1 Ahemfo 10

1 Bere a Sebahemmea tee Salomo din a ahyeta na ɛhyɛ Awurade din anuonyam no, ɔde nsɛmmisa a anoyi yɛ den bɛsɔɔ Salomo hwɛe.

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

2 Ɔde nʼasomfo a wɔdɔɔso yiye kaa ne ho baa Yerusalem. Na yoma a wɔsoso nnuhuam, sikakɔkɔɔ bebree ne aboɔden abo ka wɔn ho. Bere a ohyiaa Salomo no, wodwinnwen nsɛm bebree a na ɛwɔ ɔhemmea ani so no ho.

And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

3 Salomo yii ne nsɛmmisa nyinaa ano sɛnea ɛsɛ. Asɛmmisa biara ankyere nʼadwene.

And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.

4 Bere a Sebahemmea huu sɛnea Salomo adwene mu dɔ, ne ahemfi a wasi no,

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

5 ne ho dwiriw no. Nnuan a ohuu sɛ esisi ne didipon so no yɛɛ no nwonwa. Sɛnea na wahyehyɛ ne fi so ahwɛfo no ne wɔn ntade papa bi a ɛhyehyɛ wɔn, ne sɛnea nkuruwakurafo ne wɔn ntade yuu ne ɔhyew afɔre a Salomo bɔɔ no Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ no yɛɛ no ahodwiriw.

And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

6 Ɔhemmea no fii ahodwiriw mu ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no se, “Nsɛm a metee wɔ me man mu a ɛfa dwuma a woatumi adi ne wo nyansa ho no nyinaa yɛ nokware!

And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.

7 Na minnye nni kosii sɛ mibeduu ha a mʼankasa mede mʼani abehu yi. Nokware, sɛɛ na mante asɛm no mu fa mpo. Wo nyansa ne wo nkɔso no boro nea wɔka kyerɛɛ me no so koraa.

But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.

8 Migye di sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wo nkurɔfo yi ani gye! Ɛyɛ adom ma wʼadwumayɛfo yi sɛ wotumi bɛn wo adekyee biara na wotie wo nyansasɛm.

Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

9 Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn no yɛ ɔkɛse ampa. Nʼani gye wo ho, na ɔde wo asi Israel ahengua so. Efisɛ ɔdɔ a Awurade de dɔ Israel no yɛ ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da. Wasi wo hene sɛ wode atɛntrenee ne treneeyɛ bebu ɔman no.”

May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

10 Na ɔkyɛɛ ɔhene no sikakɔkɔɔ tɔn anan ne fa, nnuhuam bebree ne aboɔden abo. Obiara amfa nnuhuam dodow saa ammɛkyɛ Salomo bio, sɛnea Sebahemmea de bɛkyɛɛ no no.

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

11 Huram ahyɛn no fi Ofir de sikakɔkɔɔ bae a na asamfono nnua bebree ne aboɔden abo ka ho.

And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

12 Ɔhene de asamfono nnua no yɛɛ atrapoe wɔ Awurade Asɔredan ne ahemfi no mu, na ɔde bi yɛɛ asanku ne mmɛnta maa nnwontofo. Ebesi saa bere no ne saa bere no, na obiara mfaa asamfono nnua a ɛyɛ fɛ saa nkɔɔ hɔ da, na akyiri no nso wɔanhu bi saa da.

And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

13 Biribiara a Sebahemmea bisaa ɔhene Salomo no, ɔde maa no kaa nea amanne nti, ɔnam ayamye so de maa no no ho. Ɛno akyi, Sebahemmea ne nʼasomfo no san kɔɔ wɔn kurom.

And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

14 Afe biara, na sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛba Salomo nsam no yɛ tɔn aduonu anum,

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

15 a na sika a onya fi aguadifo, Arabia ahemfo ne asase no so amradofo no nkyɛn nka ho.

In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

16 Ɔhene Salomo ma wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro yɛɛ akyɛm akɛse ahannu a emu biara sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛwɔ mu no mu duru yɛ kilogram ason.

And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

17 Bio, ɔyɛɛ akyɛm nketewa bi a ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro yɛe a, emu biara mu duru bɛyɛ kilogram abiɛsa ne fa. Ɔhene no de saa akyɛm yi nyinaa kosiee ahemfi hɔ baabi bi a wɔfrɛ hɔ Lebanon Kwae Ahemfi.

And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

18 Na ɔhene no de asonse yɛɛ ahengua kɛse bi, na ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ duraa ho.

Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

19 Na ahengua no wɔ atrapoe ntiaso asia na nʼakyi yɛ kurukuruwa. Ahengua no wɔ nsa wɔ benkum ne nifa, na wɔayɛ gyata sɛso abien asisi hɔ.

There were six steps going up to it, and the top of it was round at the back, there were arms on the two sides of the seat, and two lions by the side of the arms;

20 Salomo san yɛɛ gyata sɛso dumien a ɔbaako biara gyina atrapoe ntiaso asia no mu biara benkum ne nifa. Ahengua biara nni wiase a wobetumi de atoto Salomo de no ho.

And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.

21 Ɔhene Salomo nkuruwa nyinaa, sikakɔkɔɔ na wɔde yɛe. Saa ara na nneɛma ahorow a ɛwɔ Lebanon Kwae Ahemfi mu no nso te. Wɔamfa dwetɛ anyɛ, efisɛ Salomo bere so no, na wobu dwetɛ ade teta bi.

And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

22 Na ɔhene no wɔ po so aguadihyɛn bebree a ɛne Huram de no yɛ adwuma bɔ mu. Mfe abiɛsa biara, ahyɛn no ba prɛko a sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, asonse, nsorommoa ne asibe ahyehyɛ wɔn ma.

For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

23 Enti ɔhene Salomo bɛyɛɛ ɔdefo ne onyansafo sen ɔhene biara wɔ asase so nyinaa.

And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

24 Na nnipa fifi aman ahorow so bɛsra no, na wotie nyansa a Onyankopɔn de adom no no bi.

And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

25 Afe biara mu, obiara a ɔbɛba abɛsra no no brɛ no akyɛde te sɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ, ntade, akode, nnuhuam, apɔnkɔ ne mfurumpɔnkɔ.

And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.

26 Salomo nyaa nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ bebree. Na ɔwɔ nteaseɛnam apem ahannan ne apɔnkɔ mpem dumien. Ɔde emu fa kɛse guguu nteaseɛnam nkuropɔn no so na ɔmaa bi nso kaa Yerusalem.

And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.

27 Ɔhene no maa dwetɛ buu te sɛ abo wɔ Yerusalem. Na sida nnua a ɛsom bo no nso buu so sɛ ankye nnua a efifi wɔ mmepɔw ase wɔ Yuda asase so.

And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.

28 Na Salomo tɔɔ apɔnkɔ fii Misraim ne Kilikia, efisɛ na ɔhene no aguadifo nya wɔn fi Kilikia a wɔn bo no ye.

And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

29 Saa bere no, na wotumi tɔ Misraim teaseɛnam a wɔde abedu Yerusalem no dwetɛ kilogram awotwe, na apɔnkɔ nso, na wotumi tɔ baako dwetɛ kilogram abien. Na wɔsan tɔn wɔn mu pii ma Hetifo ahemfo ne Aram ahemfo.

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.