2 Chronicles 6
1 Then Solomon said, "Jehovah has said that he would dwell in the thick cloud.
那時，所羅門說： 耶和華曾說他必住在幽暗之處。
2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."
但我已經建造殿宇作你的居所， 為你永遠的住處。
3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
王轉臉為以色列會眾祝福，以色列會眾就都站立。
4 He said, "Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
所羅門說：「耶和華－以色列的上帝是應當稱頌的！因他親口向我父大衛所應許的，也親手成就了。
5 'Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; nor did I choose any man to be a leader over my people Israel:
他說：『自從我領我民出埃及地以來，我未曾在以色列眾支派中選擇一城建造殿宇為我名的居所，也未曾揀選一人作我民以色列的君；
6 but I chose Jerusalem, that my name may be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
但選擇耶路撒冷為我名的居所，又揀選大衛治理我民以色列。』」
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
所羅門說：「我父大衛曾立意要為耶和華－以色列上帝的名建殿，
8 But Jehovah 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:
耶和華卻對我父大衛說：『你立意要為我的名建殿，這意思甚好；
9 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'
只是你不可建殿，惟你所生的兒子必為我名建殿。』
10 "Jehovah has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
「現在耶和華成就了他所應許的話，使我接續我父大衛坐以色列的國位，是照耶和華所說的，又為耶和華－以色列上帝的名建造了殿。
11 There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel."
我將約櫃安置在其中，櫃內有耶和華的約，就是他與以色列人所立的約。」
12 He stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands
所羅門當着以色列會眾，站在耶和華的壇前，舉起手來，
13 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, eight feet and seven inches long, and eight feet and seven inches broad, and five feet and two inches high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven; )
（所羅門曾造一個銅臺，長五肘，寬五肘，高三肘，放在院中）就站在臺上，當着以色列的會眾跪下，向天舉手，
14 and he said, "Jehovah, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
說：「耶和華－以色列的上帝啊，天上地下沒有神可比你的！你向那盡心行在你面前的僕人守約施慈愛；
15 who have 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 this day.
向你僕人－我父大衛所應許的話現在應驗了。你親口應許，親手成就，正如今日一樣。
16 "Now therefore, Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, 'There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.'
耶和華－以色列的上帝啊，你所應許你僕人－我父大衛的話說：『你的子孫若謹慎自己的行為，遵守我的律法，像你在我面前所行的一樣，就不斷人坐以色列的國位。』現在求你應驗這話。
17 Now therefore, Jehovah, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.
耶和華－以色列的上帝啊，求你成就向你僕人大衛所應許的話。
18 "But will God indeed dwell with humankind on the earth? Look, heaven and the highest heaven can't contain you; how much less this house which I have built.
「上帝果真與世人同住在地上嗎？看哪，天和天上的天尚且不足你居住的，何況我所建的這殿呢？
19 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and to his petition, Jehovah my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
惟求耶和華－我的上帝垂顧僕人的禱告祈求，俯聽僕人在你面前的祈禱呼籲。
20 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
願你晝夜看顧這殿，就是你應許立為你名的居所；求你垂聽僕人向此處禱告的話。
21 Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
你僕人和你民以色列向此處祈禱的時候，求你從天上你的居所垂聽，垂聽而赦免。
22 "If a man sins against his neighbor and obliges him to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before your altar in this house;
「人若得罪鄰舍，有人叫他起誓，他來到這殿，在你的壇前起誓，
23 then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
求你從天上垂聽，判斷你的僕人，定惡人有罪，照他所行的報應在他頭上；定義人有理，照他的義賞賜他。
24 "If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make petition before you in this house;
「你的民以色列若得罪你，敗在仇敵面前，又回心轉意承認你的名，在這殿裏向你祈求禱告，
25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
求你從天上垂聽，赦免你民以色列的罪，使他們歸回你賜給他們和他們列祖之地。
26 "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 punish them:
「你的民因得罪你，你懲罰他們，使天閉塞不下雨，他們若向此處禱告，承認你的名，離開他們的罪，
27 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.
求你在天上垂聽，赦免你僕人和你民以色列的罪，將當行的善道指教他們，且降雨在你的地，就是你賜給你民為業之地。
28 "If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;
「國中若有饑荒、瘟疫、旱風、霉爛、蝗蟲、螞蚱，或有仇敵犯境，圍困城邑，無論遭遇甚麼災禍疾病，
29 whatever prayer and petition be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:
你的民以色列，或是眾人，或是一人，自覺災禍甚苦，向這殿舉手，無論祈求甚麼，禱告甚麼，
30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of humankind; )
求你從天上你的居所垂聽赦免。你是知道人心的，要照各人所行的待他們（惟有你知道世人的心），
31 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
使他們在你賜給我們列祖之地上一生一世敬畏你，遵行你的道。
32 "Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for the sake of your name, for they shall hear of your great name, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm, when they shall come and pray toward this house,
「論到不屬你民以色列的外邦人，為你的大名和大能的手，並伸出來的膀臂，從遠方而來，向這殿禱告，
33 then hear from heaven, even from 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, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
求你從天上你的居所垂聽，照着外邦人所祈求的而行，使天下萬民都認識你的名，敬畏你，像你的民以色列一樣，又使他們知道我建造的這殿是稱為你名下的。
34 "If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
「你的民若奉你的差遣，無論往何處去與仇敵爭戰，向你所選擇的城與我為你名所建造的殿禱告，
35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their petition, and maintain their cause.
求你從天上垂聽他們的禱告祈求，使他們得勝。
36 "If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
「你的民若得罪你（世上沒有不犯罪的人），你向他們發怒，將他們交給仇敵擄到或遠或近之地；
37 yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and repent and make petition to you in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;'
他們若在擄到之地想起罪來，回心轉意，懇求你說：『我們有罪了，我們悖逆了，我們作惡了』；
38 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:
他們若在擄到之地盡心盡性歸服你，又向自己的地，就是你賜給他們列祖之地和你所選擇的城，並我為你名所建造的殿禱告，
39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
求你從天上你的居所垂聽你民的禱告祈求，為他們伸冤，赦免他們的過犯。
40 "Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
「我的上帝啊，現在求你睜眼看，側耳聽在此處所獻的禱告。
41 "Now therefore arise, Jehovah God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let your faithful ones rejoice in what is good.
耶和華上帝啊，求你起來， 和你有能力的約櫃同入安息之所。 耶和華上帝啊，願你的祭司披上救恩； 願你的聖民蒙福歡樂。
42 "Jehovah God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant."
耶和華上帝啊，求你不要厭棄你的受膏者， 要記念向你僕人大衛所施的慈愛。」
