Επλησιασαν δε αι ημεραι του Δαβιδ να αποθανη· και παρηγγειλε προς τον Σολομωντα τον υιον αυτου, λεγων,
English
And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and his own house after twenty years, then king Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel in Sion, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, this is Sion,
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عربي (فانديك)
انا ذاهب في طريق الارض كلها. فتشدد وكن رجلا.
Bohairic Coptic
ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲁⲃⲟⲧ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲓⲛ
Greek
Εγω υπαγω την οδον πασης της γης· συ δε ισχυε και εσο ανηρ·
English
in the month of Athanin.
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عربي (فانديك)
احفظ شعائر الرب الهك اذ تسير في طرقه وتحفظ فرائضه وصاياه واحكامه وشهاداته كما هو مكتوب في شريعة موسى لكي تفلح في كل ما تفعل وحيثما توجهت.
Bohairic Coptic
ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲁ ⲛⲓⲟⲩⲏⲃ ⲱⲗⲓ ⲛ̀ϯⲕⲩⲃⲱⲧⲟⲥ
Greek
και φυλαττε τας εντολας Κυριου του Θεου σου, περιπατων εις τας οδους αυτου, φυλαττων τα διαταγματα αυτου, τα προσταγματα αυτου και τας κρισεις αυτου και τα μαρτυρια αυτου, ως ειναι γεγραμμενον εν τω νομω του Μωυσεως, δια να ευημερης εις παντα οσα πραττεις και πανταχου οπου αν στραφης·
English
And the priests took up the ark,
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عربي (فانديك)
لكي يقيم الرب كلامه الذي تكلم به عني قائلا اذا حفظ بنوك طريقهم وسلكوا امامي بالامانة من كل قلوبهم وكل انفسهم قال لا يعدم لك رجل عن كرسي اسرائيل.
δια να στηριξη ο Κυριος τον λογον αυτου, τον οποιον ελαλησε περι εμου, λεγων, Εαν οι υιοι σου προσεχωσιν εις την οδον αυτων ωστε να περιπατωσιν ενωπιον μου εν αληθεια, εξ ολης της καρδιας αυτων και εξ ολης της ψυχης αυτων, βεβαιως δεν θελει εκλειψει εις σε ανηρ επανωθεν του θρονου του Ισραηλ.
English
and the tabernacle of testimony, and the holy furniture that was in the tabernacle of testimony.
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عربي (فانديك)
وانت ايضا تعلم ما فعل بي يوآب ابن صروية ما فعل لرئيسي جيوش اسرائيل ابنير بن نير وعماسا بن يثر اذ قتلهما وسفك دم الحرب في الصلح وجعل دم الحرب في منطقته التي على حقويه وفي نعليه اللتين برجليه.
Και ετι συ εξευρεις οσα εκαμεν εις εμε Ιωαβ ο υιος της Σερουιας, τι εκαμεν εις τους δυο αρχηγους των στρατευματων του Ισραηλ, εις τον Αβενηρ τον υιον του Νηρ, και εις τον Αμασα τον υιον του Ιεθερ, τους οποιους εφονευσε, και εχυσε το αιμα του πολεμου εν ειρηνη και εβαλε το αιμα του πολεμου εις την ζωνην αυτου, την περι την οσφυν αυτου, και εις τα υποδηματα αυτου τα εις τους ποδας αυτου.
English
And the king and all Israel were occupied before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, without number.
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عربي (فانديك)
فافعل حسب حكمتك ولا تدع شيبته تنحدر بسلام الى الهاوية.
προς τους υιους ομως του Βαρζελλαι του Γαλααδιτου καμε ελεος, και ας ηναι εκ των εσθιοντων επι της τραπεζης σου· διοτι ουτως επλησιασαν προς εμε, οτε εφευγον απο προσωπου του Αβεσσαλωμ του αδελφου σου.
English
For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.
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عربي (فانديك)
وهوذا معك شمعي بن جيرا البنياميني من بحوريم. وهو لعنني لعنة شديدة يوم انطلقت الى محنايم وقد نزل للقائي الى الاردن فحلفت له بالرب قائلا اني لا اميتك بالسيف.
Και ιδου, μετα σου Σιμει ο υιος του Γηρα, ο Βενιαμιτης, απο Βαουρειμ, οστις με κατηρασθη καταραν οδυνηραν καθ' ην ημεραν επορευομην εις Μαχαναιμ· κατεβη ομως προς απαντησιν μου εις τον Ιορδανην, και ωμοσα προς αυτον εις τον Κυριον, λεγων, Δεν θελω σε θανατωσει δια ρομφαιας.
English
And the holy staves projected, and the ends of the holy staves appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen without.
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عربي (فانديك)
والآن فلا تبرره لانك انت رجل حكيم فاعلم ما تفعل به واحدر شيبته بالدم الى الهاوية.
Τωρα λοιπον μη αθωωσης αυτον· διοτι εισαι ανηρ σοφος και εξευρεις τι πρεπει να καμης εις αυτον, και να καταβιβασης την πολιαν αυτου με αιμα εις τον αδην.
English
There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put there in Choreb, which tables the Lord made as a covenant with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.
Αι ημεραι δε, τας οποιας εβασιλευσεν ο Δαβιδ επι τον Ισραηλ, εγειναν τεσσαρακοντα ετη· επτα ετη εβασιλευσεν εν Χεβρων και τριακοντα τρια εβασιλευσεν εν Ιερουσαλημ.
English
And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house.
Και ειπε, Συ εξευρεις οτι εις εμε ανηκεν η βασιλεια και εις εμε ειχε στησει πας ο Ισραηλ το προσωπον αυτου, δια να βασιλευσω· η βασιλεια ομως εστραφη και εγεινε του αδελφου μου· διοτι παρα Κυριου εγεινεν εις αυτον·
English
and he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel to-day, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,
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عربي (فانديك)
والآن اسألك سوالا واحدا فلا ترديني فيه. فقالت له تكلم.
τωρα λοιπον ζητω μιαν αιτησιν παρα σου· μη αρνηθης ταυτην εις εμε. Η δε ειπε προς αυτον, Λαλει.
English
From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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عربي (فانديك)
فقال قولي لسليمان الملك لانه لا يردك ان يعطيني ابيشج الشونمية امرأة.
Και ειπεν η Βηθ-σαβεε, Καλως· εγω θελω λαλησει περι σου προς τον βασιλεα.
English
And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into thine heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it came upon thine heart.
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عربي (فانديك)
فدخلت بثشبع الى الملك سليمان لتكلمه عن ادونيا. فقام الملك للقائها وسجد لها وجلس على كرسيه ووضع كرسيا لام الملك فجلست عن يمينه.
Και εισηλθεν η Βηθ-σαβεε προς τον βασιλεα Σολομωντα, δια να λαληση προς αυτον περι του Αδωνιου. Και εσηκωθη ο βασιλευς εις απαντησιν αυτης και προσεκυνησεν αυτην· επειτα εκαθησεν επι τον θρονον αυτου, και ετεθη θρονος εις την μητερα του βασιλεως· και εκαθησεν εις τα δεξια αυτου.
English
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that has proceeded out of thy bowels, he shall build the house to my name.
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عربي (فانديك)
وقالت انما اسألك سوالا واحدا صغيرا. لا تردني. فقال لها الملك اسألي يا امي لاني لا اردك.
Και ειπε, Μιαν μικραν αιτησιν ζητω παρα σου· μη αρνηθης ταυτην εις εμε. Και ειπε προς αυτην ο βασιλευς, Ζητησον, μητηρ μου· διοτι δεν θελω σοι αρνηθη.
English
And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.
Η δε ειπεν, Ας δοθη η Αβισαγ η Σουναμιτις εις τον Αδωνιαν τον αδελφον σου δια γυναικα.
English
And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which the Lord made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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عربي (فانديك)
فاجاب الملك سليمان وقال لامه ولماذا انت تسألين ابيشج الشونمية لادونيا. فاسألي له الملك. لانه اخي الاكبر مني. له ولابياثار الكاهن وليوآب ابن صروية
Και αποκριθεις ο βασιλευς Σολομων ειπε προς την μητερα αυτου, Και δια τι συ ζητεις την Αβισαγ την Σουναμιτιν δια τον Αδωνιαν; ζητησον δι' αυτον και την βασιλειαν, διοτι ειναι μεγαλητερος μου αδελφος· και δι' αυτον και δια τον Αβιαθαρ τον ιερεα και δια τον Ιωαβ τον υιον της Σερουιας.
English
And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven:
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عربي (فانديك)
وحلف سليمان الملك بالرب قائلا هكذا يفعل لي الله وهكذا يزيد انه قد تكلم ادونيا بهذا الكلام ضد نفسه.
Και ωμοσεν ο βασιλευς Σολομων προς τον Κυριον, λεγων, Ουτω να καμη ο Θεος εις εμε και ουτω να προσθεση, εαν ο Αδωνιας δεν ελαλησε τον λογον τουτον κατα της ζωης αυτου·
English
and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart;
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عربي (فانديك)
والآن حيّ هو الرب الذي ثبتني واجلسني على كرسي داود ابي والذي صنع لي بيتا كما تكلم انه اليوم يقتل ادونيا.
και τωρα, ζη Κυριος, οστις με εστερεωσε και με εκαθισεν επι του θρονου Δαβιδ του πατρος μου, και οστις εκαμεν εις εμε οικον, καθως υπεσχεθη, σημερον θελει θανατωθη ο Αδωνιας.
English
which thou hast kept toward thy servant David my father: for thou hast spoken by thy mouth and thou hast fulfilled it with thine hands, as at this day.
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عربي (فانديك)
فارسل الملك سليمان بيد بناياهو بن يهوياداع فبطش به فمات.
Και εξαπεστειλεν ο βασιλευς Σολομων δια χειρος του Βεναια, υιου του Ιωδαε, και επεσεν επ' αυτον και απεθανε.
English
And now, O Lord God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father, the promises which thou hast spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from thee a man sitting before me on the throne of Israel, provided only thy children shall take heed to their ways, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
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عربي (فانديك)
وقال الملك لابياثار الكاهن اذهب الى عناثوث الى حقولك لانك مستوجب الموت ولست اقتلك في هذا اليوم لانك حملت تابوت سيدي الرب امام داود ابي ولانك تذللت بكل ما تذلل به ابي.
προς δε τον Αβιαθαρ τον ιερεα ειπεν ο βασιλευς, Εις Αναθωθ υπαγε, εις τους αγρους σου· διοτι εισαι αξιος θανατου· αλλα την ημεραν ταυτην δεν θελω σε θανατωσει, επειδη εσηκωσας την κιβωτον Κυριου του Θεου εμπροσθεν Δαβιδ του πατρος μου και επειδη εκακοπαθησας εις παντα οσα εκακοπαθησεν ο πατηρ μου.
English
And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word to David my father be confirmed.
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عربي (فانديك)
وطرد سليمان ابياثار عن ان يكون كاهنا للرب لاتمام كلام الرب الذي تكلم به على بيت عالي في شيلوه.
Και απεβαλεν ο Σολομων τον Αβιαθαρ απο του να ηναι ιερευς του Κυριου· δια να πληρωθη ο λογος του Κυριου, τον οποιον ελαλησε περι του οικου του Ηλει εν Σηλω.
English
But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name?
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عربي (فانديك)
فأتى الخبر الى يوآب. لان يوآب مال وراء ادونيا ولم يمل وراء ابشالوم. فهرب يوآب الى خيمة الرب وتمسك بقرون المذبح.
Και η φημη ηλθε μεχρι του Ιωαβ· διοτι ο Ιωαβ εκλινεν οπισω του Αδωνιου, αν και δεν εκλινεν οπισω του Αβεσσαλωμ. Και εφυγεν ο Ιωαβ εις την σκηνην του Κυριου και επιασθη απο των κερατων του θυσιαστηριου.
English
Yet, O Lord God of Israel, thou shalt look upon my petition, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays to thee in thy presence this day,
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عربي (فانديك)
فأخبر الملك سليمان بان يوآب قد هرب الى خيمة الرب وها هو بجانب المذبح. فارسل سليمان بناياهو بن يهوياداع قائلا اذهب ابطش به.
Και απηγγελθη προς τον βασιλεα Σολομωντα, Οτι ο Ιωαβ εφυγεν εις την σκηνην του Κυριου· και ιδου, ειναι πλησιον του θυσιαστηριου. Τοτε απεστειλεν ο Σολομων Βεναιαν τον υιον του Ιωδαε, λεγων, Υπαγε, πεσον επ' αυτον.
English
that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which thou saidst, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays at this place day and night.
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عربي (فانديك)
فدخل بناياهو الى خيمة الرب وقال له هكذا يقول الملك اخرج. فقال كلا ولكنني هنا اموت. فرد بناياهو الجواب على الملك قائلا هكذا تكلم يوآب وهكذا جاوبني.
Και ηλθεν ο Βεναιας εις την σκηνην του Κυριου και ειπε προς αυτον, ουτω λεγει ο βασιλευς· Εξελθε. Ο δε ειπεν, Ουχι, αλλ' ενταυθα θελω αποθανει. Και ανεφερεν ο Βεναιας αποκρισιν προς τον βασιλεα, λεγων, Ουτως ειπεν ο Ιωαβ και ουτω μοι απεκριθη.
English
And thou shalt hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and thou shalt hear in thy dwelling-place in heaven, and thou shalt do and be gracious.
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عربي (فانديك)
فقال له الملك افعل كما تكلم وابطش به وادفنه وازل عني وعن بيت ابي الدم الزكي الذي سفكه يوآب.
Ο δε βασιλευς ειπε προς αυτον, Καμε ως ειπε, και πεσον επ' αυτον και θαψον αυτον· δια να εξαλειψης το αθωον αιμα, το οποιον εχυσεν ο Ιωαβ, απ' εμου και απο του οικου του πατρος μου·
English
Whatsoever trespasses any one shall commit against his neighbor,—and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house,
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عربي (فانديك)
فيرد الرب دمه على راسه لانه بطش برجلين بريئين وخير منه وقتلهما بالسيف وابي داود لا يعلم وهما ابنير بن نير رئيس جيش اسرائيل وعماسا بن يثر رئيس جيش يهوذا.
και ο Κυριος θελει στρεψει το αιμα αυτου κατα της κεφαλης αυτου, οστις επεσεν επι δυο ανδρας δικαιοτερους και καλητερους παρ' αυτον, και εθανατωσεν αυτους δια ρομφαιας, μη ειδοτος του πατρος μου Δαβιδ, τον Αβενηρ τον υιον του Νηρ, τον αρχιστρατηγον του Ισραηλ, και τον Αμασα τον υιον του Ιεθερ, τον αρχιστρατηγον του Ιουδα·
English
then shalt thou hear from heaven, and do, and thou shalt judge thy people Israel, that the wicked should be condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
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عربي (فانديك)
فيرتدّ دمهما على راس يوآب وراس نسله الى الابد ويكون لداود ونسله وبيته وكرسيه سلام الى الابد من عند الرب.
και θελουσιν επιστρεψει τα αιματα αυτων κατα της κεφαλης του Ιωαβ και κατα της κεφαλης του σπερματος αυτου, εις τον αιωνα· επι δε τον Δαβιδ και επι το σπερμα αυτου και επι τον οικον αυτου και επι τον θρονον αυτου θελει εισθαι ειρηνη παρα Κυριου εως αιωνος.
English
When thy people Israel falls before enemies, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall return and confess to thy name, and they shall pray and supplicate in this house,
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عربي (فانديك)
فصعد بناياهو بن يهويادع وبطش به وقتله فدفن في بيته في البرية.
Τοτε ανεβη Βεναιας ο υιος του Ιωδαε, και επεσεν επ' αυτον και εθανατωσεν αυτον· και εταφη εν τω οικω αυτου εν τη ερημω.
English
then shalt thou hear from heaven, and be gracious to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.
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عربي (فانديك)
وجعل الملك بناياهو بن يهوياداع مكانه على الجيش وجعل الملك صادوق الكاهن مكان ابياثار
Και κατεστησεν ο βασιλευς αντ' αυτου Βεναιαν τον υιον του Ιωδαε επι του στρατευματος· και Σαδωκ τον ιερεα κατεστησεν ο βασιλευς αντι του Αβιαθαρ.
English
When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and the shall pray toward this place, and they shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,
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عربي (فانديك)
ثم ارسل الملك ودعا شمعي وقال له. ابن لنفسك بيتا في اورشليم واقم هناك ولا تخرج من هناك الى هنا او هنالك.
Και αποστειλας ο βασιλευς εκαλεσε τον Σιμει και ειπε προς αυτον, Οικοδομησον εις σεαυτον οικον εν Ιερουσαλημ και κατοικει εκει, και μη εξελθης εκειθεν εις ουδεν μερος·
English
then thou shalt hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of thy servant and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way to walk in it, and thou shalt give rain upon the earth which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
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عربي (فانديك)
فيوم تخرج وتعبر وادي قدرون اعلمنّ بانك موتا تموت ويكون دمك على راسك.
διοτι καθ' ην ημεραν εξελθης και περασης τον χειμαρρον Κεδρων, εξευρε βεβαιως οτι εξαπαντος θελεις θανατωθη· το αιμα σου θελει εισθαι επι την κεφαλην σου.
English
If there should be famine, if there should be death, because there should be blasting, locust, or if there be mildew, and if their enemy oppress them in any one of their cities, with regard to every calamity, every trouble,
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عربي (فانديك)
فقال شمعي للملك حسن الامر كما تكلم سيدي الملك كذلك يصنع عبدك. فاقام شمعي في اورشليم اياما كثيرة.
Και ειπεν ο Σιμει προς τον βασιλεα, Καλος ο λογος· καθως ειπεν ο κυριος μου ο βασιλευς, ουτω θελει καμει ο δουλος σου. Και εκαθησεν ο Σιμει εν Ιερουσαλημ ημερας πολλας.
English
every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house,
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عربي (فانديك)
وفي نهاية ثلاث سنين هرب عبدان لشمعي الى اخيش بن معكة ملك جتّ. فاخبروا شمعي قائلين هوذا عبداك في جتّ.
Και μετα τρια ετη, δυο εκ των δουλων του Σιμει εδραπετευσαν προς τον Αγχους, υιον του Μααχα, τον βασιλεα της Γαθ· και ανηγγειλαν προς τον Σιμει, λεγοντες, Ιδου, οι δουλοι σου ειναι εν Γαθ.
English
then shalt thou hearken from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt do, and recompense to every man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart, for thou alone knowest the heart of all the children of men:
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عربي (فانديك)
فقام شمعي وشدّ على حماره وذهب الى جتّ الى اخيش ليفتش على عبديه فانطلق شمعي وأتى بعبديه من جتّ.
Και ο Σιμει εσηκωθη και εστρωσε την ονον αυτου και υπηγεν εις Γαθ προς τον Αγχους, δια να ζητηση τους δουλους αυτου· και υπηγεν ο Σιμει και εφερε τους δουλους αυτου απο Γαθ.
English
that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.
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عربي (فانديك)
فأخبر سليمان بان شمعي قد انطلق من اورشليم الى جتّ ورجع.
Bohairic Coptic
ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲡⲓϣⲉⲙⲙⲟ ⲫⲏ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲉ̀ⲃⲟⲗ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉ
Greek
Και απηγγελθη προς τον Σολομωντα, οτι ο Σιμει υπηγεν απο Ιερουσαλημ εις Γαθ και επεστρεψε.
English
And for the stranger who is not of thy people,
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عربي (فانديك)
فارسل الملك ودعا شمعي وقال له أما استحلفتك بالرب واشهدت عليك قائلا انك يوم تخرج وتذهب الى هنا وهنالك اعلمنّ بانك موتا تموت فقلت لي حسن الأمر. قد سمعت.
Bohairic Coptic
ⲟⲩⲟϩ ⲉⲩⲉ̀ⲉⲣⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲩⲭⲉⲥⲑⲉ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲁⲓⲙⲁ
Greek
Και αποστειλας ο βασιλευς εκαλεσε τον Σιμει και ειπε προς αυτον, Δεν σε ωρκισα εις τον Κυριον και διεμαρτυρηθην προς σε, λεγων, Εξευρε βεβαιως, οτι καθ' ην ημεραν εξελθης και περιπατησης εξω οπουδηποτε, εξαπαντος θελεις αποθανει; και συ μοι ειπας, Καλος ο λογος, τον οποιον ηκουσα·
δια τι λοιπον δεν εφυλαξας τον ορκον του Κυριου και την προσταγην, την οποιαν προσεταξα εις σε;
English
then shalt thou hear them from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and thou shalt do according to all that the stranger shall call upon thee for, that all the nations may know thy name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and may know that thy name has been called on this house which I have builded.
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عربي (فانديك)
ثم قال الملك لشمعي انت عرفت كل الشر الذي علمه قلبك الذي فعلته لداود ابي فليرد الرب شرك على راسك.
Και ειπεν ο βασιλευς προς τον Σιμει, Συ εξευρεις ολην την κακιαν, την οποιαν γνωριζει η καρδια σου, τι επραξας εις τον Δαβιδ τον πατερα μου· δια τουτο ο Κυριος εστρεψε την κακιαν σου κατα της κεφαλης σου·
English
If it be that thy people shall go forth to war against their enemies in the way by which thou shalt turn them, and pray in the name of the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name,
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عربي (فانديك)
والملك سليمان يبارك وكرسي داود يكون ثابتا امام الرب الى الابد.
Τοτε ο βασιλευς προσεταξε Βεναιαν τον υιον του Ιωδαε, οστις εξελθων επεσεν επ' αυτον, και απεθανε. Και η βασιλεια εστερεωθη εν τη χειρι του Σολομωντος.
English
If it be that they shall sin against thee, (for there is not a man who will not sin,) and thou shalt bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them to a land far or near,
and they shall turn their hearts in the land whither they have been carried captives, and turn in the land of their sojourning, and supplicate thee, saying, We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have transgressed,
and they shall turn to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies whither thou hast carried them captives, and shall pray to thee toward their land which thou hast given to their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name:
and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:
And let thine eyes and thine ears be opened to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken to them in all things for which they shall call upon thee.
Because thou hast set them apart for an inheritance to thyself out of all the nations of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, when thou broughtest our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God.—Then spoke Solomon concerning the house, when he had finished building it—He manifested the sun in the heaven: the Lord said he would dwell in darkness: build thou my house, a beautiful house for thyself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song?
And it came to pass when Solomon had finished praying to the Lord all this prayer and supplication, that he rose up from before the altar of the Lord, after having knelt upon his knees, and his hands were spread out towards heaven.
Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he said: there has not failed one word among all his good words which he spoke by the hand of his servant Moses.
And let these words, which I have prayed before the Lord our God, be near to the Lord our God day and night, to maintain the cause of thy servant, and the cause of thy people Israel for ever.
And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
In that day the king consecrated the middle of the court in the front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifices, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which was before the Lord was too little to bear the whole-burnt-offering and the sacrifices of peace-offerings.
And Solomon kept the feast in that day, and all Israel with him, even a great assembly from the entering in of Hemath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God in the house which he built, eating and drinking, and rejoicing before the Lord our God seven days.
And on the eighth day he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and each departed to his tabernacle rejoicing, and their heart was glad because of the good things which the Lord had done to his servant David, and to Israel his people.