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 riddles at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and with camels bearing spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was on 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 solved for her all her questions; and there was nothing hidden from Solomon which he did not tell her.
3 Seba Ɔhemmaa hunuu nyansa a Salomo wɔ ne ahemfie a wasi no,
And when the queen of Sheba saw 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 food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, 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, The truth [only] was the word that I heard in my own land of thy 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.
And I believed not in their words, until I came, and my eyes saw [all]; and, behold, the one-half of the greatness of thy wisdom hath not been told me: thou excellest the report which I have 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, who stand before thee continually, 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, who hath had delight in thee to place thee on his throne, as a king for the Lord thy God; because thy God loved Israel, to sustain them for ever, therefore hath he placed thee over them as king, to exercise justice and righteousness.
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 to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there never were any such spices as those which the queen of Sheba gave to 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 also the servants of Churam, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-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 sandal-trees steps for the house of the Lord, and for the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were never seen the like of them 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 unto the queen of Sheba all her pleasure, whatsoever she asked, beside [a return for] that which she had brought unto the king. And she turned about and went away to her own country, 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 sixty 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.
Besides what the travelling tradesmen and the merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the 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 he used for each 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 [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold he used for each 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.
The king also 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 the throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold, fastened into the throne; and there were arms on either side, on the place of the seat; and two lions stood beside the arms;
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 upon the six steps on both sides: 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 king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: no silver was valued in the days of Solomon at the least.
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 Tharshish with the servants of Churam; once in three years did the Tharshish-ships use to come home laden with 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 became greater than all the kings of the earth for 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, which 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 garments, armor, and spices, horses, and mules; [and] so 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 quartered in the cities for chariots, and near 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 was ruling over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary 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 rendered silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedar-trees he rendered like the sycamore-trees that are in the lowlands, for abundance.
28 Na wɔtɔ Salomo apɔnkɔ firi Misraim ne aman ahodoɔ bebree so.
And men were bringing out horses for Solomon from Egypt and from 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.
And the remainder of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Achiyah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Ye'do the seer concerning Jerobo'am 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 they buried him in the city of David his father: and Rehobo'am his son became king in his stead.
