列王紀上 8
1 [迎約櫃入聖殿]那時，撒羅滿召集以色列眾長老，各支派的首領和以色列子民各家族族長，都到耶路撒冷，為將上主的約櫃從達味城，即熙雍運上來。
At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
2 以色列全體民眾於是在「厄塔寧」月，即第七月的慶節期中，聚集在撒羅滿王那裏。
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
3 以色列所有的長老來到後，司祭們便抬起約櫃，
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
4 司祭和肋未人分別將上主的約櫃、會幕和帳幕中所有的聖器運了上來。
and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.
5 撒羅滿王和聚集在他那裏的以色列全會眾，在約櫃前祭殺了牛羊，多得無法計算，不可勝數。
There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
6 司祭們將上主的約櫃抬到殿的內部，即至聖所內，放在革魯賓翅膀下早已預備的地方。
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
7 革魯賓的翅膀原是伸開的，正遮在約櫃的所在地之上，所以革魯賓在上面正遮著約櫃和抬約櫃的杠桿。
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
8 這杠桿很長，杠桿從內殿前的聖所可以看見，在殿外卻看不見；直到今天還在那裏。
The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
9 約櫃內除兩塊石版外，沒有別的東西，是以色列子民出埃及後，上主與他們立約時，梅瑟在曷勒布山放在裏面的。
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
10 當司祭從聖所出來時，雲彩充滿了上主的殿，
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
11 以致為了雲彩，司祭們不能繼續奉職，因為上主的榮耀充滿了上主的殿。
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
12 當時，撒羅滿便說：「上主曾決定在幽暗之中，
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
13 如今我已為你建築了一個居所，作為你永久的住處」撒羅滿向百姓致辭
I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
14 然後，君王轉過身來，祝福在場站立的以色列全會眾，
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
15 說「上主以色列的天主，應受讚美! 因為他親自完成了他親口對我父親達味所作的預許。他曾說過：
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,
16 自從我領我的百姓以色列出離埃及的那天起，我從未在以色列各支派中選擇一城，建造一座作我名下的殿。但是現在，我選擇了耶路撒冷作我名的居所，揀選了達味作我百姓以色列的領袖。
‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out 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. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
17 我父親達味原有意為上主以色列天主的名，建造一座殿宇，
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
18 但上主卻對我父親達味說：你有意為我的名建造一座殿宇，你這番心意固然很好，
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.
19 但不是你要建造這殿宇，而是你親生的兒子，他要為我的名建造這殿宇。
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
20 現在，上主實現了他說的話，我已如上主所說的，繼承了我父親達味，坐上了以色列的寶座；我也為上主以色列天主的名，建造了這座殿宇，
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.
21 在殿內我也為約櫃預備了一個地方，約櫃內存有上主的約版，就是他領我們的祖先出埃及時，與他們所立的約。」祈禱詞
And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
22 此後，撒羅滿當著以色列全會眾，立在上主的祭壇前，舉手向天，說：
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
23 「上主，以色列的天主! 上天下地沒有一個神能與你相比。你對那全心在你面前行走的僕人，常是守約表示慈愛。
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
24 你對你僕人我父親達味所應許的，你都履行了；你親口應允的，你也親手成就了，正如今天一樣。
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.
25 上主，以色列的天主，現在求你實踐你向你的僕人，我的父親達味所應許的罷! 你曾說過：只要你的子孫固守正道，在我面前行走，如你一樣在我面前行走，你決不缺人在我面前坐以色列的寶座。
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 before Me as you have done.’
26 上主，以色列的天主，現在求你，使你向你僕人我父親達味所應許的話，予以實現罷!
And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
27 但是，天主實在住在地上嗎﹖看，天和天上的天尚且容不下你，何況我所建造的這座殿宇呢﹖
But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
28 上主，我的天主，請垂允你僕人的祈禱和懇求，俯聽你僕人今天在你面前所發的呼號和祈禱!
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 today.
29 願你的眼睛晝夜垂視這座殿宇，看顧你所說「我的名要永留在此」的地方! 願你垂聽你僕人向這地方要行的祈禱!
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
30 願你垂聽你僕人和百姓以色列向這地方所發的哀禱! 願你在天上，從你的居所予以垂聽! 請垂聽與寬恕!
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.
31 若有人得罪了自己的鄰人，被迫以咒詞起誓，而來到這殿內，在你的祭壇前起誓，
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,
32 願你從天上垂聽受理，為你的僕人審斷：懲罰惡人，照他的惡行，報應在他的頭上；宣告義人無罪，照他的正義酬報他。
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.
33 當你的百姓以色列犯罪得罪了你，在敵人面前被擊敗時，如果他們回心轉意，稱頌你的名，在這殿內巷你祈禱懇求，
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 with You in this temple,
34 願你從天上予以垂聽，寬恕你百姓以色列的罪過，領他們回到你賜給他們祖先的地方!
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
35 幾時他們犯罪得罪了你，致使天空閉塞不雨；如果他們向這地方祈禱，稱頌你的名，並因你的懲罰而遠離罪過，
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,
36 求你從天上垂聽，赦免你僕人和你百姓以色列的罪，指給他們應走的正路，使雨降在你賜予你百姓作為基業的地上。
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.
37 如果此地發生饑饉瘟疫，五穀枯萎生霉，或遭受蝗蟲螞蚱，或有敵人犯境圍困門下，或不拘遭受什麼災禍疾病；
When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
38 如果你的百姓以色列，個人或團體，心中感到內疚，向這殿伸手祈禱哀求，
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
39 願你從天上你的居所，予以垂聽、寬恕、援助，照各人的作為予以賞罰，因為你認識人的心，─惟有你認識所有人子的心，─
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
40 使他們在你賜予我們祖先的地上，終生敬畏你。
so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
41 至於那不屬於你百姓以色列的外方人，如為了你的大名自遠方而來，─
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
42 因為他們聽見了你的大名，和你大能的手及伸開的手臂，─來向這殿祈禱，
for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
43 願你從天上你的居所俯聽，照外方人所請求於你的一切去行：這樣可使地上萬民都認識你的名而敬畏你，如同你的百姓以色列一樣，使他們知道我所建造的這殿，是屬於你名下的。
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.
44 你的人民，如果在你派遣他們所走的路上，與敵人交戰，而他們向你所揀選的這城，向我為你名建造的這殿，祈求上主，
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
45 願你從天上俯聽他們的祈禱和哀求，為他們住持正義。
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
46 如果他們犯罪得罪了你，─因為沒有不犯罪的人，─而你向他們發怒，將他們交於敵人，讓敵人將他們擄到或遠或近的敵人地域內，
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 his own land, whether far or near,
47 他們若在被擄往的地方，回心轉意，在充軍之地，求你說：我們犯了罪，我們行了惡，做了背理的事；
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,’
48 如果他們在俘擄他們的敵人地域內，全心全意歸向你，向你賜給他們祖先的地方，向你所揀選的這城，和我為你名建造的這殿哀求你，
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 to You 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,
49 願你從天上你的居所，俯聽他們的祈禱和懇求，並為他們主持正義，
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
50 寬恕得罪你的百姓，寬恕他們違犯你的一切過犯，使他們在俘擄他們的敵人面前獲得憐憫，對他們表示同情，
May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
51 因為他們究竟是你的百姓，是你從埃及，由鎔鐵爐中領出來的產業。
For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
52 願你常睜眼垂顧你僕人的哀求，你百姓以色列的哀求，他們無論何時呼號你，願你都予以垂聽!
May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
53 我主上主，因為你曾將他們從地上的萬民中選拔出來，作你的產業，正如你在領我們祖先出離埃及時，藉你的僕人梅瑟所聲明的。」祝福詞
For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
54 撒羅滿跪在上主的祭壇前，舉手向天，祈禱哀求上主完畢，就起來，
Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
55 立著，高聲祝福以色列全會眾說：「
And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
56 上主應受讚美! 因為他照自己所應許的，使自己的百姓以色列獲得了安居；凡他藉著自己的僕人梅瑟所應許賜福的話，一句也沒有落空。
“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.
57 願上主我們的天主與我們同在，有如與我們的祖先同在一樣：不離開我們，也不拋棄我們。
May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.
58 願他使我們的心歸向他，履行他的一切道路，恪守他吩咐我們祖先的誡命、律例和典章。
May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
59 願我在上主面前所作的懇切禱詞，晝夜在上主我們的天主面前，好使他天天維護他僕人和他的百姓以色列，
And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
60 使地上萬民都知道：只有上主是天主，他以外沒有別的神。
so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
61 但願我們的心全歸於上主我們的天主，遵行他的律例，恪守他的誡命，如停今天一樣。」行奉獻禮
So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
62 此後，君王和全以色列，一同在上主面前祭殺了犧牲。
Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.
63 撒羅滿祭殺了牛兩萬二千頭，羊十二萬隻，獻於上主，作為和平祭；君王和全以色列子民，就這樣為上主的殿舉行了奉獻禮。
And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
64 當天，君王又祝聖了上主殿前的內院，在那裏奉獻了全燔祭、素祭與和平祭的脂油，因為上主面前的銅祭壇太小，容不下全燔祭、素祭及和平祭的脂油。
On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
65 同時，撒羅滿有舉行了慶節，與從哈瑪特渡口到埃及小河的全以色列人，舉行了盛大集會，在上主我們的天主面前，舉行慶節七天【又七天，共十四天。】
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
66 第八天，君王遣散了百姓；他們為君王祝福後，各自回了本家，對上主向他的僕人達味，他的百姓以色列，所施的種種恩寵，都非常高興歡喜。
On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
