歷代志下 9
1 [舍巴女王來訪撒羅滿]舍巴女王聽見了撒羅滿的聲譽，就來到耶路撒冷，考問灑羅滿一些難題；陪從她的人很多，駱駝馱著許多香料、黃金和寶石；進見撒羅滿時，便將所有的心思都對他說了出來。
And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart,
2 撒羅滿對她所問的一切難題，一一給她解答了，沒有一樣可難住撒羅滿，而不能給她解答的。
and Solomon declareth to her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that he hath not declared to her.
3 舍巴女王看見了撒羅滿的智慧和所建造的宮殿，
And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built,
4 筵席上的餚饌，群臣的坐次，僕從的侍候和服裝，酒正與酒正的服裝，和在上主殿內的全燔祭，驚訝得出神，
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in her.
5 遂對君王說：「關於你的作為和智慧，我在我國內所聽到的，的確是真的。
And she saith unto the king, 'True [is] the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy wisdom,
6 以前我原不相信這些傳聞，及至我來親眼見了，纔知人告訴我的還不及你偉大智慧的一半；你實在超越了我所聽聞的。
and I have given no credence to their words, till that I have come, and mine eyes see, and lo, there hath not been declared to me the half of the abundance of thy wisdom — thou hast added unto the report that I heard.
7 你的妻妾是有福的，你的臣僕是有福的，能常侍立在你面前，聆聽你的智慧。
'O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants — these — who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.
8 上主，你的天主應受讚美! 他喜愛你，使你坐在他的王位，代上主你的天主為王；因為你的天主愛慕以色列，要永遠保持他們，所以使你作他們的王，來秉公行義。」
Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'
9 舍巴女王遂將一百二十「塔冷通」黃金，大批香料和寶石，贈送給君王：舍巴女王贈給撒羅滿王的香料這樣多，是從來未有過的。
And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba hath given to king Solomon.
10 從敖非爾運金子的希蘭的僕人和撒羅滿的僕人，也運來了檀香木和寶石。
And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.
11 君王用檀香木為上主的殿和王宮製造了欄杆，為歌詠者製造了琴瑟；像這樣的東西，在猶大地方從來沒有見過。
And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah.
12 凡舍巴女王所願所求的，撒羅滿都奉送給她；此外，尚有君王為酬謝她贈送的禮品；以後她和她的僕人回了本國。撒 [羅滿的富貴榮華]
And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.
13 撒羅滿每年收入的金子，重量有六百六十「塔冷通，」
And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold,
14 商人小販所運來的，以及阿拉伯的儲王和本國太守給撒羅滿所進獻的金銀，尚不計算在內。
apart from [what] the tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon.
15 撒羅滿王又用鎚打的金子，作了二百個盾牌，每個用鎚打的金子六百「協刻耳。」
And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target;
16 又用鎚打的金子，作了三百小盾牌，美個用金三百「協刻耳；」君王把這些盾牌都懸掛仔黎巴嫩林宮。
and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred [shekels] of gold he causeth to go up on the one shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 君王又用象牙製造了一個大寶座，用純金包鑲。
And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;
18 寶座有六級台階，座背後有一隻金羔羊，座位兩邊有扶手，扶手兩旁立著兩隻獅子。
and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
19 六級台階上立有十二隻獅子，美級兩個，一左一右；在任何國家從沒有過這樣的製造法。
and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side], and on that: it hath not been made so for any kingdom.
20 撒羅滿王所有的飲器，都是金的；黎巴嫩林宮的器具，都是純金的；撒羅滿時代，銀是不值什麼的。
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold — silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything;
21 原來君王的船隻與希蘭的僕人一同去塔爾史士；去塔爾史士的船隻，每三年往返一次，運來金銀象牙，猿猴和孔雀。
for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22 這樣，撒羅滿王的富貴和智慧，超過了世上所有的君王。
And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;
23 世上所有的君王都想見撒羅滿的面，聽聽天主賦予他心中的智慧；
and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart,
24 各人帶來自己的禮物：銀器、金器、衣服、兵器、香料、騾馬，年年都是如此。
and they are bringing in each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25 撒羅滿有四千廄，為養馬存車，有一萬二千騎兵，駐紮在屯車城和耶路撒冷君王左右。
And there are to Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.
26 撒羅滿統轄列王，由大河到培肋舍特人領域，直到埃及邊陲。
And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt.
27 君王在耶路撒冷有的銀子，多如石頭，香柏木多如平原的桑樹。
And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that [are] in the low country, for abundance,
28 撒羅滿所有的馬，都是由慕茲黎和各地運來的。[撒羅滿逝世]
and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.
29 撒羅滿其餘的前後事蹟，都記載在先知納堂的言行錄，史羅人阿希雅的預言書和先見者依多論及乃巴特之子雅洛貝罕的啟示錄上。
And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
30 撒羅滿在耶路撒冷作全以色列王凡四十年。
And Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years,
31 撒羅滿與他的列祖同眠，葬在他父親達味城內；他的兒子勒哈貝罕繼位為王。
and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.
