Liber II Paralipomenon, 6

1. tunc Salomon ait Dominus pollicitus est ut habitaret in caligine

1. Then Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud.

2. ego autem ædificavi domum nomini ejus ut habitaret ibi in perpetuum

2. But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

3. et convertit faciem suam et benedixit universæ multitudini Israël nam omnis turba stabat intenta et ait

3. And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel (for all the multitude stood attentive) and he said:

4. benedictus Dominus Deus Israël qui quod locutus est David patri meo opere conplevit dicens

4. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke to David my father, saying:

5. a die qua eduxi populum meum de terra Ægypti non elegi civitatem de cunctis tribubus Israël ut ædificaretur in ea domus nomini meo neque elegi quemquam alium virum ut esset dux in populo meo Israël

5. From the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built in it to my name: neither chose I any other man, to be the ruler of my people Israel.

6. sed elegi Hierusalem ut sit nomen meum in ea et elegi David ut constituerem eum super populum meum Israël

6. But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.

7. cumque fuisset voluntatis David patris mei ut ædificaret domum nomini Domini Dei Israël

7. And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,

8. dixit Dominus ad eum quia hæc fuit voluntas tua ut ædificares domum nomini meo bene quidem fecisti habere hujuscemodi voluntatem

8. The Lord said to him: Forasmuch as it was thy will to build a house to my name, thou hast done well indeed in having such a will:

9. sed non tu ædificabis domum verum filius tuus qui egredietur de lumbis tuis ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo

9. But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.

10. conplevit ergo Dominus sermonem suum quem locutus fuerat et ego surrexi pro David patre meo et sedi super thronum Israël sicut locutus est Dominus et ædificavi domum nomini Domini Dei Israël

10. The Lord therefore hath accomplished his word which he spoke: and I am risen up in the place of David my father, and sit upon the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised : and have built a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

11. et posui in ea arcam in qua est pactum Domini quod pepigit cum filiis Israël

11. And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with the children of Israel.

12. stetit ergo coram altare Domini ex adverso universæ multitudinis Israël et extendit manus suas

12. And he stood before the altar of the I Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.

13. siquidem fecerat Salomon basem æneam et posuerat eam in medio basilicæ habentem quinque cubitos longitudinis et quinque cubitos latitudinis et tres cubitos in altum stetitque super eam et deinceps flexis genibus contra universam multitudinem Israël et palmis in cælum levatis

13. For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and had set it in the midst of the temple, which was five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high: and he stood upon it: then kneeling down in the presence of all the multitude of Israel, and lifting up his hands towards heaven,

14. ait Domine Deus Israël non est similis tui Deus in cælo et in terra qui custodis pactum et misericordiam cum servis tuis qui ambulant coram te in toto corde suo

14. He said: O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven nor in earth: who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:

15. qui præstitisti servo tuo David patri meo quæcumque locutus fueras ei et quæ ore promiseras opere conplesti sicut et præsens tempus probat

15. Who hast performed to thy servant David my father all that thou hast promised him: and hast accomplished in fact, what thou hast spoken with thy mouth, as also the present time proveth.

16. nunc ergo Domine Deus Israël imple servo tuo patri meo David quæcumque locutus es dicens non deficiet ex te vir coram me qui sedeat super thronum Israël ita tamen si custodierint filii tui vias suas et ambulaverint in lege mea sicut et tu ambulasti coram me

16. Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my father, whatsoever 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 ways, and walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

17. et nunc Domine Deus Israël firmetur sermo tuus quem locutus es servo tuo David

17. And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy word be established which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.

18. ergone credibile est ut habitet Deus cum hominibus super terram si cælum et cæli cælorum non te capiunt quanto magis domus ista quam ædificavi

18. Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, which I have built?

19. sed ad hoc tantum facta est ut respicias orationem servi tui et obsecrationem ejus Domine Deus meus audias et preces quas fundit famulus tuus coram te

19. But to this end only it is made, that thou mayest regard the prayer of thy servant and his supplication, O Lord my God: and mayest hear the prayers which thy servant poureth out before thee.

20. ut aperias oculos tuos super domum istam diebus et noctibus super locum in quo pollicitus es ut invocaretur nomen tuum

20. That thou mayest open thy eyes upon this house day and night, upon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be called upon,

21. et exaudires orationem quam servus tuus orat in eo exaudi preces famuli tui et populi tui Israël quicumque oraverit in loco isto et exaudi de habitaculo tuo id est de cælis et propitiare

21. And that thou wouldst hear the prayer which thy servant prayeth in it: hearken then to the prayers of thy servant, and of thy people Israel. Whosoever shall pray in this place, hear thou from thy dwelling place, that is, from heaven, and shew mercy.

22. si peccaverit quispiam in proximum suum et jurare contra eum paratus venerit seque maledicto constrinxerit coram altari in domo ista

22. If any man sin against his neighbour, and come to swear against him, and bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house:

23. tu audies de cælo et facies judicium servorum tuorum ita ut reddas iniquo viam suam in caput proprium et ulciscaris justum retribuens ei secundum justitiam suam

23. Then hear thou from heaven, and do justice to thy servants, so as to requite the wicked by making his wickedness fall upon his own head, and to revenge the just, rewarding him according to his justice.

24. si superatus fuerit populus tuus Israël ab inimicis peccabunt enim tibi et conversi egerint pænitentiam et obsecraverint nomen tuum et fuerint deprecati in loco isto

24. If thy people Israel be overcome by their enemies, (for they will sin against thee,) and being converted shall do penance, and call upon thy name, and pray to thee in this place,

25. tu exaudi de cælo et propitiare peccato populi tui Israël et reduc eos in terram quam dedisti eis et patribus eorum

25. Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them back into the land, which thou gavest to them, and their fathers.

26. si clauso cælo pluvia non fluxerit propter peccata populi et deprecati te fuerint in loco isto et confessi nomini tuo et conversi a peccatis suis cum eos adflixeris

26. If the heavens be shut up, and there fall no rain by reason of the sine of the people, and they shall pray to thee in this place, and confess to thy name, and be converted from their sins, when thou dost afflict them,

27. exaudi de cælo Domine et dimitte peccata servis tuis et populi tui Israël et doce eos viam bonam per quam ingrediantur et da pluviam terræ quam dedisti populo tuo ad possidendum

27. Then hear thou from heaven, O Lord, and forgive the sine of thy servants and of thy people Israel, and teach them the good way, in which they may walk: and give rain to thy land which thou hast given to thy people to possess.

28. fames si orta fuerit in terra et pestilentia erugo et aurugo et lucusta et brucus et hostes vastatis regionibus portas obsederint civitatis omnisque plaga et infirmitas presserit

28. If a famine arise in the land, or a pestilence or blasting, or mildew, or locusts, or caterpillars: or if their enemies waste the country, and besiege the cities, whatsoever scourge or infirmity shall be upon them:

29. si quis de populo tuo Israël fuerit deprecatus cognoscens plagam et infirmitatem suam et expanderit manus suas in domo hac

29. Then if any of thy people Israel, knowing his own scourge and infirmity shall pray, and shall spread forth his hands in this house,

30. tu exaudi de cælo de sublimi scilicet habitaculo tuo et propitiare et redde unicuique secundum vias suas quas nosti eum habere in corde suo tu enim solus nosti corda filiorum hominum

30. Hear thou from heaven, from thy high dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every one according to his ways, which thou knowest him to have in his heart: (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

31. ut timeant te et ambulent in viis tuis cunctis diebus quibus vivunt super faciem terræ quam dedisti patribus nostris

31. That they may fear thee, and walk in thy ways all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.

32. externum quoque qui non est de populo tuo Israël si venerit de terra longinqua propter nomen tuum magnum et propter manum tuam robustam et brachium tuum extentum et adoraverit in loco isto

32. If the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, come from a far country, for the sake of thy great name, and thy strong hand, and thy stretched out arm, and adore in this place:

33. tu exaudies de cælo firmissimo habitaculo tuo et facies cuncta pro quibus invocaverit te ille peregrinus ut sciant omnes populi terræ nomen tuum et timeant te sicut populus tuus Israël et cognoscant quia nomen tuum invocatum est super domum hanc quam ædificavi

33. Hear thou from heaven thy firm dwelling place, and do all that which that stranger shall call upon thee for: that all the people of the earth may know thy name, and may fear thee, as thy people Israel, and may know, that thy name is invoked upon this house, which I have built.

34. si egressus fuerit populus tuus ad bellum contra adversarios suos per viam in qua miseris eos adorabunt te contra viam in qua civitas hæc est quam elegisti et domus quam ædificavi nomini tuo

34. If thy people go out to war against their enemies, by the way that thou shalt send them, and adore thee towards the way of this city, which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name:

35. ut exaudias de cælo preces eorum et obsecrationem et ulciscaris

35. Then hear thou from heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and revenge them.

36. si autem et peccaverint tibi neque enim est homo qui non peccet et iratus fueris eis et tradideris hostibus et captivos eos duxerint in terram longinquam vel certe quæ juxta est

36. And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

37. et conversi corde suo in terra ad quam captivi ducti fuerant egerint pænitentiam et deprecati te fuerint in terra captivitatis suæ dicentes peccavimus inique fecimus iniuste egimus

37. And if they be converted in their heart in the land to which they were led / captive, and do penance, and pray to thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have dealt unjustly:

38. et reversi fuerint ad te in toto corde suo et in tota anima sua in terra captivitatis suæ ad quam ducti sunt adorabunt te contra viam terræ suæ quam dedisti patribus eorum et urbis quam elegisti et domus quam ædificavi nomini tuo

38. And return to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, to which they were led away, and adore thee towards the way of their own land which thou gavest their fathers, and of the city, which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name:

39. ut exaudias de cælo hoc est de firmo habitaculo tuo preces eorum et facias judicium et dimittas populo tuo quamvis peccatori

39. Then hear thou from heaven, that is, from thy firm dwelling place, their prayers, and do judgment, and forgive thy people, although they have sinned:

40. tu es enim Deus meus aperiantur quæso oculi tui et aures tuæ intentæ sint ad orationem quæ fit in loco isto

40. For thou art my God: let thy eyes, I beseech thee, be open, and let thy ears be attentive to the prayer, that is made in this place.

41. nunc igitur consurge Domine Deus in requiem tuam tu et arca fortitudinis tuæ sacerdotes tui Domine Deus induantur salute et sancti tui lætentur in bonis

41. Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, put on salvation, and thy saints rejoice in good things.

42. Domine Deus ne averseris faciem christi tui memento misericordiarum David servi tui

42. O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.