The Queen of Sheba
1 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.
Na malkia wa Sheba aliposikia habari za Sulemani, alikuja ili amjaribu Sulemani kwa maswali ya fumbo huko Yerusalemu, mwenye wafuasi wengi, na ngamia wachukuao manukato, na dhahabu nyingi sana, na vito vya thamani; alipomfikilia Sulemani, akamwambia mambo yote aliyokuwa nayo moyoni mwake.
2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
Naye Sulemani akamfumbulia maswali yake yote; wala halikuwako neno alilofichiwa Sulemani, asimwambie.
3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
Naye malkia wa Sheba alipoona hekima ya Sulemani, na nyumba aliyoijenga,
4 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.
na vyakula vya mezani mwake, na kikao cha watumishi wake, na usimamizi wao wangoje wake, na mavazi yao; na wanyweshaji wake, na mavazi yao; na daraja yake ya kupandia mpaka nyumba ya Bwana; roho yake ilizimia.
5 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:
Akamwambia mfalme, Ndizo kweli habari zile nilizozisikia katika nchi yangu za mambo yako na za hekima yako.
6 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.
Lakini mimi sikuyasadiki maneno yao, hata nilipokuja na kuona kwa macho yangu; wala, tazama, ukuu wa hekima yako sikuambiwa nusu; wewe umezidi kuliko habari nilizozisikia.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Heri watu wako, na heri hawa watumishi wako, wasimamao mbele yako sikuzote, wakisikia hekima yako.
8 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.
Na ahimidiwe Bwana, Mungu wako, aliyependezwa nawe, ili akuweke juu ya kiti chake cha enzi, kuwa mfalme wake Bwana, Mungu wako; kwa kuwa Mungu wako amewapenda Israeli, kuwathibitisha milele, kwa hiyo amekufanya kuwa mfalme juu yao, ufanye hukumu na haki.
9 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.
Basi akampa mfalme talanta mia na ishirini za dhahabu, na manukato mengi mengi sana, na vito vya thamani; wala haukuja wingi wa manukato, kama hayo aliyopewa mfalme Sulemani na malkia wa Sheba.
10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
Tena watumishi wa Hiramu, pamoja na watumishi wa Sulemani, walioleta dhahabu kutoka Ofiri, wakaleta miti ya msandali, na vito vya thamani.
11 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.
Mfalme akayafanya kwa miti hiyo ya msandali madari ya nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba ya mfalme, na vinubi na vinanda vya hao waimbaji; wala haijatokea kama hiyo katika nchi ya Yuda.
12 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.
Mfalme Sulemani akampa malkia wa Sheba haja yake yote, kila alilotaka, zaidi ya vile alivyomletea mfalme. Basi akarudi, akaenda zake katika nchi yake, yeye na watumishi wake.
Solomon's Wealth
13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
Basi uzani wa dhahabu iliyomfikia Sulemani mwaka mmoja, ndio talanta mia sita sitini na sita za dhahabu;
14 beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
mbali na ile waliyoileta wachuuzi na wafanya biashara; tena wafalme wote wa Arabuni, na maliwali wa nchi wakamletea Sulemani dhahabu na fedha.
15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
Mfalme Sulemani akafanya ngao mia mbili za dhahabu iliyofuliwa; ngao moja hupata shekeli mia sita za dhahabu iliyofuliwa.
16 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.
Na vigao mia tatu vya dhahabu iliyofuliwa; kigao kimoja hupata shekeli mia tatu za dhahabu; mfalme akaviweka katika nyumba ya mwitu wa Lebanoni.
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Tena mfalme akafanya kiti cha enzi kikubwa cha pembe, akakifunikiza kwa dhahabu iliyo safi.
18 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:
Kiti kile kilikuwa na daraja sita, tena na kikao cha miguu cha dhahabu, navyo vilikuwa vimeshikamana na kiti; na mikono huko na huko mahali pa kuketi, na simba wawili wakisimama kando ya hiyo mikono.
19 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.
Na simba kumi na wawili wamesimama juu ya daraja sita, huko na huko; wala hakikufanyika kwa mfano wake katika ufalme wo wote.
20 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.
Na vyombo vyote vya kunywea vya mfalme Sulemani vilikuwa vya dhahabu, na vyombo vyote vya nyumba ya mwitu wa Lebanoni vilikuwa vya dhahabu iliyosafika; fedha haikuhesabiwa kuwa kitu siku za Sulemani.
21 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.
Kwa kuwa mfalme alikuwa na merikebu zilizokwenda Tarshishi pamoja na watumishi wa Hiramu; mara moja katika miaka mitatu huja merikebu za Tarshishi, zikileta dhahabu, na fedha, na pembe, na nyani, na tausi.
His Wisdom
22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Basi mfalme Sulemani akawapita wafalme wote wa duniani kwa mali, na kwa hekima.
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
Wafalme wote wa duniani wakamtafuta Sulemani uso wake, ili waisikie hekima yake, Mungu aliyomtia moyoni.
24 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.
Wakaleta kila mtu zawadi yake, vyombo vya fedha, na vyombo vya dhahabu, na mavazi, na silaha, na manukato, na farasi, na nyumbu, hesabu yake ya mwaka kwa mwaka.
25 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.
Sulemani akawa na mazizi ya farasi na magari elfu nne, na wapandao farasi kumi na mbili elfu, aliowaweka katika miji ya magari, na pamoja na mfalme huko Yerusalemu.
26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
Akatawala juu ya wafalme wote toka Mto hata nchi ya Wafilisti, na hata mpaka wa Misri.
27 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.
Mfalme akafanya fedha humo Yerusalemu kuwa kama mawe, na mierezi akaifanya kuwa kama mikuyu iliyomo Shefela, kwa kuwa mingi.
28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
Wakamletea Sulemani farasi kutoka Misri, na kutoka nchi zote.
29 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?
Basi mambo yake Sulemani yaliyosalia, ya kwanza, na ya mwisho, je! Hayakuandikwa katika tarehe ya Nathani nabii, katika unabii wa Ahiya, Mshiloni, na katika maono ya Ido mwonaji juu ya Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati?
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Akatawala Sulemani katika Yerusalemu juu ya Israeli wote miaka arobaini.
31 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.
Naye Sulemani akalala na baba zake, akazikwa mjini mwa Daudi babaye; akatawala Rehoboamu mwanawe badala yake.
