1 Kings 8
1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.
[迎約櫃入聖殿]那時，撒羅滿召集以色列眾長老，各支派的首領和以色列子民各家族族長，都到耶路撒冷，為將上主的約櫃從達味城，即熙雍運上來。
2 All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
以色列全體民眾於是在「厄塔寧」月，即第七月的慶節期中，聚集在撒羅滿王那裏。
3 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.
以色列所有的長老來到後，司祭們便抬起約櫃，
4 They brought up the LORD’s ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. The priests and the Levites brought these up.
司祭和肋未人分別將上主的約櫃、會幕和帳幕中所有的聖器運了上來。
5 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
撒羅滿王和聚集在他那裏的以色列全會眾，在約櫃前祭殺了牛羊，多得無法計算，不可勝數。
6 The priests brought in the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
司祭們將上主的約櫃抬到殿的內部，即至聖所內，放在革魯賓翅膀下早已預備的地方。
7 For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
革魯賓的翅膀原是伸開的，正遮在約櫃的所在地之上，所以革魯賓在上面正遮著約櫃和抬約櫃的杠桿。
8 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen outside. They are there to this day.
這杠桿很長，杠桿從內殿前的聖所可以看見，在殿外卻看不見；直到今天還在那裏。
9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
約櫃內除兩塊石版外，沒有別的東西，是以色列子民出埃及後，上主與他們立約時，梅瑟在曷勒布山放在裏面的。
10 It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the LORD’s house,
當司祭從聖所出來時，雲彩充滿了上主的殿，
11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the LORD’s glory filled the LORD’s house.
以致為了雲彩，司祭們不能繼續奉職，因為上主的榮耀充滿了上主的殿。
12 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
當時，撒羅滿便說：「上主曾決定在幽暗之中，
13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
如今我已為你建築了一個居所，作為你永久的住處」撒羅滿向百姓致辭
14 The king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
然後，君王轉過身來，祝福在場站立的以色列全會眾，
15 He said, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
說「上主以色列的天主，應受讚美! 因為他親自完成了他親口對我父親達味所作的預許。他曾說過：
16 ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
自從我領我的百姓以色列出離埃及的那天起，我從未在以色列各支派中選擇一城，建造一座作我名下的殿。但是現在，我選擇了耶路撒冷作我名的居所，揀選了達味作我百姓以色列的領袖。
17 “Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
我父親達味原有意為上主以色列天主的名，建造一座殿宇，
18 But the LORD said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
但上主卻對我父親達味說：你有意為我的名建造一座殿宇，你這番心意固然很好，
19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
但不是你要建造這殿宇，而是你親生的兒子，他要為我的名建造這殿宇。
20 The LORD has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
現在，上主實現了他說的話，我已如上主所說的，繼承了我父親達味，坐上了以色列的寶座；我也為上主以色列天主的名，建造了這座殿宇，
21 There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the LORD’s covenant, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
在殿內我也為約櫃預備了一個地方，約櫃內存有上主的約版，就是他領我們的祖先出埃及時，與他們所立的約。」祈禱詞
22 Solomon stood before the LORD’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven;
此後，撒羅滿當著以色列全會眾，立在上主的祭壇前，舉手向天，說：
23 and he said, “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keeps covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
「上主，以色列的天主! 上天下地沒有一個神能與你相比。你對那全心在你面前行走的僕人，常是守約表示慈愛。
24 who has kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
你對你僕人我父親達味所應許的，你都履行了；你親口應允的，你也親手成就了，正如今天一樣。
25 Now therefore, may LORD, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail from you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’
上主，以色列的天主，現在求你實踐你向你的僕人，我的父親達味所應許的罷! 你曾說過：只要你的子孫固守正道，在我面前行走，如你一樣在我面前行走，你決不缺人在我面前坐以色列的寶座。
26 “Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
上主，以色列的天主，現在求你，使你向你僕人我父親達味所應許的話，予以實現罷!
27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
但是，天主實在住在地上嗎﹖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﹖
28 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and for his supplication, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you today;
上主，我的天主，請垂允你僕人的祈禱和懇求，俯聽你僕人今天在你面前所發的呼號和祈禱!
29 that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there;’ to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.
願你的眼睛晝夜垂視這座殿宇，看顧你所說「我的名要永留在此」的地方! 願你垂聽你僕人向這地方要行的祈禱!
30 Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
願你垂聽你僕人和百姓以色列向這地方所發的哀禱! 願你在天上，從你的居所予以垂聽! 請垂聽與寬恕!
31 “If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
若有人得罪了自己的鄰人，被迫以咒詞起誓，而來到這殿內，在你的祭壇前起誓，
32 then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
願你從天上垂聽受理，為你的僕人審斷：懲罰惡人，照他的惡行，報應在他的頭上；宣告義人無罪，照他的正義酬報他。
33 “When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, if they turn again to you and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house,
當你的百姓以色列犯罪得罪了你，在敵人面前被擊敗時，如果他們回心轉意，稱頌你的名，在這殿內巷你祈禱懇求，
34 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
願你從天上予以垂聽，寬恕你百姓以色列的罪過，領他們回到你賜給他們祖先的地方!
35 “When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,
幾時他們犯罪得罪了你，致使天空閉塞不雨；如果他們向這地方祈禱，稱頌你的名，並因你的懲罰而遠離罪過，
36 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
求你從天上垂聽，赦免你僕人和你百姓以色列的罪，指給他們應走的正路，使雨降在你賜予你百姓作為基業的地上。
37 “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,
如果此地發生饑饉瘟疫，五穀枯萎生霉，或遭受蝗蟲螞蚱，或有敵人犯境圍困門下，或不拘遭受什麼災禍疾病；
38 whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house,
如果你的百姓以色列，個人或團體，心中感到內疚，向這殿伸手祈禱哀求，
39 then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);
願你從天上你的居所，予以垂聽、寬恕、援助，照各人的作為予以賞罰，因為你認識人的心，─惟有你認識所有人子的心，─
40 that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
使他們在你賜予我們祖先的地上，終生敬畏你。
41 “Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far country for your name’s sake
至於那不屬於你百姓以色列的外方人，如為了你的大名自遠方而來，─
42 (for they shall hear of your great name and of your mighty hand and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house,
因為他們聽見了你的大名，和你大能的手及伸開的手臂，─來向這殿祈禱，
43 hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
願你從天上你的居所俯聽，照外方人所請求於你的一切去行：這樣可使地上萬民都認識你的名而敬畏你，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。
44 “If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name,
你的人民，如果在你派遣他們所走的路上，與敵人交戰，而他們向你所揀選的這城，向我為你名建造的這殿，祈求上主，
45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
願你從天上俯聽他們的祈禱和哀求，為他們住持正義。
46 If they sin against you (for there is no man who does not sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
如果他們犯罪得罪了你，─因為沒有不犯罪的人，─而你向他們發怒，將他們交於敵人，讓敵人將他們擄到或遠或近的敵人地域內，
47 yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly,’
他們若在被擄往的地方，回心轉意，在充軍之地，求你說：我們犯了罪，我們行了惡，做了背理的事；
48 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen and the house which I have built for your name,
如果他們在俘擄他們的敵人地域內，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，和我為你名建造的這殿哀求你，
49 then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
願你從天上你的居所，俯聽他們的祈禱和懇求，並為他們主持正義，
50 and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
寬恕得罪你的百姓，寬恕他們違犯你的一切過犯，使他們在俘擄他們的敵人面前獲得憐憫，對他們表示同情，
51 (for they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron furnace);
因為他們究竟是你的百姓，是你從埃及，由鎔鐵爐中領出來的產業。
52 that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
願你常睜眼垂顧你僕人的哀求，你百姓以色列的哀求，他們無論何時呼號你，願你都予以垂聽!
53 For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord GOD.”
我主上主，因為你曾將他們從地上的萬民中選拔出來，作你的產業，正如你在領我們祖先出離埃及時，藉你的僕人梅瑟所聲明的。」祝福詞
54 It was so, that when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the LORD’s altar, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread out toward heaven.
撒羅滿跪在上主的祭壇前，舉手向天，祈禱哀求上主完畢，就起來，
55 He stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
立著，高聲祝福以色列全會眾說：「
56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
上主應受讚美! 因為他照自己所應許的，使自己的百姓以色列獲得了安居；凡他藉著自己的僕人梅瑟所應許賜福的話，一句也沒有落空。
57 May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake us,
願上主我們的天主與我們同在，有如與我們的祖先同在一樣：不離開我們，也不拋棄我們。
58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
願他使我們的心歸向他，履行他的一切道路，恪守他吩咐我們祖先的誡命、律例和典章。
59 Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day requires;
願我在上主面前所作的懇切禱詞，晝夜在上主我們的天主面前，好使他天天維護他僕人和他的百姓以色列，
60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD himself is God. There is no one else.
使地上萬民都知道：只有上主是天主，他以外沒有別的神。
61 “Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as it is today.”
但願我們的心全歸於上主我們的天主，遵行他的律例，恪守他的誡命，如停今天一樣。」行奉獻禮
62 The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
此後，君王和全以色列，一同在上主面前祭殺了犧牲。
63 Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, twenty two thousand head of cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the LORD’s house.
撒羅滿祭殺了牛兩萬二千頭，羊十二萬隻，獻於上主，作為和平祭；君王和全以色列子民，就這樣為上主的殿舉行了奉獻禮。
64 The same day the king made the middle of the court holy that was before the LORD’s house; for there he offered the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.
當天，君王又祝聖了上主殿前的內院，在那裏奉獻了全燔祭、素祭與和平祭的脂油，因為上主面前的銅祭壇太小，容不下全燔祭、素祭及和平祭的脂油。
65 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
同時，撒羅滿有舉行了慶節，與從哈瑪特渡口到埃及小河的全以色列人，舉行了盛大集會，在上主我們的天主面前，舉行慶節七天【又七天，共十四天。】
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
第八天，君王遣散了百姓；他們為君王祝福後，各自回了本家，對上主向他的僕人達味，他的百姓以色列，所施的種種恩寵，都非常高興歡喜。
