列王纪上:Chapter 5

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列王纪上:Chapter 5

列王纪(上)	1 Kings
¹由大河直至培肋舍特人地和埃及边界诸王国，都在撒罗满统治之下；撒罗满一生岁月中，这些王国都向他进贡，表示臣服。	¹Now, Hiram King of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in place of his father. For David had always been Hiram's friend.
²撒罗满每月所用的食品：细面十「苛尔」，粗面六十「苛尔」；	²Solomon then sent this message to Hiram,
³肥牛十只，牧放的牛二十只，羊一百只；此外还有鹿、羚羊、麅子和肥禽。	³"You know that David my father could not build a temple for Yahweh his God because his enemies were at war with him until the time when Yahweh gave him victory over them.
⁴因为他统治大河西岸全境，从提斐撒到迦萨，大河西岸诸王都属他权下，於是四邻边境都相安无事。	⁴But now Yahweh my God has given me peace on all sides and there is no enemy or calamity that afflicts us.
⁵撒罗满一生岁月中，从丹到贝尔舍巴的犹大和以色列人，都各安居在自己的葡萄树和无花果树下。	⁵And so I intend to build a temple for Yahweh my God as Yahweh told David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set upon your throne, shall build the House for my Name.
⁶撒罗满有四千厩套车的马，并有一万二千匹坐骑。	⁶Now, therefore, give orders to have cedars of Lebanon cut for me. My servants will join yours and I will pay your servants the wages you set, for you know that none of us can cut timber like the Sidonians."
⁷那些太守每人各按自己的月份，供应撒罗满王和所有赴撒罗满王宴席的人，而一无所缺。	⁷When Hiram heard the answer of Solomon, he was exceedingly glad and said, "Blessed be Yahweh this day who has given David a wise son to rule over this great people."
⁸每人各按所受的命令，将饲养战马及骏马的大麦和草料，送到所指定的地方。	⁸Then Hiram sent a messenger to Solomon with these words, "I have heard the message you sent me and I am ready to do whatever you want concerning the cedar and cypress timber.
⁹天主赐给了撒罗满绝大的智慧和聪明，心胸宽大，有如海边的沙滩。	⁹My servants shall have it sent down to the sea from Lebanon. I will make it into rafts and deliver them by sea to the place you choose. I will have the rafts broken up there and you can take the timber away. You, for your part, will provide food for my household."
¹⁰撒罗满的智慧超过所有东方人和埃及人的一切智慧。	¹⁰So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the cedar and cypress timber that he wanted,
¹¹他比所有的人更有智慧：比则辣黑人厄堂，比玛曷耳的儿子赫曼、加耳苛耳和达尔达都更有智慧；他的声誉传遍周围列国。	¹¹while Solomon gave Hiram every year twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty thousand cors of pure oil.
¹²他说过三千句箴言，作的诗歌有一千五百首。	¹²Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon as he had promised him, and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon who bound themselves by a treaty.
¹³他讲论过草木，从黎巴嫩山上长的香柏，到墙上寄生的牛膝草；也讲论过走兽和飞禽，爬虫和鱼类。	¹³King Solomon conscripted thirty thousand men from all Israel for forced labor.
¹⁴为此，万民和各国的君王，凡听说撒罗满智慧的，都来听他的智慧。	¹⁴He sent them to Lebanon in relays of ten thousand a month, so that they would be in Lebanon for a month and at home for two months. Adoniram was in charge of the draft of laborers.
¹⁵提洛王希兰听说撒罗满受傅继父为王，就派自己的仆人去见撒罗满，因为希兰一生常是达味的好友。	¹⁵Solomon had seventy thousand carriers and eighty thousand stone cutters in the hill country,
¹⁶撒罗满也派人去见希兰说：	¹⁶in addition to three thousand three hundred overseers in charge of the people engaged in the work.
¹⁷「你知道我父亲达味因了四周的战争，在上主没有将敌人置于他脚下以前，不能为上主他的天主的名建造殿宇。	¹⁷By order of the king, they quarried large and expensive stones to give the temple a foundation of hewn stones.
¹⁸但是现在，上主我的天主使我四周泰平，没有仇敌，也没有灾祸。	¹⁸Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders, along with the Gebalites did the hewing and prepared both timber and stone to build the temple.
¹⁹所以我决意要为上主我天主的名建造殿宇，一如上主对我父亲曾说过：你的儿子，即我使他继你坐你宝座的那一位，要为我的名建造殿宇。	¹⁹
²⁰所以现在，请你吩咐人从黎巴嫩给我砍伐香柏木，我的仆人会与你的仆人一起工作，我必照你所说定的，把你仆人的工资全交给你，因为你知道在我们中间，没有像漆冬人那样善于砍伐树木的。」	²⁰
²¹希兰听了撒罗满的话，非常高兴说：「上主今日应受赞美，因为他赐给了达味一个有智慧的儿子，统治这个强大的民族。」	²¹
²²希兰遂派人去见撒罗满说：「你派人来向我说的话，我都听到了；至於香柏木和柏木，我必全照你的心愿去做。	²²
²³我仆人把这些木料从黎巴嫩运下海中，编成木筏，由海上转运到你给我指定的地方，我在那里拆开，你在那里接收；但是，你也要成全我的心愿，拿食粮来供应我的宫廷。」	²³
²⁴希兰於是全照撒罗满的要求，供给他香柏木和柏木，	²⁴
²⁵撒罗满则供给希兰麦子两万「苛尔」，纯油二十「苛尔」，作为他宫廷的食粮。撒罗满年年这样供应希兰。	²⁵
²⁶上主依照所许的，赐给了撒罗满智慧；希兰与撒罗满之间，彼此和好，二人相互订立了盟约。	²⁶
²⁷撒罗满王由全以色列中，征人服役，共徵调了三万；	²⁷
²⁸每月轮流派一万人上黎巴嫩山：一个月在黎巴嫩山，两个月留在家中；由阿多兰监督劳工。	²⁸
²⁹撒罗满有七万搬运重物的工人，有八万在山上工作的石匠；	²⁹
³⁰此外，还有三千三百监管工作的头目，指挥人民工作。	³⁰
³¹君王吩咐人开采巨大和贵重的石头，以凿好的石头建筑殿宇的基础。	³¹
³²撒罗满和希兰的工人，以及革巴耳人都开凿石头，预备木料和石头，建造殿宇。	³²

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