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Nagbisita ang Rayna sang Sheba kay Haring Solomon(A)

Sang mabatian sang rayna sang Sheba ang pagkabantog ni Solomon, nagkadto siya sa Jerusalem agod testingan ang kaalam ni Solomon paagi sa mabudlay nga mga pamangkot. Nag-abot siya sa Jerusalem nga may upod nga madamo nga mga tinawo, kag may dala siya nga mga kamelyo nga kargado sang mga regalo nga panakot, bulawan nga puwerte kadamo, kag malahalon nga mga bato. Pagkitaay nila ni Solomon, ginpamangkot niya siya sang tanan nga gusto niya nga ipamangkot. Ginsabat ni Solomon ang tanan niya nga pamangkot kag wala gid sing bisan ano nga butang nga indi niya mapaathag sa iya. Sang mapamatud-an sang rayna sang Sheba ang kaalam ni Solomon, kag sang makita niya ang katahom sang palasyo nga iya ginpatindog, daw indi siya makapati. Amo man sang makita niya ang pagkaon sa lamisa sang hari, ang pagdumala sang iya mga opisyal, ang pag-alagad sang iya mga suluguon kag mga manugserbi sang iya ilimnon nga may matahom nga mga uniporme, kag ang mga halad nga ginasunog nga iya ginhalad sa templo sang Ginoo.

Nagsiling siya sa hari, “Matuod gid man ang nabatian ko sa akon nasyon parte sa imo mga hinimuan kag kaalam. Wala ako nagpati sini hasta nga nagkadto ako diri kag nakita ko ini mismo. Ang matuod, wala gani sa katunga sang akon nabatian parte sa imo ang akon nakita. Ang imo kaalam labaw pa sang sa akon nabatian. Daw ano ka suwerte sang imo mga tinawo! Daw ano ka suwerte sang imo mga opisyal nga nagaalagad sa imo kay permi nila mabatian ang imo kaalam. Dalayawon ang Ginoo nga imo Dios, nga nalipay sa imo kag nagbutang sa imo sa trono agod maghari para sa iya. Tungod sa gugma sang imo Dios sa Israel kag sa iya handom nga padayunon niya ini nga nasyon hasta san-o, ginhimo niya ikaw nga hari sini, agod himuon mo ang husto kag matarong sa mga tawo.”

Dayon ginhatagan niya si Haring Solomon sing mga lima ka tonelada nga bulawan, madamo nga mga panakot kag malahalon nga mga bato. Wala na gid sing may makatupong sa kadamuon sang panakot nga ginhatag sang rayna sang Sheba kay Haring Solomon.

10 May dala man ang mga tinawo ni Haring Solomon kag ang mga tinawo ni Hiram sang mga bulawan, mga kahoy nga almug, kag malahalon nga mga bato halin sa Ofir. 11 Gin-gamit ni Haring Solomon ang mga kahoy nga almug nga mga hagdanan sa templo sang Ginoo kag sa palasyo, kag ang iban ginhimo nga mga arpa kag mga lira para sa mga musikero. Wala gid sing pareho sina[a] nga nakita sang una sa Juda.

12 Ginhatag ni Haring Solomon sa rayna sang Sheba ang bisan ano nga ginpangayo niya. Mas sobra pa ang ginhatag ni Solomon sa iya sang sa gindala niya. Dayon nagpauli ang rayna sa iya lugar upod sang iya mga tinawo.

Ang Manggad ni Solomon(B)

13 Kada tuig nagabaton si Solomon sing mga 23 ka tonelada nga bulawan, 14 wala labot sa mga buhis nga halin sa mga negosyante. Nagahatag man sa iya sang mga bulawan kag pilak ang tanan nga hari sang Arabia kag ang mga gobernador sang Israel.

15 Nagpahimo si Haring Solomon sang 200 ka dalagko nga mga taming nga ang kada taming nahaklapan sing mga pito[b] ka kilo nga bulawan. 16 Nagpahimo man siya sang 300 ka magagmay nga mga taming nga ang kada taming nahaklapan sing mga tatlo kag tunga[c] ka kilo nga bulawan. Ginpabutang niya ini tanan didto sa bahin sang palasyo nga ginatawag Kagulangan sang Lebanon.

17 Nagpahimo man ang hari sang isa ka dako nga trono nga halin sa mga bangkil sang mga elepante, kag ginhaklapan ini sang puro nga bulawan. 18 May anom ka halintang ang trono, kag may bulawan ini nga tulungtungan sang tiil. Sa kada kilid sang halambuyan sini may ara nga estatwa sang leon nga nagatindog. 19 Kag may ara man nga estatwa sang leon sa kada kilid sang halintang. Dose tanan ka estatwa sa anom ka halintang. Wala sing may makapareho sini nga trono sa bisan diin nga ginharian. 20 Ang tanan nga ilimnan ni Haring Solomon puro bulawan, kag ang tanan nga kagamitan sa bahin sang palasyo nga ginatawag Kagulangan sang Lebanon puro man bulawan. Wala ini ginhimo sa pilak kay gamay lang ang bili sang pilak sang panahon ni Solomon. 21 May mga barko man si Solomon nga pangnegosyo,[d] nga ginadala sang mga tinawo ni Hiram. Ini nga mga barko nagapauli isa ka bes sa kada tatlo ka tuig, nga may dala nga mga bulawan, pilak, bangkil sang elepante, kag dalagko kag magagmay nga klase sang mga amo.

22 Wala sing bisan sin-o nga hari sa kalibutan nga makatupong sa kaalam kag sa manggad ni Haring Solomon. 23 Ang tanan nga hari sa kalibutan nagatinguha nga makita si Solomon agod makapamati sila sa kaalam nga ginhatag sang Dios sa iya. 24 Kada tuig, ang kada isa nga nagabisita sa iya may dala nga mga regalo—mga butang nga hinimo halin sa pilak kag bulawan, mga bayo, mga armas, mga panakot, mga kabayo, kag mga mula.[e]

25 May 4,000 ka kuwadra si Solomon para sa iya mga kabayo kag mga karwahe. May 12,000 siya ka kabayo[f] nga ginbutang niya sa mga banwa nga bulutangan sang iya mga karwahe, kag ang iban didto sa iya sa Jerusalem. 26 Ginsakop niya ang tanan nga hari halin sa Suba sang Eufrates hasta sa duta sang mga Filistinhon kag sa dulunan sang Egipto. 27 Sang panahon nga siya ang hari, ang pilak sa Jerusalem daw pareho lang ka ordinaryo sa mga bato, kag ang kahoy nga sedro daw pareho kabugana sa ordinaryo nga mga kahoy nga sikomoro sa mga bulobukid sa nakatundan. 28 Ang mga kabayo ni Solomon naghalin pa sa Egipto kag sa iban pa nga mga nasyon.

Ang Katapusan sang Paghari ni Solomon(C)

29 Ang iban pa nga estorya parte sa paghari ni Solomon halin sa umpisa hasta sa katapusan nasulat sa Sinulatan ni Propeta Natan, sa Mensahi ni Ahia nga Taga-Shilo, kag sa Mga Palanan-awon ni Propeta Ido, nga nagasugid man parte sa paghari ni Jeroboam nga anak ni Nebat. 30 Sa Jerusalem nag-estar si Solomon samtang nagahari siya sa bug-os nga Israel sa sulod sang 40 ka tuig. 31 Sang napatay siya, ginlubong siya sa banwa sang iya amay nga si David. Kag si Rehoboam nga iya anak ang nagbulos sa iya bilang hari.

Footnotes

  1. 9:11 sina: Posible ang ginatumod amo ang almug, ukon ang mga instrumento, ukon ang mga hagdanan.
  2. 9:15 pito: ukon, tatlo kag tunga.
  3. 9:16 tatlo kag tunga: ukon, lapit duha.
  4. 9:21 pangnegosyo: sa Hebreo, pa-Tarshish.
  5. 9:24 mula: sa English, mule. Ini nga sapat kaanggid sa kabayo.
  6. 9:25 kabayo: ukon, manugkabayo.

The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon(A)

When the queen of Sheba(B) heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind. Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her. When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon,(C) as well as the palace he had built, the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at[a] the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. But I did not believe what they said until I came(D) and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard. How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne(E) as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king(F) over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

Then she gave the king 120 talents[b] of gold,(G) large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10 (The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon brought gold from Ophir;(H) they also brought algumwood[c] and precious stones. 11 The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)

12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.

Solomon’s Splendor(I)

13 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,[d] 14 not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia(J) and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[e] of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred small shields(K) of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels[f] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.(L)

17 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory(M) and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. 19 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. 20 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day. 21 The king had a fleet of trading ships[g] manned by Hiram’s[h] servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.

22 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.(N) 23 All the kings(O) of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. 24 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift(P)—articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots,(Q) and twelve thousand horses,[i] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled(R) over all the kings from the Euphrates River(S) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(T) 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all other countries.

Solomon’s Death(U)

29 As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan(V) the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah(W) the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam(X) son of Nebat? 30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David(Y) his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:4 Or and the ascent by which he went up to
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:9 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:10 Probably a variant of almugwood
  4. 2 Chronicles 9:13 That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons
  5. 2 Chronicles 9:15 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
  6. 2 Chronicles 9:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms
  7. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew of ships that could go to Tarshish
  8. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram
  9. 2 Chronicles 9:25 Or charioteers

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 company, 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.

And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

And the meat 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 into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for 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, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away 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 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

16 And three hundred shields made he 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 each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by 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 the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

22 And king Solomon passed 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, that God had put in his heart.

24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, 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; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

26 And he reigned 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 in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

28 And they brought unto Solomon horses 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 book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against 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.