< 歷代志下 6 >
Thanne Salomon seide, The Lord bihiyte, that he wolde dwelle in derknesse;
2 我卻為你建築了一個居所,作為你永久的住處」。[撒羅滿的訓辭]
forsothe I haue bilde an hows to his name, that he schulde dwelle there with outen ende.
3 撒羅滿轉過臉來,祝福了以色列全會眾;以色列全會眾都站著,
And Salomon turnede his face, and blesside al the multitude of Israel; for al the cumpeny stood ententif; and he seide,
4 撒羅滿說:「上主,以色列的天主,應受讚美! 他親口對我父親達味應許過,也親手完成了說:
Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he fillide in werk that thing, that he spak to Dauid, my fadir, and seide,
5 自從我領我的百姓出離埃及地的那天起,沒有在以色列各支派中,選擇一城,為建造一座作我名下的殿,也沒有揀選一個人作領袖,管理我的百姓以色列。
Fro the dai in which Y ledde my puple out of the lond of Egipt, Y chees not a citee of alle the lynagis of Israel, that an hows schulde be bildid therynne to my name, nether Y chees ony other man, that he schulde be duyk on my puple Israel;
6 可是,我選擇了耶路撒冷作為安置我名之處,揀選了達味管理我的百姓以色列。
but Y chees Jerusalem, that my name be therynne, and Y chees Dauid, to ordeyne hym on my puple Israel.
7 我父親達味原有意為上主以色列天主的名建造一座殿,
And whanne it was of the wille of Dauid, my fadir, to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord God of Israel,
8 但上主卻對我父親達味說:你有意為我的名建造一座殿,你這番心意固然很好,
the Lord seide to hym, For this was thi wille, `that thou woldist bilde an hows to my name, sotheli thou didist wel,
9 但不是你要建造這殿,而是你親生的兒子,他要為我的名建造這殿。
hauynge suche a wil, but thou schalt not bilde an hows to me; netheles the sone, that schal go out of thi leendis, he schal bilde an hows to my name.
10 現在上主實現了他所說的話,使我來繼承了我父親達味,坐上了以色列的寶座,正如上主所預許的;我也為上主以色列天主的名建造了這座殿,
Therfor the Lord hath fillid his word, which he spak; and Y roos for Dauid, my fader, and Y sat on the trone of Israel, as the Lord spak, and Y bildide an hous to the name of the Lord God of Israel;
11 將約櫃安放在裏面;約櫃內有上主與以色列子民所立的約版。」[祈禱詞]
and I haue put therynne the arke, in which is the couenaunt of the Lord, which he `couenauntide with the sones of Israel.
12 以後,撒羅滿當著以色列全會眾的面,站在上主的祭壇前,伸開手,─
Therfor Salomon stood bifor the auter of the Lord euene ayens al the multitude of Israel, and stretchide forth his hondis.
13 因為撒羅滿製造了一座銅台,長五肘,寬五肘,高三肘,安置在庭院中央,他立在上面,當著以色列全會眾的面,屈膝跪拜,舉手向天,─
For Salomon hadde maad a brasun foundement, and hadde set it in the myddis of the greet hows, and it hadde fyue cubitis of lengthe, and fyue of breede, and thre cubitis of heiythe, and he stood theron; and fro that tyme he knelide ayens al the multitude of Israel, and reiside the hondis in to heuene,
14 說「上主,以色列的天主! 上天下地,沒有一個神可與你相比。你對那些一心在你面前行走的僕人,常是遵守信約,表示慈愛。
and seide, Lord God of Israel, noon is lijk thee; `thou art God in heuene and in erthe, which kepist couenaunt and mercy with thi seruauntis, that goon bifor thee in al her herte;
15 你對你僕人,我父親達味所應許的,你都履行了;你親口應許的,你也親手成就了,正如今天一樣。
which hast youe to Dauid thi seruaunt, my fadir, what euer thingis thou hast spoke to hym, and thow hast fillid in werk tho thingis, whiche thou bihiytist bi mouth, as also present tyme preueth.
16 上主,以色列的天主! 你曾說:只要你的子孫謹守他們的道路,按照我的法律行走,如你在我面前行走一樣,你決斷不了在我前坐以色列王位的人;現在求你實踐你對你僕人,我父親達味所說的話罷!
Now therfor, Lord God of Israel, fille thou to thi seruaunt my fadir Dauid, what euer thingis thou hast spoke, seiynge, A man of thee schal not faile bifor me, that schal sitte on the trone of Israel; so netheles if thi sones kepen my weies, and goon in my lawe, as and thou hast go bifor me.
17 上主,以色列的天主,現在求你使你向你僕人達味所應許過的話,予以實現罷!
And now, Lord God of Israel, thi word be maad stidefast, which thou spakist to thi seruaunt Dauid.
18 天主實在與人住在地上嗎﹖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!
Therfor whether it is leueful, that the Lord dwelle with men on erthe? If heuene and the heuenes of heuenes `taken not thee, how myche more this hows, which Y haue bildid?
19 上主,我的天主,請垂允你僕人的祈禱和懇求! 俯聽你僕人在你面前所發的呼號和祈禱!
But herto oneli it is maad, that thou, my Lord God, biholde the preier of thi seruaunt, and the bisechyng of hym, and that thou here the preieris, whiche thi seruaunt schedith bifor thee;
20 願你的眼睛晝夜垂視這座殿,看顧你所說,你要安置你名的地方;求你垂聽你僕人向這地方所行的祈禱!
that thou opyne thin iyen on this hows bi dayes and nyytis, on the place in which thou bihiytist, that thi name schulde be clepid,
21 願你垂聽你僕人與你百姓以色列向這地方所發的哀禱,求你從天上,由你的居所,予以垂聽,垂聽和寬恕!
and that thou woldist here the preier, which thi seruaunt preieth therynne. Here thou the preieris of thi seruaunt, and of thi puple Israel; who euer preieth in this place, here thou fro thi dwellyng place, that is, fro heuenes, and do thou merci.
22 若有人得罪了自己的鄰人,被迫以咒詞起誓,而來到這殿內,在你祭壇前起誓,
If ony man synneth ayens his neiybore, and cometh redi to swere ayens him, and byndith hym silf with cursyng bifor the auter in this hows,
23 求你由天上垂聽受理,為你的僕人伸冤:懲治惡人,照他所行的,報應在他頭上;宣告義人無罪,照他的正義酬報他。
thou schalt here fro heuene, and schalt do the doom of thi seruauntis; so that thou yelde to the wickid man his weie in to his owne heed, and that thou venge the iust man, and yelde to hym after his riytfulnesse.
24 如果你的百姓以色列,因為得罪了你,在敵人面前被擊敗;他們如果回心轉意稱頌你的名,在這殿內向你祈禱懇求,
If thi puple Israel is ouercomen of enemyes, for thei schulen do synne ayens thee, and if thei conuertid doen penaunce, and bisechen thi name, and preien in this place,
25 願你從天上予以垂聽,寬恕你百姓以色列的罪,領他們回到你賜給他們並他們祖先的地方!
thou schalt here fro heuene, and do thou mercy to the synne of thi puple Israel, and brynge hem ayen `in to the lond, which thou hast youe to hem, and to `the fadris of hem.
26 幾時他們犯罪得罪了你,天空閉塞不雨,你懲罰了他們;他們如果向這地方祈禱,稱頌你的名,遠離罪過,
If whanne heuene is closid, reyn come not doun for the synne of thi puple, and thei bisechen thee in this place, and knowlechen to thi name, and ben turned fro her synnes, whanne thou hast turmentid hem,
27 求你從天上垂聽,赦免你僕人及你百姓以色列的罪,指給他們應走的正路,使雨降仔你賜予你百姓作為基業的地上。
here thou, Lord, fro heuene, and foryyue thou synnes to thi seruauntis, and to thi puple Israel, and teche thou hem a good weie, bi which thei schulen entre, and yyue thou reyn to the lond, which thou hast youe to thi puple to haue in possessioun.
28 如果此地發生饑饉、瘟疫,五穀枯萎生霉,或遭受蝗蟲或螞蚱,或有敵人犯境圍困門下,或不拘遭受什麼災禍疾病,
If hungur risith in the lond, and pestilence, and rust, and wynd distriynge cornes, and a locuste, and bruke cometh, and if enemyes bisegen the yatis of the citee, aftir that the cuntreis ben distried, and al veniaunce and sikenesse oppressith;
29 你的百姓以色列,個人或團體,如果感覺內疚和痛苦,而向這殿伸出手來祈禱哀求,
if ony of thi puple Israel bisechith, and knowith his veniaunce and sikenesse, and if he spredith abrood hise hondis in this hows,
30 願你從天上,你的居所,予以俯聽寬恕,照每人的一切行為,予以賞報,因為你認識每個人的心,─唯有你認識人子的心,
thou schalt here fro heuene, that is, fro thin hiye dwellyng place, and do thou mercy, and yelde thou to ech man aftir hise weies, whiche thou knowist, that he hath in his herte; for thou aloone knowist the hertis of the sones of men;
31 使他們在你賜予我們祖先的地上,一生一世敬畏你,在你的道路上行走!
that thei drede thee, and go in thi weies in alle daies, in which thei lyuen on the face of erthe, which thou hast youe to oure fadris.
32 至於那不屬於你百姓以色列的外方人,為了你的大名,你有力的手及伸開的臂,自遠方來,在這殿內祈禱,
Also thou schalt here fro heuene, thi moost stidfast dwellyng place, a straunger, which is not of thi puple Israel, if he cometh fro a fer lond for thi greet name, and for thi stronge hond, and arm holdun forth, `and preye in this place;
33 願你從天上,你的居所垂聽,按照外方人所請求於你的去行! 這樣,可使地上萬民都認識你的名,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。
and thou schalt do alle thingis, for which thilke pilgrym `inwardli clepith thee, that alle the puplis of erthe knowe thi name, and drede thee, as thi puple Israel doith; and that thei knowe, that thi name is clepid on this hows, which Y haue bildid to thi name.
34 你的人民,如果在你派遣他們走的路上與敵人交戰,而他們向你所揀選的這城,向我為你的名所建造的這殿,祈求你,
If thi puple goith out to batel ayens hise aduersaries, bi the weie in which thou sendist hem, thei schulen worschipe thee ayens the weie in which this citee is, which thou hast chose, and the hows which Y bildide to thi name,
35 願你從天上俯聽他們的祈禱和哀求,維護他們的正義!
that thou here fro heuene her preieris and bisechyng, and do veniaunce.
36 如果他們犯罪得罪了你,─因為沒有不犯罪的人,─你向他們發怒,將他們交於仇敵,讓敵人將他們擄到遠方或近處。
Forsothe if thei synnen ayens thee, for no man is that synneth not, and if thou art wrooth to hem, and bitakist hem to enemyes; and enemyes leden hem prisoneris in to a fer lond, ether certis which lond is nyy;
37 他們若在被擄往的地方,回心轉意,在充軍之地,懇求你說:我們犯了罪,我們作了惡,做了背理的事;
and if thei ben conuertid in her herte in the lond, to which thei ben led prisoneris, and thei don penaunce, and bisechen thee in the lond of her caitifte, and seien, We han synned, we han do wickidly, we diden vniustli;
38 如果他們在被擄充軍之地,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,向我為你的名所建造的這殿祈禱,
and if thei turnen ayen to thee in al her herte, and in al her soule, in the lond of her caitifte, to which thei ben led, thei schulen worschipe thee ayens the weie of her lond, which thou hast youe to the fadris of hem, and of the citee which thou hast chose, and of the hows which Y bildide to thi name; that thou here fro heuene,
39 願你從天上,你的居所,垂聽他們的祈禱和懇求,維護他們的正義,寬恕得罪你的百姓!
that is, fro thi stidefast dwellyng place, the preieris of hem, and that thou make dom, and foryyue to thi puple, thouy `it be synful; for thou art my God;
40 現在,我的天主,願你的眼睛睜著,側耳諦聽在這地方所行的祈禱!
Y biseche, be thin iyen openyd, and thin eeris be ententif to the preier which is maad in this place.
41 現在,上主天主,願你起來,願你與你那大能的約櫃進入你安息之所! 上主天主,願你的司祭身披救援,願你的聖徒在幸福中歡樂!
Now therfor, Lord God, rise in to thi reste, thou and the arke of thi strengthe; Lord God, thi preestis be clothid with helthe, and thi hooli men be glad in goodis.
42 上主天主,求你不要摒棄你的受傅者,記念你賜予你僕人達味的慈愛! 」
Lord God, turne thou not a weie the face of thi crist; haue thou mynde on the mercyes of Dauid thi seruaunt.