今日读经

约柜运进圣殿

²那时，所罗门将以色列的长老、各支派的首领，并以色列的族长招聚到耶路撒冷，要把耶和华的约柜从大卫城—就是锡安—运上来。At that time Solomon assembled 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.

³于是以色列众人在七月节前都聚集到王那里。So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

⁴以色列众长老来到，利未人便抬起约柜。When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

⁵祭司利未人将约柜运上来，又将会幕和会幕的一切圣器具都带上来。and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

⁶所罗门王和聚集到他那里的以色列全会众都在约柜前献牛羊为祭，多得不可胜数。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.

⁷祭司将耶和华的约柜抬进内殿，就是至圣所，放在两个基路伯的翅膀底下。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.

⁸基路伯张着翅膀在约柜之上，遮掩约柜和抬柜的杠。For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

⁹这杠甚长，杠头在内殿前可以看见，在殿外却不能看见，直到如今还在那里。The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

¹⁰约柜里惟有两块石版，就是以色列人出埃及后，耶和华与他们立约的时候，摩西在何烈山所放的。除此以外，并无别物。There was nothing in the ark except the two 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 Egypt.

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歌唱赞美，云彩充满殿

¹¹当时，在那里所有的祭司都已自洁，并不分班供职。Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

¹²他们出圣所的时候，歌唱的利未人亚萨、希幔、耶杜顿，和他们的众子众弟兄都穿细麻布衣服，站在坛的东边，敲钹、鼓瑟、弹琴，同着他们有一百二十个祭司吹号。all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

¹³吹号的、歌唱的都一齐发声，声合为一，赞美感谢耶和华。吹号、敲钹，用各种乐器，扬声赞美耶和华说：耶和华本为善，他的慈爱永远长存！那时，耶和华的殿有云充满，The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

¹⁴甚至祭司不能站立供职，因为耶和华的荣光充满了　神的殿。so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

我已建殿作你的居所

¹那时，所罗门说：耶和华曾说他必住在幽暗之处。Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

²但我已经建造殿宇作你的居所，为你永远的住处。But I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

神应许的成就了

³王转脸为以色列会众祝福，以色列会众就都站立。And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

⁴所罗门说：“耶和华—以色列的　神是应当称颂的！因他亲口向我父大卫所应许的，也亲手成就了。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,

⁵他说：‘自从我领我民出埃及地以来，我未曾在以色列众支派中选择一城建造殿宇为我名的居所，也未曾拣选一人作我民以色列的君；‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land 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, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.

⁶但选择耶路撒冷为我名的居所，又拣选大卫治理我民以色列。’”But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

⁷所罗门说：“我父大卫曾立意要为耶和华—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.

⁸耶和华却对我父大卫说：‘你立意要为我的名建殿，这意思甚好；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.

⁹只是你不可建殿，惟你所生的儿子必为我名建殿。’Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

¹⁰“现在耶和华成就了他所应许的话，使我接续我父大卫坐以色列的国位，是照耶和华所说的，又为耶和华—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.

¹¹我将约柜安置在其中，柜内有耶和华的约，就是他与以色列人所立的约。”And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”

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所罗门跪下祷告

¹²所罗门当着以色列会众，站在耶和华的坛前，举起手来，Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

¹³〈所罗门曾造一个铜台，长五肘，宽五肘，高三肘，放在院中〉就站在台上，当着以色列的会众跪下，向天举手，Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

¹⁴说：“耶和华—以色列的　神啊，天上地下没有神可比你的！你向那尽心行在你面前的仆人守约施慈爱；and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

¹⁵向你仆人—我父大卫所应许的话现在应验了。你亲口应许，亲手成就，正如今日一样。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.

¹⁶耶和华—以色列的　神啊，你所应许你仆人—我父大卫的话说：‘你的子孙若谨慎自己的行为，遵守我的律法，像你在我面前所行的一样，就不断人坐以色列的国位。’现在求你应验这话。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 in My law as you have walked before Me.’

¹⁷耶和华—以色列的　神啊，求你成就向你仆人大卫所应许的话。And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.

天都不足神居住

¹⁸“　神果真与世人同住在地上吗？看哪，天和天上的天尚且不足你居住的，何况我所建的这殿呢？But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

¹⁹惟求耶和华—我的　神垂顾仆人的祷告祈求，俯听仆人在你面前的祈祷呼吁。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.

²⁰愿你昼夜看顾这殿，就是你应许立为你名的居所；求你垂听仆人向此处祷告的话。May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

²¹你仆人和你民以色列向此处祈祷的时候，求你从天上你的居所垂听，垂听而赦免。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.

为起誓的案件祷告

²²“人若得罪邻舍，有人叫他起誓，他来到这殿，在你的坛前起誓，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,

²³求你从天上垂听，判断你的仆人，定恶人有罪，照他所行的报应在他头上；定义人有理，照他的义赏赐他。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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为战败、干旱和灾祸祷告

²⁴“你的民以色列若得罪你，败在仇敌面前，又回心转意承认你的名，在这殿里向你祈求祷告，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 before You in this temple,

²⁵求你从天上垂听，赦免你民以色列的罪，使他们归回你赐给他们和他们列祖之地。then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.

²⁶“你的民因得罪你，你惩罚他们，使天闭塞不下雨，他们若向此处祷告，承认你的名，离开他们的罪，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,

²⁷求你在天上垂听，赦免你仆人和你民以色列的罪，将当行的善道指教他们，且降雨在你的地，就是你赐给你民为业之地。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.

²⁸“国中若有饥荒、瘟疫、旱风、霉烂、蝗虫、蚂蚱，或有仇敌犯境，围困城邑，无论遭遇什么灾祸疾病，When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

²⁹你的民以色列，或是众人，或是一人，自觉灾祸甚苦，向这殿举手，无论祈求什么，祷告什么，then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

³⁰求你从天上你的居所垂听赦免。你是知道人心的，要照各人所行的待他们（惟有你知道世人的心），be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—

³¹使他们在你赐给我们列祖之地上一生一世敬畏你，遵行你的道。so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

为外邦人祷告

³²“论到不属你民以色列的外邦人，为你的大名和大能的手，并伸出来的膀臂，从远方而来，向这殿祷告，And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

³³求你从天上你的居所垂听，照着外邦人所祈求的而行，使天下万民都认识你的名，敬畏你，像你的民以色列一样，又使他们知道我建造的这殿是称为你名下的。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.

为出征和被掳的人祷告

³⁴“你的民若奉你的差遣，无论往何处去与仇敌争战，向你所选择的城与我为你名所建造的殿祷告，When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

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³⁵求你从天上垂听他们的祷告祈求，使他们得胜。then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

³⁶“你的民若得罪你（世上没有不犯罪的人），你向他们发怒，将他们交给仇敌掳到或远或近之地；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 a land far or near,

³⁷他们若在掳到之地想起罪来，回心转意，恳求你说：‘我们有罪了，我们悖逆了，我们作恶了’；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,’

³⁸他们若在掳到之地尽心尽性归服你，又向自己的地，就是你赐给他们列祖之地和你所选择的城，并我为你名所建造的殿祷告，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 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,

³⁹求你从天上你的居所垂听你民的祷告祈求，为他们伸冤，赦免他们的过犯。then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

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求神起来进入安息之所

⁴⁰“我的　神啊，现在求你睁眼看，侧耳听在此处所献的祷告。Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

⁴¹耶和华　神啊，求你起来，和你有能力的约柜同入安息之所。耶和华　神啊，愿你的祭司披上救恩；愿你的圣民蒙福欢乐。Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

⁴²耶和华　神啊，求你不要厌弃你的受膏者，要记念向你仆人大卫所施的慈爱。”O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

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火从天降，荣光充满殿

¹所罗门祈祷已毕，就有火从天上降下来，烧尽燔祭和别的祭。耶和华的荣光充满了殿；When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

²因耶和华的荣光充满了耶和华殿，所以祭司不能进殿。The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

³那火降下、耶和华的荣光在殿上的时候，以色列众人看见，就在铺石地俯伏叩拜，称谢耶和华说：耶和华本为善，他的慈爱永远长存！When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

献祭守节

⁴王和众民在耶和华面前献祭。Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

⁵所罗门王用牛二万二千，羊十二万献祭。这样，王和众民为　神的殿行奉献之礼。And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

⁶祭司侍立，各供其职；利未人也拿着耶和华的乐器，就是大卫王造出来、借利未人颂赞耶和华的。（他的慈爱永远长存！）祭司在众人面前吹号，以色列人都站立。The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

⁷所罗门因他所造的铜坛容不下燔祭、素祭，和脂油，便将耶和华殿前院子当中分别为圣，在那里献燔祭和平安祭牲的脂油。Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.

⁸那时所罗门和以色列众人，就是从哈马口直到埃及小河，所有的以色列人都聚集成为大会，守节七日。So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.

⁹第八日设立严肃会，行奉献坛的礼七日，守节七日。On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

¹⁰七月二十三日，王遣散众民；他们因见耶和华向大卫和所罗门与他民以色列所施的恩惠，就都心中喜乐，各归各家去了。On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

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寡妇被忽略

¹那时，门徒增多，有说希腊话的犹太人向希伯来人发怨言，因为在天天的供给上忽略了他们的寡妇。In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

选立七个人管理饭食

²十二使徒叫众门徒来，对他们说：“我们撇下　神的道去管理饭食，原是不合宜的。So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

³所以弟兄们，当从你们中间选出七个有好名声、被圣灵充满、智慧充足的人，我们就派他们管理这事。Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this responsibility to them

⁴但我们要专心以祈祷、传道为事。”and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

⁵大众都喜悦这话，就拣选了司提反，乃是大有信心、圣灵充满的人，又拣选腓利、伯罗哥罗、尼迦挪、提门、巴米拿，并进犹太教的安提阿人尼哥拉，This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

⁶叫他们站在使徒面前。使徒祷告了，就按手在他们头上。They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

神的道兴旺

⁷神的道兴旺起来；在耶路撒冷门徒数目加增的甚多，也有许多祭司信从了这道。So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

司提反被人敌挡

⁸司提反满得恩惠、能力，在民间行了大奇事和神迹。Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

⁹当时有称利百地拿会堂的几个人，并有古利奈、亚历山大、基利家、亚细亚各处会堂的几个人，都起来和司提反辩论。But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,

¹⁰司提反是以智慧和圣灵说话，众人敌挡不住，but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

司提反被诬告

¹¹就买出人来说：“我们听见他说谤讟摩西和　神的话。”Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

¹²他们又耸动了百姓、长老，并文士，就忽然来捉拿他，把他带到公会去，So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

¹³设下假见证，说：“这个人说话，不住地糟践圣所和律法。where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

¹⁴我们曾听见他说，这拿撒勒人耶稣要毁坏此地，也要改变摩西所交给我们的规条。”For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

¹⁵在公会里坐着的人都定睛看他，见他的面貌，好像天使的面貌。All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

大祭司审问

¹大祭司就说：“这些事果然有吗？”Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”