歷代志上29:1-30

 

29:1 大衛王對會眾說：「我兒子所羅門是上帝特選的，還年幼嬌嫩；這工程甚大，因這殿不是為人，乃是為耶和華上帝建造的。
29:2 我為我上帝的殿已經盡力，預備金子做金器，銀子做銀器，銅做銅器，鐵做鐵器，木做木器，還有紅瑪瑙可鑲嵌的寶石，彩石和一切的寶石，並許多漢白玉。
29:3 且因我心中愛慕我上帝的殿，就在預備建造聖殿的材料之外，又將我自己積蓄的金銀獻上，建造我上帝的殿，
29:4 就是俄斐金三千他連得、精鍊的銀子七千他連得，以貼殿牆。
29:5 金子做金器，銀子做銀器，並藉匠人的手製造一切。今日有誰樂意將自己獻給耶和華呢？」
29:6 於是，眾族長和以色列各支派的首領、千夫長、百夫長，並監管王工的官長，都樂意獻上。
29:7 他們為上帝殿的使用獻上金子五千他連得零一萬達利克，銀子一萬他連得，銅一萬八千他連得，鐵十萬他連得。
29:8 凡有寶石的都交給革順人耶歇，送入耶和華殿的府庫。
29:9 因這些人誠心樂意獻給耶和華，百姓就歡喜，大衛王也大大歡喜。
29:10 所以，大衛在會眾面前稱頌耶和華說：「耶和華─我們的父，以色列的上帝是應當稱頌，直到永永遠遠的！
29:11 耶和華啊，尊大、能力、榮耀、強勝、威嚴都是你的；凡天上地下的都是你的；國度也是你的，並且你為至高，為萬有之首。
29:12 豐富尊榮都從你而來，你也治理萬物。在你手裡有大能大力，使人尊大強盛都出於你。
29:13 我們的上帝啊，現在我們稱謝你，讚美你榮耀之名！
29:14 「我算甚麼，我的民算甚麼，竟能如此樂意奉獻？因為萬物都從你而來，我們把從你而得的獻給你。
29:15 我們在你面前是客旅，是寄居的，與我們列祖一樣。我們在世的日子如影兒，不能長存（或譯：沒有長存的指望）。
29:16 耶和華─我們的上帝啊，我們預備這許多材料，要為你的聖名建造殿宇，都是從你而來，都是屬你的。
29:17 我的上帝啊，我知道你察驗人心，喜悅正直；我以正直的心樂意獻上這一切物。現在我喜歡見你的民在這裡都樂意奉獻與你。
29:18 耶和華─我們列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、以色列的上帝啊，求你使你的民常存這樣的心思意念，堅定他們的心歸向你，
29:19 又求你賜我兒子所羅門誠實的心，遵守你的命令、法度、律例，成就這一切的事，用我所預備的建造殿宇。」
29:20 大衛對全會眾說：「你們應當稱頌耶和華─你們的上帝。」於是會眾稱頌耶和華─他們列祖的上帝，低頭拜耶和華與王。
29:21 次日，他們向耶和華獻平安祭和燔祭，就是獻公牛一千隻，公綿羊一千隻，羊羔一千隻，並同獻的奠祭；又為以色列眾人獻許多的祭。那日，他們在耶和華面前吃喝，大大歡樂。
29:22 他們奉耶和華的命再膏大衛的兒子所羅門作王，又膏撒督作祭司。
29:23 於是所羅門坐在耶和華所賜的位上，接續他父親大衛作王，萬事亨通；以色列眾人也都聽從他。
29:24 眾首領和勇士，並大衛王的眾子，都順服所羅門王。
29:25 耶和華使所羅門在以色列眾人眼前甚為尊大，極其威嚴，勝過在他以前的以色列王。
29:26 耶西的兒子大衛作以色列眾人的王，
29:27 作王共四十年：在希伯崙作王七年，在耶路撒冷作王三十三年。
29:28 他年紀老邁，日子滿足，享受豐富、尊榮，就死了。他兒子所羅門接續他作王。
29:29 大衛王始終的事都寫在先見撒母耳的書上和先知拿單並先見迦得的書上。
29:30 他的國事和他的勇力，以及他和以色列並列國所經過的事都寫在這書上。

 

Then King David said to the whole assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the Lord God. ² With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,^[a] stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities. ³ Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple: ⁴ three thousand talents^[b] of gold (gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents^[c] of refined silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings, ⁵ for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate themselves to the Lord today?”

⁶ Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. ⁷ They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents^[d] and ten thousand darics^[e] of gold, ten thousand talents^[f] of silver, eighteen thousand talents^[g] of bronze and a hundred thousand talents^[h] of iron. ⁸ Anyone who had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the temple of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹ The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

¹⁰ David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,

“Praise be to you, Lord,
    the God of our father Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
¹¹ Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
    and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
    for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
    you are exalted as head over all.
¹² Wealth and honor come from you;
    you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
    to exalt and give strength to all.
¹³ Now, our God, we give you thanks,
    and praise your glorious name.

¹⁴ “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. ¹⁵ We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. ¹⁶ Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. ¹⁷ I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. ¹⁸ Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. ¹⁹ And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, statutes and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.”

²⁰ Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the Lord your God.” So they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king.

²¹ The next day they made sacrifices to the Lord and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. ²² They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the Lord that day.

Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the Lord to be ruler and Zadok to be priest. ²³ So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴ All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their submission to King Solomon.

²⁵ The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor such as no king over Israel ever had before.

²⁶ David son of Jesse was king over all Israel. ²⁷ He ruled over Israel forty years—seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. ²⁸ He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.

²⁹ As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, they are written in the records of Samuel the seer, the records of Nathan the prophet and the records of Gad the seer, ³⁰ together with the details of his reign and power, and the circumstances that surrounded him and Israel and the kingdoms of all the other lands.

 

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    大衛在離世前對上帝的禱告。

 

 

歷代志上28:1-21

 

28:1 大衛招聚以色列各支派的首領和輪班服事王的軍長，與千夫長、百夫長，掌管王和王子產業牲畜的，並太監，以及大能的勇士，都到耶路撒冷來。
28:2 大衛王就站起來，說：「我的弟兄，我的百姓啊，你們當聽我言，我心裡本想建造殿宇，安放耶和華的約櫃，作為我上帝的腳凳；我已經預備建造的材料。
28:3 只是上帝對我說：『你不可為我的名建造殿宇；因你是戰士，流了人的血。』
28:4 然而，耶和華─以色列的上帝在我父的全家揀選我作以色列的王，直到永遠。因他揀選猶大為首領；在猶大支派中揀選我父家，在我父的眾子裡喜悅我，立我作以色列眾人的王。
28:5 耶和華賜我許多兒子，在我兒子中揀選所羅門坐耶和華的國位，治理以色列人。
28:6 耶和華對我說：『你兒子所羅門必建造我的殿和院宇；因為我揀選他作我的子，我也必作他的父。
28:7 他若恆久遵行我的誡命典章如今日一樣，我就必堅定他的國位，直到永遠。』
28:8 現今在耶和華的會中，以色列眾人眼前所說的，我們的上帝也聽見了。你們應當尋求耶和華─你們上帝的一切誡命，謹守遵行，如此你們可以承受這美地，遺留給你們的子孫，永遠為業。
28:9 「我兒所羅門哪，你當認識耶和華─你父的上帝，誠心樂意地事奉他；因為他鑒察眾人的心，知道一切心思意念。你若尋求他，他必使你尋見；你若離棄他，他必永遠丟棄你。
28:10 你當謹慎，因耶和華揀選你建造殿宇作為聖所。你當剛強去行。」
28:11 大衛將殿的遊廊、旁屋、府庫、樓房、內殿，和施恩所的樣式指示他兒子所羅門，
28:12 又將被靈感動所得的樣式，就是耶和華上帝殿的院子、周圍的房屋、殿的府庫，和聖物府庫的一切樣式都指示他；
28:13 又指示他祭司和利未人的班次與耶和華殿裡各樣的工作，並耶和華殿裡一切器皿的樣式，
28:14 以及各樣應用金器的分兩和各樣應用銀器的分兩，
28:15 金燈臺和金燈的分兩，銀燈臺和銀燈的分兩，輕重各都合宜；
28:16 陳設餅金桌子的分兩，銀桌子的分兩，
28:17 精金的肉叉子、盤子，和爵的分兩，各金碗與各銀碗的分兩，
28:18 精金香壇的分兩，並用金子做基路伯（原文是用金子做車式的基路伯）；基路伯張開翅膀，遮掩耶和華的約櫃。
28:19 大衛說：「這一切工作的樣式都是耶和華用手劃出來使我明白的。」
28:20 大衛又對他兒子所羅門說：「你當剛強壯膽去行！不要懼怕，也不要驚惶。因為耶和華上帝就是我的上帝，與你同在；他必不撇下你，也不丟棄你，直到耶和華殿的工作都完畢了。
28:21 有祭司和利未人的各班，為要辦理上帝殿各樣的事，又有靈巧的人在各樣的工作上樂意幫助你；並有眾首領和眾民一心聽從你的命令。」

 

David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.

² King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart to build a house as a place of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it. ³ But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.’

⁴ “Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. ⁵ Of all my sons—and the Lord has given me many—he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. ⁶ He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. ⁷ I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws, as is being done at this time.’

⁸ “So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

⁹ “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. ¹⁰ Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

¹¹ Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. ¹² He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things. ¹³ He gave him instructions for the divisions of the priests and Levites, and for all the work of serving in the temple of the Lord, as well as for all the articles to be used in its service. ¹⁴ He designated the weight of gold for all the gold articles to be used in various kinds of service, and the weight of silver for all the silver articles to be used in various kinds of service: ¹⁵ the weight of gold for the gold lampstands and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand; ¹⁶ the weight of gold for each table for consecrated bread; the weight of silver for the silver tables; ¹⁷ the weight of pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls and pitchers; the weight of gold for each gold dish; the weight of silver for each silver dish; ¹⁸ and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

¹⁹ “All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the Lord’s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details of the plan.”

²⁰ David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished. ²¹ The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the work on the temple of God, and every willing person skilled in any craft will help you in all the work. The officials and all the people will obey your every command.”

 

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    大衛將建造聖殿的使命交託所羅門。

 

歷代志上27章

      歷代志上27:1-34  ,

歷代志上27:1-34

27:1 以色列人的族長、千夫長、百夫長，和官長都分定班次，每班是二萬四千人，週年按月輪流，替換出入服事王。
27:2 正月第一班的班長是撒巴第業的兒子雅朔班；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:3 他是法勒斯的子孫，統管正月班的一切軍長。
27:4 二月的班長是亞哈希人朵代，還有副官密基羅；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:5 三月第三班的班長（原文是軍長；下同）是祭司耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:6 這比拿雅是那三十人中的勇士，管理那三十人；他班內又有他兒子暗米薩拔。
27:7 四月第四班的班長是約押的兄弟亞撒黑。接續他的是他兒子西巴第雅；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:8 五月第五班的班長是伊斯拉人珊合；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:9 六月第六班的班長是提哥亞人益吉的兒子以拉；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:10 七月第七班的班長是以法蓮族比倫人希利斯；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:11 八月第八班的班長是謝拉族戶沙人西比該；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:12 九月第九班的班長是便雅憫族亞拿突人亞比以謝；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:13 十月第十班的班長是謝拉族尼陀法人瑪哈萊；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:14 十一月第十一班的班長是以法蓮族比拉頓人比拿雅；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:15 十二月第十二班的班長是俄陀聶族尼陀法人黑玳；他班內有二萬四千人。
27:16 管理以色列眾支派的記在下面：管流便人的是細基利的兒子以利以謝；管西緬人的是瑪迦的兒子示法提雅；
27:17 管利未人的是基母利的兒子哈沙比雅；管亞倫子孫的是撒督；
27:18 管猶大人的是大衛的一個哥哥以利戶，管以薩迦人的是米迦勒的兒子暗利；
27:19 管西布倫人的是俄巴第雅的兒子伊施瑪雅；管拿弗他利人的是亞斯列的兒子耶利摩；
27:20 管以法蓮人的是阿撒細雅的兒子何細亞；管瑪拿西半支派的是毘大雅的兒子約珥；
27:21 管基列地瑪拿西那半支派的是撒迦利亞的兒子易多；管便雅憫人的是押尼珥的兒子雅西業；
27:22 管但人的是耶羅罕的兒子亞薩列。以上是以色列眾支派的首領。
27:23 以色列人二十歲以內的，大衛沒有記其數目；因耶和華曾應許說，必加增以色列人如天上的星那樣多。
27:24 洗魯雅的兒子約押動手數點，當時耶和華的烈怒臨到以色列人；因此，沒有點完，數目也沒有寫在大衛王記上。
27:25 掌管王府庫的是亞疊的兒子押斯馬威。掌管田野城邑村莊保障之倉庫的是烏西雅的兒子約拿單。
27:26 掌管耕田種地的是基綠的兒子以斯利。
27:27 掌管葡萄園的是拉瑪人示每。掌管葡萄園酒窖的是實弗米人撒巴底。
27:28 掌管高原橄欖樹和桑樹的是基第利人巴勒‧哈南。掌管油庫的是約阿施。
27:29 掌管沙崙牧放牛群的是沙崙人施提賚。掌管山谷牧養牛群的是亞第賚的兒子沙法。
27:30 掌管駝群的是以實瑪利人阿比勒。掌管驢群的是米崙人耶希底亞。掌管羊群的是夏甲人雅悉。
27:31 這都是給大衛王掌管產業的。
27:32 大衛的叔叔約拿單作謀士；這人有智慧，又作書記。哈摩尼的兒子耶歇作王眾子的師傅。
27:33 亞希多弗也作王的謀士。亞基人戶篩作王的陪伴。
27:34 亞希多弗之後，有比拿雅的兒子耶何耶大和亞比亞他接續他作謀士。約押作王的元帥。

 

 This is the list of the Israelites—heads of families, commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and their officers, who served the king in all that concerned the army divisions that were on duty month by month throughout the year. Each division consisted of 24,000 men.

² In charge of the first division, for the first month, was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel. There were 24,000 men in his division. ³ He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army officers for the first month.

⁴ In charge of the division for the second month was Dodai the Ahohite; Mikloth was the leader of his division. There were 24,000 men in his division.

⁵ The third army commander, for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was chief and there were 24,000 men in his division. ⁶ This was the Benaiah who was a mighty warrior among the Thirty and was over the Thirty. His son Ammizabad was in charge of his division.

⁷ The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah was his successor. There were 24,000 men in his division.

⁸ The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

⁹ The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

¹⁰ The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

¹¹ The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbekai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

¹² The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

¹³ The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

¹⁴ The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

¹⁵ The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, from the family of Othniel. There were 24,000 men in his division.

¹⁶ The leaders of the tribes of Israel:

over the Reubenites: Eliezer son of Zikri;

over the Simeonites: Shephatiah son of Maakah;

¹⁷ over Levi: Hashabiah son of Kemuel;

over Aaron: Zadok;

¹⁸ over Judah: Elihu, a brother of David;

over Issachar: Omri son of Michael;

¹⁹ over Zebulun: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;

over Naphtali: Jerimoth son of Azriel;

²⁰ over the Ephraimites: Hoshea son of Azaziah;

over half the tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah;

²¹ over the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah;

over Benjamin: Jaasiel son of Abner;

²² over Dan: Azarel son of Jeroham.

These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

²³ David did not take the number of the men twenty years old or less, because the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky. ²⁴ Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. God’s wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book^[a] of the annals of King David.

²⁵ Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses.

Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the outlying districts, in the towns, the villages and the watchtowers.

²⁶ Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the workers who farmed the land.

²⁷ Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards.

Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.

²⁸ Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore-fig trees in the western foothills.

Joash was in charge of the supplies of olive oil.

²⁹ Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon.

Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

³⁰ Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels.

Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

³¹ Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks.

All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.

³² Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hakmoni took care of the king’s sons.

³³ Ahithophel was the king’s counselor.

Hushai the Arkite was the king’s confidant. ³⁴ Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.

Joab was the commander of the royal army.

 

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    這是大衛的整府組織。

 

 

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