2 Chronicles 9
1 And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, and came to Jerusalem to prove Solomon with enigmas; with a very great train, and camels that bore spices and gold in great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon, and spoke with him of all that was in her heart.
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。
2 And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of, and there was not a thing hidden from Solomon that he did not explain to her.
所羅門將她所問的都答上了，沒有一句不明白、不能答的。
3 And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
示巴女王見所羅門的智慧和他所建造的宮室、
4 and the food of his table, and the deportment of his servants, and the order of service of his attendants and their apparel, and his cupbearers and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her.
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，
5 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine affairs and of thy wisdom;
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！
6 but I gave no credit to their words, until I came and mine eyes had seen; and behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the report that I heard.
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。
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom!
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。
8 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king to Jehovah thy God! Because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore did he make thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
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。」
9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones; neither was there any such spice as that which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
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。
10 (And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-wood and precious stones.
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。
11 And the king made of the sandal-wood stairs for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers. And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.)
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。
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.
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。
13 And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
所羅門每年所得的金子共有六百六十六他連得，
14 besides [what] dealers and merchants brought, and [what] all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought of gold and silver to Solomon.
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。
15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, — he applied six hundred [shekels] of beaten gold to one target;
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；
16 and three hundred shields of beaten gold, — he applied three hundred [shekels] of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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。
17 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold;
王用象牙製造一個大寶座，用精金包裹。
18 and the throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold fastened to the throne; and there were arms on each side at the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the arms;
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。
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.
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。
20 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of precious gold: silver was not of the least account in the days of Solomon.
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。
21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once in three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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。
22 And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
所羅門王的財寶與智慧勝過天下的列王。
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
普天下的王都求見所羅門，要聽上帝賜給他智慧的話。
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing, armour, and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year.
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。
25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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。
26 And he ruled over all the kings from the river as far as the land of the Philistines, and up to the border of Egypt.
所羅門統管諸王，從大河到非利士地，直到埃及的邊界。
27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.
王在耶路撒冷使銀子多如石頭，香柏木多如高原的桑樹。
28 And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
有人從埃及和各國為所羅門趕馬群來。
29 And the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last, are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
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？
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
所羅門在耶路撒冷作以色列眾人的王共四十年。
31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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。
