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, instruite de la renommée que Salomon avait acquise sous les auspices de l’Eternel, voulut l’éprouver en lui proposant 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 se rendit à Jérusalem avec une nombreuse suite de chameaux chargés d’aromates, d’or en très grande quantité, de pierres précieuses, arriva auprès de Salomon et lui exposa toutes ses pensées.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Salomon satisfit à toutes ses questions; pas un seul point qui fût obscur pour le roi et dont il ne lui donnât la solution.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
La reine de Saba, voyant toute la sagesse de Salomon, la maison qu’il avait édifiée,
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.
l’approvisionnement de sa table, la situation de ses officiers, les fonctions et le costume de ses serviteurs, ses échansons, les sacrifices offerts par lui à l’Eternel, fut transportée d’admiration,
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 dit au roi: "C’Était donc vrai, ce que j’ai entendu dire, dans mon pays, de tes discours 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 ne croyais pas à ces propos, avant d’être venue ici et d’avoir vu de mes yeux; or, on ne m’avait pas dit la moitié de ce qui est, ta science et ton mérite sont supérieurs à ta réputation.
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 que voici, qui t’entourent sans cesse et entendent tes sages paroles!
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.”
Soit loué l’Eternel, ton Dieu, qui t’a pris en affection et placé sur le trône d’Israël! Dans son amour constant pour ce peuple, il t’a fait roi pour que tu exerces le droit et la 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.
Et elle fit présent au roi de cent vingt kikkar d’or, d’aromates en très grande quantité et de pierres précieuses; on n’a plus vu, depuis, autant d’aromates que ceux-là, offerts par la reine de Saba 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.
(En outre, la flotte de Hiram, qui rapportait de l’or d’Ofir, en rapporta aussi du bois d’almougghim en quantité énorme, 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.
De ce bois d’almougghim, le roi fit des rampes pour la maison de Dieu et pour la maison royale, des harpes et des luths pour les chantres. On n’a apporté ni vu de semblable bois d’almougghim 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.
A son tour, le roi Salomon donna à la reine de Saba tout ce qu’elle désirait et avait demandé, indépendamment des présents qu’il lui fit et qui furent dignes de sa puissance royale. Elle s’en retourna alors dans son pays avec ses serviteurs.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
Le poids de l’or reçu annuellement par Salomon s’élevait à six cent soixante-six kikkar;
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.
non compris les redevances des marchands voyageurs et colporteurs, des rois alliés 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 confectionner deux cents boucliers longs en or fin, dont six cents sicles d’or furent employés 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 autres boucliers en or fin, exigeant trois mines d’or chacun. Le roi les fit placer 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 aussi faire un grand trône d’ivoire, qu’on recouvrit 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.
Six degrés conduisaient à ce trône, que surmontait un dais s’arrondissant par derrière; des deux côtés du siège se trouvaient des bras, près desquels se tenaient deux lions;
et douze lions étaient rangés, de part et d’autre, sur les six degrés. Pareille chose n’avait été faite 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 en or, et toute la vaisselle dans la maison de la Forêt du Liban était de l’or le plus fin. Point d’argent: il n’avait aucune valeur 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).
De fait, le roi avait une flotte à destination de Tarsis, naviguant avec la flotte de Hiram, et qui revenait tous les trois ans avec une cargaison d’or et d’argent, d’ivoire, de singes et de paons.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Le roi Salomon surpassa tous les rois de la terre en opulence et en 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.
De partout on venait rendre visite à Salomon, pour jouir de la sagesse que Dieu avait mise en 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 lui offrait, comme hommage, des objets d’argent ou d’or, des vêtements, des armes, des aromates, des chevaux, des mulets, et cela 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 eut une collection de chars et de cavaliers, quatorze cents chars, douze mille cavaliers, les fit diriger vers les dépôts de chars et en garda près de lui 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 rendit l’argent, à Jérusalem, aussi commun que les pierres, et les cèdres aussi nombreux que les sycomores de la vallée.
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; un groupe de marchands, sujets du roi, les acquéraient en masse à prix d’argent.
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.
Tout attelage montant d’Egypte revenait à six cents pièces d’argent, et un cheval à cent cinquante. C’Est dans les mêmes conditions qu’ils les exportaient pour tous les rois des Héthéens et pour ceux d’Aram.
