历代志下 6
1 那时，所罗门说： 耶和华曾说他必住在幽暗之处。
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would live in thick darkness,
2 但我已经建造殿宇作你的居所， 为你永远的住处。
but I have built you a lofty residence, a place for you to live in forever.”
3 王转脸为以色列会众祝福，以色列会众就都站立。
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
4 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。
He said, “May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised, who spoke to David my father, and has fulfilled it with his own hands, saying,
5 他说：‘自从我领我民出埃及地以来，我未曾在以色列众支派中选择一城建造殿宇为我名的居所，也未曾拣选一人作我民以色列的君；
'Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, in order for my name to be there. Neither did I choose any man to be prince over my people Israel.
6 但选择耶路撒冷为我名的居所，又拣选大卫治理我民以色列。’”
However, I have chosen Jerusalem, so that my name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
7 所罗门说：“我父大卫曾立意要为耶和华—以色列 神的名建殿，
Now it was in the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
8 耶和华却对我父大卫说：‘你立意要为我的名建殿，这意思甚好；
But Yahweh said to David my father, 'In that it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well for it to be in your heart.
9 只是你不可建殿，惟你所生的儿子必为我名建殿。’
Nevertheless, you must not build the house; instead, your son, one who will come from your loins, will build the house for my name.'
10 “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，是照耶和华所说的，又为耶和华—以色列 神的名建造了殿。
Yahweh has carried out the word that he had said, for I have arisen in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
11 我将约柜安置在其中，柜内有耶和华的约，就是他与以色列人所立的约。”
I have placed the ark there, in which is Yahweh's covenant, which he made with the people of Israel.”
12 所罗门当着以色列会众，站在耶和华的坛前，举起手来，
Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands.
13 （所罗门曾造一个铜台，长五肘，宽五肘，高三肘，放在院中）就站在台上，当着以色列的会众跪下，向天举手，
For he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. He had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it and knelt down before all the assembly of Israel, and then he spread out his hands toward the heavens.
14 说：“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；
He said, “Yahweh, God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heavens or on the earth, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
15 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。
you who have kept with your servant David my father, what you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
16 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，遵守我的律法，像你在我面前所行的一样，就不断人坐以色列的国位。’现在求你应验这话。
Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, carry out what you have promised to your servant David my father, when you said, 'You will not fail to have a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful to walk in my law, as you have walked before me.'
17 耶和华—以色列的 神啊，求你成就向你仆人大卫所应许的话。
Now then, Yahweh, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.
18 “神果真与世人同住在地上吗？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？
But will God actually live with mankind on the earth? Look, the entire universe and heaven itself cannot contain you—how much less can this temple that I have built!
19 惟求耶和华—我的 神垂顾仆人的祷告祈求，俯听仆人在你面前的祈祷呼吁。
Yet please respect this prayer of your servant and his request, Yahweh my God; listen to the cry and prayer that your servant prays before you.
20 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。
May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, the place where you promised to put your name. May you listen to the prayer your servant prays toward this place.
21 你仆人和你民以色列向此处祈祷的时候，求你从天上你的居所垂听，垂听而赦免。
So listen to the requests of your servant and of your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, listen from the place where you live, from the heavens; and when you listen, forgive.
22 “人若得罪邻舍，有人叫他起誓，他来到这殿，在你的坛前起誓，
If a man sins against his neighbor and is required to swear an oath, and if he comes and swears an oath before your altar in this house,
23 求你从天上垂听，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。
listen from the heavens and act. Judge your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing what he has done upon his own head. Declare the innocent not guilty and give to him according to his righteousness.
24 “你的民以色列若得罪你，败在仇敌面前，又回心转意承认你的名，在这殿里向你祈求祷告，
When your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, if they turn back to you, confess your name, pray, and request forgiveness before you in this temple—
25 求你从天上垂听，赦免你民以色列的罪，使他们归回你赐给他们和他们列祖之地。
then please listen from the heavens and forgive the sin of your people Israel; bring them back to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors.
26 “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，
When the skies are shut up and there is no rain because the people have sinned against you—if they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin when you have afflicted them—
27 求你在天上垂听，赦免你仆人和你民以色列的罪，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。
then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel, when you direct them to the good way in which they should walk. Send rain on your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
28 “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，
Suppose there is famine in the land, or suppose that there is disease, blight or mildew, locusts or caterpillars; or suppose that its enemies attack the city gates in their land, or that there is any plague or sickness—
29 你的民以色列，或是众人，或是一人，自觉灾祸甚苦，向这殿举手，无论祈求什么，祷告什么，
and suppose then that prayers and requests are made by a person or by all your people Israel—each knowing the plague and sorrow in his own heart as he spreads out his hands toward this temple.
30 求你从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），
Then listen from heaven, the place where you live; forgive, and reward every person for all his ways; you know his heart, because you and you only know the hearts of human beings.
31 使他们在你赐给我们列祖之地上一生一世敬畏你，遵行你的道。
Do this so that they may fear you, so that they may walk in your ways all the days that they live on the land that you gave to our ancestors.
32 “论到不属你民以色列的外邦人，为你的大名和大能的手，并伸出来的膀臂，从远方而来，向这殿祷告，
As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel, but who—because of your great name, your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm—comes and prays toward this house,
33 求你从天上你的居所垂听，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。
then please listen from heaven, the place where you live, and do all that the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and that they might know that this house I have built is called by your name.
34 “你的民若奉你的差遣，无论往何处去与仇敌争战，向你所选择的城与我为你名所建造的殿祷告，
Suppose that your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you may send them, and suppose that they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name.
35 求你从天上垂听他们的祷告祈求，使他们得胜。
Then listen from the heavens to their prayer, their request, and help their cause.
36 “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或远或近之地；
Suppose they sin against you—since there is no one who does not sin—and suppose that you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that the enemy carries them away and takes them as captives to their land, whether distant or near.
37 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’；
Then suppose they realize they are in the land where they have been exiled, and suppose that they repent and seek favor from you in the land of their captivity. Suppose that they say, 'We have acted perversely and sinned. We have behaved wickedly.'
38 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，
Suppose that they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they took them as captives, and suppose that they pray toward their land, which you gave to their ancestors, and toward the city that you chose, and toward the house that I have built for your name.
39 求你从天上你的居所垂听你民的祷告祈求，为他们伸冤，赦免他们的过犯。
Then listen from the heavens, the place where you live, to their prayer and to their requests, and help their cause. Forgive your people, who have sinned against you.
40 “我的 神啊，现在求你睁眼看，侧耳听在此处所献的祷告。
Now, my God, I beg you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
41 耶和华 神啊，求你起来， 和你有能力的约柜同入安息之所。 耶和华 神啊，愿你的祭司披上救恩； 愿你的圣民蒙福欢乐。
Now then arise, Yahweh God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.
42 耶和华 神啊，求你不要厌弃你的受膏者， 要记念向你仆人大卫所施的慈爱。”
Yahweh God, do not turn the face of your anointed away from you. Keep in mind your acts of covenant loyalty for David, your servant.”
