Kronika 2 9
1 Esi Seba fianyɔnu se ale si Fia Solomo ƒe ŋkɔ ɖi hoo la, eva Yerusalem be yeadoe akpɔ kple biabia sesẽwo. Ekplɔ eŋume kple subɔla geɖewo ɖe asi eye wòtsɔ atike ʋeʋĩwo, sika kple kpe xɔasiwo ɖe kposɔ geɖewo dzi vɛ fũu eye wòƒo nu kple fia la tso nu siwo katã nɔ eƒe susu me la ŋuti.
And the queen of Sheba has heard of the fame of Solomon, and comes to Jerusalem to try Solomon with acute sayings, with a very great company, and camels carrying spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she comes to Solomon, and speaks with him all that has been with her heart,
2 Fia Solomo te ŋu ɖo eƒe biabiawo katã ŋu, naneke menɔ ɣaɣla ɖi o. Enya nu sia nu eye wòte ŋu ɖe nu sia nu me nɛ.
and Solomon declares all her matters to her, and there has not been hid a thing from Solomon that he has not declared to her.
3 Esi fianyɔnu la kpɔ ale si gbegbe Solomo nya nu, ale si eƒe fiasã la nyoe,
And the queen of Sheba sees the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he has built,
4 nuɖuɖu nyui siwo woɖo kplɔ̃ dzi, subɔla geɖewo kple awu nyui siwo wodo, ahakulawo kple numevɔ geɖe siwo wòsana na Yehowa la, eƒe nu ku.
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, and his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of YHWH, and there has not been anymore spirit in her.
5 Seba fianyɔnu la gblɔ na fia la be, “Nutsotso siwo katã mese le nye ŋutɔ nye dukɔ me tso wò dzidzedzekpɔkpɔwo kple wò nunya ŋu la nye nyateƒe.
And she says to the king, “The word [is] true that I heard in my land concerning your matters and concerning your wisdom,
6 Nyemexɔe se o va se ɖe esime meva ɖo afi sia eye mekpɔe kple nye ŋutɔ nye ŋkuwo. Le nyateƒe me la, womegblɔ ale si wò nunya de ŋgɔe la ƒe afã gɔ̃ hã nam o. Ekɔ gbɔ nutsotso siwo mese la ŋu sasasa.
and I have given no credence to their words until I have come and my eyes see, and behold, there has not been declared to me the half of the abundance of your wisdom—you have added to the report that I heard.
7 Wò amewo akpɔ dzidzɔ ŋutɔ, dzidzɔ ka gbegbe wò dɔnunɔla siwo tsia tsitre ɖe wò ŋkume ɣe sia ɣi eye wosea wò nunya la makpɔ o!
O the blessedness of your men, and the blessedness of your servants—these—who are standing before you continually, and hearing your wisdom.
8 Woakafu Yehowa, wò Mawu la ame si ŋu wò nu nyo eye wòtsɔ wò da ɖe eƒe fiazikpui dzi be nànye fia, anɔ Yehowa, wò Mawu la teƒe le lɔlɔ̃ si wò Mawu tsɔ na Israel kple eƒe didi be yealé wo ɖe asi ɖaa ta la, eɖo wò Fiae ɖe wo nu be nàdrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe eye nàhe dzɔdzɔenyenye vɛ.”
Let your God YHWH be blessed who has delighted in you to put you on His throne for king for your God YHWH; in the love of your God to Israel, to establish it for all time, He has put you over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.”
9 Tete Seba fianyɔnu la tsɔ sika tɔn ene, atikeʋeʋĩ gbogbo aɖewo kple kpe xɔasiwo na fia la. Ame aɖeke metsɔ atikeʋeʋĩ aɖeke vɛ kpɔ nenema abe esiwo Seba fianyɔnu la tsɔ na Fia Solomo ene o.
And she gives to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there has not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba has given to King Solomon.
10 Fia Hiram kple Solomo ƒe tɔdziʋukulawo tsɔ sika si tso Ofir kple papawuti kple kpe xɔasi geɖewo hã vɛ.
And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.
11 Fia Solomo tsɔ papawutiwo wɔ atrakpuiwo na gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la kple kasaŋkuwo kple saŋkuwo na hadzilawo. Womekpɔ haƒonu nyui mawo tɔgbi kpɔ le Yudanyigba blibo la dzi o.
And the king makes the algum-trees [into] staircases for the house of YHWH, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah.
12 Fia Solomo tsɔ nunana geɖewo na Seba fianyɔnu la eye woƒe home de esi fianyɔnu la nae nu hafi wògatsɔ nu sia nu si fianyɔnu la biae la nɛ. Azɔ la, fianyɔnu la kple eƒe amewo trɔ yi wo de.
And King Solomon has given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought to the king, and she turns and goes to her land, she and her servants.
13 Sika si Solomo xɔna ƒe sia ƒe la dea tɔn blaeve vɔ atɔ̃,
And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
14 ga si asitsalawo tsɔna vɛ nɛ la mele eme o. Hekpe ɖe esia ŋu la, Arabia fiawo katã kple anyigba la dzi mɔmefiawo tsɔa sika kple klosalo vɛ na Solomo.
apart from [what] the tourists and the merchants are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon.
15 Fia Solomo tsɔ sika wɔ akpoxɔnu gã alafa eve. Wotsɔ sika kilogram etɔ̃ kple afã wɔ wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe.
And King Solomon makes two hundred bucklers of alloyed gold—he causes six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold to go up on the one buckler;
16 Egatsɔ sika wɔ akpoxɔnu ɖagbitɔ alafa etɔ̃, ɖe sia ɖe ƒe kpekpeme nye kilo eve. Fia la tsɔ nu siawo da ɖe Lebanon ƒe Avexɔ me le eƒe fiasã la me.
and three hundred shields of alloyed gold—he causes three hundred [shekels] of gold to go up on the one shield, and the king puts them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Fia la kpa fiazikpui gã aɖe. Etsɔ nyiɖu fa ɖe eme eye wòtsɔ sika nyuitɔ fa ɖe eŋu.
And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with pure gold;
18 Etsɔ sika wɔ atrakpui ade kple afɔɖodzinu ɖeka kple abɔɖoƒewo ɖe fiazikpui la ŋu. Abɔɖoƒe nɔ zikpuia ƒe axa eveawo dzi eye wowɔ dzata si le tsitre la da ɖe abɔɖoƒe aveawo ƒe axadzi.
and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, [and] they are fastened to the throne; and [places for] hands [are] on this [side] and on that [side] on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
19 Dzata wuieve le atrakpuifɔflɔ adeawo ƒe axawo kple eve dzi. Fiazikpui aɖeke meganyo abe esia ene le fiaɖuƒe aɖeke me o.
and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side] and on that [side]: it has not been made so for any kingdom.
20 Wotsɔ sika wɔ kplu siwo katã me Fia Solomo noa nu le eye nenema ke wotsɔ sika nyuitɔ wɔ nuɖugba kple nuɖaze siwo katã nɔ Lebanon Ƒe Avexɔ la me. Womewɔ naneke kple klosalo o elabena le Solomo ƒe anyinɔɣi la, womebua klosalo be enye nu xɔasi o.
And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold—silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything;
21 Asitsatɔdziʋu geɖewo nɔ fia la si siwo yia asigbe le atsiaƒu dzi kple Hiram ƒe dɔlawo tɔwo. Wotrɔna gbɔna zi ɖeka le ƒe etɔ̃ me kple sika, klosalo, nyiɖu kple kese ƒomevi vovovowo kple xewo.
for ships of the king are going to Tarshish with servants of Huram: once in three years the ships of Tarshish come carrying gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks [[or monkeys]].
22 Ale Fia Solomo de ŋgɔ wu anyigbadzifiawo katã le kesinɔnuwo kple nunya me.
And King Solomon becomes greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;
23 Fiawo tsoa dukɔ ɖe sia ɖe me vana Solomo gbɔ hena aɖaŋuxɔxɔ eye be woaɖo to nunya si Mawu tsɔ de eƒe dzi me.
and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God has put in his heart,
24 Wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe tsɔa klosalo, sika kple awuwo, aʋawɔnuwo, atike ʋeʋĩwo, sɔwo kple tedzisɔwo vana nɛ ƒe sia ƒe.
and they are each bringing in his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25 Hekpe ɖe esiawo ŋu la, sɔ akpe ene, siwo wowɔ nɔƒe na, kple tasiaɖamwo kpakple sɔdola akpe wuieve nɔ Solomon si le tasiaɖamduwo me kple Yerusalem hena fia la ŋu dzɔdzɔ.
And there are four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen for Solomon, and he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.
26 Solomo ɖu fia ɖe fia kple fiaɖuƒe ɖe sia ɖe dzi tso Frat tɔsisi la to yi Filistitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi heyi keke Egipte ƒe liƒo dzi.
And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 Ena klosalo bɔ ɖe Yerusalem abe ale si kpewo nɔa mɔ dzi ene eye wowɔa sedati ŋu dɔ abe ale si wowɔa gboti si bɔ fũu la ŋu dɔ ene.
And the king makes the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he has made the cedars as sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance,
28 Wotsɔa sɔwo tso Egipte kple dukɔ bubuwo me vɛ nɛ.
and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.
29 Woŋlɔ nu bubu siwo Fia Solomo wɔ la ɖe Nyagblɔɖila Natan ƒe ŋutinyawo kple Nyagblɔɖila Ahiya, Silotɔ la ƒe nyagblɔɖiwo kple nukpɔla, ldo ƒe nu siwo wòkpɔ tso Yeroboam, Nebat ƒe vi ŋu la me.
And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
30 Ale Fia Solomo ɖu fia le Yerusalem ɖe Israel dukɔ blibo la dzi ƒe blaene.
And Solomon reigns in Jerusalem over all Israel [for] forty years,
31 Esi wòku la, woɖii ɖe fofoa, David ƒe du la me eye via Rehoboam ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
and Solomon lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigns in his stead.
