历代志上 28
1 大卫招聚以色列各支派的首领和轮班服事王的军长，与千夫长、百夫长，掌管王和王子产业牲畜的，并太监，以及大能的勇士，都到耶路撒冷来。
David summoned all the leaders of Israel to come to Jerusalem. He summoned the leaders of the tribes, the leaders/commanders of the groups that worked for the king, the commanders of 100 soldiers, the commanders of 1,000 soldiers, those who were in charge of the property and livestock that belonged to the king and his sons, all the palace officials, and his mighty soldiers and bravest warriors.
2 大卫王就站起来，说：“我的弟兄，我的百姓啊，你们当听我言，我心里本想建造殿宇，安放耶和华的约柜，作为我 神的脚凳；我已经预备建造的材料。
David stood up and said, “My fellow Israelis, listen to me. I wanted [IDM] to build a temple to be a place where we would put the Sacred Chest of Yahweh, where it would stay permanently. And I made plans to build it.
3 只是 神对我说：‘你不可为我的名建造殿宇；因你是战士，流了人的血。’
But God said to me, ‘You are not the one who will [arrange to] build a temple for me [MTY], because you are a warrior and you have killed many people [MTY] [in battles].’
4 然而，耶和华—以色列的 神在我父的全家拣选我作以色列的王，直到永远。因他拣选犹大为首领；在犹大支派中拣选我父家，在我父的众子里喜悦我，立我作以色列众人的王。
“But Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, had chosen me and my descendants to be the kings of Israel forever. [First] he chose the tribe of Judah, and from the people [MTY] of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he chose me to be the king over all of Israel.
5 耶和华赐我许多儿子，在我儿子中拣选所罗门坐耶和华的国位，治理以色列人。
Yahweh has given me many sons, but from them he chose my son Solomon to be the next king to rule [MTY] the kingdom of Israel.
6 耶和华对我说：‘你儿子所罗门必建造我的殿和院宇；因为我拣选他作我的子，我也必作他的父。
He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will [arrange to] build my temple and the courtyards around it, because I have chosen him to be [like] my son and I will be [like] [MET] his father.
7 他若恒久遵行我的诫命典章如今日一样，我就必坚定他的国位，直到永远。’
I will enable his kingdom to endure forever if he continues to obey my laws and commands, like you are doing now.’
8 现今在耶和华的会中，以色列众人眼前所说的，我们的 神也听见了。你们应当寻求耶和华—你们 神的一切诫命，谨守遵行，如此你们可以承受这美地，遗留给你们的子孙，永远为业。
“So now, while all [you people of] Israel, all of you who belong to Yahweh, are watching, and while God is listening, I command you [leaders] to carefully obey all the commands of Yahweh our God, in order that you may continue to possess this good land and enable your descendants to inherit it forever.
9 “我儿所罗门哪，你当认识耶和华—你父的 神，诚心乐意地事奉他；因为他鉴察众人的心，知道一切心思意念。你若寻求他，他必使你寻见；你若离弃他，他必永远丢弃你。
“And you, my son Solomon, must know God like I know him, and you must serve him faithfully and because you want to. You must do that because he knows what everyone is thinking and he understands the reasons that people do what they do. If you seek [to know] him, he will heed your prayers. But if you abandon/reject him, he will abandon/reject you forever.
10 你当谨慎，因耶和华拣选你建造殿宇作为圣所。你当刚强去行。”
Yahweh has chosen you to [arrange to] build a temple for him. So think about [what I have said], and be strong and do what [he is wanting you to do].”
11 大卫将殿的游廊、旁屋、府库、楼房、内殿，和施恩所的样式指示他儿子所罗门，
Then David gave to his son Solomon [the scroll on which were written] the plans for the main rooms of the temple, its porch, its storerooms, all the other upper and lower rooms, and the Very Holy Place where God would forgive the sins that people had committed.
12 又将被灵感动所得的样式，就是耶和华 神殿的院子、周围的房屋、殿的府库，和圣物府库的一切样式都指示他；
David wrote for him the plans that God’s Spirit had put into his mind for building the courtyards and all the rooms that surrounded the temple, including the room where the money and other valuable things that were dedicated to God would be kept.
13 又指示他祭司和利未人的班次与耶和华殿里各样的工作，并耶和华殿里一切器皿的样式，
He gave Solomon instructions for the groups of priests and other descendants of Levi, about all the work that they must do to serve in Yahweh’s temple, and about taking care of all the things that would be used in the work at the temple.
14 以及各样应用金器的分两和各样应用银器的分两，
He wrote down how much gold and how much silver should be used to make all the items in the temple:
15 金灯台和金灯的分两，银灯台和银灯的分两，轻重各都合宜；
how much gold for making the gold lampstands and the lamps, how much silver to make the silver lamps and lampstands,
16 陈设饼金桌子的分两，银桌子的分两，
how much gold for making the table on which [the priests would put] the sacred bread, how much silver to use to make the other tables,
17 精金的肉叉子、盘子，和爵的分两，各金碗与各银碗的分两，
how much pure gold for the meat forks and the bowls and the cups, how much gold for each gold dish, how much silver for each silver dish,
18 精金香坛的分两，并用金子做基路伯；基路伯张开翅膀，遮掩耶和华的约柜。
and how much pure gold to make the altar for [burning] incense. He also gave to Solomon his plans for making the golden statues of winged creatures that would be above the Sacred Chest of Yahweh, [like] a chariot for him.
19 大卫说：“这一切工作的样式都是耶和华用手划出来使我明白的。”
Then David said, “I have written [all these plans] while Yahweh was directing [MTY] me. He has enabled me to understand all the details of his plan [for the temple that is to be built].”
20 大卫又对他儿子所罗门说：“你当刚强壮胆去行！不要惧怕，也不要惊惶。因为耶和华 神就是我的 神，与你同在；他必不撇下你，也不丢弃你，直到耶和华殿的工作都完毕了。
David also said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do this work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, because Yahweh our God will be with/helping you. He will not fail [to help] you or abandon you until you finish all the work of making his temple.
21 有祭司和利未人的各班，为要办理 神殿各样的事，又有灵巧的人在各样的工作上乐意帮助你；并有众首领和众民一心听从你的命令。”
The groups of priests and [other] descendants of Levi are ready to begin their work at the temple, and every man who has a special skill will help you in all the work. And my officials and the other people will obey you, whatever you command them to do.”
