1 Kings 10
1 And [the] queen of Sheba [was] hearing [the] report of Solomon to [the] name of Yahweh and she came to put to [the] test him by difficult matters.
Ɛberɛ a Sebahemmaa tee Salomo edin a ahyeta na ɛhyɛ Awurade din animuonyam no, ɔde nsɛmmisa a anoyie yɛ den bɛsɔɔ Salomo hwɛeɛ.
2 And she came Jerusalem towards with a retinue numerous very camels carrying spices and gold much very and stone[s] precious and she came to Solomon and she spoke to him all that it was with heart her.
Ɔde nʼasomfoɔ a wɔdɔɔso yie kaa ne ho baa Yerusalem. Na nyoma a wɔsoso nnuhwam, sikakɔkɔɔ bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ ka wɔn ho. Ɛberɛ a ɔhyiaa Salomo no, wɔdwennwenee nsɛm bebree a na ɛwɔ ɔhemmaa ani so no ho.
3 And he told to her Solomon all words her not it was anything hidden from the king which not he told to her.
Wɔdii biribiara a enti ɔbaa saa nsrahwɛ no ho nkɔmmɔ, maa Salomo yii ne nsɛmmisa biara ano sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
4 And she saw [the] queen of Sheba all [the] wisdom of Solomon and the house which he had built.
Seba Ɔhemmaa hunuu nyansa a Salomo wɔ ne ahemfie a wasi no,
5 And [the] food of table his and [the] seating of servants his and [the] standing of (servants his *Q(K)*) and clothes their and cup-bearers his and burnt offering[s] his which he offered up [the] house of Yahweh and not it was in her still breath.
ne ho dwirii no. Nnuane a ɔhunuu sɛ ɛsisi ne didipono so no yɛɛ no nwanwa. Sɛdeɛ na wahyehyɛ ne fie so ahwɛfoɔ no ne wɔn ntadeɛ papa bi a ɛhyehyɛ wɔn, ne sɛdeɛ nkuruwakurafoɔ ne wɔn ntadeɛ yuu ne ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a Salomo bɔɔ no Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ no yɛɛ no ahodwirie.
6 And she said to the king truth it was the word which I heard in own land my on words your and on wisdom your.
Ɔhemmaa no firii ahodwirie mu ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Nsɛm a metee wɔ me ɔman mu a ɛfa dwuma a woatumi adi ne wo nyansabunu ho no nyinaa yɛ nokorɛ!
7 And not I believed the words until that I came and they saw eyes my and here! not it was told to me the half you have added wisdom and good to the report which I heard.
Na mennye nni kɔsii sɛ mebɛduruu ha a mʼankasa mede mʼani abɛhunu yi. Nokorɛm, sɛɛ mannte asɛm no mu fa mpo. Wo nyansa ne wo nkɔsoɔ no boro deɛ wɔka kyerɛɛ me no so koraa.
8 How blessed! [are] people your how blessed! [are] servants your these who stand before you continually who hear wisdom your.
Anigyeɛ bɛn na saa nnipa yi renya? Adom bɛn na wo mpanimfoɔ a wɔne wowɔ ha anɔpa ne awia tie wo renya mfiri wo nyansa yi mu?
9 May he be Yahweh God your blessed who he delights in you to put you on [the] throne of Israel because loves Yahweh Israel for ever and he has appointed you to king to do justice and righteousness.
Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn no yɛ kɛseɛ ampa. Nʼani gye wo ho, enti ɔde wo asi Israel ahennwa so. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔdɔ a Awurade de dɔ Israel no yɛ ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da. Wasi wo ɔhene sɛ wode atɛntenenee ne teneneeyɛ bɛbu ɔman no.”
10 And she gave to the king one hundred and twenty - talent[s] of gold and spices much very and stone[s] precious not it has come like the spice that again to abundance which she gave [the] queen of Sheba to the king Solomon.
Na ɔkyɛɛ ɔhene no sikakɔkɔɔ tɔno 4 ne fa, nnuhwan bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ. Obiara ammfa nnuhwam dodoɔ saa ammɛkyɛ Salomo bio, sɛdeɛ Sebahemmaa de bɛkyɛɛ no no.
11 And also [the] ship[s] of Hiram which it carried gold from Ophir it brought from Ophir wood of almug much very and stone[s] precious.
Nanso, ɛberɛ a Huram ahyɛn no firi Ofir de sikakɔkɔɔ baeɛ no, na samfona nnua bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ ka ho.
12 And he made the king [the] wood of the almug support[s] for [the] house of Yahweh and for [the] house of the king and harps and lyres for the singers not it has come thus wood of almug and not it has been seen until the day this.
Ɔhene de samfona nnua no yɛɛ aforoeɛ wɔ Awurade Asɔredan ne ahemfie no mu, ɛnna ɔde bi yɛɛ asankuo ne mmɛnta maa nnwomsiaafoɔ. Ɛbɛsi saa ɛberɛ no ne saa ɛberɛ no akyi, na obiara mfaa samfona nnua a ɛyɛ fɛ saa nkɔɔ hɔ da.
13 And the king Solomon he gave to [the] queen of Sheba all desire her which she asked besides [that] which he had given to her according to [the] hand of the king Solomon and she turned and she went to own land her she and servants her.
Biribiara a Sebahemmaa bisaa ɔhene Salomo no, ɔde maa no kaa deɛ amanneɛ enti, ɔnam ayamyɛ so de maa no no ho. Ɛno akyi, Sebahemmaa ne nʼasomfoɔ no sane kɔɔ wɔn kurom.
14 And it was [the] weight of the gold which it came to Solomon in a year one six hundred sixty and six talent[s] of gold.
Afe biara, na Salomo nya sikakɔkɔɔ bɛyɛ tɔno 25.
15 Apart from [the] men of the merchants and [the] merchandise of the traders and all [the] kings of the Arab[s] and [the] governors of the land.
Adwadeɛ a na ɔnya firi adwadifoɔ, Arabia ahemfo ne asase no so amradofoɔ no nkyɛn nka ho.
16 And he made the king Solomon two hundred body shield[s] gold beaten six hundred gold he put up on the body shield one.
Ɔhene Salomo maa wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro, yɛɛ akyɛm akɛseɛ ahanu a emu biara sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛwɔ mu no mu duru yɛ kilogram nson.
17 And three hundred shields gold beaten three minas gold he put up on the shield one and he put them the king [the] House of [the] Forest of Lebanon.
Ɔsane yɛɛ sikakɔkɔɔ akokyɛm nketewa ahasa a wɔde hamre boroeɛ a na sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde yɛɛ emu biara no mu duru bɛyɛ kilogram mmiɛnsa ne fa. Ɔhene no kɔkoraa saa akokyɛm yi wɔ Lebanon Kwaeɛ Ahemfie mu.
18 And he made the king a throne of ivory great and he overlaid it gold refined.
Na ɔhene no de asonse yɛɛ ahennwa kɛseɛ bi, na ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ amapa huraa ho.
19 Six steps [belonged] to the throne and a top round [belonged] to the throne behind it and hands from this and from this [were] to [the] place of the sitting and two lions [were] standing beside the hands.
Na ahennwa no wɔ atwedeɛ ntiasoɔ nsia na nʼakyi yɛ kurukuruwa. Ahennwa no wɔ nsa wɔ benkum ne nifa, na wɔayɛ agyata sɛso mmienu asisi hɔ.
20 And two [plus] ten lions [were] standing there on [the] six the steps from this and from this not it had been made thus for all kingdoms.
Salomo sane yɛɛ agyata sɛso dumienu a ɔbaako biara gyina atwedeɛ ntiasoɔ nsia no mu biara benkum ne nifa. Ahennwa biara nni ewiase a wɔbɛtumi de atoto Salomo deɛ no ho.
21 And all [the] vessels of [the] drink of the king Solomon [were] gold and all [the] utensils of [the] House of [the] Forest of Lebanon [were] gold pure gold there not [was] silver not [it was] reckoned in [the] days of Solomon to anything.
Ɔhene Salomo nkuruwa nyinaa, sikakɔkɔɔ amapa na wɔde yɛeɛ. Saa ara na nneɛma ahodoɔ a ɛwɔ Lebanon Kwaeɛ Ahemfie mu no nso teɛ. Wɔamfa dwetɛ anyɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Salomo berɛ so no, na wɔbu dwetɛ ade teta bi.
22 For [the] ship[s] of Tarshish [belonged] to the king on the sea with [the] ship[s] of Hiram one [time] to three years it came - [the] ship[s] of Tarshish carrying gold and silver ivori and monkeys and apes.
Na ɔhene no wɔ ɛpo so adwadihyɛn bebree a ɛne Huram deɛ no yɛ adwuma bɔ mu. Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa biara, ahyɛn no ba prɛko a sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, asonse, nkaatia, nkontromfi ne kohaa ahyehyɛ wɔn ma.
23 And he became great the king Solomon more than all [the] kings of the earth to wealth and to wisdom.
Enti, ɔhene Salomo bɛyɛɛ ɔdefoɔ ne onyansafoɔ sene ɔhene biara wɔ asase so nyinaa.
24 And all the earth [were] seeking [the] face of Solomon to hear wisdom his which he had put God in heart his.
Ahemfo fifiri aman nyinaa so bɛsraa no, tiee ne nyansasɛm a Onyankopɔn de adom no no bi.
25 And they [were] bringing each gift his articles of silver and articles of gold and garments and weaponry and spices horses and mules [the] matter of a year in a year.
Afe biara mu, obiara a ɔbɛba abɛsra no no brɛ no akyɛdeɛ te sɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ, ntadeɛ, akodeɛ, nnuhwam, apɔnkɔ ne mfunumpɔnkɔ.
26 And he gathered Solomon chariotry and horsemen and it belonged to him one thousand and four hundred chariot[s] and two [plus] ten thousand horsemen and he led them in [the] cities of chariotry and with the king in Jerusalem.
Salomo nyaa nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ bebree. Na ɔwɔ nteaseɛnam apem ahanan ne apɔnkɔ ɔpedumienu. Ɔde emu fa kɛseɛ guguu nteaseɛnam nkuropɔn no so ɛnna ɔmaa ebi nso kaa Yerusalem.
27 And he made the king silver in Jerusalem like stone and cedars he made like the sycamores which [are] in the Shephelah for abundance.
Ɔhene no maa dwetɛ buu te sɛ aboɔ wɔ Yerusalem. Na ntweneduro nnua a ɛsom bo no nso buu so sɛ akyee nnua a ɛfifiri wɔ mmepɔ ase wɔ Yuda asase so.
28 And [the] export of the horses which [belonged] to Solomon [was] from Egypt and from Que [the] traders of the king they took [them] from Que for a price.
Na wɔkra Salomo apɔnkɔ no firi Misraim ne Kilikia, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔhene adwadifoɔ no nya no yie wɔ Kilikia.
29 And it came up and it came out a chariot from Egypt for six hundred silver and a horse for fifty and one hundred and thus to all [the] kings of the Hittites and to [the] kings of Aram by hand their they brought [them] out.
Saa ɛberɛ no, na wɔtumi tɔ Misraim nteaseɛnam a wɔde ba Yerusalem no nnwetɛbena kilogram nson, na apɔnkɔ nso, wɔtumi tɔ no nnwetɛbena kilogram mmienu. Wɔn nso kɔtontɔnn wɔn mu pii nso maa Hetifoɔ ne Aram ahemfo.
