1 Uthe ke ukumkanikazi waseShebha akuluva udumo lukaSolomon waya eJerusalem ngeenjongo zokukhe amvavanye ngemibuzo enzima. Wafika enehlokondiba lamaphakathi kunye negquba leenkamela zithwele izinongo, nento eninzi yegolide, namatye axabisekileyo, waza waya kuSolomon wathetha naye ngazo zonke izinto ezazisengqondweni yakhe.
2 Ke uSolomon wayiphendula yonke imibuzo yakhe; ayikho into eyamxakayo kwiingcaciso awayezifuna.
3 Ukumkanikazi waseShebha akububona ubulumko bukaSolomon, ebona nelo bhotwe wayelakhile,
4 nokutya okusetafileni yakhe, naloo maphakathi akhe, nendlela ahlaliswe ngayo, nezicaka ziwunduzelisa ngeminweba, nabangcamli bevathe ezabo, naloo madini atshiswayo wayewenza endlwini *kaNdikhoyo, wasuka wee khumnqa.
5 Wathi kukumkani: “Ingxelo endiyive kwelakowethu mayela nempumelelo yakho ndawonye nobulumko bakho kuthe kanti yinyani.
6 Kambe ke zange ndiyikholelwe into ababeyithetha de ndazibonela ngala wam amehlo. Ngenene mayela nobukhulu nobulumko bakho andixelelwanga nesiqingatha esi; wena ukude lee kwingxelo endandiyifumene.
7 Anoyolo amadoda akwakho! Anenyhweba amaphakathi akho asoloko ekuququzelela esiva nobu bulumko bakho!