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

¹Huchiin Solomon in thu agen a, TOUPAN, Mial bikbekah ka om ding, a chi nguta,

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

²Himahleh na tenna ding in, khantawna na om na ding ka honna lamsakta hi chiin.

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

³Huan, kumpipa aki heia, Israel kikhawmte tengteng a vualjawla; Israel kikhawmte tenteng ading dedup uhi.

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,

⁴Huan, aman, TOUPA Israelte Pathian, a kapa David kianga amah kam mahmah a,

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:

⁵Aigupta gam a kipan ka mi Israelte ka pi khiak ni akipan in Israelte nam lak a koi khua mah ka min omna diing in lamna diing in ka tel ngei naikei a; ka mi Israelte tunga heutu diing mi kuamah ka tel ngei naisam kei;

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

⁶Ahihhangin, ka min om na diingin Jerusalem kana tel taa, ka mi Israelte heutu diingin David kana telta ahi, chia nagen pa, amah khut mahmah a hon pichingsakpa phat in om hen.

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

⁷Kapa David in Israelte Pathian, TOUPA min diinga in lam a ngaihtuah sek a

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:

⁸Himahleh TOUPAN kapa David kiangah, ka min diinga in lam na ngaihtuah sek a, hichi bang lungsim na naput na hih hoih hi; himahleh nang jaw in na lam kei diing;

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.’

⁹Na tapa, na khala hong pawt diingin ka min diingin in a hon lam zou diing, a nachi ta hi.

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.

¹⁰Huan, TOUPAN a thugen atangtungsak taa: TOUPA chiamsa bang ngein kapa David mun ka hon luah a, Israel lal tutphah ah ka hong tu a, Israel pathian TOUPA min ding in kahon lamta ahi.

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

¹¹Huai laiah Israel suan te kiang a nakhun, TOUPA thukhun a bawm ka koihta ahi, a chi a.

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

¹²Huan TOUPA maitam bul ah Israel kikhawmte tengteng muh in a ding a, a baan a zak a,

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;)

¹³(Solomon in dal dohkan a saulam tong nga, a zatlam tong nga, a san lam tong thum a bawl biakin huang laitak a tun tungah a tuang a, Israel kikhawm te tengteng ma ah a khuk din a, vanlam nga in a ban a jaka: )

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;

¹⁴Aw, TOUPA, Israelte pathian lei leh van ah nang mah bang mahmah Pathian a om kei uh, a lungtang tengteng ua na lampi tawnmi a sikha te tunga thukhun tangtung saka hehpihna kem,

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.

¹⁵Na sikha kapa David kiang a, na thu chiam na tangtung saka; ahi, na kama na gen san na khut in na loh ching saktaa: tuni in.

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.’

¹⁶Huchiin aw TOUPA, Israelte pathian, na sikha kapa David kianga, Na suante na om banga omsam ding a omdan ua a pilvan peuhmah uleh, ka mit muh a isrealte laltutphah a tuding na tasam kei ding, chi a na na chiamsa tangtung sakin.

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

¹⁷Huchiin TOUPA, Israelte Pathian, na sikha David kiang a, na thugen lohchingsak mahmah in

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!

¹⁸Ahihhangin, pathian leiah mihing lakah om petmah dia hia? Ngain, van, vante van ah leng nata keia, hiai ka inlam ah takei sem natel ni chia!

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;

¹⁹Himahleh, aw TOUPA ka pathian na sikha in nang a hon sapna leh a thumna ngaihkhiaksak in, na sikha thumna leh ngetna hon limsak in.

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.

²⁰Hiai mun lam ngaa na sikha a thumna ngaikhia a, Huai laiah kamin a om ding, na chih na mun mahmah, inlam ah sun leh jan a namit suan gige theih na dingin.

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.

²¹Huan, na sikha leh nami Israel ten hiai munlam nga a thum chiang un a ngetna te uh ana ngaihkhia sak jelin, ahi, na tenna mun vanah na na ngaikhia inla, huan na ngaikhia in, ngaidam in.

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;

²²Mi kuapeuh in a innvengte tungah thil hih khial in, kichiamsak hong kiphamoh taleh, hiai in a na maitam ma ah hong kichiamhenla;

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.

²³Nang vanah nangaikhia inla, gamtang inla, mi gilou a gitlouh mana, mohtangsakin, mi diktat a diktak mana dik tangsakin, na sikha te vaihawm sakin.

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;

²⁴Na mi Israelten na tung a thil a hih khelh jiak ua melma te laka ana vuallelh ua, nang lam a hong ngat nawn ua, namin a gup ua, hiai in a thum a thil na kianga a hong nget uleh;

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.

²⁵Nang vanah na ngaihkhiaksak inla, nami Israelte khelhna ngaidam inla, amau leh api leh pute uh napiak gamah pi nawn in.

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:

²⁶Na tungah thil ahih khelh jiak ua vana hong bina, vuah a hong zuk louh a, hiai munlam nga a a thum ua na min a gup uh leh, amau na hih gim jiaka a khelhna uh a kisik uleh;

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.

²⁷Nang vanah na ngaikhia inla, apaina ding uh lampi hoih kawkmuh in na sikha te leh nami Israelte khelhna ngaidam in namite a goutan ding ua na piak nagam ah vuah hon zusak in.

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;

²⁸Ka gam ua kialte a hong kiak a, hi te ahong len a, keuna hiam, muatna hiam, khaukhup hiam, lung hiam a hong om a, a melmate un a khuate uh a hong um ua, hi bang peuh, natna bang peuh a hong tun leh ahi vei uhiam, a lungkham na uh hiam thei peuhmah in;

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:

²⁹Hiai inlam ngaa banjak a mimal hiam, Israel mipi hon in hiam thumna leh ngetna a hon tut uh:

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;)

³⁰Na omna van ah na ngaikhia inla, ngaidam inla, mi chih a omdan bang chiat un lohchingsakin, a lungtang uh lah nathei ngala: (nang mah kia lah mihing tate lungtang theipa nahi ngala: )

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

³¹Kapi leh pute uh napiak gama omsung teng ua nalampi tawn thei ding a nang laudan a hong siamna ding un.

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:

³²Huan, na mi Israelte hilou, nam dang mi, namin thupi tak leh na khut hattak leh na banzak jiaka gam gamla taka kipana hongpai, hiai in lam nga a a hong thum hun chiang un:

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.

³³Nang na omna van ah nangaikhia inla, namdang te leng nang hon sapdan uh dungzui in atung uah hih in, huchiin nami Israelte bangmah in khovel a namchih in nam a thei ding ua, nang laudan ahong siamding ua, hiai ka inlam in namin apu chih a thei ding uhi.

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;

³⁴Namiten a melma te uh na sawlna lamlam a a sual ua na khopi tel leh namin adia in kana lam lam nga a na kiangah a thum uleh:

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

³⁵Nang a thumna uh leh a ngetna uh vanah na ngaikhia inla, a thu uah pi jelin.

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;

³⁶Na tung a ahong khelh ua, (kuamah lah khial lou a omngal keia) a tungua na hehna, melma khut ah na piak a, gam gamla pi ah hiam, naideuh ah hiam sala a pi unleng,

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;’

³⁷Sal a api nagam ua aki ngaihtuah khiak ua, akisik ua, I nakhialta, diklou tak leh gitlouh huai tak in thil ina hihta, chia a tanna gam ua ngetna hon tut ua: a

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:

³⁸Sal a amau api na ua, atanna gam ua a lungtang tak uleh a lungsim taktak ua nanglam a hong ngat ua, api leh pute uh gamlam leh na khopi tel leh namin dia ka inlam lam nga na kiangah a thum uleh:

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.

³⁹A thumna uh leh a ngetna uh nang na omna vanah na ngaikhia inla, a thu uah pi jel inla, natung a nana khialta namite ngaidam in.

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.

⁴⁰Aw ka pathian, hehpihtak in namit hong hakinla, hiai muna thumna ah na bil hon doh in.

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.

⁴¹Aw, TOUPA pathian, na omna mun ah paitou in nang leh na hatna bawm toh, aw, TOUPA pathian, na siampute hotdamna in van inla, na mi siangthou te hoihna in nuamsa sak in.Aw TOUPA pathian, na thau nilhpa mel leh ngatsak kenla, na sikha David thil hoih hih te thei gige in, a chi a.

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

⁴²Aw TOUPA pathian, na thau nilhpa mel leh ngatsak kenla, na sikha David thil hoih hih te thei gige in, a chi a.