¹Cumque complesset Salomon fundens preces,And when Solomon had completed pouring out his prayers,ignis descendit de cælo,fire descended from heaven,et devoravit holocausta et victimas:and it devoured the holocausts and the victims.et majestas Domini implevit domum.And the majesty of the Lord filled the house.

¹Cumque complesset Salomon fundens preces,And when Solomon had completed pouring out his prayers,ignis descendit de cælo,fire descended from heaven,et devoravit holocausta et victimas:and it devoured the holocausts and the victims.et majestas Domini implevit domum.And the majesty of the Lord filled the house.

²Nec poterant sacerdotes ingredi templum Domini,Neither were the priests able to enter into the temple of the Lord,eo quod implesset majestas Domini templum Domini.because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.

²Nec poterant sacerdotes ingredi templum Domini,Neither were the priests able to enter into the temple of the Lord,eo quod implesset majestas Domini templum Domini.because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.

³SedMoreover,et omnes filii Israël videbant descendentem ignem,all the sons of Israel saw the fire descending,et gloriam Domini super domum:and the glory of the Lord upon the house.et corruentes proni in terram super pavimentum stratum lapide,And falling prone upon the ground,adoraverunt,on the layer of pavement stones,et laudaverunt Dominum,they adored and praised the Lord:quoniam bonus,“For he is good.quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.For his mercy is everlasting.”

³SedMoreover,et omnes filii Israël videbant descendentem ignem,all the sons of Israel saw the fire descending,et gloriam Domini super domum:and the glory of the Lord upon the house.et corruentes proni in terram super pavimentum stratum lapide,And falling prone upon the ground,adoraverunt,on the layer of pavement stones,et laudaverunt Dominum,they adored and praised the Lord:quoniam bonus,“For he is good.quoniam in sæculum misericordia ejus.For his mercy is everlasting.”

⁴Rex autem et omnis populus immolabant victimas coram Domino.Then the king and all the people were immolating victims before the Lord.

⁴Rex autem et omnis populus immolabant victimas coram Domino.Then the king and all the people were immolating victims before the Lord.

⁵Mactavit igitur rex Salomon hostias,And so,boum viginti duo millia,king Solomon slaughtered victims:arietum centum viginti millia:twenty-two thousand oxen,et dedicavit domum Dei rex,and one hundred twenty thousand rams.et universus populus.And the king and the entire people dedicated the house of God.

⁵Mactavit igitur rex Salomon hostias,And so,boum viginti duo millia,king Solomon slaughtered victims:arietum centum viginti millia:twenty-two thousand oxen,et dedicavit domum Dei rex,and one hundred twenty thousand rams.et universus populus.And the king and the entire people dedicated the house of God.

⁶Sacerdotes autem stabant in officiis suis,Then the priests and the Levites were standing in their offices,et Levitæ in organis carminum Domini,with the instruments of music for the Lord,quæ fecit David rex ad laudandum Dominum:which king David made in order to praise the Lord:Quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus,“For his mercy is eternal.”hymnos David canentes per manus suas:And they were playing the hymns of David with their hands.porro sacerdotes canebant tubis ante eos,And the priests were sounding out with trumpets before them,cunctusque Israël stabat.and all of Israel was standing.

⁶Sacerdotes autem stabant in officiis suis,Then the priests and the Levites were standing in their offices,et Levitæ in organis carminum Domini,with the instruments of music for the Lord,quæ fecit David rex ad laudandum Dominum:which king David made in order to praise the Lord:Quoniam in æternum misericordia ejus,“For his mercy is eternal.”hymnos David canentes per manus suas:And they were playing the hymns of David with their hands.porro sacerdotes canebant tubis ante eos,And the priests were sounding out with trumpets before them,cunctusque Israël stabat.and all of Israel was standing.

⁷Sanctificavit quoque Salomon medium atrii ante templum Domini:Also, Solomon sanctified the middle of the atrium in front of the temple of the Lord.obtulerat enim ibi holocausta et adipes pacificorum: quia altare æneum quod fecerat,For he had offered the holocausts and the fat of peace offerings in that place because the bronze altar, which he had made,non poterat sustinere holocausta et sacrificia et adipes.had not been able to support the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat.

⁷Sanctificavit quoque Salomon medium atrii ante templum Domini:Also, Solomon sanctified the middle of the atrium in front of the temple of the Lord.obtulerat enim ibi holocausta et adipes pacificorum: quia altare æneum quod fecerat,For he had offered the holocausts and the fat of peace offerings in that place because the bronze altar, which he had made,non poterat sustinere holocausta et sacrificia et adipes.had not been able to support the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat.

⁸Fecit ergo Salomon solemnitatem in tempore illo septem diebus,Therefore, Solomon kept the solemnity, at that time,et omnis Israël cum eo,for seven days, and all of Israel with him,ecclesia magna valde,a very great assembly,ab introitu Emath usque ad torrentem Ægypti.from the entrance of Hamath, even to the torrent of Egypt.

⁸Fecit ergo Salomon solemnitatem in tempore illo septem diebus,Therefore, Solomon kept the solemnity, at that time,et omnis Israël cum eo,for seven days, and all of Israel with him,ecclesia magna valde,a very great assembly,ab introitu Emath usque ad torrentem Ægypti.from the entrance of Hamath, even to the torrent of Egypt.

⁹Fecitque die octavo collectam,And on the eighth day, he held a solemn gathering,eo quod dedicasset altare septem diebus,because he had dedicated the altar over seven days,et solemnitatem celebrasset diebus septem.and he had celebrated the solemnity over seven days.

⁹Fecitque die octavo collectam,And on the eighth day, he held a solemn gathering,eo quod dedicasset altare septem diebus,because he had dedicated the altar over seven days,et solemnitatem celebrasset diebus septem.and he had celebrated the solemnity over seven days.

¹⁰Igitur in die vigesimo tertio mensis septimi,And so,dimisit populos ad tabernacula sua,on the twenty-third day of the seventh month,lætanteshe dismissed the people to their dwellings,atque gaudentes super bono quod fecerat Dominus Davidi,joyful and glad over the good that the Lord had done for David,et Salomoni,and for Solomon,et Israëli populo suo.and for his people Israel.

¹⁰Igitur in die vigesimo tertio mensis septimi,And so,dimisit populos ad tabernacula sua,on the twenty-third day of the seventh month,lætanteshe dismissed the people to their dwellings,atque gaudentes super bono quod fecerat Dominus Davidi,joyful and glad over the good that the Lord had done for David,et Salomoni,and for Solomon,et Israëli populo suo.and for his people Israel.

¹¹Complevitque Salomon domum Domini,And Solomon completed the house of the Lord,et domum regis,and the house of the king,et omnia quæ disposuerat in corde suo ut faceret in domo Domini,and all that he had resolved in his heart to do for the house of the Lord,et in domo sua,and for his own house.et prosperatus est.And he prospered.

¹¹Complevitque Salomon domum Domini,And Solomon completed the house of the Lord,et domum regis,and the house of the king,et omnia quæ disposuerat in corde suo ut faceret in domo Domini,and all that he had resolved in his heart to do for the house of the Lord,et in domo sua,and for his own house.et prosperatus est.And he prospered.

¹²Apparuit autem ei Dominus nocte,Then the Lord appeared to him by night,et ait:and said:Audivi orationem tuam,“I have heard your prayer,et elegi locum istum mihi in domum sacrificii.and I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

¹²Apparuit autem ei Dominus nocte,Then the Lord appeared to him by night,et ait:and said:Audivi orationem tuam,“I have heard your prayer,et elegi locum istum mihi in domum sacrificii.and I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

¹³Si clausero cælum,If I close up heaven,et pluvia non fluxerit,so that no rain will fall,et mandavero et præcepero locustæ ut devoret terram,or if I order and instruct the locust to devour the land,et misero pestilentiam in populum meum:or if I send a pestilence among my people,

¹³Si clausero cælum,If I close up heaven,et pluvia non fluxerit,so that no rain will fall,et mandavero et præcepero locustæ ut devoret terram,or if I order and instruct the locust to devour the land,et misero pestilentiam in populum meum:or if I send a pestilence among my people,

¹⁴conversus autem populus meus,and if my people,super quos invocatum est nomen meum,over whom my name has been invoked,deprecatus me fuerit,being converted,et exquisierit faciem meam,will have petitioned me and sought my face,et egerit pœnitentiam a viis suis pessimis:and will have done penance for their wicked ways,et ego exaudiam de cælo,then I will heed them from heaven,et propitius ero peccatis eorum,and I will forgive their sins,et sanabo terram eorum.and I will heal their land.

¹⁴conversus autem populus meus,and if my people,super quos invocatum est nomen meum,over whom my name has been invoked,deprecatus me fuerit,being converted,et exquisierit faciem meam,will have petitioned me and sought my face,et egerit pœnitentiam a viis suis pessimis:and will have done penance for their wicked ways,et ego exaudiam de cælo,then I will heed them from heaven,et propitius ero peccatis eorum,and I will forgive their sins,et sanabo terram eorum.and I will heal their land.

¹⁵Oculi quoque mei erunt aperti,Also, my eyes will be open,et aures meæ erectæ ad orationem ejus, qui in loco isto oraverit.and my ears will be attentive, to the prayer of him who shall pray in this place.

¹⁵Oculi quoque mei erunt aperti,Also, my eyes will be open,et aures meæ erectæ ad orationem ejus, qui in loco isto oraverit.and my ears will be attentive, to the prayer of him who shall pray in this place.

¹⁶Elegi enim,For I have chosen and sanctified this place,et sanctificavi locum istum,so that my name may be there continually,ut sit nomen meum ibi in sempiternum,and so that my eyes and my heart may remain there,et permaneant oculi mei et cor meum ibi cunctis diebus.for all days.

¹⁶Elegi enim,For I have chosen and sanctified this place,et sanctificavi locum istum,so that my name may be there continually,ut sit nomen meum ibi in sempiternum,and so that my eyes and my heart may remain there,et permaneant oculi mei et cor meum ibi cunctis diebus.for all days.

¹⁷Tu quoque si ambulaveris coram me,And as for you, if you will walk before me,sicut ambulaverit David pater tuus, et feceris juxta omnia quæ præcepi tibi,just as your father David walked, and if you will act in accord with all that I have instructed you,et justitias meas judiciaque servaveris:and if you will observe my justices and judgments,

¹⁷Tu quoque si ambulaveris coram me,And as for you, if you will walk before me,sicut ambulaverit David pater tuus, et feceris juxta omnia quæ præcepi tibi,just as your father David walked, and if you will act in accord with all that I have instructed you,et justitias meas judiciaque servaveris:and if you will observe my justices and judgments,

¹⁸suscitabo thronum regni tui,I will raise up the throne of your kingdom,sicut pollicitus sum David patri tuo,just as I promised to your father David,dicens:saying:Non auferetur de stirpe tua vir qui sit princeps in Israël.‘There shall not be taken away a man from your stock who will be ruler in Israel.’

¹⁸suscitabo thronum regni tui,I will raise up the throne of your kingdom,sicut pollicitus sum David patri tuo,just as I promised to your father David,dicens:saying:Non auferetur de stirpe tua vir qui sit princeps in Israël.‘There shall not be taken away a man from your stock who will be ruler in Israel.’

¹⁹Si autem aversi fueritis,But if you will have turned away,et dereliqueritis justitias meas, et præcepta mea quæ proposui vobis,and will have forsaken my justices and my precepts, which I have set before you,et abeuntes servieritis diis alienis,and going astray, you serve strange gods,et adoraveritis eos,and you adore them,

¹⁹Si autem aversi fueritis,But if you will have turned away,et dereliqueritis justitias meas, et præcepta mea quæ proposui vobis,and will have forsaken my justices and my precepts, which I have set before you,et abeuntes servieritis diis alienis,and going astray, you serve strange gods,et adoraveritis eos,and you adore them,

²⁰evellam vos de terra mea quam dedi vobis:I will uproot you from my land,et domum hanc,which I gave to you,quam sanctificavi nomini meo,and from this house,projiciam a facie mea,which I sanctified to my name,et tradam eam in parabolam,and I will cast it away from before my face,et in exemplum cunctis populis.and I will deliver it to be a parable and an example for all the peoples.

²⁰evellam vos de terra mea quam dedi vobis:I will uproot you from my land,et domum hanc,which I gave to you,quam sanctificavi nomini meo,and from this house,projiciam a facie mea,which I sanctified to my name,et tradam eam in parabolam,and I will cast it away from before my face,et in exemplum cunctis populis.and I will deliver it to be a parable and an example for all the peoples.

²¹Et domus ista erit in proverbium universis transeuntibus,And this house will be like a proverb to all who pass by.et dicent stupentes:And being astonished,Quare fecit Dominus sic terræ huic,they shall say:et domui huic?‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land and toward this house?’

²¹Et domus ista erit in proverbium universis transeuntibus,And this house will be like a proverb to all who pass by.et dicent stupentes:And being astonished,Quare fecit Dominus sic terræ huic,they shall say:et domui huic?‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land and toward this house?’

²²Respondebuntque:And they shall respond:Quia dereliquerunt Dominum Deum patrum suorum,‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers,qui eduxit eos de terra Ægypti,who led them away from the land of Egypt,et apprehenderunt deos alienos,and they took hold of foreign gods,et adoraverunt eos, et coluerunt:and they adored and worshipped them.idcirco venerunt super eos universa hæc mala.Therefore, all these evils have overwhelmed them.’”

²²Respondebuntque:And they shall respond:Quia dereliquerunt Dominum Deum patrum suorum,‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers,qui eduxit eos de terra Ægypti,who led them away from the land of Egypt,et apprehenderunt deos alienos,and they took hold of foreign gods,et adoraverunt eos, et coluerunt:and they adored and worshipped them.idcirco venerunt super eos universa hæc mala.Therefore, all these evils have overwhelmed them.’”