1 Kings 10
1 The queen [who ruled the] Sheba [area] heard that Yahweh had caused Solomon to become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer].
La reine de Saba, ayant appris la renommée de Salomon, au nom de Yahweh, vint pour l'éprouver par des énigmes.
2 She came with a large group of wealthy/influential people, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the topics/things in which she was interested.
Elle vint à Jérusalem avec un équipage très considérable, des chameaux portant des aromates, de l'or en très grande quantité, et des pierres précieuses. Elle se rendit auprès de Salomon, et elle lui dit tout ce qu'elle avait dans le cœur.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Salomon répondit à toutes ses questions: il n'y eut rien qui restât caché au roi, sans qu'il pût répondre.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
Quand la reine de Saba eut vu toute la sagesse de Salomon, et la maison qu'il avait bâtie,
5 she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw where his officials lived (OR, how his officials were seated at the table), their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be offered. She was extremely amazed.
et les mets de sa table, et les appartements de ses serviteurs, et les chambres et les vêtements de ses domestiques, ses échansons, et l'escalier par où il montait dans la maison de Yahweh, elle fut hors d'elle-même,
6 She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
et elle dit au roi: « C'était donc vrai ce que j'ai appris dans mon pays de ce qui te concerne et de ta sagesse!
7 But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. But really, what they told me is only half [of what they could have told me about you]. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me.
Je n'en croyais pas le récit avant d'être venue et d'avoir vu de mes yeux, et voici qu'on ne m'en avait pas dit la moitié! Tu surpasses en sagesse et en magnificence ce que la renommée m'avait fait connaître.
8 Your wives are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
Heureux tes gens, heureux tes serviteurs, qui sont continuellement devant toi, qui entendent ta sagesse!
9 Praise Yahweh, your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by causing you to become the king of Israel! God has always loved the Israeli people, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
Béni soit Yahweh, ton Dieu, qui s'est complu en toi et t'a placé sur le trône d'Israël! C'est parce que Yahweh aime à jamais Israël, qu'il t'a établi roi pour que tu fasses droit et justice. »
10 Then the queen gave to the king [the things that she had brought. She gave him] almost five tons of gold and a large amount of spices and valuable gems. Never again did King Solomon receive more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
Elle donna au roi cent vingt talents d'or, une grande quantité d'aromates et des pierres précieuses. Il ne vint plus jamais autant d'aromates que la reine de Saba en donna au roi Salomon.
11 In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, in which they had previously brought gold from Ophir, they also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems/valuable stones.
Les vaisseaux de Hiram, qui apportaient de l'or d'Ophir, amenèrent aussi d'Ophir une très grande quantité de bois de santal et des pierres précieuses.
12 King Solomon told his workers to use that wood to make railings/supports in the temple of Yahweh and in the king’s palace and also to make harps and lyres for the (musicians/men who played musical instruments). That wood was the largest amount of (OR, the finest) wood that had ever been seen [in Israel]. And no one since then has ever seen so much wood of that kind.
Le roi fit avec le bois de santal des balustrades pour la maison de Yahweh et pour la maison du roi, et des harpes et des lyres pour les chantres. Il ne vint plus de ce bois de santal, et on n'en a plus vu jusqu'à ce jour.
13 King Solomon gave to the queen from Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her those gifts in addition to the gifts that he always gave [to other rulers who visited him]. Then she and the people who came with her returned to her own land.
Le roi Salomon donna à la reine de Saba tout ce qu'elle désira, ce qu'elle demanda, sans parler des présents, en rapport avec la puissance d'un roi tel que Salomon. Puis elle s'en retourna et alla dans son pays, elle et ses serviteurs.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
Le poids de l'or qui arrivait à Salomon en une année était de six cent soixante-six talents d'or,
15 That was in addition to [the taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders, and the annual taxes paid by the kings of Arabia and by the governors of [the regions in] Israel.
outre ce qu'il recevait des marchands ambulants et du trafic des négociants, de tous les rois d'Arabie et des gouverneurs du pays.
16 King Solomon’s workers [took this] gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put (almost 15 pounds/more than 6 kg.) of gold on each shield.
Le roi Salomon fit deux cents grands boucliers d'or battu, employant six cents sicles d'or pour chaque bouclier,
17 His workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with (almost 4 pounds/1.5 kg.) of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
et trois cents petits boucliers d'or battu, employant trois mines d'or pour chaque bouclier; et le roi les mit dans la maison de la forêt du Liban.
18 His workers also made for him a large throne. [Part of it was] covered with (ivory [decorations made from)] tusks of elephants and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
Le roi fit un grand trône d'ivoire et le revêtit d'or pur.
19 There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a statue of a lion on both sides of each step. So altogether there were twelve statues of lions. The back of the throne was rounded at the top. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a small statue of a lion. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
Ce trône avait six degrés, et la partie supérieure du trône était arrondie par derrière; il y avait des bras de chaque côté du siège; deux lions se tenaient près des bras,
et douze lions se tenaient là, sur les six degrés, six de chaque côté. Il ne s'est rien fait de pareil dans aucun royaume.
21 All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. They did not make things from silver, because during the years that Solomon [ruled], silver was not considered to be valuable.
Tous les vases à boire du roi Salomon étaient d'or, et toute la vaisselle de la maison de la forêt du Liban était d'or fin. Rien n'était d'argent; on n'en faisait nul cas du temps de Salomon.
22 The king had a (fleet/large number) of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned [from the places to which they had sailed], bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).
Car le roi avait en mer des vaisseaux de Tharsis avec les vaisseaux de Hiram; une fois tous les trois ans, les vaisseaux de Tharsis arrivaient, apportant de l'or et de l'argent, de l'ivoire, des singes et des paons.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Le roi Salomon fut plus grand que tous les rois de la terre par les richesses et par la sagesse.
24 People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind.
Tout le monde cherchait à voir Salomon, pour entendre la sagesse que Dieu avait mise dans son cœur.
25 All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons (OR, myrrh), or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
Et chacun apportait son présent, des objets d'argent et des objets d'or, des vêtements, des armes, des aromates, des chevaux et des mulets, chaque année.
26 Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on the horses] (OR, [in the chariots]). Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
Salomon rassembla des chars et de la cavalerie; il avait quatorze cents chars et douze mille cavaliers, qu'il plaça dans les villes où étaient déposés ses chars, et près du roi à Jérusalem.
27 During the years that Solomon was king, silver became as common in Jerusalem as stones; and [lumber from] cedar trees in the foothills of Judah was as plentiful as [lumber from] fig trees.
Le roi fit que l'argent était à Jérusalem aussi commun que les pierres, et il fit que les cèdres étaient aussi nombreux que les sycomores qui croissent dans la plaine.
28 Solomon’s agents bought horses and supervised the men who brought them into Israel from the areas of Musri and Cilicia [that were famous for breeding horses].
C'était de l'Egypte que provenaient les chevaux de Salomon; une caravane de marchands du roi les allait prendre par troupes à un prix convenu:
29 In Musri they bought chariots and horses; they paid 600 pieces of silver for each chariot and 150 pieces of silver for each horse. They brought them to Israel. Then they sold many of them to the kings of the Heth people-group and the kings of Syria.
un char montait et sortait d'Egypte pour six cents sicles d'argent, et un cheval pour cent cinquante sicles. Ils en faisaient aussi sortir de la même manière, par eux-mêmes, pour tous les rois des Héthéens et pour les rois de Syrie.
