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.
| ملکهٔ سبا وقتی آوازهٔ حکمت سلیمان را شنید، خواست به دیدار او برود و با طرح مسائل دشوار او را آزمایش کند. پس به همراهی سواران بسیار و کاروانی از شتران با بار طلا، جواهرات و عطریات به شهر اورشلیم آمد و مسائل خود را با سلیمان در میان گذاشت. |
2 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
| سلیمان به تمام سؤالات او جواب داد. پاسخ هیچ مسئله‌ای برای سلیمان مشکل نبود. |
3 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace,
| وقتی ملکهٔ سبا سخنان حکیمانهٔ سلیمان را شنید و کاخ زیبا، خوراک شاهانه، تشریفات درباریان و مقامات، خدمت منظم خدمتکاران و ساقیان، و قربانیهایی که در خانهٔ خداوند تقدیم می‌شد، همه را به چشم خود دید مات و مبهوت ماند! |
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.
5 She said to the king, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
| پس به سلیمان گفت: «اینک باور می‌کنم که هر چه در مملکتم دربارهٔ حکمت تو و کارهای بزرگت شنیده‌ام، همه راست بوده است. |
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.
| باور نمی‌کردم تا اینکه آمدم و با چشمان خود دیدم. حکمت تو بیش از آنست که فکرش را می‌کردم! |
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!
| خوشا به حال این قوم و خوشا به حال این درباریان که همیشه سخنان حکیمانهٔ تو را می‌شنوند! |
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.”
| خداوند، خدای تو را ستایش می‌کنم که تو را برگزیده تا بر قوم او سلطنت کنی. خدای تو قوم اسرائیل را دوست دارد و می‌خواهد ایشان را تا به ابد حفظ نماید، به همین سبب است که تو را به پادشاهی ایشان گمارده، تا به عدل و انصاف بر آنان سلطنت کنی!» |
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.
| سپس ملکهٔ سبا به سلیمان هدایای فراوانی داد. این هدایا عبارت بودند از: چهار تن طلا، مقدار زیادی عطریات بی‌نظیر و سنگهای گرانبها. |
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.
| (ملوانان کشتیهای حیرام پادشاه و سلیمان پادشاه از اوفیر، طلا، سنگهای گرانبها و چوب صندل آوردند. |
| سلیمان پادشاه از همین چوبهای صندل، پلکان خانهٔ خداوند و کاخ سلطنتی خود را ساخت و برای دستهٔ نوازندگان نیز از این چوب، عود و بربط درست کرد. تا به آن روز چنین چوبهای مرغوبی در سراسر سرزمین یهودا دیده نشده بود.) |
| سلیمان پادشاه علاوه بر چیزهایی که خود ملکهٔ سبا خواست، هدایایی به ارزش همان هدایایی که برایش آورده بود، به او داد. سپس ملکهٔ سبا و همراهانش به مملکت خویش بازگشتند. |
13 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
| سلیمان پادشاه علاوه بر دریافت مالیات و سود بازرگانی، هر سال بیست و سه تن طلا هم عایدش می‌شد. پادشاهان عرب و حاکمان سرزمین اسرائیل نیز طلا و نقره برای سلیمان می‌آوردند. |
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.
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.
| سلیمان از این طلا دویست سپر بزرگ، هر کدام به وزن سه و نیم کیلو |
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.
| و سیصد سپر کوچک، هر یک به وزن دو کیلو ساخت. پادشاه این سپرها را در تالار بزرگ قصر خود که «جنگل لبنان» نام داشت، گذاشت. |
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.
| او یک تخت سلطنتی بزرگ نیز از عاج با روکش طلای ناب ساخت. |
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.
| این تخت شش پله، و یک زیرپایی متصل به تخت داشت. در دو طرف تخت دو دسته بود که کنار هر دسته، یک مجسمهٔ شیر قرار داشت. |
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.
| در دو طرف هر یک از پله‌ها نیز دو مجسمهٔ شیر نصب شده بود. این تخت در تمام دنیا بی‌نظیر بود! |
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.
| همهٔ جامهای سلیمان و ظروف تالار «جنگل لبنان» از طلای خالص بود. در میان آنها حتی یک ظرف نقره هم پیدا نمی‌شد، چون طلا به حدی فراوان بود که دیگر نقره ارزشی نداشت! |
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).
| کشتیهای تجاری سلیمان پادشاه با کمک ملوانان حیرام هر سه سال یک بار با بارهای طلا، نقره، عاج، میمون و طاووس وارد بنادر اسرائیل می‌شدند. |
22 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.
| سلیمان از تمام پادشاهان دنیا ثروتمندتر و داناتر بود. |
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.
| پادشاهان دنیا مشتاق دیدن سلیمان بودند تا شاهد حکمتی باشند که خدا به او داده بود. |
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.
| هر سال عده‌ای به دیدن او می‌آمدند و با خود هدایایی از طلا و نقره، لباس، عطریات، اسلحه، اسب و قاطر برایش می‌آوردند. |
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.
| علاوه بر این، سلیمان در پایتخت خود اورشلیم و سایر شهرها چهار هزار آخور اسب و محل نگهداری ارابه‌ها و دوازده هزار اسب داشت. |
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].
| او بر همهٔ پادشاهان و سرزمینهای آنها از رود فرات تا مملکت فلسطین و از آنجا تا مرز سرزمین مصر فرمانروایی می‌کرد. |
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.
| در روزگار سلیمان در اورشلیم، نقره مثل ریگ بیابان فراوان بود و الوارهای گرانبهای سرو، مانند چوب معمولی مصرف می‌شد! |
28 Solomon’s agents brought horses from [the] Musri [area] and other places.
| اسبهای سلیمان را از مصر و کشورهای دیگر می‌آوردند. |
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.
| شرح بقیهٔ رویدادهای دوران سلطنت سلیمان، از اول تا آخر، در کتاب «تاریخ ناتان نبی»، «نبوّت اخیای شیلونی» و «رویاهای یعدوی نبی» که وقایع یربعام پسر نباط را نیز در بر دارد، نوشته شده است. |
30 Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years.
| سلیمان مدت چهل سال در اورشلیم بر تمام اسرائیل سلطنت کرد. |
31 Then Solomon died and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
| وقتی مرد، او را در شهر پدرش داوود دفن کردند و پسرش رحبعام به جای او پادشاه شد. |
