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Ndipo Sulemani akanena, Bwana alisema ya kwamba atakaa katika giza nene.
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
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Lakini nimekujengea nyumba ya kukaa, iwe mahali pa makao yako milele.
But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
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Mfalme akageuza uso wake, akawabarikia mkutano wote wa Israeli; na mkutano wote wa Israeli wakasimama.
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
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Akasema, Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ahimidiwe, aliyenena kwa kinywa chake na baba yangu Daudi, akalitimiza kwa mikono yake, akasema,
and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
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Tangu siku ile nilipowatoa watu wangu katika nchi ya Misri, sikuchagua mji wo wote wa kabila zote za Israeli ili kujenga nyumba, jina langu liwe humo; wala sikumchagua mtu ye yote awe mkuu juu ya watu wangu Israeli;
‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
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lakini nimeuchagua Yerusalemu, jina langu liwe humo; na Daudi nimemchagua awe juu ya watu wangu Israeli.
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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Basi ilikuwa moyoni mwake Daudi, baba yangu, kujenga nyumba kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Lakini Bwana akamwambia Daudi baba yangu, Kwa kuwa ilikuwa moyoni mwako kujenga nyumba kwa jina langu, ulifanya vema kuwaza hivi moyoni mwako;
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
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lakini si wewe utakayeijenga nyumba hiyo; ila mwanao atakayetoka katika viuno vyako, yeye ndiye atakayejenga nyumba kwa jina langu.
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
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Basi Bwana amelitimiza neno lile alilolinena; nami nimesimama mahali pa Daudi baba yangu, na kuketi katika kiti cha enzi cha Israeli, kama Bwana alivyoahidi, nami nimeijenga nyumba kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli.
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Ndimo nilimoliweka hilo sanduku, ambalo ndani yake mna agano la Bwana, alilolifanya na wana wa Israeli.
And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
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Akasimama mbele ya madhabahu ya Bwana, machoni pa mkutano wote wa Israeli, akainyosha mikono;
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
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(maana Sulemani alikuwa amefanya mimbari ya shaba, urefu wake mikono mitano, na upana wake mikono mitano, na kwenda juu kwake mikono mitatu, na kuisimamisha katikati ya ua; akasimama juu yake, akapiga magoti mbele ya mkutano wote wa Israeli, akaikunjua mikono yake kuelekea mbinguni);
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
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akasema, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, hakuna Mungu kama wewe, mbinguni, wala duniani; ushikaye maagano na rehema kwa watumishi wako, waendao mbele zako kwa moyo wao wote;
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
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uliyemtimizia mtumishi wako Daudi, baba yangu, ahadi uliyomwahidi; naam, ulinena kwa kinywa chako, ukayatimiza kwa mkono wako, kama ilivyo leo.
You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
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Sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, umfikilizie mtumishi wako Daudi, baba yangu, ahadi uliyomwahidia, ukisema, Hutakosa kuwa na mtu machoni pangu, wa kuketi katika kiti cha enzi cha Israeli; wakiwa tu watoto wako wataiangalia njia yao, ili kuiendea torati yangu, kama wewe ulivyokwenda mbele zangu.
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
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Basi sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ulithibitishe neno lako, ulilomwambia mtumishi wako Daudi.
And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
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Lakini Mungu je! Yamkini atakaa na watu duniani? Tazama, mbingu na mbingu za mbingu za mbingu hazikutoshi; siuze nyumba hii niliyoijenga!
But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
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Walakini umwangalie mtumwa wako anayoyaomba, na kusihi, Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu, usikie kilio na maombi anayoyaomba mtumwa wako mbele zako;
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
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ili macho yako yafumbuke kwa nyumba hii mchana na usiku, mahali uliponena, ndipo utakapoliweka jina lako; usikie maombi atakayoomba mtumwa wako, akikabili mahali hapa.
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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Uyasikie atakayosihi mtumwa wako, na watu wako Israeli, watakapoomba wakikabili mahali hapa; naam, usikie toka makaoni mwako, toka mbinguni, nawe usikiapo, samehe.
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
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Ikiwa mtu amemkosea mwenzake, akitiwa kiapo, aapishwe, naye akija na kuapa hapa mbele ya madhabahu yako nyumbani humu;
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
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basi, usikie mbinguni, ukatende, ukawahukumu watumwa wako; ukimlipiza mwovu, kumpatilizia njia yake kichwani; ukamfanyie haki mwenye haki, ukimjalia kwa kadiri ya haki yake.
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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Ikiwa watu wako Israeli wamepigwa mbele ya adui zao, kwa sababu wamekukosa wewe; kama wakirejea kwako, na kulikiri jina lako, wakikuomba na kukusihi nyumbani humu;
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
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basi usikie huko mbinguni, ukaisamehe dhambi ya watu wako Israeli, na kuwarejeza tena katika nchi uliyowapa wao na baba zao.
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
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Ikiwa mbingu zimefungwa, hata hakuna mvua, kwa sababu wamekukosa wewe; kama wakiomba wakikabili mahali hapa, na kulikiri jina lako, na kuiacha dhambi yao, uwatesapo;
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
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basi usikie huko mbinguni, ukaisamehe dhambi ya watumwa wako, na ya watu wako Israeli; uwafundishapo njia njema iwapasayo waiendee; ukainyeshee mvua nchi yako, uliyowapa watu wako iwe urithi.
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
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Ikiwa nchi imeingia njaa, au tauni, au ukosefu wa mvua, au ukungu, au nzige, au panzi; ikiwa adui wamewahusuru katika nchi ya miji yao, au ukiwapo msiba wo wote, au uele wo wote;
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
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yo yote atakayoyaomba na kusihi mtu awaye yote, au watu wako Israeli wote pamoja, watakaojua kila mtu pigo lake mwenyewe, na msiba wake mwenyewe, akiinyoshea mikono nyumba hii;
then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
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basi usikie huko mbinguni, ukaapo, ukasamehe, ukampatilize kila mtu kwa kadiri ya njia zake zote; wewe umjuaye moyo; (maana wewe peke yako ndiwe uijuaye mioyo ya wanadamu);
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
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ili wakuche wewe, waziendee njia zako, siku zote watakazoishi katika nchi uliyowapa baba zetu.
so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
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Hata na mgeni naye, asiyekuwa mmoja wa watu wako Israeli, atakapokuja kutoka nchi iliyo mbali sana kwa ajili ya jina lako kuu, na mkono wako ulio hodari, na mkono wako ulionyoshwa; hao watakapokuja na kuomba wakiielekea nyumba hii;
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
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basi usikie huko mbinguni, toka makaoni mwako, ukatende yote atakayokuomba huyo mgeni; ili watu wote wa dunia wapate kulijua jina lako, na kukucha wewe, kama watu wako Israeli, tena wajue ya kuwa nyumba hii niliyoijenga imeitwa kwa jina lako.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
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Ikiwa watu wako wametoka kupigana na adui zao, utakakowatuma ko kote, wakikuomba kuuelekea mji huu uliouchagua, na nyumba hii niliyoijenga kwa jina lako;
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
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basi uyasikie huko mbinguni wayaombayo, na kusihi, ukaitetee haki yao.
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
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Wakikukosa, (maana hakuna mtu asiyekosa), hata uwakasirikie, na kuwatia mikononi mwa adui zao, wawahamishe, na kuwachukua mateka mpaka nchi iliyo mbali au iliyo karibu;
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
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basi wakikumbuka katika nchi walikohamishwa, na kutubu, na kukusihi katika nchi ya uhamisho wao, wakisema, Tumekosa, tumetenda kwa ukaidi, tumefanya maovu;
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
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wakurudiapo kwa mioyo yao yote, na kwa nia zao zote, katika nchi ya uhamisho wao, adui walikowahamisha, wakiomba na kuielekea nchi uliyowapa baba zao, na mji huu uliouchagua, na nyumba hii niliyoijenga kwa jina lako;
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
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basi uyasikie toka mbinguni, toka makaoni mwako, wayaombayo, na kusihi, ukaitetee haki yao; ukawasamehe watu wako, waliokosa juu yako.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
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Na sasa, Ee Mungu wangu, macho yako yafumbuke, nakusihi, masikio yako yakasikilize maombi yaombwayo mahali hapa.
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
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Sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu, uondoke, uende kwenye raha yako, wewe na sanduku la nguvu zako; makuhani wako, Ee Bwana, Mungu, wavikwe wokovu, watakatifu wako na washangilie mema.
Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.
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Ee Bwana, Mungu, usiurudishe nyuma uso wa masihi wako,uzikumbuke fadhili za Daudi mtumishi wako.
O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”