列王紀上

第5章

1 推羅王希蘭,平素愛大衛;他聽見以色列人膏所羅門,接續他父親作王,就差遣臣僕來見他。

2 所羅門也差遣人去見希蘭,說:

3 「你知道我父親大衛因四圍的爭戰,不能為耶和華─他神的名建殿,直等到耶和華使仇敵都服在他腳下。

4 [But]現在耶和華─我的神使我四圍得安靖[rest]因此[so that there is]沒有仇敵,沒有災禍。

5 看哪[behold],我定意要為耶和華─我神的名建殿,是照耶和華應許我父親大衛的話說:『我必使你兒子接續你坐你的位,他必為我的名建殿。』

6 所以求你吩咐你的僕人在黎巴嫩為我砍伐香柏木;我的僕人也必與你的僕人同工[with thy servants]。我必[all]照你所定的,給你僕人的工價。因為你知道,在我們中間沒有人像西頓人善於砍伐樹木。」

7 希蘭聽見所羅門的話,就甚喜悅,說:「今日應當稱頌耶和華;因他賜給大衛一個有智慧的兒子,治理這眾多的民。」

8 希蘭打發人去見所羅門,說:「你差遣人向我所提的那事,我都想過[considered]了;論到香柏木和松木,我必照你的心願而行。

9 我的僕人必將這木料從黎巴嫩運到海裏,紮成筏子,浮海運到你所指定我的地方,在那裏拆開,你就可以收取;你也要成全我的心願,將食物給我的家。」

10 於是希蘭照著所羅門所要的,給他香柏木和松木;

11 所羅門給希蘭麥子二萬歌珥,[pure]油二十歌珥,作他家的食物。所羅門每年都是這樣給希蘭。

12 耶和華照著所應許的賜智慧給所羅門。希蘭與所羅門和好,彼此立約。

13 所羅門王從以色列眾人[all]中挑取服苦的人共有三萬。

14 派他們輪流每月一萬人上黎巴嫩去;一個月在黎巴嫩,兩個月在家裏。亞多尼蘭掌管他們。

15 所羅門用七萬扛抬的,八萬在山上鑿石頭的。

16 此外,所羅門用三千三百督工的,監管工人。

17 王下令,人就鑿出又大又寶貴的石頭來,用以立殿的根基。

18 所羅門的匠人和希蘭的匠人,並切割石頭的人[stonesquarers],都將石頭鑿好,預備木料和石頭建殿。

1 Kings

Chapter 5

1 AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram was always a lover of David.

2 And Hiram sent to Solomon and blessed him. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

3 You know how David my father could not build a house to the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

4 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.

5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house to the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set upon your throne in your place, shall build a house to my name.

6 Now therefore command that they cut for me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you shall ask; for you know that there is no one among us who has the skill to cut timber like the Zidonians.

7 And when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.

8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the things for which you have sent to me; and I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar and timber of fir.

9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will convey them by sea in floats to the place that you shall appoint me, and I will cause them to be discharged there, and you shall receive them from there; and you shall also accomplish my desire in giving food for my household.

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to his desire.

11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household and twenty thousand measures of pure oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon always, and they two made a league together.

13 And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by turns; a month they were in Lebanon and two months at home; and Adoniram was in charge of the levy.

15 And Solomon had seventy thousand men who bore burdens and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain,

16 Besides the chiefs of Solomon's officers who were set over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who were in charge of the people doing the work.

17 And the king commanded and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones to complete the house.

18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stonemasons did hew them; so they prepared stones and timber for the building of the house.

列王紀上

第5章

1 Kings

Chapter 5

1 推羅王希蘭,平素愛大衛;他聽見以色列人膏所羅門,接續他父親作王,就差遣臣僕來見他。

1 AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram was always a lover of David.

2 所羅門也差遣人去見希蘭,說:

2 And Hiram sent to Solomon and blessed him. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

3 「你知道我父親大衛因四圍的爭戰,不能為耶和華─他神的名建殿,直等到耶和華使仇敵都服在他腳下。

3 You know how David my father could not build a house to the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.

4 [But]現在耶和華─我的神使我四圍得安靖[rest]因此[so that there is]沒有仇敵,沒有災禍。

4 But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.

5 看哪[behold],我定意要為耶和華─我神的名建殿,是照耶和華應許我父親大衛的話說:『我必使你兒子接續你坐你的位,他必為我的名建殿。』

5 And, behold, I purpose to build a house to the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set upon your throne in your place, shall build a house to my name.

6 所以求你吩咐你的僕人在黎巴嫩為我砍伐香柏木;我的僕人也必與你的僕人同工[with thy servants]。我必[all]照你所定的,給你僕人的工價。因為你知道,在我們中間沒有人像西頓人善於砍伐樹木。」

6 Now therefore command that they cut for me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you shall ask; for you know that there is no one among us who has the skill to cut timber like the Zidonians.

7 希蘭聽見所羅門的話,就甚喜悅,說:「今日應當稱頌耶和華;因他賜給大衛一個有智慧的兒子,治理這眾多的民。」

7 And when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.

8 希蘭打發人去見所羅門,說:「你差遣人向我所提的那事,我都想過[considered]了;論到香柏木和松木,我必照你的心願而行。

8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the things for which you have sent to me; and I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar and timber of fir.

9 我的僕人必將這木料從黎巴嫩運到海裏,紮成筏子,浮海運到你所指定我的地方,在那裏拆開,你就可以收取;你也要成全我的心願,將食物給我的家。」

9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will convey them by sea in floats to the place that you shall appoint me, and I will cause them to be discharged there, and you shall receive them from there; and you shall also accomplish my desire in giving food for my household.

10 於是希蘭照著所羅門所要的,給他香柏木和松木;

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to his desire.

11 所羅門給希蘭麥子二萬歌珥,[pure]油二十歌珥,作他家的食物。所羅門每年都是這樣給希蘭。

11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household and twenty thousand measures of pure oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

12 耶和華照著所應許的賜智慧給所羅門。希蘭與所羅門和好,彼此立約。

12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon always, and they two made a league together.

13 所羅門王從以色列眾人[all]中挑取服苦的人共有三萬。

13 And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

14 派他們輪流每月一萬人上黎巴嫩去;一個月在黎巴嫩,兩個月在家裏。亞多尼蘭掌管他們。

14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by turns; a month they were in Lebanon and two months at home; and Adoniram was in charge of the levy.

15 所羅門用七萬扛抬的,八萬在山上鑿石頭的。

15 And Solomon had seventy thousand men who bore burdens and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain,

16 此外,所羅門用三千三百督工的,監管工人。

16 Besides the chiefs of Solomon's officers who were set over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who were in charge of the people doing the work.

17 王下令,人就鑿出又大又寶貴的石頭來,用以立殿的根基。

17 And the king commanded and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones to complete the house.

18 所羅門的匠人和希蘭的匠人,並切割石頭的人[stonesquarers],都將石頭鑿好,預備木料和石頭建殿。

18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stonemasons did hew them; so they prepared stones and timber for the building of the house.