The Temple Is Set Apart to the Lord
1Solomon finished praying. Then fire came down from heaven. It burned up the burnt offering and the sacrifices. The glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2The priests couldn’t enter the temple of the Lord because his glory filled it. 3All the Israelites saw the fire coming down. They saw the glory of the Lord above the temple. So they got down on their knees in the courtyard with their faces toward the ground. They worshiped the Lord. They gave thanks to him and said,
“The Lord is good.
His faithful love continues forever.”
4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices to the Lord. 5King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep and goats. So the king and all the people set the temple of God apart. 6The priests and Levites took their positions. The Levites played the Lord’s musical instruments. King David had made them for praising the Lord. They were used when he gave thanks to the Lord. He said, “His faithful love continues forever.” Across from where the Levites were, the priests blew their trumpets. All the people of Israel were standing.
7Solomon set the middle area of the courtyard apart to the Lord. It was in front of the Lord’s temple. There Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings. He also sacrificed the fat of the friendship offerings there. He did it there because the bronze altar he had made couldn’t hold it all. It couldn’t hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat parts.
8At that time Solomon celebrated the Feast of Booths for seven days. The whole community of Israel was with him. It was a huge crowd. People came from as far away as Lebo Hamath and the Wadi of Egypt. 9On the eighth day they held a special service. For seven days they had celebrated by setting the altar apart to honor God. The feast continued for seven more days. 10Then Solomon sent the people home. It was the 23rd day of the seventh month. The people were glad. Their hearts were full of joy. That’s because the Lord had done good things for David and Solomon and his people Israel.
The Lord Appears to Solomon
11Solomon finished the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He had done everything he had planned to do in the Lord’s temple and his own palace. 12The Lord appeared to him at night. The Lord said,
“I have heard your prayer. I have chosen this place for myself. It is a temple where sacrifices will be offered.
13“Suppose I close up the sky and there isn’t any rain. Suppose I command locusts to eat up the crops. And I send a plague among my people. 14But they make themselves humble in my sight. They pray and look to me. And they turn from their evil ways. Then I will listen to them from heaven. I will forgive their sin. And I will heal their land. After all, they are my people. 15Now my eyes will see them. My ears will pay attention to the prayers they offer in this place. 16I have chosen this temple. I have set it apart for myself. My Name will be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
17“But you must walk faithfully with me, just as your father David did. Do everything I command you to do. Obey my rules and laws. 18Then I will set up your royal throne. I made a covenant with your father David to do that. I said to him, ‘You will always have a son from your family line to rule over Israel.’
19“But suppose all of you turn away from me. You refuse to obey the rules and commands I have given you. And you go off to serve other gods and worship them. 20Then I will remove Israel from my land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. I will make all the nations hate it. They will laugh and joke about it. 21This temple will become a pile of stones. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will say, ‘Why has the Lord done a thing like this to this land and temple?’ 22People will answer, ‘Because they have deserted the Lord. He is the God of their people who lived long ago. He brought them out of Egypt. But they have been holding on to other gods. They’ve been worshiping them. They’ve been serving them. That’s why the Lord has brought all this horrible trouble on them.’ ”
Ìyàsímímọ́ ilé Olúwa
1Nígbà tí Solomoni sì ti parí àdúrà, iná sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti ọ̀run ó sì jó ẹbọ sísun àti ẹbọ, ògo Ọlọ́run sì kún ilé Olúwa. 2Àwọn àlùfáà kò sì le wo ilé Olúwa náà nítorí pé ògo Olúwa kún un. 3Nígbà tí gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli rí iná tí ó ń sọ̀kalẹ̀ àti ògo Olúwa lórí ilé Olúwa náà, wọ́n sì kúnlẹ̀ lórí eékún wọn pẹ̀lú ojú ni dídàbolẹ̀, wọ́n sì sin Olúwa, wọ́n sì fi ìyìn fún Olúwa wí pé,
“Nítorí tí ó dára;
àánú rẹ̀ sì dúró títí láéláé.”
47.4-10: 1Ọb 8.62-66.Nígbà náà ọba àti gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn sì rú ẹbọ níwájú Olúwa. 5Ọba Solomoni sì rú ẹbọ ti ẹgbàá-mọ́kànlá (22,000), orí màlúù àti àgùntàn àti ọ̀kẹ́ mẹ́fà àgùntàn àti ẹranko. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọba àti gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn ya ilé Ọlọ́run sí mímọ́. 6Àwọn àlùfáà dúró ní ààyè wọn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn ọmọ Lefi ti ṣe pẹ̀lú ohun èlò orin Olúwa, tí ọba Dafidi ti ṣe fún ìyìn Olúwa àti tí á lò nígbà tí ó dúpẹ́, wí pé, “àánú rẹ̀ sì dúró láéláé,” níwájú àwọn ọmọ Lefi, àwọn àlùfáà sì fọn ìpè, gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli sì dúró.
7Solomoni sì yà àgbàlá níwájú ilé Olúwa sọ́tọ̀, níbẹ̀ sì ni ó ti ṣe ìrúbọ ẹbọ sísun àti ọ̀rá ẹbọ àlàáfíà, nítorí pẹpẹ idẹ tí ó ti ṣe kò lè gba ẹbọ sísun, àti ọrẹ oúnjẹ, àti ọ̀rá náà.
8Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Solomoni ṣe àsè ní àkókò náà fún ọjọ́ méje àti gbogbo àwọn ọmọ Israẹli pẹ̀lú rẹ̀ àti ìjọ ènìyàn ńlá, àwọn ènìyàn láti Lebo-Hamati títí dé odò Ejibiti. 9Ní ọjọ́ kẹjọ, wọ́n sì pe ìjọ ènìyàn jọ nítorí tí wọ́n pe àpèjẹ ìyàsímímọ́ ti orí pẹpẹ fún ọjọ́ méje àti àsè náà fún ọjọ́ méje sí i. 10Ní ọjọ́ kẹtàlélógún tí oṣù keje, ó sì rán àwọn ènìyàn padà sí ilé wọn, pẹ̀lú ayọ̀ àti ìdùnnú nínú wọn fún ohun rere tí Olúwa ti ṣe fún Dafidi àti Solomoni, àti fún àwọn ènìyàn Israẹli.
Olúwa fi ara han Solomoni
117.11-22: 1Ọb 9.1-9.Nígbà tí Solomoni ti parí ilé Olúwa àti ibi ilé ọba, nígbà tí ó sì ti ṣe àṣeyọrí láti gbé jáde gbogbo ohun tí ó ní lọ́kàn láti ṣe nínú ilé Olúwa àti nínú ilé òun tìkára rẹ̀, 12Olúwa sì farahàn Solomoni ní òru ó sì wí pé:
“Èmi ti gbọ́ àdúrà rẹ mo sì ti yàn ibí yìí fún ara mi gẹ́gẹ́ bí ilé fún ẹbọ.
13“Nígbà tí mo bá sé ọ̀run kí ó ma bá à sí òjò, tàbí láti pàṣẹ fún eṣú láti jẹ ilẹ̀ náà run tàbí rán àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn sí àárín àwọn ènìyàn mi, 14tí àwọn ènìyàn, tí a fi orúkọ mi pè, tí wọ́n bá rẹ ara wọn sílẹ̀, tí wọ́n sì gbàdúrà, tí wọ́n sì rí ojú mi, tí wọ́n sì yí kúrò nínú ọ̀nà búburú wọn, nígbà náà, èmi yóò gbọ́ láti ọ̀run, èmi yóò sì dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn jì wọ́n èmi yóò sì wo ilẹ̀ wọn sàn. 15Nísinsin yìí, ojú mi yóò sì là etí mi yóò sì là, sí àdúrà ọrẹ níbí yìí. 16Èmi sì ti yàn, èmi sì ti ya ilé yìí sí mímọ́ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí orúkọ mi kí ó le wà níbẹ̀ títí láéláé.
17“Ní ti bí ìwọ bá rìn níwájú mi gẹ́gẹ́ bí Dafidi baba rẹ ti ṣe, tí o sì ṣe gbogbo ohun tí mo paláṣẹ, tí ìwọ sì ṣe àkíyèsí àṣẹ mi láti ọ̀run: 18Èmi yóò fi ìdí ìtẹ́ ìjọba rẹ múlẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí mo ti ṣe pẹ̀lú Dafidi baba rẹ nígbà tí mo bá a dá májẹ̀mú wí pé, ìwọ kò ní fẹ́ ẹnìkan kù láti ṣe alákòóso lórí Israẹli.
19“Ṣùgbọ́n tí ìwọ bá yípadà tí o sì kọ òfin mi sílẹ̀ àti àṣẹ tí mo ti fi fún yín tí ẹ sì lọ sókè láti lọ sin ọlọ́run mìíràn tí ẹ sì bọ wọ́n, 20Nígbà náà ni èmi yóò fa Israẹli tu kúrò láti ilẹ̀ mi, èyí tí èmi ti fi fún wọn, èmi yóò sì kọ̀ ilé náà sílẹ̀ èyí tí èmi ti yà sọ́tọ̀ fún orúkọ mi, èmi yóò sì fi ṣe ọ̀rọ̀ òwe, n ó fi ṣe ẹlẹ́yà láàrín gbogbo ènìyàn, 21Àti ní gbogbo àyíká ilé yìí nísinsin yìí, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni yóò di ohun ìtànjẹ; gbogbo àwọn tí ó bá sì kọjá níbẹ̀ ni yóò jáláyà, wọn yóò sì wí pé, ‘Kí ni ó dé tí Olúwa fì ṣe irú èyí sí ilẹ̀ yí àti sí ilé yìí?’ 22Àwọn ènìyàn yóò sì dáhùn wí pé: ‘Nítorí tí wọ́n ti kọ̀ Olúwa sílẹ̀, Ọlọ́run baba wọn ẹni tí ó mú wọn jáde láti Ejibiti wá, wọ́n sì ti fi ọwọ́ gba ọlọ́run mìíràn mọ́ra, wọ́n bọ wọ́n, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n sì ń sìn wọ́n, ìdí nìyí tí ó fi mú gbogbo ìjàǹbá náà wá sórí wọn.’ ”
