The Dedication of the Temple
1When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2The priests could not enter the temple of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled it. 3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,
“He is good;
his love endures forever.”
4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God. 6The priests took their positions, as did the Levites with the Lord’s musical instruments, which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
7Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.
8So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. 9On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more. 10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.
The Lord Appears to Solomon
11When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, 12the Lord appeared to him at night and said:
“I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
13“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
17“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws, 18I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to rule over Israel.’
19“But if you7:19 The Hebrew is plural. turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you7:19 The Hebrew is plural. and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 21This temple will become a heap of rubble. All7:21 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now so imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 22People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why he brought all this disaster 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.’ ”
