1 Ahemfo 10
1 Ɛberɛ a Sebahemmaa tee Salomo edin a ahyeta na ɛhyɛ Awurade din animuonyam no, ɔde nsɛmmisa a anoyie yɛ den bɛsɔɔ Salomo hwɛeɛ.
And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
2 Ɔde nʼasomfoɔ a wɔdɔɔso yie kaa ne ho baa Yerusalem. Na nyoma a wɔsoso nnuhwam, sikakɔkɔɔ bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ ka wɔn ho. Ɛberɛ a ɔhyiaa Salomo no, wɔdwennwenee nsɛm bebree a na ɛwɔ ɔhemmaa ani so no ho.
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train; and [there came] camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.
3 Wɔdii biribiara a enti ɔbaa saa nsrahwɛ no ho nkɔmmɔ, maa Salomo yii ne nsɛmmisa biara ano sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.
4 Seba Ɔhemmaa hunuu nyansa a Salomo wɔ ne ahemfie a wasi no,
And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,
5 ne ho dwirii no. Nnuane a ɔhunuu sɛ ɛsisi ne didipono so no yɛɛ no nwanwa. Sɛdeɛ na wahyehyɛ ne fie so ahwɛfoɔ no ne wɔn ntadeɛ papa bi a ɛhyehyɛ wɔn, ne sɛdeɛ nkuruwakurafoɔ ne wɔn ntadeɛ yuu ne ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a Salomo bɔɔ no Awurade Asɔredan mu hɔ no yɛɛ no ahodwirie.
and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed.
6 Ɔhemmaa no firii ahodwirie mu ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Nsɛm a metee wɔ me ɔman mu a ɛfa dwuma a woatumi adi ne wo nyansabunu ho no nyinaa yɛ nokorɛ!
And she said to king Solomon, [It was] a true report which I heard in my land of thy words and thy wisdom.
7 Na mennye nni kɔsii sɛ mebɛduruu ha a mʼankasa mede mʼani abɛhunu yi. Nokorɛm, sɛɛ mannte asɛm no mu fa mpo. Wo nyansa ne wo nkɔsoɔ no boro deɛ wɔka kyerɛɛ me no so koraa.
But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.
8 Anigyeɛ bɛn na saa nnipa yi renya? Adom bɛn na wo mpanimfoɔ a wɔne wowɔ ha anɔpa ne awia tie wo renya mfiri wo nyansa yi mu?
Blessed [are] thy wives, blessed [are] these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
9 Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn no yɛ kɛseɛ ampa. Nʼani gye wo ho, enti ɔde wo asi Israel ahennwa so. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔdɔ a Awurade de dɔ Israel no yɛ ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da. Wasi wo ɔhene sɛ wode atɛntenenee ne teneneeyɛ bɛbu ɔman no.”
Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish [him] for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.
10 Na ɔkyɛɛ ɔhene no sikakɔkɔɔ tɔno 4 ne fa, nnuhwan bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ. Obiara ammfa nnuhwam dodoɔ saa ammɛkyɛ Salomo bio, sɛdeɛ Sebahemmaa de bɛkyɛɛ no no.
And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
11 Nanso, ɛberɛ a Huram ahyɛn no firi Ofir de sikakɔkɔɔ baeɛ no, na samfona nnua bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ ka ho.
And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.
12 Ɔhene de samfona nnua no yɛɛ aforoeɛ wɔ Awurade Asɔredan ne ahemfie no mu, ɛnna ɔde bi yɛɛ asankuo ne mmɛnta maa nnwomsiaafoɔ. Ɛbɛsi saa ɛberɛ no ne saa ɛberɛ no akyi, na obiara mfaa samfona nnua a ɛyɛ fɛ saa nkɔɔ hɔ da.
And the king made the hewn timber [into] buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day.
13 Biribiara a Sebahemmaa bisaa ɔhene Salomo no, ɔde maa no kaa deɛ amanneɛ enti, ɔnam ayamyɛ so de maa no no ho. Ɛno akyi, Sebahemmaa ne nʼasomfoɔ no sane kɔɔ wɔn kurom.
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.
14 Afe biara, na Salomo nya sikakɔkɔɔ bɛyɛ tɔno 25.
And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.
15 Adwadeɛ a na ɔnya firi adwadifoɔ, Arabia ahemfo ne asase no so amradofoɔ no nkyɛn nka ho.
Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the [country] beyond [the river], and of the princess of the land.
16 Ɔhene Salomo maa wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro, yɛɛ akyɛm akɛseɛ ahanu a emu biara sikakɔkɔɔ a ɛwɔ mu no mu duru yɛ kilogram nson.
And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.
17 Ɔsane yɛɛ sikakɔkɔɔ akokyɛm nketewa ahasa a wɔde hamre boroeɛ a na sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde yɛɛ emu biara no mu duru bɛyɛ kilogram mmiɛnsa ne fa. Ɔhene no kɔkoraa saa akokyɛm yi wɔ Lebanon Kwaeɛ Ahemfie mu.
And three hundred shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 Na ɔhene no de asonse yɛɛ ahennwa kɛseɛ bi, na ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ amapa huraa ho.
And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.
19 Na ahennwa no wɔ atwedeɛ ntiasoɔ nsia na nʼakyi yɛ kurukuruwa. Ahennwa no wɔ nsa wɔ benkum ne nifa, na wɔayɛ agyata sɛso mmienu asisi hɔ.
The throne [had] six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces,
20 Salomo sane yɛɛ agyata sɛso dumienu a ɔbaako biara gyina atwedeɛ ntiasoɔ nsia no mu biara benkum ne nifa. Ahennwa biara nni ewiase a wɔbɛtumi de atoto Salomo deɛ no ho.
and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any [other] kingdom.
21 Ɔhene Salomo nkuruwa nyinaa, sikakɔkɔɔ amapa na wɔde yɛeɛ. Saa ara na nneɛma ahodoɔ a ɛwɔ Lebanon Kwaeɛ Ahemfie mu no nso teɛ. Wɔamfa dwetɛ anyɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Salomo berɛ so no, na wɔbu dwetɛ ade teta bi.
And all the vessels made by Solomon [were] of gold, and the lavers [were] golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 Na ɔhene no wɔ ɛpo so adwadihyɛn bebree a ɛne Huram deɛ no yɛ adwuma bɔ mu. Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa biara, ahyɛn no ba prɛko a sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, asonse, nkaatia, nkontromfi ne kohaa ahyehyɛ wɔn ma.
For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, [laden with] gold and silver, and wrought stones, and hewn stones.
23 Enti, ɔhene Salomo bɛyɛɛ ɔdefoɔ ne onyansafoɔ sene ɔhene biara wɔ asase so nyinaa.
And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
24 Ahemfo fifiri aman nyinaa so bɛsraa no, tiee ne nyansasɛm a Onyankopɔn de adom no no bi.
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord [had] put into his heart.
25 Afe biara mu, obiara a ɔbɛba abɛsra no no brɛ no akyɛdeɛ te sɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ, ntadeɛ, akodeɛ, nnuhwam, apɔnkɔ ne mfunumpɔnkɔ.
And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 Salomo nyaa nteaseɛnam ne apɔnkɔ bebree. Na ɔwɔ nteaseɛnam apem ahanan ne apɔnkɔ ɔpedumienu. Ɔde emu fa kɛseɛ guguu nteaseɛnam nkuropɔn no so ɛnna ɔmaa ebi nso kaa Yerusalem.
And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem: and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
27 Ɔhene no maa dwetɛ buu te sɛ aboɔ wɔ Yerusalem. Na ntweneduro nnua a ɛsom bo no nso buu so sɛ akyee nnua a ɛfifiri wɔ mmepɔ ase wɔ Yuda asase so.
And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.
28 Na wɔkra Salomo apɔnkɔ no firi Misraim ne Kilikia, ɛfiri sɛ, na ɔhene adwadifoɔ no nya no yie wɔ Kilikia.
And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen [was] also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants [were] of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price.
29 Saa ɛberɛ no, na wɔtumi tɔ Misraim nteaseɛnam a wɔde ba Yerusalem no nnwetɛbena kilogram nson, na apɔnkɔ nso, wɔtumi tɔ no nnwetɛbena kilogram mmienu. Wɔn nso kɔtontɔnn wɔn mu pii nso maa Hetifoɔ ne Aram ahemfo.
And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up [thus, even] a chariot for a hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for fifty [shekels] of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea.
