歷代志下 8
1 [撒羅滿的其他建設]撒羅滿建造上主的殿和自己的王宮歷時二十年；二十年過後，
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
2 撒羅滿又重建了希蘭還給他的城邑，令以色列子民住在那裏。
That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
3 此後，撒羅滿到了哈瑪特祚巴，征服了那地。
And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
4 又修建了在曠野裏的塔德摩爾，在哈瑪特四周修築了儲藏城。
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
5 又修築了上貝特曷龍和下貝特曷龍，作為有牆有門有閂的設防城。
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
6 又建築了巴阿拉特和所屬於撒羅滿的儲藏城，以及一切屯車城和騎兵城；凡撒羅滿願意在耶路撒冷、黎巴嫩以及他所管轄的境內所要建設的，都已建設了。
And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
7 至於其餘的人民，即那些不屬以色列的赫特人、阿摩黎人、培黎齊人、希威人和耶步斯人，
As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
8 以色列子民沒有消滅，而他們凡留在此地的子孫，撒羅滿都徵來充作苦役，直到今天仍是如此。
But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
9 撒羅滿並沒有使以色列子民為他的工作擔任苦役，因為他們是他的戰士、將官、戰車長和騎兵長。
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
10 撒羅滿的監察官，共有二百五十人，監管百姓。
And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
11 撒羅滿又將法郎的女兒，從達味城搬到為她建築的宮中，因為他說：「連我的妻子，也不可住在以色列王達味的宮中，因為上主約櫃所到的地方是聖地。」
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, unto which the ark of the LORD has come.
12 那時，撒羅滿在上主的祭壇上，即他在門廊前所築的祭壇上，向上主獻了全燔祭；
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
13 並按梅瑟的吩咐，在安息日、新月和每年的三個節期：無酵節、七七節和帳棚節，奉獻每日應獻的祭品。
Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
14 它又照他父親達味的規定，為司祭派定了班次，各盡其職；又規定了肋未人的任務，令他們負責讚頌；照每日的定例，在司祭前服務；又派定了門丁，按照他們的班次守衛各門，因為天主的人達味是如此命令的。
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
15 君王對司祭和肋未人所吩咐的任何職務，以及管理府庫的事，他們都沒有違抗。
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16 由上主的殿奠基之日起，以迄完成，撒羅滿的一切工作完備無缺；上主的殿於是告成。
Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
17 此後，撒羅滿往厄東地，到了濱海的厄茲雍革貝爾及厄拉特。
Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
18 希蘭派遣自己的臣僕給他送來了船隻和善於航海的人；他們與撒羅滿的僕人同往敖非爾去，從那裏裝載了黃金四百五十「塔冷通，」運到撒羅滿王那裏。
And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
