1 Kings 10
1 Nígbà tí ayaba Ṣeba gbọ́ òkìkí Solomoni àti ì bà ṣe pọ̀ rẹ̀ ní ti orúkọ Olúwa, ó sì wá láti dán an wò pẹ̀lú ìbéèrè líle.
The queen [who ruled the] Sheba [area] heard that Yahweh had caused Solomon to become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer].
2 Ó sì wá sí Jerusalẹmu pẹ̀lú ẹgbẹ́ èrò ńlá ńlá, pẹ̀lú ìbákasẹ tí ó ru tùràrí, àti ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ wúrà, àti òkúta iyebíye, ó sì wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Solomoni, ó sì bá a sọ gbogbo èyí tí ń bẹ ní ọkàn rẹ̀.
She came with a large group of wealthy/influential people, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the topics/things in which she was interested.
3 Solomoni sì dáhùn gbogbo ìbéèrè rẹ̀; kò sì sí èyí tí ó ṣòro fún ọba láti ṣàlàyé fún un.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Nígbà tí ayaba Ṣeba sì rí gbogbo ọgbọ́n Solomoni àti ààfin tí ó ti kọ́.
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 Oúnjẹ tí ó wà lórí i tábìlì rẹ̀, ìjókòó àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀, àti ìdúró àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ àti ìwọṣọ wọn, àwọn agbọ́tí rẹ̀, àti ẹbọ sísun tí ó sun ní ilé Olúwa, kò sì sí ẹ̀mí kan nínú rẹ̀ mọ́!
she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw where his officials lived (OR, how his officials were seated at the table), their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be offered. She was extremely amazed.
6 Ó sì wí fún ọba pé, “Òtítọ́ ni ìròyìn tí mo gbọ́ ní orílẹ̀-èdè mi ní ti iṣẹ́ rẹ àti ọgbọ́n rẹ.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò sì gba nǹkan wọ̀nyí gbọ́ títí ìgbà tí mo wá, tí mo sì fi ojú ara mi rí i. Sì kíyèsi i, a kò sọ ìdajì wọn fún mi; ìwọ sì ti fi ọgbọ́n àti ìrora kọjá òkìkí tí mo gbọ́.
But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. But really, what they told me is only half [of what they could have told me about you]. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me.
8 Báwo ni inú àwọn ènìyàn rẹ yóò ṣe dùn tó! Báwo ni inú dídùn àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ, tí wọ́n ń dúró níwájú rẹ nígbà gbogbo, tí wọ́n sì ń gbọ́ ọgbọ́n rẹ!
Your wives are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
9 Ìbùkún ni fún Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ, tí ó ní inú dídùn sí ọ, tí ó sì gbé ọ ka orí ìtẹ́ Israẹli. Nítorí tí Olúwa fẹ́ràn Israẹli títí láé, ni ó ṣe fi ọ́ jẹ ọba, láti ṣe ìdájọ́ àti òdodo.”
Praise Yahweh, your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by causing you to become the king of Israel! God has always loved the Israeli people, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
10 Ó sì fún ọba ní ọgọ́fà tálẹ́ǹtì wúrà, tùràrí olóòórùn dídùn lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀, àti òkúta iyebíye. Kò sí irú ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ tùràrí tí a mú wá tí ó dàbí irú èyí tí ayaba Ṣeba fi fún Solomoni ọba.
Then the queen gave to the king [the things that she had brought. She gave him] almost five tons of gold and a large amount of spices and valuable gems. Never again did King Solomon receive more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
11 (Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú àwọn ọ̀wọ́-ọkọ̀ Hiramu tí ó mú wúrà láti Ofiri wá, wọ́n mú igi algumu lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀ àti òkúta oníyebíye láti Ofiri wá.
In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, in which they had previously brought gold from Ophir, they also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems/valuable stones.
12 Ọba sì fi igi algumu náà ṣe òpó fún ilé Olúwa àti fún ààfin ọba, àti láti ṣe dùùrù pẹ̀lú àti ohun èlò orin olókùn fún àwọn akọrin. Irú igi algumu bẹ́ẹ̀ kò dé mọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni a kò rí wọn títí di òní yìí.)
King Solomon told his workers to use that wood to make railings/supports in the temple of Yahweh and in the king’s palace and also to make harps and lyres for the (musicians/men who played musical instruments). That wood was the largest amount of (OR, the finest) wood that had ever been seen [in Israel]. And no one since then has ever seen so much wood of that kind.
13 Solomoni ọba sì fún ayaba Ṣeba ní gbogbo ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ àti ohun tí ó béèrè, yàtọ̀ sí èyí tí a fi fún un láti ọwọ́ Solomoni ọba wa. Nígbà náà ni ó yípadà, ó sì lọ sí ìlú rẹ̀, pẹ̀lú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀.
King Solomon gave to the queen from Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her those gifts in addition to the gifts that he always gave [to other rulers who visited him]. Then she and the people who came with her returned to her own land.
14 Ìwọ̀n wúrà tí Solomoni ń gbà ní ọdún kan sì jẹ́ ọ̀tàlélẹ́gbẹ̀ta ó lé mẹ́fà tálẹ́ǹtì wúrà,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 láìka èyí tí ó ń gbà lọ́wọ́ àwọn ajẹ́lẹ̀ àti àwọn oníṣòwò, àti ti gbogbo àwọn ọba Arabia, àti àwọn baálẹ̀ ilẹ̀.
That was in addition to [the taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders, and the annual taxes paid by the kings of Arabia and by the governors of [the regions in] Israel.
16 Solomoni ọba sì ṣe igba asà wúrà lílù; ẹgbẹ̀ta ṣékélì wúrà ni ó lọ sí asà kan.
King Solomon’s workers [took this] gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put (almost 15 pounds/more than 6 kg.) of gold on each shield.
17 Ó sì túnṣe ọ̀ọ́dúnrún asà wúrà lílù, pẹ̀lú òsùwọ̀n wúrà mẹ́ta tí ó tàn sí asà kọ̀ọ̀kan. Ọba sì kó wọn sí ilé igbó Lebanoni.
His workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with (almost 4 pounds/1.5 kg.) of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 Nígbà náà ni ọba sì ṣe ìtẹ́ eyín erin ńlá kan, ó sì fi wúrà dídára bò ó.
His workers also made for him a large throne. [Part of it was] covered with (ivory [decorations made from)] tusks of elephants and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
19 Ìtẹ́ náà sì ní àtẹ̀gùn mẹ́fà, ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ sì ṣe róbótó lókè. Ní ibi ìjókòó méjèèjì náà ni ìrọpá wà, pẹ̀lú kìnnìún tí ó dúró lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn.
There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a statue of a lion on both sides of each step. So altogether there were twelve statues of lions. The back of the throne was rounded at the top. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a small statue of a lion. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
20 Kìnnìún méjìlá sì dúró níbi àtẹ̀gùn mẹ́fẹ̀ẹ̀fà, ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan ní òpin àtẹ̀gùn kọ̀ọ̀kan, kò tí ì sí irú rẹ̀ ní ìjọba kan rí.
21 Gbogbo ohun èlò mímu Solomoni ọba sì jẹ́ wúrà àti gbogbo ohun èlò ààfin igbó Lebanoni sì jẹ́ kìkì wúrà. Kò sí nǹkan kan tí a fi fàdákà ṣe, nítorí a kò ka fàdákà sí nǹkan kan ní gbogbo ọjọ́ Solomoni.
All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. They did not make things from silver, because during the years that Solomon [ruled], silver was not considered to be valuable.
22 Ọba sì ní ọkọ̀ Tarṣiṣi kan pẹ̀lú ọkọ̀ Hiramu ní Òkun. Ẹ̀ẹ̀kan ní ọdún mẹ́ta ni ọkọ̀ Tarṣiṣi ń dé, tí ó ń mú wúrà àti fàdákà, eyín erin àti ìnàkí àti ẹyẹ-ológe wá.
The king had a (fleet/large number) of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned [from the places to which they had sailed], bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).
23 Solomoni ọba sì pọ̀ ní ọrọ̀ àti ní ọgbọ́n ju gbogbo àwọn ọba ayé lọ.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Gbogbo ayé sì ń wá ojú Solomoni láti gbọ́ ọgbọ́n tí Ọlọ́run ti fi sí i ní ọkàn.
People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind.
25 Bí ọdún ṣe ń gorí ọdún olúkúlùkù àwọn tí ń wá sì ń mú ẹ̀bùn tirẹ̀ wá, ohun èlò fàdákà àti ohun èlò wúrà àti ẹ̀wù, àti tùràrí olóòórùn dídùn, ẹṣin àti ìbáaka.
All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons (OR, myrrh), or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
26 Solomoni sì kó kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹṣin jọ; ó sì ní ẹgbàáje kẹ̀kẹ́ àti ẹgbàá mẹ́fà ẹlẹ́ṣin, tí ó fi pamọ́ sí ìlú kẹ̀kẹ́ àti pẹ̀lú ọba ní Jerusalẹmu.
Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on the horses] (OR, [in the chariots]). Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
27 Ọba sì jẹ́ kí fàdákà pọ̀ ní Jerusalẹmu bí òkúta, àti igi kedari ni ó ṣe kí ó dàbí igi sikamore tí ń bẹ ní àfonífojì fún ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀.
During the years that Solomon was king, silver became as common in Jerusalem as stones; and [lumber from] cedar trees in the foothills of Judah was as plentiful as [lumber from] fig trees.
28 A mú àwọn ẹṣin wá fún Solomoni láti Ejibiti àti láti Kue, oníṣòwò ọba rà wọ́n láti Kue fún owó.
Solomon’s agents bought horses and supervised the men who brought them into Israel from the areas of Musri and Cilicia [that were famous for breeding horses].
29 Wọ́n ń mú kẹ̀kẹ́ kan gòkè láti Ejibiti wá fún ẹgbẹ̀ta ṣékélì fàdákà àti ẹṣin kan fún àádọ́jọ. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọ́n tún mú wọn wá fún ọba àwọn ọmọ Hiti àti ọba àwọn ọmọ Aramu.
In Musri they bought chariots and horses; they paid 600 pieces of silver for each chariot and 150 pieces of silver for each horse. They brought them to Israel. Then they sold many of them to the kings of the Heth people-group and the kings of Syria.
