2 Chronicles 6
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1Then Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud.
1Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe Solomone, “Kuo pehē ʻe Sihova te ne nofo ʻi he fakapoʻuli matolu.
2But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.
2Ka kuo u langa hake ha fale nofoʻanga moʻou, pea mo ha potu ke ke ʻafio ai ʻo taʻengata.”
3And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel (for all the multitude stood attentive) and he said:
3Pea naʻe tafoki ʻe he tuʻi ʻa hono fofonga, pea naʻa ne tāpuaki ʻae fakataha kātoa ʻo ʻIsileli: pea naʻe tutuʻu ki ʻolunga ʻae fakataha kātoa ʻo ʻIsileli.
4Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath accomplished in deed that which he spoke to David my father, saying:
4Pea naʻa ne pehē, “Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia kuo ne fakamoʻoni ʻaki ʻa hono nima ʻae folofola naʻe fai mei hono fofonga kia Tevita, ko ʻeku tamai, ʻo pehē,
5From 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.
5‘Talu mei he ʻaho naʻaku ʻomi ai ʻa hoku kakai mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite naʻe ʻikai te u fili ha kolo ʻi he ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli ke langa ai ha fale, koeʻuhi ke tuku ʻi ai ʻa hoku huafa: pea naʻe ʻikai te u fili ha tangata ke ne pule ki hoku kakai ʻIsileli:
6But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.
6Ka kuo u fili ʻa Selūsalema, koeʻuhi ke ʻi ai ʻa hoku huafa: pea kuo u fili ʻa Tevita ke ne pule ki hoku kakai ʻIsileli.’
7And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,
7Pea ko eni, naʻe ʻi he loto ʻo Tevita ko ʻeku tamai ke langa ha fale ki he huafa ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.
8The 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:
8Ka naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kia Tevita ko ʻeku tamai, ‘Koeʻuhi ko ʻene ʻi ho loto ia ke ke langa ha fale ki hoku huafa, naʻa ke fai lelei ke ʻi ho loto ia:’
9But thou shalt not build the house, but thy son, who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build a house to my name.
9Ka neongo ia ʻe ʻikai te ke langa ʻae fale: ka ko ho foha ʻe tupu mei ho fatu, ko ia ia te ne langa ʻae fale ki hoku huafa.
10The 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.
10Ko ia kuo fakamoʻoni ʻe Sihova ʻa ʻene folofola ʻaia naʻa ne folofola ʻaki: he kuo u tuʻu hake au ke fetongi ʻa Tevita ko ʻeku tamai, pea kuo u nofo ki he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko e talaʻofa ʻa Sihova, pea kuo u langa ʻae fale ki he huafa ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli.
11And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with the children of Israel.
11Pea kuo u ʻai ki ai ʻae puha, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae fuakava ʻa Sihova, ʻaia naʻa ne fai mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.”
12And he stood before the altar of the I Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.
12¶ Pea naʻa ne tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fakataha kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, pea naʻa ne mafao atu ʻa hono nima:
13For 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,
13He kuo ngaohi ʻe Solomone ha tuʻuʻanga palasa, ko e hanga ʻe hongofulu ʻa hono lōloa, mo e hanga ʻe hongofulu hono māukupu, pea ko e hanga ʻe ono ʻa hono māʻolunga, pea kuo fokotuʻu ia ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe lotoʻā: pea naʻa ne tuʻu ki ai, pea naʻa ne tūʻulutui ki hono tui ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fakataha kātoa ʻo ʻIsileli, pea naʻa ne mafao atu ʻa hono nima ki he langi,
14He 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:
14Mo ne pehē, “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua ke tatau mo koe ʻi he langi, pe ʻi he māmani: ʻa koe ʻoku tauhi ʻae fuakava, mo ke ʻaloʻofa ki hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi ho ʻao ʻi he loto haohaoa:
15Who 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.
15ʻA koe kuo ke fai moʻoni mo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita ko ʻeku tamai ʻae meʻa naʻa ke talaʻofa ai kiate ia: pea kuo ke folofola mei ho fofonga, pea kuo ke fakamoʻoni ki ai ʻaki ho nima, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.
16Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfill 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.
16Pea ko eni, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ke ke fai mo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita ko ʻeku tamai ʻaia naʻa ke talaʻofa ʻaki kiate ia, ʻo pehē, ʻE ʻikai te ke masiva ha tangata ʻi hoku ʻao ke nofo ki he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli: ʻo kapau ʻe tokanga ʻe hoʻo fānau ki honau ʻaluʻanga ke ʻeveʻeva ʻi heʻeku fono, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ʻeveʻeva ʻi hoku ʻao.
17And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy word be established which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.
17Pea ko eni, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, tuku ke fakamoʻoni ʻa hoʻo folofola, ʻaia kuo ke folofolaʻaki ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita.
18Is 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?
18Ka ʻe nofo moʻoni koā ʻae ʻOtua mo e tangata ʻi he māmani? Vakai, ʻoku ʻikai te ke faʻa hao koe ʻi he langi, mo e langi ʻoe ngaahi langi: kae huanoa eni ʻae fale ʻaia kuo u langa!
19But 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.
19Ko ia ke ke ʻafio lelei ki he lotu ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, pea ki heʻene kole tāumaʻu, ʻE Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua, ke fakaongo ki he tangi mo e lotu ʻaia ʻoku lotu ʻaki ʻi ho ʻao ʻe hoʻo tamaioʻeiki:
20That 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,
20Koeʻuhi ke ʻa ho fofonga ki he fale ni ʻi he ʻaho mo e pō, ki he potu ko ia naʻa ke pehē ai te ke tuku ʻi ai ho huafa: ke fakaongo ki he lotu ʻaia ʻoku lotu ʻaki ʻe hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻi he potu ni.
21And 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.
21Ko ia ke ke ongoʻi ʻae ngaahi kole ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, pea mo hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli, ʻaia te nau lotu ʻaki ʻi he potu ni: fanongo ʻe koe mei ho ʻafioʻanga, mei he langi: pea ʻoka ke ka ongoʻi, fakamolemole.
22If any man sin against his neighbour, and come to swear against him, and bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house:
22¶ “Kapau ʻe fai ha kovi ʻe ha tangata ki hono kaungāʻapi, pea ʻoku ne fai ke ne fuakava, pea ʻoku ʻomi ʻae fuakava ki he ʻao ʻo hoʻo feilaulauʻanga ʻi he fale ni:
23Then 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.
23Ke ke toki fanongo ʻe koe mei he langi, pea ke ngāue, mo fakamaauʻi ʻa hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻi he totongi ki he angakovi, ke ʻomi ki hono ʻulu ʻoʻona ʻa hono nunuʻa: pea ʻi he fakatonuhiaʻi ʻae māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻatu kiate ia ʻo tatau mo ʻene angatonu.
24If 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,
24¶ “Kapau ʻe teʻia hifo ʻa hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli ʻi he ʻao ʻo honau ngaahi fili, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau fai ha kovi kiate koe, ka kuo nau toe tafoki mai kiate koe, pea nau tāpafua ʻa ho huafa, mo hū, pea fai fakakolekole kiate koe ʻi he fale ni:
25Then 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.
25Ke ke toki fanongo ʻe koe mei he langi, pea fakamolemole ʻae angahala ʻa hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli, pea ke toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu ki he fonua ʻaia naʻa ke foaki kiate kinautolu mo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
26If the heavens be shut up, and there fall no rain by reason of the sins 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,
26¶ “ʻOka tāpuni ʻae langi, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻuha ʻe tō, koeʻuhi ko ʻenau fai angahala kiate koe: pea kapau te nau lotu ʻi he potu ni, pea tāpafua ʻa ho huafa, pea nau liliu mei heʻenau angahala, ʻoka ke ka fakamamahi ʻakinautolu:
27Then hear thou from heaven, O Lord, and forgive the sins 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.
27Ke ke toki fanongo ʻe koe mei he langi, pea fakamolemole ʻae angahala ʻa hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki, pea mo hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke ke akoʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he hala lelei ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke nau ʻalu ai, pea ke foaki ʻae ʻuha ki ho fonua ʻaia kuo ke foaki ki hoʻo kakai ko honau tofiʻa.
28If 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:
28¶ “Kapau ʻe ai ha honge ʻi he fonua, pe ha mahaki fakaʻauha, pe ko e huhunu lahi ʻoe ngoue, pe ko e fakapopo, pe ko e heʻe maumau, pe ko e ʻunufe: kapau ʻe nofo takatakai ʻiate kinautolu ʻa honau ngaahi fili ʻi he fonua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi veʻekolo: pe ko e hā ʻae fakaʻauha pe ko e mahaki ʻe ʻi ai;
29Then if any of thy people Israel, knowing his own scourge and infirmity shall pray, and shall spread forth his hands in this house,
29ʻIlonga ʻae lotu mo e kole ʻe fai ʻe ha tangata ʻe tokotaha, pe ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻi heʻene ʻilo taki taha ʻe he tangata ʻae kovi ʻo hono loto ʻoʻona mo ʻene mamahi, pea ne mafao mai ʻa hono nima ki he fale ni:
30Hear 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:)
30Ke ke toki fanongo ʻe koe mei he langi ko ho ʻafioʻanga, pea fakamolemole, pea ke foaki ki he tangata taki taha ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene anga, ʻo ia ʻoku ke ʻafioʻi ʻa hono loto: (he ko koe pe tokotaha, ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻae loto ʻoe fānau kotoa pē ʻae tangata:)
31That 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.
31Koeʻuhi ke nau manavahē kiate koe ke ʻeveʻeva ʻi ho ngaahi hala ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē te nau moʻui ai ʻi he fonua ʻaia kuo ke foaki ki he ʻemau ngaahi tamai.
32If 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:
32¶ “Pea koeʻuhi foki ko e muli, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻo hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli, ka kuo haʻu mei ha fonua mamaʻo koeʻuhi ko ho huafa lahi ʻoʻou, pea mo ho nima mālohi, pea mo ho nima kuo mafao atu: ʻoka haʻu ʻakinautolu ke lotu ʻi he fale ni:
33Hear 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.
33Ke ke toki fanongo ʻe koe mei he langi ko ho ʻafioʻanga, pea ke fai ʻo fakatatau mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku kole ai ʻe he muli kiate koe: koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe he kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani ki ho huafa, ʻo manavahē kiate koe, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli: pea koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻoku ui ʻaki ʻa ho huafa ʻae fale ni ʻaia kuo u langa.
34If 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:
34¶ “Kapau ʻe ʻalu ʻa hoʻo kakai kituaʻā ke tauʻi ʻa honau ngaahi fili, ʻi he hala ko ia te ke fekau atu ʻakinautolu ki ai, pea nau lotu kia Sihova ʻo hanga ki he kolo ni ʻaia kuo ke fili, pea ki he fale ʻaia kuo u langa ki ho huafa:
35Then hear thou from heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and revenge them.
35Ke ke toki fanongo ʻe koe mei he langi ki heʻenau lotu mo ʻenau kole, pea ke tokonia ʻakinautolu ʻi he meʻa totonu.
36And 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,
36Kapau te nau angahala kiate koe, (he ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata ʻoku taʻehaangahala,) pea te ke houhau kiate kinautolu, mo ke tukuange ʻakinautolu ki he fili, pea nau fetuku ʻakinautolu ko e kau pōpula ki he fonua ʻoe fili, pe ko e mamaʻo pe ko e ofi
37And 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:
37Pea kapau te nau toe fakatokangaʻi honau loto ʻi he fonua ko ia kuo ʻave pōpula ki ai ʻakinautolu, mo nau fakatomala, mo fakakolekole kiate koe mei he fonua ʻo ʻenau pōpula, ʻonau pehē, Kuo mau angahala, pea kuo mau fai talangataʻa, kuo mau fai ʻae kovi:
38And 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:
38Pea kapau te nau tafoki mai kiate koe ʻaki ʻa honau loto kātoa, pea mo honau laumālie kotoa, ʻi he fonua ʻo honau pōpula, ʻaia naʻe ʻave pōpula ʻakinautolu ki ai, pea nau lotu kiate koe ʻo hanga ki honau fonua, ʻaia naʻa ke foaki ki heʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻae kolo ko ia kuo ke fili, pea mo e fale ʻaia kuo u langa ki ho huafa:
39Then hear thou from heaven, that is, from thy firm dwelling place, their prayers, and do judgment, and forgive thy people, although they have sinned:
39Ke ke toki fanongo ʻe koe mei he langi ko ho ʻafioʻanga ki heʻenau lotu mo ʻenau kole, pea ke tokonia ʻakinautolu ʻi he meʻa totonu, pea ke fakamolemole ʻa hoʻo kakai ʻaia kuo angahala kiate koe.
40For 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.
40Ko eni, ʻE hoku ʻOtua, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ʻafio ʻa ho fofonga, pea tokanga ho telinga ki he lotu ʻi he potu ni.
41Now 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.
41Ko ia foki, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, tuʻu hake ki ho mālōlōʻanga, ʻa koe, mo e puha ʻoe fuakava ʻo hoʻo mālohi: ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, tuku ʻa hoʻo kau taulaʻeiki ke kofuʻaki ʻae fakamoʻui, pea tuku ke fiefia ʻa hoʻo kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻi he angalelei.
42O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
42ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻoua naʻa fakatafoki atu ʻae mata ʻo ia kuo ke pani ʻaki ʻae lolo: manatuʻi ʻae ngaahi ʻaloʻofa ʻo Tevita ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.”
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