历代志下 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
所罗门王求智慧
1 大卫的儿子所罗门巩固了自己的王位。因为他的上帝耶和华与他同在，使他极其伟大。
2 所罗门召集所有以色列人，包括千夫长、百夫长、审判官、首领和族长， 3 与他们一起去基遍的丘坛，因为那里有上帝的会幕，是耶和华的仆人摩西在旷野制造的。 4 大卫已经把上帝的约柜从基列·耶琳搬到耶路撒冷，因为他在那里为约柜搭了一个帐篷。 5 户珥的孙子、乌利的儿子比撒列造的铜坛在基遍耶和华的会幕前，所罗门和会众就在那里求问耶和华。 6 所罗门上到耶和华会幕前的铜坛那里，献上一千头祭牲作为燔祭。
7 当天晚上，上帝向所罗门显现，问他：“你要我给你什么？只管求吧。” 8 所罗门回答说：“你厚待我父大卫，并让我继位。 9 耶和华上帝啊，求你成就你给我父大卫的应许。你立我为王，使我统治这多如地上尘土的百姓。 10 现在，求你赐我智慧和知识以带领他们。不然，谁能治理这么多的百姓呢？” 11 上帝对所罗门说：“你既然有此心愿，不为自己求富贵、资财、尊荣、长寿，也没有求灭绝你的敌人，只求智慧和知识以治理我的子民——我交在你王权之下的百姓， 12 我必赐你智慧和知识，并且我还要赐你空前绝后的富贵、资财和尊荣。”
13 于是，所罗门从基遍丘坛的会幕前回到耶路撒冷治理以色列。
所罗门王的兵力和财富
14 所罗门组建了战车和骑兵，有一千四百辆战车、一万二千名骑兵，驻扎在屯车城和他所在的耶路撒冷。 15 王使耶路撒冷的金银多如石头，使香柏木多如丘陵的无花果树。 16 所罗门的马匹都是由王室商队从埃及和古厄按定价买来的。 17 他们从埃及买来的车马，每辆车六百块银子，每匹马一百五十块银子，他们也把车马卖给赫人诸王和亚兰诸王。
历代志下 1
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
所罗门往基遍献祭(A)
1 大卫的儿子所罗门巩固了他对以色列的统治，耶和华他的 神也和他同在，使他十分尊大。 2 所罗门召唤全体以色列人、千夫长、百夫长、审判官、以色列的各领袖和众家族的首领。 3 所罗门和全体会众一同到基遍的高地去，因为那里有 神的会幕，就是耶和华的仆人摩西在旷野所做的。 4 至于 神的约柜，大卫已经从基列．耶琳抬到他预备好的地方，因为他曾在耶路撒冷为约柜盖搭了一个帐幕。 5 户珥的孙子、乌利的儿子比撒列所做的铜祭坛也在那里，在耶和华的会幕前面；所罗门和会众同去求问耶和华。 6 所罗门上到耶和华会幕前面的铜祭坛旁边，在坛上献上了一千只燔祭牲。
所罗门祈求智慧(B)
7 那一夜， 神向所罗门显现，对他说：“你无论求甚么，我必赐给你。” 8 所罗门对 神说：“你曾经向我的父亲大卫大施慈爱，使我接续他作王。 9 耶和华 神啊，现在求你实现你向我的父亲大卫应许的话；因为你立了我作王统治这好象地上的尘土那么多的人民。 10 现在求你赐我智慧和知识，使我可以领导这人民；否则，谁能治理你这众多的人民呢？” 11 神对所罗门说：“你既然有这个心意：不求富足、财产、尊荣，也不求你敌人的性命，又不求长寿，只为自己求智慧和知识，好治理我的子民，就是我立你作王统治的人民， 12 因此，智慧和知识必赐给你，我也把富足、财产和尊荣赐给你；在你以前的列王从没有这样，在你以后的也必没有这样。”
所罗门的兵力与财富(C)
13 于是，所罗门从基遍高地的会幕（按照《马索拉文本》，“从基遍高地的会幕”作“到基遍的高地，从会幕”；现参照《七十士译本》和《武加大译本》翻译）回到耶路撒冷，统治以色列。
14 所罗门召集了战车和马兵：他有战车一千四百辆，马兵一万二千名；他把这些车马安置在囤车城，或在耶路撒冷，和王在一起。 15 王在耶路撒冷积存的金银好象石头那么多，积存的香柏木好象平原的桑树那么多。 16 所罗门拥有的马，都是从埃及和古厄运来的，是王的商人从古厄照价买来的。 17 他们从埃及运上来的车，每辆价银六千八百四十克；马每匹一千七百一十克。赫人众王和亚兰众王的车马，也都是这样经这些商人的手买来的。
2 Chronicles 1
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Makes Solomon Wise
(1 Kings 3.1-15)
1 King Solomon, the son of David, was now in complete control of his kingdom, because the Lord God had blessed him and made him a powerful king.
2-5 (A) At that time, the sacred tent that Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the desert was still kept at Gibeon, and in front of the tent was the bronze altar that Bezalel[a] had made.
One day, Solomon told the people of Israel, the army commanders, the officials, and the family leaders, to go with him to the place of worship at Gibeon, even though his father King David had already moved the sacred chest from Kiriath-Jearim to the tent that he had set up for it in Jerusalem. Solomon and the others went to Gibeon to worship the Lord, 6 and there at the bronze altar, Solomon offered a thousand animals as sacrifices to please the Lord.[b]
7 God appeared to Solomon that night in a dream and said, “Solomon, ask for anything you want, and I will give it to you.”
8 Solomon answered:
Lord God, you were always loyal to my father David, and now you have made me king of Israel. 9 (B) I am supposed to rule these people, but there are as many of them as there are specks of dust on the ground. So keep the promise you made to my father 10 and make me wise. Give me the knowledge I'll need to be the king of this great nation of yours.
11 God replied:
Solomon, you could have asked me to make you rich or famous or to let you live a long time. Or you could have asked for your enemies to be destroyed. Instead, you asked for wisdom and knowledge to rule my people. 12 So I will make you wise and intelligent. But I will also make you richer and more famous than any king before or after you.
13 Solomon then left Gibeon and returned to Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel.
Solomon's Wealth
(1 Kings 10.26-29)
14 (C) Solomon had a force of 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses that he kept in Jerusalem and other towns.
15 While Solomon was king of Israel, there was silver and gold everywhere in Jerusalem, and cedar was as common as ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
16-17 (D) Solomon's merchants bought his horses and chariots in the regions of Musri and Kue.[c] They paid 600 pieces of silver for a chariot and 150 pieces of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to the Hittite and Syrian kings.
Footnotes
- 1.2-5 Bezalel: Hebrew “Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur.”
- 1.6 sacrifices to please the Lord: These sacrifices have traditionally been called “whole burnt offerings,” because the whole animal was burned on the altar. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to please the Lord with the smell of the sacrifice, and so in the CEV they are often called “sacrifices to please the Lord.”
- 1.16,17 Musri and Kue: Hebrew “Egypt and Kue.” Musri and Kue were regions located in what is today southeast Turkey.
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