歷代志下6:12-42

 

6:12 所羅門當著以色列會眾，站在耶和華的壇前，舉起手來，
6:13 〈所羅門曾造一個銅臺，長五肘，寬五肘，高三肘，放在院中〉就站在臺上，當著以色列的會眾跪下，向天舉手，
6:14 說：「耶和華─以色列的上帝啊，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；
6:15 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。
6:16 耶和華─以色列的上帝啊，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，遵守我的律法，像你在我面前所行的一樣，就不斷人坐以色列的國位。』現在求你應驗這話。
6:17 耶和華─以色列的上帝啊，求你成就向你僕人大衛所應許的話。
6:18 「上帝果真與世人同住在地上嗎？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？
6:19 惟求耶和華─我的上帝垂顧僕人的禱告祈求，俯聽僕人在你面前的祈禱呼籲。
6:20 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。
6:21 你僕人和你民以色列向此處祈禱的時候，求你從天上你的居所垂聽，垂聽而赦免。
6:22 「人若得罪鄰舍，有人叫他起誓，他來到這殿，在你的壇前起誓，
6:23 求你從天上垂聽，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。
6:24 「你的民以色列若得罪你，敗在仇敵面前，又回心轉意承認你的名，在這殿裡向你祈求禱告，
6:25 求你從天上垂聽，赦免你民以色列的罪，使他們歸回你賜給他們和他們列祖之地。
6:26 「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，
6:27 求你在天上垂聽，赦免你僕人和你民以色列的罪，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。
6:28 「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，
6:29 你的民以色列，或是眾人，或是一人，自覺災禍甚苦，向這殿舉手，無論祈求甚麼，禱告甚麼，
6:30 求你從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），
6:31 使他們在你賜給我們列祖之地上一生一世敬畏你，遵行你的道。
6:32 「論到不屬你民以色列的外邦人，為你的大名和大能的手，並伸出來的膀臂，從遠方而來，向這殿禱告，
6:33 求你從天上你的居所垂聽，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。
6:34 「你的民若奉你的差遣，無論往何處去與仇敵爭戰，向你所選擇的城與我為你名所建造的殿禱告，
6:35 求你從天上垂聽他們的禱告祈求，使他們得勝。
6:36 「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或遠或近之地；
6:37 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』；
6:38 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，
6:39 求你從天上你的居所垂聽你民的禱告祈求，為他們伸冤，赦免他們的過犯。
6:40 「我的上帝啊，現在求你睜眼看，側耳聽在此處所獻的禱告。
6:41 耶和華上帝啊，求你起來，和你有能力的約櫃同入安息之所。耶和華上帝啊，願你的祭司披上救恩；願你的聖民蒙福歡樂。
6:42 耶和華上帝啊，求你不要厭棄你的受膏者，要記念向你僕人大衛所施的慈愛。」

 

¹² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. ¹³ Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,^[a] and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. ¹⁴ He said:

“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. ¹⁵ You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

¹⁶ “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’ ¹⁷ And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

¹⁸ “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! ¹⁹ Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. ²⁰ May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. ²¹ Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

²² “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, ²³ then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

²⁴ “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple, ²⁵ then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

²⁶ “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, ²⁷ then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

²⁸ “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, ²⁹ and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— ³⁰ then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart), ³¹ so that they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

³² “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, ³³ then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

³⁴ “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, ³⁵ then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

³⁶ “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near; ³⁷ and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’; ³⁸ and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; ³⁹ then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.

⁴⁰ “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

⁴¹ “Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place,
    you and the ark of your might.
May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
    may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.
⁴² Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.
    Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”

 

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    從所羅門的禱告中，我們感受到人生的疾苦、考驗、困境中需要上帝的拯救！若沒有上帝，人是無法突破總總的問題！

 

    現代人已經缺乏這樣的想法，很多時候人覺得要靠專家！認為一切問題都有理論和方法來解決，而不是尋求上帝的幫助！也因為這樣，許多人不是禱告尋求上帝，而是尋求人的幫助！所以，讀了所羅們的禱詞覺得不能理解！

 

    其實基督徒除了求上帝幫助，也求上帝引導該如何做。但是，我們要承認自己有限，並且要將榮耀歸給上帝而不是自己、也不是別人！因為要不是上帝賜人智慧和能力，人是無法做甚麼的！