1 Kings 8
1 Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes, and the leaders of the clans. He wanted them to join in bringing Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill to the temple], where it was in the part of the city called ‘The City of David’.
那時，所羅門將以色列的長老和各支派的首領，並以色列的族長，招聚到耶路撒冷，要把耶和華的約櫃從大衛城－就是錫安－運上來。
2 So all the Israeli leaders came to King Solomon during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.
以他念月，就是七月，在節前，以色列人都聚集到所羅門王那裏。
3 When they had all arrived, the priests lifted up the Sacred Chest
以色列長老來到，祭司便抬起約櫃，
4 and brought it to the temple. The descendants of Levi [who assisted the priests] helped them to carry to the temple the Sacred Tent and all the sacred things that had been in the tent.
祭司和利未人將耶和華的約櫃運上來，又將會幕和會幕的一切聖器具都帶上來。
5 Then King Solomon and many of the Israeli people who had gathered in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Chest sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and oxen. No one was able to count the sacrifices [because there were so many].
所羅門王和聚集到他那裏的以色列全會眾，一同在約櫃前獻牛羊為祭，多得不可勝數。
6 The the priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Very Holy Place in the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the [statues of the] winged creatures.
祭司將耶和華的約櫃抬進內殿，就是至聖所，放在兩個基路伯的翅膀底下。
7 The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.
基路伯張着翅膀在約櫃之上，遮掩約櫃和抬櫃的槓。
8 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen [by people who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen [by people standing] outside the temple. Those poles are still there.
這槓甚長，槓頭在內殿前的聖所可以看見，在殿外卻不能看見，直到如今還在那裏。
9 The only things that were in the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai [Mountain], where Yahweh made an agreement with the people after they left Egypt.
約櫃裏惟有兩塊石版，就是以色列人出埃及地後，耶和華與他們立約的時候摩西在何烈山所放的。除此以外，並無別物。
10 When the priests came out of the temple, [suddenly] it was filled with a cloud.
祭司從聖所出來的時候，有雲充滿耶和華的殿；
11 It was the glory/radiance of Yahweh that filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue their work.
甚至祭司不能站立供職，因為耶和華的榮光充滿了殿。
12 Then Solomon prayed this: “Yahweh, you have placed the sun in the sky, but you have decided that you would live in very dark [clouds].
那時所羅門說： 耶和華曾說， 他必住在幽暗之處。
13 I have built for you a magnificent temple, a place for you to live in forever.”
我已經建造殿宇作你的居所， 為你永遠的住處。
14 Then, while all the people stood there, the king turned around and faced them, and he [asked God to] bless them.
王轉臉為以色列會眾祝福，以色列會眾就都站立。
15 He said, “Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis belong! By his own power he has done what he promised to give to my father David. What he promised was this:
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。
16 ‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen any city in Israel in which a temple should be built for my people to worship me there. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.”
他說：『自從我領我民以色列出埃及以來，我未曾在以色列各支派中選擇一城建造殿宇－為我名的居所，但揀選大衛治理我民以色列。』」
17 [Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple in order that we Israeli people could worship Yahweh our God there.
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。
18 But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.
耶和華卻對我父大衛說：『你立意為我的名建殿，這意思甚好。
19 However, you are not the one [who I want] to build it. It is one of your sons, who [I want to] build a temple for me.’
只是你不可建殿，惟你所生的兒子必為我名建殿。』
20 And now Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling my people, like Yahweh promised. I have [arranged for] this temple [to be] built for us Israelis to worship Yahweh, the God, to whom we Israelis belong.
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，又為耶和華－以色列上帝的名建造了殿。
21 I have also provided a place [in the temple] for the Sacred Chest in which are the two stone tablets [on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of] the agreement that Yahweh made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
我也在其中為約櫃預備一處。約櫃內有耶和華的約，就是他領我們列祖出埃及地的時候，與他們所立的約。」
22 Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was facing the Israeli people who had gathered there. He spread out his arms toward heaven,
所羅門當着以色列會眾，站在耶和華的壇前，向天舉手說：
23 and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israeli people [belong to/worship], there is no god like you up in heaven or down here on the earth. You solemnly promised that you would faithfully love us. And that is what you have done for us who earnestly do what you want us to do.
「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；
24 You have done the things that you promised my father David, who served you [very well], that you would do. Truly, you promised to do these things for him, and today we see that by your power you have done them.
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。
25 So now, Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [belong to/worship], please do the things that you promised my father that you would do. You told him that there would always be some of his descendants who would rule Israel, if they would conduct their lives as he did.
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，在我面前行事像你所行的一樣，就不斷人坐以色列的國位。』現在求你應驗這話。
26 So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised to do for my father David, who served you [well], to happen.
以色列的上帝啊，求你成就向你僕人－我父大衛所應許的話。
27 But God, you cannot really live on the earth. There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven. So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built.
「上帝果真住在地上嗎？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？
28 But Yahweh, my God, please listen to me while I am praying to you this day,
惟求耶和華－我的上帝垂顧僕人的禱告祈求，俯聽僕人今日在你面前的祈禱呼籲。
29 Please keep protecting this temple night and day. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ I request that you listen to me whenever I turn toward this temple and pray.
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。
30 I request that when I pray to you and your people pray to you while they turn toward this place, that in your home in heaven you will hear us and forgive us [for the sins that we have committed].
你僕人和你民以色列向此處祈禱的時候，求你在天上你的居所垂聽，垂聽而赦免。
31 If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’
「人若得罪鄰舍，有人叫他起誓，他來到這殿在你的壇前起誓，
32 then you listen from heaven, and decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent.
求你在天上垂聽，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。
33 And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies [in a battle] because they have sinned against you, [and if they are forced to go to some distant country, ] if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit that you [have justly punished them], and if they plead [that you will forgive them],
「你的民以色列若得罪你，敗在仇敵面前，又歸向你，承認你的名，在這殿裏祈求禱告，
34 listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they [have committed], and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors.
求你在天上垂聽，赦免你民以色列的罪，使他們歸回你賜給他們列祖之地。
35 And when you do not allow any rain to fall on the land because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit that you [have justly punished them], if they turn away from their sinful behavior and [humbly] pray to you,
「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，
36 listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins [that they have committed]. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then send rain on this land that you have given to your people to belong to them [permanently].
求你在天上垂聽，赦免你僕人以色列民的罪，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。
37 And when the people of this land experience famines, or if there is a plague/illness that causes many people to become sick, or if [their crops are destroyed by] very hot winds or [by] mildew or [by] locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities [in order to attack them], if any of those bad things happen to them,
「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，
38 when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you knowing that they are suffering because they [have sinned], and if they stretch out their arms toward this temple and pray,
你的民以色列，或是眾人，或是一人，自覺有罪，向這殿舉手，無論祈求甚麼，禱告甚麼，
39 listen to them from your home in heaven, and forgive them, and help them. You are the only one who knows what people are thinking, so act toward everyone as they deserve,
求你在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），
40 in order that your people may then have an awesome respect for you, all the years that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
使他們在你賜給我們列祖之地上一生一世敬畏你。
41 There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israeli people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and that you perform great miracles. If they come here to this temple to worship you and pray,
「論到不屬你民以色列的外邦人，為你名從遠方而來，
（他們聽人論說你的大名和大能的手，並伸出來的膀臂）向這殿禱告，
43 in your home in heaven, listen to their prayers, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that so that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we your Israeli people do. And then they will know that this temple that I have [caused to be] built to honor you, is where you [should be worshiped].
求你在天上你的居所垂聽，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。
44 And if you send your people to go to fight against their enemies, if they pray to you, wherever they are, if they turn toward this city that you have chosen and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you,
「你的民若奉你的差遣，無論往何處去與仇敵爭戰，向耶和華所選擇的城與我為你名所建造的殿禱告，
45 listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you to do, and assist them.
求你在天上垂聽他們的禱告祈求，使他們得勝。
46 [It is true that] everyone sins. So, if your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to defeat them and capture them and take them away to their enemies’ country, even to countries that are far away.
「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仇敵之地，或遠或近，
47 If that happens, while they are in those countries to which they were forced to go, if they sincerely repent and plead with you there saying ‘We have sinned and have done things that are very wicked,’
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』；
48 if they very sincerely repent, and turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen [to be the place where we should worship you], and toward this temple that I have [caused to be] built for you, and if they pray,
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，
49 then from your home in heaven listen to them while they plead [for your help], and assist them.
求你在天上你的居所垂聽他們的禱告祈求，為他們伸冤；
50 Forgive them for all the sins that they [have committed] against you, and cause their enemies to be kind to them.
饒恕得罪你的民，赦免他們的一切過犯，使他們在擄他們的人面前蒙憐恤。
51 Do not forget that the Israelis are your people; they are your special possession; you brought [our ancestors] out of Egypt where [they were greatly suffering as though] they were in a blazing furnace.
因為他們是你的子民，你的產業，是你從埃及領出來脫離鐵爐的。
52 I request that you always listen to your Israeli people and to me, their king, and heed their prayers whenever they call out to you [to help them].
願你的眼目看顧僕人，聽你民以色列的祈求，無論何時向你祈求，願你垂聽。
53 You chose them from all the other people-groups in the world to belong to you, which is what you told Moses to tell them when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
主耶和華啊，你將他們從地上的萬民中分別出來作你的產業，是照你領我們列祖出埃及的時候，藉你僕人摩西所應許的話。」
54 After Solomon had finished praying and pleading to Yahweh [for his help], he stood up in front of the altar where he had been kneeling. He lifted up his arms.
所羅門在耶和華的壇前屈膝跪着，向天舉手，在耶和華面前禱告祈求已畢，就起來，
55 Then he [asked God to] bless all the Israeli people. [He prayed] loudly, saying,
站着，大聲為以色列全會眾祝福，說：
56 “Praise Yahweh, who has given us his people peace, like he promised that he would do. He has done every one of the good things that he promised to Moses, the man who served him [very well].
「耶和華是應當稱頌的！因為他照着一切所應許的賜平安給他的民以色列人，凡藉他僕人摩西應許賜福的話，一句都沒有落空。
57 I pray that our God will be with us like he was with our ancestors, and that he will never abandon us.
願耶和華－我們的上帝與我們同在，像與我們列祖同在一樣，不撇下我們，不丟棄我們，
58 I pray that he will cause us to loyally serve him, to conduct our lives as he wants us to, and to obey all his commandments and statutes and laws that he gave to our ancestors.
使我們的心歸向他，遵行他的道，謹守他吩咐我們列祖的誡命、律例、典章。
59 I pray that Yahweh our God will never forget these words that I have prayed, pleading for his help; I pray that he will think about them by day and by night. I pray that he will always help [us] Israeli people and me, giving us the things that we need day by day.
我在耶和華面前祈求的這些話，願耶和華－我們的上帝晝夜垂念，每日為他僕人與他民以色列伸冤，
60 If he does that, all the people-groups in the world will know that he is the only one who is God, and that there is no other one who is God.
使地上的萬民都知道惟獨耶和華是上帝，並無別神。
61 I pray that you, [his people, ] will always be fully committed to Yahweh, and that you will obey all his statutes and commands, like you are doing now.”
所以你們當向耶和華－我們的上帝存誠實的心，遵行他的律例，謹守他的誡命，至終如今日一樣。」
62 Then the king and all the Israeli people who were there offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
王和以色列眾民一同在耶和華面前獻祭。
63 They sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then the king and all the people dedicated the temple.
所羅門向耶和華獻平安祭，用牛二萬二千，羊十二萬。這樣，王和以色列眾民為耶和華的殿行奉獻之禮。
64 On that day, the king also dedicated/set apart the middle part of the courtyard that was in front of the temple. Then he offered sacrifices that would be completely burned [in the courtyard], the offerings of grain and the fat of the animals that were sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. They sacrificed them there because the bronze altar was not big enough for all those sacrifices to be burned on it [that day].
當日，王因耶和華殿前的銅壇太小，容不下燔祭、素祭，和平安祭牲的脂油，便將耶和華殿前院子當中分別為聖，在那裏獻燔祭、素祭，和平安祭牲的脂油。
65 Then Solomon and all the Israeli people celebrated the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days. There was a huge crowd of people there, some of whom had come from [distant places like] Hamath [in the far north] and the border of Egypt [in the far south].
那時，所羅門和以色列眾人，就是從哈馬口直到埃及小河所有的以色列人，都聚集成為大會，在耶和華－我們的上帝面前守節七日又七日，共十四日。
66 On the eighth day, Solomon sent the people to their homes. They all praised him and went home happy because of all the things that Yahweh had done to bless [King] David and his Israeli people.
第八日，王遣散眾民；他們都為王祝福。因見耶和華向他僕人大衛和他民以色列所施的一切恩惠，就都心中喜樂，各歸各家去了。
