1 Siangpahrang 10
1 BAWIPA e min dawk Solomon e kamthang hah Sheba ram e siangpahrangnu ni a thai toteh, lawk karunaw pacei hane hoi tanouk hanelah a tho.
The queen [who ruled the] Sheba [area] heard that Yahweh had caused Solomon to become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer].
2 Hmuitui a phunkuep hoi sui moikapap, talung phu kaawmnaw ka phawt e kalauknaw hoi a tho. Jerusalem kho dawk Solomon siangpahrang koe a pha toteh, a lung dawk kaawm e hah koung a pâpho.
She came with a large group of wealthy/influential people, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the topics/things in which she was interested.
3 Lawk a pacei e pueng Solomon ni a dei thai hoeh e, a phi thai hoeh e, a thai panuek hoeh e buet touh hai awm hoeh.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Sheba siagpahrangnu ni Solomon siangpahrang e lungangnae pueng thoseh, im a sak e thoseh,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 a caboi dawk ca hane rawcanaw, thaw katawknaw e oang thoseh, a kamthoup awh e thoseh, manang kapoenaw hoi BAWIPA im dawk a poe e hmaisawi thuengnae naw thoseh a hmu toteh, kângairu lahoi sut ao.
she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw where his officials lived (OR, how his officials were seated at the table), their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be offered. She was extremely amazed.
6 Napui ni siangpahrang koevah, na lungangnae kamthang ka ram koehoi ka thai e heh atang bokheiyah.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Hateiteh, kama ka tho toteh, ka mit ni a hmue hoehnahlan teh hote lawk hah ka yuem hoeh. Atuteh, ka thai tangcoung e a tangawn boehai na dei pouh hoeh. Nange lungangnae hoi na hnopai teh ka thai e hlak puk a tapuet.
But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. But really, what they told me is only half [of what they could have told me about you]. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me.
8 Na hmalah pou kaawm awh niteh, lungangnae ka thai e na taminaw hoi na sannaw teh a yawhawi awh.
Your wives are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
9 Nange lathueng a lunghawi awh teh, BAWIPA Cathut, Isarel bawitungkhung dawk katahungsakkung teh pholennae lah awm seh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni Isarel a lungpataw yungyoe. Hatdawkvah, yuemkamcu hoi kalan lah lawkceng hanelah siangpahrang lah na rawi awh e doeh telah atipouh.
Praise Yahweh, your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by causing you to become the king of Israel! God has always loved the Israeli people, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
10 Siangpahrang koe sui talen 120 hoi hmuitui moikapap hoi talung phu kaawmnaw hah a poe. Sheba siangpahrangnu ni siangpahrang Solomon a poe e patet e hmuitui bout tâcawt hoeh toe.
Then the queen gave to the king [the things that she had brought. She gave him] almost five tons of gold and a large amount of spices and valuable gems. Never again did King Solomon receive more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
11 Khiram long hoi Ophir kho lahoi sui ka phawt e ni hai Ophir kho hoi Almuk thing moikapap hoi talung aphu kaawm hah a phu awh.
In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, in which they had previously brought gold from Ophir, they also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems/valuable stones.
12 Siangpahrang ni Almuk thing hah BAWIPA e im hoi siangpahrang im tungdum nahane hoi la kasaknaw hane ratoung, vovit sak nahane totouh a hno. Hot patetlae Almuk thing teh bout thokhai awh hoeh toe. Sahnin totouh kamphawng hoeh.
King Solomon told his workers to use that wood to make railings/supports in the temple of Yahweh and in the king’s palace and also to make harps and lyres for the (musicians/men who played musical instruments). That wood was the largest amount of (OR, the finest) wood that had ever been seen [in Israel]. And no one since then has ever seen so much wood of that kind.
13 Siangpahrang Solomon ni lungthonae lahoi a poe e hloilah Solomon ni Sheba siangpahrangnu teh a ngai e hoi a hei e pueng a poe. Hottelah hoi ama hoi a sannaw hoi amae ram koelah a ban.
King Solomon gave to the queen from Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her those gifts in addition to the gifts that he always gave [to other rulers who visited him]. Then she and the people who came with her returned to her own land.
14 Solomon koe kum touh dawk e sui ka kâen e a khing talen 666 touh a pha.
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 Hetheh hno kayawtnaw, leng kamawngnaw, Arabia siangpahrangnaw ukkung bawinaw koehoi e a poe e hai ao rah.
That was in addition to [the taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders, and the annual taxes paid by the kings of Arabia and by the governors of [the regions in] Israel.
16 Solomon ni kalen e saiphei 200 touh dei e sui hoi a sak nah, buet touh hanelah sui shekel 600 touh a hno.
King Solomon’s workers [took this] gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put (almost 15 pounds/more than 6 kg.) of gold on each shield.
17 Dei e sui saiphei 300 touh hai a sak. Saiphei buet touh dawk sui mina kathum touh, hotnaw hah siangpahrang ni Lebanon ratu thung e thing hoi a sak e im dawk a hruek.
His workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with (almost 4 pounds/1.5 kg.) of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 Siangpahrang ni kasaino hoi bawitungkhung kalenpounge a sak teh, suitui hoi a pathoup.
His workers also made for him a large throne. [Part of it was] covered with (ivory [decorations made from)] tusks of elephants and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
19 Bawitungkhung dawk luennae lakhout 6 touh ao teh, a hnuklah a kâkalup. Bawitungkhung avangvanglah kut toungnae ao teh, kut toungnae teng vah sendek kahni touh a kangdue.
There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a statue of a lion on both sides of each step. So altogether there were twelve statues of lions. The back of the throne was rounded at the top. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a small statue of a lion. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
20 Lakhout coung taruk touh e a van vah, avangvanglah sendek 12 touh a kangdue. Hot patetlae tungkhung teh apie ram dawk hai awm hoeh.
21 Solomon ni a neinae manang pueng hoi Lebanon ratu thung e thing hoi sak e im dawk a hno e manang pueng teh, ngun manang nahoeh, suimanang seng doeh. Solomon se nah ngun hah banglahai noutna awh hoeh.
All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. They did not make things from silver, because during the years that Solomon [ruled], silver was not considered to be valuable.
22 Siangpahrang ni tui dawk hno a yonae long hoi Khiram siangpahrang e long hoi reirei a patoun. Kum thum touh dawk vai touh Tarshish e long teh bout a ban. Sui, ngun, kasaino, kalainaw, awtawnaw a phu awh.
The king had a (fleet/large number) of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned [from the places to which they had sailed], bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).
23 Siangpahrang Solomon ni talai van e siangpahrang pueng hah bawinae koe lahoi lungangnae koe lah koung a tapuet.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Solomon e a lungthin dawk Cathut ni a hruek pouh e lungangnae hah Talai tami pueng ni a thai awh hanelah Solomon koe ouk a tho awh.
People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind.
25 Lengkaleng ka tho e naw ni suimanang, ngunmanang, khohna, tarantuknae puengcang, hmuitui phunkuep, marang, la naw hah kum tangkuem a poe awh.
All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons (OR, myrrh), or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
26 Solomon ni rangleng hoi marang kâcuinaw a pâkhueng teh, rangleng 1,400 touh hoi marangransanaw 12,000 touh a tawn. Hotnaw teh, rangleng a hrueknae khonaw hoi Jerusalem siangpahrang a onae koe ao sak awh.
Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on the horses] (OR, [in the chariots]). Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
27 Siangpahrang ni Jerusalem kho dawk ngun hah talung patetlah thoseh, Sidar thingnaw hah a yawn dawk e thailahei kungnaw patetlah thoseh apap sak.
During the years that Solomon was king, silver became as common in Jerusalem as stones; and [lumber from] cedar trees in the foothills of Judah was as plentiful as [lumber from] fig trees.
28 Solomon ni a tawn e marangnaw teh, Izip ram, Keveh kho lahoi a thokhai e naw doeh. Siangpahrang e hno kayawtnaw ni Keveh kho lahoi a thokhai awh teh tangka hoi a ran awh e doeh.
Solomon’s agents bought horses and supervised the men who brought them into Israel from the areas of Musri and Cilicia [that were famous for breeding horses].
29 Izip ram lahoi leng buet touh hah ngun shekel 600 hoi thoseh, marang buet touh hah ngun shekel 150 hoi thoseh pou a yo awh. Hot patetlah Hit siangpahrang hoi Siria siangpahrangnaw koe Izip marang hoi lengnaw ouk a kâthungkhai.
In Musri they bought chariots and horses; they paid 600 pieces of silver for each chariot and 150 pieces of silver for each horse. They brought them to Israel. Then they sold many of them to the kings of the Heth people-group and the kings of Syria.
