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].
Cuando la reina de Saba se enteró de la fama de Salomón, vino a Jerusalén para ponerlo a prueba con preguntas difíciles.
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.
Trajo consigo un séquito muy numeroso, con camellos cargados de especias, grandes cantidades de oro y piedras preciosas. Se acercó a Salomón y le preguntó todo lo que tenía en mente.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Salomón respondió a todas sus preguntas. No había nada que no pudiera explicarle.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
Cuando la reina de Saba vio la sabiduría de Salomón y el palacio que había construido,
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.
la comida que había en la mesa, cómo vivían sus funcionarios, cómo funcionaban sus sirvientes y cómo estaban vestidos, la ropa de los camareros y los holocaustos que presentaba en el Templo del Señor, quedó tan asombrada que apenas podía respirar.
6 She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
Le dijo al rey: “¡Es cierto lo que he oído en mi país sobre tus proverbios y tu sabiduría!
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.
Pero no creí lo que me dijeron hasta que vine y lo vi con mis propios ojos. De hecho, no me contaron ni la mitad: ¡el alcance de tu sabiduría supera con creces lo que he oído!
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!
¡Qué feliz debe ser tu pueblo! ¡Qué felices los que trabajan para ti, los que están aquí cada día escuchando tu sabiduría!
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.”
Alabado sea el Señor, tu Dios, que tanto se complace en ti, que te puso en su trono como rey para gobernar en su nombre. Por el amor de tu Dios a Israel los ha asegurado para siempre, y te ha hecho rey sobre ellos para que hagas lo justo y lo correcto”.
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.
Presentó al rey ciento veinte talentos de oro, enormes cantidades de especias y piedras preciosas. Nunca había habido especias como las que la reina de Sabale regaló al rey Salomón.
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.
(La flota de barcos de Hiram trajo oro de Ofir, y también llevó madera de sándalo y piedras 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.
El rey utilizó la madera de sándalo para hacer escalones para el Templo y para el palacio real, y en liras y arpas para los músicos. Nunca se había visto nada igual en la tierra de Judá).
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.
El rey Salomón le dio a la reina de Saba todo lo que quiso, todo lo que pidió. Esto se sumó a los regalos habituales que le había dado generosamente. Luego, ella y sus acompañantes regresaron a su país.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
El peso del oro que Salomón recibía cada año era de 666 talentos,
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.
sin contar el que recibía de los comerciantes y mercaderes, y de todos los reyes de Arabia y gobernadores del país.
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.
El rey Salomón hizo doscientos escudos de oro martillado. Cada escudo requería seiscientos siclos de oro martillado.
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.
También hizo trescientos escudos pequeños de oro martillado. Cada uno de estos escudos requería tres minas de oro. El rey los colocó en el Palacio del Bosque del 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.
El rey también hizo un gran trono de marfil y lo cubrió de oro puro.
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.
El trono tenía seis peldaños, con la parte superior redondeada en el respaldo. A ambos lados del asiento había reposabrazos, junto a los cuales había leones.
En los seis escalones había doce leones, uno en los extremos opuestos de cada escalón. Nunca se había hecho nada parecido para ningún reino.
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.
Todas las copas del rey Salomón eran de oro, y todos los utensilios del Palacio del Bosque del Líbano eran de oro puro. No se usó plata, porque no era valorada en los días de Salomón.
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).
El rey tenía una flota de barcos de Tarsis tripulada por los marineros de Hiram. Una vez cada tres años los barcos de Tarsis llegaban con un cargamento de oro, plata, marfil, monos y pavos reales.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
El rey Salomón era más grande que cualquier otro rey de la tierra en riqueza y sabiduría.
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.
El mundo entero quería conocer a Salomón para escuchar la sabiduría que Dios había puesto en su mente.
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.
Año tras año, todos los visitantes traían regalos: objetos de plata y oro, ropa, armas, especias, caballos y mulas.
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.
Salomón acumuló 1.400 carros y 12.000 jinetes. Los tenía en las ciudades de los carros, y también con él en Jerusalén.
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.
El rey hizo que en Jerusalén abundara la plata como las piedras, y la madera de cedro como los sicómoros en las estribaciones.
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].
Los caballos de Salomón eran importados de Egipto y de Coa, que era donde los mercaderes reales los compraban.
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.
Un carro importado de Egipto costaba seiscientos siclos de plata, y un caballo ciento cincuenta. También los exportaban a todos los reyes hititas, y a los reyes arameos.
