٢ أخبار 9
| وَسَمِعَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَا بِخَبَرِ سُلَيْمَانَ، فَأَتَتْ لِتَمْتَحِنَ سُلَيْمَانَ بِمَسَائِلَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، بِمَوْكِبٍ عَظِيمٍ جِدًّا، وَجِمَالٍ حَامِلَةٍ أَطْيَابًا وَذَهَبًا بِكَثْرَةٍ وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً، فَأَتَتْ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ وَكَلَّمَتْهُ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا فِي قَلْبِهَا. | ١ 1 |
The queen of Sheba heard how famous Solomon was, so she came to Jerusalem to test him with tough questions. She brought with her a very large entourage, with camels loaded with spices, large amounts of gold, and precious gemstones. She came to Solomon and asked him about everything she had on her mind.
| فَأَخْبَرَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ بِكُلِّ كَلَامِهَا. وَلَمْ يُخْفَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ أَمْرٌ إِلَّا وَأَخْبَرَهَا بِهِ. | ٢ 2 |
Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing he couldn't explain to her.
| فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَا حِكْمَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ وَٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلَّذِي بَنَاهُ، | ٣ 3 |
When the queen of Sheba saw Solomon's wisdom, and the palace he had built,
| وَطَعَامَ مَائِدَتِهِ، وَمَجْلِسَ عَبِيدِهِ، وَمَوْقِفَ خُدَّامِهِ وَمَلَابِسَهُمْ، وَسُقَاتَهُ وَمَلَابِسَهُمْ، وَمُحْرَقَاتِهِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَ يُصْعِدُهَا فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، لَمْ تَبْقَ فِيهَا رُوحٌ بَعْدُ. | ٤ 4 |
the food on the table, how his officials lived, how his servants operated and how they were dressed, the clothes of the waiters, and the burnt offerings he presented at the Lord's Temple, she was so astonished she could hardly breathe.
| فَقَالَتْ لِلْمَلِكِ: «صَحِيحٌ ٱلْخَبَرُ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُهُ فِي أَرْضِي عَنْ أُمُورِكَ وَعَنْ حِكْمَتِكَ. | ٥ 5 |
She told the king, “It's true what I heard in my own country about your proverbs and your wisdom!
| وَلَمْ أُصَدِّقْ كَلَامَهُمْ حَتَّى جِئْتُ وَأَبْصَرَتْ عَيْنَايَ، فَهُوَذَا لَمْ أُخْبَرْ بِنِصْفِ كَثْرَةِ حِكْمَتِكَ. زِدْتَ عَلَى ٱلْخَبَرِ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتُهُ. | ٦ 6 |
But I didn't believe what they told me until I came and saw with my own eyes. In fact, I wasn't told the half of it—the extent of your wisdom far exceeds what I heard!
| فَطُوبَى لِرِجَالِكَ وَطُوبَى لِعَبِيدِكَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْوَاقِفِينَ أَمَامَكَ دَائِمًا وَٱلسَّامِعِينَ حِكْمَتَكَ. | ٧ 7 |
How happy your people must be! How happy those who work for you, who stand here every day listening to your wisdom!
| لِيَكُنْ مُبَارَكًا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ ٱلَّذِي سُرَّ بِكَ وَجَعَلَكَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ مَلِكًا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. لِأَنَّ إِلَهَكَ أَحَبَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِيُثْبِتَهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، قَدْ جَعَلَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلِكًا، لِتُجْرِيَ حُكْمًا وَعَدْلًا». | ٨ 8 |
Praise the Lord your God who is so pleased with you, who placed you on his throne as king to rule on his behalf. Because of the love of your God for Israel he has made them secure forever, and he has made you king over them to do what is fair and right.”
| وَأَهْدَتْ لِلْمَلِكِ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ وَزْنَةَ ذَهَبٍ وَأَطْيَابًا كَثِيرَةً جِدًّا وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ ٱلطِّيبِ ٱلَّذِي أَهْدَتْهُ مَلِكَةُ سَبَا لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ. | ٩ 9 |
She presented the king with one hundred and twenty talents of gold, huge amounts of spices and precious stones. Never before had there been spices like those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
| وَكَذَا عَبِيدُ حُورَامَ وَعَبِيدُ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَلَبُوا ذَهَبًا مِنْ أُوفِيرَ أَتَوْا بِخَشَبِ ٱلصَّنْدَلِ وَحِجَارَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
(Hiram and of Solomon's men, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.
| وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ خَشَبَ ٱلصَّنْدَلِ دَرَجًا لِبَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَبَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَأَعْوَادًا وَرَبَابًا، وَلَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهَا قَبْلُ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا. | ١١ 11 |
The king used the algum wood to make steps for the Temple and for the royal palace, and into lyres and harps for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen before in the land of Judah.)
| وَأَعْطَى ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكَةَ سَبَا كُلَّ مُشْتَهَاهَا ٱلَّذِي طَلَبَتْ، فَضْلًا عَمَّا أَتَتْ بِهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ. فَٱنْصَرَفَتْ وَذَهَبَتْ إِلَى أَرْضِهَا هِيَ وَعَبِيدُهَا. | ١٢ 12 |
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all wanted, whatever she asked for. This was far more than she had brought the king. Then she and her attendants returned home to her own country.
| وَكَانَ وَزْنُ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي سَنَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَسِتًّا وَسِتِّينَ وَزْنَةَ ذَهَبٍ، | ١٣ 13 |
The weight of gold that Solomon received each year was 666 talents,
| فَضْلًا عَنِ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ ٱلتُّجَّارُ وَٱلْمُسْتَبْضِعُونَ. وَكُلُّ مُلُوكِ ٱلْعَرَبِ وَوُلَاةُ ٱلْأَرْضِ كَانُوا يَأْتُونَ بِذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ إِلَى سُلَيْمَانَ. | ١٤ 14 |
not including that received from traders and merchants. All the kings of Arabia and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
| وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ مِئَتَيْ تُرْسٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُطَرَّقٍ، خَصَّ ٱلتُّرْسَ ٱلْوَاحِدَ سِتُّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلْمُطَرَّقِ، | ١٥ 15 |
King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold. Each shield required six hundred shekels of hammered gold.
| وَثَلَاثَ مِئَةِ مِجَنٍّ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُطَرَّقٍ، خَصَّ ٱلْمِجَنَّ ٱلْوَاحِدَ ثَلَاثُ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ. وَجَعَلَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ فِي بَيْتِ وَعْرِ لُبْنَانَ. | ١٦ 16 |
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold. Each of these shields required three hundred gold coins. The king placed them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
| وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ كُرْسِيًّا عَظِيمًا مِنْ عَاجٍ وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ. | ١٧ 17 |
The king also made a great throne of ivory, and covered it with pure gold.
| وَلِلْكُرْسِيِّ سِتُّ دَرَجَاتٍ. وَلِلْكُرْسِيِّ مَوْطِئٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ كُلُّهَا مُتَّصِلَةٌ، وَيَدَانِ مِنْ هُنَا وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ عَلَى مَكَانِ ٱلْجُلُوسِ، وَأَسَدَانِ وَاقِفَانِ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْيَدَيْنِ. | ١٨ 18 |
The throne had six steps, with a golden footstool attached. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with lions standing beside the armrests.
| وَٱثْنَا عَشَرَ أَسَدًا وَاقِفَةٌ هُنَاكَ عَلَى ٱلدَّرَجَاتِ ٱلسِّتِّ مِنْ هُنَا وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ. لَمْ يُعْمَلْ مِثْلُهُ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْمَمَالِكِ. | ١٩ 19 |
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one on opposite ends of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
| وَجَمِيعُ آنِيَةِ شُرْبِ ٱلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَجَمِيعُ آنِيَةِ بَيْتِ وَعْرِ لُبْنَانَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ. لَمْ تُحْسَبِ ٱلْفِضَّةُ شَيْئًا فِي أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ، | ٢٠ 20 |
All of King Solomon's drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. No silver was used, because it was not valued in the days of Solomon.
| لِأَنَّ سُفُنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ كَانَتْ تَسِيرُ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ مَعَ عَبِيدِ حُورَامَ، وَكَانَتْ سُفُنُ تَرْشِيشَ تَأْتِي مَرَّةً فِي كُلِّ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ حَامِلَةً ذَهَبًا وَفِضَّةً وَعَاجًا وَقُرُودًا وَطَوَاوِيسَ. | ٢١ 21 |
The king had a fleet of ships from Tarshish crewed by Hiram's sailors. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive with a cargo of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
| فَتَعَظَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ عَلَى كُلِّ مُلُوكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ فِي ٱلْغِنَى وَٱلْحِكْمَةِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
King Solomon was greater than any other king on earth in wealth and wisdom.
| وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ مُلُوكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَلْتَمِسُونَ وَجْهَ سُلَيْمَانَ لِيَسْمَعُوا حِكْمَتَهُ ٱلَّتِي جَعَلَهَا ٱللهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ. | ٢٣ 23 |
All the kings of the earth wanted to meet Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had placed in his mind.
| وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ بِهَدِيَّتِهِ، بِآنِيَةِ فِضَّةٍ وَآنِيَةِ ذَهَبٍ وَحُلَلٍ وَسِلَاحٍ وَأَطْيَابٍ وَخَيْلٍ وَبِغَالٍ سَنَةً فَسَنَةً. | ٢٤ 24 |
Year after year, every visitor would bring gifts—articles of silver and gold, clothes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
| وَكَانَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافِ مِذْوَدِ خَيْلٍ وَمَرْكَبَاتٍ، وَٱثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ، فَجَعَلَهَا فِي مُدُنِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَمَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٥ 25 |
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. He kept them in the chariot towns, and also with him in Jerusalem.
| وَكَانَ مُتَسَلِّطًا عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْمُلُوكِ مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَإِلَى تُخُومِ مِصْرَ. | ٢٦ 26 |
He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border with Egypt.
| وَجَعَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مِثْلَ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ، وَجَعَلَ ٱلْأَرْزَ مِثْلَ ٱلْجُمَّيْزِ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّهْلِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ. | ٢٧ 27 |
The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore-figs in the foothills.
| وَكَانَ مُخْرَجُ خَيْلِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي. | ٢٨ 28 |
Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from many other lands.
| وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱلْأُولَى وَٱلْأَخِيرَةِ، أَمَاهِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي أَخْبَارِ نَاثَانَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ، وَفِي نُبُوَّةِ أَخِيَّا ٱلشِّيلُونِيِّ، وَفِي رُؤَى يَعْدُو ٱلرَّائِي عَلَى يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ؟ | ٢٩ 29 |
The rest of the acts of Solomon, from start to finish, are written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer about Jeroboam, son of Nebat.
| وَمَلَكَ سُلَيْمَانُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. | ٣٠ 30 |
Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all of Israel for forty years.
| ثُمَّ ٱضْطَجَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ. وَمَلَكَ رَحُبْعَامُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ. | ٣١ 31 |
Then Solomon died and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam took over as king.
