¹Zvino mambokadzi weShebha akati anzwa mbiri yaSoromoni, akasvika Jerusaremu kuzoidza Soromoni nemibvunzo mikukutu, ana vanhu vazhinji, makamera aitakura zvinonhuhwira, nendarama zhinji-zhinji, nezvibwe zvinokosha; zvino akati asvika kuna Soromoni, akataurirana naye pamusoro pezvose zviri mumoyo make.

¹And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart,

²Soromoni, akapindura mibvunzo yake yose; hakuna chinhu chakanga chakavanzirwa Soromoni, chaakanga asingagoni kumuudza.

²and Solomon declareth to her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that he hath not declared to her.

³Zvino mambokadzi weShebha akati aona kungwara kwaSoromoni, neimba yaakavaka,

³And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built,

⁴nezvokudya zviri patafura yake, nokugara kwavaranda vake, nokushumira kwavabatiri vake, nenguvo dzavo, navadiri vake, nenguvo dzavo, nechikwiriso chake chaaikwira nacho kuimba yaJehovha, akapera mweya.

⁴and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in her.

⁵Akati kuna mambo, Guhu randakanzwa munyika yangu ramashoko enyu nokungwara kwenyu rakanga riri rechokwadi.

⁵And she saith unto the king, `True [is] the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy wisdom,

⁶Asi handina kutenda mashoko avo, kusvikira ndauya, ndikaona nameso angu; asi tarirai handina kuudzwa kunyange hafu youkuru hwokungwara kwenyu; imwi munokunda mbiri yandakanzwa.

⁶and I have given no credence to their words, till that I have come, and mine eyes see, and lo, there hath not been declared to me the half of the abundance of thy wisdom -- thou hast added unto the report that I heard.

⁷Varume venyu vano mufaro, navaranda venyu vano mufaro, vanomira pamberi penyu nguva dzose vachinzwa kungwara kwenyu.

⁷`O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.

⁸Jehovha Mwari wenyu ngaakudzwe, akafadzwa nemwi, akakugadzai pachigaro chake choushe, muve mambo waJehovha Mwari wenyu; nekuti Mwari wenyu akada Isiraeri, kuti avasimbise nokusingaperi, saka akakuitai mambo wavo, kuti mutonge nokururamisa.

⁸Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'

⁹Akapa mambo matarenda* ane zana namakumi maviri endarama, nezvinonhuhwira zvizhinji kwazvo, nezvibwe zvinokosha; hakuna kumbovapo zvinonhuhwira zvakawanda zvikadai, zvakafanana nezvakapiwa mambo Soromoni namambokadzi weShebha.

⁹And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba hath given to king Solomon.

¹⁰Navarandawo vaHurami, navaranda vaSoromoni, ivo vaiuya nendarama vachibva Ofiri, vakauyawo nemiti yemiarigumi nezvibwe zvinokosha.

¹⁰And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.

¹¹Mambo akaita namatanda emiarigumi zvikwiriso zveimba yaJehovha, nezveimba yamambo, nembira nemitengerangwa zvavaimbi; zvakadai hazvina kumboonekwa panyika yaJudha.

¹¹And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah.

¹²Mambo Soromoni akapa mambokadzi weShebha zvose zvaaida nezvaakakumbira; zvimwe zvaakauya nazvo kuna mambo zvisingaverengwi. Naizvozvo akadzoka, akaenda kunyika yake, iye navaranda vake.

¹²And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.

¹³Zvino ndarama yakauyiswa kuna Soromoni gore rimwe nerimwe yakasvika matarenda* ana mazana matanhatu namakumi matanhatu namatanhatu pakurema kwayo;

¹³And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold,

¹⁴vasingaverengi iyo yakauya navashambadziri navatengesi; namadzimambo ose eArabhia navabati venyika vakauya nendarama nesirivha kuna Soromoni.

¹⁴apart from [what] the tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon.

¹⁵Mambo Soromoni akaita nhovo huru dzina mazana maviri nendarama yakapambadzirwa; nhovo imwe neimwe yakanga yakaitwa namashekeri ana mazana matatu endarama;

¹⁵And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target;

¹⁶akaitawo nhovo duku dzina mazana matatu dzendarama yakapambadzirwa; ndarama yakasvika mashekeri ana mazana matatu yakaiswa panhovo imwe neimwe; mambo akazviisa muimba yedondo reRebhanoni.

¹⁶and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred [shekels] of gold he causeth to go up on the one shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

¹⁷Mambo akaitawo chigaro chikuru choushe chenyanga dzenzou, akachifukidza nendarama yakaisvonaka.

¹⁷And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;

¹⁸Chigaro icho choushe chakanga chine zvikwiriso zvitanhatu, nechitsiko chendarama, zvakanga zvakabatanidzwa nechigaro choushe, nezvitsigiro kunhivi mbiri dzechigaro, neshumba mbiri dzakanga dzimire kunhivi dzezvitsigiro.

¹⁸and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,

¹⁹Kwakanga kune shumba gumi nembiri dzimire pazvikwiriso zvitanhatu, mbiri-mbiri kunhivi dzechimwe nechimwe; hakuna kumboitwa chakadai kuno umwe ushe.

¹⁹and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side], and on that: it hath not been made so for any kingdom.

²⁰Mikombe yose yokumwa nayo yamambo Soromoni yaiva yendarama, nemidziyo yose yeimba yedondo reRebhanoni yaiva yendarama yakaisvonaka; sirivha yakanga ichinzi haino murimo pamazuva aSoromoni.

²⁰And 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 -- silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything;

²¹nekuti mambo akanga ane zvikepe zvaienda Tarishishi navaranda vaHurami; zvikepe zveTarishishi zvaiuya kamwechete pamakore matatu zvine ndarama, nesirivha nenyanga dzenzou, netsoko namatendera.

²¹for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

²²Naizvozvo mambo Soromoni akakunda madzimambo ose enyika pakufuma nokuchenjera.

²²And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

²³Madzimambo ose enyika aiuya kushanyira Soromoni, kuzonzwa kungwara kwake, kwakanga kwaiswa naMwari mumoyo make.

²³and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart,

²⁴Mumwe nomumwe aiuya nechipo chake chemidziyo yesirivha, nemidziyo yendarama, nehanzu, nenhumbi dzokurwa nadzo, nezvinonhuhwira, namabhiza, namahesera, gore rimwe nerimwe.

²⁴and they are bringing in each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

²⁵Soromoni akanga ane zvidyiro zvamabhiza nengoro, zvine zviuru zvina, navatasvi vamabhiza vane zviuru zvine gumi nezviviri, zvaakaisa pamaguta engoro, nokuna mambo paJerusaremu.

²⁵And there are to Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.

²⁶Akabata ushe hwamadzimambo ose, kubva paRwizi kusvikira panyika yavaFirisitia, nokumuganhu weEgipita.

²⁶And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt.

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

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

²⁸Vakandotorera Soromoni mabhiza paEgipita, nokunyika dzose.

²⁸and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.

²⁹Zvino mamwe mabasa aSoromoni, okutanga nookupedzisira, haana kunyorwa here pabhuku yomuporofita Natani, napamashoko akaporofitwa naAhiya muShironi, napane zvakaonekwa nomuoni Idho pamusoro paJerobhoami mwanakomana waNebhati?

²⁹And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

³⁰Soromoni akabata ushe hwevaIsiraeri vose paJerusaremu makore ana makumi mana.

³⁰And Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years,

³¹Ipapo Soromoni akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi baba vake, Rehobhoamu mwanakomana wake akamutevera paushe.

³¹and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.