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1 Quando a rainha de Sabá ouviu falar da fama de Salomão a respeito do nome de Iavé, ela veio testá-lo com perguntas difíceis.
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 Ela veio a Jerusalém com uma grande caravana, com camelos que carregavam especiarias, muito ouro e pedras preciosas; e quando veio a Salomão, ela falou com ele sobre tudo o que havia em seu coração.
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 Salomão respondeu a todas as suas perguntas. Não havia nada escondido do rei que ele não lhe tivesse dito.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Quando a rainha de Sabá viu toda a sabedoria de Salomão, a casa que ele tinha construído,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 a comida de sua mesa, o sentar de seus servos, a assistência de seus funcionários, suas roupas, seus portadores de copos e sua ascensão pela qual ele subiu à casa de Yahweh, não havia mais espírito nela.
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 Ela disse ao rei: “Foi um verdadeiro relato que ouvi em minha própria terra de seus atos e de sua sabedoria”.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 No entanto, não acreditei nas palavras até que cheguei e meus olhos o viram. Eis que nem mesmo a metade me foi dita! Sua sabedoria e prosperidade excedem a fama que eu ouvi.
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 Felizes são seus homens, felizes são estes seus servos que estão continuamente diante de você, que ouvem sua sabedoria.
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 Bendito seja Javé, vosso Deus, que se deleitou em vós, para vos colocar no trono de Israel. Porque Javé amou Israel para sempre, por isso ele o fez rei, para fazer justiça e retidão”.
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 Ela deu ao rei cento e vinte talentos de ouro, e uma quantidade muito grande de especiarias e pedras preciosas. Nunca mais houve tanta abundância de especiarias como estas que a rainha de Sabá deu ao rei Salomão.
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 A frota do Hiram que trouxe ouro de Ophir também trouxe de Ophir grandes quantidades de almugares e pedras preciosas.
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 O rei fez das amendoeiras pilares para a casa de Yahweh e para a casa do rei, harpas também e instrumentos de cordas para os cantores; nenhuma dessas amendoeiras veio ou foi vista até hoje.
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 O rei Salomão deu à rainha de Sabá todo o seu desejo, o que ela pediu, além do que Salomão lhe deu de sua generosidade real. Então ela se virou e foi para sua própria terra, ela e seus servos.
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 Agora o peso do ouro que chegou a Salomão em um ano foi seiscentos e sessenta e seis talentos de ouro,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 além do que os comerciantes trouxeram, e o tráfego dos comerciantes, e de todos os reis do povo misto, e dos governadores do país.
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 O rei Salomão fez duzentos baldes de ouro batido; seiscentos siclos de ouro foram para um balde.
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 Ele fez trezentos escudos de ouro batido; três minas de ouro foram para um escudo; e o rei os colocou na Casa da Floresta do Líbano.
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 Moreover o rei fez um grande trono de marfim, e o revestiu com o mais fino ouro.
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 Havia seis degraus para o trono, e o topo do trono era redondo atrás; e havia apoios de braço de cada lado junto ao lugar do assento, e dois leões de pé ao lado dos apoios de braço.
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 Doze leões estavam ali de um lado e do outro, nos seis degraus. Nada como foi feito em qualquer reino.
21 Todos os vasos de bebida do rei Salomão eram de ouro, e todos os vasos da Casa da Floresta do Líbano eram de ouro puro. Nenhum era de prata, pois era considerado de pouco valor nos dias de Salomão.
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 Pois o rei tinha uma frota de navios de Tarshish no mar com a frota do Hiram. Uma vez a cada três anos a frota de Társis vinha trazendo ouro, prata, marfim, macacos e pavões.
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 Portanto, o rei Salomão excedeu todos os reis da terra em riqueza e sabedoria.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Toda a terra buscava a presença de Salomão para ouvir sua sabedoria que Deus havia colocado em seu coração.
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 Ano após ano, cada homem trazia seu tributo, vasos de prata, vasos de ouro, roupas, armaduras, especiarias, cavalos e mulas.
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 Salomão reuniu carruagens e cavaleiros. Ele tinha mil e quatrocentos carros e doze mil cavaleiros. Ele os mantinha nas cidades das carruagens e com o rei em Jerusalém.
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 O rei tornou a prata tão comum como as pedras em Jerusalém, e os cedros tão comuns como os sicômoros que estão nas terras baixas.
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 Os cavalos que Salomão tinha foram trazidos do Egito. Os mercadores do rei os receberam em bandos, cada um com um preço.
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 Uma carruagem foi importada do Egito por seiscentos siclos de prata, e um cavalo por cento e cinqüenta siclos; e assim eles os exportaram para todos os reis dos hititas e para os reis da Síria.
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.
