2 Chronicles 8
1 Now at the end of twenty years, in which time Solomon had put up the house of the Lord and a house for himself,
[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，
2 He took in hand the building up of the towns which Huram had given him, causing the children of Israel to make living-places for themselves there.
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。
3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and overcame it.
此後，撒羅滿到了哈瑪特祚巴，征服了那地。
4 And he put up the buildings of Tadmor in the waste land, and of all the store-towns in Hamath;
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。
5 And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;
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。
6 And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.
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。
7 As for all the rest of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel:
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，
8 Their men who were still living in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not put an end to, these Solomon put to forced work, as is done to this day;
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。
9 But Solomon did not make use of the children of Israel as servants for his work; they were men of war, his chiefs and his captains, and captains of his war-carriages and his horsemen.
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。
10 Now these were the chief men in authority whom King Solomon had: two hundred and fifty of them, in authority over the people.
撒羅滿的監察官，共有二百五十人，監管百姓。
11 Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are holy.
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。」
12 Then Solomon made burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had put up in front of the covered way,
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；
13 Offering every day what had been ordered by Moses, on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and at the regular feasts three times a year, that is at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents.
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。
14 And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.
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。
15 All the orders given by the king to the priests and Levites, in connection with any business or stores, were done with care.
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。
16 And all the work of Solomon was complete, from the day when he put the base of the Lord's house in position, till Solomon had come to the end of building the Lord's house.
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。
17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth by the sea in the land of Edom.
此後，撒羅滿往厄東地，到了濱海的厄茲雍革貝爾及厄拉特。
18 And Huram sent him, by his servants, ships and experienced seamen, who went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and came back with four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they took to King Solomon.
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。
