歷代志下 9
1 示巴女王聽見所羅門的名聲，就來到耶路撒冷，要用難解的話試問所羅門；跟隨她的人甚多，又有駱駝馱着香料、寶石，和許多金子。她來見了所羅門，就把心裏所有的對所羅門都說出來。
When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She came with a very long caravan, with camels loaded with spices, much gold, and many precious gemstones. When she had come to Solomon, she told him all that was in her heart.
2 所羅門將她所問的都答上了，沒有一句不明白、不能答的。
Solomon answered her all her questions; nothing was too difficult for Solomon; there was no question that he did not answer.
3 示巴女王見所羅門的智慧和他所建造的宮室、
When the queen of Sheba saw Solomon's wisdom and the palace that he had built,
4 席上的珍饈美味、群臣分列而坐、僕人兩旁侍立，以及他們的衣服裝飾、酒政，和酒政的衣服裝飾，又見他上耶和華殿的臺階，就詫異得神不守舍，
the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the work of his servants and their clothing, also his cupbearers and their clothing, and the burnt offerings he made at the house of Yahweh, and there was no more breath in her.
5 對王說：「我在本國裏所聽見論到你的事和你的智慧實在是真的！
She said to the king, “It is true, the report that I heard in my own land of your words and your wisdom.
6 我先不信那些話，及至我來親眼見了，才知道你的大智慧；人所告訴我的，還不到一半；你的實跡越過我所聽見的名聲。
I did not believe what I heard until I came here, and now my eyes have seen it. Not half was told me about your wisdom and wealth! You have exceeded the fame that I heard about.
7 你的群臣、你的僕人常侍立在你面前聽你智慧的話是有福的。
How blessed are your people, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom.
8 耶和華－你的上帝是應當稱頌的！他喜悅你，使你坐他的國位，為耶和華－你的上帝作王；因為你的上帝愛以色列人，要永遠堅立他們，所以立你作他們的王，使你秉公行義。」
Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has taken pleasure in you, who placed you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God. Because your God loved Israel, in order to establish them forever, he had made you king over them, for you to do justice and righteousness!”
9 於是示巴女王將一百二十他連得金子和寶石，與極多的香料送給所羅門王；她送給王的香料，以後再沒有這樣的。
She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a large amount of spices and precious stones. No greater amount of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon was ever given to him again.
10 希蘭的僕人和所羅門的僕人從俄斐運了金子來，也運了檀香木和寶石來。
The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 王用檀香木為耶和華殿和王宮做臺，又為歌唱的人做琴瑟；猶大地從來沒有見過這樣的。
With the algum wood, the king made steps for the house of Yahweh and for his house, as well as harps and lyres for the musicians. No wood like this had been seen before in the land of Judah.
12 所羅門王按示巴女王所帶來的，還她禮物，另外照她一切所要所求的，都送給她。於是女王和她臣僕轉回本國去了。
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything she desired and whatever she asked for; he gave her more than what she had brought to the king. So she left and went back to her own land, she and her servants.
13 所羅門每年所得的金子共有六百六十六他連得，
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
14 另外還有商人所進的金子，並且阿拉伯諸王與屬國的省長都帶金銀給所羅門。
besides the gold that the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors in the country also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 所羅門王用錘出來的金子打成擋牌二百面，每面用金子六百舍客勒；
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of gold went into each one.
16 又用錘出來的金子打成盾牌三百面，每面用金子三百舍客勒，都放在黎巴嫩林宮裏。
He also made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three minas of gold went into each shield; the king put them into the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 王用象牙製造一個大寶座，用精金包裹。
Then the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
18 寶座有六層臺階，又有金腳凳，與寶座相連。寶座兩旁有扶手，靠近扶手有兩個獅子站立。
There were six steps to the throne, and a footstool was attached to the throne. On each side of the throne there were armrests with two lions standing beside each of them.
19 六層臺階上有十二個獅子站立，每層有兩個：左邊一個，右邊一個；在列國中沒有這樣做的。
Twelve lions stood on the steps, one on each side of each of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any other kingdom.
20 所羅門王一切的飲器都是金的，黎巴嫩林宮裏的一切器皿都是精金的。所羅門年間，銀子算不了甚麼。
All King Solomon's drinking cups were gold, and all the drinking cups in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were silver because silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.
21 因為王的船隻與希蘭的僕人一同往他施去；他施船隻三年一次裝載金、銀、象牙、猿猴、孔雀回來。
The king had at sea a fleet of oceangoing ships, along with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet brought gold, silver, and ivory, as well as apes and baboons.
22 所羅門王的財寶與智慧勝過天下的列王。
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.
23 普天下的王都求見所羅門，要聽上帝賜給他智慧的話。
All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
24 他們各帶貢物，就是金器、銀器、衣服、軍械、香料、騾馬，每年有一定之例。
Those who visited brought tribute, vessels of silver and of gold, clothes, armor, and spices, as well as horses and mules, year after year.
25 所羅門有套車的馬四千棚，有馬兵一萬二千，安置在屯車的城邑和耶路撒冷，就是王那裏。
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with himself in Jerusalem.
26 所羅門統管諸王，從大河到非利士地，直到埃及的邊界。
He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 王在耶路撒冷使銀子多如石頭，香柏木多如高原的桑樹。
The king had silver in Jerusalem, as much as the stones on the ground. He made cedar wood to be as abundant as the sycamore fig trees that are in the lowlands.
28 有人從埃及和各國為所羅門趕馬群來。
They brought horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands.
29 所羅門其餘的事，自始至終，不都寫在先知拿單的書上和示羅人亞希雅的預言書上，並先見易多論尼八兒子耶羅波安的默示書上嗎？
As for the other matters concerning Solomon, first and last, are they not written in The History of Nathan the Prophet, in The Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in The Visions of Iddo the Seer (which also had information about Jeroboam son of Nebat)?
30 所羅門在耶路撒冷作以色列眾人的王共四十年。
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
31 所羅門與他列祖同睡，葬在他父大衛城裏。他兒子羅波安接續他作王。
He slept with his ancestors and the people buried him in the city of David his father. Rehoboam, his son, became king in his place.
