1 Matsɛmɛ 10:1-29
10 Jehanɛ ɔ, Sheba manyɛ ɔ nu bɔ nɛ Salomo he biɛ ha a he ngɛ Yehowa biɛ ɔ he je, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e ba konɛ e ba ka lɛ kɛ sane bimihi* nɛ a mi wa.
2 E ba Yerusalem kɛ e se sɔmɔli babauu nitsɛ, kɛ afukpɔngɔhi nɛ a tloo balsam nu, kɛ sika tsu babauu, kɛ tɛhi nɛ a he jua wa. E ya Salomo ngɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ ya sɛɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ e tsui mi ɔ he ní.
3 Nɛ Salomo ha e sane bimi ɔmɛ tsuo a heto. Nɔ́ ko be nɛ mi wa tsɔ ha matsɛ ɔ* nɛ e nyɛ we nɛ e tsɔɔ lɛ nya.
4 Benɛ Sheba manyɛ ɔ na bɔ nɛ Salomo juɛmi mi kuɔ ha, we nɛ e ma,
5 e we okplɔɔ nɔ niye ní, bɔ nɛ e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ hii si ha, bɔ nɛ e we okplɔɔ he sɔmɔli ɔmɛ sɔmɔɔ lɛ ngɛ okplɔɔ he ha kɛ tadehi nɛ a wo, e dã woli ɔmɛ, kɛ sami afɔlehi nɛ e sãã daa ngɛ Yehowa we ɔ, e he mi po.*
6 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e de matsɛ ɔ ke: “Níhi nɛ i nu ngɛ imi nitsɛ ye zugba a nɔ kɛ kɔ níhi nɛ o pee* kɛ juɛmi nɛ o ngɛ ɔ he ɔ ji anɔkuale.
7 Se i he we níhi nɛ i nu ɔ yi kɛ ya si benɛ i ba, nɛ i kɛ imi nitsɛ ye hɛngmɛ ba na. Nɛ hyɛ! A de we mi e mi fã po. O juɛmi kɛ o ní nami ɔ hiɛ kulaa pe nɔ́ nɛ i nu ɔ.
8 O we bi ɔmɛ ngɛ bua jɔmi pɛ, nɛ o sɔmɔli ɔmɛ nɛ a daa si ngɛ o hɛ mi be fɛɛ be nɛ a buɔ o juɛmi munyu ɔmɛ tue ɔ hu ngɛ bua jɔmi pɛ!
9 A je Yehowa o Mawu ɔ yi, nɔ nɛ e bua jɔ o he nɛ e ngɔ mo kɛ hi Israel matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ. Suɔmi nɛ ngɛ kɛ yaa neneene nɛ Yehowa ngɛ kɛ ha Israel he je ɔ, e wo mo matsɛ konɛ o ye dami sane, nɛ́ o pee nɔ́ nɛ da.”
10 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, e ha matsɛ ɔ sika tsu talɛnt* 120, kɛ balsam nu babauu kɛ tɛhi nɛ a he jua wa. Nɔ ko nɔ ko kɛ balsam nu babauu kaa jã bɛ hu kaa nɔ́ nɛ Sheba manyɛ ɔ kɛ ba ha Matsɛ Salomo ɔ.
11 Hiram melehi babauu nɛ a ngɔɔ sika tsu kɛ jeɔ Ofir kɛ baa a hu ngɔ algum tso babauu nitsɛ, kɛ tɛhi nɛ a he jua wa kɛ je Ofir kɛ ba.
12 Matsɛ ɔ kɛ algum tso ɔmɛ pee níhi nɛ maa hɛɛ Yehowa we ɔ kɛ matsɛ we ɔ, kɛ sakuhi, kɛ kpã sakuhi kɛ ha lali ɔmɛ. A kɛ algum tsohi kaa jã bɛ hu, nɛ jã kɛ̃ nɛ a nɛ eko kaa jã hu kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ.
13 Matsɛ Salomo hu ha Sheba manyɛ ɔ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ e suɔ kɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ e bi lɛ ɔ, kɛ piɛɛ níhi nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e je e tsui mi nɛ e ha lɛ ɔ he.* Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, manyɛ ɔ kpale kɛ ho lɛ nitsɛ e zugba a nɔ ya, e kɛ e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ.
14 Nɛ sika tsu nɛ a kɛ ba haa Salomo ngɛ jeha kake mi ɔ jiɔmi ji sika tsu talɛnt 666,
15 slo nɔ́ nɛ jeɔ jua yeli a ngɔ kɛ ní juali a jua yemi mi, kɛ Arabia matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo, kɛ zugba a nɔ amlaalo ɔmɛ a ngɔ kɛ baa.
16 Matsɛ Salomo kɛ sika tsu nɛ a futu pee tsɛ̃i nguanguahi 200 (e kɛ sika tsu shekel* 600 lɛ ha tsɛ̃i ɔmɛ eko fɛɛ eko he),
17 nɛ e kɛ sika tsu nɛ a futu pee tsɛ̃i tsɔwitsɔwihi* 300 (e kɛ sika tsu mina* etɛ nɛ ha tsɛ̃i tsɔwitsɔwi ɔmɛ eko fɛɛ eko he). Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, matsɛ ɔ ngɔ tsɛ̃i ɔmɛ kɛ ya to ngɛ Lebanon Hue Tso We ɔ mi.
18 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, matsɛ ɔ kɛ suɔ wu pee matsɛ sɛ ngua ko, nɛ e kɛ sika tsu nɛ a tsu he ha he.
19 Kpoku kakaaka ekpa lɛ a kuɔɔ kɛ yaa matsɛ sɛ ɔ he, nɛ gba lokotoo ko ngɛ matsɛ sɛ ɔ se, nɛ nine ngɛ sɛ ɔ he ngɛ hiɛ kɛ hiɛ, nɛ jata enyɔ daa si ngɛ sɛ ɔ nine ɔmɛ a he.
20 Nɛ jata 12 daa si ngɛ kpoku ekpa amɛ a nɔ. Ngɛ kpoku ekpa amɛ eko fɛɛ eko nya ngɛ hiɛ kɛ hiɛ ɔ, jata kake ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. Matsɛ yemi ko be nɛ pee nɔ́ ko kaa jã.
21 Matsɛ Salomo ní numi kplu ɔmɛ tsuo ɔ, a kɛ sika tsu lɛ pee, nɛ níhi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Lebanon Hue Tso We ɔ mi ɔ, a kɛ sika tsu ngmingmiingmi lɛ pee. Nɔ́ ko be nɛ a kɛ sika hiɔ pee, ejakaa ngɛ Salomo ligbi ɔmɛ a mi ɔ, a bui sika hiɔ he akɔtaa.
22 Ejakaa matsɛ ɔ ngɛ Tarshish melehi fuu ngɛ wo ɔ nɔ kɛ piɛɛ melehi fuu nɛ Hiram ngɛ ɔ he. Daa jeha etɛ ɔ, Tarshish mele ɔmɛ ngɔɔ sika tsu kɛ sika hiɔ, suɔ wu, siatohi, kɛ gigahi* kɛ baa.
23 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ngɛ ní nami kɛ juɛmi blɔ fa mi ɔ, Matsɛ Salomo pe zugba a nɔ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo.
24 Nɛ nihi nɛ a ngɛ zugba a nɔ tsuo hla kaa a maa ba Salomo ngɔ* konɛ a ba bu juɛmi nɛ Mawu kɛ wo e tsui mi ɔ tue.
25 A ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɔɔ nike ní kɛ baa, sika hiɔ níhi, sika tsu níhi, tadehi, ta buli a he piɛ pomi níhi, balsam nu, okpɔngɔhi, kɛ teji okpɔngɔhi, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ yaa nɔ daa jeha.
26 Salomo ya nɔ nɛ e bua ta zugba lɛhi kɛ okpɔngɔhi* a nya; e ná ta zugba lɛhi 1,400 kɛ okpɔngɔhi* 12,000, nɛ e kɛ mɛ ya to ta zugba lɛ ma amɛ a mi, kɛ matsɛ ɔ kasa nya ngɛ Yerusalem.
27 Matsɛ ɔ ha nɛ sika hiɔ nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ hiɛ babauu kaa tɛhi, nɛ seda tsohi hu hiɛ babauu kaa sikamore tsohi nɛ ngɛ Shefela a.
28 A sɛ Salomo okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ kɛ je Egipt, nɛ matsɛ ɔ jua yeli a kuu ɔ ya heɔ okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ kuu nya kuu nya* kɛ jua kake.
29 Zugba lɛhi nɛ a sɛ kɛ je Egipt ɔ eko fɛɛ eko jua ji sika hiɔ 600, nɛ okpɔngɔ jua ji sika hiɔ 150; nɛ mɛ hu a kɛ maneɔ Hitbi ɔmɛ a matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ Siria matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “ajohi.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Nɔ́ ko laa we matsɛ ɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “mumi ta e mi.”
^ Aloo “kɛ kɔ o munyuhi.”
^ Talɛnt kake peeɔ kilogram 34.2 (oz t 1,101). Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “kɛ piɛɛ níhi nɛ je Matsɛ Salomo dɛ mi kɛ ha lɛ ɔ he.”
^ Shekel kake peeɔ gram 11.4 (oz t 0.367). Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
^ Behi fuu ɔ, kɛ̃ɛ̃ tsɛli lɛ a hɛɛɔ tsɛ̃i nɛ ɔmɛ.
^ Ngɛ Hebri Ngmami ɔ mi ɔ, mina kake peeɔ gram 570 (oz t 18.35). Hyɛ Mi Tsɔɔmi Munyu B14.
^ Ngɛ Blɛfo gbi mi ɔ, a tsɛɛ mɛ ke peacocks.
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “hla kaa a maa na Salomo hɛ mi.”
^ Aloo “okpɔngɔ nɔ hili.”
^ Aloo “okpɔngɔ nɔ hili.”
^ Baiblo komɛ de ke “kɛ je Egipt kɛ Kue; matsɛ ɔ jua yeli ɔmɛ ya heɔ mɛ kɛ jeɔ Kue,” eko ɔ, Kilikia nɛ a ngɛ tsɔɔe ɔ nɛ.
