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9 ¹Umwamikazi w'i Sheba yumvise ikirangirire cya Salomo, aza i Yeruzalemu kumugeragereza ibibazo by'insobe, ashagawe n'abantu benshi cyane, hamwe n'ingamiya zihetse imibavu, n'izahabu nyinshi, n'amabuye y'agaciro. Ageze kwa Salomo, amubwira ibyari ku mutima we byose. ²Salomo amusubiza ibibazo bye byose; nta kibazo na kimwe cyamunaniye ngo akimusobanurire. ³Umwamikazi w'i Sheba amaze kubona ubwenge bwa Salomo, n'ingoro yari yarubatse, ⁴n'ibyokurya byari ku meza ye, n'abategetsi be bicaye, n'abagaragu be baherekeza bambaye imyambaro yabo, n'abashinzwe ibyokunywa be n'imyambaro yabo, n'ibitambo byoswaga mu nzu ya Data wa twese—maze aratangara cyane.

⁵Abwira umwami ati: “Inkuru numvise mu gihugu cyanjye ku magambo yawe n'ubwenge bwawe yari iy'ukuri. ⁶Sinari nemeye izo nkuru kugeza ubwo nje nkabibonera ubwanjye. Nta n'igice cy'ikuzo ry'ubwenge bwawe nabwiwe; urusha inkuru numvise. ⁷Hahirwa abantu bawe! Hahirwa n'aba bagaragu bawe bahagarara imbere yawe iteka, bumva ubwenge bwawe! ⁸Hahirwa Uhoraho Imana yawe, wakwishimiye akakugira umwami ku ntebe ye ya cyami ngo ube umwami wa Uhoraho Imana yawe! Kubera ko Imana yawe yakunze Isiraheli, ikayishinga iteka ryose, yakugize umwami kugira ngo ukore ubutabera n'ubutungane.”

⁹Atura umwami izahabu ipima ibiro bigera ku bihumbi icyenda, n'imibavu myinshi cyane n'amabuye y'agaciro. Nta mibavu yigeze ihwanye n'iyo umwamikazi w'i Sheba yatuye Umwami Salomo.

¹⁰Abagaragu ba Huramu n'aba Salomo, bazanaga izahabu bayikura Ofiri, na bo bazanaga ibiti bya santali n'amabuye y'agaciro. ^a a v10 Byitwa kandi ‘aligumu’ cyangwa ‘alimugu’—ni ibiti by'igiciro, biryoshye impumuro, byatumizwaga hanze, bishobora kuba santali. ¹¹Muri ibyo biti bya santali umwami akoramo ingazi z'inzu ya Data wa twese n'iz'ingoro ye, n'inanga z'indoha n'inanga nyamuduri z'abacuranzi—nta zisa na zo zari zarabonetse mu Buyuda. ¹²Umwami Salomo aha umwamikazi w'i Sheba ibyo yifuzaga byose, icyo yasabye cyose, birenze ibyo yari yazanye. Nuko asubira mu gihugu cye hamwe n'abagaragu be.

Ubukungu n'ikuzo bya Salomo

¹³Izahabu yageraga kwa Salomo mu mwaka umwe yapimaga nka toni makumyabiri n'eshanu, ¹⁴wongeyeho ibyo abacuruzi bazanaga; abami bose b'Abarabu n'abategetsi b'igihugu bazaniraga Salomo izahabu n'ifeza. ¹⁵Umwami Salomo akora ingabo nini magana abiri zikozwe mu izahabu y'imvange, buri ngabo yometsweho izahabu ipima nka ibiro cumi na bitanu. ¹⁶Akora n'izindi ngabo nto magana atatu zikozwe mu izahabu y'imvange, buri ngabo ipima nka ibiro birindwi n'igice. Umwami azishyira mu nzu yiswe “Ingoro y'Ishyamba rya Libani”. ¹⁷Umwami akora intebe ya cyami nini mu mahembe y'inzovu, ayomekaho izahabu inoze. ¹⁸Iyo ntebe yari ifite ingazi esheshatu n'akabaho ka zahabu ko kuramira ibirenge kayometseho; hari aho kurambika inkokora impande zombi z'intebe, n'intare ebyiri zihagaze iruhande rwazo, ¹⁹kandi intare cumi n'ebyiri zari zihagazeyo, imwe kuri buri mpera y'ingazi esheshatu. Nta cyigeze gikoreshwa mu bwami ubwo ari bwo bwose kingana na cyo. ²⁰Inkongoro zose z'Umwami Salomo zari iza zahabu, n'ibikoresho byose byo mu Ngoro y'Ishyamba rya Libani byari izahabu inoze. Ifeza ntiyari ifite agaciro mu minsi ya Salomo, ²¹kuko amato y'umwami yagendaga i Tarushishi hamwe n'abagaragu ba Huramu; buri myaka itatu amato y'i Tarushishi yagarukanaga amahembe y'inzovu n'izahabu n'ifeza, n'inkima n'ibisiga.

²²Umwami Salomo yarushaga abami bose bo ku isi ubukungu n'ubwenge. ²³Abami bose bo ku isi bashakaga kubona Salomo kugira ngo bumve ubwenge Data wa twese yari yashyize mu mutima we. ²⁴Buri wese yazanaga ituro rye—imyambaro n'intwaro, n'ibikoresho by'ifeza n'iby'izahabu, n'amafarasi n'inyumbu n'imibavu—buri mwaka. ²⁵Salomo yari afite ibiraro by'amafarasi n'amagare y'intambara ibihumbi bine, n'abagendera ku mafarasi ibihumbi cumi na bibiri, bari mu mijyi y'amagare y'intambara no kumwe n'umwami i Yeruzalemu. ²⁶Yategekaga abami bose kuva ku ruzi rwa Ufurate kugeza mu gihugu cy'Abafilisiti, kugeza ku mupaka wa Misiri. ²⁷Umwami yatumye ifeza i Yeruzalemu ingana n'amabuye, n'amasederi akaba menshi nk'imivumu yo ku misozi migufi. ²⁸Amafarasi ya Salomo yatumizwaga mu Misiri no mu bihugu byose.

Urupfu rwa Salomo

²⁹Ibindi bikorwa bya Salomo, kuva ku ntangiriro kugeza ku iherezo—mbese ntibyanditswe mu magambo ya Natani umuhanuzi, no mu buhanuzi bwa Ahiya w'i Shilo, no mu byerekwa bya Ido umushishozi bijyana na Yerobowamu mwene Nebati? ³⁰Salomo yategekeye i Yeruzalemu Isiraheli yose imyaka mirongo ine. ³¹Salomo aryamana na ba sekuruza, bamuhamba mu mujyi wa Dawidi se. Umuhungu we Robowamu amusimbura ku ngoma.