¹Now 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 Yahweh filled the house.

¹Da Salomo havde endt sin Bøn, for Ild ned fra Himmelen og fortærede Brændofferet og Slagtofrene, og HERRENs Herlighed fyldte Templet,

²The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh’s house.

²og Præsterne kunde ikke gå ind i HERRENs Hus, fordi HERRENs Herlighed fyldte det.

³All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Yahweh was on the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.”

³Og da alle Israeliterne så Ilden og HERRENs Herlighed fare ned over Templet, kastede de sig på Knæ på Stenbroen med Ansigtet mod Jorden og filbad og lovede HERREN med Ordene "thi han er god, og hans Miskundhed varer evindelig!"

⁴Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Yahweh.

⁴Kongen ofrede nu sammen med alt Folket Slagtofre for HEERRENs Åsyn.

⁵King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.

⁵Til Slagtofferet tog Kong Salomo 22.000 Stykker Hornkvæg og 120.000 Stykker Småkvæg. Således indviede Kongen og alt Folket Guds Hus.

⁶The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, when David praised by their ministry, saying “For his loving kindness endures for ever.” The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

⁶Og Præsterne stod på deres Pladser, og Leviterne stød med HERRENs Musikinstrumenter, som Kong David havde ladet lave, for at love HERREN med Davids Lovsangs Ord "thi hans Miskundhed varer evindelig!" og Præsterne stod lige over for dem og blæste i trompeter, og hele Israel stod op:

⁷Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat.

⁷Og Salomo helligede den mellemste Del af Forgården foran HERRENs Hus, thi der måtte han ofre Brændofrene og Fedtstykkerne af Takofrene, da Kobberalteret, som Salomo havde ladet lave, ikke kunde rumme Brændofferet, Afgrødeoffret og Fedtstykkerne.

⁸So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.

⁸Samtidig fejrede Salomo i syv Dage Højtiden sammen med hele Israel, en vældig Forsamling lige fra Egnen ved Hamat og til Ægyptens Bæk.

⁹On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

⁹Ottendedagen holdt man festlig Samling, thi de fejrede Alterets Indvielse i syv Dage og Højtiden i syv.

¹⁰On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

¹⁰Og på den tre og tyvende Dag i den syvende Måned lod han Folket gå hver til sit, glade og vel til Mode over den Godhed, HERREN havde vist sin Tjenet David og Salomo og sit Folk Israel.

¹¹Thus Solomon finished the house of Yahweh, and the king’s house: and he successfully completed all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Yahweh, and in his own house.

¹¹Salomo var nu færdig med at opføre HERRENs Hus og Kongens Palads; og alt, hvad Salomo havde sat sig for at udføre ved HERRENs Hus og sit Palads, havde han lykkeligt ført igennem.

¹²Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

¹²Da lod HERREN sig til Syne for Salomo om Natten og sagde til ham: "Jeg har hørt din Bøn og udvalgt mig dette Sted til Offersted.

¹³“If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

¹³Dersom jeg tillukker Himmelen, så Regnen udebliver, eller jeg opbyder Græshopperne til at æde Landet op, eller jeg sender Pest i mit Folk,

¹⁴if 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.

¹⁴og mit Folk, som mit Navn nævnes over, da ydmyger sig, beder og søger mit Åsyn og vender om fra deres onde Veje, så vil jeg høre det i Himmelen og tilgive deres Synd og læge deres Land,

¹⁵Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

¹⁵Nu skal mine Øjne være åbne og mine Ører lytte til Bønnen, der bedes på dette Sted.

¹⁶For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

¹⁶Og nu har jeg udvalgt og billiget dette Hus, for at mit Navn kan bo der til evig Tid, og mine Øjne og mit Hjerte skal være der alle Dage.

¹⁷“As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;

¹⁷Hvis du nu vandrer for mit Åsyn som din Fader David, så du gør alt, hvad.jeg har pålagt dig, og, holder mine Anordninger og Lovbud,

¹⁸then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.’

¹⁸så vil jeg opretholde din Kongetrone, som jeg tilsagde din Fader David, da jeg sagde: En Efterfølger skal aldrig fattes dig til at herske over Israel.

¹⁹But if you 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;

¹⁹Men hvis I vender eder bort og forlader mine Anordninger og Bud, som jeg har forelagt eder, og går hen og dyrker fremmede Guder og tilbeder dem,

²⁰then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

²⁰så vil jeg rykke eder op fra mit Land, som jeg gav eder; og dette Hus, som jeg har belliget for mit Navn, vil jeg forkaste fra mit Åsyn og gøre det til Spot og Spe blandt alle Folk,

²¹This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?’

²¹og dette Hus, som var så ophøjet, over det skal enhver, som kommer der forbi, blive slået af Rædsel. Og når man siger: Hvorfor har HERREN handlet således mod dette Land og dette Hus?

²²They shall answer, ‘Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and took other gods, worshiped them, and served them. Therefore he has brought all this evil on them.’”

²²skal der svares: Fordi de forlod HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, som førte dem ud af Ægypten, og holdt sig til andre Guder, tilbad og dyrkede dem; derfor har HERREN bragt al denne Elendighed over dem!"