The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
1The queen of Sheba heard about how famous Solomon was. She also heard about how he served and worshiped the Lord. So she came to test Solomon with hard questions. 2She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large group of attendants. Her camels were carrying spices, huge amounts of gold, and valuable jewels. She came to Solomon and asked him about everything she wanted to know. 3Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything too hard for the king to explain to her. 4So the queen of Sheba saw how very wise Solomon was. She saw the palace he had built. 5She saw the food on his table. She saw his officials sitting there. She saw the robes of the servants who waited on everyone. She saw his wine tasters. And she saw the burnt offerings Solomon sacrificed at the Lord’s temple. She could hardly believe everything she had seen.
6She said to the king, “Back in my own country I heard a report about you. I heard about how much you had accomplished. I also heard about how wise you are. Everything I heard is true. 7But I didn’t believe those things. So I came to see for myself. And now I believe it! You are twice as wise and wealthy as people say you are. The report I heard doesn’t even begin to tell the whole story about you. 8How happy your people must be! How happy your officials must be! They always get to serve you and hear the wise things you say. 9May the Lord your God be praised. He takes great delight in you. He placed you on the throne of Israel. The Lord will love Israel for all time to come. That’s why he has made you king. He knows that you will do what is fair and right.”
10She gave the king four and a half tons of gold. She also gave him huge amounts of spices and valuable jewels. No one would ever bring to King Solomon as many spices as the queen of Sheba gave him.
11Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir. From there they also brought huge amounts of almugwood and valuable jewels. 12The king used the almugwood to make supports for the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He also used it to make harps and lyres for those who played the music. That much almugwood has never been brought into Judah or seen there since that day.
13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and asked for. That was in addition to what he had given her out of his royal riches. Then she left. She returned to her own country with her attendants.
Solomon’s Greatness
14Each year Solomon received 25 tons of gold. 15That didn’t include the money brought in by business and trade. It also didn’t include the money from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories.
16King Solomon made 200 large shields out of hammered gold. Each one weighed 15 pounds. 17He also made 300 small shields out of hammered gold. Each one weighed seven and a half pounds. The king put all the shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
18Then he made a large throne. It was covered with ivory. And that was covered with fine gold. 19The throne had six steps. Its back had a rounded top. The throne had armrests on both sides of the seat. A statue of a lion stood on each side of the throne. 20Twelve lions stood on the six steps. There was one at each end of each step. Nothing like that throne had ever been made for any other kingdom. 21All of King Solomon’s cups were made out of gold. All the things used in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were made out of pure gold. Nothing was made out of silver. When Solomon was king, silver wasn’t considered to be worth very much. 22He had many ships that carried goods to be traded. His ships went to sea along with Hiram’s ships. Once every three years the ships returned. They brought gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.
23King Solomon was richer than all the other kings on earth. He was also wiser than they were. 24People from the whole world wanted to meet Solomon in person. They wanted to see for themselves how wise God had made him. 25Year after year, everyone who came to him brought a gift. They brought gifts made out of silver and gold. They brought robes, weapons and spices. They also brought horses and mules.
26Solomon had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept some of his horses and chariots in the chariot cities. He kept the others with him in Jerusalem. 27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedar wood as common there as sycamore-fig trees in the western hills. 28Solomon got horses from Egypt and from Kue. The royal traders bought them from Kue at the current price. 29They weighed out 15 pounds of silver for a chariot from Egypt. And they weighed out almost four pounds of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Arameans.
Ayaba Ṣeba bẹ Solomoni wò
110.1-29: 2Ki 9.1-28.Nígbà tí ayaba Ṣeba gbọ́ òkìkí Solomoni àti ì bà ṣe pọ̀ rẹ̀ ní ti orúkọ Olúwa, ó sì wá láti dán an wò pẹ̀lú ìbéèrè líle. 2Ó sì wá sí Jerusalẹmu pẹ̀lú ẹgbẹ́ èrò ńláńlá, pẹ̀lú ìbákasẹ tí ó ru tùràrí, àti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wúrà, àti òkúta iyebíye, ó sì wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Solomoni, ó sì bá a sọ gbogbo èyí tí ń bẹ ní ọkàn rẹ̀. 3Solomoni sì dáhùn gbogbo ìbéèrè rẹ̀; kò sì sí èyí tí ó ṣòro fún ọba láti ṣàlàyé fún un. 4Nígbà tí ayaba Ṣeba sì rí gbogbo ọgbọ́n Solomoni àti ààfin tí ó ti kọ́. 5Oúnjẹ tí ó wà lórí i tábìlì rẹ̀, ìjókòó àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀, àti ìdúró àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ àti ìwọṣọ wọn, àwọn agbọ́tí rẹ̀, àti ẹbọ sísun tí ó sun ní ilé Olúwa, kò sì sí ẹ̀mí kan nínú rẹ̀ mọ́!
6Ó sì wí fún ọba pé, “Òtítọ́ ni ìròyìn tí mo gbọ́ ní orílẹ̀-èdè mi ní ti iṣẹ́ rẹ àti ọgbọ́n rẹ. 7Ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò sì gba nǹkan wọ̀nyí gbọ́ títí ìgbà tí mo wá, tí mo sì fi ojú ara mi rí i. Sì kíyèsi i, a kò sọ ìdajì wọn fún mi; ìwọ sì ti fi ọgbọ́n àti ìrora kọjá òkìkí tí mo gbọ́. 8Báwo ni inú àwọn ènìyàn rẹ yóò ṣe dùn tó! Báwo ni inú dídùn àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, tí wọ́n ń dúró níwájú rẹ nígbà gbogbo, tí wọ́n sì ń gbọ́ ọgbọ́n rẹ! 9Ìbùkún ni fún Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, tí ó ní inú dídùn sí ọ, tí ó sì gbé ọ ka orí ìtẹ́ Israẹli. Nítorí tí Olúwa fẹ́ràn Israẹli títí láé, ni ó ṣe fi ọ́ jẹ ọba, láti ṣe ìdájọ́ àti òdodo.”
10Ó sì fún ọba ní ọgọ́fà (120) tálẹ́ǹtì wúrà, tùràrí olóòórùn dídùn lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀, àti òkúta iyebíye. Kò sí irú ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ tùràrí tí a mú wá tí ó dàbí irú èyí tí ayaba Ṣeba fi fún Solomoni ọba.
11Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú àwọn ọ̀wọ́-ọkọ̀ Hiramu tí ó mú wúrà láti Ofiri wá, wọ́n mú igi algumu, (igi sandali) lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀ àti òkúta oníyebíye láti Ofiri wá. 12Ọba sì fi igi algumu náà ṣe òpó fún ilé Olúwa àti fún ààfin ọba, àti láti ṣe dùùrù pẹ̀lú àti ohun èlò orin olókùn fún àwọn akọrin. Irú igi algumu bẹ́ẹ̀ kò dé mọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò rí wọn títí di òní yìí.
13Solomoni ọba sì fún ayaba Ṣeba ní gbogbo ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ àti ohun tí ó béèrè, yàtọ̀ sí èyí tí a fi fún un láti ọwọ́ Solomoni ọba wa. Nígbà náà ni ó yípadà, ó sì lọ sí ìlú rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀.
Ọ̀rọ̀ Solomoni
14Ìwọ̀n wúrà tí Solomoni ń gbà ní ọdún kan sì jẹ́ ọ̀tàlélẹ́gbẹ̀ta (666) ó-lé-mẹ́fà tálẹ́ǹtì wúrà, 15Láìka èyí tí ó ń gbà lọ́wọ́ àwọn ajẹ́lẹ̀ àti àwọn oníṣòwò, àti ti gbogbo àwọn ọba Arabia, àti àwọn baálẹ̀ ilẹ̀.
16Solomoni ọba sì ṣe igba (200) asà wúrà lílù; ẹgbẹ̀ta (600) ṣékélì wúrà ni ó lọ sí asà kan. 17Ó sì túnṣe ọ̀ọ́dúnrún (300) asà wúrà lílù, pẹ̀lú òṣùwọ̀n wúrà mẹ́ta tí ó tàn sí asà kọ̀ọ̀kan. Ọba sì kó wọn sí ilé igbó Lebanoni.
18Nígbà náà ni ọba sì ṣe ìtẹ́ eyín erin ńlá kan, ó sì fi wúrà dídára bò ó. 19Ìtẹ́ náà sì ní àtẹ̀gùn mẹ́fà, ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ sì ṣe róbótó lókè. Ní ibi ìjókòó méjèèjì náà ni ìrọpá wà, pẹ̀lú kìnnìún tí ó dúró lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn. 20Kìnnìún méjìlá sì dúró níbi àtẹ̀gùn mẹ́fẹ̀ẹ̀fà, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan ní òpin àtẹ̀gùn kọ̀ọ̀kan, kò tí ì sí irú rẹ̀ ní ìjọba kan rí. 21Gbogbo ohun èlò mímu Solomoni ọba sì jẹ́ wúrà àti gbogbo ohun èlò ààfin igbó Lebanoni sì jẹ́ kìkì wúrà. Kò sí nǹkan kan tí a fi fàdákà ṣe, nítorí a kò ka fàdákà sí nǹkan kan ní gbogbo ọjọ́ Solomoni. 22Ọba sì ní ọkọ̀ Tarṣiṣi kan pẹ̀lú ọkọ̀ Hiramu ní Òkun. Ẹ̀ẹ̀kan ní ọdún mẹ́ta ni ọkọ̀ Tarṣiṣi ń dé, tí ó ń mú wúrà àti fàdákà, eyín erin àti ìnàkí àti ẹyẹ-ológe wá.
23Solomoni ọba sì pọ̀ ní ọrọ̀ àti ní ọgbọ́n ju gbogbo àwọn ọba ayé lọ. 24Gbogbo ayé sì ń wá ojú Solomoni láti gbọ́ ọgbọ́n tí Ọlọ́run ti fi sí i ní ọkàn. 25Bí ọdún ṣe ń gorí ọdún olúkúlùkù àwọn tí ń wá sì ń mú ẹ̀bùn tirẹ̀ wá, ohun èlò fàdákà àti ohun èlò wúrà àti ẹ̀wù, àti tùràrí olóòórùn dídùn, ẹṣin àti ìbáaka.
26Solomoni sì kó kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹṣin jọ; ó sì ní egbèje (1,400) kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹgbàata (13,000) ẹlẹ́ṣin, tí ó fi pamọ́ sí ìlú kẹ̀kẹ́ àti pẹ̀lú ọba ní Jerusalẹmu. 27Ọba sì jẹ́ kí fàdákà pọ̀ ní Jerusalẹmu bí òkúta, àti igi kedari ni ó ṣe kí ó dàbí igi sikamore tí ń bẹ ní Àfonífojì fún ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀. 28A mú àwọn ẹṣin wá fún Solomoni láti Ejibiti àti láti Kue, oníṣòwò ọba rà wọ́n láti Kue fún owó. 29Wọ́n ń mú kẹ̀kẹ́ kan gòkè láti Ejibiti wá fún ẹgbẹ̀ta (600) ṣékélì fàdákà àti ẹṣin kan fún àádọ́jọ (150). Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n tún mú wọn wá fún ọba àwọn ọmọ Hiti àti ọba àwọn ọmọ Aramu.
