1 Reyes 10
1 Cuando la reina de Sabá oyó la fama de Salomón, que se debió al Nombre de Yavé, vino para 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 un gran séquito, camellos cargados de especias aromáticas, oro en gran abundancia y piedras preciosas. 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 todas sus preguntas, y no hubo cosa difícil que el rey no le pudiera responder.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 La reina de Sabá, al escuchar toda la sabiduría de Salomón y ver el palacio que edificó,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 los manjares de su mesa, los asientos de sus esclavos, la presentación y las ropas de sus esclavos y coperos, y los holocaustos que él ofrecía en la Casa de Yavé, quedó sin aliento,
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 y dijo al rey: ¡Es verdad lo que oí en mi tierra acerca de tus hechos 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 No creía lo que me decían hasta que vine y mis ojos lo ven. Ciertamente no se me dijo ni aun la mitad. Tú superas en sabiduría y bienes lo que oí de tu fama.
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 ¡Dichosos tus hombres, dichosos estos esclavos tuyos que están de continuo delante te ti y oyen 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 Yavé tu ʼElohim, Quien se agradó de ti para establecerte en el trono de Israel! Por causa del eterno amor que Yavé tiene a Israel, te constituyó rey para que practiques la equidad y la justicia.
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 cuatro toneladas de oro, gran cantidad de especias aromáticas y piedras preciosas. Nunca más llegó tanta abundancia de especias aromáticas como las que la reina de Sabá llevó 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 También la flota de Hiram llevaba oro de Ofir y transportaba gran cantidad de madera de sándalo y piedras preciosas de Ofir.
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 columnas con la madera de sándalo para la Casa de Yavé, la casa real y arpas y liras para los músicos. Tal clase de madera de sándalo no ha entrado [más], ni se ha vuelto a ver hasta hoy.
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 cuanto ella quiso pedirle, además de lo que Salomón le dio según su espléndida generosidad. Entonces ella se regresó a su tierra con sus esclavos.
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 le llegaba a Salomón cada año era 22 toneladas,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 sin contar lo de los mercaderes, del negocio de especias, de todos los reyes de Arabia, ni lo de los gobernadores de la tierra.
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 200 escudos grandes de oro martillado de 6,6 kilogramos en cada 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 además 300 escudos de oro martillado de 1,65 kilogramos de oro en cada escudo, los cuales el rey colocó 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 También el rey hizo un gran trono de marfil y lo recubrió de oro refinado.
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 gradas y el respaldo tenía una cabeza de becerro. A ambos lados del asiento tenía soportes para los brazos, y junto a los brazos había dos leones en pie.
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 Había igualmente 12 leones en pie, uno a cada lado de las seis gradas. Jamás se hizo algo semejante para algún reino.
21 Todos los vasos para beber el rey Salomón eran de oro. Toda la vajilla de la casa del bosque del Líbano eran de oro puro. Nada era de plata, pues en los días de Salomón ésta no era estimada en absoluto,
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 la flota de Tarsis con la flota de Hiram en el mar. Una vez cada tres años llegaba la flota de Tarsis con 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 El rey Salomón fue más grande que 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 procuraba estar en presencia de Salomón para oír la sabiduría que ʼElohim puso 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 Cada año, todos ellos le llevaban su presente: objetos de plata y de oro, ropas, armas, perfumes, 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 también acumuló carruajes de guerra y jinetes. Tuvo 1.400 carruajes y 12.000 jinetes, los cuales situó en las ciudades de los carruajes y en Jerusalén, cerca del rey.
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 logró que la plata en Jerusalén fuera tan común como las piedras y que el cedro fuera tan abundante como los sicómoros de la Sefela.
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 de Salomón procedían de Egipto y Coa. Los mercaderes del rey los adquirían en Coa al contado.
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 Cada carruaje que entraba de Egipto costaba 6,6 kilogramos de plata, y cada caballo 1,65 kilogramos. Por medio de [los mercaderes del rey] todos los reyes de los heteos y los de Siria también los adquirían.
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.
