1 Kings 5
1 Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], had always been a close friend of King David. When he heard that Solomon had been appointed to become the king after his father was no longer king, he sent some messengers to Solomon [to congratulate him].
提洛王希蘭聽說撒羅滿受傳繼父為王，就派自己的僕人去見撒羅滿，因為希蘭一生常是達味的好友。
2 Solomon [gave those messengers] this message to take back to Hiram:
撒羅滿也派人去見希蘭說﹕「
3 “You know that my father David [led his soldiers to] fight many wars against his enemies in the nearby countries. So he could not [arrange to] build a temple in which we [MTY] could worship Yahweh our God, until after Yahweh enabled [the Israeli army] to defeat [IDM] all his enemies.
你知道我父親達味因了四周的戰爭，在上主沒有將敵人置於他腳下以前，不能為上主他的天主的名建造殿宇。
4 But now Yahweh our God has enabled us to have peace with all the surrounding countries. [(There is no danger that/We do not need to worry that)] we will be attacked.
但是現在，上主我的天主使我四周太平，沒有仇敵，也沒有災禍。
5 Yahweh promised my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will enable to be king after you are no longer king, will build a temple for me [MTY].’ Because of that, I have decided to build a temple in which we can worship [MTY] Yahweh our God.
所以我決意要為上主我天主的名建造殿宇，一如上主對握父親曾說過﹕你的兒子，即我使他繼你坐你寶座的那一位，要為我的名建造殿宇。
6 “So [I am requesting that] you command your workers to cut cedar trees for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your workers whatever you decide. [But] my men [cannot do the work alone, ] because they do not know how to cut down trees like your workers from Sidon [city] do.”
所以現在，請你吩咐人從黎巴嫩給我砍伐香柏木，我的僕人會與你的僕人一起工作，我必照你所說定的，把你僕人的工資全交給你，因為你知道在我們中間，沒有像漆冬人那樣善於砍伐樹木的。」
7 When Hiram heard the message from Solomon, he was very happy and said, “I praise Yahweh today for giving David a very wise son to rule that great nation!”
希蘭聽了撒羅滿的話，非常高興說﹕「上主今日應受讚美，因為他賜給了達味一個有智慧的兒子，統治這個強大的民族。」
8 He sent this message back to Solomon: “I have heard the message that you sent to me, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide cedar and cypress logs.
希蘭遂派人去見撒羅滿說﹕「你派人來向我說的話，我都聽到了﹔至於香柏木和柏木，我必全照你的心願去做。
9 My workers will bring the logs down from [the] Lebanon [mountains] to the [Mediterranean] sea. Then they will [tie them together to] make rafts to float them [in the water] along the coast to the place that you indicate. Then my workers will untie the logs, and your workers will take them from there. What I want you to do is to supply food for the people who work in my palace.”
我僕人把這些木料從黎巴嫩運下海中，編成木筏，由海上轉運到你給我指定的地方，我在那裏拆開，你在那裏接收﹔但是，你也要成全我的心願，拿食糧來供應我的宮廷。」
10 So Hiram [arranged for his workers to] supply all the cedar and cypress logs that Solomon wanted.
希蘭於是全照撒羅滿的要求，供給他香柏木和柏木，
11 Each year Solomon gave Hiram 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons of pure [olive] oil to feed the people who worked in his palace.
撒羅滿則供給希蘭麥子兩萬「苛爾，」純油二十「苛爾，」作為他宮廷的食糧。撒羅滿年年這樣供應希蘭。
12 Yahweh enabled Solomon to be wise, just like he had promised. Solomon and Hiram made a treaty/agreement that there would be peace between their [two governments/countries].
上主依照所許的，賜給了撒羅滿智慧﹔希蘭與撒羅滿之間，彼此和好，二人相互訂立了盟約。徵調工人
13 King Solomon forced 30,000 men from all over Israel to become his workers.
撒羅滿王由全以色列中，徵人服役，共徵調了三萬﹔
14 Adoniram was their boss. Solomon divided the men into three groups. Each month 10,000 of them went to Lebanon and worked for a month there, and then they came back home for two months.
每月輪流派一萬人上黎巴嫩山﹕一個月在黎巴嫩山，兩個月留在家中﹔由阿多蘭監督勞工。
15 Solomon also forced 80,000 men to cut stones in the hilly area and 70,000 men to haul the stones [to Jerusalem].
撒羅滿有七萬搬運重物的工人，有八萬在山上工作的石匠﹔
16 And he also assigned 3,600 men to supervise their work.
此外，還有三千三百監管工作的頭目，指揮人民工作。
17 The king also commanded his workers to cut huge blocks of stones from the quarries and to smooth the sides of the stones. Those huge stones were for the foundation of the temple.
君王吩咐人開採巨大和貴重的石頭，以鑿好的石頭建築殿宇的基礎。
18 Solomon’s workers and Hiram’s workers and men from Gebal/Byblos [city] shaped the stones and prepared the timber to build the temple.
撒羅滿和希蘭的工人，以及革巴耳人都開鑿石頭，預備木料和石頭，建造殿宇。
