God Revealed to King Solomon
全新四年樂活讀經
W2 2012-07-24 (王上9)
經文: 列王記上 9:6-9 倘若你們和你們的子孫轉去不跟從我，不守我指示你們的誡命律例，去事奉敬拜別神，我就必將以色列人從我賜給他們的地上剪除，並且我為己名所分別為聖的殿也必捨棄不顧，使以色列人在萬民中作笑談，被譏誚。這殿雖然甚高，將來經過的人必驚訝、嗤笑，說：『耶和華為何向這地和這殿如此行呢？』人必回答說：『是因此地的人離棄領他們列祖出埃及地之耶和華他們的神，去親近別神，事奉敬拜他，所以耶和華使這一切災禍臨到他們。』」
默想: 當所羅門王完成建造耶和華的聖殿之後，可能會產生一種錯誤的安全感。就像士師以利時代的以色列人一樣。當他們與非利士人戰爭遇到挫折時，不會到約櫃前面，向耶和華禱告祈求，並自我反省認罪悔改，專心歸向耶和華。好得到耶和華的饒恕與赦免，他們卻誤以為，擁有約櫃，就擁有耶和華的同在、祝福與保護。因此，他們在下一場與非利士人戰爭中，就把約櫃抬入戰場，深信耶和華為了他的名的緣故，一定會顯出神威，讓以色列人戰勝非利士人。那裡知道，耶和華卻讓以色列人又打了一個大敗仗，甚至以色列人引以為傲的約櫃都被非利士人給擄去了。現在，所羅門王為約櫃建造這個美輪美奐、宏偉無比的聖殿，可能也會陷入同樣的迷思，誤以為耶和華為了喜歡住在這個聖殿，一定會出手保護以色列國，免得聖殿被外邦人毀壞與褻瀆。在主耶穌的時代，猶太人對於聖殿就產生如此的錯誤迷思。主耶穌為耶路撒冷的聖殿哀哭說，巴不得你在這日子知道關係你平安的事；無奈這事現在是隱藏的，叫你的眼看不出來。因為日子將到，你的仇敵必築起土壘，周圍環繞你，四面困住你，並要掃滅你和你裡頭的兒女，連一塊石頭也不留在石頭上，因你不知道眷顧你的時候。(路19:42-44) 當代猶太宗教領袖，竟然將外邦人禱告的外院，濫用成為宗教領袖謀取個人私利的機會。當時門徒還以聖殿的宏偉建築與美麗的石材，引以為傲的指給主耶穌看，對主耶穌說：「夫子，請看，這是何等的石頭！何等的殿宇！」耶穌對他說：「你看見這大殿宇嗎？將來在這裡沒有一塊石頭留在石頭上，不被拆毀了。」(可13:1-2) 聖殿的存在，是為了讓我們有一個可以與神親近，向神禱告的場所，其最終目的是經由與神親近的禱告，能夠幫助我們過一個敬畏上帝，遵行神的誡命、律例、典章的生活見證。耶和華擔心所羅門王會忽略這一點，因此在所羅門王獻殿之後，還特別向所羅門王顯現，並向他再度叮嚀這個重要的吩咐。非常令人遺憾的是當所羅門王年老時，竟然忘記了耶和華的一再提醒與警告，轉而去敬拜他所取許多嬪妃所敬拜的外邦神明。求主幫助和平教會每一位兄姐，在進入新聖殿敬拜神以後，能夠在日常生活中更尊主為大，遵行神的誡命。
題目: 上主再次顯現，並再次重申他對王室及以色列民的要求「除了我以外，你不可有別的神…」。試問，對於上主如此反覆重申這句話，你有何看法？
9:1 所羅門建造耶和華殿和王宮，並一切所願意建造的都完畢了，
When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the king's house and all that Solomon desired to build,
9:2 耶和華就二次向所羅門顯現，如先前在基遍向他顯現一樣，
the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
9:3 對他說：「你向我所禱告祈求的，我都應允了。我已將你所建的這殿分別為聖，使我的名永遠在其中；我的眼、我的心也必常在那裡。
And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, and put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
9:4 你若效法你父大衛，存誠實正直的心行在我面前，遵行我一切所吩咐你的，謹守我的律例典章，
And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my ordinances,
9:5 我就必堅固你的國位在以色列中，直到永遠，正如我應許你父大衛說：『你的子孫必不斷人坐以色列的國位。』
then I will establish your royal throne over Israel for ever, as I promised David your father, saying, `There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.'
9:6 倘若你們和你們的子孫轉去不跟從我，不守我指示你們的誡命律例，去事奉敬拜別神，
But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
9:7 我就必將以色列人從我賜給他們的地上剪除，並且我為己名所分別為聖的殿也必捨棄不顧，使以色列人在萬民中作笑談，被譏誚。
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and the house which I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
9:8 這殿雖然甚高，將來經過的人必驚訝、嗤笑，說：『耶和華為何向這地和這殿如此行呢？』
And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone passing by it will be astonished, and will hiss; and they will say, `Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'
9:9 人必回答說：『是因此地的人離棄領他們列祖出埃及地之耶和華─他們的 神，去親近別神，事奉敬拜他，所以耶和華使這一切災禍臨到他們。』」
Then they will say, `Because they forsook the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the LORD has brought all this evil upon them.'"
9:10 所羅門建造耶和華殿和王宮，這兩所二十年才完畢了。
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house,
9:11 推羅王希蘭曾照所羅門所要的，資助他香柏木、松木，和金子；所羅門王就把加利利地的二十座城給了希蘭。
and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
9:12 希蘭從推羅出來，察看所羅門給他的城邑，就不喜悅，
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, they did not please him.
9:13 說：「我兄啊，你給我的是甚麼城邑呢？」他就給這城邑之地起名叫迦步勒，直到今日。
Therefore he said, "What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?" So they are called the land of Cabul to this day.
9:14 希蘭給所羅門一百二十他連得金子。
Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
9:15 所羅門王挑取服苦的人，是為建造耶和華的殿、自己的宮、米羅、耶路撒冷的城牆、夏瑣、米吉多，並基色。
And this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the LORD and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megid'do and Gezer
9:16 先前埃及王法老上來攻取基色，用火焚燒，殺了城內居住的迦南人，將城賜給他女兒所羅門的妻作妝奩。
(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burnt it with fire, and had slain the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife;
9:17 所羅門建造基色、下伯•和崙、
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-hor'on
9:18 巴拉，並國中曠野裡的達莫，
and Ba'alath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,
9:19 又建造所有的積貨城，並屯車和馬兵的城，與耶路撒冷、黎巴嫩，以及自己治理的全國中所願建造的。
and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
9:20 至於國中所剩下不屬以色列人的亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，
All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites, who were not of the people of Israel --
9:21 就是以色列人不能滅盡的，所羅門挑取他們的後裔作服苦的奴僕，直到今日。
their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to destroy utterly -- these Solomon made a forced levy of slaves, and so they are to this day.
9:22 惟有以色列人，所羅門不使他們作奴僕，乃是作他的戰士、臣僕、統領、軍長、車兵長、馬兵長。
But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves; they were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.
9:23 所羅門有五百五十督工的，監管工人。
These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: five hundred and fifty, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
9:24 法老的女兒從大衛城搬到所羅門為她建造的宮裡。那時，所羅門才建造米羅。
But Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her own house which Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.
9:25 所羅門每年三次在他為耶和華所築的壇上獻燔祭和平安祭，又在耶和華面前的壇上燒香。這樣，他建造殿的工程完畢了。
Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense before the LORD. So he finished the house.
9:26 所羅門王在以東地紅海邊，靠近以祿的以旬•迦別製造船隻。
King Solomon built a fleet of ships at E'zion-ge'ber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
9:27 希蘭差遣他的僕人，就是熟悉泛海的船家，與所羅門的僕人一同坐船航海。
And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon;
9:28 他們到了俄斐，從那裡得了四百二十他連得金子，運到所羅門王那裡。
and they went to Ophir, and brought from there gold, to the amount of four hundred and twenty talents; and they brought it to King Solomon.
When Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the king's house and all that Solomon desired to build,
9:2 耶和華就二次向所羅門顯現，如先前在基遍向他顯現一樣，
the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
9:3 對他說：「你向我所禱告祈求的，我都應允了。我已將你所建的這殿分別為聖，使我的名永遠在其中；我的眼、我的心也必常在那裡。
And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, and put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
9:4 你若效法你父大衛，存誠實正直的心行在我面前，遵行我一切所吩咐你的，謹守我的律例典章，
And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my ordinances,
9:5 我就必堅固你的國位在以色列中，直到永遠，正如我應許你父大衛說：『你的子孫必不斷人坐以色列的國位。』
then I will establish your royal throne over Israel for ever, as I promised David your father, saying, `There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.'
9:6 倘若你們和你們的子孫轉去不跟從我，不守我指示你們的誡命律例，去事奉敬拜別神，
But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
9:7 我就必將以色列人從我賜給他們的地上剪除，並且我為己名所分別為聖的殿也必捨棄不顧，使以色列人在萬民中作笑談，被譏誚。
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and the house which I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
9:8 這殿雖然甚高，將來經過的人必驚訝、嗤笑，說：『耶和華為何向這地和這殿如此行呢？』
And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone passing by it will be astonished, and will hiss; and they will say, `Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'
9:9 人必回答說：『是因此地的人離棄領他們列祖出埃及地之耶和華─他們的 神，去親近別神，事奉敬拜他，所以耶和華使這一切災禍臨到他們。』」
Then they will say, `Because they forsook the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the LORD has brought all this evil upon them.'"
9:10 所羅門建造耶和華殿和王宮，這兩所二十年才完畢了。
At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house,
9:11 推羅王希蘭曾照所羅門所要的，資助他香柏木、松木，和金子；所羅門王就把加利利地的二十座城給了希蘭。
and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
9:12 希蘭從推羅出來，察看所羅門給他的城邑，就不喜悅，
But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, they did not please him.
9:13 說：「我兄啊，你給我的是甚麼城邑呢？」他就給這城邑之地起名叫迦步勒，直到今日。
Therefore he said, "What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?" So they are called the land of Cabul to this day.
9:14 希蘭給所羅門一百二十他連得金子。
Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
9:15 所羅門王挑取服苦的人，是為建造耶和華的殿、自己的宮、米羅、耶路撒冷的城牆、夏瑣、米吉多，並基色。
And this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the LORD and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megid'do and Gezer
9:16 先前埃及王法老上來攻取基色，用火焚燒，殺了城內居住的迦南人，將城賜給他女兒所羅門的妻作妝奩。
(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burnt it with fire, and had slain the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife;
9:17 所羅門建造基色、下伯•和崙、
so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and Lower Beth-hor'on
9:18 巴拉，並國中曠野裡的達莫，
and Ba'alath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,
9:19 又建造所有的積貨城，並屯車和馬兵的城，與耶路撒冷、黎巴嫩，以及自己治理的全國中所願建造的。
and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
9:20 至於國中所剩下不屬以色列人的亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人，
All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Per'izzites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites, who were not of the people of Israel --
9:21 就是以色列人不能滅盡的，所羅門挑取他們的後裔作服苦的奴僕，直到今日。
their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were unable to destroy utterly -- these Solomon made a forced levy of slaves, and so they are to this day.
9:22 惟有以色列人，所羅門不使他們作奴僕，乃是作他的戰士、臣僕、統領、軍長、車兵長、馬兵長。
But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves; they were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.
9:23 所羅門有五百五十督工的，監管工人。
These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work: five hundred and fifty, who had charge of the people who carried on the work.
9:24 法老的女兒從大衛城搬到所羅門為她建造的宮裡。那時，所羅門才建造米羅。
But Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her own house which Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo.
9:25 所羅門每年三次在他為耶和華所築的壇上獻燔祭和平安祭，又在耶和華面前的壇上燒香。這樣，他建造殿的工程完畢了。
Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense before the LORD. So he finished the house.
9:26 所羅門王在以東地紅海邊，靠近以祿的以旬•迦別製造船隻。
King Solomon built a fleet of ships at E'zion-ge'ber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
9:27 希蘭差遣他的僕人，就是熟悉泛海的船家，與所羅門的僕人一同坐船航海。
And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon;
9:28 他們到了俄斐，從那裡得了四百二十他連得金子，運到所羅門王那裡。
and they went to Ophir, and brought from there gold, to the amount of four hundred and twenty talents; and they brought it to King Solomon.
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