1 Reis 10

Te Toronga o te Kuīni o Hēpā

1 Ā, nō te rongonga o te Kuīni o Hēpā ki te rongo o Horomona, ki tāna i mea ai mō te ingoa o Ihowā, ka haere mai ia ki te whakamātau i a ia ki ngā kupu pakeke. 2 Nā, haere mai ana ia ki Hiruhārama, nui atu hoki te tira, he kāmera e waha ana i ngā mea kakara, i tōna nui o te kōura, i te kōhatu utu nui; nā, i tōna haerenga ki a Horomona, ka kōrerotia e ia ki a ia ngā mea katoa i roto i tōna ngākau. 3 Ā, whakaaturia ana e Horomona ki a ia te tikanga o āna kupu katoa, kāhore he kupu i ngaro i te kīngi, i kore te whakaatu ki a ia. 4 Ā, nō te kitenga o te Kuīni o Hēpā i te mōhio katoa o Horomona, i te whare hoki i hangā e ia, 5 i te kai o tāna tēpu, i te nohoanga o āna tāngata, i te tūranga o āna kaimahi, i ō rātou kākahu, i āna kairiringi wāina, i tōna pikitanga i piki atu ai ki te whare o Ihowā, kore ake he wairua i roto i a ia.

6 Ā, ka mea ia ki te kīngi, "Pono tonu ngā mea i rongo ai ahau i tōku whenua mō āu mahi, mō tōu mōhio. 7 Heoi, kīhai ahau i whakapono ki aua kōrero, ā tae noa mai ahau, kite noa ōku kanohi. Nanā, kīhai te hāwhe i kōrerotia ki ahau; nui atu tōu mōhio, tōu pai, i te rongo i rongo ai ahau. 8 Anō te hari o āu tāngata, anō te hari o ēnei pononga āu e tū tonu nei i tōu aroaro, e whakarongo nei ki tōu mōhio! 9 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, tōu Atua i whakaahuareka nei ki a koe, i hōmai nei i a koe ki runga ki te torōna o Īharaira. He aroha mau tonu hoki nō Ihowā ki a Īharaira, nā, meinga ana koe e ia hei kīngi, hei mahi i te whakawā, i te tika."

10 Nā, hōmai ana e ia ki te kīngi kotahi rau e rua tekau taranata kōura, tōna tini o ngā mea kakara, me ngā kōhatu utu nui; kāhore he mea kakara i tae mai i muri nei hei rite te nui ki ēnei i hōmai nei e te Kuīni o Hēpā ki a Kīngi Horomona.

11 Ā, nā ngā kaipuke o Hīrama nāna nei i mau mai te kōura i Ōpira, nā reira anō i kawe mai ngā rākau aramuka me ngā kōhatu utu nui i Ōpira, tōna tini. 12 Nā, ka hangā aua rākau aramuka e te kīngi hei pou mō te whare o Ihowā, mō te whare anō o te kīngi, hei hāpa, hei hātere, he mea mā ngā kaiwaiata; kāhore anō i tae noa mai he rākau aramuka hei rite, kāhore hoki i kitea i mua, ā taea noatia tēnei rā.

13 Nā, ka hoatu e Kīngi Horomona ki te Kuīni o Hēpā ngā mea katoa i pai ai ia, āna hoki i tono ai, he tāpiri ki runga ki ngā mea i hoatu e te ringa o Kīngi Horomona ki a ia. Heoi, ka tahuri ia, ā, haere ana rātou ko āna tāngata ki tōna whenua.

Te Rahinga a Kīngi Horomona

14 Nā, ko te taimaha o te kōura i tae ki a Horomona i te tau kotahi, e ono rau e ono tekau mā ono taranata kōura; 15 hāunga a ngā kairapu taonga, i mau mai ai me ngā taonga a ngā kaihokohoko, a ngā kīngi katoa o Arāpia, a ngā kāwana o te whenua.

16 Nā, ka hangā e Kīngi Horomona ētahi pukupuku, e rua rau, he mea patu te kōura; e ono rau ngā hekere kōura ki te pukupuku kotahi. 17 Ā, i hangaia e ia ētahi pukupuku iti iho e toru rau, he mea patu te kōura; e toru pāuna kōura ki te pukupuku kotahi; ā, hoatu ana e te kīngi ki te whare o te ngahere o Repanōna.

18 Ā, i hangā e te kīngi tētahi torōna nui ki te rei, whakakikoruatia iho ki te kōura pai rawa. 19 E ono ngā kaupae ki te torōna, he mea porotaka a runga o muri o te torōna; he okiokinga ringa anō kei te wāhi e nohoia ana, i tētahi taha; i tētahi taha, e rua anō ngā raiona e tū ana i te taha o ngā okiokinga. 20 Kotahi tekau mā rua hoki ngā raiona i reira e tū ana i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, i runga i ngā kaupae e ono; kāhore he mea pērā i hangā i tētahi atu rangatiratanga.

21 Nā, ko ngā oko inu katoa a Kīngi Horomona, he kōura kau; me ngā oko katoa o te whare o te ngahere o Repanōna, he kōura parakore; kāhore he hiriwa; kīhai tērā i kīia he mea nui ngā rā o Horomona.

22 He maha hoki a te kīngi kaipuke ki Tarahihi i te moana, he mea huihui ki ngā kaipuke a Hīrama. Kotahi te ūnga mai i ngā tau e toru o ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi, hei kawe mai i te kōura, i te hiriwa, i te rei, i ngā makimaki, me ngā pīkake.

23 Nā, nui atu a Kīngi Horomona i ngā kīngi katoa o te whenua te whai taonga, te mōhio. 24 I whāia anō a Horomona e ngā whenua katoa, kia rongo ai rātou i tōna mōhio i hōmai nei e te Atua ki tōna ngākau. 25 Me te kawe mai anō rātou i tāna hākari, i tāna hākari, i ngā oko hiriwa, i ngā oko kōura, i ngā kākahu, i ngā mea mō te whawhai, i ngā kakara reka, i ngā hōiho, i ngā muera, he mea tatau ā-tau tonu.

26 Nā, ka āmia e Horomona he hāriata, he kaieke hōiho; kotahi mano e whā rau ana hāriata, tekau mā rua mano ngā kainoho hōiho, he mea wehe nāna ki ngā pā hāriata, ki te kīngi hoki, ki Hiruhārama. 27 Nā, meinga ana te hiriwa e te kīngi ki Hiruhārama kia rite ki te kōhatu; i meinga anō e ia ngā hīta kia rite ki te hikamora i te raorao te tini.

28 Ā, ko ngā hōiho o Horomona, he mea mau mai i Īhipa; nā ngā kaihoko a te kīngi i tango kāhui mai, tēnā kāhui me tōna utu. 29 Nā, e ono rau ngā hekere hiriwa i riro ai te hāriata i puta ai i Īhipa, kotahi rau e rima tekau i riro ai te hōiho; ko rātou hei kawe mō ngā kīngi katoa o ngā Hiti, mō ngā kīngi o Hīria.

1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 5 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day.

13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. 19 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. 21 And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 28 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price. 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.