2 Chronicles 9
1 Also, when the queen of Sheba had heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem, with great riches and with camels which were carrying aromatics, and very much gold, and precious gems, so that she might test him with enigmas. And when she had approached Solomon, she spoke to him all that was in her heart.
シバの女王はソロモンの名声を聞いたので、難問をもってソロモンを試みようと、非常に多くの従者を連れ、香料と非常にたくさんの金と宝石とをらくだに負わせて、エルサレムのソロモンのもとに来て、その心にあることをことごとく彼に告げた。
2 And Solomon explained for her all that she had proposed. And there was nothing that he did not make clear to her.
ソロモンは彼女のすべての問に答えた。ソロモンが知らないで彼女に説明のできないことは一つもなかった。
3 And after she saw these things, specifically, the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
シバの女王はソロモンの知恵と、彼が建てた家を見、
4 indeed also the foods of his table, and the habitations of the servants, and the duties of his ministers, and their apparel, and also his cupbearers and their garments, and the victims which he was immolating in the house of the Lord, there was no longer any spirit in her, due to astonishment.
またその食卓の食物と、列座の家来たちと、その侍臣たちの伺候振りと彼らの服装、および彼の給仕たちとその服装、ならびに彼が主の宮でささげる燔祭を見て、全く気を奪われてしまった。
5 And she said to the king: “The word is true, which I had heard in my own land, about your virtues and wisdom.
彼女は王に言った、「わたしが国であなたの事と、あなたの知恵について聞いたうわさは真実でした。
6 I did not believe those who described it, until I had arrived and my eyes had seen, and I had proven that not even half of your wisdom had been described to me. You have exceeded your fame with your virtue.
しかしわたしは来て目に見るまでは、そのうわさを信じませんでしたが、今見ると、あなたの知恵の大いなることはその半分もわたしに知らされませんでした。あなたはわたしの聞いたうわさにまさっています。
7 Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you at all times and listen to your wisdom.
あなたの奥方たちはさいわいです。常にあなたの前に立って、あなたの知恵を聞くこのあなたの家来たちはさいわいです。
8 Blessed is the Lord your God, who willed to set you upon his throne as a king for the Lord your God. Since God loves Israel, he wishes to preserve them unto eternity. For this reason, he appointed you as king over them, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice.”
あなたの神、主はほむべきかな。主はあなたを喜び、あなたをその位につかせ、あなたの神、主のために王とされました。あなたの神はイスラエルを愛して、とこしえにこれを堅くするために、あなたをその王とされ、公道と正義を行われるのです」。
9 Then she gave to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and an exceedingly great abundance of aromatics, and very precious gems. Never were there such aromatics as those that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
そして彼女は金百二十タラント、および非常に多くの香料と宝石とを王に贈った。シバの女王がソロモンに贈ったような香料は、いまだかつてなかった。
10 Then too, the servants of Hiram, with the servants of Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and wood from thyine trees, and very precious gems.
オフルから金を携えて来たヒラムのしもべたちとソロモンのしもべたちはまた、びゃくだんの木と宝石をも携えて来た。
11 And the king made, from this particular thyine wood, steps in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king, and also harps and psalteries for the singing men. Never was there seen such wood in the land of Judah.
王はそのびゃくだんの木で、主の宮と王の家とに階段を造り、また歌うたう者のために琴と立琴を造った。このようなものはかつてユダの地で見たことがなかった。
12 Then king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, and all that she requested, and much more than what she had brought to him. And returning, she went away to her own land with her servants.
ソロモン王は、シバの女王が贈った物に報いたほかに、彼女の望みにまかせて、すべてその求めるものを贈った。そして彼女はその家来たちと共に自分の国へ帰って行った。
13 Now the weight of the gold, which was being brought to Solomon throughout each year, was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
さて一年の間にソロモンの所にはいって来た金の目方は六百六十六タラントであった。
14 apart from the sum that the legates of various nations and the merchants were accustomed to bring, and apart from the gold and silver that all the kings of Arabia, and the princes of the lands, were bringing together for Solomon.
このほかに貿易商および商人の携えて来たものがあった。またアラビヤのすべての王たちおよび国の代官たちも金銀をソロモンに携えてきた。
15 And so, king Solomon made two hundred gold spears, from six hundred gold pieces, the amount used for each spear,
ソロモン王は延金の大盾二百を造った。その大盾にはおのおの六百シケルの延金を用いた。
16 and also three hundred gold shields, from three hundred gold pieces, which covered each shield. And the king placed them in the armory, which was situated in a forest.
また延金の小盾三百を造った。小盾にはおのおの三百シケルの金を用いた。王はこれらをレバノンの森の家に置いた。
17 Also, the king made a great ivory throne, and he clothed it with the purest gold.
王はまた大きな象牙の玉座を造り、純金でこれをおおった。
18 And there were six steps, by which he would ascend to the throne, and a footstool of gold, and two arms, one on each side, and two lions standing beside the arms.
その玉座には六つの段があり、また金の足台があって共に玉座につらなり、その座する所の両方に、ひじかけがあって、ひじかけのわきに二つのししが立っていた。
19 Moreover, there were twelve additional little lions standing upon the six steps on both sides. There was no similar throne in all the kingdoms.
また十二のししが六つの段のおのおのの両側に立っていた。このような物はどこの国でも造られたことがなかった。
20 Also, all the vessels for the feasts of the king were of gold, and the vessels of the forest house of Lebanon were from the purest gold. For silver in those days was considered as nothing.
ソロモン王が飲むときに用いた器はみな金であった。またレバノンの森の家の器もみな純金であって、銀はソロモンの世には尊ばれなかった。
21 For indeed, the ships of the king went to Tarshish, with the servants of Hiram, once every three years. And they brought from there gold, and silver, and ivory, and primates, and peacocks.
これは王の船がヒラムのしもべたちを乗せてタルシシへ行き、三年ごとに一度、そのタルシシの船が金、銀、象牙、さる、くじゃくを載せて来たからである。
22 And so, Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in wealth and glory.
このようにソロモン王は富と知恵において、地のすべての王にまさっていたので、
23 And all the kings of the lands were desiring to see the face of Solomon, so that they might hear the wisdom that God had granted to his heart.
地のすべての王は神がソロモンの心に授けられた知恵を聞こうとしてソロモンに謁見を求めた。
24 And they were bringing to him gifts, vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and armor, and aromatics, and horses, and mules, throughout each year.
人々はおのおの贈り物を携えてきた。すなわち銀の器、金の器、衣服、没薬、香料、馬、騾馬など年々定まっていた。
25 Also, Solomon had forty thousand horses in the stables, and twelve thousand chariots and horsemen, and he appointed them to the cities of the chariots, and where the king was in Jerusalem.
ソロモンは馬と戦車のために馬屋四千と騎兵一万二千を持ち、これを戦車の町に置き、またエルサレムの王のもとに置いた。
26 Now he also exercised authority over all the kings from the river Euphrates as far as the land of the Philistines, and as far as the borders of Egypt.
彼はユフラテ川からペリシテびとの地と、エジプトの境に至るまでのすべての王を治めた。
27 And he brought forth so much silver that it was as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones. And cedar trees were as great in number as the sycamores that spring up in the plains.
王はまた銀を石のようにエルサレムに多くし、香柏を平野のいちじく桑のように多くした。
28 And horses were brought to him from Egypt and from every region.
また人々はエジプトおよび諸国から馬をソロモンのために輸入した。
29 Now the rest of the works of Solomon, the first and the last, have been written in the words of Nathan, the prophet, and in the books of Ahijah, the Shilonite, as well as in the vision of Iddo, the seer, against Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.
ソロモンのそのほかの始終の行為は、預言者ナタンの書と、シロびとアヒヤの預言と、先見者イドがネバテの子ヤラベアムについて述べた黙示のなかに、しるされているではないか。
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem, over all of Israel, for forty years.
ソロモンはエルサレムで四十年の間イスラエルの全地を治めた。
31 And he slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the City of David. And his son, Rehoboam, reigned in his place.
ソロモンはその先祖たちと共に眠って、父ダビデの町に葬られ、その子レハベアムが代って王となった。
