2 Chronicles 9
1 And, the queen of Sheba, heard the report of Solomon, so she came to prove Solomon with abstruse questions, in Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels bearing spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones, —and, when she was come to Solomon, she spake with him, as to all that was near her heart.
[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。
2 And Solomon answered her all her questions, —and there was nothing hidden from Solomon, which he told her not.
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。
3 And, when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built;
舍巴女王看見了撒羅滿的智慧和所建造的宮殿，
4 and the food of his table, and the seats of his servants, and the standing of his attendants, with their apparel, and his cupbearers, and their apparel, and his ascent whereby he used to ascend the house of Yahweh, then was there in her no more spirit.
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，
5 And she said unto the king, True was the word, which I heard in my own land, —concerning thine affairs, and concerning thy wisdom.
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。
6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I had come and mine own eyes had seen, when lo! there had not been told me, the half of the fulness of thy wisdom, —thou dost exceed the report which I heard.
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。
7 How happy! are thy men, and how happy! are these thy servants, —who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.
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。
8 Yahweh thy God be blessed, who hath delighted in thee, to set thee upon his throne as king unto Yahweh thy God. Because of the love of thy God unto Israel, to establish them unto times age-abiding, therefore hath he set thee over them, as king, to execute justice and righteousness.
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。」
9 And she gave unto the king, a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance and precious stones, —and there was none like that spice, which the queen of Sheba gave unto King Solomon.
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。
10 Moreover also, the servants of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-wood and precious stones.
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。
11 And the king made of the sandal-wood, stairs unto the house of Yahweh, and unto the house of the king, also lyres and harps, for the singers, —and there were none seen like them before, in the land of Judah.
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。
12 And, King Solomon, gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides [a return for] that which she had brought unto the king, —so she turned, and went away to her own land, she, and her servants.
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]
13 Now, the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold;
撒羅滿每年收入的金子，重量有六百六十「塔冷通，」
14 besides what came in from the subjugated, and what the travelling merchants were bringing in, —and, all the kings of Arabia and the pashas of the land, were bringing gold and silver, unto Solomon.
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。
15 And King Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold, —six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold, overlay one shield;
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。」
16 also three hundred bucklers of beaten gold, three hundred [shekels] of gold, overlay one buckler, —and the king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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。
17 And the king made a great throne of ivory, —and overlaid it with pure gold;
君王又用象牙製造了一個大寶座，用純金包鑲。
18 and there were six steps to the throne, and a footstool in gold, unto the throne, made fast, and supports, on this side and on that, unto the seat, —and, two lions, standing by the supports;
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。
19 and, twelve lions, standing there upon the six steps, on this side and on that, —there was never made the like, for any kingdom.
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。
20 And, all the drinking vessels of King Solomon, were of gold, and, all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon, were of purified gold, —there was no silver, it was esteemed, in the days of Solomon, as nothing.
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。
21 For, the ships of the king, used to go to Tarshish, with the servants of Huram, —once in three years, came in the ships of Tarshish, bearing gold and silver, ivory and apes, and peacocks.
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。
22 And so King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth, —as to riches, and wisdom.
這樣，撒羅滿王的富貴和智慧，超過了世上所有的君王。
23 And, all the kings of the earth, were seeking the face of Solomon, —to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart;
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；
24 and, they, were bringing in every man his present—utensils of silver, and utensils of gold, and mantles, armour, and spices, horses and mules, —the need of a year in a year.
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。
25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls of horses, and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, —and he settled them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.
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。
26 And he ruled over all the kings, —from the river [Euphrates], even up to the land of the Philistines, yea up to the bounds of Egypt.
撒羅滿統轄列王，由大河到培肋舍特人領域，直到埃及邊陲。
27 And the king made the silver in Jerusalem like the stones, —and, the cedar trees, made he like the sycomores which are in the lowland, for abundance.
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。
28 And they used to bring horses out of Egypt unto Solomon, and out of all lands.
撒羅滿所有的馬，都是由慕茲黎和各地運來的。[撒羅滿逝世]
29 Now, the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
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。
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, forty years.
撒羅滿在耶路撒冷作全以色列王凡四十年。
31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father, —and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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。
