1 Kings 10
1 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].
Sheba Lengnu in Solomon minthanna hi i-changeija, Pakai min loupi nahi adopsang ho thu ajah phat in thudoh hahtah tah ho doh’a patep dingin ahung kon tan ahi.
2 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.
Ama chu anungjui tamtah toh gimnamtui tamtah tah sana le song mantam tamtah ahin po uvin sangongsao honkhat’ah ahung touvun Jerusalem ah ahung lhung tauvin ahi. Amanu in Solomon toh'a kimuto phat in aki houlimpi in thudoh ahung kigot na jouse tamtah chu adong tan ahi.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Solomon in athudoh jouse chu bailam tah in a donbut soh keijin, khatcha jong Lengpa ding chun ahahsa aum pon ahi.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
Sheba Lengnu chun Solomon chu i-chan geija ching ham tichu amu chet jeh chuleh aleng inpi kisah danchu amudoh phat in,
5 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.
Alungthim’ah datmona in adim lheh jing tan ahi. Amanu’n aneh achah-u dokhang chung’a umho chu amun, avaihom na noija kinpi na tohna von ho, acha donna’u khon domho chuleh Solomon nin Pakai Houin a namtui alhut nam ho chu amun ahileh,
6 She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
Amanu in asaptho jengin Lengpa jah’ah, “Na chihna le na tohdoh ho ka gamsung’a ka um’a kajah ho jouse chu adih soh keije,” ati.
7 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.
“Ka thujah hochu keima tah ka hunga kamit tah’a ka hung muchet tokah sen kana tahsan pon ahi. Ahin tahbeh in sei leng ken kanajah hochu, akehkhat jeng jong alhing jou poi. Na chihna hole na haona ho hin kanajah ho chu gam chengin akho khal in ahi.
8 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!
Na mipite hin i-chan geijin nom asa tadiu vem? Na vaihom noiya nang natong na masang’a ding jing’a na chihna thungai jing hohi i-chan geija hamphatna chang hitau vem?
9 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.”
Pakai na Pathen chu thangvah in umhen, aman lung lhaisel’a Israel Laltouna hi na losah ahi tai. Na Pakaiyin Israelte tang theilouva a ngailut jeh a kitahna le dihna a vaipo dinga nang hi aleng uva natundoh ahitai,” ati.
10 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.
Hijou chun amanu’n Lengpa chu sana talent jakhat le somni, gim namtui leh song mantam tamtah jong apen ahi. Sheba lengnun Solomon lengpa gimnamtui apeh tobang hi koiman ape khapon ahi.
11 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.
Hiche banna jong hin Hiram kongtol hon Ophir a konin sana toh thing namtui a kihetna dimset toh chuleh song mantam hotoh ahinpo uvin ahi.
12 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.
Solomon lengpan hiche thing namtui hochu Pakai Houin douna le Lengpa in douna in amangin, lathem ho dingin semjang saithei leh selangdah din jong asempeh in ahi. Tumasang’a ahin tunung’a ahin hitobang thing namtui ahung kipolut aum kha tapon ahi.
13 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.
Solomon lengpa chun Sheba lengnu chu athum jouse ape jengin chu leh angaichat chan chu hongphal tah in anape jeng in ahi. Hijou chun Sheba lengnu chu asohte cheng chutoh agamlang’ah ana kile kittan ahi.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
Kumseh’a Solomon lengpa henga sana hunglut hi talent jagup le somgup le gup alhingin ahi.
15 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.
Hiche hi akivei gunset ho leh kah lah’a thil joh leho’a kona kai kila ho chuleh Arab lang’a gamvaipo ho a kona kimu ho pang nailou ahi.
16 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.
Solomon lengpan sana a kikhong Ompho lentah tah jani asem in khat cheh hi pound som le nga in agih in ahi.
17 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.
Aman sana akikhong Ompho aneo loi jathum jong asem in khat cheh chu pound li lhing deh agih in ahi. Lengpan hiche Ompho hohi Lebanon gamang kiti a leng inpi’a chun akoi in ahi.
18 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.
Solomon lengpan lal touna lentah khat jong saiha in asem in ahi. Hiche laltouna a kisem chu sana mangchan hoitah in atomjol sel in ahi.
19 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.
Laltouna chu akaltou nading kalbi gup kido touva ahin, laltouna achungnung lam chu aki kol in ahi. Hiche laltouna ajet aveija chun khut ngapna aum cheh in chule alangto a chun Keipi bahkai ading limkhat khat toh asem in ahi.
Hiche kalbi gup chu khat cheh pang achun Keipi bahkai khat cheh adingin ahileh abon'in Keipi bahkai lim somleni alhing in ahi. Vannoi leiset’a laltouna dang ho hiche toh tekahpi thei ding aumpon ahi.
21 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.
Solomon lengpa twidonna khon jouse chu sana thenga kisem ngen ahi, chuleh Lebanon gamang kiti Leng inpi sung’a manchah jouse jong chu sana a kisem ngen ahin, dangka a kisem khatcha jong aum pon ahi, ajeh chu Solomon khanglai achun dangka chu aman aneipon ahi.
22 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).
Lengpan kiveina a manchah ding kong innei khat jong aneiyin, hiche ho chu Hiram kong innei hotoh aki tolkhom jin ahi. Hiche kong innei hohi kum thumseh leh inlang ah ahung kile jiuvin, sana, dangka, saiha, guldu leh vahong kong dimset set in ahinpo jiuvin ahi.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Hiti hin Solomon lengpa hi leiset chunga leng dang ho sang in ahao jon chule aching jong aching jon ahi.
24 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.
Hijeh chun Pathen in apeh, chihna thungai ding leh thudoh nei dingin muntinna konin mipi ahung hung jing un ahi.
25 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.
Kumseh in ama vil’a hung jousen kipa thilpeh in sana, dangka, ponsil, gal manchah, gim namtui, sakol hole sakolpol ho ahin poh peh jing un ahi.
26 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.
Solomon sakol holeh sakol kangtalai ho jong thanei tah in ana tung doh in ahi. Aman sakol sangsom le sangni anei jin sakol kangtalai sangkhat le jali anei jin ahi. Aman phabep chu sakol kangtalai koina khopi ho’a akoiyin phabep chu Jerusalem sung ama kom naina ah akoi jin ahi.
27 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.
Lengpan dangka aneiho vang chu songtoh ana bahsah jengin ahi. Chuleh Cedar thing mantam tah ho jong chu Judahh gam'a keh theipi thing toh abahsah jengin ahi.
28 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].
Solomon in sakol hohi Egypt leh Cilicia kona achoh ji ahin, Lengpa ding’a thilcho hohin Cilicia mun ahi kiman tah’a achoh jiu ahi.
29 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.
Hiche phat laichun Egypt a konin sakol kangtalai khat chu dangka ja gup’a kicho ahin sakol khat chu dangka jakhat le somnga a kichoji ahi. Hijouteng chuleh Hit leh Ram lengho komma ajoh son kitjiu ahi.
