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1 所羅門定意要為耶和華的名建造殿宇,又為自己的國建造宮室。
Forsothe Salomon demyde to bilde an hows to the name of the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf.
2 所羅門就挑選七萬扛抬的,八萬在山上鑿石頭的,三千六百督工的。
And he noumbride seuenti thousynde of men berynge in schuldris, and fourescore thousynde that schulden kitte stoonys in hillis; and the souereyns of hem thre thousynde and sixe hundrid.
3 所羅門差人去見泰爾王希蘭,說:「你曾運香柏木與我父大衛建宮居住,求你也這樣待我。
And he sente to Iram, kyng of Tire, and seide, As thou didist with my fadir Dauid, and sentist to hym trees of cedre, that he schulde bilde to hym an hows, in which also he dwellide;
4 我要為耶和華-我上帝的名建造殿宇,分別為聖獻給他,在他面前焚燒美香,常擺陳設餅,每早晚、安息日、月朔,並耶和華-我們上帝所定的節期獻燔祭。這是以色列人永遠的定例。
so do thou with me, that Y bilde an hows to the name of `my Lord God, and that Y halewe it, to brenne encense bifor hym, and to make odour of swete smellynge spiceries, and to euerlastynge settynge forth of looues, and to brent sacrifices in the morewtid and euentid, and in sabatis, and neomenyes, and solempnytees of `oure Lord God in to with outen ende, that ben comaundid to Israel.
5 我所要建造的殿宇甚大;因為我們的上帝至大,超乎諸神。
For the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is greet; for `oure Lord God is greet ouer alle goddis.
6 天和天上的天,尚且不足他居住的,誰能為他建造殿宇呢?我是誰?能為他建造殿宇嗎?不過在他面前燒香而已。
Who therfor may haue myyt to bilde a worthi hows to hym? For if heuene and the heuenes of heuenes moun not take hym, hou greet am Y, that Y may bilde `an hows to hym, but to this thing oonli, that encense be brent bifor hym?
7 現在求你差一個巧匠來,就是善用金、銀、銅、鐵,和紫色、朱紅色、藍色線,並精於雕刻之工的巧匠,與我父大衛在猶大和耶路撒冷所預備的巧匠一同做工;
Therfor sende thou to me a lernd man, that can worche in gold, and siluer, bras, and yrun, purpur, rede silke, and iacynct; and that can graue in grauyng with these crafti men, which Y haue with me in Judee and Jerusalem, whiche Dauid, my fadir, made redi.
8 又求你從黎巴嫩運些香柏木、松木、檀香木到我這裏來,因我知道你的僕人善於砍伐黎巴嫩的樹木。我的僕人也必與你的僕人同工。
But also sende thou to me cedre trees, and pyne trees, and thyne trees of the Liban; for Y woot, that thi seruauntis kunnen kitte trees of the Liban; and my seruauntis schulen be with thi seruauntis,
9 這樣,可以給我預備許多的木料,因我要建造的殿宇高大出奇。
that ful many trees be maad redi to me; for the hows which Y coueyte to bilde is ful greet and noble.
10 你的僕人砍伐樹木,我必給他們打好了的小麥二萬歌珥,大麥二萬歌珥,酒二萬罷特,油二萬罷特。」
Ferthermore to thi seruauntis, werk men that schulen kitte trees, Y schal yyue in to meetis twenti thousynde chorus of whete, and so many chorus of barli, and twenti thousynde mesuris of oile, that ben clepid sata.
11 泰爾王希蘭寫信回答所羅門說:「耶和華因為愛他的子民,所以立你作他們的王」;
Forsothe Iram, king of Tire, seide bi lettris whiche he sente to Salomon, For the Lord louyde his puple, therfor he made thee to regne on it.
12 又說:「創造天地的耶和華-以色列的上帝是應當稱頌的!他賜給大衛王一個有智慧的兒子,使他有謀略聰明,可以為耶和華建造殿宇,又為自己的國建造宮室。
And he addide, seiynge, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, that made heuene and erthe, which yaf to `Dauid the kyng a wijs sone, and lernd, and witti, and prudent, that he schulde bilde an hows to the Lord, and a paleis to hym silf.
13 「現在我打發一個精巧有聰明的人去,他是我父親希蘭所用的,
Therfor Y sente to thee a prudent man and moost kunnynge, Iram,
14 是但支派一個婦人的兒子。他父親是泰爾人,他善用金、銀、銅、鐵、石、木,和紫色、藍色、朱紅色線與細麻製造各物,並精於雕刻,又能想出各樣的巧工。請你派定這人,與你的巧匠和你父-我主大衛的巧匠一同做工。
my fadir, the sone of a womman of the lynage of Dan, whos fadir was a man of Tire; whiche Iram can worche in gold, and siluer, bras, and irun, and marble, and trees, also in purpur, and iacynct, and bijs, and rede silke; and which Iram can graue al grauyng, and fynde prudentli, what euer thing is nedeful in werk with thi crafti men, and with the crafti men of my lord Dauid, thi fadir.
15 我主所說的小麥、大麥、酒、油,願我主運來給眾僕人。
Therfor, my lord, sende thou to thi seruauntis the whete, and barli, and oyle, and wyn, whiche thou bihiytist.
16 我們必照你所需用的,從黎巴嫩砍伐樹木,紮成筏子,浮海運到約帕;你可以從那裏運到耶路撒冷。」
Sotheli we schulen kitte trees of the Liban, how many euere thou hast nedeful; and we schulen brynge tho in schippis bi the see in to Joppe; forsothe it schal be thin to lede tho ouer in to Jerusalem.
17 所羅門仿照他父大衛數點住在以色列地所有寄居的外邦人,共有十五萬三千六百名;
Therfor Salomon noumbride alle men conuertid fro hethenesse, that weren in the lond of Israel, aftir the noumbryng which Dauid, his fadir, noumbride; and an hundrid thousynde and thre and fifti thousynde and sixe hundrid weren foundun.
18 使七萬人扛抬材料,八萬人在山上鑿石頭,三千六百人督理工作。
And he made of hem seuenti thousynde, that schulden bere birthuns in schuldris, and `foure score thousynde, that schulden kitte stonys in hillis; sotheli he made thre thousynde and sixe hundrid souereyns of werkis of the puple.

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