2 Chronicles 9
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1Now 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. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
1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。
2And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.
2所羅門 將她所問的都答上了，沒有一句不明白、不能答的。
3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
3示巴 女王見 所羅門 的智慧和他所建造的宮室、
4the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
4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，
5She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
5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！
6But 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。
7How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
7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。
8Blessed 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。」
9Then 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(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
10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。
11The 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。
12King 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。
13The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
13所羅門 每年所得的金子共有六百六十六他連得，
14not 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 。
15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
15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 ；
16He 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。
17Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
17王用象牙製造一個大寶座，用精金包裹。
18The 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。
19Twelve 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。
20All 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。
21For 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。
22So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
22所羅門 王的財寶與智慧勝過天下的列王。
23All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
23普天下的王都求見 所羅門 ，要聽上帝賜給他智慧的話。
24Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
24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。
25Solomon 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。
26He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
26所羅門 統管諸王，從大河到 非利士 地，直到 埃及 的邊界。
27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
27王在 耶路撒冷 使銀子多如石頭，香柏木多如高原的桑樹。
28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
28有人從 埃及 和各國為 所羅門 趕馬群來。
29As 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？
30Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
30所羅門 在 耶路撒冷 作 以色列 眾人的王共四十年。
31And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
31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。
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