| 8:22 |
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands toward heaven. |
| 8:23 |
Iye akati: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, nor on the earth below. You preserve covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart. |
| 8:24 |
You have fulfilled, for your servant David, baba vangu, that which you said to him. With your mouth, you spoke; and with your hands, you completed; just this day proves. |
| 8:25 |
Naizvozvo zvino, O Lord God of Israel, fulfill, for your servant David, baba vangu, that which you spoke to him, achiti, ‘There shall not be taken away from you a man before me, who may sit upon the throne of Israel, if only your sons will guard their way, so that they walk before me, just as you have walked in my sight.’ |
| 8:26 |
Saka zvino, O Lord God of Israel, establish your words, which you spoke to your servant David, baba vangu. |
| 8:27 |
Is it, zvino, to be understood that truly God would dwell upon the earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, are not able to contain you, how much less this house, which I have built? |
| 8:28 |
Yet look with favor upon the prayer of your servant and upon his petitions, O Ishe, Mwari wangu. Listen to the hymn and the prayer, which your servant prays before you this day, |
| 8:29 |
so that your eyes may be open over this house, usiku nemasikati, over the house about which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ so that you may heed the prayer that your servant is praying in this place to you. |
| 8:30 |
So may you heed the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel, whatever they will pray for in this place, and so may you heed them in your dwelling place in heaven. And when you heed, you will be gracious. |
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