1 Reyes 10
1 Cuando la reina de Sabá se enteró de la fama de Salomón en cuanto al nombre de Yahvé, vino a probarlo con preguntas difíciles.
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 Llegó a Jerusalén con una caravana muy grande, con camellos que llevaban especias, mucho oro y piedras preciosas; y cuando llegó a Salomón, habló con él de todo lo que tenía en su corazón.
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 Salomón respondió a todas sus preguntas. No hubo nada que se le ocultara al rey que no le dijera.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Cuando la reina de Sabá vio toda la sabiduría de Salomón, la casa que había construido,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 la comida de su mesa, la asistencia de sus sirvientes, la asistencia de sus funcionarios, sus ropas, sus coperos, y su ascenso por el cual subía a la casa de Yahvé, no hubo más espíritu en ella.
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 Ella le dijo al rey: “Fue una noticia verdadera la que oí en mi tierra acerca de tus actos y de tu sabiduría.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Sin embargo, no creí las palabras hasta que llegué y mis ojos lo vieron. He aquí que no se me dijo ni la mitad. Tu sabiduría y tu prosperidad superan la fama que he oído.
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 Felices son tus hombres, felices son estos tus siervos que están continuamente ante ti, que escuchan tu sabiduría.
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 Bendito sea el Señor, tu Dios, que se complació en ti para ponerte en el trono de Israel. Porque Yahvé amó a Israel para siempre, por eso te hizo rey, para que hicieras justicia y rectitud.”
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 Ella le dio al rey ciento veinte talentos de oro, una gran cantidad de especias y piedras preciosas. Nunca más hubo tanta abundancia de especias como las que la reina de Sabá dio al rey Salomón.
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 La flota de Hiram que traía oro de Ofir también trajo de Ofir grandes cantidades de sándalos y piedras 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 El rey hizo de los almugares pilares para la casa de Yahvé y para la casa del rey, también arpas e instrumentos de cuerda para los cantores; no vinieron ni se vieron hasta hoy tales sándalos.
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 El rey Salomón dio a la reina de Sabá todo lo que deseaba, todo lo que pedía, además de lo que Salomón le daba de su generosidad real. Entonces se volvió y se fue a su tierra, ella y sus sirvientes.
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 El peso del oro que llegó a Salomón en un año fue de seiscientos sesenta y seis talentosde oro,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 además de lo que traían los comerciantes, y el tráfico de los mercaderes, y de todos los reyes de los pueblos mixtos, y de los gobernadores del país.
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 El rey Salomón hizo doscientos escudos de oro batido; seiscientos siclos de oro fueron para un escudo.
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 Hizo trescientos escudos de oro batido; tres minas de oro fueron para un escudo; y el rey los puso en la Casa del Bosque del 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 Además, el rey hizo un gran trono de marfil y lo cubrió con el mejor oro.
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 El trono tenía seis peldaños, y la parte superior del trono era redonda por detrás; y había apoyos para los brazos a ambos lados del lugar del asiento, y dos leones de pie junto a los apoyos para los brazos.
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 Doce leones estaban de pie a un lado y al otro en los seis escalones. No se hizo nada parecido en ningún reino.
21 Todos los vasos del rey Salomón eran de oro, y todos los vasos de la Casa del Bosque del Líbano eran de oro puro. Ninguno era de plata, porque se consideraba de poco valor en los días de Salomón.
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 el rey tenía una flota de barcos de Tarsis en el mar con la flota de Hiram. Una vez cada tres años la flota de Tarsis venía trayendo oro, plata, marfil, monos y pavos reales.
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 Así, el rey Salomón superó a todos los reyes de la tierra en riquezas y en sabiduría.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Toda la tierra buscaba la presencia de Salomón para escuchar su sabiduría que Dios había puesto en su corazón.
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 Año tras año, cada hombre traía su tributo, vasos de plata, vasos de oro, ropa, armaduras, especias, caballos y 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 Salomón reunió carros y jinetes. Tenía mil cuatrocientos carros y doce mil jinetes. Los mantuvo en las ciudades de los carros y con el rey en Jerusalén.
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 El rey hizo que la plata fuera tan común como las piedras en Jerusalén, y los cedros tan comunes como los sicómoros que hay en la llanura.
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 Los caballos que tenía Salomón fueron traídos de Egipto. Los mercaderes del rey los recibieron en tropel, cada uno de ellos conducido a un precio.
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 Un carro fue importado de Egipto por seiscientos siclos de plata, y un caballo por ciento cincuenta siclos; y así los exportaron a todos los reyes de los hititas y a los reyes de Siria.
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.
