2 Chronicles 8

1 Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own palace,

1 所羅門建造耶和華殿和王宮，二十年才完畢了。

2 Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.

2 以後所羅門重新修築希蘭送給他的那些城邑，使以色列人住在那裏。

3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

3 所羅門往哈馬瑣巴去，攻取了那地方。

4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness, in addition to all the store cities that he had built in Hamath.

4 所羅門建造曠野裏的達莫，又建造哈馬所有的積貨城，

5 He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

5 又建造上伯‧和崙、下伯‧和崙作為保障，都有牆，有門，有閂；

6 as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.

6 又建造巴拉和所有的積貨城，並屯車輛馬兵的城，與耶路撒冷、黎巴嫩，以及自己治理的全國中所願意建造的。

7 As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)—

7 至於國中所剩下不屬以色列人的赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，

8 their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

8 就是以色列人未曾滅絕的，所羅門挑取他們的後裔作服苦的奴僕，直到今日。

9 But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

9 惟有以色列人，所羅門不使他們當奴僕做工，乃是作他的戰士、軍長的統領、車兵長、馬兵長。

10 They were also the chief officers for King Solomon: 250 supervisors.

10 所羅門王有二百五十督工的，監管工人。

11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

11 所羅門將法老的女兒帶出大衛城，上到為她建造的宮裏；因所羅門說：「耶和華約櫃所到之處都為聖地，所以我的妻不可住在以色列王大衛的宮裏。」

12 At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.

12 所羅門在耶和華的壇上，就是在廊子前他所築的壇上，與耶和華獻燔祭；

13 He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

13 又遵着摩西的吩咐在安息日、月朔，並一年三節，就是除酵節、七七節、住棚節，獻每日所當獻的祭。

14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

14 所羅門照着他父大衛所定的例，派定祭司的班次，使他們各供己事，又使利未人各盡其職，讚美耶和華，在祭司面前做每日所當做的；又派守門的按着班次看守各門，因為神人大衛是這樣吩咐的。

15 They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

15 王所吩咐眾祭司和利未人的，無論是管府庫或辦別的事，他們都不違背。

16 Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

16 所羅門建造耶和華的殿，從立根基直到成功的日子，工料俱備。這樣，耶和華的殿全然完畢。

17 Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.

17 那時，所羅門往以東地靠海的以旬‧迦別和以祿去。

18 So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

18 希蘭差遣他的臣僕，將船隻和熟悉泛海的僕人送到所羅門那裏。他們同着所羅門的僕人到了俄斐，得了四百五十他連得金子，運到所羅門王那裏。