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Basi Sulemani alipokwisha maombi hayo, moto ukashuka kutoka mbinguni, ukateketeza sadaka ya kuteketezwa na dhabihu; utukufu wa Bwana ukaijaza nyumba.
When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
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Wala makuhani hawakuweza kuingia nyumbani mwa Bwana, kwa kuwa utukufu wa Bwana umeijaza nyumba ya Bwana.
The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
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Wakatazama wana wa Israeli wote, uliposhuka ule moto, utukufu wa Bwana ulipokuwapo juu ya nyumba; wakasujudu kifulifuli hata nchi sakafuni, wakaabudu, wakamshukuru Bwana, wakisema, Kwa kuwa ni mwema; kwa maana fadhili zake ni za milele.
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
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Ndipo mfalme na watu wote wakatoa dhabihu mbele za Bwana.
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
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Mfalme Sulemani akatoa sadaka ya ng'ombe ishirini na mbili elfu, na kondoo mia na ishirini elfu. Ndivyo mfalme na watu wote walivyoifanya wakfu nyumba ya Mungu.
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
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Wakasimama makuhani sawasawa na malinzi yao; Walawi nao pamoja na vinanda vya Bwana, alivyovifanya Daudi mfalme, ili kumshukuru Bwana, kwa maana fadhili zake ni za milele, hapo aliposifu Daudi kwa mikono yao; nao makuhani wakapiga panda mbele yao; nao Israeli wote wakasimama.
The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
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Tena Sulemani akaitakasa behewa katikati, iliyokuwa mbele ya nyumba ya Bwana; kwa kuwa hapo ndipo alipotoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, na mafuta ya sadaka za amani; kwa sababu ile madhabahu ya shaba aliyoifanya Sulemani haikutosha kuzipokea sadaka ya kuteketezwa, na sadaka ya unga, na mafuta.
Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
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Basi, wakati ule Sulemani akafanya sikukuu, na Israeli wote pamoja naye, kusanyiko kubwa sana, toka maingilio ya Hamathi mpaka kijito cha Misri, muda wa siku saba.
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
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Hata siku ya nane wakaita kusanyiko la makini; kwa maana walishika kuitakasa madhabahu siku saba, na sikukuu siku saba.
On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.
10
Akawaruhusu watu waende hemani kwao siku ya ishirini na tatu, ya mwezi wa saba, wakifurahi na kuchangamka mioyoni kwa wema wote Bwana aliomfanyia Daudi, na Sulemani, na Israeli watu wake.
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
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Hivyo Sulemani akaimaliza nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba ya mfalme; na yote yaliyomwingia Sulemani moyoni ayafanye nyumbani mwa Bwana, na nyumbani mwake mwenyewe, akayafanikisha.
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,
12
Bwana akamtokea Sulemani usiku, akamwambia, Nimesikia uliyoyaomba, na mahali hapa nimejichagulia kuwa nyumba ya dhabihu.
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
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Nikizifunga mbingu isiwe mvua, tena nikiamuru nzige kula nchi, au nikiwapelekea watu wangu tauni;
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
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ikiwa watu wangu, walioitwa kwa jina langu, watajinyenyekesha, na kuomba, na kunitafuta uso, na kuziacha njia zao mbaya; basi, nitasikia toka mbinguni, na kuwasamehe dhambi yao, na kuiponya nchi yao.
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
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Sasa macho yangu yatafumbuka, na masikio yangu yatasikiliza maombi ya watu waombao mahali hapa.
Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
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Maana sasa nimeichagua nyumba hii na kuitakasa, ili kwamba jina langu lipate kuwako huko milele; yatakuwako na macho yangu, na moyo wangu daima.
For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
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Nawe, ukienda mbele yangu kama alivyokwenda Daudi baba yako, ufanye sawasawa na yote niliyokuamuru, na kuzishika sheria zangu na hukumu zangu;
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
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ndipo nitakithibitisha kiti cha enzi cha ufalme wako, kama nilivyoagana na Daudi baba yako, nikisema, Hutakosa kuwa na mtu wa kutawala katika Israeli.
then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’
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Lakini mkigeuka, na kuziacha sheria zangu na amri zangu nilizoweka mbele yenu, mkienda, na kuitumikia miungu mingine, na kuiabudu;
But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
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ndipo nitawang'oa katika nchi yangu niliyowapa; na nyumba hii niliyoitakasa kwa jina langu, nitaiondosha itoke mbele zangu, nami nitaifanya kuwa mithali na tukano katikati ya watu wote.
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
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Na nyumba hii, iliyo juu, kila apitaye ataona ushangao, atasema, Mbona Bwana ameitendea hivi nchi hii, na nyumba hii?
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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Nao watajibu, Kwa sababu walimwacha Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, aliyewaleta kutoka nchi ya Misri, wakashikamana na miungu mingine, wakaiabudu, na kuitumikia; kwa hiyo ameyaleta mabaya haya yote juu yao.
And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”