1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
12 ¶ And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which 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 way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. 21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
22 ¶ If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24 ¶ And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 ¶ When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
28 ¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: 29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:) 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 ¶ Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; 33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; 37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; 38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: 39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Sālamans svētī tautu
(1Ķēn 8:12–21)1 Tad Sālamans sacīja:
“Kungs saka: tumšā padebesī mitīšu!
2 Tev augstu namu es cēlu –
tā vieta, kur tev dzīvot mūžīgi!”
3 Ķēniņš pagriezās pret tiem un svētīja visu Israēla sapulci. Visa Israēla sapulce stāvēja. 4 Un viņš sacīja: “Slavēts Kungs, Israēla Dievs! Ar savu muti viņš runāja uz manu tēvu Dāvidu un ar savu roku sacīto piepildīja: 5 no dienas, kad es izvedu tautu no Ēģiptes zemes, es neizvēlējos visu Israēla cilšu starpā nevienu pilsētu, kur celt namu, lai tur mājotu mans vārds, un es neizvēlējos nevienu vīru, kas vadītu manu Israēla tautu, 6 taču es izvēlējos Jeruzālemi, lai tur mājotu mans vārds, un es izvēlējos Dāvidu, lai viņš valda pār manu Israēla tautu. 7 Mans tēvs Dāvids vēlējās celt namu Kunga, Israēla Dieva, vārdam, 8 bet Kungs sacīja manam tēvam Dāvidam: tu no sirds gribēji celt namu manam vārdam, tu darīji labi, jo tas nāca no sirds, 9 vienīgi tu pats necelsi namu, to darīs tavs dēls, kas nācis no taviem gurniem, – viņš cels namu manam vārdam! 10 Un Kungs ir apstiprinājis savu sacīto, un es esmu cēlies no sava tēva Dāvida un sēžu Israēla tronī, kā Kungs to ir teicis. Es uzcēlu namu Kunga, Israēla Dieva, vārdam! 11 Un es tur noliku derības šķirstu, kurā ir Kunga derība, ko viņš noslēdzis ar Israēla dēliem!”
Sālamana lūgšana tempļa iesvētīšanā
(1Ķēn 8:22–53)12 Viņš stāvēja Kunga altāra priekšā, iepretī visai Israēla sapulcei, rokas pacēlis, – 13 Sālamans bija darinājis vara paaugstinājumu un to nolicis ārējā pagalmā, tā garums bija pieci elkoņi, platums pieci elkoņi un augstums trīs elkoņi – viņš stāvēja uz tā, tad nometās ceļos pretī visai Israēla sapulcei, pacēla rokas pret debesīm 14 un sacīja: “Kungs, Israēla Dievs, ne debesīs, ne virs zemes nav tāda Dieva kā tu, kas turētu derību un darītu žēlastību saviem kalpiem, kuri staigā tavā priekšā no visas sirds! 15 Tu turēji to, ko biji teicis savam kalpam, manam tēvam Dāvidam. Tu runāji ar savu muti un šodien ar savu roku to piepildīji! 16 Un tagad, Kungs, Israēla Dievs, turi, ko sacīji savam kalpam, manam tēvam Dāvidam! Tu sacīji – tev netrūks, kas sēdēs Israēla tronī manā priekšā, ja vien tavi dēli staigās manas bauslības ceļos, kā tu staigāji manā priekšā. 17 Tagad, Kungs, Israēla Dievs, apstiprini savus vārdus, kurus tu sacīji savam kalpam Dāvidam!
18 Vai patiesi Dievs mājo pie cilvēkiem uz zemes? Redzi, debesis un debesu debesis neietver tevi, kur nu vēl šis nams, ko esmu uzcēlis! 19 Jel pievērsies sava kalpa lūgšanai un viņa pazemīgam lūgumam, Kungs, mans Dievs! Uzklausi raudas un lūgšanu, ko tev lūdz tavs kalps. 20 Lai tavas acis dienu un nakti ir nomodā pār šo namu – vietu, par kuru tu esi sacījis: tur mājos mans vārds! Uzklausi lūgšanu, ko šajā vietā sacīs tavs kalps! 21 Uzklausi sava kalpa un savas Israēla tautas lūgumu, ko viņi lūgs šajā vietā, ak, uzklausi no sava mājokļa, no debesīm, uzklausi un piedod! 22 Ja kāds vīrs grēko pret savu tuvāko un tas nozvērina viņu ar lāstu, un viņš iet zvērēt šajā namā, tava altāra priekšā, 23 tad uzklausi no debesīm un tiesā taisnīgi savus kalpus – sodi grēcīgo, lai nodarījums nāk pār viņa galvu, bet attaisno taisnīgo un dari viņam pēc taisnības!
24 Ja tavu Israēla tautu ienaidnieks sakauj, tādēļ ka tā grēkojusi pret tevi, – taču, ja tā atgriežas un atzīst tavu vārdu, lūdzot un nožēlojot to tev šajā namā, 25 tad uzklausi no debesīm un piedod savai Israēla tautai tās grēkus un atdod atpakaļ zemi, kuru tu devi viņu tēviem.
26 Ja debesis būtu aizslēgtas un nelītu lietus, tādēļ ka viņi ir grēkojuši pret tevi, – taču, ja viņi lūdz šajā vietā un atzīst tavu vārdu un atgriežas no saviem grēkiem, jo tu viņus esi pazemojis, 27 tad uzklausi debesīs un piedod grēkus saviem kalpiem un savai Israēla tautai, jo tu viņiem mācīsi labo ceļu, pa kuru iet, un tu dosi lietu zemei, kuru tu esi devis savai tautai mantojumā.
28 Ja zemē būtu bads, mēris, sausums, labības rūsa, siseņi, kukaiņi vai arī ienaidnieki celtos pret šīs zemes vārtiem, ja būtu posts un sērgas, 29 tad ikvienu lūgšanu, ikvienu pielūgšanu, ko tev lūdz jebkurš cilvēks no visas tavas Israēla tautas – saprot postu un sāpes un lūgšanā izstiepj rokas pret šo namu –, 30 tu uzklausi no debesīm, savas mājvietas, piedod un atmaksā nodarīto, jo tu pazīsti viņu sirdis, tu proti atšķirt katra cilvēka dēla sirdi. 31 Lai tie bīstas tevis un staigā tavu ceļu visas mūža dienas, kuras dzīvos šajā zemē, ko tu esi devis mūsu tēviem.
32 Un arī svešzemnieks, kurš nav no tavas Israēla tautas, bet atnācis no tālas zemes, jo tavs vārds ir liels, tava roka ir stipra, tavs elkonis pacelts, – ja tas nāk un lūdz šajā namā, 33 tad uzklausi no debesīm, savas mājvietas, un dari visu, kā dēļ svešzemnieks sauc uz tevi, lai visas zemes tautas pazītu tavu vārdu un bītos tevis tāpat kā tava Israēla tauta un lai tie zina, ka tavs vārds ir pasludināts pār šo namu, kuru es uzcēlu.
34 Ja tava tauta ietu karā pret ienaidniekiem, ceļā, kurā tu viņus sūtītu, un ja tie pielūgtu tevi, pagriezušies pret šo pilsētu, kuru tu izvēlējies, un namu, kuru es uzcēlu tavam vārdam, 35 tad no debesīm uzklausi viņu lūgšanas un pielūgšanas, spried tiem taisnu tiesu. 36 Ja viņi grēkotu pret tevi, jo nav cilvēka, kas negrēko, un tu dusmo uz tiem un liec viņus ienaidniekam saņemt un aizvest gūstā uz tālu vai tuvu zemi 37 un gūsta zemē viņu sirdis atgriežas pie tevis, un gūsta zemē tie lūdz tevi, sacīdami: mēs esam grēkojuši un netaisni darījuši, mēs esam ļauni! 38 Ja viņi atgriežas pie tevis no visas sirds un dvēseles savā gūsta zemē, ja viņi lūdzas, pagriezušies pret savu zemi, kuru tu devi viņu tēviem, pret pilsētu, kuru tu esi izvēlējies, un namu, kuru es uzcēlu tavam vārdam, 39 tad uzklausi no debesīm, savas mājvietas, viņu lūgšanas un pielūgšanas un spried viņiem tiesu, piedod savai tautai, kas pret tevi grēkojusi. 40 Tad nu, ak, Dievs, lai tavas acis ir nomodā un ausis pievērstas lūgšanām šajā vietā!
41 Kungs, Dievs, rodi jel dusas vietu,
tu un tavas varenības šķirsts!
Tavi priesteri, Kungs Dievs,
lai tērpjas glābšanā,
tevis apžēlotie
lai līksmo labumā!
42 Kungs Dievs!
Nenovērsies no sava svaidītā!
Atceries žēlastību, ko solīji
savam kalpam Dāvidam!”
