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].
Kasra lun acn Sheba el lohng ke pwengpeng lal Solomon, ac el som nu Jerusalem in srikal ke kutu mwe siyuk upa.
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.
El us mwet kulansap puspis welul, oayapa mwe akyuye mongo, wek saok, ac lupa na yohk pac ke gold fin camel natul uh. Ke el ac Solomon osun, el siyuk sel kain mwe siyuk nukewa ma el ku in nunkauk.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Solomon el topokla nufon. Wanginna ma el kofla aketeya.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
Kasra lun Sheba el lohng lalmwetmet lal Solomon, ac liye inkul fulat sel ma el musaela.
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.
El liye pac kain in mongo ma oan fin tepu lun tokosra, ac nien muta lun mwet pwapa lal, ac ouiyen oakwuk lal nu sin mwet orekma lal ac naweyuk lalos, ac mwet kulansupwal ke pacl in mongo, ac mwe kisa ma el kisakin in Tempul. Kasra el arulana fwefela ke el liye ma inge.
6 She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
El fahk nu sel Tokosra Solomon, “Ma nga lohng in facl sik ah keim, ac ke lalmwetmet lom, pwayena!
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.
Nga tuh tiana lulalfongi nwe ke na nga tuku ac liye ke mutuk sifacna. Ma nga lohng ah tia sun tafun kasrup ac lalmwetmet lom, su arulana alukela ma fwack nu sik.
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!
Seyal wo nu sin mutan kiom uh! Insewowo pac mwet kulansap lom su muta yurum in pacl nukewa ac lohng kas lalmwetmet lom!
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.”
Kaksakin LEUM GOD lom! El akkalemye lupan insewowo lal sum ke El oakikomi in tokosra lun Israel. Ke sripen lungse kawil lal nu sin Israel, El oru kom in tokosra faclos, tuh kom in karinganang tuh ma sap ac nununku suwohs in fahsr na.”
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.
Kasra el sang nu sel Tokosra Solomon mwe lung ma el us tuku: apkuran nu ke paun singoul tausin ke gold, ac oasr pac mwe akyuye mongo ac wek saok arulana pus. Lupan mwe akyuye mongo ma el sang nu sel inge arulana yohk liki ma mwet uh sang nu sel Tokosra Solomon in kutena pacl meet.
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.
(Un oak okoal Hiram ma tuh use gold Ophir me, elos oayapa use lupa na yohk ke sak juniper ac wek saok we me.
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 el orekmakin sak inge in orala kalkal ke nien fan ke Tempul ac ke lohm sin tokosra, oayapa el sang in orek harp ac lyre nutin mwet on. Sak juniper inge pa wo emeet ke sak ma utuku nu Israel, ac wangin pac ma sifilpa liyeyuk in oana ma inge.)
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.
Tokosra Solomon el sang nu sel Kasra lun Sheba ma nukewa ma el siyuk, sayen mwe sang na yohk ma tokosra el sifacna lungse sang lal. Na kasra sac ac mwet kulansap lal folokla nu Sheba.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
In yac nukewa Tokosra Solomon el eis yohk liki lumngaul tausin paun ke gold,
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.
sayen tax ma moliyuk sin mwet kuka, ac ma kapak ke ma kukala, ac mwe takma ma tuku sin tokosra lun acn Arabia, ac sin governor in acn nukewa lun Israel.
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 el orala luofoko mwe loeyuk lulap, ac mosrwela kais sie ke apkuran in paun singoul limekosr ke gold.
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.
El oayapa orala mwe loeyuk tolfoko ma srik kutu, ac mosrwela kais sie ke apkuran in paun akosr ke gold. El likiya ma inge nukewa infukil lulap se pangpang Insak Lebanon.
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.
Oasr pac sie tron lulap el sap in orekla. Sie ip kac yunla ke ivory, ac acn saya mosrweyukla ke gold na wowo.
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.
Oasr step onkosr nu ke tron sac. Acn tok fin tron sac orekla raun, ac kais sie siska ke tron sac oasr mwe loang po kac, ac oasr lion tafleyukla lukwa tu ke sisken mwe loang po inge.
Oasr pac kais lukwa lion tu fin kais sie step, soko lac soko lac ke step onkosr inge, orala lion singoul lukwa. Wangin tron orekla ke lumah inge in kutena tokosrai oemeet me.
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.
Cup in nimnim lal Solomon nukewa orekla ke gold, ac ahlu nukewa infukil lulap se pangpang Insak Lebanon orekla pac ke gold na pwaye. Wangin silver orekmakinyuk, ke sripen tia sekoeyuk in pacl lal Solomon.
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).
Oasr un oak in kalkal meoa se lal Solomon, su kalkal wi oak okoal Hiram. Ke yac tolu nukewa un oak se lal inge ac foloko, ac utuk gold, silver, ivory, sako lulap ac sako srisrik.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Tokosra Solomon el kasrup ac lalmwetmet liki kutena tokosra saya,
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.
pwanang mwet faclu nufon lungse tuku in liye ac lohng lalmwetmet lal su God El sang nu sel.
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.
Mwet nukewa su tuku nu yorol uh ac utuk mwe lung nu sel ke silver, gold, nuknuk lik na oa, kufwen mweun, mwe akyuye mongo, horse, ac kosro miul. Ma inge orek na ke yac nukewa.
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 el musaeak tausin se angfoko chariot in mweun lal, ac singoul luo tausin horse in mweun. Kutu sin ma inge oanna Jerusalem, ac ma saya uh el supwalik nu in siti saya.
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.
Wacl Solomon, silver uh arulana pukanten oana eot uh, ac pukanten sak cedar oana pisen sak sycamore pe eol in acn Judah.
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].
Mwet lal tokosra pa karingin supweyen horse liki acn Musri ac Cilicia,
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.
oayapa pisen chariot ma tuku Egypt me. Elos kukakin horse ac chariot nu sin tokosra lun acn Hit ac Syria. Molin chariot soko pa ipin silver onfoko, ac molin horse soko pa ipin silver siofok lumngaul.
