2 Setouknae 9
1 Sheba ram ka uk e siangpahrangnu ni Solomon e kamthang a thai navah, lawk paceinae ka ru poung e naw hoi tanouk hanelah Solomon koe Jerusalem vah a tho. Tami moikapap a kâbang awh teh, hmuituinaw, talung aphu kaawmpoungnaw hoi sui moikapap ka phawt e kalauknaw hoi a tho. Solomon koe a pha awh navah, a lungthung ka'awm e pueng koung a rasa teh, lawk a pacei.
The queen who ruled [the] Sheba [area in Arabia] heard that Solomon had become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer]. She came with a large group of servants, 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 things/topics in which she was interested.
2 Lawk a pacei e naw pueng Solomon ni koung a dei pouh. Solomon ni siangpahrangnu koe a dei pouh thai hoeh e banghai awm hoeh.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
3 Sheba siangpahrangnu ni Solomon e lungangnae, im a sak e,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace,
4 caboi dawk e rawca, a kut rahim e bawinaw ni tahungnae, ka tho ka cet e sannaw hoi a khohnanaw, manang kapatuemnaw hoi a khohnanaw, BAWIPA e im dawk hmaisawi thuengnae hoi a thuengnae a hmu navah, kângai a ru teh kâha yo a phout.
she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw 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 completely burned on the altar. She was extremely amazed.
5 Siangpahrang koevah, na lungangnae hoi na tawksak e kama ram hoi kamthang ka thai e heh a tang katang doeh.
She said to the king, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
6 Hatei, ka mit hoi khei ka hmu hoehnahlan teh, ka yuem hoeh. Khenhaw! na lungangnae teh ka thai e apasuek ka thai e ni tangawn boehai phat hoeh. Ka thainae kamthang hlak hoe a bawilen.
But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. You are [extremely wise and rich, ] more than what people told me.
7 Na taminaw a yawhawi poung awh. Na sannaw hai nang koe pou kaawm niteh, nange lungangnae lawk ka thai e naw teh, a yawhawi poung awh.
The men who work for you 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!
8 Nang dawk a lung kahawi e BAWIPA na Cathut, bawitungkhung dawk na ka tahung sak e BAWIPA na Cathut teh bawilennae awm seh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, na Cathut ni Isarelnaw teh yungyoe a caksak hanelah a pahren. Hatdawkvah, kalan lah lawkceng hanelah ahnimae siangpahrang hanelah na sak awh e doeh, telah ati.
Praise Yahweh your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by appointing you to be the king of Israel for him. God has always loved the Israeli people, and desires to assist them forever, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
9 Hottelah sui talen 120, hmuitui moikapap hoi, aphu kaawm e naw hah siangpahrang a poe. Sheba siangpahrangnu ni Solomon a poe hmuitui patetlah e alouklah khoeroe awm hoeh.
Then the queen gave to Solomon about 4-1/2 tons of gold and a large amount of spices and gems. Never had King Solomon received more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
10 Hahoi Solomon e a sannaw hoi Huram e a sannaw, Ophir kho hoi sui kaphawtnaw ni hai Algum thing hoi talung aphu kaawm e a phu awh.
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land. [In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, ] Hiram’s workers and Solomon’s workers brought gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems. King Solomon [told his workers] to use that wood to make railings in the temple and in his palace and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. That wood was the the finest wood that had ever been seen in Israel.
11 Siangpahrang ni Algum thing hah BAWIPA im, siangpahrang im kalupnae hoi la kasaknaw hanelah ratoung hoi tamawi lah a sak. Hot patet lae thing teh Judah ram dawk ayan hoi hmawt boihoeh.
12 Solomon siangpahrang Sheba siangpahrangnu ni a poe e hno touk laipalah, a lungkuep nahanelah a hei e puenghai koung a poe. Hathnukkhu, a sannaw hoi ama ram lah a ban awh.
13 Solomon koe kum touh dawk sui kâen e talen 666 touh a pha.
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
14 Hetnaw teh hno kayawtnaw hoi kasaknaw ni a thokhai e touk laipalah, kâen e doeh. Arabia siangpahrangnaw pueng hoi ram kaukkungnaw ni Solomon koe sui hoi ngun ouk a thokhai awh.
That was in addition to the [taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders. Also, the kings of Arabia and the governors of [the districts in] Israel brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 Solomon ni suibahling kalen e 200 touh a sak. Bahling kalen e buet touh dawk sui talen 600 touh abaw.
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 7-1/2 pounds of gold on each shield.
16 Hlun e suibahling kathounge 600 touh a sak. Bahling kathounge buet touh dawk sui shekel 300 touh abaw. Hotnaw teh Lebanon ratu thung e thing hoi sak e im dawk a hruek.
His [workers] made 300 [smaller] shields. They covered each of them with almost 4 pounds of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Hahoi siangpahrang ni kasaino bawitungkhung kalenpounge a sak teh, suikathoung hoi a hluk.
His [workers] also made for him a large throne. [Part of] it was covered with [decorations made from] ivory and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
18 Bawitungkhung dawk luennae lakhout taruk touh hoi sui hoi sak e khokpadoun hai a tawn teh, tungkhung hoi pou a kamtawp. Tungkhung avoivang lah, kut toungnae atengvah, sendek meikaphawk kahni touh a kangdue sak.
There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a [small statue of a] lion.
19 Luennae dawk avoivang lah sendek 12 touh a kangdue. Hot patetlah, nâ e uknaeram dawk hai awm boihoeh.
On the six steps there were twelve statues of lions, one on each side. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
20 Siangpahrang Solomon e manangnaw pueng teh, suituici seng doeh. Lebanon kahrawngum e thing hoi sak e im dawk e hnopai pueng hai suituici seng doeh. Solomon e se nah ngun teh banglahai noutna 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.
21 Siangpahrang e lawng teh Huram e a sannaw hoi Tarshish kho lah ouk a cei, kum thum touh dawk vai touh a tho teh, sui, ngun, kasaino, kalainaw hoi awtawnaw ouk a thokhai awh.
The king had a fleet 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).
22 Hottelah Solomon siangpahrang ni talai van e siangpahrang pueng, tawntanae hoi lungangnae koelah koung a tapuet.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.
23 Cathut ni a lungthin thung a hruek pouh e lungangnae lawk thai hanelah talai van e siangpahrang pueng ni Solomon a pâtam awh.
Kings from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had enabled him to know.
24 Ka tho e tami pueng ni suimanang, ngunmanang, khohna, tarantuknae senehmaica, hmuituinaw, marangnaw hoi lanaw kum tangkuem ouk 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 spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
25 Solomon ni rangleng hoi marangnaw tanae hmuen 4,000 touh a tawn. Marangransanaw 12000 touh a tawn teh, ahnimanaw teh marang hrueknae hmuen hoi Jerusalem siangpahrang koevah ao sak.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
26 Euphrates tuipui koehoi, Filistin ram hoi, Izip ram totouh siangpahrangnaw koung a uk.
Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] to the border of Egypt [in the south].
27 Siangpahrang ni Jerusalem kho dawk ngunnaw hah talung patetlah Sidar thing hah ayawn dawk e thailahei kungnaw patetlah a pap sak.
[During the years that Solomon was] king, [he] caused silver to become as common in Jerusalem as stones; and he caused cedar trees in the foothills of Judah to become as plentiful as fig trees.
28 Izip ram hoi alouke ramnaw koehoi Solomon hanelah marangnaw hah ouk a thokhai awh.
Solomon’s agents brought horses from [the] Musri [area] and other places.
29 Solomon e konglam kaawm rae naw, kamtawng hoi apout totouh e pueng teh, profet Nathan ni a thut e cauk, Shiloh tami Ahijah e sutdeilawk dawk hoi Nebat capa Jeroboam e kong dawk profet Iddo kamnuenae cauknaw dawk thut lah ao nahoehmaw.
Lists of all the other things that Solomon did are recorded in the scrolls written by the prophet Nathan and by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city], and in [the scroll in which were written] the visions that the prophet Iddo saw concerning [King] Jeroboam.
30 Solomon ni Jerusalem kho dawk Isarelnaw abuemlah kum 40 touh a uk.
Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years.
31 Solomon teh mintoenaw koe a kâhat teh, a na pa Devit khopui dawk a pakawp awh. Hahoi a yueng lah a capa Rehoboam ni siangpahrang a tawk.
Then Solomon died and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
