1 Kings 10

1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the LORD’s name, she came to test him with hard questions.

Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻe he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa ki he ongoongo ʻo Solomone ko e meʻa ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, naʻa ne haʻu ke ʻahiʻahi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi fehuʻi ʻilongataʻa.

2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great caravan, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart.

Pea naʻe haʻu ia ki Selūsalema mo e fuʻu fononga tokolahi, mo e fanga kāmeli naʻe fetuku ʻae ngaahi meʻa namu kakala, mo e koula lahi ʻaupito, mo e ngaahi maka mahuʻinga: pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai kia Solomone, naʻa ne talanoa mo ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe ʻi hono loto.

3 Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.

Pea naʻe tali ʻe Solomone ʻa ʻene ngaahi fehuʻi kotoa pē: naʻe ʻikai fufū mei he tuʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha, ke ne taʻefakamatalaʻia kiate ia.

4 When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

Pea hili ʻae mamata ʻe he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa ki he poto kotoa pē ʻa Solomone, pea mo e fale ʻaia naʻa ne langa,

5 the food of his table, the sitting of his servants, the attendance of his officials, their clothing, his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the LORD’s house, there was no more spirit in her.

Mo e meʻakai ʻi hono keinangaʻanga, mo e anga ʻoe nofo ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, mo e toutou ʻa ʻene kautauhi, mo honau kofu, mo kinautolu naʻe tauhi ʻa ʻene meʻainu, pea mo e hala ʻaia naʻa ne ʻalu hake ai ki he fale ʻo Sihova; naʻe vaivai ai ʻa hono loto ʻiate ia.

6 She said to the king, “It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia ki he tuʻi, “Ta ko e lea moʻoni ia: ʻaia naʻaku fanongo ki ai ʻi hoku fonua ʻoʻoku ki hoʻo ngaahi ngāue pea mo hoʻo poto.

7 However, I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

Ka naʻe ʻikai te u tui ki he talanoa, kaeʻoua ke u haʻu, pea mamata ki ai ʻa hoku mata: pea vakai, naʻe ʻikai tala mai ʻa hono vahe ua ʻoe meʻa: kuo lahi hake ʻa hoʻo poto pea mo hoʻo monūʻia ʻi he ongoongo naʻaku fanongo ki ai.

8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

‌ʻOku monūʻia ʻa hoʻo kau tangata, ʻoku monūʻia ʻa hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ni, ʻoku tutuʻumaʻu aipe ʻi ho ʻao, ʻo [nau ]fanongo ki hoʻo poto.

9 Blessed is the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻaia kuo lōlōfie lelei ʻiate koe, ke fakanofo koe ki he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻi ʻIsileli: koeʻuhi naʻe ʻofa taʻengata ʻa Sihova ki ʻIsileli, ko ia kuo ne fakanofo ai koe ko e tuʻi, ke fai ʻae fakamaau mo e fai totonu.”

10 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was there such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Pea naʻa ne foaki ki he tuʻi ʻae taleniti koula ʻe teau ma uofulu, mo e ngaahi meʻa namu kakala fuʻu lahi ʻaupito, pea mo e ngaahi maka mahuʻinga: naʻe ʻikai toe ʻomi ha ngaahi meʻa namu kakala ke lahi pehē fau ʻo tatau mo ia naʻe foaki kia Solomone ʻe he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa.

11 The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought in from Ophir great quantities of almug trees and precious stones.

Pea ko e folau ʻo Helami, ʻaia naʻe fetuku mai ʻae koula mei Ofeli, naʻe ʻomi ai foki mei Ofeli ʻae ngaahi ʻakau ko e ʻalimuku ʻo lahi ʻaupito, mo e ngaahi maka mahuʻinga.

12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the LORD’s house and for the king’s house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers; no such almug trees came or were seen to this day.

Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ʻae ʻakau ko e ʻalimuku ʻe he tuʻi ʻae ngaahi pou maʻae fale ʻo Sihova, pea maʻae fale ʻoe tuʻi, ko e ngaahi haʻape foki mo e meʻa hiva maʻae kau fasi hiva; talu mei ai ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, kuo ʻikai ʻomi pe mamata ki ai, ha ngaahi ʻakau ʻalimuku ke hangē ko ia.

13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, in addition to that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

Pea naʻe foaki ʻe Solomone ki he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa ʻa ʻene holi kotoa pē, ʻae meʻa fulipē naʻa ne kole ki ai, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe foaki ʻe Solomone ko ʻene foaki ʻataʻatā fakatuʻi. Pea naʻa ne liliu atu ʻo toe foki ki hono fonua ʻoʻona, ʻaia mo ʻene kautauhi.

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

Pea ko eni ko hono mamafa ʻoe koula naʻe ʻomi kia Solomone ʻi he taʻu pe taha ko e taleniti ʻe onongeau mo e onongofulu ma ono ʻoe koula,

15 in addition to that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.

Ka ʻoku lau kehe ʻaia naʻa ne maʻu mei he kau fakatau, pea ʻi he fai fakatau mo e kau fakatau meʻa namu kakala, pea mei he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo ʻAlepea, pea mo e houʻeiki pule ʻoe fonua.

16 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.

Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe Solomone ʻae pā koula ʻe uangeau naʻe tuki: ko e [sikeli ʻe ]onongeau ʻoe koula naʻe ʻi he pā pe taha.

17 He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

Pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi pā iiki ʻe tolungeau ʻaki ʻae koula naʻe tuki; ko e mano ʻe tolu ʻoe koula naʻe ʻi he pā pe taha: pea naʻe tuku ia ʻe he tuʻi ki he fale ʻi he vao ʻakau ʻo Lepanoni.

18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.

Naʻe ngaohi foki ʻe he tuʻi ha fuʻu nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻaki ʻae lei, pea naʻa ne fonofono ia ʻaki ʻae koula lelei lahi.

19 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.

Naʻe ʻi he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻe ono, pea naʻe fuopotopoto ʻae potu ki ʻolunga ʻi mui: pea naʻe ʻai ʻae ʻaiʻanga nima ʻi hono kaokao fakatouʻosi ʻoe potu hekaʻanga, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae laione ʻe ua ʻo ofi ki he ʻaiʻanga nima.

20 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. Nothing like it was made in any kingdom.

Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi hono potu ʻe taha ʻae laione ʻe hongofulu ma ua, pea ʻi he potu kehe ʻe taha ʻi he lakaʻanga ʻe ono; naʻe ʻikai ngaohi hano tatau ʻi ha puleʻanga kehe.

21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver, because it was considered of little value in the days of Solomon.

Pea naʻe [ngaohi ʻaki ]ʻae koula ʻae ngaahi ipu inu ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone, pea ko e ngaahi ipu ʻoe fale ʻi he vao ʻakau ʻo Lepanoni, naʻe ʻoe koula moʻoniia; naʻe ʻikai ha siliva ʻi ai: naʻe ʻikai mahuʻinga ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Solomone.

22 For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

He naʻe ʻalu ʻae folau ʻae tuʻi ʻi tahi ko e ngaahi vaka Tasisi, fakataha mo e folau ʻo Helami: naʻe haʻu tuʻo taha ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu ʻae folau mei Tasisi, ke ʻomi ʻae koula, mo e siliva, mo e lei, mo e fanga ngeli, pea mo e fanga pikoka.

23 So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

Ko ia naʻe fungani hake ai ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone ʻi he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo māmani, ʻi he koloaʻia mo e poto.

24 All the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

Pea naʻe kumi kia Solomone ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani, ke fanongo ki heʻene poto, ʻaia naʻe ʻai ki hono loto ʻe he ʻOtua.

25 Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.

Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe he tangata taki taha kotoa pē ʻa ʻene meʻaʻofa, ko e ngaahi meʻa siliva, mo e ngaahi meʻa koula, mo e ngaahi kofu, mo e ngaahi mahafutau, mo e ngaahi meʻa namu kakala, mo e fanga hoosi, mo e fanga miuli, ko e vāhenga meʻa ʻi he ngaahi taʻu tukufakaholo.

26 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. He had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen. He kept them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

Pea naʻe tānaki fakataha ʻe Solomone ʻae ngaahi saliote mo e kau heka hoosi: pea naʻa ne maʻu ʻae saliote ʻe taha afe mo e fāngeau, mo e kau heka hoosi ʻe taha mano mo e ua afe, ʻaia naʻa ne fakanofo ki he ngaahi kolo maʻae ngaahi saliote, pea ki he tuʻi ʻi Selūsalema.

27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedars as common as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻae siliva ʻe he tuʻi ke hangē ia ko e ngaahi maka ʻi Selūsalema, pea ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi sita ke tatau hono lahi ʻoʻona mo e ngaahi ʻakau sukamino ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he teleʻa.

28 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. The king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

Pea naʻe ʻomi kia Solomone ʻae fanga hoosi mei ʻIsipite, ʻaia naʻe tauaki: pea naʻe maʻu ʻaia naʻe tānaki ʻe he kau fakatau ʻae tuʻi ʻi he totongi.

29 A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty shekels; and so they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.

Pea naʻe ʻalu atu mo ʻohake ha saliote mei ʻIsipite ko hono totongi ko e [konga ]siliva ʻe onongeau; pea ko e totongi ki ha hoosi ʻe taha ko e teau ma nimangofulu: pea naʻe pehē ʻenau taufetuku foki ia ki he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻoe kakai Heti pea mo e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Silia.