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1 Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻe he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa ki he ongoongo ʻo Solomone ko e meʻa ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, naʻa ne haʻu ke ʻahiʻahi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi fehuʻi ʻilongataʻa.

Then, too, the queen of Sheba, having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, arrived to test him with enigmas.

2 Pea naʻe haʻu ia ki Selūsalema mo e fuʻu fononga tokolahi, mo e fanga kāmeli naʻe fetuku ʻae ngaahi meʻa namu kakala, mo e koula lahi ʻaupito, mo e ngaahi maka mahuʻinga: pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai kia Solomone, naʻa ne talanoa mo ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe ʻi hono loto.

And entering into Jerusalem with a great retinue, and with riches, and with camels carrying aromatics, and with an exceedingly great quantity of gold and precious stones, she went to king Solomon. And she spoke to him all that she held in her heart.

3 Pea naʻe tali ʻe Solomone ʻa ʻene ngaahi fehuʻi kotoa pē: naʻe ʻikai fufū mei he tuʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha, ke ne taʻefakamatalaʻia kiate ia.

And Solomon taught her, in all the words that she had proposed to him. There was not any word which was able to be hidden from the king, or which he did not answer for her.

4 Pea hili ʻae mamata ʻe he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa ki he poto kotoa pē ʻa Solomone, pea mo e fale ʻaia naʻa ne langa,

Then, when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

5 Mo e meʻakai ʻi hono keinangaʻanga, mo e anga ʻoe nofo ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, mo e toutou ʻa ʻene kautauhi, mo honau kofu, mo kinautolu naʻe tauhi ʻa ʻene meʻainu, pea mo e hala ʻaia naʻa ne ʻalu hake ai ki he fale ʻo Sihova; naʻe vaivai ai ʻa hono loto ʻiate ia.

and the food of his table, and the dwelling places of his servants, and the rows of his ministers, and their apparel, and the cupbearers, and the holocausts that he was offering in the house of the Lord, she had no longer any spirit in her.

6 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia ki he tuʻi, “Ta ko e lea moʻoni ia: ʻaia naʻaku fanongo ki ai ʻi hoku fonua ʻoʻoku ki hoʻo ngaahi ngāue pea mo hoʻo poto.

And she said to the king: “The word is true, which I have heard in my own land,

7 Ka naʻe ʻikai te u tui ki he talanoa, kaeʻoua ke u haʻu, pea mamata ki ai ʻa hoku mata: pea vakai, naʻe ʻikai tala mai ʻa hono vahe ua ʻoe meʻa: kuo lahi hake ʻa hoʻo poto pea mo hoʻo monūʻia ʻi he ongoongo naʻaku fanongo ki ai.

about your words and your wisdom. But I did not believe those who explained it to me, until I went myself and saw it with my own eyes. And I have discovered that the half of it has not been told to me: your wisdom and works are greater than the report that I have heard.

8 ‌ʻOku monūʻia ʻa hoʻo kau tangata, ʻoku monūʻia ʻa hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki ni, ʻoku tutuʻumaʻu aipe ʻi ho ʻao, ʻo [nau ]fanongo ki hoʻo poto.

Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you always, and who hear your wisdom.

9 Fakafetaʻi kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻaia kuo lōlōfie lelei ʻiate koe, ke fakanofo koe ki he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻi ʻIsileli: koeʻuhi naʻe ʻofa taʻengata ʻa Sihova ki ʻIsileli, ko ia kuo ne fakanofo ai koe ko e tuʻi, ke fai ʻae fakamaau mo e fai totonu.”

Blessed is the Lord your God, whom you have greatly pleased, and who has placed you upon the throne of Israel. For the Lord loves Israel forever, and he has appointed you as king, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice.”

10 Pea naʻa ne foaki ki he tuʻi ʻae taleniti koula ʻe teau ma uofulu, mo e ngaahi meʻa namu kakala fuʻu lahi ʻaupito, pea mo e ngaahi maka mahuʻinga: naʻe ʻikai toe ʻomi ha ngaahi meʻa namu kakala ke lahi pehē fau ʻo tatau mo ia naʻe foaki kia Solomone ʻe he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa.

Then she gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and an exceedingly great amount of aromatics and precious stones. No greater quantity of aromatics was ever again brought forth as these, which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

11 Pea ko e folau ʻo Helami, ʻaia naʻe fetuku mai ʻae koula mei Ofeli, naʻe ʻomi ai foki mei Ofeli ʻae ngaahi ʻakau ko e ʻalimuku ʻo lahi ʻaupito, mo e ngaahi maka mahuʻinga.

Then, too, the navy of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought an exceedingly great quantity of thyine wood and precious stones from Ophir.

12 Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ʻae ʻakau ko e ʻalimuku ʻe he tuʻi ʻae ngaahi pou maʻae fale ʻo Sihova, pea maʻae fale ʻoe tuʻi, ko e ngaahi haʻape foki mo e meʻa hiva maʻae kau fasi hiva; talu mei ai ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, kuo ʻikai ʻomi pe mamata ki ai, ha ngaahi ʻakau ʻalimuku ke hangē ko ia.

And the king made, from the thyine wood, the posts of the house of the Lord, and of the house of the king, and citharas and lyres for the musicians. No thyine trees of this kind were ever again brought forth or seen, even to the present day.

13 Pea naʻe foaki ʻe Solomone ki he tuʻi fefine ʻo Sipa ʻa ʻene holi kotoa pē, ʻae meʻa fulipē naʻa ne kole ki ai, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe foaki ʻe Solomone ko ʻene foaki ʻataʻatā fakatuʻi. Pea naʻa ne liliu atu ʻo toe foki ki hono fonua ʻoʻona, ʻaia mo ʻene kautauhi.

Then king Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all that she desired and requested of him, aside from what he himself had offered to her from his royal bounty. And she returned and went away to her own land, with her servants.

14 Pea ko eni ko hono mamafa ʻoe koula naʻe ʻomi kia Solomone ʻi he taʻu pe taha ko e taleniti ʻe onongeau mo e onongofulu ma ono ʻoe koula,

Now the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon each year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

15 Ka ʻoku lau kehe ʻaia naʻa ne maʻu mei he kau fakatau, pea ʻi he fai fakatau mo e kau fakatau meʻa namu kakala, pea mei he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo ʻAlepea, pea mo e houʻeiki pule ʻoe fonua.

aside from what was brought to him by the men who were over the tributes, and by the merchants, and by those selling every kind of small item, and by all the kings of Arabia, and by the rulers of the land.

16 Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe Solomone ʻae pā koula ʻe uangeau naʻe tuki: ko e [sikeli ʻe ]onongeau ʻoe koula naʻe ʻi he pā pe taha.

Also, king Solomon made two hundred large shields from the purest gold. He dispensed six hundred shekels of gold for the layers of one shield.

17 Pea naʻa ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi pā iiki ʻe tolungeau ʻaki ʻae koula naʻe tuki; ko e mano ʻe tolu ʻoe koula naʻe ʻi he pā pe taha: pea naʻe tuku ia ʻe he tuʻi ki he fale ʻi he vao ʻakau ʻo Lepanoni.

And for the three hundred crescent-shaped shields of tested gold, there were three hundred minas of gold covering one shield. And the king placed these in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

18 Naʻe ngaohi foki ʻe he tuʻi ha fuʻu nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻaki ʻae lei, pea naʻa ne fonofono ia ʻaki ʻae koula lelei lahi.

Also, king Solomon made a great throne from ivory. And he clothed it with a great quantity of red gold.

19 Naʻe ʻi he nofoʻa fakatuʻi ʻae lakaʻanga ʻe ono, pea naʻe fuopotopoto ʻae potu ki ʻolunga ʻi mui: pea naʻe ʻai ʻae ʻaiʻanga nima ʻi hono kaokao fakatouʻosi ʻoe potu hekaʻanga, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae laione ʻe ua ʻo ofi ki he ʻaiʻanga nima.

The throne had six steps, and the summit of the throne was rounded in the back section. And there were two hands, on one side and the other, holding the seat. And two lions were standing beside each hand,

20 Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻi hono potu ʻe taha ʻae laione ʻe hongofulu ma ua, pea ʻi he potu kehe ʻe taha ʻi he lakaʻanga ʻe ono; naʻe ʻikai ngaohi hano tatau ʻi ha puleʻanga kehe.

with twelve little lions standing upon the six steps, on one side and the other. No similar work has been made, ever in any kingdom.

21 Pea naʻe [ngaohi ʻaki ]ʻae koula ʻae ngaahi ipu inu ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone, pea ko e ngaahi ipu ʻoe fale ʻi he vao ʻakau ʻo Lepanoni, naʻe ʻoe koula moʻoniia; naʻe ʻikai ha siliva ʻi ai: naʻe ʻikai mahuʻinga ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Solomone.

Moreover, all the vessels from which king Solomon would drink were of gold. And all the items in the house of the forest of Lebanon were of the purest gold. There was no silver, nor was any accounting made of silver in the days of Solomon.

22 He naʻe ʻalu ʻae folau ʻae tuʻi ʻi tahi ko e ngaahi vaka Tasisi, fakataha mo e folau ʻo Helami: naʻe haʻu tuʻo taha ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu ʻae folau mei Tasisi, ke ʻomi ʻae koula, mo e siliva, mo e lei, mo e fanga ngeli, pea mo e fanga pikoka.

For the navy of the king, once every three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tarshish, bringing from there gold, and silver, and elephant tusks, and primates, and peacocks.

23 Ko ia naʻe fungani hake ai ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone ʻi he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo māmani, ʻi he koloaʻia mo e poto.

And so, king Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

24 Pea naʻe kumi kia Solomone ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻo māmani, ke fanongo ki heʻene poto, ʻaia naʻe ʻai ki hono loto ʻe he ʻOtua.

And all the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, so as to hear his wisdom, which God had granted to his heart.

25 Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe he tangata taki taha kotoa pē ʻa ʻene meʻaʻofa, ko e ngaahi meʻa siliva, mo e ngaahi meʻa koula, mo e ngaahi kofu, mo e ngaahi mahafutau, mo e ngaahi meʻa namu kakala, mo e fanga hoosi, mo e fanga miuli, ko e vāhenga meʻa ʻi he ngaahi taʻu tukufakaholo.

And each one brought him gifts, vessels of silver and of gold, clothing and weapons of war, as well as aromatics, and horses, and mules, throughout each year.

26 Pea naʻe tānaki fakataha ʻe Solomone ʻae ngaahi saliote mo e kau heka hoosi: pea naʻa ne maʻu ʻae saliote ʻe taha afe mo e fāngeau, mo e kau heka hoosi ʻe taha mano mo e ua afe, ʻaia naʻa ne fakanofo ki he ngaahi kolo maʻae ngaahi saliote, pea ki he tuʻi ʻi Selūsalema.

And Solomon gathered together the chariots and horsemen. And he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he placed them in the walled cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

27 Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻae siliva ʻe he tuʻi ke hangē ia ko e ngaahi maka ʻi Selūsalema, pea ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi sita ke tatau hono lahi ʻoʻona mo e ngaahi ʻakau sukamino ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he teleʻa.

And he caused silver to be as abundant in Jerusalem as stones, and he supplied a multitude of cedars like the sycamores that grow in the plains.

28 Pea naʻe ʻomi kia Solomone ʻae fanga hoosi mei ʻIsipite, ʻaia naʻe tauaki: pea naʻe maʻu ʻaia naʻe tānaki ʻe he kau fakatau ʻae tuʻi ʻi he totongi.

And horses were brought for Solomon from Egypt and from Kue. For the merchants of the king were buying these from Kue. And they paid out the established price.

29 Pea naʻe ʻalu atu mo ʻohake ha saliote mei ʻIsipite ko hono totongi ko e [konga ]siliva ʻe onongeau; pea ko e totongi ki ha hoosi ʻe taha ko e teau ma nimangofulu: pea naʻe pehē ʻenau taufetuku foki ia ki he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻoe kakai Heti pea mo e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Silia.

Now a four-horse chariot would be sent from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. And in this manner, all the kings of the Hittites and of Syria were selling horses.