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1 E ouvindo a rainha de Sabá a fama de Salomão no nome do SENHOR, veio a provar-lhe com perguntas.
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 E veio a Jerusalém com muito grande comitiva, com camelos carregados de especiarias, e ouro em grande abundância, e pedras preciosas: e quando veio a Salomão, propôs-lhe todo o que em seu coração tinha.
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 E Salomão lhe declarou todas suas palavras: nenhuma coisa se lhe escondeu ao rei, que não lhe declarasse.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 E quando a rainha de Sabá viu toda a sabedoria de Salomão, e a casa que havia edificado,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 Também a comida de sua mesa, o assento de seus servos, o estado e roupas dos que lhe serviam, seus mestres-salas, e seus holocaustos que sacrificava na casa do SENHOR, ficou pasma.
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 E disse ao rei: Verdade é o que ouvi em minha terra de tuas coisas e de tua sabedoria;
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Mas eu não o cria, até que vim, e meus olhos viram, que nem ainda a metade foi o que se me disse: é maior tua sabedoria e bem que a fama que eu havia ouvido.
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 Bem-aventurados teus homens, ditosos estes teus servos, que estão continuamente diante de ti, e ouvem tua sabedoria.
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 o SENHOR teu Deus seja bendito, que se agradou de ti para te pôr no trono de Israel; porque o SENHOR amou sempre a Israel, e te pôs por rei, para que faças direito e justiça.
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 E deu ela ao rei cento e vinte talentos de ouro, e muita especiaria, e pedras preciosas: nunca veio tão grande quantidade de especiarias, como a rainha de Sabá deu ao rei Salomão.
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 frota de Hirão que havia trazido o ouro de Ofir, trazia também de Ofir muita madeira de sândalo, e pedras preciosas.
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 E da madeira de sândalo fez o rei balaústres para a casa do SENHOR, e para as casas reais, harpas também e saltérios para os cantores: nunca veio tanta madeira de sândalo, nem se há visto até hoje.
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 E o rei Salomão deu à rainha de Sabá tudo o que quis, e tudo o que pediu, ademais do que Salomão lhe deu como da mão do rei Salomão. E ela se voltou, e se foi a sua terra com seus criados.
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 O peso do ouro que Salomão tinha de renda cada um ano era seiscentos sessenta e seis talentos de ouro;
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 Sem o dos mercadores, e da contratação de especiarias, e de todos os reis de Arábia, e dos principais da terra.
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 Fez também o rei Salomão duzentos paveses de ouro estendido: seiscentos siclos de ouro gastou em cada pavês.
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 Também trezentos escudos de ouro estendido, em cada um dos quais gastou três libras de ouro: e os pôs o rei na casa do bosque do Líbano.
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 Fez também o rei um grande trono de marfim, o qual cobriu de ouro puríssimo.
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 Seis degraus tinha o trono, e o alto dele era redondo pelo recosto: e da uma parte e da outra tinha apoios próximo do assento, junto aos quais estavam colocados dois leões.
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 Estavam também doze leões postos ali sobre os seis degraus, da uma parte e da outra: em nenhum outro reino se havia feito trono semelhante.
21 E todos os vasos de beber do rei Salomão eram de ouro, e também toda a vasilha da casa do bosque do Líbano era de ouro fino: não havia prata; em tempo de Salomão não era de valor.
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 Porque o rei tinha a frota que saía à mar, a Társis, com a frota de Hirão: uma vez em cada três anos vinha a frota de Társis, e trazia ouro, prata, marfim, macacos e pavões.
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 Assim excedia o rei Salomão a todos os reis da terra em riquezas e em sabedoria.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Toda a terra procurava ver a cara de Salomão, para ouvir sua sabedoria, a qual Deus havia posto em seu coração.
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 E todos lhe levavam cada ano seus tributos: utensílios de ouro, utensílios de prata, roupas, armas, aromas, cavalos e mulas.
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 E juntou Salomão carros e cavaleiros; e tinha mil quatrocentos carros, e doze mil cavaleiros, os quais pôs nas cidades dos carros, e com o rei em Jerusalém.
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 E pôs o rei em Jerusalém prata como pedras, e cedros como os sicômoros que estão pelos campos em abundância.
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 E traziam cavalos a Salomão do Egito e de Coa: porque os mercadores do rei compravam cavalos de Coa.
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 E vinha e saía do Egito, o carro por seiscentas peças de prata, e o cavalo por cento e cinquenta; e assim os traziam por meio deles, todos os reis dos heteus, e da Síria.
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.
