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1 Die Königin von Saba nun hörte den Ruhm Salomos, des Geweihten des Herrn. So kam sie, ihn mit Rätseln zu prüfen.
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].
2 Und sie kam mit sehr großem Gefolge nach Jerusalem. Kamele trugen Spezereien und Gold in sehr großer Menge, dazu Edelsteine. So kam sie zu Salomo. Da besprach sie mit ihm alles, was sie auf dem Herzen hatte.
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.
3 Und Salomo gab ihr auf alle ihre Fragen Antwort. Nichts war dem König verborgen, was er ihr nicht beantwortet hätte.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Die Königin von Saba sah nun all die Weisheit Salomos, das Haus, das er gebaut hatte,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 die Speisen seines Tisches, das Sitzen seiner Diener, das Aufwarten seiner Bedienten, ihre Gewandung und seine Mundschenken und seinen Aufzug, in dem er zum Haus des Herrn hinaufzuziehen pflegte. Da war sie außer sich.
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.
6 Sie sprach zum König: "Wahrheit ist es, was ich in meinem Lande von deinen Sachen und deiner Weisheit vernommen habe.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Ich habe der Kunde nicht geglaubt, bis ich gekommen bin und es dann mit eigenen Augen sah. Mir ist nicht die Hälfte gesagt worden. Du hast viel mehr Weisheit und Güte, als das Gerücht besagt, das ich vernahm.
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.
8 Glücklich deine Mannen! Glücklich diese deine Diener, die allzeit vor dir stehen und deine Weisheit hören!
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!
9 Gepriesen sei der Herr, dein Gott, der an dir Wohlgefallen gefunden, um dich auf Israels Thron zu setzen! Weil der Herr allzeit Israel liebt, hat er dich zum König eingesetzt, um Recht und Gerechtigkeit zu üben."
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.”
10 Und sie gab dem König 120 Talente Gold und sehr viel Spezereien und Edelsteine. Niemals wieder waren Spezereien in solcher Menge hergekommen, wie die Königin von Saba dem König Salomo gab.
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.
11 Auch Chirams Schiff, das Gold aus Ophir holte, brachte aus Ophir Aloëholz und Edelsteine in großer Menge.
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.
12 Und der König machte aus dem Aloëholz Fußsteige für das Haus des Herrn und das königliche Haus sowie Zithern und Harfen für die Sänger. Solches Aloëholz war nicht mehr gekommen und nicht mehr gesehen worden bis auf diesen Tag.
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.
13 Der König Salomo aber erfüllte der Königin von Saba alle ihre Wünsche über das hinaus, was er ihr schenkte, wie es nur König Salomo konnte. Dann kehrte sie um und zog mit ihren Dienern in ihr Land.
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.
14 Das Gewicht des Goldes, das für Salomo in einem Jahr einlief, betrug 666 Goldtalente,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 ohne die Abgaben der Großkaufleute und den Handelsertrag der Kaufleute und ohne das, was alle abgabepflichtigen Könige und die Statthalter des Landes lieferten.
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.
16 Der König Salomo machte 200 Schilde von geschlagenem Gold. Für jeden Schild belief es sich auf 600 Ring Gold.
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.
17 Bei 300 Schildchen aus geschlagenem Gold belief es sich für ein Schildchen auf drei Minen Gold. Der König tat sie in das Libanonwaldhaus.
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.
18 Ferner machte der König einen großen Elfenbeinthron und überzog ihn mit Gold und Feingold.
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.
19 Sechs Stufen hatte der Thron. Das Oberteil hinten am Thron war gerundet. Armlehnen waren am Sitzplatz zu beiden Seiten, und neben den Lehnen standen zwei Löwen.
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.
20 Zwölf Löwen standen dort auf sechs Stufen zu beiden Seiten. Solches war für kein anderes Königreich gemacht worden.
21 Alle Trinkgefäße des Königs Salomo waren von Gold. Von feinem Gold waren alle Geräte des Libanonwaldhauses. Silber galt zu Salomos Zeiten für nichts.
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.
22 Denn der König Salomo hatte auf dem Meere ein Tarsisschiff bei Chirams Flotte. Alle drei Jahre kam ein Tarsisschiff, beladen mit Gold und Silber, Elfenbein, Affen und Pfauen.
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).
23 So übertraf der König Salomo alle Könige der Erde an Reichtum und Weisheit.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Alle Welt suchte Salomo zu sehen und seine Weisheit zu hören, die ihm Gott ins Herz gelegt hatte.
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.
25 So brachten sie ein jeder seine Gabe, silberne und goldene Geräte, Gewänder, Waffen, Spezereien, Rosse und Maultiere, Jahr für Jahr.
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.
26 Salomo beschaffte sich auch zahlreiche Wagen und Rosse. Er hatte 1.400 Wagen und 12.000 Reiter. Diese legte er in die Wagenstädte und in die Umgebung des Königs nach Jerusalem.
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.
27 Der König machte das Silber zu Jerusalem den Steinen gleich und die Zedern den Maulbeerbäumen in der Niederung; so viele gab es davon.
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.
28 Die Ausfuhr der Rosse, die Salomo besaß, kam aus Ägypten. Auch aus Kue holten sie die königlichen Händler gegen Bezahlung.
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].
29 Ein Wagen kam bei der Einfuhr aus Ägypten auf sechshundert Silberlinge und ein Roß auf hundertundfünfzig. Ebenso kamen sie durch ihre Vermittlung zu allen chittitischen und aramäischen Königen.
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.
