2 Chronicles 9
1 The queen who ruled [the] Sheba [area in Arabia] heard that Solomon had become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer]. She came with a large group of servants, 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 things/topics in which she was interested.
La reine de Saba, instruite de la renommée de Salomon, et voulant l’éprouver en lui proposant des énigmes, se rendit à Jérusalem avec une nombreuse suite et des chameaux, chargés d’aromates, d’or en grande quantité, de pierres précieuses. Elle arriva auprès de Salomon et lui exposa toutes ses pensées.
2 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 lui et dont il ne lui donnât la solution.
3 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace,
La reine de Saba, voyant la sagesse de Salomon, la maison qu’il avait édifiée,
4 she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw 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 completely burned on the altar. She was extremely amazed.
l’approvisionnement de sa table, la situation de ses officiers, les fonctions et le costume de ses serviteurs, ses échansons et leur costume, les sacrifices offerts par lui dans la maison de l’Eternel, fut transportée d’admiration,
5 She said to the king, “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!
6 But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. 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 ta vaste sagesse; tu as dépassé la renommée qui m’avait informée.
7 The men who work for you 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!
8 Praise Yahweh your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by appointing you to be the king of Israel for him. God has always loved the Israeli people, and desires to assist them forever, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
Loué soit l’Eternel, ton Dieu, qui t’a pris en affection et placé sur son trône pour être roi, par la grâce de l’Eternel, ton Dieu. C’Est parce qu’il aime Israël et veut le conserver à jamais, que ton Dieu t’a mis à sa tête comme roi, pour que tu exerces le droit et la justice."
9 Then the queen gave to Solomon about 4-1/2 tons of gold and a large amount of spices and gems. Never had King Solomon received 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; il n’y eut jamais autant d’aromates que ceux-là, offerts par la reine de Saba au roi Salomon.
10 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land. [In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, ] Hiram’s workers and Solomon’s workers brought gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems. King Solomon [told his workers] to use that wood to make railings in the temple and in his palace and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. That wood was the the finest wood that had ever been seen in Israel.
(En outre, les serviteurs de Houram et ceux de Salomon, qui rapportaient de l’or d’Ophir, en rapportaient aussi du bois de sandal et des pierres précieuses.
De ce bois de sandal le roi fit des parquets pour la maison du Seigneur et la maison royale, des harpes et des luths pour les chantres. On n’a pas vu auparavant de bois semblable dans le pays de Juda.)
A son tour, le roi Salomon donna à la reine de Saba tout ce qu’elle désirait et avait demandé, outre ce qu’il offrit en retour de ce qu’elle avait apporté au roi. Elle s’en retourna dans son pays avec ses serviteurs.
13 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,
14 That was in addition to the [taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders. Also, the kings of Arabia and the governors of [the districts in] Israel brought gold and silver to Solomon.
non compris les redevances des marchands voyageurs et des colporteurs, et ce que les rois de l’Arabie et les gouverneurs du pays apportaient en or et en argent à Salomon.
15 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 7-1/2 pounds of gold on each shield.
Le roi Salomon fit confectionner deux cents boucliers longs en or battu, en employant pour chaque bouclier six cents sicles d’or battu,
16 His [workers] made 300 [smaller] shields. They covered each of them with almost 4 pounds of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
et trois cents autres boucliers en or battu, pour chacun desquels il employa trois cents sicles d’or. Le roi les fit placer dans "la maison de la Forêt du Liban".
17 His [workers] also made for him a large throne. [Part of] it was covered with [decorations made from] ivory 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.
18 There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a [small statue of a] lion.
Six degrés conduisaient à ce trône; un marchepied en or était fixé à ce même trône; des deux côtés du siège se trouvaient des bras, près desquels se tenaient deux lions,
19 On the six steps there were twelve statues of lions, one on each side. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
et douze lions étaient rangés, de part et d’autre, sur les six degrés. Pareille chose n’avait été faite dans aucun royaume.
20 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.
21 The king had a fleet 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 de concert avec les serviteurs de Houram, et qui revenait tous les trois ans avec une cargaison d’or et d’argent, d’ivoire, de singes et de paons.
22 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.
Le roi Salomon surpassa tous les rois de la terre en opulence et en sagesse.
23 Kings from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had enabled him to know.
Et tous les rois de la terre venaient rendre visite à Salomon, pour jouir de la sagesse que Dieu avait mise en son cœur.
24 All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons, or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
Et chacun d’eux lui apportait comme hommage des objets d’argent et d’or, des vêtements, des armes, des aromates, des chevaux, des mulets, et cela chaque année.
25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
Salomon posséda quatre mille crèches pour les chevaux de trait, des chars et douze mille cavaliers les fit stationner dans les dépôts de chars et en garda près de lui à Jérusalem.
26 Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] to the border of Egypt [in the south].
Il eut autorité sur tous les rois, depuis le Fleuve jusqu’au pays des Philistins et jusqu’à la frontière d’Egypte.
27 [During the years that Solomon was] king, [he] caused silver to become as common in Jerusalem as stones; and he caused cedar trees in the foothills of Judah to become as plentiful as fig trees.
Le roi rendit l’argent à Jérusalem aussi commun que les pierres, et les cèdres aussi nombreux que les sycomores dans la Plaine.
28 Solomon’s agents brought horses from [the] Musri [area] and other places.
C’Était de l’Egypte qu’on tirait les chevaux pour Salomon ainsi que de tous les autres pays.
29 Lists of all the other things that Solomon did are recorded in the scrolls written by the prophet Nathan and by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city], and in [the scroll in which were written] the visions that the prophet Iddo saw concerning [King] Jeroboam.
Pour le reste de l’histoire de Salomon, depuis le début jusqu’à la fin, il est consigné dans le récit du prophète Nathan, dans la prophétie d’Ahiyya, de Silo, et dans les visions du Voyant Yédo concernant Jéroboam, fils de Nebat.
30 Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years.
Salomon régna à Jérusalem, sur tout Israël, pendant quarante années.
31 Then Solomon died and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
Puis, Salomon s’endormit avec ses pères; et fut enseveli dans la Cité de David. Il eut pour successeur son fils Roboam.
