2. Chronicles 6 – Studienbibel

1 Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would live in the thick darkness.

2 But I have built a house of habitation for ŷou, even a settled place for ŷou to abide in for ever.

3 And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation of Israel stood.

4 And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:

6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

7 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

8 But Jehovah said to David my father, Since it was in ŷour heart to build a house unto my name, ŷou did well that it was in ŷour heart;

9 nevertheless ŷou shall not build the house; but ŷour son that will come forth out of ŷour loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

10 And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

11 And in it have I put the ark, in which is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.

12 And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands.

13 For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, 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 he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,

14 and said, Jehovah, God of Israel! there is no God like ŷou, in the heavens or on the earth, who keep covenant and mercy with ŷour servants that walk before ŷou with all their heart;

15 who have kept with ŷour servant David my father that which ŷou did promise him; ŷou spoke with ŷour mouth, and have fulfilled it with ŷour hand as at this day.

16 And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, keep with ŷour servant David my father that which ŷou have promised him saying, There will not fail ŷou a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only ŷour sons take heed to their way to walk in my law, as ŷou have walked before me.

17 And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, let ŷour word be verified which ŷou have spoken unto ŷour servant David.

18 But will God indeed live with man on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain ŷou; how much less this house which I have built!

19 Yet have respect unto the prayer of ŷour servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to listen unto the cry and to the prayer which ŷour servant prays before ŷou;

20 that ŷour eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place in which ŷou have said ŷou would put ŷour name: to listen unto the prayer which ŷour servant prays toward this place.

21 And listen unto the supplications of ŷour servant, and of ŷour people Israel, which they will pray toward this place, and hear ŷou from ŷour dwelling-place, from the heavens, and when ŷou hear, forgive.

22 If a man have sinned against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to adjure him, and the oath come before ŷour altar in this house;

23 then hear ŷou from the heavens, and do, and judge ŷour servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.

24 And if ŷour people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against ŷou, and will turn again and confess ŷour name, and pray, and make supplication before ŷou in this house;

25 then hear ŷou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of ŷour people Israel, and bring them again unto the land that ŷou gave to them and to their fathers.

26 When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against ŷou; if they pray toward this place, and confess ŷour name, and turn from their sin, because ŷou have afflicted them;

27 then hear ŷou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of ŷour servants, and of ŷour people Israel, when ŷou teach them the good way in which they should walk; and give rain upon ŷour land, which ŷou have given to ŷour people for an inheritance.

28 If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be:

29 what prayer, what supplication ever be made by any man, or by all ŷour people Israel, when they will know every man his own plague, and his own grief, and will spread forth his hands toward this house;

30 then hear ŷou from the heavens, the settled place of ŷour dwelling, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart ŷou know (for ŷou, ŷou only, know the hearts of the children of men),

31 that they may fear ŷou, to walk in ŷour ways, all the days that they live upon the land which ŷou gave unto our fathers.

32 And as to the stranger also, who is not of ŷour people Israel, but comes out of a far country for ŷour great name’s sake, and ŷour mighty hand and ŷour stretched-out arm; when they will come and pray toward this house,

33 then hear ŷou from the heavens, the settled place of ŷour dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger calls to ŷou for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know ŷour name, and may fear ŷou as do ŷour people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by ŷour name.

34 If ŷour people go out to battle against their enemies by the way that ŷou will send them, and they pray unto ŷou toward this city that ŷou have chosen, and the house that I have built unto ŷour name;

35 then hear ŷou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.

36 If they have sinned against ŷou (for there is no man that sins not), and ŷou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto a land far off or near;

37 and if they will take it to heart in the land to where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto ŷou in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done iniquity and have dealt perversely;

38 and if they return unto ŷou with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, to where they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land which ŷou gave unto their fathers, and the city that ŷou have chosen, and the house that I have built unto ŷour name;

39 then hear ŷou from the heavens, from the settled place of ŷour dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their right, and forgive ŷour people their sin against ŷou.

40 Now, my God, I beseech ŷou, let ŷour eyes be open and let ŷour ears be attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place.

41 And now, arise, Jehovah Elohim, into ŷour resting-place, ŷou and the ark of ŷour strength: let ŷour priests, Jehovah Elohim, be clothed with salvation, and let ŷour saints rejoice in ŷour goodness.

42 Jehovah Elohim, turn not away the face of ŷour anointed: remember mercies to David ŷour servant.