1 Kings 8

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 Then all those greater by birth of Israel, with the leaders of the tribes and the rulers of the families of the sons of Israel, gathered together before king Solomon at Jerusalem, so that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, from the city of David, that is, from Zion.	1 حينئذ جمع سليمان شيوخ اسرائيل وكل رؤوس الاسباط رؤساء الآباء من بني اسرائيل الى الملك سليمان في اورشليم لاصعاد تابوت عهد الرب من مدينة داود. هي صهيون.
2 And all of Israel assembled before king Solomon, on the solemn day in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.	2 فاجتمع الى الملك سليمان جميع رجال اسرائيل في العيد في شهر ايثانيم. هو الشهر السابع.
3 And all the elders of Israel arrived, and the priests took up the ark.	3 وجاء جميع شيوخ اسرائيل وحمل الكهنة التابوت
4 And they carried the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the covenant, and all the vessels of the Sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle; and the priests and the Levites carried these.	4 واصعدوا تابوت الرب وخيمة الاجتماع مع جميع آنية القدس التي في الخيمة فاصعدها الكهنة واللاويون.
5 Then king Solomon, and the entire multitude of Israel, who had assembled before him, advanced with him before the ark. And they immolated sheep and oxen, which could not be numbered or estimated.	5 والملك سليمان وكل جماعة اسرائيل المجتمعين اليه معه امام التابوت كانوا يذبحون من الغنم والبقر ما لا يحصى ولا يعد من الكثرة.
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the oracle of the temple, in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.	6 وادخل الكهنة تابوت عهد الرب الى مكانه في محراب البيت في قدس الاقداس الى تحت جناحي الكروبين.
7 For indeed, the cherubim extended their wings over the place of the ark, and they protected the ark and its bars from above.	7 لان الكروبين بسطا اجنحتهما على موضع التابوت وظلل الكروبان التابوت وعصّيه من فوق.
8 And since the bars projected outward, their ends were visible from without, in the Sanctuary before the oracle; but they were not visible farther outward. And they have been in that place even to the present day.	8 وجذبوا العصي فتراءت رؤوس العصي من القدس امام المحراب ولم تر خارجا وهي هناك الى هذا اليوم.
9 Now inside the ark, there was nothing other than the two tablets of stone, which Moses had placed in it at Horeb, when the Lord formed a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they departed from the land of Egypt.	9 لم يكن في التابوت الا لوحا الحجر اللذان وضعهما موسى هناك في حوريب حين عاهد الرب بني اسرائيل عند خروجهم من ارض مصر.
10 Then it happened that, when the priests had exited from the Sanctuary, a cloud filled the house of the Lord.	10 وكان لما خرج الكهنة من القدس ان السحاب ملأ بيت الرب.
11 And the priests were unable to stand and minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.	11 ولم يستطع الكهنة ان يقفوا للخدمة بسبب السحاب لان مجد الرب ملأ بيت الرب
12 Then Solomon said: “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a cloud.	12 حينئذ تكلم سليمان. قال الرب انه يسكن في الضباب.
13 Building, I have built a house as your dwelling place, your most firm throne forever.”	13 اني قد بنيت لك بيت سكنى مكانا لسكناك الى الابد.
14 And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire assembly of Israel. For the entire assembly of Israel was standing.	14 وحوّل الملك وجهه وبارك كل جمهور اسرائيل. وكل جمهور اسرائيل واقف.
15 And Solomon said: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to my father David, and who, with his own hands, has perfected it, saying:	15 وقال مبارك الرب اله اسرائيل الذي تكلم بفمه الى داود ابي واكمل بيده قائلا
16 ‘From the day when I led my people Israel away from Egypt, I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built, and so that my name might be there. Instead, I chose David to be over my people Israel.’	16 منذ يوم اخرجت شعبي اسرائيل من مصر لم اختر مدينة من جميع اسباط اسرائيل لبناء بيت ليكون اسمي هناك بل انما اخترت داود ليكون على شعبي اسرائيل.
17 And my father David wanted to build a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.	17 وكان في قلب داود ابي ان يبني بيتا لاسم الرب اله اسرائيل.
18 But the Lord said to my father David: ‘Since you have planned in your heart to build a house to my name, you have done well by considering this plan in your mind.	18 فقال الرب لداود ابي من اجل انه كان في قلبك ان تبني بيتا لاسمي قد احسنت بكونه في قلبك.
19 Yet truly, you shall not build a house for me. Instead, your son, who shall go forth from your loins, he himself shall build a house to my name.’	19 الا انك انت لا تبني البيت بل ابنك الخارج من صلبك هو يبني البيت لاسمي.
20 The Lord has confirmed his word which he spoke. And so I stand in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord said. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.	20 واقام الرب كلامه الذي تكلم به وقد قمت انا مكان داود ابي وجلست على كرسي اسرائيل كما تكلم الرب وبنيت البيت لاسم الرب اله اسرائيل
21 And there I have appointed a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he struck with our fathers, when they went forth from the land of Egypt.”	21 وجعلت هناك مكانا للتابوت الذي فيه عهد الرب الذي قطعه مع آبائنا عند اخراجه اياهم من ارض مصر
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands toward heaven.	22 ووقف سليمان امام مذبح الرب تجاه كل جماعة اسرائيل وبسط يديه الى السماء
23 And he said: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, nor on the earth below. You preserve covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart.	23 وقال. ايها الرب اله اسرائيل ليس اله مثلك في السماء من فوق ولا على الارض من اسفل حافظ العهد والرحمة لعبيدك السائرين امامك بكل قلوبهم.
24 You have fulfilled, for your servant David, my father, that which you said to him. With your mouth, you spoke; and with your hands, you completed; just this day proves.	24 الذي قد حفظت لعبدك داود ابي ما كلمته به فتكلمت بفمك واكملت بيدك كهذا اليوم.
25 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, fulfill, for your servant David, my father, that which you spoke to him, saying, ‘There shall not be taken away from you a man before me, who may sit upon the throne of Israel, if only your sons will guard their way, so that they walk before me, just as you have walked in my sight.’	25 والآن ايها الرب اله اسرائيل احفظ لعبدك داود ابي ما كلمته به قائلا لا يعدم لك امامي رجل يجلس على كرسي اسرائيل ان كان بنوك انما يحفظون طرقهم حتى يسيروا امامي كما سرت انت امامي.
26 And now, O Lord God of Israel, establish your words, which you spoke to your servant David, my father.	26 والآن يا اله اسرائيل فليتحقق كلامك الذي كلمت به عبدك داود ابي.
27 Is it, then, to be understood that truly God would dwell upon the earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, are not able to contain you, how much less this house, which I have built?	27 لانه هل يسكن الله حقا على الارض. هوذا السموات وسماء السموات لا تسعك فكم بالاقل هذا البيت الذي بنيت.
28 Yet look with favor upon the prayer of your servant and upon his petitions, O Lord, my God. Listen to the hymn and the prayer, which your servant prays before you this day,	28 فالتفت الى صلاة عبدك والى تضرعه ايها الرب الهي واسمع الصراخ والصلاة التي يصلّيها عبدك امامك اليوم.
29 so that your eyes may be open over this house, night and day, over the house about which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ so that you may heed the prayer that your servant is praying in this place to you.	29 لتكون عيناك مفتوحتين على هذا البيت ليلا ونهارا على الموضع الذي قلت ان اسمي يكون فيه لتسمع الصلاة التي يصليها عبدك في هذا الموضع.
30 So may you heed the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel, whatever they will pray for in this place, and so may you heed them in your dwelling place in heaven. And when you heed, you will be gracious.	30 واسمع تضرع عبدك وشعبك اسرائيل الذين يصلّون في هذا الموضع واسمع انت في موضع سكناك في السماء واذا سمعت فاغفر.
31 But if any man sins against his neighbor, and he has any kind of an oath by which he is bound, and he arrives because of the oath, before your altar in your house,	31 اذا اخطأ احد الى صاحبه ووضع عليه حلفا ليحلفه وجاء الحلف امام مذبحك في هذا البيت.
32 you will hear in heaven, and you will act and judge your servants, condemning the impious, and repaying his own way upon his own head, but justifying the just, and rewarding him in accord with his justice.	32 فاسمع انت في السماء واعمل واقض بين عبيدك اذ تحكم على المذنب فتجعل طريقه على راسه وتبرر البار اذ تعطيه حسب بره.
33 And if your people Israel will have fled from their enemies, because they have sinned against you, and doing penance and confessing to your name, shall arrive and pray and petition you in this house,	33 اذا انكسر شعبك اسرائيل امام العدو لانهم اخطأوا اليك ثم رجعوا اليك واعترفوا باسمك وصلوا وتضرعوا اليك نحو هذا البيت
34 listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and lead them back to the land, which you gave to their fathers.	34 فاسمع انت من السماء واغفر خطية شعبك اسرائيل وارجعهم الى الارض التي اعطيتها لآبائهم
35 And if the heavens have closed, so that there is no rain, because of their sins, and they, praying in this place, shall do penance to your name, and shall be converted from their sins, by occasion of their afflictions,	35 اذا اغلقت السماء ولم يكن مطر لانهم اخطأوا اليك ثم صلّوا في هذا الموضع واعترفوا باسمك ورجعوا عن خطيتهم لانك ضايقتهم
36 hear them from heaven, and forgive the sins of your servants and of your people Israel. And reveal to them the good way, along which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as a possession.	36 فاسمع انت من السماء واغفر خطية عبيدك وشعبك اسرائيل فتعلمهم الطريق الصالح الذي يسلكون فيه واعط مطرا على ارضك التي اعطيتها لشعبك ميراثا.
37 Then, if famine rises over the land, or pestilence, or corrupt air, or blight, or locust, or mildew, or if their enemy afflicts them, besieging the gates, or any harm or infirmity,	37 اذا صار في الارض جوع اذا صار وبأ اذا صار لفح او يرقان او جراد جردم او اذا حاصره عدوه في ارض مدنه في كل ضربة وكل مرض
38 or whatever curse or divine intervention may happen to any man among your people Israel, if anyone understands, having been wounded in his heart, and if he will have extended his hands in this house,	38 فكل صلاة وكل تضرع تكون من اي انسان كان من كل شعبك اسرائيل الذين يعرفون كل واحد ضربة قلبه فيبسط يديه نحو هذا البيت
39 you will hear in heaven, in your dwelling place, and you will forgive. And you will act so that you give to each one in accord with his own ways, just as you see in his heart, for you alone know the heart of all the sons of men.	39 فاسمع انت من السماء مكان سكناك واغفر واعمل واعط كل انسان حسب كل طرقه كما تعرف قلبه لانك انت وحدك قد عرفت قلوب كل بني البشر.
40 So may they fear you, all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which you have given to our fathers.	40 لكي يخافوك كل الايام التي يحيون فيها على وجه الارض التي اعطيت لآبائنا.
41 Moreover, the foreigner too, who is not of your people Israel, when he will have arrived from a distant land because of your name, for they shall hear about your great name, and your strong hand,	41 وكذلك الاجنبي الذي ليس من شعبك اسرائيل هو وجاء من ارض بعيدة من اجل اسمك.
42 and your outstretched arm everywhere: so when he arrives and prays in this place,	42 لانهم يسمعون باسمك العظيم وبيدك القوية وذراعك الممدودة. فمتى جاء وصلى في هذا البيت
43 you will listen in heaven, in the firmament of your dwelling place. And you will do all the things, for which that foreigner will have called upon you. So may all the peoples of the earth learn to fear your name, just as your people Israel do. And so may they show that your name has been invoked over this house, which I have built.	43 فاسمع انت من السماء مكان سكناك وافعل حسب كل ما يدعو به اليك الاجنبي لكي يعلم كل شعوب الارض اسمك فيخافوك كشعبك اسرائيل ولكي يعلموا انه قد دعي اسمك على هذا البيت الذي بنيت
44 And if your people have gone out to war against their enemies, along whatever way you will send them, they shall pray to you in the direction of the city, which you have chosen, and toward the house, which I have built to your name.	44 اذا خرج شعبك لمحاربة عدوه في الطريق الذي ترسلهم فيه وصلّوا الى الرب نحو المدينة التي اخترتها والبيت الذي بنيته لاسمك
45 And you will hear in heaven their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish judgment for them.	45 فاسمع من السماء صلاتهم وتضرعهم واقضي قضائهم.
46 But if they sin against you, for there is no man who does not sin, and you, being angry, deliver them to their enemies, and they will have been led away as captives to the land of their enemies, whether far or near,	46 اذا اخطاؤا اليك. لانه ليس انسان لا يخطئ. وغضبت عليهم ودفعتهم امام العدو وسباهم سابوهم الى ارض العدو بعيدة او قريبة.
47 and if they do penance in their heart, in the place of captivity, and having been converted, make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we acted unjustly; we committed impiety,’	47 فاذا ردّوا الى قلوبهم في الارض التي يسبون اليها ورجعوا وتضرعوا اليك في ارض سبيهم قائلين قد اخطأنا وعوجنا واذنبنا
48 and they return to you with all their heart and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led away as captives, and if they pray to you in the direction of their land, which you gave to their fathers, and of the city, which you have chosen, and of the temple, which I have built to your name:	48 ورجعوا اليك من كل قلوبهم ومن كل انفسهم في ارض اعدائهم الذين سبوهم وصلوا اليك نحو ارضهم التي اعطيت لآبائهم نحو المدينة التي اخترت والبيت الذي بنيت لاسمك
49 you will hear in heaven, in the firmament of your throne, their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish their judgment.	49 فاسمع في السماء مكان سكناك صلاتهم وتضرعهم واقض قضاءهم
50 And you will forgive your people, who have sinned against you, and all their iniquities, by which they have transgressed against you. And you will grant to them mercy in the sight of those who have made them captives, so that they may take pity on them.	50 واغفر لشعبك ما اخطأوا به اليك وجميع ذنوبهم التي اذنبوا بها اليك واعطهم رحمة امام الذين سبوهم فيرحموهم.
51 For they are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led away from the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron.	51 لانهم شعبك وميراثك الذين اخرجت من مصر من وسط كور الحديد.
52 So may your eyes be open to the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel. And so may you heed them in all the things about which they will call upon you.	52 لتكون عيناك مفتوحتين نحو تضرع عبدك وتضرع شعبك اسرائيل فتصغي اليهم في كل ما يدعونك.
53 For you have separated them to yourself as an inheritance, from among all the peoples of the earth, just as you spoke by Moses, your servant, when you led our fathers away from Egypt, O Lord God.”	53 لانك انت افرزتهم لك ميراثا من جميع شعوب الارض كما تكلمت عن يد موسى عبدك عند اخراجك آباءنا من مصر يا سيدي الرب
54 And it happened that, when Solomon had completed praying this entire prayer and supplication to the Lord, he rose up from the sight of the altar of the Lord. For he had fixed both knees upon the ground, and he had extended his hands toward heaven.	54 وكان لما انتهى سليمان من الصلاة الى الرب بكل هذه الصلاة والتضرع انه نهض من امام مذبح الرب من الجثو على ركبتيه ويداه مبسوطتان نحو السماء.
55 Then he stood and blessed the entire assembly of Israel in a great voice, saying:	55 ووقف وبارك كل جماعة اسرائيل بصوت عال قائلا
56 “Blessed is the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel, in accord with all that he said. Not even one word, out of all the good things that he spoke by his servant Moses, has fallen away.	56 مبارك الرب الذي اعطى راحة لشعبه اسرائيل حسب كل ما تكلم به ولم تسقط كلمة واحدة من كل كلامه الصالح الذي تكلم به عن يد موسى عبده.
57 May the Lord our God be with us, just as he was with our fathers, not abandoning us, and not rejecting us.	57 ليكن الرب الهنا معنا كما كان مع آبائنا فلا يتركنا ولا يرفضنا.
58 But may he incline our hearts to himself, so that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and whatever judgments he commanded to our fathers.	58 ليميل بقلوبنا اليه لكي نسير في جميع طرقه ونحفظ وصاياه وفرائضه واحكامه التي اوصى بها آباءنا.
59 And may these my words, by which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God, day and night, so that he may accomplish judgment for his servant and for his people Israel, throughout each day.	59 وليكن كلامي هذا الذي تضرعت به امام الرب قريبا من الرب الهنا نهارا وليلا ليقضي قضاء عبده وقضاء شعبه اسرائيل امر كل يوم في يومه.
60 So may all the peoples of the earth know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.	60 ليعلم كل شعوب الارض ان الرب هو الله وليس آخر.
61 Also, may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, so that we may walk in his decrees, and keep his commandments, as also on this day.”	61 فليكن قلبكم كاملا لدى الرب الهنا اذ تسيرون في فرائضه وتحفظون وصاياه كهذا اليوم
62 Then the king, and all of Israel with him, immolated victims before the Lord.	62 ثم ان الملك وجميع اسرائيل معه ذبحوا ذبائح امام الرب
63 And Solomon slew sacrifices of peace offerings, which he immolated to the Lord: twenty-two thousand oxen, and twenty thousand one hundred sheep. And the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the temple of the Lord.	63 وذبح سليمان ذبائح السلامة التي ذبحها للرب من البقر اثنين وعشرين الفا ومن الغنم مئة الف وعشرين الفا فدشن الملك وجميع بني اسرائيل بيت الرب.
64 On that day, the king sanctified the middle of the atrium, which was before the house of the Lord. For in that place, he offered holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of peace offerings. For the bronze altar, which was before the Lord, was too small and was not able to hold the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings.	64 في ذلك اليوم قدّس الملك وسط الدار التي امام بيت الرب لانه قرّب هناك المحرقات والتقدمات وشحم ذبائح السلامة لان مذبح النحاس الذي امام الرب كان صغيرا عن ان يسع المحرقات والتقدمات وشحم ذبائح السلامة.
65 Then Solomon made, at that time, a celebratory festival, and all of Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Hamath to the river of Egypt, in the sight of the Lord our God, for seven days plus seven days, that is, fourteen days.	65 وعيّد سليمان العيد في ذلك الوقت وجميع اسرائيل معه جمهور كبير من مدخل حماة الى وادي مصر امام الرب الهنا سبعة ايام وسبعة ايام اربعة عشر يوما.
66 And on the eighth day, he dismissed the people. And blessing the king, they set out for their tents, rejoicing and cheerful in heart over all the good things that the Lord had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.	66 وفي اليوم الثامن صرف الشعب فباركوا الملك وذهبوا الى خيمهم فرحين وطيبي القلوب لاجل كل الخير الذي عمل الرب لداود عبده ولاسرائيل شعبه