2 Chronicles 9
Christian Standard Bible
The Queen of Sheba
9 The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame,(A) so she came to test Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem with a very large entourage, with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke with him about everything that was on her mind. 2 So Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for Solomon to explain to her. 3 When the queen of Sheba observed Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built, 4 the food at his table, his servants’ residence, his attendants’ service and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and the burnt offerings he offered at the Lord’s temple, it took her breath away.
5 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and about your wisdom is true. 6 But I didn’t believe their reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, I was not even told half of your great wisdom! You far exceed the report I heard. 7 How happy are your men.[a](B) How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom. 8 Blessed be the Lord your God! He delighted in you and put you on his throne as king for the Lord your God.(C) Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, he has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”(D)
9 Then she gave the king four and a half tons[b] of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There never were such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. 10 In addition, Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir(E) also brought algum wood and precious stones. 11 The king made the algum wood into walkways for the Lord’s temple 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.
12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba her every desire, whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she, along with her servants, returned to her own country.
Solomon’s Wealth
13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon(F) annually was twenty-five tons,[c] 14 besides what was brought by the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds[d] of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 7½ pounds[e] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.(G)
17 The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps; there was a footstool covered in gold for the throne, armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests. 19 Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, one at each end. Nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom.
20 All of 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, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time, 21 for the king’s ships kept going to Tarshish(H) with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[f]
22 King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and wisdom.(I) 23 All the kings of the world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. 24 Each of them would bring his own gift—items[g] of silver and gold, clothing, weapons,[h][i] spices, and horses and mules—as an annual tribute.
25 Solomon(J) had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.(K) He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.(L) 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills. 28 They were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all the countries.
Solomon’s Death
29 The remaining events(M) of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the Events of the Prophet Nathan, the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and the Visions of the Seer Iddo concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.(N) 30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. 31 Solomon rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of his father David.(O) His son Rehoboam became king in his place.
歴代誌Ⅱ 9
Japanese Living Bible
シェバの女王の来訪
9 そのころ、ソロモン王の知恵のすばらしさを伝え聞いたシェバの女王は、難問をしかけて王を試そうとエルサレムにやって来ました。香油や金、宝石をらくだに山と積んで、大ぜいの家来や召使を従えて来ました。 2 ソロモンは、彼女のすべての質問に明快に答えました。わからないことは一つもなく、何でも説き明かすことができました。 3 女王はその知恵の深さにたいそう驚き、王宮の美しさにもすっかり圧倒されました。 4 そのうえ、食卓の料理の豪勢なこと、王に仕える家来や従者の多いことは目をみはるばかりでした。彼らのそろいの服装、威儀を正した側近たち、王を護衛する人々を見て、息も止まりそうでした。
5 そこで彼女は、思ったとおりをソロモン王に言いました。「私の国であなたについてお聞きしたことは、みなほんとうでした。 6 実は、ここに来てこの目で拝見するまでは、とても信じられませんでした。あなたは、私が想像していたより、はるかにすばらしい知恵をお持ちです。 7 おそばにいて、あなたのお話を聞けるこの方々はなんと幸せなことでしょう。 8 あなたの神がほめたたえられますように。あなたの神はイスラエルをことのほか愛しておられるので、あなたのようなすばらしい王をお立てになったに違いありません。きっと、イスラエルがいつまでも偉大な、強い民であることを望んでおられるのです。」 9 女王はソロモンに、百二十タラントの金と、最高の品質を誇る大量の香油、それに数えきれないほどの宝石を贈りました。
10 フラム王とソロモン王の乗組員たちは、オフィルから、金のほかに、びゃくだんの木材と宝石を運んで来ました。 11 王は、そのびゃくだんで神殿と王宮のひな壇を造り、また、合唱隊の竪琴や琴も作りました。このような見事な楽器は、これまでユダのどこにもありませんでした。
12 ソロモン王はシェバの女王に、もらった贈り物に見合う品物を贈り、さらに、彼女が望む物は何でも与えました。それから、女王とその家来の一行は自分の国へ帰って行きました。
ソロモンの栄華と死
13-14 ソロモン王は毎年、アラビヤの王たちや、貢ぎ物を納める他の国々から、金にして六百六十六タラントの収入がありました。そのほか、王の貿易商による交易収入がありました。 15-16 王は、一個に六百シェケル（六・九キログラム）の金を使った大盾二百と、一個に三百シェケルの金を使った小盾三百を作り、王宮の「レバノンの森の間」に置きました。 17 また、大きな象牙の王座を作り、これに純金をかぶせました。 18 金の足台のついたその王座には、六つの金の段がありました。座席の両側には金のひじかけがついていて、そのわきには二頭の金のライオン像が立っていました。 19 六つの段の両わきにも、それぞれ一頭ずつ金のライオン像が立っていました。これと比べられるような王座は、世界のどこにもありませんでした。 20 王の杯はみな純金で作られ、「レバノンの森の間」にある器物もすべて純金製でした。銀は、ソロモンの時代にはそれほど値打ちのないものとみなされていたのです。 21 王は三年に一度、フラム王の提供する船員を使ってタルシシュへ船を送り、金、銀、象牙、さる、くじゃくなどを運ばせました。
22 こうしてソロモン王は、世界中のどの王よりも富と知恵にまさっていました。 23 あらゆる国の王が、ソロモン王から、神が彼に授けた知恵のことばを聞こうと会いにやって来ました。 24 彼らはおのおの、金や銀の鉢、衣服、武器、香油、馬、らばなどを、年ごとの贈り物として携えて来ました。
25 このほか、ソロモン王は四千の馬屋と戦車、それに騎兵一万二千を戦車の町々に配置し、また、エルサレムでの王宮警護に当たらせました。 26 ユーフラテス川からペリシテ人の地、さらにエジプトの国境に至る地域のすべてが、王の支配地でした。 27 エルサレムでは、銀が路上の石同然に大量に使われ、杉の木が桑の木のようにふんだんに用いられました。 28 馬は、エジプトなどの国々から運ばれて来ました。
29 そのほかのソロモン王の業績は、『預言者ナタンの言行録』『シロ人アヒヤの預言書』および、『先見者イドの見たネバテの子ヤロブアムについての幻の記録』に載っています。
30 ソロモンはエルサレムで四十年間、イスラエルを治めました。 31 王は死んでエルサレムに葬られ、その子レハブアムが新しく王となりました。
2 Chronicles 9
King James Version
9 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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