2 Chronicles 7

1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

1 所罗门祷告完毕，就有火从天上降下，烧尽了燔祭和其他祭物。殿里充满了耶和华的荣光，

2 The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

2 以致祭司不能进耶和华的殿。

3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

3 全体以色列人看见有火降下，又看见耶和华的荣光停在殿上，便俯伏在铺石地上敬拜，称谢耶和华说： “耶和华是美善的， 祂的慈爱永远长存。”

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

4 所罗门王和全体民众一同向耶和华献祭。

5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

5 所罗门王献上两万二千头牛和十二万只羊，王和全体民众为上帝的殿举行奉献典礼。

6 The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

6 祭司在自己的岗位上侍立，利未人奏着大卫王为颂赞耶和华而为他们制造的乐器，歌颂说：“祂的慈爱永远长存。”他们对面的祭司也吹响号角，全体以色列人都肃立。

7 Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.

7 因所造的铜坛太小，容不下燔祭、素祭和脂肪，所罗门就把耶和华殿前院子中间分别出来作圣洁之地，在那里献上燔祭和平安祭祭牲的脂肪。

8 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.

8 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，一起守节期七天。

9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

9 第八天举行庄严的聚会，又举行七天献坛礼。之后，他们又欢庆七天。

10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

10 七月二十三日，所罗门王让民众各回本乡。他们看见耶和华向大卫、所罗门和祂的以色列子民所施的恩惠，就满心欢喜地回家去了。

11 When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,

11 所罗门建完了耶和华的殿和他自己的王宫，他按计划完成了耶和华殿里和他自己宫里的一切工作。

12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

12 耶和华在夜间向所罗门显现，对他说：“我听了你的祷告，也已选择这殿作为给我献祭的地方。

13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,

13 若我使天不下雨，使蝗虫吞吃地上的出产，或叫瘟疫在我民中流行，

14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

14 而这些被称为我名下的子民若谦卑下来，祈祷、寻求我的面，离开恶道，我必从天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，医治他们的土地。

15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

15 现在，我会睁眼看、留心听在这殿里献上的祷告。

16 For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

16 我已选择这殿，使之圣洁，让我的名永在其中，我必一直眷顾和心系这殿。

17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

17 如果你像你父亲大卫一样事奉我，遵行我的一切吩咐，谨守我的律例和典章，

18 then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

18 我必使你的王位稳固，正如我曾与你父亲大卫立约，说，‘你的子孙必永远统治以色列。’

19 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

19 “然而，如果你们背弃我指示你们的律例和诫命，去供奉、祭拜其他神明，

20 then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

20 我必把你们从我赐给你们的土地上铲除，并离弃我为自己的名而使之圣洁的这殿，使它在万民中成为笑柄、被人嘲讽。

21 And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

21 这殿虽然宏伟，但将来经过的人必惊讶地问，‘耶和华为什么这样对待这地方和这殿呢？’

22 And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”

22 人们会回答，‘因为他们背弃曾领他们祖先离开埃及的他们的上帝耶和华，去追随、祭拜、供奉其他神明，所以耶和华把这一切灾祸降在他们身上。’”