2 Berɛsosɛm 9
1 Ɛberɛ a Seba Ɔhemmaa tee Salomo nka no, ɔbaa Yerusalem sɛ ɔde nsɛm a anoyie yɛ den rebɛsɔ no ahwɛ. Ɔne nʼasomfoɔ bebree, nyoma pii a wɔahyehyɛ nnuhwam, sikakɔkɔɔ bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ wɔ wɔn so na ɛbaeɛ.
And when the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to try him with hard questions at Jerusalem, with great riches, and camels, which carried spices, and abundance of gold, and precious stones. And when she was come to Solomon, she proposed to him all that was in her heart.
2 Ɔhyiaa Salomo no, wɔdii biribiara a enti ɔbaa saa nsrahwɛ no ho nkɔmmɔ, maa Salomo yii ne nsɛmmisa biara ano sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
And Solomon explained to her all that she proposed: and there was not any thing that he did not make clear unto her.
3 Seba Ɔhemmaa hunuu nyansa a Salomo wɔ ne ahemfie a wasi no,
And when she had seen these things, to wit, the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
4 ne ho dwirii no. Ɔhunuu nnuane a ɛsisi ne didipono so no, sɛdeɛ watoto nʼadwumayɛfoɔ ne ntadeɛ fɛfɛ a wɔhyehyɛ, kuruwakurafoɔ ne wɔn ntadeɛ yuu ne ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ a Salomo abɔ wɔ Awurade Asɔredan mu no, ɛyɛɛ no nwanwa.
And the meats of his table, and the dwelling places of his servants, and the attendance of his officers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their garments, and the victims which he offered in the house of the Lord: there was no more spirit in her, she was so astonished.
5 Ɔfiri ahodwirie mu ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene no sɛ, “Biribiara a metee wɔ me kurom a ɛfa deɛ woatumi ayɛ ne wo nyansa ho no yɛ nokorɛ.
And she said to the king: The word is true which I heard in my country of thy virtues and wisdom.
6 Mannye anni kɔsii sɛ mʼankasa mebaa ha, de mʼani kann bɛhunuiɛ. Nokorɛm, mante emu fa mpo. Wo nyansa no boro deɛ wɔka kyerɛɛ me no so koraa.
I did not believe them that told it, until I came, and my eyes had seen, and I had proved that scarce one half of thy wisdom had been told me: thou hast exceeded the same with thy virtues.
7 Anigyeɛ bɛn na saa nnipa yi renya? Adom bɛn na wo mpanimfoɔ a wɔne wowɔ ha anɔpa ne awia tie wo renya mfiri wo nyansa yi mu?
Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn yɛ kɛse ampa. Nʼani gye wo ho, enti ɔde wo asi ahennwa so sɛ di ɔhene ma no. Ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn pɛ Israel asɛm dodo, na ɔpɛ sɛ saa ahennie yi tena afebɔɔ; wasi wo ɔhene sɛdeɛ wode nokorɛ ne atɛntenenee bɛbu ɔman no.”
Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath been pleased to set thee on his throne, king of the Lord thy God. Because God loveth Israel, and will preserve them for ever: therefore hath he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9 Afei, ɔmaa ɔhene no sikakɔkɔɔ akyɛdeɛ a ɛkari tɔno 4 ne nnuhwam pii ne aboɔdemmoɔ. Seba Ɔhemmaa nnuhwam a ɔde maa Salomo no so bi mmaa da.
And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and most precious stones: there were no such spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
10 Ɛberɛ a Huram hyɛnmufoɔ ne Salomo nkurɔfoɔ de sikakɔkɔɔ firi Ofir baeɛ no, wɔde abako nnua pa bebree ne aboɔdemmoɔ kaa ho baeɛ.
And the servants also of Hiram, with the servants of Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and thyine trees, and most precious stones:
11 Ɔhene no de abako nnua no yɛɛ Awurade Asɔredan ne ahemfie no ntrapoe. Ɔde bi nso yɛɛ nsankuten ne mmɛnta maa nnwom ho nimdefoɔ no. Na saa nnwontodeɛ no so bi mmaa da wɔ Yuda.
And the king made of the thyine trees stairs in the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singing men: never were there seen such trees in the land of Juda.
12 Biribiara a Seba Ɔhemmaa bisaa ɔhene Salomo no, ɔde maa no. Na ɛyɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɛsom bo pa ara, na ɛboro deɛ ɔhemmaa de brɛɛ noɔ no so. Afei, ɔhemmaa no ne nʼasomfoɔ no sane kɔɔ wɔn ankasa asase so.
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, and that she asked, and many more things than she brought to him: so she returned, and went to her own country with her servants.
13 Afe biara, na Salomo nya sikakɔkɔɔ bɛyɛ tɔno aduonu enum.
And the weight of the gold, that was brought to Solomon every year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold:
14 Na sika a ɔnya firi adwadifoɔ nkyɛn no nka yei ho. Na Arabia ahemfo nyinaa ne amradofoɔ a wɔwɔ asase no so nyinaa brɛ Salomo sikakɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ.
Beside the sum which the deputies of divers nations, and the merchants were accustomed to bring, and all the kings of Arabia, and the lords of the lands, who I brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 Ɔhene Salomo de sikakɔkɔɔ yɛɛ akokyɛm akɛseɛ ahanu a wɔde hamre boroeɛ, na sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde yɛɛ emu biara no mu duru boro kilogram nson.
And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:
16 Ɔsane yɛɛ sikakɔkɔɔ akokyɛm nketewa ahasa a wɔde hamre boroeɛ a na sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde yɛɛ emu biara no mu duru bɛyɛ kilogram mmiɛnsa ne fa. Ɔhene no kɔkoraa saa akokyɛm yi wɔ Lebanon Kwaeɛ Ahemfie mu.
And three hundred golden shields of three hundred pieces of gold, which went to the covering of every shield: and the king put them in the armoury, which was compassed with a wood.
17 Afei, ɔhene no de asonse yɛɛ ahennwa kɛseɛ bi, na ɔde sikakɔkɔɔ amapa huraa ho.
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 Na ahennwa no wɔ ntrapoe nsia a wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ nantiasoɔ afam ho. Ahennwa no wɔ nsa wɔ benkum. Ne nifa na gyata sɛso nso gyinagyina afa ne fa wɔ ahennwa no ho.
And six steps to go up to the throne, and a footstool of gold, and two arms one on either side, and two lions standing by the arms:
19 Salomo sane yɛɛ agyata sɛso dumienu a ɔbaako biara gyina atwedeɛ ntiasoɔ nsia no mu biara benkum ne nifa. Ahennwa biara nni ewiase a wɔbɛtumi de atoto Salomo deɛ no ho.
Moreover twelve other little lions standing upon the steps on both sides: there was not such a throne in any kingdom.
20 Ɔhene Salomo nkuruwa nyinaa, sikakɔkɔɔ amapa na wɔde yɛeɛ. Saa ara na nneɛma ahodoɔ a ɛwɔ Lebanon Kwaeɛ Ahemfie mu no nso teɛ. Wɔamfa dwetɛ anyɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, Salomo berɛ so no, na wɔbu dwetɛ ade teta bi.
And all the vessels of the king’s table were of gold, and the vessels of the house of the forest of Libanus were of the purest gold. For no account was made of silver in those days.
21 Na ɔhene no wɔ adwadie ahyɛn a emu adwumayɛfoɔ yɛ Huram asomfoɔ. Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa biara, ahyɛn no ba a, wɔde sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ, asonse, nkaatia, nkontromfi ne kohaa brɛ ɔhene no.
For the king’s ships went to Tharsis with the servants of Hiram, once in three years: and they brought thence gold and silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 Enti, ɔhene Salomo bɛyɛɛ ɔdefoɔ ne onyansafoɔ sene ɔhene biara wɔ asase so nyinaa.
And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.
23 Ahemfo fifiri aman nyinaa so bɛsraa no, tiee ne nyansasɛm a Onyankopɔn de adom no no bi.
And all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his heart.
24 Afe biara, obiara a ɔbɛba abɛsra no no, ɔbrɛ no akyɛdeɛ te sɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ, ntadeɛ, akodeɛ, nnuhwam, apɔnkɔ ne mfunumpɔnkɔ.
And every year they brought him presents, vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and mules.
25 Na Salomo wɔ mpɔnkɔdan mpemnan a ne nteaseɛnam apɔnkɔ da mu ne mpɔnkɔ mpem dumienu. Ɔde mu fa kɛseɛ no kɔɔ nkuro a ne nteaseɛnam wɔ mu mu, ɛnna ɔmaa ebi nso bɛnee no wɔ Yerusalem.
And Solomon had forty thousand horses in the stables, and twelve thousand chariots, and horsemen, and he placed them in the cities of the chariots, and where the king was in Jerusalem.
26 Ɔdii ɔhene, bunkam faa ahemfo nyinaa so, firi Asubɔnten Eufrate ano de kɔsi Filistifoɔ asase ne Misraim hyeɛ so.
And he exercised authority over all the kings from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
27 Ɔhene no maa dwetɛ buu te sɛ aboɔ wɔ Yerusalem. Na ntweneduro nnua a ɛsom bo no nso buu so sɛ akyee nnua a ɛfifiri wɔ mmepɔ ase wɔ Yuda asase so.
And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars as common as the sycamores, which grow in the plains.
28 Na wɔtɔ Salomo apɔnkɔ firi Misraim ne aman ahodoɔ bebree so.
And horses were brought to him out of Egypt, and out of all countries.
29 Salomo ahennie ho nsɛm nkaeɛ, firi ahyɛaseɛ kɔsi awieeɛ no, wɔatwerɛ agu odiyifoɔ Natan nwoma, Ahiya a ɔfiri Silo adiyisɛm ne nhunumuni Ido anisoadehunu a ɛfa Nebat babarima Yeroboam ho no mu.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the boobs of Ahias the Silonite, and in the vision of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
30 Salomo tenaa Yerusalem dii Israel nyinaa so ɔhene mfeɛ aduanan.
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 Ɔwuiɛ no, wɔsiee no nʼagya Dawid kurom. Ne babarima Rehoboam na ɔdii nʼadeɛ sɛ ɔhene.
And he slept with his fathers: and they buried him in the city of David: and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.
