1 Kings 8

1 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

1 所罗门把以色列的长老、各支派的首领和族长召集到他所在的耶路撒冷，准备把耶和华的约柜从大卫城锡安运上来。

2 And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

2 在以他念月，即七月住棚节的时候，以色列人都聚集到所罗门王那里。

3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

3 以色列的长老到齐后，祭司便抬起约柜，

4 and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

4 祭司和利未人将耶和华的约柜、会幕和会幕里的一切圣器运上来。

5 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

5 所罗门王和聚集到他那里的以色列全体会众在约柜前献祭，献上的牛羊多得不可胜数。

6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

6 祭司把耶和华的约柜抬进内殿，即至圣所，放在两个基路伯天使的翅膀下面。

7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

7 基路伯天使展开翅膀，遮盖约柜和抬约柜的横杠。

8 The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

8 横杠很长，在至圣所前面的圣所中也看得见横杠的末端，但在圣所外面看不见。横杠至今仍在那里。

9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

9 约柜里除了两块石版，没有别的东西。石版是以色列人离开埃及后，耶和华在何烈山跟他们立约时，摩西放进去的。

10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

10 祭司从圣所出来的时候，就有云彩充满了耶和华的殿，

11 so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

11 以致祭司不能在殿里供职，因为殿里充满了耶和华的荣光。

12 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

12 那时，所罗门说： “耶和华啊， 你曾说你要住在密云中，

13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

13 现在，我为你建造了雄伟的殿宇， 作你永远的居所。”

14 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

14 然后，王转身为站立在那里的以色列全体会众祝福。

15 and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

15 他说：“以色列的上帝耶和华当受称颂！祂亲口给我父大卫的应许，现在祂亲手成就了！

16 ‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

16 祂曾说，‘自从我带我的以色列子民出埃及以来，我并没有在以色列各支派中选出一座城来建造殿宇，作为我名所在之地。我只是拣选了大卫来治理我的以色列子民。’”

17 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

17 所罗门又说：“我父大卫曾想为以色列的上帝耶和华的名建一座殿，

18 But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

18 但耶和华对我父大卫说，‘你想为我的名建造殿宇，这番心意是好的，

19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

19 但你不可建，要由你的亲生儿子为我的名建殿。’

20 Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

20 “现在耶和华已经成就祂的应许。我继承了我父大卫的王位统治以色列，又为以色列的上帝耶和华的名建了殿，

21 And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

21 并在殿里预备了放约柜的地方。约柜里有耶和华的约，是祂把我们的祖先带出埃及时跟他们立的。”

22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

22 所罗门当着以色列会众的面，站在耶和华的坛前，向天伸出双手，

23 and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

23 祷告说：“以色列的上帝耶和华啊，天上地下没有神明可以与你相比！你向尽心遵行你旨意的仆人守约，施慈爱。

24 You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

24 你持守对你仆人——我父大卫的应许，你曾亲口应许，你今天亲手成就了。

25 Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

25 “以色列的上帝耶和华啊，你曾对你仆人——我父大卫说，‘若你的子孙像你一样谨慎行事、遵行我的旨意，你的王朝就不会中断。’求你信守这应许。

26 And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

26 以色列的上帝耶和华啊，求你实现你对你仆人——我父大卫的应许。

27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

27 “然而，上帝啊，你真会住在人间吗？看啊，至高的诸天尚且容不下你，更何况我建造的这殿呢？

28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

28 可是，我的上帝耶和华啊，求你垂顾你仆人的祷告和祈求，垂听你仆人今天在你面前的呼求和祷告。

29 May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

29 愿你昼夜看顾这殿，就是你应许立你名的地方！你仆人向着这地方祷告的时候，求你垂听。

30 Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

30 你仆人和你的以色列子民向这地方祈祷的时候，求你从你天上的居所垂听，赦免我们的罪。

31 When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

31 “如果有人得罪邻舍，被叫到这殿中，在你的坛前起誓，

32 then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

32 求你从天上垂听，在你众仆人当中施行审判，按他们的行为罚恶赏善。

33 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

33 “当你的以色列子民因得罪你而败在敌人手中时，如果他们回心转意归向你，承认你的名，在这殿里祈祷，

34 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

34 求你从天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，带领他们回到你赐给他们祖先的土地上。

35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

35 “当你的子民得罪你，你惩罚他们，让天不降雨时，如果他们向着这地方祷告，承认你的名，并离开罪恶，

36 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

36 求你在天上垂听，赦免你仆人以色列子民的罪，教导他们走正道，降下甘霖滋润你赐给你子民作产业的土地。

37 When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

37 “如果国中有饥荒、瘟疫、旱灾、霉病、蝗灾、虫灾，或是城邑被敌人围困，无论遭遇什么灾祸疾病，

38 then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

38 只要你的以色列子民，或个人或全体，自知心中痛苦并向着这殿伸手祷告，无论祈求什么，

39 be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—

39 求你从天上的居所垂听，赦免他们。唯独你能洞察人心，求你按各人的行为施行赏罚，

40 so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

40 使你的子民在你赐给我们祖先的土地上终生敬畏你。

41 And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

41–42 “如果远方有不属于你以色列子民的外族人听说你的大能大力，慕名而来，向着这殿祷告，

42 for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

43 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

43 求你从天上的居所垂听，应允他们的祈求，好叫天下万民都像你的以色列子民一样认识你的名，敬畏你，并知道我建造的这殿属于你的名下。

44 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

44 “你的子民奉你的命令上阵与敌人作战，无论他们在哪里，如果他们向着你选择的这城和我为你名建造的这殿祷告，

45 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

45 求你从天上垂听他们的祈祷，为他们伸张正义。

46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

46 “世上没有不犯罪的人，如果你的子民得罪你，以致你向他们发怒，让敌人把他们掳走，不论远近，

47 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

47 若他们在被掳之地回心转意，向你恳求，承认自己犯罪作恶了；

48 and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

48 若他们在掳走他们的仇敌那里全心全意地归向你，朝着你赐给他们祖先的这片土地、你选择的这城和我为你建的这殿向你祷告，

49 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

49 求你从天上的居所垂听他们的祈祷，为他们伸张正义，

50 May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

50 赦免得罪你的子民，赦免他们的一切过犯，使掳掠他们的人善待他们。

51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

51 因为他们是你的子民、你的产业，是你从埃及那铁熔炉里拯救出来的。

52 May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

52 “愿你垂顾仆人和你的以色列子民的祈求。无论他们什么时候向你祈求，都求你垂听。

53 For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

53 主耶和华啊，因为你带我们祖先出埃及的时候，曾经借着你的仆人摩西应许将以色列人从世上万民中分别出来，作你自己的产业。”

54 Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

54 所罗门跪在耶和华的坛前，举手向耶和华祷告完毕，

55 And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

55 便站起来高声为以色列全体会众祝福：

56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

56 “耶和华当受称颂！祂照着应许赐平安给祂的以色列子民。祂从前借着仆人摩西赐下的美好应许一句也没有落空。

57 May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.

57 愿我们的上帝耶和华与我们同在，就像与我们的祖先同在一样。愿祂永远都不撇下我们，不丢弃我们，

58 May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

58 使我们的心归向祂，遵行祂的旨意，谨守祂吩咐我们祖先的诫命、律例和典章。

59 And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

59 愿我们的上帝耶和华昼夜顾念我在祂面前的这些祈求，天天为祂的仆人和祂的以色列子民伸张正义，

60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

60 叫地上万民都知道，耶和华是独一无二的上帝。

61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

61 愿你们像今天一样专心事奉我们的上帝耶和华，遵行祂的律法，谨守祂的诫命。”

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

62 王和以色列众民一同向耶和华献祭。

63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

63 所罗门向耶和华献上两万二千头牛和十二万只羊作平安祭，王和以色列众民为耶和华的殿举行奉献典礼。

64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

64 那天，因为耶和华殿前的铜坛太小，容不下燔祭、素祭和平安祭祭牲的脂肪，所罗门王就把殿前院子中间分别出来作圣洁之地，在那里献上燔祭、素祭和平安祭祭牲的脂肪。

65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.

65 所罗门和从哈马口直至埃及小河而来的全体以色列人聚成一大群会众，在我们的上帝耶和华面前守节期两周，共十四天。

66 On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

66 节后第二天，所罗门王让民众各回本乡。他们看见耶和华向祂仆人大卫和以色列子民所施的一切恩惠，都为王祝福，并满心欢喜地回家去了。