今日讀經

約櫃運進聖殿

¹那時，所羅門將以色列的長老和各支派的首領，並以色列的族長，招聚到耶路撒冷，要把耶和華的約櫃從大衛城─就是錫安─運上來。At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

²以他念月，就是七月，在節前，以色列人都聚集到所羅門王那裡。And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

³以色列長老來到，祭司便抬起約櫃，When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

⁴祭司和利未人將耶和華的約櫃運上來，又將會幕和會幕的一切聖器具都帶上來。and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

⁵所羅門王和聚集到他那裡的以色列全會眾，一同在約櫃前獻牛羊為祭，多得不可勝數。There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

⁶祭司將耶和華的約櫃抬進內殿，就是至聖所，放在兩個基路伯的翅膀底下。Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

⁷基路伯張著翅膀在約櫃之上，遮掩約櫃和抬櫃的槓。For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

⁸這槓甚長，槓頭在內殿前的聖所可以看見，在殿外卻不能看見，直到如今還在那裡。The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

⁹約櫃裡惟有兩塊石版，就是以色列人出埃及地後，耶和華與他們立約的時候摩西在何烈山所放的。除此以外，並無別物。There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

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耶和華的榮光充滿殿

¹⁰祭司從聖所出來的時候，有雲充滿耶和華的殿；And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

¹¹甚至祭司不能站立供職，因為耶和華的榮光充滿了殿。so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

¹²那時所羅門說：耶和華曾說，他必住在幽暗之處。Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

¹³我已經建造殿宇作你的居所，為你永遠的住處。I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

所羅門說明建殿的由來

¹⁴王轉臉為以色列會眾祝福，以色列會眾就都站立。And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

¹⁵所羅門說：「耶和華─以色列的　神是應當稱頌的！因他親口向我父大衛所應許的，也親手成就了。and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

¹⁶他說：『自從我領我民以色列出埃及以來，我未曾在以色列各支派中選擇一城建造殿宇─為我名的居所，但揀選大衛治理我民以色列。』」‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

¹⁷所羅門說：「我父大衛曾立意，要為耶和華─以色列　神的名建殿。Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

¹⁸耶和華卻對我父大衛說：『你立意為我的名建殿，這意思甚好。But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

¹⁹只是你不可建殿，惟你所生的兒子必為我名建殿。』Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

²⁰現在耶和華成就了他所應許的話，使我接續我父大衛坐以色列的國位，又為耶和華─以色列　神的名建造了殿。Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

²¹我也在其中為約櫃預備一處。約櫃內有耶和華的約，就是他領我們列祖出埃及地的時候，與他們所立的約。」And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

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所羅門的禱告

²²所羅門當著以色列會眾，站在耶和華的壇前，向天舉手說：Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

²³「耶和華─以色列的　神啊，天上地下沒有神可比你的！你向那盡心行在你面前的僕人守約施慈愛；and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

²⁴向你僕人─我父大衛所應許的話現在應驗了。你親口應許，親手成就，正如今日一樣。You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

²⁵耶和華─以色列的　神啊，你所應許你僕人─我父大衛的話說：『你的子孫若謹慎自己的行為，在我面前行事像你所行的一樣，就不斷人坐以色列的國位。』現在求你應驗這話。Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

²⁶以色列的　神啊，求你成就向你僕人─我父大衛所應許的話。And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

神豈真住在地上

²⁷「　神果真住在地上嗎？看哪，天和天上的天尚且不足你居住的，何況我所建的這殿呢？But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

²⁸惟求耶和華─我的　神垂顧僕人的禱告祈求，俯聽僕人今日在你面前的祈禱呼籲。Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

²⁹願你晝夜看顧這殿，就是你應許立為你名的居所；求你垂聽僕人向此處禱告的話。May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

³⁰你僕人和你民以色列向此處祈禱的時候，求你在天上你的居所垂聽，垂聽而赦免。Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

得罪鄰舍起誓的時候

³¹「人若得罪鄰舍，有人叫他起誓，他來到這殿在你的壇前起誓，When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

³²求你在天上垂聽，判斷你的僕人：定惡人有罪，照他所行的報應在他頭上；定義人有理，照他的義賞賜他。then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

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敗在仇敵面前的時候

³³「你的民以色列若得罪你，敗在仇敵面前，又歸向你，承認你的名，在這殿裡祈求禱告，When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

³⁴求你在天上垂聽，赦免你民以色列的罪，使他們歸回你賜給他們列祖之地。then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

天閉塞不下雨的時候

³⁵「你的民因得罪你，你懲罰他們，使天閉塞不下雨；他們若向此處禱告，承認你的名，離開他們的罪，When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

³⁶求你在天上垂聽，赦免你僕人以色列民的罪，將當行的善道指教他們，且降雨在你的地，就是你賜給你民為業之地。then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

饑荒瘟疫的時候

³⁷「國中若有饑荒、瘟疫、旱風、霉爛、蝗蟲、螞蚱，或有仇敵犯境圍困城邑，無論遭遇甚麼災禍疾病，When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

³⁸你的民以色列，或是眾人，或是一人，自覺有罪（原文是災），向這殿舉手，無論祈求甚麼，禱告甚麼，then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

³⁹求你在天上你的居所垂聽赦免。你是知道人心的，要照各人所行的待他們（惟有你知道世人的心），be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—

⁴⁰使他們在你賜給我們列祖之地上一生一世敬畏你。so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

為外邦人禱告

⁴¹「論到不屬你民以色列的外邦人，為你名從遠方而來，And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

⁴²（他們聽人論說你的大名和大能的手，並伸出來的膀臂）向這殿禱告，for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

⁴³求你在天上你的居所垂聽，照著外邦人所祈求的而行，使天下萬民都認識你的名，敬畏你像你的民以色列一樣；又使他們知道我建造的這殿是稱為你名下的。then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

出征的時候

⁴⁴「你的民若奉你的差遣，無論往何處去與仇敵爭戰，向耶和華所選擇的城與我為你名所建造的殿禱告，When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

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⁴⁵求你在天上垂聽他們的禱告祈求，使他們得勝。then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

被擄後悔改的時候

⁴⁶「你的民若得罪你（世上沒有不犯罪的人），你向他們發怒，將他們交給仇敵擄到仇敵之地，或遠或近，When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

⁴⁷他們若在擄到之地想起罪來，回心轉意，懇求你說：『我們有罪了，我們悖逆了，我們作惡了』；and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

⁴⁸他們若在擄到之地盡心盡性歸服你，又向自己的地，就是你賜給他們列祖之地和你所選擇的城，並我為你名所建造的殿禱告，and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

⁴⁹求你在天上你的居所垂聽他們的禱告祈求，為他們伸冤；then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

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⁵⁰饒恕得罪你的民，赦免他們的一切過犯，使他們在擄他們的人面前蒙憐恤。May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

⁵¹因為他們是你的子民，你的產業，是你從埃及領出來脫離鐵爐的。For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

⁵²願你的眼目看顧僕人，聽你民以色列的祈求，無論何時向你祈求，願你垂聽。May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

⁵³主耶和華啊，你將他們從地上的萬民中分別出來作你的產業，是照你領我們列祖出埃及的時候，藉你僕人摩西所應許的話。」For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

為百姓祝福

⁵⁴所羅門在耶和華的壇前屈膝跪著，向天舉手，在耶和華面前禱告祈求已畢，就起來，Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

⁵⁵站著，大聲為以色列全會眾祝福，說：And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

⁵⁶「耶和華是應當稱頌的！因為他照著一切所應許的賜平安給他的民以色列人，凡藉他僕人摩西應許賜福的話，一句都沒有落空。“Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

⁵⁷願耶和華─我們的　神與我們同在，像與我們列祖同在一樣，不撇下我們，不丟棄我們，May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us.

⁵⁸使我們的心歸向他，遵行他的道，謹守他吩咐我們列祖的誡命、律例、典章。May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

⁵⁹我在耶和華面前祈求的這些話，願耶和華─我們的　神晝夜垂念，每日為他僕人與他民以色列伸冤，And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

⁶⁰使地上的萬民都知道惟獨耶和華是　神，並無別神。so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

⁶¹所以你們當向耶和華─我們的　神存誠實的心，遵行他的律例，謹守他的誡命，至終如今日一樣。」So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

奉獻聖殿與守節

⁶²王和以色列眾民一同在耶和華面前獻祭。Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

⁶³所羅門向耶和華獻平安祭，用牛二萬二千，羊十二萬。這樣，王和以色列眾民為耶和華的殿行奉獻之禮。And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

⁶⁴當日，王因耶和華殿前的銅壇太小，容不下燔祭、素祭，和平安祭牲的脂油，便將耶和華殿前院子當中分別為聖，在那裡獻燔祭、素祭，和平安祭牲的脂油。On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

⁶⁵那時，所羅門和以色列眾人，就是從哈馬口直到埃及小河所有的以色列人，都聚集成為大會，在耶和華─我們的　神面前守節七日又七日，共十四日。So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.

⁶⁶第八日，王遣散眾民；他們都為王祝福。因見耶和華向他僕人大衛和他民以色列所施的一切恩惠，就都心中喜樂，各歸各家去了。On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

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我父做事，我也做事

¹⁷耶穌就對他們說：「我父做事直到如今，我也做事。」But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

¹⁸所以猶太人越發想要殺他；因他不但犯了安息日，並且稱　神為他的父，將自己和　神當作平等。Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

子與父同工

¹⁹耶穌對他們說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，子憑著自己不能做甚麼，惟有看見父所做的，子才能做；父所做的事，子也照樣做。So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

²⁰父愛子，將自己所做的一切事指給他看，還要將比這更大的事指給他看，叫你們希奇。The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

²¹父怎樣叫死人起來，使他們活著，子也照樣隨自己的意思使人活著。For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

²²父不審判甚麼人，乃將審判的事全交與子，Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

²³叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一樣。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子來的父。so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

出死入生

²⁴我實實在在地告訴你們，那聽我話、又信差我來者的，就有永生；不至於定罪，是已經出死入生了。Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

²⁵我實實在在地告訴你們，時候將到，現在就是了，死人要聽見　神兒子的聲音，聽見的人就要活了。Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

²⁶因為父怎樣在自己有生命，就賜給他兒子也照樣在自己有生命，For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

²⁷並且因為他是人子，就賜給他行審判的權柄。And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

²⁸你們不要把這事看作希奇。時候要到，凡在墳墓裡的，都要聽見他的聲音，就出來：Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

²⁹行善的，復活得生；作惡的，復活定罪。and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

³⁰「我憑著自己不能做甚麼，我怎麼聽見就怎麼審判。我的審判也是公平的；因為我不求自己的意思，只求那差我來者的意思。」I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

為耶穌作的見證

³¹「我若為自己作見證，我的見證就不真。If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

³²另有一位給我作見證，我也知道他給我作的見證是真的。There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

³³你們曾差人到約翰那裡，他為真理作過見證。You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

³⁴其實，我所受的見證不是從人來的；然而，我說這些話，為要叫你們得救。Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

³⁵約翰是點著的明燈，你們情願暫時喜歡他的光。John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

³⁶但我有比約翰更大的見證；因為父交給我要我成就的事，就是我所做的事，這便見證我是父所差來的。But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

³⁷差我來的父也為我作過見證。你們從來沒有聽見他的聲音，也沒有看見他的形像。And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

³⁸你們並沒有他的道存在心裡；因為他所差來的，你們不信。nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

³⁹你們查考聖經（或譯：應當查考聖經），因你們以為內中有永生；給我作見證的就是這經。You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

⁴⁰然而，你們不肯到我這裡來得生命。yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

不求從神來的榮耀

⁴¹「我不受從人來的榮耀。I do not accept glory from men,

⁴²但我知道，你們心裡沒有　神的愛。but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

⁴³我奉我父的名來，你們並不接待我；若有別人奉自己的名來，你們倒要接待他。I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

⁴⁴你們互相受榮耀，卻不求從獨一之　神來的榮耀，怎能信我呢？How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

摩西要告你們

⁴⁵不要想我在父面前要告你們；有一位告你們的，就是你們所仰賴的摩西。Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

⁴⁶你們如果信摩西，也必信我，因為他書上有指著我寫的話。If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

⁴⁷你們若不信他的書，怎能信我的話呢？」But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”