历代志下 9
1 示巴女王听见所罗门的名声，就来到耶路撒冷，要用难解的话试问所罗门；跟随她的人甚多，又有骆驼驮着香料、宝石，和许多金子。她来见了所罗门，就把心里所有的对所罗门都说出来。
And when the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to try him with hard questions at Jerusalem, with great riches, and camels, which carried spices, and abundance of gold, and precious stones. And when she was come to Solomon, she proposed to him all that was in her heart.
2 所罗门将她所问的都答上了，没有一句不明白、不能答的。
And Solomon explained to her all that she proposed: and there was not any thing that he did not make clear unto her.
3 示巴女王见所罗门的智慧和他所建造的宫室、
And when she had seen these things, to wit, the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
4 席上的珍馐美味、群臣分列而坐、仆人两旁侍立，以及他们的衣服装饰、酒政，和酒政的衣服装饰，又见他上耶和华殿的台阶，就诧异得神不守舍，
And the meats of his table, and the dwelling places of his servants, and the attendance of his officers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their garments, and the victims which he offered in the house of the Lord: there was no more spirit in her, she was so astonished.
5 对王说：“我在本国里所听见论到你的事和你的智慧实在是真的！
And she said to the king: The word is true which I heard in my country of thy virtues and wisdom.
6 我先不信那些话，及至我来亲眼见了，才知道你的大智慧；人所告诉我的，还不到一半；你的实迹越过我所听见的名声。
I did not believe them that told it, until I came, and my eyes had seen, and I had proved that scarce one half of thy wisdom had been told me: thou hast exceeded the same with thy virtues.
7 你的群臣、你的仆人常侍立在你面前听你智慧的话是有福的。
Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 耶和华—你的 神是应当称颂的！他喜悦你，使你坐他的国位，为耶和华—你的 神作王；因为你的 神爱以色列人，要永远坚立他们，所以立你作他们的王，使你秉公行义。”
Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath been pleased to set thee on his throne, king of the Lord thy God. Because God loveth Israel, and will preserve them for ever: therefore hath he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9 于是示巴女王将一百二十他连得金子和宝石，与极多的香料送给所罗门王；她送给王的香料，以后再没有这样的。
And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and most precious stones: there were no such spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
10 希兰的仆人和所罗门的仆人从俄斐运了金子来，也运了檀香木和宝石来。
And the servants also of Hiram, with the servants of Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and thyine trees, and most precious stones:
11 王用檀香木为耶和华殿和王宫做台，又为歌唱的人做琴瑟；犹大地从来没有见过这样的。
And the king made of the thyine trees stairs in the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singing men: never were there seen such trees in the land of Juda.
12 所罗门王按示巴女王所带来的，还她礼物，另外照她一切所要所求的，都送给她。于是女王和她臣仆转回本国去了。
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, and that she asked, and many more things than she brought to him: so she returned, and went to her own country with her servants.
13 所罗门每年所得的金子共有六百六十六他连得，
And the weight of the gold, that was brought to Solomon every year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold:
14 另外还有商人所进的金子，并且阿拉伯诸王与属国的省长都带金银给所罗门。
Beside the sum which the deputies of divers nations, and the merchants were accustomed to bring, and all the kings of Arabia, and the lords of the lands, who I brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 所罗门王用锤出来的金子打成挡牌二百面，每面用金子六百舍客勒；
And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:
16 又用锤出来的金子打成盾牌三百面，每面用金子三百舍客勒，都放在黎巴嫩林宫里。
And three hundred golden shields of three hundred pieces of gold, which went to the covering of every shield: and the king put them in the armoury, which was compassed with a wood.
17 王用象牙制造一个大宝座，用精金包裹。
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 宝座有六层台阶，又有金脚凳，与宝座相连。宝座两旁有扶手，靠近扶手有两个狮子站立。
And six steps to go up to the throne, and a footstool of gold, and two arms one on either side, and two lions standing by the arms:
19 六层台阶上有十二个狮子站立，每层有两个：左边一个，右边一个；在列国中没有这样做的。
Moreover twelve other little lions standing upon the steps on both sides: there was not such a throne in any kingdom.
20 所罗门王一切的饮器都是金的，黎巴嫩林宫里的一切器皿都是精金的。所罗门年间，银子算不了什么。
And all the vessels of the king’s table were of gold, and the vessels of the house of the forest of Libanus were of the purest gold. For no account was made of silver in those days.
21 因为王的船只与希兰的仆人一同往他施去；他施船只三年一次装载金、银、象牙、猿猴、孔雀回来。
For the king’s ships went to Tharsis with the servants of Hiram, once in three years: and they brought thence gold and silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 所罗门王的财宝与智慧胜过天下的列王。
And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.
23 普天下的王都求见所罗门，要听 神赐给他智慧的话。
And all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his heart.
24 他们各带贡物，就是金器、银器、衣服、军械、香料、骡马，每年有一定之例。
And every year they brought him presents, vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and mules.
25 所罗门有套车的马四千棚，有马兵一万二千，安置在屯车的城邑和耶路撒冷，就是王那里。
And Solomon had forty thousand horses in the stables, and twelve thousand chariots, and horsemen, and he placed them in the cities of the chariots, and where the king was in Jerusalem.
26 所罗门统管诸王，从大河到非利士地，直到埃及的边界。
And he exercised authority over all the kings from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
27 王在耶路撒冷使银子多如石头，香柏木多如高原的桑树。
And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars as common as the sycamores, which grow in the plains.
28 有人从埃及和各国为所罗门赶马群来。
And horses were brought to him out of Egypt, and out of all countries.
29 所罗门其余的事，自始至终，不都写在先知拿单的书上和示罗人亚希雅的预言书上，并先见易多论尼八儿子耶罗波安的默示书上吗？
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the boobs of Ahias the Silonite, and in the vision of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
30 所罗门在耶路撒冷作以色列众人的王共四十年。
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 所罗门与他列祖同睡，葬在他父大卫城里。他儿子罗波安接续他作王。
And he slept with his fathers: and they buried him in the city of David: and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.
