历代志下 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
所罗门定意建殿(A)
2 所罗门决意要为耶和华的名建造殿宇，又为自己建造王宫。（本节在《马索拉文本》为1:18） 2 于是，所罗门选派了七万人作挑夫，八万人在山上凿石，三千六百人作督工。（本节在《马索拉文本》为2:1） 3 所罗门派人去见推罗王希兰说：“你怎样待我的父亲大卫，给他运来香柏木，为他建造宫殿居住，请你也这样待我。 4 现在我要为耶和华我 神的名建造殿宇，分别为圣献给他，在他面前焚烧芬芳的香，经常摆上陈设饼，每日早晚、安息日、初一，以及耶和华我们的 神所定的节日，都献上燔祭；这是以色列人永远的定例。 5 我要建造的殿宇必须宏伟，因为我们的 神伟大，超过众神。 6 但谁能为他建造殿宇呢？天和天上的天也容不下他；我是谁，怎能为他建造殿宇？我不过在他面前烧香罢了。 7 现在请你派一个巧匠到我这里来，他要精于使用金、银、铜、铁和紫色朱红色蓝色线工作，并且懂得雕刻，好与我的父亲大卫在犹大和耶路撒冷预备的巧匠一同工作。 8 又请你从黎巴嫩运送香柏木、松木和檀香木到我这里来，因为我知道你的臣仆善于砍伐黎巴嫩的树木；我的臣仆可以和你的臣仆一同工作。 9 给我预备大量的木材，因为我要建造的那殿宇，将会十分宏伟。 10 至于你的仆人，就是砍伐树木的人，我必给他们食物，就是小麦四百万公升、大麦四百万公升、酒四十万公升、油四十万公升。”
推罗王答应相助(B)
11 推罗王希兰回信给所罗门说：“耶和华因为爱自己的子民，所以立你作他们的王。” 12 希兰又说：“创造天地的耶和华以色列的 神，是应当称颂的！因为他赐给大卫王一个有智慧的儿子，有聪明有见识，可以为耶和华建造殿宇，为自己建造王宫。 13 现在我派一个技艺精巧、满有聪明的人来，他是我父亲希兰的匠人。 14 他是但支派一个妇人的儿子，他的父亲是推罗人。他精于使用金、银、铜、铁、石、木，以及紫色蓝色朱红色线和细麻作工，也能作各样雕刻的工作，又能设计各样交托他们的巧工。这人可以和你的巧匠，以及我主你父亲大卫的巧匠一同工作。 15 我主所说的小麦、大麦、酒和油，请派人运来给众仆人。 16 我们必照着你所需要的，从黎巴嫩砍下树木，扎成木筏，从海上运到约帕，你可以从那里把它们运上耶路撒冷。”
选派工人(C)
17 所罗门按照他父亲大卫数点的数目，又数点了住在以色列地所有的外族人，他们共有十五万三千六百人。 18 他选派七万人作挑夫，八万人在山上凿石头，三千六百人作监工，督促人民工作。
2 Chronicles 2
Modern English Version
Plans for Building the Temple(A)
2 Now Solomon wanted to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal house for his kingship. 2 And Solomon designated seventy thousand men to carry materials, eighty thousand men to cut stone in the hills, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to oversee these men.
3 And Solomon sent word to Hiram[a] king of Tyre saying,
“As you did for David my father and sent him cedar trees in order to build for himself a house in which to dwell, so deal with me. 4 I am going to build a temple for the name of the Lord my God, sanctified for Him, for making sacrifices before Him, and for incense of fragrant spices, and for the continual showbread, for burnt offerings on both morning and evening, and for Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as an ordinance forever for Israel.
5 “And the house that I am building will be great because our God is greater than all other gods. 6 But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I that I build a house for Him, except to make offerings before Him?
7 “Now may you send to me a wise man who works with gold, silver, bronze, iron, and in purple, crimson, and violet threads and knows how to engrave, who will be with the skilled workers and me in Judah and Jerusalem, which David my father established.
8 “And may you send me trees of cedar, cypress, and algum from Lebanon because I realize that your slaves know how to cut timber in Lebanon; and my servants will be alongside your servants, 9 to prepare an abundance of timber for me, because the temple that I will build will be great and marvelous. 10 I will provide for the woodsmen, your servants who cut timber, twenty thousand dry kors[b] of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors[c] of barley, twenty thousand liquid baths[d] of wine, and twenty thousand liquid baths of oil.”
11 Then Hiram king of Tyre responded in a letter that he sent to Solomon,
“Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.”
12 And Hiram said,
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel who made heaven and earth and has given King David a wise son, having insight and understanding, who is building a temple for the Lord and a royal house for his kingship.
13 “And now I have sent a skilled man, endowed with understanding, Huram-Abi, 14 the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan and the son of a man of Tyre, who knows gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, wood, and purple, violet, blue, and crimson threads, and who knows how to make all types of engravings and to devise every type of design that is given to him, with your skilled men and the skilled men of my lord David your father.
15 “Now the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine that my lord has declared, may he send these items to his slaves. 16 And let us cut the timber from Lebanon, whatever you need, and we will bring it to you on rafts on the sea to Joppa, and you will bring it up to Jerusalem.”
17 Then Solomon numbered all the male foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census that David his father had taken. And there were found one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred. 18 And he made seventy thousand of them to carry materials, eighty thousand to cut stone in the hills, and three thousand six hundred supervisors to make the people work.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 2:3 Huram in the Heb. text.
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 Likely about 3,600 tons, or 3,200 metric tons of wheat.
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 Likely about 3,000 tons, or 2,700 metric tons of barley.
- 2 Chronicles 2:10 About 120,000 gallons, or 440,000 liters.
2 Chronicles 2
Complete Jewish Bible
2 (2) Shlomo enlisted 70,000 men who carried loads, another 80,000 men who were stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 supervising them. 2 (3) Then Shlomo sent this message to Huram the king of Tzor: “[Deal with me] as you dealt with David my father when you sent him cedar logs, so that he could build himself a palace to live in. 3 (4) Here, I am about to build a house for the name of Adonai my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before Him incense made of sweet spices; the house will also be for the continuing showbread and for the burnt offerings presented every morning and evening, on the shabbats, at every Rosh-Hodesh, and at the designated times of Adonai our God. This is a perpetual regulation for Isra’el. 4 (5) The house I will build will be great, because our God is greater than all gods. 5 (6) But who is equal to building him a house? Why, heaven itself, even the heaven of heavens, cannot contain him; so who am I to build him a house, except to offer sacrifices before him?
6 (7) “Now, therefore, send me a man skilled at working with gold, silver, bronze and iron; dealing with purple, crimson, and blue dyed materials; and capable of doing all kinds of engraving. He will be with the skilled craftsmen I have with me in Y’hudah and Yerushalayim, whom David my father provided. 7 (8) Also send me cedar, cypress and sandalwood logs from the L’vanon; for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber in the L’vanon. I will have my servants work together with your servants 8 (9) to prepare me an abundant supply of timber, for the house I am about to build must be magnificent and wonderful. 9 (10) I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the timber, 100,000 bushels of cracked wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 100,000 gallons of wine, and 100,000 gallons of olive oil.”
10 (11) Huram the king of Tzor wrote this answer and sent it to Shlomo: “Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.” 11 (12) Huram continued, “Blessed be Adonai, the God of Isra’el, who made heaven and earth, who has given David the king a wise, knowledgeable son with common sense to build a house for Adonai and a royal palace for himself. 12 (13) Now I am sending a man of skill and understanding, my master craftsman Huram, 13 (14) the son of a woman who was one of the daughters of Dan, while his father was a man from Tzor. He is skilled in working gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and timber, as well as purple and blue dyed materials, fine linen and crimson material; he can do any kind of engraving; and he can make all the equipment necessary to accomplish any task assigned to him, with the help of your craftsmen and those of my lord David your father. 14 (15) Therefore let my lord send his servants the wheat, barley, oil and wine he has spoken of; 15 (16) and we will cut wood from the L’vanon, as much as you need; we will float it to you as rafts by sea to Yafo, and you will take it up to Yerushalayim.”
16 (17) Shlomo took a census of all the foreigners in the land of Isra’el, following the pattern of the census of David his father; they were found to number 153,600. 17 (18) He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads, 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hills and 3,600 as supervisors to assign the people their work.
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