歷代志下 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
5 這樣，所羅門完成了耶和華殿的一切工作。所羅門把他父親大衛獻給上帝的金銀和一切器具都搬進上帝殿的庫房。
運約櫃入聖殿
2 所羅門把以色列的長老、各支派的首領和族長召集到耶路撒冷，準備把耶和華的約櫃從大衛城錫安運上來。 3 在七月住棚節的時候，以色列人都聚集到所羅門王那裡。 4 以色列的長老到齊後，祭司便抬起約櫃， 5 祭司和利未人將約櫃、會幕和會幕裡的一切聖器運上來。 6 所羅門王和聚集到他那裡的以色列全體會眾在約櫃前獻祭，獻上的牛羊多得不可勝數。 7 祭司把耶和華的約櫃抬進內殿，即至聖所，放在兩個基路伯天使的翅膀下面。 8 基路伯天使展開翅膀，遮蓋約櫃和抬約櫃的橫杠。 9 橫杠非常長，在至聖所前面的聖所中也看得見橫杠的末端，但在聖所外面看不見。橫杠至今仍在那裡。 10 約櫃裡除了兩塊石版，沒有別的東西。石版是以色列人離開埃及後，耶和華在何烈山跟他們立約時，摩西放進去的。
耶和華的榮耀
11 隨後，祭司退出聖所，所有在場的祭司不分班次都已潔淨自己。 12 所有負責歌樂的利未人亞薩、希幔、耶杜頓，以及他們的兒子和親族都穿著細麻布衣服，站在祭壇的東邊，敲鈸、鼓瑟、彈琴，同時還有一百二十位祭司吹號。 13 吹號的和歌樂手一起同聲讚美和稱謝耶和華，伴隨著號、鈸及各種樂器的聲音，高聲讚美耶和華：
「祂是美善的，
祂的慈愛永遠長存！」
那時，有雲彩充滿了耶和華的殿， 14 以致祭司不能在殿裡供職，因為殿裡充滿了耶和華上帝的榮光。
2 Chronicles 5
New International Reader's Version
5 Solomon finished all the work for the Lord’s temple. Then he brought in the things his father David had set apart for the Lord. They included the silver and gold and all the objects for God’s temple. Solomon placed them there with the other treasures.
The Ark Is Brought to the Temple
2 Then Solomon sent for the elders of Israel. He told them to come to Jerusalem. They included all the leaders of the tribes. They also included the chiefs of the families of Israel. Solomon wanted them to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Zion. Zion was the City of David. 3 All the Israelites came together to where the king was. It was at the time of the Feast of Booths. The feast was held in the seventh month.
4 All the elders of Israel arrived. Then the Levites picked up the ark and carried it. 5 They brought up the ark. They also brought up the tent of meeting and all the sacred things in the tent. The priests, who were Levites, carried up everything. 6 The entire community of Israel had gathered around King Solomon. All of them were in front of the ark. They sacrificed huge numbers of sheep and cattle. There were so many animals that they couldn’t be recorded. In fact, they couldn’t even be counted.
7 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the Most Holy Room of the temple. They put it under the wings of the cherubim. 8 The cherubim’s wings were spread out over the place where the ark was. They covered the ark. They also covered the poles used to carry it. 9 The poles reached out from the ark. They were so long that their ends could be seen from in front of the Most Holy Room. But they couldn’t be seen from outside the Holy Room. They are still there to this day. 10 There wasn’t anything in the ark except the two tablets. Moses had placed them in it at Mount Horeb. That’s where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites. He made it after they came out of Egypt.
11 The priests left the Holy Room. All the priests who were there had set themselves apart to the Lord. It didn’t matter what group they were in. 12 All the Levites who played music stood near the east side of the altar. They included Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives. They were dressed in fine linen. They were playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were joined by 120 priests who were blowing trumpets. 13 The trumpet players and other musicians played their instruments together. They praised the Lord and gave thanks to him. The singers sang to the music of the trumpets, cymbals and other instruments. They sang in praise to the Lord,
“The Lord is good.
His faithful love continues forever.”
Then a cloud filled the temple of the Lord. 14 The priests couldn’t do their work. That’s because the cloud of the Lord’s glory filled God’s temple.
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