1 Reis 10

1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning Yahweh’s name, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great caravan, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart. 3 Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her. 4 When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 5 the food of his table, the sitting of his servants, the attendance of his officials, their clothing, his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to Yahweh’s house, there was no more spirit in her. 6 She said to the king, "It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom. 7 However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom. 9 Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness." 10 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was there such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

11 The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought in from Ophir great quantities of almug trees*10:11 possibly an Indian sandalwood, with nice grain and a pleasant scent, and good for woodworking and precious stones. 12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for Yahweh’s house and for the king’s house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers; no such almug trees came or were seen to this day.

13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, in addition to 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 sixty-six talents*10:14 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 666 talents is about 20 metric tons of gold, 15 in addition to that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country. 16 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels*10:16 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or 13.2 pounds or 192 Troy ounces. of gold went to one buckler. 17 He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas*10:17 A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. 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 armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests. 20 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. Nothing like it was made in any kingdom. 21 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, because it was considered of little value in the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

23 So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24 All the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. 25 Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.

26 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen. He kept them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland. 28 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price. 29 A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels*10:29 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty shekels; and so they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.

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.