2 Chronicles 2

1 Then Solomon gave word to build a house for the Name of Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

撒羅滿決定為上主的名建造聖殿，為自己修築王宮。

2 And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to hew in the mountain, —and, to oversee them, three thousand six hundred.

撒羅滿點派了七萬人作運夫，八萬人在山上鑿石，三千六百人作監工。

3 And Solomon sent unto Huram king of Tyre, saying, —As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell in,

撒羅滿遣使向提洛王希蘭說：「有如你怎樣對待了我父達味，給他運來了香柏木，建造他居住的宮殿，也請你如此對待我。

4 lo! I, am about to build a house for the Name of Yahweh my God, to hallow unto him—to burn before him sweet incense, and for a continual setting in array, and to offer ascending-sacrifices morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God, -age-abiding, is this [law] for Israel.

我現今要為上主我的天主的名，建造一座聖殿，奉獻給他，在他面前焚燒芬芳的香料，永遠獻上供餅，每日早晚、安息日、月朔，以及上主我們天主的節日，奉獻全燔祭：這為以色列人是永久的事。

5 And, the house which I am about to build, [must be] great, —for great is our God, above all gods.

我建造的殿宇必須廣大，因為我們的天父大於諸神。

6 But who is able to build unto him a house? for, the heavens, even the heaven of heavens, cannot contain him, —who then am, I, that I should build unto him a house, though only to burn incense before him?

然而，誰有能力為他建造一座殿宇﹖天與諸天之天，尚容不下他。我是誰，竟能為他建造殿宇﹖不過只是為在他面前焚香罷了!

7 Now, therefore, send me a wise man, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and skilful to execute gravings, —with the wise men who are with me, in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David did provide.

現在，請你給我派一位技師來，他要精於金、銀、銅、鐵，以及紫紅、朱紅、藍線等工作；並且還應會各種雕刻，好與我父親達味在猶大和耶路撒冷所準備的技術人員一同工作。

8 And send me—timbers of cedar, cypress and sandal-wood, out of the Lebanon, for, I, know that, thy servants, are skilful, to cut the timbers of Lebanon, —and lo! my servants shall be with thy servants:

請你由黎巴嫩給我運香柏、松柏和檀香木來，因為我知道你的僕人善於砍伐黎巴嫩的木材；我的僕人將與你的僕人一同工作。

9 yea to prepare me timbers in abundance, —for, the house which I am about to build, [must be] great and most wonderful.

他們要為我大量預備木材，因為我要建造的殿宇極其廣大。

10 And lo! for the hewers that cut the timbers, have I given wheat as food for thy servants, twenty thousand measures, and barley, twenty thousand measures, and wine, twenty thousand baths, and oil, twenty thousand baths.

至於你那些伐木砍樹的僕人，我必供給他們食糧，小麥二萬「苛爾，」大麥二萬「苛爾，」酒兩萬「巴特，」油兩萬「巴特。」[提洛王應允合作]

11 Then answered Huram king of Tyre, in writing, which he sent unto Solomon, —Because Yahweh hath loved his people, hath he set thee over them as king.

提洛王希蘭回信給撒羅滿說：「上主由於愛慕自己的百姓，所以立你作了他們的君王。」

12 And Huram said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, —who hath given, unto David the king, a wise son, skilled in prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

希蘭又說：「創造天地的上主以色列的天主應受讚美! 因為他賜給了達味王一個智慧的兒子，聰明機敏，可為上主建造殿宇，為自己修築無宮。

13 Now, therefore, have I sent a wise man, skilled in understanding, pertaining to Huram my father:

我現在打發一個具有智慧和才學的人去，他名叫胡蘭阿彼，

14 son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, whose father was a man of Tyre, skilled to work in gold and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stones and in timber, in purple, in blue and in fine white linen, and in crimson, and to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any manner of device that may be given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father.

是一丹支派女人的兒子，他父親是提洛人，他精於金、銀、銅、鐵、石、木紫色、紅色、藍色、細麻，以及朱紅線各種工作，善於各種雕刻，又能設計各種托於他的技工。這人可與你的技師和你父親我主達味的技師，一同工作。

15 Now, therefore, the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, whereof my lord hath spoken, let him send unto his servants;

我主談及的小麥、大麥、油和酒，請即運來分配給僕人。

16 and, we, will cut down timbers out of the Lebanon, according to all thy need, and will bring them unto thee in floats, upon the sea to Joppa, —and, thou, shalt fetch them up to Jerusalem.

我們必照你所需要的，在黎巴嫩砍伐樹木，編成木筏，由海上運到約培；以後你運到耶路撒冷。選派工匠

17 So Solomon numbered all the men that were sojourners, who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering, wherewith David his father had numbered them, —and they were found to be—a hundred and fifty-three thousand and six hundred.

撒羅滿按照他父親達味所統計過的數目，又統計了住在以色列境內的一切外方人，共計十五萬三千六百人，

18 And he made up from among them—seventy thousand, to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to hew in the mountain, —and three thousand and six hundred, as overseers, to keep the people at work.

委派其中的七萬人作運夫，八萬人在山上鑿石，安千六百人作監工，督促人民工作。