I Na Lii 10
1 A LOHE ae la ko alii wahine o Seba i ke kaulana o Solomona, no ka inoa o Iehova, hele mai la oia e hoao ia ia i na mea pohihihi.
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 Hele mai la hoi oia i Ierusalema me ka huakai nui loa, a me na kamelo e halihali ana i na mea ala, a me ke gula he nui loa, a me na pohaku makamae; a hiki mai ia io Solomona la, kamailio mai la oia me ia i na mea a pau iloko o kona naau.
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 Hoakaka aku la o Solomona i na mea a pau ana i ninau mai ai, aohe mea hunaia i ke alii, ana i hai ole aku ai ia ia.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 A ike ae la ke alii wahine o Seba, i ke akamai a pau a Solomona, a me ka hale ana i kukulu ai,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 A me ka ai o kona papaaina, a me ka noho ana o kana mau kauwa, a me ke ku ana mai o kona poe lawelawe, me ko lakou kahiko ana, a me kona poe lawe kiaha, a me kona alapii i pii ai oia i ka hale o Iehova; aole ae la he hanu iloko ona.
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 A olelo ae la oia i ke alii, He olelo oiaio ka'u i lohe ai ma ko'u aina no kau mau hana a me kou akamai:
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Aka, aole au i manaoio ia mau olelo, a hiki mai nei au, a ike ko'u mau maka, aia hoi, aole no ka hapalua i haiia mai ia'u; na kela aku kou akamai a me kou pomaikai mamua o ke kaulana a'u i lohe ai.
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 Pomaikai kou poe kanaka, pomaikai kau poe kauwa, ka poe e ku mau ana ma kou alo, e hoolohe ana i kou akamai.
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 E hoomaikaiia'ku o Iehova kou Akua, ka mea i olioli mai ia oe e hoonoho iho ia oe ma ka nohoalii o ka Iseraela; no ko Iehova aloha mau ana i ka Iseraela, nolaila i hoolilo ai oia ia oe i alii e hooponopono, a e hana ma ka maikai.
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 Haawi ae la hoi ia wahine i ke alii i hookahi haneri mo ka iwakalua talena gula, a mo na mea ala he nui loa, a me na pohaku makamae; aole hiki hou mai ka nui loa o na mea ala me neia a ke alii wahine o Seba i haawi mai ai ia Solomona ke alii.
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 A o na moku hoi o Hirama i lawe mai i ke gula mai Opera mai, ua lawe pu mai i na laau alemuga he nui loa, mai Opera mai, a me na pohaku makamae.
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 Hana iho la ke alii i na laau alemuga i mau kia no ka hale o Iehova, a no ka hale o ke alii, a me na lira, a me na pesaleteria no ka poe mele; aole hiki mai na laau alemuga e like me neia, aole hoi i ikeia a hiki i keia la.
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 A haawi aku la o Solomona ke alii i ke alii wahine o Seba i kona makemake a pau, i kela mea keia mea ana i noi mai ai; o kana ia i haawi aku ai ia ia e like me ka lima o Solomona ke alii; alaila huli ia a hoi aku i kona aina iho, oia me kana mau kauwa.
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 A o ke kaumaha o ke gula i hiki mai ia Solomona i ka makahiki hookahi, aono haneri, me kanaono kumamaono talena gula.
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 Okoa ka mea i loaa ia ia mai ka poe kalepa, a me ka poe kuai mea ala, a me na alii a pau o Arabia, a me na kiaaina o ka aina.
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 A hana iho la o Solomona ke alii i elua haneri paleumauma gula maemae ole, eono haneri sekela gula i lilo i paleumauma hookahi.
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 Hana iho la oia i ekolu haneri palekaua gula kuiia; ekolu paona gula i lilo i palekaua hookahi, a waiho ae la ke alii ia lakou maloko o ka hale ma ka ululaau o Lebanona.
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 Hana iho la hoi ke alii i nohoalii niho elepani nui, a hoouhi ae la i ke gula maikai loa.
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 He mau anuunuu eono ko ka nohoalii, a poepoe ae la ke poo o ka nohoalii ma ke kua, a he mau lima ma kela aoao, ma keia aoao ma kahi e noho ai, elua hoi liona e ku ana ma na lima.
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 He umikumamalua liona i ku malaila ma kela aoao a ma keia aoao maluna o na anuunuu eono; aohe mea like me ia i hanaia ma kekahi aupuni.
21 A o ko ke alii, ko Solomona mau kiaha inu he gula no, a me na ipu o ka hale ma ka ululaau o Lebanona, he gula maemae ia; aole mea kala; ua manaoia ia he mea ole i na la o Solomona.
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 No ka mea, he mau moku no Taresisa ko ke alii ma ke kai, me na moku o Hirama; i na makahiki ekolu, hookahi ka holo ana mai o na moku no Teresisa, e lawe ana mai i ke gula, a me ke kala, a me ka niho elepani, a me na keko, a me na pikoka.
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 A kela aku la o Solomona ke alii i na lii a pau o ka honua i ka waiwai a me ke akamai.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 A imi aku la ka honua a pau i ke alo o Solomona e hoolohe i kona akamai a ke A kua i hahao ai iloko o kona naau.
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 Halihali mai la lakou kela kanaka keia kanaka i kona makana, na ipu kala, na ipu gula, na kapakomo, na mea kaua, na mea ala, na lio, na hoki, pela i kela makahiki keia makahiki.
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 Hoakoakoa ae la o Solomona i na kaa kaua, a me na hoo hololio: hookahi tausani kaa me na haneri eha kona, a he umikumamalua tausani hoohololio, o na mea ana i hoonoho ai ma na kulanakauhale no na kaa, a me ke alii hoi ma Ierusalema.
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 Hoolilo ae la ke alii i ke kala maloko o Ierusalema me he mau pohaku la, a hoolilo hoi oia i na laau kedera me he mau laau Sukamorea ma ke awawa i ka nui loa.
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 A ua kaiia mai na lio no Solomona mai Aigupita mai, a na na huakai kalepa a ke alii i lawe ma ke kumukuai.
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 A ua puka mai la a holo mai ke kaa kaua no na sekela kala eono haneri, a o ka lio no ka haneri me kanalima; a pela no hoi no na lii a pau o ka Heta, a no na lii o Suria, ma ko lakou mau lima i lawe mai ai ia lakou.
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.
