歷代志下 9
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
示巴女王拜訪所羅門
9 示巴女王聽聞所羅門的名聲，便來用難題考問他。她率領許多隨從，用駱駝馱著香料、寶石和大量的黃金到耶路撒冷晉見所羅門王，與所羅門談論她心中的疑問。 2 所羅門王解答了她所有的問題，沒有一樣難得住他。 3 示巴女王看見所羅門的智慧，又看見他建的宮殿、 4 席上的美味、入座的群臣、侍立一旁的僕人、他們的服裝、酒政、以及他在耶和華殿裡獻的燔祭，感到萬分驚奇。 5 她對所羅門王說：「我在本國聽到的有關你的功業和智慧原來都是真的。 6 若不是親眼目睹，我不會相信。事實上，我聽到的還不到一半！你的智慧遠超過我聽到的傳聞。 7 你的臣僕經常侍立在你面前聆聽智慧之言，真有福氣！ 8 你的上帝耶和華當受稱頌！祂喜愛你，立你做王統治祂的子民。因為你的上帝愛以色列人，要使他們永遠堅立，所以立你為他們的王，使你秉公行義。」
9 示巴女王將四噸黃金、大量香料和寶石獻給所羅門王。再無人像示巴女王那樣獻給所羅門王那麼多香料。 10 希蘭的僕人和所羅門的僕人從俄斐運來黃金、檀香木和寶石。 11 所羅門王用這些檀香木建造耶和華的殿和王宮的階梯，又製作歌樂手的琴瑟。在猶大從來沒有見過這樣的物品。 12 所羅門王滿足了示巴女王的一切要求，回贈她的禮物超過了她帶來的。之後，女王和隨從就回示巴去了。
所羅門王的財富
13 所羅門每年收到的黃金約二十三噸， 14 此外還有商人、阿拉伯諸王和國內各總督送給他的金銀。 15 所羅門王用錘好的金子打造了二百面大盾牌，每面用七公斤金子； 16 又用錘好的金子打造了三百面小盾牌，每面用三點五公斤金子，全部放在黎巴嫩林宮。 17 王又造了一個象牙大寶座，外面用純金包裹。 18 這寶座有六級臺階，又有金腳凳與寶座相連，寶座兩旁有扶手，扶手兩邊各站著一頭獅子， 19 六級臺階上共站著十二頭獅子，每級臺階兩端各站一頭。這寶座舉世無雙。 20 所羅門王所有的杯子都是金的，黎巴嫩林宮裡所有的器皿都是純金的，沒有一件是用銀子造的，因為所羅門年間銀子不算什麼。 21 王有船隊與希蘭的僕人一起出海去他施，每三年就運回金銀、象牙、猿猴和孔雀。 22 所羅門王的財富和智慧超過天下諸王。 23 天下的君王都紛紛來朝見所羅門，聆聽上帝賜給他的智言慧語。 24 他們年年都帶來禮物，有金銀器皿、衣服、兵器、香料和騾馬。 25 所羅門有四千個安置戰車和馬匹的棚，有一萬二千名騎兵，駐紮在屯車城和他所在的耶路撒冷。 26 所羅門統管從幼發拉底河到非利士地區，遠至埃及邊境的諸王。 27 王使耶路撒冷的金銀多如石頭，使香柏木多如丘陵的無花果樹。 28 所羅門的馬匹都是從埃及和其他國家運來的。
所羅門逝世
29 所羅門一生的事蹟，自始至終都記在拿單先知的史記、示羅人亞希雅的《預言書》和易多先見論尼八的兒子耶羅波安的《啟示書》中。 30 所羅門在耶路撒冷統治以色列四十年， 31 他與祖先同眠後，葬在他父親大衛的城裡。他兒子羅波安繼位。
2 Chronicles 9
New Living Translation
Visit of the Queen of Sheba
9 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She arrived with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind. 2 Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her. 3 When the queen of Sheba realized how wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built, 4 she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers and their robes, and the burnt offerings[a] Solomon made at the Temple of the Lord.
5 She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements[b] and wisdom is true! 6 I didn’t believe what was said until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, I had not heard the half of your great wisdom! It is far beyond what I was told. 7 How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom! 8 Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to rule for him. Because God loves Israel and desires this kingdom to last forever, he has made you king over them so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
9 Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds[c] of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never before had there been spices as fine as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 (In addition, the crews of Hiram and Solomon brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought red sandalwood[d] and precious jewels. 11 The king used the sandalwood to make steps[e] for the Temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before had such beautiful things been seen in Judah.)
12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for—gifts of greater value than the gifts she had given him. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.
Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor
13 Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[f] of gold. 14 This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the provinces also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.[g] 16 He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7 1⁄2 pounds.[h] The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne. 19 There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it!
20 All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon’s day!
21 The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish manned by the sailors sent by Hiram.[i] Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[j]
22 So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. 23 Kings from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him. 24 Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses.[k] He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River[l] in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. 27 The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[m] 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt[n] and many other countries.
Summary of Solomon’s Reign
29 The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and also in The Visions of Iddo the Seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat. 30 Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. 31 When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.
Footnotes
- 9:4 As in Greek and Syriac versions (see also 1 Kgs 10:5); Hebrew reads and the ascent.
- 9:5 Hebrew your words.
- 9:9 Hebrew 120 talents [4,000 kilograms].
- 9:10 Hebrew algum wood (also in 9:11); perhaps a variant spelling of almug. Compare parallel text at 1 Kgs 10:11-12.
- 9:11 Or gateways. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
- 9:13 Hebrew 666 talents [23 metric tons].
- 9:15 Hebrew 600 [shekels] of hammered gold [6.8 kilograms].
- 9:16 Hebrew 300 [shekels] of gold [3.4 kilograms].
- 9:21a Hebrew Huram, a variant spelling of Hiram.
- 9:21b Or and baboons.
- 9:25 Or 12,000 charioteers.
- 9:26 Hebrew the river.
- 9:27 Hebrew the Shephelah.
- 9:28 Possibly Muzur, a district near Cilicia.
2 Chronicles 9
New King James Version
The Queen of Sheba’s Praise of Solomon(A)
9 Now (B)when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, having a very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. 2 So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for Solomon that he could not explain it to her. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 4 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his (C)cupbearers and their apparel, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
5 Then she said to the king: “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. 6 However I did not believe their words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You exceed the fame of which I heard. 7 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! 8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has (D)loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
9 And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 Also, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, (E)who brought gold from Ophir, brought [a]algum wood and precious stones. 11 And the king made walkways of the [b]algum wood for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers; and there were none such as these seen before in the land of Judah.
12 Now King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
Solomon’s Great Wealth(F)
13 (G)The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 14 besides what the traveling merchants and traders brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; [c]three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the (H)House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne; there were [d]armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests. 19 Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.
20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king’s ships went to (I)Tarshish with the servants of [e]Hiram. Once every three years the [f]merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and [g]monkeys.
22 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 24 Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, (J)armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.
25 Solomon (K)had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
26 (L)So he reigned over all the kings (M)from [h]the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. 27 (N)The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees (O)as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland. 28 (P)And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.
Death of Solomon(Q)
29 (R)Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of (S)Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of (T)Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 (U)Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 Then Solomon [i]rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 almug, 1 Kin. 10:11, 12
- 2 Chronicles 9:11 almug, 1 Kin. 10:11, 12
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 three minas, 1 Kin. 10:17
- 2 Chronicles 9:18 Lit. hands
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Heb. Huram; cf. 1 Kin. 10:22
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Lit. ships of Tarshish, deep-sea vessels
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or peacocks
- 2 Chronicles 9:26 The Euphrates
- 2 Chronicles 9:31 Died and joined his ancestors
2 Crónicas 9
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
La reina de Sabá visita a Salomón(A)
9 La reina de Sabá se enteró de la fama de Salomón, así que fue a verlo en Jerusalén para ponerlo a prueba con preguntas difíciles. Llegó con un séquito muy grande; sus camellos llevaban perfumes, oro en abundancia y piedras preciosas. Al presentarse ante Salomón, le preguntó todo lo que tenía pensado, 2 y él respondió a todas sus preguntas. No hubo ningún asunto, por difícil que fuera, que Salomón no pudiera resolver. 3-4 La reina de Sabá se quedó atónita ante la sabiduría de Salomón y al ver el palacio que él había construido, los manjares de su mesa, los asientos que ocupaban sus funcionarios, el servicio y la ropa de sus criados y coperos, y los holocaustos que ofrecía en el templo[a] del Señor. 5 Entonces le dijo al rey: «¡Todo lo que escuché en mi país acerca de tus triunfos y de tu sabiduría es cierto! 6 No podía creer nada de eso hasta que vine y lo vi con mis propios ojos. Pero en realidad, ¡no me habían contado ni siquiera la mitad de tu extraordinaria sabiduría! Tú superas todo lo que había oído decir de ti. 7 ¡Dichosos tus súbditos! ¡Dichosos estos siervos tuyos, que constantemente están en tu presencia y oyen tu sabiduría! 8 ¡Y alabado sea el Señor tu Dios, que se ha deleitado en ti y te ha puesto en su trono para que lo representes como rey! En su amor por Israel, tu Dios te ha hecho rey de ellos para que gobiernes con justicia y rectitud, pues él quiere consolidar a su pueblo para siempre».
9 Luego la reina le regaló a Salomón tres mil novecientos sesenta kilos[b] de oro, piedras preciosas y una gran cantidad de perfumes. Jamás volvió a haber perfumes como los que la reina de Sabá le obsequió al rey Salomón.
10 Además del oro de Ofir, los oficiales de Hiram y los de Salomón trajeron madera de sándalo y piedras preciosas. 11 Con la madera, el rey construyó escalinatas para el templo del Señor y para el palacio real, y también hizo arpas y liras para los músicos. Nunca antes se había visto en Judá algo semejante.
12 El rey Salomón, por su parte, le dio a la reina de Sabá todo lo que a ella se le antojó pedirle, lo cual fue más de lo que ella le dio al rey. Después de eso, la reina regresó a su país con todos los que la atendían.
El esplendor de Salomón(B)
13 La cantidad de oro que Salomón recibía anualmente llegaba a los veintidós mil kilos,[c] 14 sin contar los impuestos que pagaban los mercaderes y comerciantes. También los reyes de Arabia y los gobernadores del país le llevaban oro y plata a Salomón.
15 El rey Salomón hizo doscientos escudos grandes de oro batido, en cada uno de los cuales se emplearon seis kilos y medio[d] de oro. 16 Hizo además trescientos escudos más pequeños, también de oro batido, empleando en cada uno de ellos tres kilos[e] de oro. Estos escudos los puso el rey en el palacio llamado «Bosque del Líbano».
17 El rey hizo también un gran trono de marfil, recubierto de oro puro. 18 El trono tenía seis peldaños, un estrado de oro, brazos a cada lado del asiento, dos leones de pie junto a los brazos 19 y doce leones de pie sobre los seis peldaños, uno en cada extremo. En ningún otro reino se había hecho algo semejante. 20 Todas las copas del rey Salomón y toda la vajilla del palacio «Bosque del Líbano» eran de oro puro. Nada estaba hecho de plata, pues en tiempos de Salomón la plata era poco apreciada. 21 Cada tres años, la flota comercial del rey, que era tripulada por los oficiales de Hiram, regresaba de Tarsis trayendo oro, plata y marfil, monos y mandriles.[f]
22 Tanto en riquezas como en sabiduría, el rey Salomón sobrepasó a los demás reyes de la tierra. 23 Todos ellos procuraban visitarlo para oír la sabiduría que Dios le había dado, 24 y año tras año le llevaban regalos: artículos de plata y de oro, vestidos, armas y perfumes, y caballos y mulas.
25 Salomón tenía cuatro mil establos para sus caballos y sus carros de combate, y doce mil caballos que mantenía en las caballerizas y también en su palacio en Jerusalén.
26 El rey Salomón extendió su dominio sobre todos los reyes, desde el río Éufrates hasta Filistea y la frontera de Egipto. 27 Hizo que en Jerusalén la plata fuera tan común y corriente como las piedras, y el cedro tan abundante como las higueras de la llanura. 28 Sus caballos eran importados de Egipto y de todos los otros países.
Muerte de Salomón(C)
29 Los demás acontecimientos del reinado de Salomón, desde el primero hasta el último, están escritos en las crónicas del profeta Natán, en la profecía de Ahías el silonita y en las visiones del vidente Idó acerca de Jeroboán hijo de Nabat. 30 Salomón reinó en Jerusalén cuarenta años sobre todo Israel. 31 Cuando murió, fue sepultado en la Ciudad de David, su padre, y su hijo Roboán le sucedió en el trono.
Footnotes
- 9:3-4 los holocaustos … templo. Alt. la escalinata por la cual él subía al templo.
- 9:9 tres mil novecientos sesenta kilos. Lit. ciento veinte talentos.
- 9:13 veintidós mil kilos. Lit. seiscientos sesenta y seis talentos.
- 9:15 seis kilos y medio. Lit. seiscientos [siclos].
- 9:16 tres kilos. Lit. trescientos [siclos].
- 9:21 mandriles. Alt. pavos reales.
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