1 Wafalme 10
1 Malkia wa Sheba aliposikia uvumi wa Sulemani kuhusu jina la BWANA, alikuja kumjaribu kwa maswali magumu.
And the Queene of Sheba hearing ye fame of Salomon (concerning the Name of the Lord) came to proue him with hard questions.
2 Alikuja Yerusalemu na msafara mrefu, pamoja na ngamia waliokuwa wamebeba mizigo ya manukato, dhahabu nyingi, na mawe mengi ya thamani, akamwambia Sulemani yote yaliyokuwa moyoni mwake.
And she came to Ierusalem with a verie great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours, and golde exceeding much, and precious stones: and shee came to Salomon, and communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 Sulemani akajibu maswali yake yote. Hapakuwepo na swali ambalo aliuliza na mfalme akashindwa kujibu.
And Salomon declared vnto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the King, which he expounded not vnto her.
4 Malkia wa Sheba alipoona hekima yote ya Sulemani, na ikulu aliyokuwa amejenga,
Then the Queene of Sheba sawe all Salomons wisedome, and the house that he had built,
5 chakula cha mezani kwake, kuketi kwa watumishi wake, kazi ya watumishi wake na kuvaa kwao, pia wanyweshaji wake, na jinsi alivyotoa sadaka za kuteketezwa katika nyumba ya BWANA, roho yake ilizimia.
And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and his drinking vessels, and his burnt offrings, that he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was greatly astonied.
6 Akamwambia mfalme, “Ni kweli, ile taarifa ambayo nimeisikia nchini kwangu juu ya maneno yako na hekima yako.
And shee sayde vnto the King, It was a true worde that I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome.
7 Sikuamini kile nilichosikia hadi nilipofika hapa, na sasa macho yangu yamejionea. Hata nusu ya hekima na utajiri wako! Umezidi uvumi ambao nilikuwa nimesikia.
Howebeit I beleeued not this report till I came, and had seene it with mine eyes: but lo, ye one halfe was not tolde mee: for thou hast more wisedome and prosperitie, then I haue heard by report.
8 Tazama jinsi walivyobarikiwa wake zako, na jinsi walivyobarikwa watumishi wako ambao daima husimama mbele yako, kwa sababu wanasikia hekima zako.
Happy are the men, happie are these thy seruants, which stande euer before thee, and heare thy wisedome.
9 BWANA, Mungu wako asifiwe, ambaye amependezwa na wewe, ambaye alikuweka kwenye kiti cha enzi cha Israeli. Kwa sababu BWANA aliipenda Israeli milele, na sasa amekufanya wewe kuwa mfalme, ili kwamba utoe hukumu ya kweli na ya haki.
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loued Israel for euer and made thee King to doe equitie and righteousnesse.
10 Basi Malikia alimpatia mfalme zaidi ya kilo 4500 za dhahabu na kiasi kikubwa cha mawe ya thamani. Hapakuwahi kutokea kiasi kikubwa cha viungo kama hiki ambacho Malkia wa Sheba alitoa kwa mfalme Sulemani kuwahi kutolewa tena.
And she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much, and precious stones. There came no more such aboundance of sweete odours, as the Queene of Sheba gaue to King Salomon.
11 Ile merikebu ya Hiramu, ambayo ilileta dhahabu kutoka Ofri, pia ilileta Kutoka Ofri kiasi kikubwa cha miti ya msandali na vito vya thamani.
The nauie also of Hiram (that caried gold from Ophir) brought likewise great plentie of Almuggim trees from Ophir and precious stones.
12 Mfalme alitengeneza nguzo za hekalu kwa ajili ya hekalu la BWANA na kwa nyumba ya mfalme, na vinubi na vinanda kwa hao waimbaji. haijatokea kiasi cha miti ya misandali kama hicho ambacho kimewahi kutokea hadi leo.
And the King made of ye Almuggim trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for ye Kings palace, and made harpes and psalteries for singers. There came no more such Almuggim trees, nor were any more seene vnto this day.
13 Mfame Sulemani alimpatia Malkia wa Sheba kila kitu ambacho alihitaji, na kila kitu alichoomba, na zaidi ya yote Sulemani alimpatia kwa ukarimu wake vitu vya kifalme. Kisha akarudi kwake na watumishi wake.
And King Salomon gaue vnto the Queene of Sheba, whatsoeuer she would aske, besides that, which Salomon gaue her of his kingly liberalitie: so she returned and went to her owne countrey, both shee, and her seruantes.
14 Kiasi cha dhahabu ambazo zililetwa kwa Sulemani kwa mwaka mmoja kilikuwa takribani kilo elfu ishirini na tatu za dhahabu,
Also the weight of golde, that came to Salomon in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and six talents of gold,
15 zaidi ya dhahabu ambazo wafanya biashara na wachuuzi walileta. Wafame wote wa Uarabuni na maliwali wa nchi pia walileta dhahabu na fedha kwa Sulemani.
Besides that he had of marchant men and of the marchandises of them that solde spices, and of all the Kinges of Arabia, and of the princes of the countrey.
16 Mfalme Sulemani alitengeneza ngao mia mbili za dhahabu iliyofuliwa, shekeli mia sita za dhahabu zilichukuliwa pamoja na ngao.
And King Salomon made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, sixe hundreth shekels of gold went to a target:
17 Pia alitengeneza ngao mia tatu za dhahabu iliyofuliwa. Mane tatu za dhahabu ziliambatana pamoja na ngao moja moja; mfalme aliviweka katika ikulu ya mwitu ya Lebanoni.
And three hundreth shieldes of beaten golde, three pound of gold went to one shielde: and the King put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.
18 Kisha mfalme akafanya kiti kikubwa cha enzi kwa pembe na akakisakafia kwa dhahabu laini.
Then the King made a great throne of yuorie, and couered it with the best golde.
19 Hicho kiti kilikuwa na ngazi sita, na kitako chake kilikuwa cha mviringo. Na kilikuwa kimezungushiwa kwa mikono pande zake zote. Na simba wawili walisimama pembeni mwa ile mikono.
And the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind, and there were stayes on either side on the place of the throne, and two lions standing by the stayes.
20 Kulikuwa na simba kumi na wawili waliokuwa wamesimama kwenye ile ngazi. Moja katika kila upande wa ngazi hizo. Hapakuwepo na kiti kama hicho katika ufalme mwingine.
And there stoode twelue lions on the sixe steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdome.
21 Vikombe vyote vya kunywea vya mfalme Sulemani vilikuwa vya dhahabu. Na vikombe vyote vya kunywea vya ikulu ya mwitu wa Lebanoni vilikuwa vya dhahabu safi. Hapakuwepo na kikombe cha fedha, kwa sababu fedha haikuwa na thamani katika siku za Sulemani.
And all King Salomons drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels of the house of the woode of Lebanon were of pure golde, none were of siluer: for it was nothing esteemed in the dayes of Salomon.
22 Mfalme alikuwa na merikebu za kusafiri pamoja na merikebu za Hiramu. Mara moja kila mwaka merikebu zilileta dhahabu, fedha, na pembe za ndovu, pamoja na nyani na tumbili.
For the King had on the sea the nauie of Tharshish with the nauie of Hiram: once in three yere came the nauie of Tharshish, and brought golde and siluer, yuorie, and apes and peacockes.
23 Kwa hiyo mfalme Sulemani aliwazidi wafalme wote ulimwenguni katika utajiri n a hekiima.
So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.
24 Dunia yote ilitafuta uwepo wa Sulemani ili kusikia hekima yake, ambayo Mungu alikuwa ameweka katika moyo wake.
And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,
25 Na wote waliomtembelea walilipa Kodi, vyombo vya fedha na vya dhahabu, na nguo na manukato na silaha na farasi na nyumbu, mwaka baada ya mwaka.
And they brought euery man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of golde, and raiment, and armour, and sweete odours, horses and mules, from yeere to yeere.
26 Sulemani alikusanya pamoja magari n a wapanda farasi. Alikuwa na magari 1, 400 na wapanda farasi elfu kumi na mbili ambao alikuwa amewaweka kwenye miji ya magari pamoja naye Yerusalemu.
Then Salomon gathered together charrets and horsemen: and he had a thousand and foure hundreth charets, and twelue thousande horsemen, whome hee placed in the charet cities, and with the King at Ierusalem.
27 Mfalme alikuwa na fedha kule Yerusalemu, pamoja na mawe ardhini. Alitengeneza miti ya mierezi kuwa mingi kama mikuyu iliyo katika nyanda za chini.
And the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem as stones, and gaue cedars as the wilde figtrees that growe abundantly in the plaine.
28 Sulemani alimiliiki farasi waliokuwa wamenunuliwa kutoka Misri na Kilikia. Wachuuzi wa mfalme waliwanunua kwa makundi, kila kundi kwa bei yake.
Also Salomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and fine linen: the Kings marchants receiued the linen for a price.
29 Magari yalinunuliwa kutoka Misri kwa shekeli mia sita za fedha kila moja, na farasi kwa shekeli 150 kila moja. Vitu vingi katika hivi baadaye viliuzwa kwa wafalme wote wa Wahiti na Aramu.
There came vp and went out of Egypt some charet, worth sixe hundreth shekels of siluer: that is, one horse, an hundreth and fiftie and thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites and to the Kings of Aram by their meanes.
