< 歷代志下 2 >
1 撒羅滿決定為上主的名建造聖殿,為自己修築王宮。
And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
2 撒羅滿點派了七萬人作運夫,八萬人在山上鑿石,三千六百人作監工。
And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and [there were] three thousand and six hundred superintendents over them.
3 撒羅滿遣使向提洛王希蘭說:「有如你怎樣對待了我父達味,給他運來了香柏木,建造他居住的宮殿,也請你如此對待我。
And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas you did deal [favourably] with David my father, and did send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,
4 我現今要為上主我的天主的名,建造一座聖殿,奉獻給他,在他面前焚燒芬芳的香料,永遠獻上供餅,每日早晚、安息日、月朔,以及上主我們天主的節日,奉獻全燔祭:這為以色列人是永久的事。
behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and [to offer] show bread continually, and to offer up whole burnt offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this [is] a perpetual [statute] for Israel.
5 我建造的殿宇必須廣大,因為我們的天父大於諸神。
And the house which I am building [is to be] great: for the Lord our God [is] great beyond all gods.
6 然而,誰有能力為他建造一座殿宇﹖天與諸天之天,尚容不下他。我是誰,竟能為他建造殿宇﹖不過只是為在他面前焚香罷了!
And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
7 現在,請你給我派一位技師來,他要精於金、銀、銅、鐵,以及紫紅、朱紅、藍線等工作;並且還應會各種雕刻,好與我父親達味在猶大和耶路撒冷所準備的技術人員一同工作。
And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.
8 請你由黎巴嫩給我運香柏、松柏和檀香木來,因為我知道你的僕人善於砍伐黎巴嫩的木材;我的僕人將與你的僕人一同工作。
And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, your servants shall go with my servants,
9 他們要為我大量預備木材,因為我要建造的殿宇極其廣大。
to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building [must be] great and glorious.
10 至於你那些伐木砍樹的僕人,我必供給他們食糧,小麥二萬「苛爾,」大麥二萬「苛爾,」酒兩萬「巴特,」油兩萬「巴特。」[提洛王應允合作]
And, behold, I have given freely to your servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, [even] twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
11 提洛王希蘭回信給撒羅滿說:「上主由於愛慕自己的百姓,所以立你作了他們的君王。」
And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made you king over them.
12 希蘭又說:「創造天地的上主以色列的天主應受讚美! 因為他賜給了達味王一個智慧的兒子,聰明機敏,可為上主建造殿宇,為自己修築無宮。
And Chiram said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
13 我現在打發一個具有智慧和才學的人去,他名叫胡蘭阿彼,
And now I have sent you a wise and understanding man [who belonged] to Chiram my father
14 是一丹支派女人的兒子,他父親是提洛人,他精於金、銀、銅、鐵、石、木紫色、紅色、藍色、細麻,以及朱紅線各種工作,善於各種雕刻,又能設計各種托於他的技工。這人可與你的技師和你父親我主達味的技師,一同工作。
(his mother [was] of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatever you shall give him [to do] with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David your father.
15 我主談及的小麥、大麥、油和酒,請即運來分配給僕人。
And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.
16 我們必照你所需要的,在黎巴嫩砍伐樹木,編成木筏,由海上運到約培;以後你運到耶路撒冷。選派工匠
And we will cut timber out of Libanus according to all your need, and we will bring it on rafts to the sea of Joppa, and you shall bring it to Jerusalem.
17 撒羅滿按照他父親達味所統計過的數目,又統計了住在以色列境內的一切外方人,共計十五萬三千六百人,
And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.
18 委派其中的七萬人作運夫,八萬人在山上鑿石,安千六百人作監工,督促人民工作。
And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand and six hundred taskmasters over the people.