歷代志下 8
1 所羅門建造耶和華殿和王宮，二十年才完畢了。
It had taken twenty years for Solomon to build the Temple of the Lord and his own palace.
2 以後所羅門重新修築希蘭送給他的那些城邑，使以色列人住在那裏。
Solomon rebuilt the towns Hiram had given him, and sent Israelites to live there.
3 所羅門往哈馬瑣巴去，攻取了那地方。
Then Solomon attacked Hamath-zobah and captured it.
4 所羅門建造曠野裏的達莫，又建造哈馬所有的積貨城，
He built Tadmor in the wilderness and also built all the storehouse towns in Hamath.
5 又建造上伯‧和崙、下伯‧和崙作為保障，都有牆，有門，有閂；
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls and barred gates,
6 又建造巴拉和所有的積貨城，並屯車輛馬兵的城，與耶路撒冷、黎巴嫩，以及自己治理的全國中所願意建造的。
and also Baalath. He built all the storehouse towns that belonged to him, and all the towns where he kept his chariots and horses. He built everything he wanted to in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.
7 至於國中所剩下不屬以色列人的赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，
There were some people who remained in the land: the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—people who were not Israelites.
8 就是以色列人未曾滅絕的，所羅門挑取他們的後裔作服苦的奴僕，直到今日。
They were the remaining descendants of the peoples that the Israelites had not destroyed. Solomon made them work as forced laborers, as they are to this day.
9 惟有以色列人，所羅門不使他們當奴僕做工，乃是作他的戰士、軍長的統領、車兵長、馬兵長。
But Solomon did not make any of the Israelites work as slaves. Instead, they were his military men, his officers, and commanders of his chariots and horsemen.
10 所羅門王有二百五十督工的，監管工人。
They were also King Solomon's chief officers, 250 men who supervised the people.
11 所羅門將法老的女兒帶出大衛城，上到為她建造的宮裏；因所羅門說：「耶和華約櫃所到之處都為聖地，所以我的妻不可住在以色列王大衛的宮裏。」
Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife cannot live in the palace of David king of Israel, because wherever the Ark of the Lord has gone are holy places.”
12 所羅門在耶和華的壇上，就是在廊子前他所築的壇上，與耶和華獻燔祭；
Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord he had built in front of the Temple's porch.
13 又遵着摩西的吩咐在安息日、月朔，並一年三節，就是除酵節、七七節、住棚節，獻每日所當獻的祭。
He followed the requirement for daily offerings as Moses had ordered for Sabbaths, new moons, and the three annual festivals—the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters.
14 所羅門照着他父大衛所定的例，派定祭司的班次，使他們各供己事，又使利未人各盡其職，讚美耶和華，在祭司面前做每日所當做的；又派守門的按着班次看守各門，因為神人大衛是這樣吩咐的。
Following the instructions of his father David, he assigned the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites in their responsibilities to offer praise, and to help the priests in their daily duties. He also assigned gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate as David, the man of God, had instructed.
15 王所吩咐眾祭司和利未人的，無論是管府庫或辦別的事，他們都不違背。
They followed David's instructions exactly regarding the priests, the Levites, and anything to do with the treasuries.
16 所羅門建造耶和華的殿，從立根基直到成功的日子，工料俱備。這樣，耶和華的殿全然完畢。
This is how all Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the Lord's Temple until it was finished. So the Lord's Temple was completed.
17 那時，所羅門往以東地靠海的以旬‧迦別和以祿去。
After this Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of the land of Edom.
18 希蘭差遣他的臣僕，將船隻和熟悉泛海的僕人送到所羅門那裏。他們同着所羅門的僕人到了俄斐，得了四百五十他連得金子，運到所羅門王那裏。
Hiram sent him ships under the command of his own officers, along with experienced sailors. They went with Solomon's men to Ophir where they loaded 450 talents of gold, which they then brought back to King Solomon.
