2 Chronicles 9
1 The queen of Sheba heard how famous Solomon was, so she came to Jerusalem to test him with tough questions. She brought with her a very large entourage, with camels loaded with spices, large amounts of gold, and precious gemstones. She came to Solomon and asked him about everything she had on her mind.
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 Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing he couldn't 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 When the queen of Sheba saw Solomon's wisdom, and the palace he had built,
示巴女王見所羅門的智慧和他所建造的宮室、
4 the food on the table, how his officials lived, how his servants operated and how they were dressed, the clothes of the waiters, and the burnt offerings he presented at the Lord's Temple, she was so astonished she could hardly breathe.
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 She told the king, “It's true what I heard in my own country about your proverbs and your 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 didn't believe what they told me until I came and saw with my own eyes. In fact, I wasn't told the half of it—the extent of your wisdom far exceeds what 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 How happy your people must be! How happy those who work for you, who stand here every day listening to your 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 Praise the Lord your God who is so pleased with you, who placed you on his throne as king to rule on his behalf. Because of the love of your God for Israel he has made them secure forever, and he has made you king over them to do what is fair and right.”
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 She presented the king with one hundred and twenty talents of gold, huge amounts of spices and precious stones. Never before had there been spices like those 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 (Hiram and of Solomon's men, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum 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 The king used the algum wood to make steps for the Temple and for the royal palace, and into lyres and harps for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been 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 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all wanted, whatever she asked for. This was far more than she had brought the king. Then she and her attendants returned home to her own country.
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 The weight of gold that Solomon received each year was 666 talents,
所羅門每年所得的金子共有六百六十六他連得，
14 not including that received from traders and merchants. All the kings of Arabia and governors of the land also brought 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 King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold. Each shield required six hundred shekels of hammered gold.
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 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold. Each of these shields required three hundred gold coins. The king placed them in the Palace 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 The king also made a great throne of ivory, and covered it with pure gold.
王用象牙製造一個大寶座，用精金包裹。
18 The throne had six steps, with a golden footstool attached. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with lions standing beside the armrests.
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 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one on opposite ends of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for 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 All of King Solomon's drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. No silver was used, because it was not valued 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 The king had a fleet of ships from Tarshish crewed by Hiram's sailors. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive with a cargo of gold, silver, ivory, 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 King Solomon was greater than any other king on earth in wealth and wisdom.
所羅門王的財寶與智慧勝過天下的列王。
23 All the kings of the earth wanted to meet Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had placed in his mind.
普天下的王都求見所羅門，要聽上帝賜給他智慧的話。
24 Year after year, every visitor would bring gifts—articles of silver and gold, clothes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
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 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. He kept them in the chariot towns, and also with him in 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 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border with Egypt.
所羅門統管諸王，從大河到非利士地，直到埃及的邊界。
27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore-figs in the foothills.
王在耶路撒冷使銀子多如石頭，香柏木多如高原的桑樹。
28 Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from many other lands.
有人從埃及和各國為所羅門趕馬群來。
29 The rest of the acts of Solomon, from start to finish, are written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer about Jeroboam, 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 Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all of Israel for forty years.
所羅門在耶路撒冷作以色列眾人的王共四十年。
31 Then Solomon died and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam took over as king.
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。
