¹Zvino mambokadzi weShebha, wakati anzwa mbiri yaSoromoni pamusoro pezita raJehovha, akauya kuzomuidza nemibvunzo mikukutu.

¹And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

²Akasvika Jerusaremu navanhu vazhinji namakamera aitakura zvinonhuhwira, nendarama zhinji-zhinji, nezvibwe zvinokosha; zvino wakati asvika kuna Soromoni, akataurirana naye pamusoro pezvose zvaiva mumoyo make.

²and she cometh to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she cometh unto Solomon, and speaketh unto him all that hath been with her heart.

³Soromoni akapindura mibvunzo yake yose; hakuna chinhu chakanga chakavanzirwa mambo, chaakanga asingagoni kumuudza.

³And Solomon declareth to her all her matters — there hath not been a thing hid from the king that he hath not declared to her.

⁴Zvino mambokadzi weShebha wakati aona kungwara kose kwaSoromoni, neimba yaakanga avaka,

⁴And the queen of Sheba seeth all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he built,

⁵nezvokudya zvaiva patafura yake, nokugara kwavaranda vake, nokushumira kwavabatiri vake, nenguvo dzavo, navadiri vake, nechikwiriso chake chaaikwira nacho kuimba yaJehovha, akapera mweya.

⁵and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.

⁶Akati kuna mambo, Guhu randakanzwa munyika yangu ramashoko enyu nokungwara kwenyu rakanga riri rechokwadi.

⁶And she saith unto the king, `True hath been the word that I heard in my land, concerning thy matters and thy wisdom;

⁷Asi handina kutenda mashoko iwayo, kusvikira ndauya, ndikaona nameso angu; asi tarirai, handina kuudzwa kunyange hafu yazvo; kungwara kwenyu nezvakanaka zvenyu zvinokunda zvose zvandakanzwa.

⁷and I gave no credence to the words till that I have come, and my eyes see, and lo, it was not declared to me — the half; thou hast added wisdom and goodness unto the report that I heard.

⁸Varume venyu vane mufaro, navaranda venyu ava vanomufaro, vanomira pamberi penyu nguva dzose vachinzwa kungwara kwenyu.

⁸O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants — these — who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!

⁹Jehovha Mwari wenyu ngaakudzwe, wakafadzwa nemi, akakugadzai pachigaro choushe chaIsiraeri; Jehovha wakada Isiraeri nokusingaperi, saka wakakuitai mambo kuti mutonge nokururamisa.

⁹Jehovah thy God is blessed who delighted in thee, to put thee on the throne of Israel; in Jehovah`s loving Israel to the age He doth set thee for king, to do judgment and righteousness.

¹⁰Akapa mambo matarenda ane zana namakumi maviri endarama, nezvinonhuhwira zvizhinji kwazvo, nezvibwe zvinokosha; zvinonhuhwira zvakawanda zvakadai, zvakapiwa mambo Soromoni namambokadzi weShebha, hazvina kuzouyiswazve.

¹⁰And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices very many, and precious stone; there came not like that spice any more for abundance that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

¹¹Zvikepe zvaHiramu, zvaibva Ofiri nendarama, zvaiuyawo nemiti yemiarimugi nezvibwe zvinokosha zvaibva Ofiri.

¹¹And also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir almug-trees very many, and precious stone;

¹²Mambo akaita namatanda iwayo emiarimugi mbiru dzeimba yaJehovha, nedzeimba yamambo, uye mbira, nemitengeramwa zvavaimbi; miti yemiarimugi yakadai haina kumbouyiswa kana kuonekwa kusvikira nhasi.

¹²and the king maketh the almug-trees a support for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; there have not come such almug-trees, nor have there been seen [such] unto this day.

¹³Mambo Soromoni akapa mambokadzi weShebha zvose zvaaida nezvaakakumbira; zvimwe zvaakapiwa naSoromoni zvefuma yake zvisingaverengwi. Naizvozvo akadzoka, akaenda kunyika yake, iye navaranda vake.

¹³And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of king Solomon, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.

¹⁴Zvino ndarama yakauyiswa kuna Soromoni gore rimwe nerimwe yakasvika matarenda ana mazana matanhatu namakumi matanhatu namatanhatu pakurema kwayo;

¹⁴And the weight of the gold that hath come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty and six talents of gold,

¹⁵vasingaverengi iyo yaiuya navashambadziri, neyaiuya nokutenga kwavatengesi vezvirungiso, neyaibva kumadzimambo ose endudzi dzakavhengana, nokuvabati venyika.

¹⁵apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.

¹⁶Mambo Soromoni akaita nhovo huru dzina mazana maviri nendarama yakapambadzirwa; nhovo imwe neimwe yakanga yakapinda mashekeri ana mazana matatu endarama;

¹⁶And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold — six hundred of gold go up on the one target;

¹⁷akaitawo nhovo duku dzina mazana matatu dzendarama yakapambadzirwa, ndarama, yakasvika mapaundi matatu pakurema, yaiiswa panhovo imwe neimwe; mambo akazviisa muimba yedondo reRebhanoni.

¹⁷and three hundred shields of alloyed gold — three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them [in] the house of the forest of Lebanon.

¹⁸Mambo akaitawo chigaro chikuru choushe chenyanga dzenzou, akachifukidza nendarama yakaisvonaka.

¹⁸And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold;

¹⁹Chigaro icho choushe chaiva nezvikwiriso zvitanhatu, uye musoro wechigaro wakange wakatenderedzwa shure kwacho; kwaiva nezvitsigiro kunhivi mbiri dzechigaro, uye shumba mbiri dzakanga dzimire kunhivi dzechitsigiro.

¹⁹six steps hath the throne, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,

²⁰Kwaiva neshumba gumi nembiri dzakanga dzimire pazvikwiriso zvitanhatu, mbiri-mbiri kunhivi dzechimwe nechimwe; hakuna kumboitwa chakadai kunohumwe ushe.

²⁰and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this [side] and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.

²¹Mikombe yose yokumwira nayo yamambo Soromoni yaiva yendarama, uye midziyo yose yeimba yedondo reRebhanoni yaiva yendarama yakaisvonaka; kwakanga kusine chinhu chimwe chesirivha; iyo yainzi haino murimo pamazuva aSoromoni.

²¹And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold — there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,

²²nekuti mambo waiva nezvikepe zveTarishishi pagungwa pamwechete nezvikepe zvaHiramu; zvikepe zveTarishishi zvaiuya kamwe pamakore matatu zvine ndarama, nesirivha, nenyanga dzenzou, netsoko, namatendera.

²²for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

²³Naizvozvo mambo Soromoni wakakunda madzimambo ose enyika pakufuma nokuchenjera.

²³And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,

²⁴Vanhu venyika dzose vaiuya kushanyira Soromoni, kuzonzwa kungwara kwake, kwakanga kwaiswa naJehovha mumoyo make.

²⁴and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart,

²⁵Mumwe nomumwe waiuya nechipo chake chemidziyo yesirivha, nemidziyo yendarama, nenguvo, nenhumbi dzokurwa nadzo, nezvipfungaidzo zvinonhuhwira, namabhiza, namahesera, gore rimwe nerimwe.

²⁵and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year.

²⁶Soromoni akaunganidza ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza; wakange ane ngoro dzine chiuru chimwe namazana mana, navatasvi vamabhiza vane zviuru zvine gumi nezviviri, vaakaisa kumaguta engoro, nokuna mambo paJerusaremu.

²⁶And Solomon gathereth chariots, and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.

²⁷Mambo akaunganidza sirivha paJerusaremu, ikawanda ikaita samabwe, nemisidhari ikaita semivonde yaiva pamapani.

²⁷And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance.

²⁸Mabhiza aSoromoni aakatenga akapinza munyika aibva Egipita, vatengesi vamambo vaindoatorako, vachiita mapoka-mapoka, boka rimwe nerimwe rinomutengo waro.

²⁸And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath [is] from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;

²⁹Ngoro imwe neimwe yaibva Egipita, yaitengwa namashekeri esirivha ana mazana matanhatu, uye bhiza rimwe nerimwe namashekeri ane zana namakumi mashanu; saizvozvowo madzimambo ose avaHiti, namadzimambo avaSiria, aivigirwa izvozvo navo.

²⁹and a chariot cometh up and cometh out of Egypt for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they bring out.