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].
E ouvindo a rainha de Saba a fama de Salomão, acerca do nome do Senhor, veio prova-lo por enigmas.
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.
E veio a Jerusalém com um mui grande exército; com camelos carregados de especiarias, e muitíssimo ouro, e pedras preciosas: e veio a Salom o, e disse-lhe tudo quanto tinha no seu coração.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
E Salomão lhe declarou todas as suas palavras: nenhuma coisa se escondeu ao rei, que não lhe declarasse.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
Vendo pois a rainha de Saba toda a sabedoria de Salomão, e a casa que edificara,
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.
E a comida da sua mesa, e o assentar de seus servos, e o estar de seus criados, e os vestidos deles, e os seus copeiros, e a sua subida, pela qual subia à casa do Senhor, não houve mais espírito nela.
6 She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
E disse ao rei: Foi verdade a palavra que ouvi na minha terra, das tuas coisas e da tua sabedoria.
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.
E eu não cria naquelas palavras, até que vim, e os meus olhos o viram; eis que me não disseram metade; sobrepujaste em sabedoria e bens a fama que ouvi.
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!
Bem-aventurados os teus homens, bem-aventurados estes teus servos, que estão sempre diante de ti, que ouvem a tua sabedoria!
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.”
Bendito seja o Senhor teu Deus, que teve agrado em ti, para te pôr no trono de Israel: porque o Senhor ama a Israel para sempre, por isso te estabeleceu rei, para fazeres juízo e justiça.
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.
E deu ao rei cento e vinte talentos de ouro, e muitíssimas especiarias, e pedras preciosas: nunca veio especiaria em tanta abundância, como a que a rainha de Saba deu ao rei Salomão.
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.
Também as naus d'Hirão, que de Ophir levavam ouro, traziam de Ophir muitíssima madeira de Almug, e pedras preciosas.
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.
E desta madeira d'Almug fez o rei balaústres para a casa do Senhor, e para a casa do rei, como também harpas e alaúdes para os cantores: nunca veio tal madeira de Almug, nem se viu até o dia de hoje.
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.
E o rei Salomão deu à rainha de Saba tudo quanto lhe pediu o seu desejo, de mais do que lhe deu, segundo a largueza do rei Salomão: então voltou e partiu para a sua terra, ela e os seus servos.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
E era o peso do ouro que se trazia a Salomão cada ano seiscentos e sessenta e seis talentos de ouro;
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.
Além do dos negociantes, e do contrato dos especieiros, e de todos os reis da Arábia, e dos governadores da mesma terra.
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.
Também o rei Salomão fez duzentos pavezes de ouro batido; seiscentos siclos de ouro mandou pesar para cada pavez;
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.
Assim mesmo trezentos escudos de ouro batido; três arratéis de ouro mandou pesar para cada escudo; e o rei os pôs na casa do bosque do líbano.
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.
Fez mais o rei um grande trono de marfim, e o cobriu de ouro puríssimo.
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.
Tinha este trono seis degraus, e era a cabeça do trono por detraz redonda, e de ambas as bandas tinha encostos até ao assento: e dois leões estavam junto aos encostos.
Também doze leões estavam ali sobre os seis degraus de ambas as bandas: nunca se tinha feito obra semelhante em nenhum dos reinos.
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.
Também todos os vasos de beber do rei Salomão eram de ouro, e todos os vasos da casa do bosque do líbano eram de ouro puro: não havia neles prata; porque nos dias de Salomão não tinha estimação alguma.
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).
Porque o rei tinha no mar as naus de Tarsis, com as naus de Hirão: uma vez em três anos tornavam as naus de Tarsis, e traziam ouro e prata, marfim, e bugios, e pavões.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Assim o rei Salomão excedeu a todos os reis da terra: tanto em riquezas como em sabedoria.
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.
E toda a terra buscava a face de Salomão, para ouvir a sua sabedoria, que Deus tinha posto no seu coração.
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.
E traziam cada um por seu presente vasos de prata e vasos de ouro, e vestidos, e armaduras, e especiarias, cavalos e mulas: cada coisa de ano em ano.
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.
Também ajuntou Salomão carros e cavaleiros, de sorte que tinha mil e quatrocentos carros e doze mil cavaleiros: e os levou às cidades dos carros, e junto ao rei em Jerusalém.
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.
E fez o rei que em Jerusalém houvesse prata como pedras: e cedros em abundância como figueiras bravas que estão nas planícies.
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].
E tiravam cavalos do Egito para Salomão: e às manadas as recebiam os mercadores do rei, cada manada por um certo preço.
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.
E subia e saía o carro do Egito por seiscentos siclos de prata, e o cavalo por cento e cincoênta: e assim, por meio deles, os tiravam para todos os reis dos heteus e para os reis da Síria.
