歴代誌Ⅱ 7 – JCB & NIRV

Japanese Contemporary Bible

歴代誌Ⅱ 7:1-22

7

神殿の奉献

1-2ソロモン王が祈り終えると、天から火が下って、いけにえを焼き尽くしました。主の栄光が神殿に満ちあふれたので、祭司たちは中に入れません。 3民はみな、このすばらしい光景を見て、顔を地面にすりつけるようにして主を拝み、感謝をささげました。人々は、「主はなんとすばらしい方!いつも愛と恵みにあふれておられる」と大声で賛美しました。

4-5それから、王と民はみな、牛二万二千頭、羊十二万頭のいけにえをささげて、神殿を主に奉献しました。 6祭司たちはそれぞれの部署につき、レビ人は、ダビデ王の手作りの楽器を手にして、「主のいつくしみはとこしえまで」と賛美しました。祭司たちがラッパを吹いた時、民はみな起立していました。

7青銅の祭壇ではささげきれないほど、たくさんのいけにえがあったので、王はその日のいけにえをささげる場所として、神殿の内庭をきよめました。

8続く七日間、イスラエル全土から集まった大群衆とともに仮庵の祭りが祝われました。中には、はるばる北はレボ・ハマテ、南はエジプト川地域の遠方から来た人々もいました。 9最後の礼典が八日目にあったのち、 10第七の月の二十三日に、王は民を家に帰しました。彼らは、主がダビデとソロモン、イスラエルの民に下さった恵みを思い、喜びと感謝にあふれて家路につきました。

11こうしてソロモンは、神殿と王宮とを建て終わりました。すべてが計画どおり実現したのです。

ソロモンに現れた主

12ある夜、主は夢でソロモンに現れ、語りました。「わたしはあなたの祈りを聞いた。また、あなたがたがいけにえをささげる場所として、わたしはこの神殿を選んだ。 13わたしが天を閉ざしたため雨が降らなくなったり、いなごの大群が穀物を食い尽くしたり、伝染病が大流行したりした場合、 14もし、わたしの民がへりくだって祈り、悪い道から離れてわたしに立ち返るなら、天からその祈りを聞き、彼らの罪を赦し、この地を元どおりにしよう。 15この場所でのすべての祈りに耳を傾け、目を留めよう。 16わたしが、この神殿を永遠のわたしの家として選んで聖別したのだから、わたしの心はいつもここにある。

17あなたが、父ダビデのようにわたしに従うなら、 18約束どおり、あなたとあなたの子孫を代々イスラエルの王としよう。 19しかし、もしわたしに従わず、わたしの教えに背いて偶像を拝むなら、 20この地からわたしの民を滅ぼしてしまおう。わたしのために確保しておいたこの神殿も滅んで、多くの人の恐れとなり、物笑いの種となるだろう。 21神殿が有名だっただけに、そのそばを通る者はみな、驚きのあまりつぶやくだろう。『どういうわけで、主はこの地とこの神殿とに、こんなむごいことをなさったのか』と。 22すると、こうした答えが返ってくるだろう。『この地の民は、先祖をエジプトから導き出してくださった神を捨てて、ほかの神々を拝んだので、このようなことになったのだ』と。」

New International Reader’s Version

2 Chronicles 7:1-22

The Temple Is Set Apart to the Lord

1Solomon finished praying. Then fire came down from heaven. It burned up the burnt offering and the sacrifices. The glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2The priests couldn’t enter the temple of the Lord because his glory filled it. 3All the Israelites saw the fire coming down. They saw the glory of the Lord above the temple. So they got down on their knees in the courtyard with their faces toward the ground. They worshiped the Lord. They gave thanks to him and said,

“The Lord is good.

His faithful love continues forever.”

4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices to the Lord. 5King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep and goats. So the king and all the people set the temple of God apart. 6The priests and Levites took their positions. The Levites played the Lord’s musical instruments. King David had made them for praising the Lord. They were used when he gave thanks to the Lord. He said, “His faithful love continues forever.” Across from where the Levites were, the priests blew their trumpets. All the people of Israel were standing.

7Solomon set the middle area of the courtyard apart to the Lord. It was in front of the Lord’s temple. There Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings. He also sacrificed the fat of the friendship offerings there. He did it there because the bronze altar he had made couldn’t hold it all. It couldn’t hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat parts.

8At that time Solomon celebrated the Feast of Booths for seven days. The whole community of Israel was with him. It was a huge crowd. People came from as far away as Lebo Hamath and the Wadi of Egypt. 9On the eighth day they held a special service. For seven days they had celebrated by setting the altar apart to honor God. The feast continued for seven more days. 10Then Solomon sent the people home. It was the 23rd day of the seventh month. The people were glad. Their hearts were full of joy. That’s because the Lord had done good things for David and Solomon and his people Israel.

The Lord Appears to Solomon

11Solomon finished the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He had done everything he had planned to do in the Lord’s temple and his own palace. 12The Lord appeared to him at night. The Lord said,

“I have heard your prayer. I have chosen this place for myself. It is a temple where sacrifices will be offered.

13“Suppose I close up the sky and there isn’t any rain. Suppose I command locusts to eat up the crops. And I send a plague among my people. 14But they make themselves humble in my sight. They pray and look to me. And they turn from their evil ways. Then I will listen to them from heaven. I will forgive their sin. And I will heal their land. After all, they are my people. 15Now my eyes will see them. My ears will pay attention to the prayers they offer in this place. 16I have chosen this temple. I have set it apart for myself. My Name will be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

17“But you must walk faithfully with me, just as your father David did. Do everything I command you to do. Obey my rules and laws. 18Then I will set up your royal throne. I made a covenant with your father David to do that. I said to him, ‘You will always have a son from your family line to rule over Israel.’

19“But suppose all of you turn away from me. You refuse to obey the rules and commands I have given you. And you go off to serve other gods and worship them. 20Then I will remove Israel from my land. It is the land I gave them. I will turn my back on this temple. I will do it even though I have set it apart for my Name to be there. I will make all the nations hate it. They will laugh and joke about it. 21This temple will become a pile of stones. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will say, ‘Why has the Lord done a thing like this to this land and temple?’ 22People will answer, ‘Because they have deserted the Lord. He is the God of their people who lived long ago. He brought them out of Egypt. But they have been holding on to other gods. They’ve been worshiping them. They’ve been serving them. That’s why the Lord has brought all this horrible trouble on them.’ ”