2 Chronicles 6

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

1 那时，所罗门说： “耶和华啊， 你曾说你要住在密云中，

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

2 现在我为你建造了雄伟的殿宇， 作你永远的居所。”

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

3 然后，王转身为站立在那里的以色列全体会众祝福。

4 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,

4 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！

5 ‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land 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, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.

5 祂曾说，‘自从我带我的子民出埃及以来，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，也没有选立一人做我以色列子民的君王。

6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

6 但如今，我拣选了耶路撒冷作为我名所在之地，又拣选了大卫来治理我的以色列子民。’”

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

7 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，

8 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.

8 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，

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

9 但你不可建，要由你的亲生儿子为我的名建殿。’

10 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.

10 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。

11 And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”

11 我把约柜安放在里面，约柜里有耶和华与以色列人所立的约。”

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

12 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。

13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

13 他曾造一个长两米二，宽两米二，高一米半的铜台，放在院子中间。他站在台上，当着以色列会众的面双膝跪下，向天伸出双手，

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

14 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。

15 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.

15 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。

16 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 in My law as you have walked before Me.’

16 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，遵行我的律法，你的王朝就不会中断。’求你信守这应许。

17 And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.

17 以色列的上帝耶和华啊，求你实现你对你仆人大卫的应许。

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

18 “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？

19 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.

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

20 May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

20 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。

21 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.

21 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。

22 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,

22 “如果有人得罪邻舍，被叫到这殿中，在你的坛前起誓，

23 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.

23 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。

24 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 before You in this temple,

24 “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，在这殿里向你祈祷，

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

25 求你从天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，带领他们回到你赐给他们和他们祖先的土地上。

26 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,

26 “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，

27 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.

27 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。

28 When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

28 “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，

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

29 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，

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

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

31 so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

31 使你的子民在你赐给我们祖先的土地上终生敬畏你，遵行你的道。

32 And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

32 “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，

33 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.

33 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。

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

34 “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，

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

35 求你从天上垂听他们的祈祷，为他们伸张正义。

36 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 a land far or near,

36 “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，

37 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,’

37 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；

38 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 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,

38 若他们全心全意地归向你，在被掳之地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，

39 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

39 求你从天上的居所垂听他们的祈祷，为他们伸张正义，赦免得罪你的子民。

40 Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

40 “我的上帝啊， 求你睁眼看、侧耳听在这殿里献上的祷告。

41 Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

41 耶和华上帝啊， 求你起来和你大能的约柜一同进入你的安息之所！ 耶和华上帝啊， 愿你的祭司披上救恩， 愿你忠心的子民蒙福欢乐！

42 O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

42 耶和华上帝啊， 求你不要弃绝你所膏立的人， 顾念你曾应许以慈爱待你的仆人大卫。”