranda wenyu Dhavhidhi baba vangu, sezvamakamupikira; mukataura nomuromo wenyu, mukazviita noruoko rwenyu, sezvazvakaita nhasi.

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.

¹⁶Naizvozvo zvino, Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, itirai muranda wenyu Dhavhidhi baba vangu, sezvamakamupikira, muchiti, Hakungashaiwi munhu achagara pachigaro choushe chaIsiraeri pamberi pangu, kana vana vako vakangwarira kufamba kwavo, vakafamba pamberi pangu sezvawakafamba iwe pamberi pangu.

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.

¹⁷Naizvozvo zvino, Jehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, shoko renyu ngariitike, iro ramakataura kumuranda wenyu Dhavhidhi baba vangu.

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

¹⁸Ko mukati Mwari ungagara panyika here? Tarira, denga nokudenga-denga hazvingamuringani; ndoda imba ino yandakavaka!

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?)

¹⁹Kunyange zvakadaro, ivai nehanya nomunyengetero womuranda wenyu, nokukumbira kwake, Jehovha Mwari wangu, munzwe kudanidzira nokunyengetera komuranda wenyu, kwaanonyengetera pamberi penyu nhasi.

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,

²⁰Meso enyu ngaarambe achirindira imba ino masikati nousiku, nzvimbo iyi yamakataura pamusoro payo, muchiti, muchagarisa zita renyupo; inzwai munyengetero womuranda wenyu waanozonyengetera akatarira kunzvimbo ino.

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.

²¹Munzwe kukumbira komuranda wenyu, nokwavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, kana vachizonyengetera vakatarira kunzvimbo iyi; donzwai iko kudenga, kwamunogara; zvino kana mukanzwa, muvakangamwire henyu.

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.

²²Kana munhu achinge atadzira waanogara naye, akapikiswa mhiko, akauya akapika pamberi pearitari yenyu muimba ino;

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 --

²³inzwai iko kudenga, muite mururamisire varanda venyu, mupe akaipa mhosva, arobwe pamusoro pomufambiro wake; asi mururamisire akarurama, apiwe zvakafanira kururama kwake.

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.

²⁴Kana vanhu venyu vaIsiraeri vachinge vakundwa navavengi vavo, nemhaka yokuti vakakutadzirai; kana vakadzokerazve kwamuri, vakatenda zita renyu, vakanyengetera kwamuri nokukumbira muimba ino;

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 --

²⁵inzwai iko kudenga, mukangamwire zvivi zvavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, muvadzoserezve kunyika yamakavapa ivo madzibaba avo.

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.

²⁶Kana kudenga kuchinge kwazarirwa, mvura ikasanaya nemhaka yokuti vakakutadzirai; kana vakanyengetera vakatarira kunzvimbo ino, vakatenda zita renyu, vatendeuka pazvivi zvavo, nekuti munenge mavarova;

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 --

²⁷inzwai iko kudenga, mukangamwire zvivi zvavaranda venyu, nezvavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, nekuti munovadzidzisa nzira yakanaka yavanofanira kufamba nayo; munise mvura panyika iyo yamakapa vanhu venyu kuti ive nhaka yavo.

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.

²⁸Kana nzara ikavapo panyika, kana denda rikavapo, kana nyunje nokuvhuvha zvikavapo, nemhashu nehonye; kana vavengi vavo vakavakomba panyika inamaguta avo; kana nyatwa kana hosha ipi neipi ikavapo.

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;

²⁹Kana munhu upi noupi, kana vanhu venyu vose valsiraeri vakanyengetera kana kukumbira, mumwe nomumwe achiziva kutambudzika kuri pamoyo wake kana kuchema kwake, akatambanudzira maoko ake kuimba ino;

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:

³⁰inzwai henyu iko kudenga kwamunogara, mukangamwire muripire mumwe nomumwe zvakafanira mafambiro ake ose, iye wamunoziva moyo wake; (nokuti imi, imwi moga, ndimi munoziva moyo yavana vavanhu vose;)

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),

³¹kuti vakutyei, vafambe munzira dzenyu, nguva yose yavanogara panyika yamakapa madzibaba edu.

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.

³²Zvino kana ari mutorwa, asati ari wavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, kana akabva kunyika iri kure nokuda kwezita renyu guru, noruoko rwenyu rune simba, noruoko rwenyu rwakatambanudzwa; kana akauya akanyengetera akatarira kuimba ino.

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:

³³Inzwai henyu iko kudenga kwamunogara, muitire mutorwa zvose zvaanokumbira, kuti vanhu vose venyika vazive zita renyu, vakutyei, sezvinoita vanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, vazive kuti imba ino yandakavaka yakatumidzwa zita renyu.

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.

³⁴Kana vanhu venyu vakandorwa navavengi vavo, vakaenda nenzira ipi neipi yamuchavatuma nayo, vakanyengetera kwamuri vakatarira kuguta rino ramakatsaura, nokuimba yandakavakira zita renyu;

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:

³⁵inzwai henyu iko kudenga kunyengetera kwavo nokukumbira kwavo, muvaruramisire.

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

³⁶Kana vakakutadzirai (nokuti hakuna munhu asingatadzi), mukavatsamwira, mukavaisa kuvavengi vavo, vakatapwa kunyika yavavengi vavo, kana kure kana pedo.

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;

³⁷Kana vakazozvifunga panyika kwavakatapirwa, vakadzokazve, vakakumbira kwamuri panyika yokutapwa kwavo, vakati, Tatadza, taita zvakaipa, taita zvisakarurama;

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;

³⁸kana vakadzokerazve kwamuri nomoyo wavo wose, nomweya wose, panyika yokutapwa kwavo, kwavakatapirwa, vakanyengetera vakatarira kunyika yavo, yamakapa madzibaba avo, nokuguta ramakatsaura imwi, nokuimba yandakavakira zita renyu;

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:

³⁹inzwai henyu iko kudenga kwamunogara, kunyengetera kwavo nokukumbira kwavo, muvaruramisire; mukangamwire vanhu venyu vakakutadzirai.

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.

⁴⁰Zvino Mwari wangu, meso enyu ngaasvinure, nenzeve dzenyu ngadziteerere zvakanaka munyengetero unonyengeterwa munzvimbo ino.

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

⁴¹Naizvozvo zvino simukai, Jehovha Mwari, mupinde munzvimbo yenyu yokuzorora, neareka yesimba renyu; vapristi venyu, Jehovha Mwari, ngavafukidzwe noruponeso, navatsvene venyu ngavafarire zvakanaka.

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,

⁴²Jehovha Mwari, musafuratira chiso chomuzodzwa wenyu; rangarirai mabasa akanaka aDhavhidhi muranda wenyu.

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