1Tunc Salomon ait:Then Solomon said:Dominus pollicitus est ut habitaret in caligine:“The Lord has promised that he would dwell in a cloud.

2ego autem ædificavi domum nomini ejus,But I have built a house to his name,ut habitaret ibi in perpetuum.so that he may dwell there forever.”

3Et convertit rex faciem suam,And the king turned his face,et benedixit universæ multitudini Israël (nam omnis turba stabat intenta),and he blessed the entire multitude of Israel,et ait:(for the whole crowd was standing and attentive) and he said:

4Benedictus Dominus Deus Israël,“Blessed is the Lord,qui quod locutus est David patri meo,the God of Israel,opere complevit,who has completed the work that he spoke to David my father,dicens:saying:

5A die qua eduxi populum meum de terra Ægypti,‘From the day when I led my people away from the land of Egypt,non elegi civitatem de cunctis tribubus Israël ut ædificaretur in ea domus nomini meo,I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built in it to my name.neque elegi quemquam alium virum ut esset dux in populo Israël:And I did not choose any other man, so that he would be the ruler of my people Israel.

6sed elegi Jerusalem ut sit nomen meum in ea,But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it.et elegi David ut constituerem eum super populum meum Israël.And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.’

7Cumque fuisset voluntatis David patris mei ut ædificaret domum nomini Domini Dei Israël,And though David, my father, had decided that he would build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel,

8dixit Dominus ad eum:the Lord said to him:Quia hæc fuit voluntas tua, ut ædificares domum nomini meo,‘In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name,bene quidem fecisti hujuscemodi habere voluntatem:certainly you have done well in having such a will.

9sed non tu ædificabis domum:But you shall not build the house.verum filius tuus,Truly, your son,qui egredietur de lumbis tuis,who will go forth from your loins,ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo.shall build a house to my name.’

10Complevit ergo Dominus sermonem suum quem locutus fuerat:Therefore, the Lord has accomplished his word, which he had spoken.et ego surrexi pro David patre meo,And I have risen up in place of my father David,et sedi super thronum Israël,and I sit upon the throne of Israel,sicut locutus est Dominus:just as the Lord spoke.et ædificavi domum nomini Domini Dei Israël.And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

11Et posui in ea arcam in qua est pactum Domini quod pepigit cum filiis Israël.And I have placed in it the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he formed with the sons of Israel.”

12Stetit ergo coram altari Domini ex adverso universæ multitudinis Israël,Then he stood before the altar of the Lord, facing the entire multitude of Israel,et extendit manus suas.and he extended his hands.

13Siquidem fecerat Salomon basim æneam,For indeed, Solomon had made a bronze base,et posuerat eam in medio basilicæ, habentem quinque cubitos longitudinis,and he had positioned it in the midst of the hall; it held five cubits in length,et quinque cubitos latitudinis,and five cubits in width,et tres cubitos altitudinis:and three cubits in height.stetitque super eam,And he stood upon it.et deinceps flexis genibus contra universam multitudinem Israël,And next, kneeling down while facing the entire multitude of Israel,et palmis in cælum levatis,and lifting up his palms towards heaven,

14ait: Domine Deus Israël,he said: “O Lord God of Israel,non est similis tui deus in cælo et in terra:there is no god like you in heaven or on earth.qui custodis pactum et misericordiam cum servis tuis qui ambulant coram te in toto corde suo:You preserve covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk before you with all their hearts.

15qui præstitisti servo tuo David patri meo quæcumque locutus fueras ei:You fulfilled for your servant David,et quæ ore promiseras,my father,opere complesti,whatsoever you had said to him.sicutAnd you carried out the deed that you promised with your mouth,et præsens tempus probat.just as the present time proves.

16Nunc ergo Domine Deus Israël,Now then, O Lord God of Israel,imple servo tuo patri meo David quæcumque locutus es,fulfill for your servant David, my father, whatsoever you said to him,dicens:saying:Non deficiet ex te vir coram me,‘There shall not fail to be a man from you before me,qui sedeat super thronum Israël:who will sit upon the throne of Israel,ita tamen si custodierint filii tui vias suas,yet only if your sons will guard their ways,et ambulaverint in lege mea,and will walk in my law,sicut et tu ambulasti coram me.just as you also have walked before me.’

17Et nunc Domine Deus Israël,And now, O Lord God of Israel,firmetur sermo tuus quem locutus es servo tuo David.let your word be confirmed that you spoke to your servant David.

18Ergone credibile est ut habitet Deus cum hominibus super terram?How then is it to be believed that God would dwell with men upon the earth?si cælum et cæli cælorum non te capiunt,If heaven and the heavens of the heavens do not contain you,quanto magis domus ista quam ædificavi?how much less this house that I have built?

19Sed ad hoc tantum facta est,But it has been done for this only,ut respicias orationem servi tui,so that you may look with favor upon the prayer of your servant,et obsecrationem ejus,and on his supplication,Domine Deus meus,O Lord my God,et audias preces quas fundit famulus tuus coram te:and so that you may hear the prayers which your servant pours out before you,

20ut aperias oculos tuos super domum istam diebusand so that you may open your eyes over this house,ac noctibus,day and night,super locum in quo pollicitus es ut invocaretur nomen tuum,over the place where you promised that your name would be invoked,

21et exaudires orationem quam servus tuus orat in eo:and so that you may heed the prayer which your servant is praying within it,et exaudias preces famuli tui,and so that you may heed the prayers of your servantet populi tui Israël.and of your people Israel.Quicumque oraverit in loco isto,Whoever will pray in this place,exaudi de habitaculo tuo,listen from your habitation,id est,that is,de cælis,from heaven,et propitiare.and forgive.

22Si peccaverit quispiam in proximum suum,If anyone will have sinned against his neighbor,et jurare contra eum paratus venerit,and he arrives to swear against him,seque maledicto constrinxerit coram altari in domo ista:and to bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house,

23tu audies de cælo,you will hear him from heaven,et facies judicium servorum tuorum,and you will execute justice for your servants,ita ut reddas iniquo viam suam in caput proprium,so that you return, to the iniquitous man, his own way upon his own head,et ulciscaris justum, retribuens ei secundum justitiam suam.and so that you vindicate the just man, repaying him according to his own justice.

24Si superatus fuerit populus tuus Israël ab inimicis (peccabunt enim tibi),If your people Israel will have been overwhelmed by their enemies,et conversi egerint pœnitentiam,(for they will sin against you) and having been converted will do penance,et obsecraverint nomen tuum,and if they will have beseeched your name,et fuerint deprecati in loco isto,and will have prayed in this place,

25tu exaudies de cælo:you will heed them from heaven,et propitiare peccato populi tui Israël,and you will forgive the sin of your people Israel,et reduc eos in terram quam dedisti eis,and you will lead them back into the land that you gave to themet patribus eorum.and to their fathers.

26Si clauso cælo pluvia non fluxerit propter peccata populi,If the heavens have been closed, so that rain does not fall, because of the sin of the people,et deprecati te fuerint in loco isto,and if they will petition you in this place,et confessi nomini tuo,and confess to your name,et conversi a peccatis suis, cum eos afflixeris,and be converted from their sins when you will afflict them,

27exaudi de cælo,heed them from heaven,Domine,O Lord,et dimitte peccata servis tuis et populi tui Israël,and forgive the sins of your servants and of your people Israel,et doce eos viam bonam,and teach them the good way,per quam ingrediantur:by which they may advance,et da pluviam terræ quam dedisti populo tuo ad possidendum.and give rain to the land that you gave to your people as a possession.

28Fames si orta fuerit in terra,If a famine will have risen up in the land,et pestilentia,or pestilence,ærugo,or fungus,et aurugo,or mildew,et locusta,or locusts,et bruchus:or beetles,et hostes,or if enemies will have laid waste to the countrysidevastatis regionibus,and will have besieged the gates of the cities,portas obsederint civitatis,or whatever scourgeomnisque plaga et infirmitas presserit:or infirmity will have pressed upon them,

29si quis de populo tuo Israël fuerit deprecatus,if anyone from your people Israel,cognoscens plagam et infirmitatem suam,knowing his own scourge and infirmity,et expanderit manus suas in domo hac,will have made supplication and will have extended his hands in this house,

30tu exaudies de cælo, de sublimi scilicet habitaculo tuo:you will heed him from heaven, indeed from your sublime habitation,et propitiare,and you will forgive,et redde unicuique secundum vias suas,and you will repay each one according to his ways,quas nosti eum habere in corde suo (tu enim solus nosti corda filiorum hominum):which you know him to hold in his heart. For you alone know the hearts of the sons of men.

31ut timeant te,So may they fear you,et ambulent in viis tuis cunctis diebus quibus vivunt super faciem terræ quam dedisti patribus nostris.and so may they walk in your ways, during all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which you gave to our fathers.

32Externum quoque,Also, if the outsider,qui non est de populo tuo Israël,who is not from your people Israel,si venerit de terra longinqua propter nomen tuum magnum,will have arrived from a far away land, because of your great name,et propter manum tuam robustam, et brachium tuum extentum,and because of your robust hand and your outstretched arm,et adoraverit in loco isto,and if he will adore in this place,

33tu exaudies de cælo firmissimo habitaculo tuo,you will heed him from heaven, your most firm habitation,et facies cuncta pro quibus invocaverit te ille peregrinus:and you will accomplish all the things about which this sojourner will have called out to you,ut sciant omnes populi terræ nomen tuum,so that all the people of the earth may know your name,et timeant te sicut populus tuus Israël,and may fear you, just as your people Israel do,et cognoscant quia nomen tuum invocatum est super domum hanc quam ædificavi.and so that they may know that your name is invoked over this house, which I have built.

34Si egressus fuerit populus tuus ad bellum contra adversarios suos per viam in qua miseris eos,If, having gone out to war against their adversaries along the way that you will send them,adorabunt te contra viam in qua civitas hæc est,your people adore you facing in the direction of this city,quam elegisti,which you have chosen,et domus quam ædificavi nomini tuo,and of this house, which I have built to your name,

35tu exaudies de cælo preces eorum,you will heed their prayers from heaven,et obsecrationem:and their supplications,et ulciscaris.and you will vindicate them.

36Si autem peccaverint tibi (neque enim est homo qui non peccet),But if they will have sinned against you (for there is no man who does not sin)et iratus fueris eis,and you will have become angry against them,et tradideris hostibus,and if you will have delivered them to their enemies,et captivos duxerint eos in terram longinquam,and so they lead them away as captives to a far away land,vel certe quæ juxta est,or even to one that is near,

37et conversi in corde suo in terra ad quam captivi ducti fuerant, egerint pœnitentiam,and if, having been converted in their heart in the land to which they had been led as captives,et deprecati te fuerint in terra captivitatis suæ,they will do penance, and beseech you in the land of their captivity,dicentes: Peccavimus:saying, ‘We have sinned;inique fecimus,we have committed iniquity;injuste egimus:we have acted unjustly,’

38et reversi fuerint ad te in toto corde suo, et in tota anima sua,and if they will have returned to you, with their whole heart and with their whole soul,in terra captivitatis suæ ad quam ducti sunt,in the land of their captivity to which they were led away,adorabunt te contra viam terræ suæ, quam dedisti patribus eorum,and if they will adore you in the direction of their own land, which you gave to their fathers,et urbis quam elegisti,and of the city, which you have chosen,et domus quam ædificavi nomini tuo:and of the house, which I have built to your name,

39tu exaudies de cælo,from heaven,hoc est,that is,de firmo habitaculo tuo,from your firm habitation,preces eorum:you will heed their prayers,et facias judicium,and you will accomplish judgment,et dimittas populo tuo,and you will forgive your people,quamvis peccatori:even though they are sinners.

40tu es enim Deus meus:For you are my God.aperiantur, quæso,Let your eyes be open,oculi tui,I beg you,et aures tuæ intentæ sint ad orationem quæ fit in loco isto.and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

41Nunc igitur consurge,Now therefore,Domine Deus,rise up,in requiem tuam,O Lord God,tuto your resting place,et arca fortitudinis tuæ:you and the ark of your strength.sacerdotes tui,Let your priests,Domine Deus,O Lord God,induantur salutem,be clothed with salvation,et sancti tui lætentur in bonis.and let your holy ones rejoice in what is good.

42Domine Deus, ne averteris faciem christi tui:O Lord God, may you not turn away from the face of your Christ.memento misericordiarum David servi tui.Remember the mercies of your servant, David.”