2 Berɛsosɛm 9
1 Ɛberɛ a Seba Ɔhemmaa tee Salomo nka no, ɔbaa Yerusalem sɛ ɔde nsɛm a anoyie yɛ den rebɛsɔ no ahwɛ. Ɔne nʼasomfoɔ bebree, nyoma pii a wɔahyehyɛ nnuhwam, sikakɔkɔɔ bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ wɔ wɔn so na ɛbaeɛ.
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Ɔhyiaa Salomo no, wɔdii biribiara a enti ɔbaa saa nsrahwɛ no ho nkɔmmɔ, maa Salomo yii ne nsɛmmisa biara ano sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
3 Seba Ɔhemmaa hunuu nyansa a Salomo wɔ ne ahemfie a wasi no,
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4 ne ho dwirii no. Ɔhunuu nnuane a ɛsisi ne didipono so no, sɛdeɛ watoto nʼadwumayɛfoɔ ne ntadeɛ fɛfɛ a wɔhyehyɛ, kuruwakurafoɔ ne wɔn ntadeɛ yuu ne ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a Salomo abɔ wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no, ɛyɛɛ no nwanwa.
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
5 Ɔfiri ahodwirie mu ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Biribiara a metee wɔ me kurom a ɛfa deɛ woatumi ayɛ ne wo nyansa ho no yɛ nokorɛ.
And she said to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
6 Mannye anni kɔsii sɛ mʼankasa mebaa ha, de mʼani kann bɛhunuiɛ. Nokorɛm, mante emu fa mpo. Wo nyansa no boro deɛ wɔka kyerɛɛ me no so koraa.
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it: ] and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: [for] thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7 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?
Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn yɛ kɛse ampa. Nʼani gye wo ho, enti ɔde wo asi ahennwa so sɛ di ɔhene ma no. Ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn pɛ Israel asɛm dodo, na ɔpɛ sɛ saa ahennie yi tena afebɔɔ; wasi wo ɔhene sɛdeɛ wode nokorɛ ne atɛntenenee bɛbu ɔman no.”
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9 Afei, ɔmaa ɔhene no sikakɔkɔɔ akyɛdeɛ a ɛkari tɔno 4 ne nnuhwam pii ne aboɔdemmoɔ. Seba Ɔhemmaa nnuhwam a ɔde maa Salomo no so bi mmaa da.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10 Ɛberɛ a Huram hyɛnmufoɔ ne Salomo nkurɔfoɔ de sikakɔkɔɔ firi Ofir baeɛ no, wɔde abako nnua pa bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ kaa ho baeɛ.
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
11 Ɔhene no de abako nnua no yɛɛ Awurade Asɔredan ne ahemfie no ntrapoe. Ɔde bi nso yɛɛ nsankuten ne mmɛnta maa nnwom ho nimdefoɔ no. Na saa nnwontodeɛ no so bi mmaa da wɔ Yuda.
And the king made [of] the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12 Biribiara a Seba Ɔhemmaa bisaa ɔhene Salomo no, ɔde maa no. Na ɛyɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɛsom bo pa ara, na ɛboro deɛ ɔhemmaa de brɛɛ noɔ no so. Afei, ɔhemmaa no ne nʼasomfoɔ no sane kɔɔ wɔn ankasa asase so.
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
13 Afe biara, na Salomo nya sikakɔkɔɔ bɛyɛ tɔno aduonu enum.
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
14 Na sika a ɔnya firi adwadifoɔ nkyɛn no nka yei ho. Na Arabia ahemfo nyinaa ne amradofoɔ a wɔwɔ asase no so nyinaa brɛ Salomo sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ.
Beside [that which] chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 Ɔhene Salomo de sikakɔkɔɔ yɛɛ akokyɛm akɛseɛ ahanu a wɔde hamre boroeɛ, na sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde yɛɛ emu biara no mu duru boro kilogram nson.
And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold went to one target.
16 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 [made he of] beaten gold: three hundred [shekels] of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 Afei, ɔhene no de asonse yɛɛ ahennwa kɛseɛ bi, na ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ amapa huraa ho.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 Na ahennwa no wɔ ntrapoe nsia a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ nantiasoɔ afam ho. Ahennwa no wɔ nsa wɔ benkum. Ne nifa na gyata sɛso nso gyinagyina afa ne fa wɔ ahennwa no ho.
And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19 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 stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20 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 drinking vessels of king Solomon [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
21 Na ɔhene no wɔ adwadie ahyɛn a emu adwumayɛfoɔ yɛ Huram asomfoɔ. Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa biara, ahyɛn no ba a, wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, asonse, nkaatia, nkontromfi ne kohaa brɛ ɔhene no.
For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 Enti, ɔhene Salomo bɛyɛɛ ɔdefoɔ ne onyansafoɔ sene ɔhene biara wɔ asase so nyinaa.
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 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, that God had put in his heart.
24 Afe biara, obiara a ɔbɛba abɛsra no no, ɔbrɛ no akyɛdeɛ te sɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ, ntadeɛ, akodeɛ, nnuhwam, apɔnkɔ ne mfunumpɔnkɔ.
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25 Na Salomo wɔ mpɔnkɔdan mpemnan a ne nteaseɛnam apɔnkɔ da mu ne mpɔnkɔ mpem dumienu. Ɔde mu fa kɛseɛ no kɔɔ nkuro a ne nteaseɛnam wɔ mu mu, ɛnna ɔmaa ebi nso bɛnee no wɔ Yerusalem.
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26 Ɔdii ɔhene, bunkam faa ahemfo nyinaa so, firi Asubɔnten Eufrate ano de kɔsi Filistifoɔ asase ne Misraim hyeɛ so.
And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border 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 silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.
28 Na wɔtɔ Salomo apɔnkɔ firi Misraim ne aman ahodoɔ bebree so.
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29 Salomo ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ, firi ahyɛaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu odiyifoɔ Natan nwoma, Ahiya a ɔfiri Silo adiyisɛm ne nhunumuni Ido anisoadehunu a ɛfa Nebat babarima Yeroboam ho no mu.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 Salomo tenaa Yerusalem dii Israel nyinaa so ɔhene mfeɛ aduanan.
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 Ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no nʼagya Dawid kurom. Ne babarima Rehoboam na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
