2 Crônicas 9

Te Toronga o te Kuīni o Hēpā

1 Ā, i te rongonga o te kuīni o Hēpā ki te rongo o Horomona, ka haere mai ki te whakamātau i a Horomona ki ngā kupu pakeke ki Hiruhārama. Nui atu hoki te tira, he kāmera anō e waha ana i ngā mea kakara, i tōna nui o te kōura, i te kōhatu utu nui. Ā, nō tōna taenga mai ki a Horomona, ka kōrerotia e ia ki a ia ngā mea katoa i tōna ngākau. 2 Ā, whakaaturia ana e Horomona ki a ia te tikanga o āna kupu katoa; kāhore he kupu i ngaro i a Horomona, i kore te whakaatu ki a ia. 3 Ā, nō te kitenga o te kuīni o Hēpā i te mōhio o Horomona, i te whare hoki i hangā e ia, 4 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 ō rātou kākahu; i tōna pikitanga i piki atu ai ia ki te whare o Ihowā; kore ake he wairua i roto i a ia.

5 Nā, ka mea ia ki te kīngi, "Pono tonu ngā mea i rongo ai ahau i tōku whenua mō āu mahi, mō tōu mōhio. 6 Otiia, kīhai ahau i whakapono ki ā rātou kōrero, ā tae noa mai ahau, kite noa ōku kanohi. Nanā, kīhai te hāwhe o te nui o tōu mōhio i kōrerotia mai ki ahau; nui atu tāu i te rongo i rongo ai ahau. 7 Anō te hari o āu tāngata, te hari o ēnei pononga āu e tū tonu nei i tōu aroaro, e whakarongo nei ki tōu mōhio! 8 Kia whakapaingia a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i āhuareka nei ki a koe, i hōmai nei i a koe ki runga ki tōna torōna, hei kīngi mā Ihowā, mā tōu Atua; he aroha nā tōu Atua ki a Īharaira, he mea anō kia whakapūmautia ai rātou ake ake, koia koe i meinga ai e ia hei kīngi mō rātou, hei mahi i te whakawā, i te tika."

9 Nā, hōmai ana e ia ki te kīngi kotahi rau e rua tekau taranata kōura, tōna tini anō o ngā mea kakara, me ngā kōhatu utu nui. Kāhore anō he mea kakara hei rite mō ēnei i hōmai nei e te kuīni o Hēpā ki a Kīngi Horomona.

10 Nā, ko ngā tāngata a Hūrāma, rātou ko ngā tāngata a Horomona, i kawea mai ai te kōura i Ōpira, i kawea mai anō e rātou he rākau aramuka, he kōhatu utu nui hoki. 11 Nā, ka hangā e te kīngi aua rākau aramuka hei huarahi ki te whare o Ihowā, ki te whare hoki o te kīngi, ā, hei hāpa, hei hātere, hei mea mā ngā kaiwaiata; kāhore i kitea he pērā i mua, i te whenua o Hūrā.

12 Nā, ka hoatu e Kīngi Horomona ki te kuīni o Hēpā ngā mea katoa i pai ai ia, āna hoki i tono ai, hāunga ngā mea i mauria mai e ia ki te kīngi. Nā, ko tōna tahuritanga, ka haere ki tōna ake whenua, rātou ko āna tāngata.

Ngā Rawa Nunui a Horomona

13 Nā, ko te taimaha o te kōura i tae mai ki a Horomona i te tau kotahi, e ono rau e ono tekau mā ono taranata kōura; 14 hāunga ngā mea i mauria mai e ngā kairapu taonga, e ngā kaihokohoko. I kawea mai anō he kōura, he hiriwa, e ngā kīngi katoa o Arāpia, e ngā kāwana o te whenua, ki a Horomona. 15 Nā, ka hangā e Kīngi Horomona ētahi pukupuku, e rua rau, he mea patu te kōura; e ono rau hekere o te kōura patu i meatia ki te pukupuku kotahi; 16 me ētahi pukupuku iti iho, e toru rau, he mea patu anō te kōura. E toru rau hekere kōura i meatia ki te pukupuku kotahi; ā, whakatakotoria ana e te kīngi ki te whare o te ngahere o Repanōna.

17 I hangā anō e te kīngi he torōna nui ki te rei, whakakikoruatia iho ki te kōura parakore. 18 Ā, e ono ngā kurupae ki te torōna, me te tūranga waewae, he mea kōura, he mea hono ki te torōna, me ngā okiokinga anō i te wāhi e nohoia ana, i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, e rua hoki ngā raiona e tū ana i te taha o ngā okiokinga. 19 Kotahi tekau mā rua ngā raiona i reira e tū ana i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, i ngā kaupae e ono. Kāhore he mea pērā i hangā i tētahi atu rangatiratanga.

20 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 mea hiriwa; kīhai te hiriwa i kīia he mea nui i ngā rā o Horomona. 21 He kaipuke hoki a te kīngi, rere ai ki Tarahihi me ngā tāngata a Hūrāma; kotahi te ūnga mai i ngā tau e toru o ngā kaipuke o Tarahihi, me te mau mai i te kōura, i te hiriwa, i te rei, i te makimaki, i te pīkake.

22 Nā, nui atu a Kīngi Horomona i ngā kīngi katoa o te whenua te whai taonga, te mōhio. 23 Ā, i whai ngā kīngi katoa o te whenua ki a Horomona, kia rongo i tōna mōhio i hōmai nei e te Atua ki tōna ngākau. 24 Ā, ka mauria mai e tēnā tāna hākari, tāna hākari, ngā oko hiriwa, ngā oko kōura, ngā kākahu, ngā mea mō te whawhai, ngā mea kakara, ngā hōiho, ngā muera, he mea tatau ā-tau tonu.

25 Nā, e whā mano ngā tūranga a Horomona mō ngā hōiho, mō ngā hāriata, tekau mā rua mano ngā kaieke hōiho, waiho ana e ia ki ngā pā hāriata, ki te kīngi anō ki Hiruhārama. 26 Nā, ko ia te kīngi mō ngā kīngi katoa, o te awa mai ā tae noa ki te whenua o ngā Pirihitini, ki te rohe rā anō ki Īhipa. 27 Nā, meinga ana e te kīngi te hiriwa o Hiruhārama kia rite ki te kōhatu; i meinga anō hoki e ia ngā hīta kia rite ki te hikamora i te raorao te tini. 28 Ā, mauria ana mai e rātou he hōiho mō Horomona i Īhipa, i ngā whenua katoa anō hoki.

He Whakarāpoto o te Kīngitanga o Horomona

29 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Horomona, ō mua, ō muri, kāhore ianei i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka a Nātana poropiti, ki te poropititanga anō a Āhia Hironi, ki ngā kitenga anō a Iro matakite i ngā mea mō Ieropoama tama a Nēpata? 30 Nā, e whā tekau ngā tau i kīngi ai a Horomona i Hiruhārama ki a Īharaira katoa. 31 Nā, ka moe a Horomona ki ōna mātua, ā, tanumia ana ki te pā o tōna pāpā, o Rāwiri; ā, ka kīngi ko Rehopoama, ko tāna tama i muri i a ia.

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

9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones. 11 And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold, 14 besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler. 16 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. 19 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. 20 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: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

22 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 26 And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 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 they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.