1When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
1示巴女王來訪所羅門（代下9:1~8）示巴女王聽到所羅門因耶和華的名所得的名聲，就來要用難題試試他。
2She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
2她帶著大批隨員到耶路撒冷來，又有駱駝馱著香料、許多金子和寶石。她來到所羅門那裡，就把她心裡所有的難題都對他說出來。
3Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn’t tell her.
3所羅門把她所有的問題都給她解說明白，沒有一件事難倒王，使王不能回答她的。
4When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4示巴女王看見所羅門的一切智慧和他建造的宮殿、
5and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
5桌上的食物、臣僕的座位、僕人的侍候、他們的服飾、王的酒政和王在耶和華的殿獻上的燔祭，就驚奇得不知所措。
6She said to the king, “It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
6於是她對王說：“我在本國聽見有關你的事和你的智慧，原來都是真的；
7However I didn’t believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it. Behold, the half was not told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
7以前我並不相信那些話，等到我來了，親眼看見，才知道人告訴我的還不到一半；你的智慧和財富，超過我所聽聞的。
8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.
8屬你的人是有福的，你的這些臣僕是有福的，他們常常侍立在你面前，聆聽你的智慧。
9Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
9耶和華你的 神是應當稱頌的！他喜悅你，使你坐在以色列的王位上；因為耶和華永遠喜愛以色列，所以立你作王，要你秉行公義。”
10She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
10示巴女王贈送的禮物（代下9:9~11）於是示巴女王把約四千公斤金子、大批香料和寶石送給王；以後奉來的香料再也沒有像示巴女王送給所羅門的那麼多。
11The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
11此外，從俄斐運金子來的希蘭船隊，又從俄斐運了大批檀香木和寶石來。
12The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh, and for the king’s house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.
12王用檀香木為耶和華的殿和王宮做欄杆，又為歌唱的做琴瑟。以後再也沒有這樣的檀香木運來，也沒有人看見過，直到今日。
13King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
13所羅門的回禮（代下9:12）所羅門王照著示巴女王所願所求的一切賜給她，另外又厚厚地餽贈她。於是女王和她的臣僕都返回本國去了。
14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
14所羅門的財富與智慧（代下9:13~24）所羅門每年收入的金子重兩萬三千公斤。
15besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.
15另外，還有從商人和行商的課稅，阿拉伯諸王和國內省長的收入。
16King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.
16所羅門王用錘煉好的金子做了二百面大盾牌，每一面大盾牌用金子七公斤；
17he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17又用錘煉好的金子做了三百面小盾牌，每一面小盾牌用金子兩公斤。王把這些盾牌都放在黎巴嫩林宮。
18Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
18王又做了一個象牙大寶座，貼上了精金。
19There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
19那寶座有六級臺階，寶座的後背有一個圓頂，座處的兩旁有一個扶手。扶手的旁邊各有一隻獅子站立著。
20Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
20在六級臺階上共有十二隻獅子站著，左邊一隻，右邊一隻。在列國中都沒有這樣做過。
21All king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
21所羅門的一切杯爵都是金子做的；黎巴嫩林宮裡的一切器皿也都是精金做的，沒有用銀子做的；原來在所羅門王的時代，銀子算不得甚麼。
22For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22因為王有他施船隊與希蘭船隊一同在海上航行。他施船隊三年一次運來金銀、象牙、猿猴和孔雀。
23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
23所羅門王的財富和智慧，超過了世界上所有的君王。
24All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
24世上所有的君王都要求晉見所羅門，聆聽 神賦予他心中的智慧。
25They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25他們各人都帶著自己的貢物而來，就是銀器、金器、衣裳、軍械、香料、馬和騾等，年年都是這樣。
26Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26所羅門的兵力與財富（代下1:13~17，9:25~28）所羅門聚集戰車和騎兵，他有戰車一千四百輛，騎兵一萬二千人，安置在屯車城和耶路撒冷，就是與王在一起。
27The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
27王在耶路撒冷使銀子好像石頭一樣，使香柏木好像平原的桑樹那麼多。
28The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
28所羅門的馬是從埃及和古厄運出來的，是王的商人從古厄按著定價買來的。
29A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.
29從埃及運上來的車，每輛銀子六千八百四十克，馬每匹一千七百一十克。赫人眾王和亞蘭（“亞蘭”即今天“敘利亞”一帶的地方）諸王也都是這樣經他們的手買來的。