1 Abami
10: 1 Umwamikazi wa Sheba yumvise ibyamamare bya Salomo ku byerekeye Uwiteka
izina ry'Uwiteka, yaje kumwereka ibibazo bikomeye.
2 Agera i Yeruzalemu afite gari ya moshi nini cyane, ifite ingamiya zambaye ubusa
ibirungo, na zahabu nyinshi cyane, n'amabuye y'agaciro: n'igihe yazaga
kwa Salomo, avugana na we mu bintu byose byari mu mutima we.
3: 3 Salomo amubwira ibibazo bye byose: nta kintu na kimwe cyari cyihishe
umwami, ntiyabimubwira.
4 Umwamikazi wa Sheba abonye ubwenge bwa Salomo n'inzu yose
ko yari yarubatse,
10: 5 Inyama zo ku meza ye, no kwicara kw'abagaragu be, na
kwitabira abaministri be, imyambarire yabo, nabamutwara ibikombe, na
azamukira mu nzu y'Uwiteka; nta
umwuka mwinshi muri we.
6: 6 Abwira umwami ati: "Ni inkuru y'ukuri numvise mu bwanjye
igihugu cyibikorwa byawe nubwenge bwawe.
10 Ariko sinigeze nemera ayo magambo, kugeza igihe nzazira, amaso yanjye akabona
ni: kandi, dore igice nticyambwiye: ubwenge bwawe niterambere
irenze icyamamare numvise.
10: 8 Hahirwa abantu bawe, abo bagaragu bawe bishimye, bahagaze iteka
imbere yawe, n'abumva ubwenge bwawe.
9 Uwiteka Imana yawe ihimbazwe, yakwishimiye
intebe ya Isiraheli: kuko Uwiteka yakundaga Isiraheli ubuziraherezo, ni yo mpamvu yaremye
ni wowe mwami, kugira ngo ucire urubanza n'ubutabera.
10:10 Aha umwami impano ijana na makumyabiri zahabu, na
ibirungo ububiko bunini cyane, namabuye y'agaciro: ntakindi cyigeze kibaho
ibirungo byinshi nkibi umwamikazi wa Sheba yahaye umwami
Salomo.
10:11 Abasirikare barwanira mu mazi na Hiramu, bazanye zahabu i Ofiri
kuva Ophir ibiti byinshi bya almug, n'amabuye y'agaciro.
12:12 Umwami akora mu nkingi z'ibiti bya almug, inzu y'Uwiteka,
n'inzu y'umwami, inanga na zaburi z'abaririmbyi: ngaho
nta biti bya almug byaje, cyangwa ngo bigaragare kugeza na n'ubu.
10:13 Umwami Salomo aha umwamikazi wa Sheba icyifuzo cye cyose
abaza, usibye ibyo Salomo yamuhaye ku buntu bwe bwa cyami. Noneho
arahindukira ajya mu gihugu cye, we n'abakozi be.
10:14 Uburemere bwa zahabu bwaje kuri Salomo mu mwaka umwe bwari magana atandatu
mirongo itandatu n'impano esheshatu za zahabu,
10:15 Usibye ko yari afite abacuruzi, no gucuruza ibirungo
abacuruzi, n'abami bose ba Arabiya, na ba guverineri ba
igihugu.
10:16 Umwami Salomo akora ibitero magana abiri bya zahabu yakubiswe: magana atandatu
shekeli ya zahabu yagiye kuntego imwe.
17 Akora inkinzo magana atatu zahabu yakubiswe; ibiro bitatu bya zahabu
yagiye ku nkinzo imwe: umwami abashyira mu nzu y'ishyamba rya
Libani.
10:18 Byongeye kandi, umwami akora intebe nini y'amahembe y'inzovu, ayambika Uwiteka
zahabu nziza.
10:19 Intebe yari ifite intambwe esheshatu, kandi hejuru yintebe yari inyuma:
kandi habaho kuguma kumpande zombi kumwanya wintebe, na bibiri
intare zari zihagaze iruhande.
10:20 Intare cumi na zibiri zihagarara aho kuruhande rumwe kurundi ruhande
intambwe esheshatu: ntabwo byari bimeze nkibyo byakozwe mubwami ubwo aribwo bwose.
10:21 Umwami Salomo inzabya zose zo kunywa zari izahabu, kandi zose
inzabya zo mu nzu y'ishyamba rya Libani zari zahabu nziza; nta na kimwe
zari ifeza: nta kintu na kimwe cyabazwe mu gihe cya Salomo.
10:22 Kuko umwami yari afite inyanja ya Tarishish hamwe n’ingabo za Hiramu: rimwe
mu myaka itatu haje amato ya Tharshish, azana zahabu, na feza,
amahembe y'inzovu, n'inguge, na pawusi.
10:23 Umwami Salomo arenga ku bami bose bo ku isi ubutunzi no kubwa
ubwenge.
10:24 Isi yose ishaka Salomo, ngo yumve ubwenge bwayo Imana yari ifite
shyira mu mutima we.
10:25 Bazana umuntu wese impano ye, ibikoresho by'ifeza n'ibikoresho
ya zahabu, imyenda, n'intwaro, n'ibirungo, amafarasi, n'inyumbu, igipimo
umwaka ku wundi.
10:26 Salomo akoranya amagare n'abagendera ku mafarashi, kandi yari afite a
amagare ibihumbi magana ane, n'amafarasi ibihumbi cumi na bibiri, abo
Yahaye imigi amagare, n'umwami i Yeruzalemu.
Umwami akora ifeza kugira ngo abe i Yerusalemu nk'amabuye, n'imyerezi
agomba kumera nkibiti bya sycomore biri muri vale, kubwinshi.
28 Salomo akura amafarasi muri Egiputa, n'udodo two mu budodo: umwami
abacuruzi bakiriye umugozi w'igitare ku giciro.
10:29 Igare rirazamuka riva muri Egiputa kuri shekeli magana atandatu
ifeza, n'ifarashi ku ijana na mirongo itanu: kandi n'abami bose
y'Abaheti, no ku bami ba Siriya, barabavanye hanze
uburyo bwabo.