1 राजे 10
1 १ परमेश्वराच्या नावासंबंधाने शबाच्या राणीने शलमोनाची ख्याती ऐकली तेव्हा अवघड प्रश्न विचारुन त्याची कसोटी पाहायला ती आली.
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 २ नोकरा चाकरांचा मोठा लवाजमा आणि सुवासिक मसाल्याचे पदार्थ, रत्ने, सोनेनाणे अशा बऱ्याच गोष्टी उंटांवर लादून ती यरूशलेमेला आली. शलमोनाला भेटल्यावर तिच्या मनातले सर्वकाही तिने त्यास सांगितले.
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 ३ शलमोन राजाने तिच्या सगळ्या प्रश्नांची उत्तरे दिली. असा कुठलाच प्रश्न नव्हता की, त्याचे उत्तर त्याने दिले नाही.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 ५ त्याच्या मेजावरचे खाणे, त्याच्या सेवकांचा वावर, शलमोनाच्या कारभाऱ्याची ऊठबस आणि त्यांचे पोषाख, त्याचे प्यालेबरदार त्याने दिलेल्या मेजवान्या आणि परमेश्वराच्या मंदिरात केलेले यज्ञ. हे सर्व शबाच्या राणीने पाहिले आणि ती आश्चर्याने थक्क झाली.
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 ६ ती राजाला म्हणाली, “तुझ्या चातुर्याबद्दल आणि कारभाराबद्दल मी माझ्या देशात बरेच ऐकले होते. ते खरे आहे.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 ७ पण हे सर्व माझ्या डोळ्यांनी बघेपर्यंत, माझा त्यावर विश्वास बसत नव्हता. आता असे वाटते की ऐकले ते कमीच होते. तुझे ऐश्वर्य आणि बुध्दिमत्ता मला लोकांनी सांगितली त्यापेक्षा जास्तच आहे.
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 ८ तुझे लोक आणि सेवक खरेच फार धन्य आहेत. तुझे सेवक, जे तुझ्यासमोर ऊभे राहून, ज्यांना तुझ्या ज्ञानाचा लाभ होतो ते धन्य.
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 ९ परमेश्वर देव थोर आहे, तुझ्यावर प्रसन्न होऊन त्याने तुला इस्राएलाचा राजा केले आहे. परमेश्वर इस्राएलावर प्रेम करतो म्हणून, नियमशास्त्राचे व न्यायाचे पालन करण्यास त्याने तुला राजा केले आहे.”
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 १० मग शबाच्या राणीने राजाला एकशे वीस किक्कार सोने, नजर केले. शिवाय मोठ्या प्रमाणात मसाल्याचे पदार्थ आणि मौल्यवान हिरे दिले. इस्राएलामध्ये यापूर्वी कोणी आणले नसतील इतके मसाल्याचे पदार्थ एकट्या शबाच्या राणीने शलमोन राजाला दिले.
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.
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 १२ शलमोन राजाने या लाकडाचा वापर परमेश्वराच्या मंदिरात आणि महालात आधाराचे कठडे उभारायला केला. शिवाय वादकांसाठी वीणा, सतारीही त्यातून करवून घेतल्या. तसे लाकूड परत कोणी कधी इस्राएलामध्ये आणले नाही की त्यानंतर कोणी तसे लाकूड पाहिले नाही.
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 १३ दुसऱ्या देशाच्या राज्यकर्त्याला, जे रीतीप्रमाणे भेटीदाखल द्यायचे ते सर्व शलमोन राजाने शबाच्या राणीला दिले. शिवाय तिला काय हवे ते विचारुन तेही दिले. यानंतर राणी आपल्या लवाजम्यासाहित मायदेशी निघून गेली.
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.
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 १५ या मालवाहू जहाजांखेरीज व्यापारी, सौदागर, अरबस्तानचे राजे तसेच नेमलेले सुभेदार यांच्याकडूनही सोने येत राहिले.
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.
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 १७ तशाच पण जरा लहान तीनशे घडीव सोन्याच्या ढाली केल्या. त्या लहान ढालीस तीन माने सोने लागले. राजाने या ढाली “लबानोनाचे वन” येथे ठेवल्या.
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.
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 १९ सिंहासनाला सहा पायऱ्या होत्या. त्याची पाठ कमानदार होती. दोन्ही बाजूला हात होते. हातांच्या खाली दोन्ही बाजूला सिंह होते.
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.
21 २१ राजा शलमोनाचे सर्व पेले आणि चषक सोन्याचे होते. “लबानोनाचे वनामधील” सर्व शस्त्रास्त्रे आणि सामग्री शुद्ध सोन्याची होती. चांदीचे काहीही नव्हते. सोने इतक्या मुबलक प्रमाणात होते की शलमोनाच्या कारकिर्दीत लोकांच्या लेखी चांदीला काही किंमत नव्हती.
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 २२ समुद्रावर राजा हिरामाच्या जहाजांबरोबर शलमोन राजाच्याही तार्शीश जहाजांचा एक तांडा असे, आणि तीन-तीन वर्षांनी ही तार्शीश जहाजे सोने, चांदी, हस्तिदंत, वानर व मोर आणत असत.
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 २३ शलमोन हा पृथ्वीतलावरील सर्वात महान राजा होता. त्याच्याकडे सर्वाधिक वैभव आणि बुद्धी चातुर्य होते.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 २४ पृथ्वीवरील सर्व लोक त्यास भेटण्यास उत्सुक असत. देवाने शलमोनाला दिलेले बुध्दीचे वैभव त्यांना अनुभवायचे असे.
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 २५ ठिकठिकाणाहून दरवर्षी लोक त्याच्या भेटीला येत. येताना प्रत्येकजण नजराणा आणीत असे. सोन्या चांदीच्या वस्तू, कपडे, शस्त्रे, सुगंधी मसाल्याचे पदार्थ, घोडे, खेचरे अशा अनेक गोष्टी ते भेटीदाखल आणत.
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 २६ शलमोन राजाकडे खूप रथ आणि घोडे होते. त्याच्याकडे चौदाशे रथ आणि बारा हजार घोडे यांचा संग्रह होता. रथासाठी त्याने खास नगरे उभारली आणि त्यामध्ये रथ ठेवले. काही रथ त्याच्याजवळ यरूशलेमेमध्येही होते.
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 २७ राजाने इस्राएलाला वैभवाच्या शिखरावर नेले. यरूशलेम नगरात चांदी जमीनीवरील दगडधोंड्यासारखी होती आणि गंधसरुचे लाकूड डोंगरटेकड्यांवर उगवणाऱ्या उंबराच्या झाडासारखे विपुल होते.
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 २८ मिसर व सिलीसिया येथून शलमोन घोडे आणत असे. शलमोन राजाचे व्यापारी ते तांडेच्या तांडे खरेदी करत आणि तेथून ते इस्राएलमध्ये आणत.
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 २९ मिसरचा एक रथ साधारण सहाशे शेकेल चांदीला पडे, आणि घोड्याची किंमत दिडशे शेकेल चांदी इतकी पडे. हित्ती आणि अरामी राजांना हे रथ आणि घोडे नंतर विकत असत.
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.
