2 Chronicles 9

1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

1 示巴女王听闻所罗门的名声，便来用难题考问他。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。

2 And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.

2 所罗门解答了她所有的问题，没有一样难得住他。

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

3 示巴女王看见所罗门智慧非凡，又看见他建的宫殿、

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

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

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

5 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。

6 But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.

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

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

7 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！

8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

8 你的上帝耶和华当受称颂！祂喜爱你，立你坐在祂的宝座上替祂掌权。因为你的上帝爱以色列人，要使他们永远坚立，所以立你为他们的王，使你秉公行义。”

9 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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

10 (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

10 希兰的仆人和所罗门的仆人从俄斐运来黄金、檀香木和宝石。

11 The king made the algum 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 anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

11 所罗门王用这些檀香木建造耶和华的殿和王宫的阶梯，又为歌乐手制作琴瑟。在犹大从来没有见过这样的物品。

12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

12 所罗门王满足了示巴女王的一切要求，回赠她的礼物超过了她带来的。之后，女王和随从就回示巴去了。

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

13 所罗门每年收到的黄金约四十五万两，

14 not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

14 此外还有商人、阿拉伯诸王和国中各总督送给他的金银。

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

15 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；

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

16 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。

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

17 王又造了一个象牙大宝座，外面用纯金包裹。

18 The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

18 这宝座有六级台阶，又有金脚凳与宝座相连，宝座两旁有扶手，扶手两边各站着一头狮子，

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

19 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。

20 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.

20 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。

21 For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

21 王有船队与希兰的仆人一起出海去他施，每三年就运回金银、象牙、猿猴和孔雀。

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

22 所罗门王的财富和智慧超过天下诸王。

23 All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

23 天下的君王都纷纷来朝见所罗门，聆听上帝赐给他的智言慧语。

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

24 他们年年都带来礼物，有金银器皿、衣服、兵器、香料和骡马。

25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

25 所罗门有四千个安置战车和马匹的棚，有一万二千名骑兵，驻扎在屯车城和他所在的耶路撒冷。

26 He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

26 所罗门统管从幼发拉底河到非利士地区，远至埃及边境的诸王。

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 from all the lands.

28 所罗门的马匹都是从埃及和其他国家运来的。

29 As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

29 所罗门其他的事迹自始至终都记在拿单先知的史记、示罗人亚希雅的《预言书》和易多先见论尼八的儿子耶罗波安的《启示书》中。

30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

30 所罗门在耶路撒冷统治整个以色列四十年，

31 And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

31 他与祖先同眠后，葬在他父亲大卫的城里。他儿子罗波安继位。