1 A rainha de Sabá soube da fama de Salomão e foi a Jerusalém para pô-lo à prova com perguntas difíceis. Quando chegou, acompanhada de uma enorme caravana, com camelos carregados de especiarias, grande quantidade de ouro e pedras preciosas, foi até Salomão e lhe fez todas as perguntas que tinha em mente.

The queen of Sheba heard how well Solomon was known in all the lands. So she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She came with many servants and camels carrying spices and much gold and stones of much worth. When she came to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was on her heart.

2 S alomão respondeu a todas; nenhuma lhe foi tão difícil que não pudesse responder.

And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from him which he could not make clear to her.

3 V endo a sabedoria de Salomão, bem como o palácio que ele havia construído,

Then the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built.

4 o que era servido em sua mesa, o lugar de seus oficiais, os criados e os copeiros, todos uniformizados, e os holocaustos que ele fazia no templo do Senhor, ela ficou impressionada.

She saw the food at his table, and all his captains sitting there. She saw all those who were bringing in the food, and how they were dressed. She saw those who carried the cups, and their clothing. And she saw the burnt gifts that Solomon gave at the house of the Lord. After that, there was no more spirit in her.

5 D isse ela então ao rei: “Tudo o que ouvi em meu país acerca de tuas realizações e de tua sabedoria era verdade.

She said to the king, “The news was true which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

6 M as eu não acreditava no que diziam, até ver com os meus próprios olhos. Na realidade, não me contaram nem a metade da grandeza de tua sabedoria; tu ultrapassas em muito o que ouvi.

But I did not believe the news until I came and saw it with my own eyes. See, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told to me. You are greater than what I had heard.

7 C omo devem ser felizes os homens da tua corte, que continuamente estão diante de ti e ouvem a tua sabedoria!

Happy are your men! Happy are your servants who stand in front of you all the time hearing your wisdom!

8 B endito seja o Senhor, o teu Deus, que se agradou de ti e te colocou no trono dele para reinar pelo Senhor, pelo teu Deus. Por causa do amor de teu Deus para com Israel e do seu desejo de preservá-lo para sempre, ele te fez rei, para manter a justiça e a retidão”.

Praise be to the Lord your God Who was pleased with you! He set you on His throne as king for the Lord your God. Your God loved Israel and would have them last forever. So He made you king over them to do what is fair and right and good.”

9 E ela deu ao rei quatro mil e duzentos quilos de ouro e grande quantidade de especiarias e de pedras preciosas. Nunca se viram tantas e tais especiarias como as que a rainha de Sabá deu ao rei Salomão.

Then she gave the king gold weighing as much as 120 men, a very large amount of spices, and stones of much worth. There had never been spices like what the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10 ( Os marinheiros de Hirão e de Salomão trouxeram ouro de Ofir, e também madeira de junípero e pedras preciosas.

Huram’s servants and Solomon’s servants brought gold from Ophir. They also brought algum trees and stones of much worth.

11 O rei utilizou a madeira para fazer a escadaria do templo do Senhor e a do palácio real, além de harpas e liras para os músicos. Nunca se tinha visto algo semelhante em Judá.)

The king used the algum wood to make steps for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house. And he used it to make different kinds of harps for the singers. There were none seen like them before in the land of Judah.

12 O rei Salomão deu à rainha de Sabá tudo o que ela desejou e pediu; muito mais do que ela lhe tinha trazido. Então ela e seus servos voltaram para o seu país. O Esplendor do Reino de Salomão

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she asked for, much more than she had brought to him. Then she returned to her own land with her servants. King Solomon’s Riches

13 O peso do ouro que Salomão recebia anualmente era de vinte e três mil e trezentos quilos,

The gold that came to Solomon in one year weighed as much as 666 men.

14 f ora o que os mercadores e os comerciantes traziam. Também todos os reis da Arábia e os governadores do país traziam ouro e prata para Salomão.

Traders and men who buy and sell brought gold also. And all the kings of Arabia and the leaders of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 O rei Salomão fez duzentos escudos grandes de ouro batido, utilizando três quilos e seiscentos gramas de ouro em cada um.

King Solomon made 200 battle-coverings of beaten gold. The beaten gold he used to make each large covering was as much as 600 gold pieces.

16 T ambém fez trezentos escudos pequenos de ouro batido, com um quilo e oitocentos gramas de ouro em cada um, e os colocou no Palácio da Floresta do Líbano.

And he made 300 battle-coverings of beaten gold, using as much as 300 gold pieces worth of gold for each covering. The king put them in the House of the Trees of Lebanon.

17 O rei mandou fazer ainda um grande trono de marfim revestido de ouro puro.

The king made a great throne of ivory and covered it with pure gold.

18 O trono tinha seis degraus, e um estrado de ouro fixo nele. Nos dois lados do assento havia braços, com um leão junto a cada braço.

There were six steps to the throne, and a part made of gold for his feet was joined to the throne. The throne had arms on each side, and two lions standing beside the arms.

19 D oze leões ficavam nos seis degraus, um de cada lado. Nada igual havia sido feito em nenhum outro reino.

Twelve lions were standing on each side of the six steps. Nothing like it had ever been made for the king of any other nation.

20 T odas as taças do rei Salomão eram de ouro, bem como todos os utensílios do Palácio da Floresta do Líbano. Não havia nada de prata, pois a prata quase não tinha valor nos dias de Salomão.

All King Solomon’s cups were made of gold. And all the cups of the House of the Trees of Lebanon were made of pure gold. Silver was not thought of as having much worth in the days of Solomon.

21 O rei tinha uma frota de navios mercantes tripulados por marinheiros do rei Hirão. Cada três anos a frota voltava, trazendo ouro, prata, marfim, macacos e pavões.

For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

22 O rei Salomão era o mais rico e o mais sábio de todos os reis da terra.

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

23 E stes pediam audiência a Salomão para ouvirem a sabedoria que Deus lhe tinha dado.

And all the kings of the earth wanted to be with Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put into his heart.

24 A no após ano, todos os que vinham traziam algum presente: utensílios de prata e de ouro, mantos, armas e especiarias, cavalos e mulas.

Every one of them brought his gift. Objects of silver and gold, clothing, objects for battle, spices, horses and donkeys, were brought each year.

25 S alomão possuía quatro mil estábulos para cavalos e carros, e doze mil cavalos, dos quais mantinha uma parte nas guarnições de algumas cidades e a outra perto dele, em Jerusalém.

Solomon had 4, 000 rooms for horses and war-wagons, and 12, 000 horsemen. He put them in the war-wagon cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

26 E le dominava sobre todos os reis desde o Eufrates até a terra dos filisteus, junto à fronteira do Egito.

He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the land of Egypt.

27 O rei tornou a prata tão comum em Jerusalém quanto as pedras, e o cedro tão numeroso quanto as figueiras bravas da Sefelá.

And the king made silver as easy to find as stones in Jerusalem. He made cedar trees as easy to find as sycamore trees in the valley.

28 O s cavalos de Salomão eram importados do Egitod e de todos os outros países. A Morte de Salomão

And horses were brought in for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries. Death of Solomon

29 O s demais acontecimentos do reinado de Salomão, desde o início até o fim, estão escritos nos relatos do profeta Natã, nas profecias do silonita Aías e nas visões do vidente Ido acerca de Jeroboão, filho de Nebate.

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are written in the words of Nathan the man of God. They are written in the holy words of Ahijah the Shilonite. And they are written in the special dreams of Iddo, the man who tells what will happen in the future, about Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

30 S alomão reinou quarenta anos em Jerusalém, sobre todo o Israel.

Solomon ruled forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.

31 E ntão descansou com os seus antepassados e foi sepultado na Cidade de Davi, seu pai. E o seu filho Roboão foi o seu sucessor.

When he died he was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam ruled in his place.