2 Chronicles 2
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1Now Solomon decided to build a house for the LORD’s name, and a house for his kingdom.
1所羅門 定意要為耶和華的名建造殿宇，又為自己的國建造宮室。
2Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand men who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
2所羅門 就挑選七萬扛抬的，八萬在山上鑿石頭的，三千六百督工的。
3Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build him a house in which to dwell, so deal with me.
3所羅門 差人去見 泰爾 王 希蘭 ，說：「你曾運香柏木與我父 大衛 建宮居住， 求你也這樣待我 。
4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
4我要為耶和華－我上帝的名建造殿宇，分別為聖獻給他，在他面前焚燒美香，常擺陳設餅，每早晚、安息日、月朔，並耶和華－我們上帝所定的節期獻燔祭。這是 以色列 人永遠的 定例 。
5“The house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
5我所要建造的殿宇甚大；因為我們的上帝至大，超乎諸神。
6But who is able to build him a house, since heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?
6天和天上的天，尚且不足他居住的，誰能為他建造殿宇呢？我是誰？能為他建造殿宇嗎？不過在他面前燒香而已。
7“Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
7現在求你差一個巧匠來，就是善用金、銀、銅、鐵，和紫色、朱紅色、藍色 線 ，並精於雕刻之工的巧匠，與我父 大衛 在 猶大 和 耶路撒冷 所預備的巧匠一同做工；
8“Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,
8又求你從 黎巴嫩 運些香柏木、松木、檀香木到我這裏來，因我知道你的僕人善於砍伐 黎巴嫩 的樹木。我的僕人也必與你的僕人同工。
9even to prepare timber in abundance for me; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
9這樣，可以給我預備許多的木料，因我要建造的殿宇高大出奇。
10Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
10你的僕人砍伐樹木，我必給他們打好了的小麥二萬歌珥，大麥二萬歌珥，酒二萬罷特，油二萬罷特。」
11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, “Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you king over them.”
11泰爾 王 希蘭 寫信回答 所羅門 說：「耶和華因為愛他的子民，所以立你作他們的王」；
12Huram continued, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for the LORD and a house for his kingdom.
12又說：「創造天地的耶和華－ 以色列 的上帝是應當稱頌的！他賜給 大衛 王一個有智慧的兒子，使他有謀略聰明，可以為耶和華建造殿宇，又為自己的國建造宮室。
13Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, Huram-abi,
13「現在我打發一個精巧有聰明的人去，他是我父親 希蘭 所用的，
14the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre. He is skillful to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, in timber, in purple, in blue, in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
14是 但 支派 一個婦人的兒子。他父親是 泰爾 人，他善用金、銀、銅、鐵、石、木，和紫色、藍色、朱紅色 線 與細麻製造各物，並精於雕刻，又能想出各樣的巧工。請你派定這人，與你的巧匠和你父－我主 大衛 的巧匠一同做工。
15“Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants;
15我主所說的小麥、大麥、酒、油，願我主運來給眾僕人。
16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
16我們必照你所需用的，從 黎巴嫩 砍伐樹木，紮成筏子，浮海運到 約帕 ；你可以從那裏運到 耶路撒冷 。」
17Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had counted them; and they found one hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
17所羅門 仿照他父 大衛 數點住在 以色列 地所有寄居的外邦人，共有十五萬三千六百名；
18He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.
18使七萬人扛抬材料，八萬人在山上鑿石頭，三千六百人督理工作。
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