1 Kings 10

1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

1 示巴女王听说所罗门因耶和华而名声大震，便来用难题考问他。

2 She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

2 她率领许多随从，用骆驼驮着香料、宝石和大量黄金到耶路撒冷晋见所罗门，与所罗门谈论她心中的疑问。

3 And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.

3 所罗门解答了她所有的问题，没有一样难得住他。

4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

4 示巴女王见所罗门智慧非凡，又看见他建的宫殿、

5 the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

5 席上的美味、入座的群臣、侍立的仆人、他们的服装、酒侍，以及他在耶和华殿里献的燔祭，感到万分惊奇。

6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

6 她对王说：“我在本国听到的有关你的功业和智慧原来都是真的。

7 But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

7 若不是亲眼目睹，我不会相信。其实我听到的还不到一半！你的智慧和财富远超过我听到的传闻。

8 How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

8 你的百姓真有福气！你的臣仆经常侍立在你面前聆听智言慧语，真有福气！

9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

9 你的上帝耶和华当受称颂！祂喜爱你，立你为以色列的王。因为祂永远爱以色列，所以立你为王，使你秉公行义。”

10 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10 示巴女王将八万两黄金、大量香料和宝石献给所罗门王。此后，再无人像示巴女王那样献给所罗门王那么多香料。

11 (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

11 希兰的船只从俄斐运来黄金、大量檀香木和宝石。

12 The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)

12 所罗门王用这些檀香木为耶和华的殿和王宫造栏杆，又为歌乐手制作琴瑟。此后，再没有人运来或见过这样的檀香木。

13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

13 所罗门王除了厚赠示巴女王礼物以外，还满足了她的一切要求。之后，女王和随从就回示巴去了。

14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

14 所罗门每年收到的黄金约四十五万两。

15 not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

15 此外，还有商人、阿拉伯诸王和国中各总督送来的贡税。

16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

16 所罗门王用锤好的金子打造了二百面大盾牌，每面用一百四十两金子；

17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

17 又用锤好的金子打造了三百面小盾牌，每面用七十两金子，全部放在黎巴嫩林宫。

18 Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

18 王又造了一个象牙大宝座，外面用纯金包裹。

19 The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

19 这宝座有六级台阶，靠背是圆形的，两旁有扶手，扶手两边各站着一头狮子。

20 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

20 六级台阶上共站着十二头狮子，每级台阶两端各站一头。这宝座举世无双。

21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

21 所罗门王所有的杯子都是金的，黎巴嫩林宫里所有的器皿都是纯金的，没有一件是用银子造的，因为所罗门年间银子不算什么。

22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

22 王有他施船队和希兰的船队一起出海，每三年就运回金银、象牙、猿猴和孔雀。

23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

23 所罗门王的财富和智慧超过天下诸王。

24 The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

24 天下的人都纷纷来朝见他，聆听上帝赐给他的智言慧语。

25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

25 他们年年都带来礼物，有金银器皿、衣服、兵器、香料和骡马。

26 Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

26 所罗门组建了战车和骑兵，有一千四百辆战车、一万二千名骑兵，驻扎在屯车城和他所在的耶路撒冷。

27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

27 王使耶路撒冷的银子多如石头，使香柏木多如丘陵的桑树。

28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

28 所罗门的马匹都是由王室商队从埃及和古厄按市价买来的。

29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

29 他们从埃及买来车马，每辆车六百块银子，每匹马一百五十块银子，他们也把车马卖给赫人诸王和亚兰诸王。