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].
Et la Reine de Séba, au bruit de la renommée de Salomon, du Nom de l'Éternel, vint pour l'éprouver par des problèmes énigmatiques.
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.
Et elle fit son entrée à Jérusalem avec très grand train, avec des chameaux portant des aromates et de l'or en très grande quantité et des pierres précieuses, et elle entra chez Salomon et lui exposa tout ce qu'elle avait dans la pensée.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Et Salomon lui résolut toutes ses questions; il n'y eut pour le Roi rien de trop difficile qu'il ne pût résoudre.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
Et comme la Reine de Séba contemplait toute la sagesse de Salomon, et le palais qu'il avait bâti,
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 loges de ses valets, et leurs costumes, et ses celliers et ses holocaustes qu'il offrait dans la Maison de l'Éternel, elle était toute hors d'haleine, et elle dit au Roi:
6 She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
Il étaient vrais les rapports que j'entendais faire dans mon pays de tes dits et faits 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.
et je n'ajoutais pas foi à ces rapports jusqu'à ce qu'étant venue j'ai vu de mes yeux, et voilà qu'on ne m'a pas dit la moitié; tu surpasses en sagesse et en prospérité ta renommée parvenue jusqu'à moi.
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 ton monde! heureux tes serviteurs que voilà en permanence debout devant toi, auditeurs de 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.”
Que béni soit l'Éternel, ton Dieu, qui t'a fait la faveur de te placer sur le trône d'Israël! C'est parce que le Seigneur a pour Israël un éternel amour 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.
Et elle donna au Roi cent vingt talents d'or et des aromates en immense quantité et des pierres précieuses: il ne vint plus une quantité d'aromates égale au don que la Reine de Séba fît 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.
(La flotte d'Hiram qui rapportait l'or d'Ophir, ramenait aussi d'Ophir du bois de sandal en très grande quantité 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.
Et avec le bois de sandal le Roi Salomon fit une balustrade au Temple de l'Éternel et au palais royal et des luths et des harpes pour les chantres; il n'était pas encore venu tant de bois de sandal et jusqu'aujourd'hui on n'en a pas vu au tant.)
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.
Et le Roi Salomon donna à la Reine de Séba tout ce qui fut à son gré et qu'elle demanda, outre les présents qu'il lui fit à la manière du Roi Salomon. Puis elle s'en retourna et regagna son pays, elle et sa suite.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
Et le poids de l'or qui formait le revenu annuel de Salomon, 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.
non compris ce qu'il retirait des marchands et du trafic des commerçants, et de tous les rois des étrangers et 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.
Et le Roi Salomon fit deux cents boucliers d'or laminé, plaquant chaque bouclier de six cents sicles d'or,
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 rondaches d'or laminé, plaquant chaque rondache de trois mines d'or; et le Roi les plaça 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.
Et le Roi fit un grand trône d'ivoire et il le recouvrit d'or affiné.
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.
Le trône avait six marches, et le haut du dossier en était arrondi, et au siège étaient les bras d'un côté et de l'autre, et deux lions debout à côté des bras,
et douze lions debout se trouvaient là sur les six marches de part et d'autre: il n'en fut fait de pareil en 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.
et toutes les coupes du Roi Salomon étaient d'or et toute la vaisselle de la Maison de la Forêt du Liban était d'or fin: point d'argent; au temps de Salomon, on n'en faisait aucun cas.
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 une flotte de Tharsis de conserve avec la flotte d'Hiram; une fois, en trois ans arrivait la flotte de Tharsis, apportant de l'or et de l'argent, de l'ivoire et des singes et des paons.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Et le Roi Salomon devint plus grand que 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.
Et tout le monde recherchait la présence de Salomon pour ouïr sa sagesse, de laquelle Dieu avait doué 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, de la vaisselle d'argent et de la vaisselle d'or, et des vêtements et des armes et des aromates, des chevaux et des mules, chaque année le contingent de l'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.
Et Salomon rassembla chars et cavalerie, et il avait mille et quatre cents chars et douze mille cavaliers, dont il établit le dépôt dans les villes des chars et à Jérusalem près du Roi.
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.
Et le Roi rendit l'argent à Jérusalem aussi commun que les pierres, et les cèdres, quant au nombre, que les sycomores qui viennent dans la plaine basse.
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].
Et les chevaux qu'il avait, Salomon les tirait de l'Egypte, et c'était à Thékôa que les marchands de Salomon allaient recevoir le convoi contre paiement.
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.
Et l'on amenait et tirait de l'Egypte un char pour six cents sicles d'argent, et un cheval pour cent cinquante, et de la même manière on en exportait par leur entremise pour tous les rois des Héthiens et pour tous les rois de la Syrie.
