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 那时，所罗门将以色列的长老和各支派的首领，并以色列的族长，招聚到耶路撒冷，要把耶和华的约柜从大卫城—就是锡安—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 以他念月，就是七月，在节前，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 以色列长老来到，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运上来，又将会幕和会幕的一切圣器具都带上来。

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会众，一同在约柜前献牛羊为祭，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 祭司将耶和华的约柜抬进内殿，就是至圣所，放在两个基路伯的翅膀底下。

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

7 基路伯张着翅膀在约柜之上，遮掩约柜和抬柜的杠。

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 这杠甚长，杠头在内殿前的圣所可以看见，在殿外却不能看见，直到如今还在那里。

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 约柜里惟有两块石版，就是以色列人出埃及地后，耶和华与他们立约的时候摩西在何烈山所放的。除此以外，并无别物。

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，有云充满耶和华的殿；

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 甚至祭司不能站立供职，因为耶和华的荣光充满了殿。

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

12 那时所罗门说： 耶和华曾说， 他必住在幽暗之处。

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

13 我已经建造殿宇作你的居所， 为你永远的住处。

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

14 王转脸为以色列会众祝福，以色列会众就都站立。

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 所罗门说：「耶和华—以色列的 神是应当称颂的！因他亲口向我父大卫所应许的，也亲手成就了。

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 他说：『自从我领我民以色列出埃及以来，我未曾在以色列各支派中选择一城建造殿宇—为我名的居所，但拣选大卫治理我民以色列。』」

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 所罗门说：「我父大卫曾立意，要为耶和华—以色列 神的名建殿。

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 耶和华却对我父大卫说：『你立意为我的名建殿，这意思甚好。

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

19 只是你不可建殿，惟你所生的儿子必为我名建殿。』

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 现在耶和华成就了他所应许的话，使我接续我父大卫坐以色列的国位，又为耶和华—以色列 神的名建造了殿。

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 我也在其中为约柜预备一处。约柜内有耶和华的约，就是他领我们列祖出埃及地的时候，与他们所立的约。」

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，站在耶和华的坛前，向天举手说：

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 「耶和华—以色列的 神啊，天上地下没有神可比你的！你向那尽心行在你面前的仆人守约施慈爱；

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 向你仆人—我父大卫所应许的话现在应验了。你亲口应许，亲手成就，正如今日一样。

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 耶和华—以色列的 神啊，你所应许你仆人—我父大卫的话说：『你的子孙若谨慎自己的行为，在我面前行事像你所行的一样，就不断人坐以色列的国位。』现在求你应验这话。

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

26 以色列的 神啊，求你成就向你仆人—我父大卫所应许的话。

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 「 神果真住在地上吗？看哪，天和天上的天尚且不足你居住的，何况我所建的这殿呢？

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 惟求耶和华—我的 神垂顾仆人的祷告祈求，俯听仆人今日在你面前的祈祷呼吁。

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，就是你应许立为你名的居所；求你垂听仆人向此处祷告的话。

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 你仆人和你民以色列向此处祈祷的时候，求你在天上你的居所垂听，垂听而赦免。

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 「人若得罪邻舍，有人叫他起誓，他来到这殿在你的坛前起誓，

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 求你在天上垂听，判断你的仆人：定恶人有罪，照他所行的报应在他头上；定义人有理，照他的义赏赐他。

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 「你的民以色列若得罪你，败在仇敌面前，又归向你，承认你的名，在这殿里祈求祷告，

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 求你在天上垂听，赦免你民以色列的罪，使他们归回你赐给他们列祖之地。

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 「你的民因得罪你，你惩罚他们，使天闭塞不下雨；他们若向此处祷告，承认你的名，离开他们的罪，

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，赦免你仆人以色列民的罪，将当行的善道指教他们，且降雨在你的地，就是你赐给你民为业之地。

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 「国中若有饥荒、瘟疫、旱风、霉烂、蝗虫、蚂蚱，或有仇敌犯境围困城邑，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 你的民以色列，或是众人，或是一人，自觉有罪 ，向这殿举手，无论祈求什么，祷告什么，

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 求你在天上你的居所垂听赦免。你是知道人心的，要照各人所行的待他们（惟有你知道世人的心），

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

40 使他们在你赐给我们列祖之地上一生一世敬畏你。

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 「论到不属你民以色列的外邦人，为你名从远方而来，

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

42 （他们听人论说你的大名和大能的手，并伸出来的膀臂）向这殿祷告，

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 求你在天上你的居所垂听，照着外邦人所祈求的而行，使天下万民都认识你的名，敬畏你像你的民以色列一样；又使他们知道我建造的这殿是称为你名下的。

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 「你的民若奉你的差遣，无论往何处去与仇敌争战，向耶和华所选择的城与我为你名所建造的殿祷告，

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

45 求你在天上垂听他们的祷告祈求，使他们得胜。

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 「你的民若得罪你（世上没有不犯罪的人），你向他们发怒，将他们交给仇敌掳到仇敌之地，或远或近，

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 他们若在掳到之地想起罪来，回心转意，恳求你说：『我们有罪了，我们悖逆了，我们作恶了』；

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 他们若在掳到之地尽心尽性归服你，又向自己的地，就是你赐给他们列祖之地和你所选择的城，并我为你名所建造的殿祷告，

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

49 求你在天上你的居所垂听他们的祷告祈求，为他们伸冤；

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 饶恕得罪你的民，赦免他们的一切过犯，使他们在掳他们的人面前蒙怜恤。

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，是你从埃及领出来脱离铁炉的。

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 愿你的眼目看顾仆人，听你民以色列的祈求，无论何时向你祈求，愿你垂听。

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，你将他们从地上的万民中分别出来作你的产业，是照你领我们列祖出埃及的时候，借你仆人摩西所应许的话。」

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 所罗门在耶和华的坛前屈膝跪着，向天举手，在耶和华面前祷告祈求已毕，就起来，

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

55 站着，大声为以色列全会众祝福，说：

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 「耶和华是应当称颂的！因为他照着一切所应许的赐平安给他的民以色列人，凡借他仆人摩西应许赐福的话，一句都没有落空。

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

57 愿耶和华—我们的 神与我们同在，像与我们列祖同在一样，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 使我们的心归向他，遵行他的道，谨守他吩咐我们列祖的诫命、律例、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 我在耶和华面前祈求的这些话，愿耶和华—我们的 神昼夜垂念，每日为他仆人与他民以色列伸冤，

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

60 使地上的万民都知道惟独耶和华是 神，并无别神。

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 所以你们当向耶和华—我们的 神存诚实的心，遵行他的律例，谨守他的诫命，至终如今日一样。」

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

62 王和以色列众民一同在耶和华面前献祭。

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 所罗门向耶和华献平安祭，用牛二万二千，羊十二万。这样，王和以色列众民为耶和华的殿行奉献之礼。

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 当日，王因耶和华殿前的铜坛太小，容不下燔祭、素祭，和平安祭牲的脂油，便将耶和华殿前院子当中分别为圣，在那里献燔祭、素祭，和平安祭牲的脂油。

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 那时，所罗门和以色列众人，就是从哈马口直到埃及小河所有的以色列人，都聚集成为大会，在耶和华—我们的 神面前守节七日又七日，共十四日。

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 第八日，王遣散众民；他们都为王祝福。因见耶和华向他仆人大卫和他民以色列所施的一切恩惠，就都心中喜乐，各归各家去了。