Chronicles II 9
1 And the queen of Saba heard [of] the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and [she had] camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.
Malikia wa Sheba aliposikia kuhusu umaarufu wa Selemani, akaja Yerusalemu kumjaribu kwa maswali magumu. Akaja pamoja na msafara mkubwa sana, pamoja na ngamia waliosheheni manukato, dhahabu nyingi, na vito vingi vya thamani. Alipofika kwa
2 And Solomon told her all her words; and there passed not a word from Solomon which he told her not.
Selemani, akamwambia yaliyokuwa moyoni mwake. Selemani akamjibu maswaali yake yote; hakuna kitu kilichokuwa kigumu sana kwa Selemani; hakuna swali ambalo hakulijibu.
3 And the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
Malikia wa Sheba alipoiona hekima ya Selemani na ikulu aliyokuwa amejenga,
4 and the meat of the tables, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their raiment; and his cupbearers, and their apparel; and the whole-burnt-offerings which he offered up in the house of the Lord; then she was in ecstasy.
chakula mezani kwake, mahali pa kukaa watumishi wake, kazi ya watumisshi wake na mavazi yao, pia wabebakikombe na mavazi yao, na namna alivyotoa sadaka za kuteketezwa katika nyumba ya Yahwe, hapakuwa na roho zaidi ndani yake.
5 And she said to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard in my land concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom.
Akasema kwa mfalme, “Ni kweli, taarifa ninioisikia katika nchi yangu kuhusu maneno yako na hekima yako.
6 Yet I believed not the reports until I came, and my eyes saw: and, behold, the half of the abundance of thy wisdom was not told me: thou hast exceeded the report which I heard.
Sikuamini nilichokisika mpaka nilipokuja hapa, na sasa macho yangu yamekiona. Sikuambiwa nusu kuhusu hekima yako na utajiri wako! Umeuzidi umaarufu niliokuwa nimesikia kuhusu wewe.
7 Blessed [are] thy men, blessed [are] these thy servants, who stand before thee continually, and hear thy wisdom.
Wamebarikiwa watu wako, na watumishi wako ambao husimama mbele yako, kwa sababu wanaisikia hekima yako. (Baadhi ya maandiko yanasema, “Wambarikiwa wake zako”, ikidhaniwa kwamba kifungu hicho kinapaswa kusomeka kama ilivyo katika Wafalme 10: 8).
8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, who took pleasure in thee, to set thee upon his throne for a king, to the Lord thy God: forasmuch as the Lord thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever, therefore he has set thee over them for a king to execute judgment and justice.
Amebarikiwa Yahwe Mungu wako, ambaye amepata raha ndani yako, aliyekuweka juu ya kiti chake cha enzi, ili uwe mfalme kwa ajili ya Yahwe Mungu wako. Kwa sababu Mungu wako inaipenda Israeli, ili kuwathibisha milele, amekufanya kuwa mfalme juu yao, ili ufanye hukumu na haki.
9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there were not [any where else] such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave king Solomon.
Akampa mfalme talanta 120 za dhahabu na kiasi kikubwa manukato na vit vya thamani. Selemani hakupewa tena kiasi kikubwa cha manukato kama hiki amabacho alipewa na malakia wa Sheba.
10 And the servants of Solomon and the servants of Chiram brought gold to Solomon out of Suphir, and pine timber, and precious stones.
Watumishi wa Hiramau na wa mfalme Selemani, ambaye alileta dhahabu kutoka Ofiri, miti ya msandali, na vito vya thamani.
11 And the king made of the pine timber steps to the house of the Lord, and to the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers: and such were not seen before in the land of Juda.
Kwa miti hiyo ya msandali, mfalme Selemani akatengeneza madari ya nyumba ya Yahwe na nyumba yake, na vinubi na vinanda kwa ajili ya wanamziki. Hapajaonekana tena mbao kama hiyo katika nchi ya Yuda.
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she requested, besides all that she brought to king Solomon: and she returned to her [own] land.
Mfalme Selemani akampa malkia wa Sheba kila kitu alichotaka, chochote alichoomba, zaidi ya vile alivyoleta kwa mfalme Selemani. Kwa hiyo akaondoka na kurudi kwenye nchi yake, yeye na wataumishsi wake.
13 And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
Sasa uzito wa dhahabu ambayo ililetwa kwa Selemani ndani ya mwaka mmoja ulikuwa talanta 666 za dhahabu,
14 besides what the men who were regularly appointed and the merchants brought, and all the kings of Arabia and princes of the land: all brought gold and silver to king Solomon.
nje na dhahabu ambayo waliileta wachukuzi na wafanya biashara. Walme wote wa Arabuni na maliwali katika nchi pia wakamletea Selemanai dhahabu na fedha.
15 And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold: there were six hundred [shekels] of pure gold to one shield.
Mfalme Selemani akatengeneza ngao kubwa mia mbili za dhahabu iliyofuliwa. Shekeli mia sita za dhahabu zikatumika kwa kila ngao.
16 And three hundred buckles of beaten gold: [the weight] of three hundred gold shekels went to one buckler: and the king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Pia akatengeneza ngao mia tatu za shahabu iliyopigwa. Minas tatu za dhahabu zikaenda kwa kila ngao; mfalme akaziweka kwenye ikulu ya Msitu wa Lebanoni.
17 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold.
Kisha mfalme atengeneza kiti cha enzi kikubwa cha pembe na kufunika kwa dhahabu safi.
18 And [there were] six steps to the throne, riveted with gold, and elbows on either side of the seat of the throne, and two lions standing by the elbows:
Kulikuwa na ngazi sita kwenda kwenye kiti cha enzi, na sehemu ya juu ya kiti cha enzi ilikuwa duara. Kulikuwa na mikono kila upande wa kiti, na simba wawili wamesimama pembeni na hiyo mikono.
19 and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on each side. There was not the like in any [other] kingdom.
Simba kumi na wawili walisimama juu ya zile ngazi, mmoja kila upande wa ngazi sita.
20 And all king Solomon's vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were covered with gold: silver was not thought anything of in the days of Solomon.
Hapakuwa na kiti cha enzi kama hicho katika ufalme wowote mwingine. Vikombe vyote vya kunywea vya Selemani vilikuwa vya dhahabu, na vikombe vyote vya mfalme katika Nyumba ya Msitu wa Lebanoni vilikuwa vya dhahabu halisi. Hakuna hata kimoja kilichokuwa cha fedha kwa sababu fedha haikuchuliwa kuwa ya thamani katika siku za Selemani.
21 For a ship went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram: once every three years came vessels from Tharsis to the king, laden with gold, and silver, and ivory, and apes.
Mfalme alikuwa na meli zilizosafiri baharini, pamoja na meli za Hiramu. Mara moja kwa mwaka meli zilileta dhahabu, fedha, na pembe, na manukato, na pia nyani na tausi.
22 And Solomon exceeded all [other] kings both in riches and wisdom.
Kwa hiyo Mfalme Selemani aliawazidi utajiri na hekima wafalme wote wa dunia.
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Dunia yote waliutafuta uwepo wa Selemanai ili kusikia hekima yake, ambayo Mungu alikuwa ameiweka katika moyo wake.
24 And they brought every one his gifts, silver vessels and golden vessels, and raiment, myrrh and spices, horses and mules, a rate every year.
Waliomtembelea walileta kodi, vyombo vya shaba na dhahabu, nguo, silaha, na manukato, na farasi na anyumbu, mwaka baada ya mwaka.
25 And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he put them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.
Selemani alikuwa na mazizi elfu nne kwa ajili ya farasi na magari, na wapanda farasi kumi na mbili elfu, ambao waliwaweka katika miji ya magari na pamoja naye katika Yerusalemu.
26 And he rules over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
Akatawala juu ya wafalme wote kutoka mto Efrati hadi nchi ya Wafilisti, na hadi mpaka wa Misiri.
27 And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance.
Mfalme alikuwa na fedha katika Yerusalemu, nyingi kama mawe juu ya aridhi. Akazifanya mbao za mierezi kuwa nyingi kama miti ya mikuyu ambayo iko nyanda za chini.
28 And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and from every [other] country.
Wakaleta farasi kutoka Misri na kutoka nchi zote kwa ajili ya Selemani.
29 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, these are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Achia the Selonite, and in the visions of Joel the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
Kwa mambo mengine kuhusu Selemani, mwanzo na mwisho, hayajandikwa katika Historia ya Nathani Nabii, katika unabii wa Abiya Mshinoni, na katika Maono ya Ido mwonaji wa mambo ya Yeroboamu mwana wa Nabati?
30 And Solomon reigned over all Israel forty years.
Selemani akatawala katika Yerusalemu juu ya Israeli yote kwa miaka arobaini.
31 And Solomon fell asleep, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.
Akalala na babu zake na watu wakamzika katika mji wa Daudi baba yake. Rehoboamu, mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika sehemu yake.
