1 Kings 10
1 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to test him with hard questions.
示巴女王听见所罗门因耶和华之名所得的名声，就来要用难解的话试问所罗门。
2 She came to Jerusalem with a very long caravan, with camels loaded with spices, much gold, and many precious gemstones. When she arrived, she told Solomon all that was in her heart.
跟随她到耶路撒冷的人甚多，又有骆驼驮着香料、宝石，和许多金子。她来见了所罗门王，就把心里所有的对所罗门都说出来。
3 Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing she asked that the king did not answer.
所罗门王将她所问的都答上了，没有一句不明白、不能答的。
4 When the queen of Sheba saw all Solomon's wisdom, the palace that he had built,
示巴女王见所罗门大有智慧，和他所建造的宫室，
5 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the work of his servants and their clothing, also his cupbearers, and the manner in which he offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh, there was no more breath in her.
席上的珍馐美味，群臣分列而坐，仆人两旁侍立，以及他们的衣服装饰和酒政的衣服装饰，又见他上耶和华殿的台阶，就诧异得神不守舍；
6 She said to the king, “It is true, the report that I heard in my own land of your words and your wisdom.
对王说：“我在本国里所听见论到你的事和你的智慧实在是真的！
7 I did not believe what I heard until I came here, and now my eyes have seen it. Not half was told me about your wisdom and wealth! You have exceeded the fame that I heard about.
我先不信那些话，及至我来亲眼见了才知道人所告诉我的还不到一半。你的智慧和你的福分越过我所听见的风声。
8 How blessed are your wives, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom.
你的臣子、你的仆人常侍立在你面前听你智慧的话是有福的！
9 May Yahweh your God be praised, who has taken pleasure in you, who placed you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, he has made you king, for you to do justice and righteousness!”
耶和华—你的 神是应当称颂的！他喜悦你，使你坐以色列的国位；因为他永远爱以色列，所以立你作王，使你秉公行义。”
10 She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a large amount of spices and precious stones. No greater amount of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon was ever given to him again.
于是，示巴女王将一百二十他连得金子和宝石，与极多的香料，送给所罗门王。她送给王的香料，以后奉来的不再有这样多。
11 The fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a large amount of almug wood and precious stones.
希兰的船只从俄斐运了金子来，又从俄斐运了许多檀香木和宝石来。
12 The king made almug wood pillars for the temple of Yahweh and for the king's palace, and harps and lyres for the singers. No such quantity of almug wood has ever come or been seen again to this day.
王用檀香木为耶和华殿和王宫做栏杆，又为歌唱的人做琴瑟。以后再没有这样的檀香木进国来，也没有人看见过，直到如今。
13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything she wished for, whatever she asked, in addition to what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she returned to her own land with her servants.
示巴女王一切所要所求的，所罗门王都送给她，另外照自己的厚意馈送她。于是女王和她臣仆转回本国去了。
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
所罗门每年所得的金子共有六百六十六他连得。
15 besides the gold that the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors in the country also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
另外还有商人和杂族的诸王，与国中的省长所进的金子。
16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of gold went into each one.
所罗门王用锤出来的金子打成挡牌二百面，每面用金子六百舍客勒；
17 He also made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three minas of gold went into each shield; the king put them into the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
又用锤出来的金子打成盾牌三百面，每面用金子三弥那，都放在黎巴嫩林宫里。
18 Then the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
王用象牙制造一个宝座，用精金包裹。
19 There were six steps to the throne, and the back of it had a rounded top. There were armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
宝座有六层台阶，座的后背是圆的，两旁有扶手，靠近扶手有两个狮子站立。
20 Twelve lions stood on the steps, one on each side of each of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any other kingdom.
六层台阶上有十二个狮子站立，每层有两个：左边一个，右边一个；在列国中没有这样做的。
21 All King Solomon's drinking cups were gold, and all the drinking cups in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were silver, because silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.
所罗门王一切的饮器都是金子的。黎巴嫩林宫里的一切器皿都是精金的。所罗门年间，银子算不了什么。
22 The king had at sea a fleet of oceangoing ships, along with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet brought gold, silver, and ivory, as well as apes and baboons.
因为王有他施船只与希兰的船只一同航海，三年一次，装载金银、象牙、猿猴、孔雀回来。
23 So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.
所罗门王的财宝与智慧胜过天下的列王。
24 All the earth sought the presence of Solomon in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
普天下的王都求见所罗门，要听 神赐给他智慧的话。
25 Those who visited brought tribute, vessels of silver and of gold, and clothes, armor, and spices, as well as horses and mules, year after year.
他们各带贡物，就是金器、银器、衣服、军械、香料、骡马，每年有一定之例。
26 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen that he stationed in the chariot cities and with himself in Jerusalem.
所罗门聚集战车马兵，有战车一千四百辆，马兵一万二千名，安置在屯车的城邑和耶路撒冷，就是王那里。
27 The king had silver in Jerusalem, as much as the stones on the ground. He made cedar wood to be as abundant as the sycamore fig trees that are in the lowlands.
王在耶路撒冷使银子多如石头，香柏木多如高原的桑树。
28 The horses that belonged to Solomon were imported from Egypt, and Kue and the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
所罗门的马是从埃及带来的，是王的商人一群一群按着定价买来的。
29 Chariots were purchased out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver each, and horses for 150 shekels each. Many of these were then sold to all the kings of the Hittites and Aram.
从埃及买来的车，每辆价银六百舍客勒，马每匹一百五十舍客勒。赫人诸王和亚兰诸王所买的车马，也是按这价值经他们手买来的。
