1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Ndipo Sulemani akanena, Bwana alisema ya kwamba atakaa katika giza nene.
2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Lakini nimekujengea nyumba ya kukaa, iwe mahali pa makao yako milele.
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
Mfalme akageuza uso wake, akawabarikia mkutano wote wa Israeli; na mkutano wote wa Israeli wakasimama.
4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
Akasema, Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ahimidiwe, aliyenena kwa kinywa chake na baba yangu Daudi, akalitimiza kwa mikono yake, akasema,
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
Tangu siku ile nilipowatoa watu wangu katika nchi ya Misri, sikuchagua mji wo wote wa kabila zote za Israeli ili kujenga nyumba, jina langu liwe humo; wala sikumchagua mtu ye yote awe mkuu juu ya watu wangu Israeli;
6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
lakini nimeuchagua Yerusalemu, jina langu liwe humo; na Daudi nimemchagua awe juu ya watu wangu Israeli.
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Basi ilikuwa moyoni mwake Daudi, baba yangu, kujenga nyumba kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
Lakini Bwana akamwambia Daudi baba yangu, Kwa kuwa ilikuwa moyoni mwako kujenga nyumba kwa jina langu, ulifanya vema kuwaza hivi moyoni mwako;
9 notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
lakini si wewe utakayeijenga nyumba hiyo; ila mwanao atakayetoka katika viuno vyako, yeye ndiye atakayejenga nyumba kwa jina langu.
10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
Basi Bwana amelitimiza neno lile alilolinena; nami nimesimama mahali pa Daudi baba yangu, na kuketi katika kiti cha enzi cha Israeli, kama Bwana alivyoahidi, nami nimeijenga nyumba kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
Ndimo nilimoliweka hilo sanduku, ambalo ndani yake mna agano la Bwana, alilolifanya na wana wa Israeli.
Solomon's Prayer
12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
Akasimama mbele ya madhabahu ya Bwana, machoni pa mkutano wote wa Israeli, akainyosha mikono;
13 for Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
(maana Sulemani alikuwa amefanya mimbari ya shaba, urefu wake mikono mitano, na upana wake mikono mitano, na kwenda juu kwake mikono mitatu, na kuisimamisha katikati ya ua; akasimama juu yake, akapiga magoti mbele ya mkutano wote wa Israeli, akaikunjua mikono yake kuelekea mbinguni);
14 and said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
akasema, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, hakuna Mungu kama wewe, mbinguni, wala duniani; ushikaye maagano na rehema kwa watumishi wako, waendao mbele zako kwa moyo wao wote;
15 thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
uliyemtimizia mtumishi wako Daudi, baba yangu, ahadi uliyomwahidi; naam, ulinena kwa kinywa chako, ukayatimiza kwa mkono wako, kama ilivyo leo.
16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
Sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, umfikilizie mtumishi wako Daudi, baba yangu, ahadi uliyomwahidia, ukisema, Hutakosa kuwa na mtu machoni pangu, wa kuketi katika kiti cha enzi cha Israeli; wakiwa tu watoto wako wataiangalia njia yao, ili kuiendea torati yangu, kama wewe ulivyokwenda mbele zangu.
17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
Basi sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ulithibitishe neno lako, ulilomwambia mtumishi wako Daudi.
18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
Lakini Mungu je! Yamkini atakaa na watu duniani? Tazama, mbingu na mbingu za mbingu za mbingu hazikutoshi; siuze nyumba hii niliyoijenga!
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
Walakini umwangalie mtumwa wako anayoyaomba, na kusihi, Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu, usikie kilio na maombi anayoyaomba mtumwa wako mbele zako;
20 that thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
ili macho yako yafumbuke kwa nyumba hii mchana na usiku, mahali uliponena, ndipo utakapoliweka jina lako; usikie maombi atakayoomba mtumwa wako, akikabili mahali hapa.
21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
Uyasikie atakayosihi mtumwa wako, na watu wako Israeli, watakapoomba wakikabili mahali hapa; naam, usikie toka makaoni mwako, toka mbinguni, nawe usikiapo, samehe.
22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
Ikiwa mtu amemkosea mwenzake, akitiwa kiapo, aapishwe, naye akija na kuapa hapa mbele ya madhabahu yako nyumbani humu;
23 then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
basi, usikie mbinguni, ukatende, ukawahukumu watumwa wako; ukimlipiza mwovu, kumpatilizia njia yake kichwani; ukamfanyie haki mwenye haki, ukimjalia kwa kadiri ya haki yake.
24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
Ikiwa watu wako Israeli wamepigwa mbele ya adui zao, kwa sababu wamekukosa wewe; kama wakirejea kwako, na kulikiri jina lako, wakikuomba na kukusihi nyumbani humu;
25 then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
basi usikie huko mbinguni, ukaisamehe dhambi ya watu wako Israeli, na kuwarejeza tena katika nchi uliyowapa wao na baba zao.
26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
Ikiwa mbingu zimefungwa, hata hakuna mvua, kwa sababu wamekukosa wewe; kama wakiomba wakikabili mahali hapa, na kulikiri jina lako, na kuiacha dhambi yao, uwatesapo;
27 then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
basi usikie huko mbinguni, ukaisamehe dhambi ya watumwa wako, na ya watu wako Israeli; uwafundishapo njia njema iwapasayo waiendee; ukainyeshee mvua nchi yako, uliyowapa watu wako iwe urithi.
28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
Ikiwa nchi imeingia njaa, au tauni, au ukosefu wa mvua, au ukungu, au nzige, au panzi; ikiwa adui wamewahusuru katika nchi ya miji yao, au ukiwapo msiba wo wote, au uele wo wote;
29 then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
yo yote atakayoyaomba na kusihi mtu awaye yote, au watu wako Israeli wote pamoja, watakaojua kila mtu pigo lake mwenyewe, na msiba wake mwenyewe, akiinyoshea mikono nyumba hii;
30 then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
basi usikie huko mbinguni, ukaapo, ukasamehe, ukampatilize kila mtu kwa kadiri ya njia zake zote; wewe umjuaye moyo; (maana wewe peke yako ndiwe uijuaye mioyo ya wanadamu);
31 that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
ili wakuche wewe, waziendee njia zako, siku zote watakazoishi katika nchi uliyowapa baba zetu.
32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
Hata na mgeni naye, asiyekuwa mmoja wa watu wako Israeli, atakapokuja kutoka nchi iliyo mbali sana kwa ajili ya jina lako kuu, na mkono wako ulio hodari, na mkono wako ulionyoshwa; hao watakapokuja na kuomba wakiielekea nyumba hii;
33 then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
basi usikie huko mbinguni, toka makaoni mwako, ukatende yote atakayokuomba huyo mgeni; ili watu wote wa dunia wapate kulijua jina lako, na kukucha wewe, kama watu wako Israeli, tena wajue ya kuwa nyumba hii niliyoijenga imeitwa kwa jina lako.
34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
Ikiwa watu wako wametoka kupigana na adui zao, utakakowatuma ko kote, wakikuomba kuuelekea mji huu uliouchagua, na nyumba hii niliyoijenga kwa jina lako;
35 then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
basi uyasikie huko mbinguni wayaombayo, na kusihi, ukaitetee haki yao.
36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
Wakikukosa, (maana hakuna mtu asiyekosa), hata uwakasirikie, na kuwatia mikononi mwa adui zao, wawahamishe, na kuwachukua mateka mpaka nchi iliyo mbali au iliyo karibu;
37 yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
basi wakikumbuka katika nchi walikohamishwa, na kutubu, na kukusihi katika nchi ya uhamisho wao, wakisema, Tumekosa, tumetenda kwa ukaidi, tumefanya maovu;
38 if they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
wakurudiapo kwa mioyo yao yote, na kwa nia zao zote, katika nchi ya uhamisho wao, adui walikowahamisha, wakiomba na kuielekea nchi uliyowapa baba zao, na mji huu uliouchagua, na nyumba hii niliyoijenga kwa jina lako;
39 then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
basi uyasikie toka mbinguni, toka makaoni mwako, wayaombayo, na kusihi, ukaitetee haki yao; ukawasamehe watu wako, waliokosa juu yako.
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Na sasa, Ee Mungu wangu, macho yako yafumbuke, nakusihi, masikio yako yakasikilize maombi yaombwayo mahali hapa.
41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
Sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu, uondoke, uende kwenye raha yako, wewe na sanduku la nguvu zako; makuhani wako, Ee Bwana, Mungu, wavikwe wokovu, watakatifu wako na washangilie mema.
42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Ee Bwana, Mungu, usiurudishe nyuma uso wa masihi wako, uzikumbuke fadhili za Daudi mtumishi wako.
