1 Ruodhi 10
1 Kane ruoth madhako mar Sheba owinjo humb Solomon kod winjruok manie kinde gi nying Jehova Nyasaye, nobiro mondo oteme gi penjo matek.
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 Kane ochopo Jerusalem gi oganda maduongʼ, ngamia motingʼo gik mangʼwe ngʼar, dhahabu mogundho kod kite mabeyo ma nengogi tek nobiro ir Solomon kendo owuoyo kode kuom gik moko duto mane nitie e pache.
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 Solomon nodwoko penjone duto; nimar onge gima ne tek mane ruoth ok nyal lerone.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Kane ruoth madhako mar Sheba oneno rieko duto mag Solomon kod ode mar dak, manosegero,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 gi chiemo mane ni e mesane, gi bet mar jodonge, gi rwakruok mar jotije mapogo chiemo, gi rwakruok mar jotije machiwo divai kod misango miwangʼo pep mane otimo e hekalu Jehova Nyasaye, dhoge nomoko.
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 Nowachone ruoth niya, “Kare humb timbeni kod riekoni mane awinjo e pinya awuon en adier.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 To ne ok ayie gigo mane giwacho nyaka nabiro maneno gi wangʼa awuon. Adier kata mana nus wechego ne ok onyisa; kuom rieko gi mwandu iloyo weche ma asewinjo.
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 Mano kaka jogi mor manade! En mor manade ne jotendi mosiko kachungʼ e nyimi kendo winjo riekoni!
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 Pak odogne Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi mosebedo mamor kodi moketi e kom loch mar Israel. Nikech hera mosiko mar Jehova Nyasaye ni jo-Israel oseketi ruoth mondo irit bura kendo ingʼade gadiera kod tim makare.”
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 Eka nomiyo ruoth dhahabu ma pekne romo kilo alufu angʼwen mia abich, gi gik mangʼeny mangʼwe ngʼar kaachiel gi kite ma nengogi tek. Ne ok ochak okel kendo gik mangʼeny mangʼwe ngʼar marom gi mago mane ruoth madhako mar Sheba nomiyo Ruoth Solomon.
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 Yiedhi mag Hiram nokelo dhahabu moa Ofir kendo negikelo koa kuro yiedhi madongo mag yiend almugo mangʼeny gi kite ma nengogi tek.
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 Ruoth notiyo gi yiend almugo mondo olosgo sirni mag hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye kod od ruoth kendo mondo olosgo thumbe nyatiti gi orutu ni jower. Nyaka chakre ndalono ok osekelie kata nenoe yiend almugo mangʼeny marom gi mago.
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 Ruoth Solomon nomiyo ruoth madhako mar Sheba gik moko duto mane chunye dwaro kendo mane okwayo, ewi gigo duto mane osemiye mag keno mar ruoth. Eka nowuok mi odok e pinye kaachiel gi jotije.
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 Pek dhahabu mane Solomon yudo higa ka higa ne nyalo romo kilo alufu piero ariyo gabich,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 ka ok okwan osuru misolo kuom jo-ohala kod joyiedhi madongo mag ruodhi duto mag Arabia kod jotend piny.
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 Ruoth Solomon nochwogo kuodi madongo mia ariyo mag dhahabu kendo kuot ka kuot nochwog gi dhahabu ma pekne romo kilo adek gi nus.
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 Bende nochwogo okumbni matindo mia adek mobaw gi dhahabu, okumba ka okumba nobaw gi dhahabu ma pekne romo kilo ariyo. Magi duto ruoth noketo e ode manogero e Bungu mag Lebanon.
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 Eka ruoth noloso kom loch maduongʼ ma iye obaw gi lak liech kendo ngʼeye obaw gi dhahabu mopwodhi.
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 Kom duongʼno ne nigi raidhi mag kuonde minyono auchiel kendo yo kangʼeye ne nigi wich molworore. Bethene ariyo ne nigi bede miyienge bat, ka kido mar sibuor molosi ochungʼ e bath moro ka moro.
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 Kido mar sibuoche apar gariyo nochungi e kuonde auchiel minyono kiidho kidhi e kom duongʼ ka moro ka moro ochungi e giko raidh auchiel koni gi koni. Onge pinyruoth moro amora manoseloso kom ruoth machalo kama.
21 Kikombe duto mag Ruoth Solomon nolos gi dhahabu, kod gige ot duto mokonyorego e ode mane ni e Bungu mag Lebanon nolos gi dhahabu mopwodhi. Onge gima nolos gi fedha nikech fedha nokaw ni nengone yot e kinde Solomon.
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 Ruoth ne nigi yiedhi mangʼeny mag ohala e nam kaachiel gi yiedhi mag jo-Hiram. Dichiel bangʼ higni adek ka higni adek negidwogo ka gitingʼo dhahabu gi fedha gi leke liech gi ongʼeche kod bimbe.
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 Ruoth Solomon ne nigi mwandu mangʼeny kod rieko moloyo ruodhi mamoko duto mag piny.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Pinje duto ne biro ir Solomon mondo oyud rieko mane Nyasaye oketo e chunye.
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 Higa ka higa ngʼato ka ngʼato manobiro nokelo mich kaka gik molos gi fedha kod dhahabu, kandho, gige lweny, gik mangʼwe ngʼar, farese kod punde.
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 nongʼiewo geche mag lweny kod farese; ne en gi geche mag lweny alufu achiel mia angʼwen kod farese alufu apar gariyo mane oketo e mier madongo mag geche lweny to moko bende noketo Jerusalem kama nodake.
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 Ruoth nomiyo fedha obedo manwangʼo yot ka kidi akida Jerusalem kendo yiend sida ne ngʼeny mana ka yiend ngʼowu ma otwi e got.
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 nokelo farese koa Misri kod e piny miluongo ni Kue, johala mag ruoth nongʼiewogi e piny Kue.
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 Negingʼiewo gach lweny koa Misri e nengo mar kilo abiriyo mar fedha kendo Faras achiel e nengo maromo kilo ariyo mar fedha. Bende ne giusogi ni ruodhi duto mag jo-Hiti gi jo-Aram.
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.
