1 Mafumu
10 Mfumukazi ya ku Sheba inamva za Solomo, zoti anatchuka chifukwa cha dzina la Yehova.+ Choncho inabwera kuti idzamuyese pomufunsa mafunso ovuta.+ 2 Mfumukaziyo inafika ku Yerusalemu ndi anthu ambiri oiperekeza.+ Inabwera ndi ngamila zitanyamula mafuta a basamu,+ golide wambiri ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali. Inafika kwa Solomo nʼkuyamba kulankhula naye zonse zimene zinali mumtima mwake. 3 Solomo anayankha mafunso ake onse. Panalibe chimene mfumuyo inalephera kumufotokozera.
4 Mfumukazi ya ku Sheba itaona nzeru zonse za Solomo,+ nyumba imene anamanga,+ 5 chakudya chapatebulo pake,+ operekera zakumwa, mmene atumiki ake ankakhalira pa nthawi ya chakudya, mmene operekera zakudya ankachitira komanso zovala zawo ndiponso nsembe zopsereza zimene ankapereka panyumba ya Yehova nthawi zonse, inasowa chonena. 6 Choncho inauza mfumuyo kuti: “Nkhani zimene ndinamva kudziko langa zokhudza zimene mwakwanitsa kuchita komanso nzeru zanu ndi zoona. 7 Koma sindinakhulupirire zimene ndinauzidwa mpaka pamene ndabwera nʼkuona ndi maso anga. Panopa ndaona kuti zimene ndinauzidwa zinali hafu chabe. Nzeru zanu ndi ulemerero wanu zaposa kwambiri zinthu zimene ndinamva. 8 Anthu anu komanso atumiki anu amene amatumikira pamaso panu nthawi zonse nʼkumamva nzeru zanu, ndi osangalala.+ 9 Atamandike Yehova Mulungu wanu,+ amene wasangalala nanu nʼkukuikani pampando wachifumu wa Isiraeli. Chifukwa Yehova adzakonda Isiraeli mpaka kalekale, wakuikani kuti mukhale mfumu kuti muziweruza anthu ndi kuchita chilungamo.”
10 Kenako mfumukaziyo inapatsa mfumuyo golide wokwana matalente* 120, mafuta a basamu+ ochuluka kwambiri ndiponso miyala yamtengo wapatali.+ Mafuta a basamu amene mfumukazi ya ku Sheba inapatsa Mfumu Solomo, anali ambiri moti sipanakhalenso mafuta ochuluka choncho.
11 Zombo za Hiramu zimene zinkanyamula golide kuchokera ku Ofiri+ zinkabweretsanso matabwa a mtengo wa mʼbawa+ ochuluka kwambiri ndiponso miyala yamtengo wapatali.+ 12 Mfumuyo inagwiritsa ntchito matabwa a mʼbawawo popanga zochirikizira nyumba ya Yehova komanso nyumba* ya mfumu. Inagwiritsanso ntchito matabwawo kupanga azeze ndi zoimbira za zingwe za oimba.+ Matabwa a mʼbawa otere sanabwereponso kapena kuoneka mpaka lero.
13 Nayonso Mfumu Solomo inapatsa mfumukazi ya ku Sheba chilichonse chimene inkafuna komanso chimene inapempha, kuwonjezera pa zimene Mfumu Solomo inamʼpatsa chifukwa cha kuwolowa manja kwake. Kenako mfumukaziyo inanyamuka nʼkumapita kwawo limodzi ndi antchito ake.+
14 Golide amene ankabwera kwa Solomo pa chaka, anali wolemera matalente 666,+ 15 osawerengera golide wochokera kwa amalonda oyendayenda, phindu lochokera kwa amalonda komanso golide wochokera kwa mafumu onse a Aluya ndi kwa abwanamkubwa amʼdzikolo.
16 Mfumu Solomo anapanga zishango 200 zikuluzikulu za golide wosakaniza ndi zitsulo zina.+ (Chishango chilichonse anachikuta ndi golide wolemera masekeli* 600.)+ 17 Anapanganso zishango 300 zingʼonozingʼono* za golide wosakaniza ndi zitsulo zina. (Chishango chilichonse anachikuta ndi golide wolemera ma mina* atatu.) Kenako mfumuyo inaika zishangozi mʼnyumba yotchedwa Nkhalango ya Lebanoni.+
18 Mfumuyo inapanganso mpando wachifumu waukulu waminyanga ya njovu+ nʼkuukuta ndi golide woyenga bwino.+ 19 Panali masitepe 6 okafika kumpando wachifumuwo. Pamwamba pa mpandowo panali kanthu kozungulira kokhala ngati denga. Mpandowo unali ndi moika manja mbali zonse ziwiri. Mʼmbali mwake munali zifaniziro ziwiri za mikango+ itaimirira. 20 Pamasitepe 6 aja, panali zifaniziro 12 za mikango itaimirira. Kumapeto kwa sitepe iliyonse kunali mkango umodzi. Panalibenso ufumu womwe unali ndi mpando wachifumu ngati umenewo.
21 Makapu onse a Mfumu Solomo anali agolide, ndipo ziwiya zonse zamʼnyumba yotchedwa Nkhalango ya Lebanoni+ zinali zagolide yekhayekha. Panalibe chiwiya chasiliva chifukwa siliva sankaoneka ngati kanthu mʼmasiku a Solomo.+ 22 Zinali choncho chifukwa mfumuyo inali ndi zombo za ku Tarisi+ zomwe zinkayenda panyanja pamodzi ndi zombo za Hiramu. Kamodzi pa zaka zitatu zilizonse, zombozo zinkabweretsa golide, siliva, minyanga ya njovu,+ anyani ndi mbalame zotchedwa pikoko.
23 Choncho Mfumu Solomo anali wolemera kwambiri+ ndiponso wanzeru+ kuposa mafumu ena onse a padziko lapansi. 24 Anthu onse apadziko lapansi ankafuna kuonana ndi Solomo kuti amve nzeru zake zimene Mulungu anaika mumtima mwake.+ 25 Anthuwo ankabweretsa mphatso monga zinthu zasiliva, zinthu zagolide, zovala, zida zankhondo, mafuta a basamu, mahatchi komanso nyulu* ndipo zimenezi zinkachitika chaka chilichonse.
26 Solomo anasonkhanitsa magaleta ndi mahatchi,* moti anali ndi magaleta 1,400 komanso mahatchi* 12,000.+ Zonsezi ankazisunga mʼmizinda yosungiramo magaleta ndiponso pafupi ndi mfumuyo ku Yerusalemu.+
27 Mfumuyo inachititsa kuti ku Yerusalemu kukhale siliva wambiri ngati miyala ndiponso kuti matabwa a mkungudza akhale ambiri ngati mitengo ya mkuyu ya ku Sefela.+
28 Mahatchi a Solomo ankawagula kuchokera ku Iguputo ndipo gulu la amalonda a mfumu linkagula mahatchiwo mʼmagulumagulu.*+ 29 Galeta lililonse lochokera ku Iguputo mtengo wake unali ndalama zasiliva 600 pomwe mtengo wa hatchi unali ndalama zasiliva 150. Ndipo iwo ankagulitsa zinthuzi kwa mafumu onse a Ahiti+ ndi mafumu a ku Siriya.