2 Chronicles 9
1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great caravan, including camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was in her heart.
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ بِشُهْرَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَدِمَتْ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بِمَوْكِبٍ حَافِلٍ، وَجِمَالٍ مُحَمَّلَةٍ أَطْيَاباً وَذَهَباً وَفِيراً، وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً، لِتَطْرَحَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْئِلَةً عَسِيرَةً، وَأَسَرَّتْ إِلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ مَا فِي نَفْسِهَا. | ١ |
2 Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from Solomon which he didn’t tell her.
| فَأَجَابَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ كُلِّ أَسْئِلَتِهَا، وَلَمْ يَخْفَ عَنْهُ شَيْءٌ عَجَزَ عَنْ شَرْحِهِ لَهَا. | ٢ |
3 When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
| وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ حِكْمَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ وَشَاهَدَتِ الْقَصْرَ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ | ٣ |
4 the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers, their clothing, his cup bearers and their clothing, and his ascent by which he went up to the LORD’s house, there was no more spirit in her.
| وَمَا يُقَدَّمُ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ، وَمَجْلِسَ رِجَالِ دَوْلَتِهِ، وَمَوْقِفَ خُدَّامِهِ وَمَلابِسَهُمْ، وَسُقَاتَهُ وَثِيَابَهُمْ، وَمُحْرَقَاتِهِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُقَرِّبُهَا فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، اعْتَرَاهَا الذُّهُولُ الْعَمِيقُ، | ٤ |
5 She said to the king, “It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom.
| فَقَالَتْ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنَّ الأَخْبَارَ الَّتِي بَلَغَتْنِي فِي أَرْضِي عَنْ أُمُورِكَ وَحِكْمَتِكَ هِيَ حَقّاً صَحِيحَةٌ. | ٥ |
6 However I didn’t believe their words until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and behold half of the greatness of your wisdom wasn’t told me. You exceed the fame that I heard!
| وَلَكِنِّي لَمْ أُصَدِّقْهَا حَتَّى جِئْتُ وَشَاهَدْتُ، فَوَجَدْتُ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ لَا يُجَاوِزُ نِصْفَ مَا تَتَمَتَّعُ بِهِ مِنْ حِكْمَةٍ، فَإِنَّ حِكْمَتَكَ تَتَفَوَّقُ عَلَى مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكَ. | ٦ |
7 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom.
| فَطُوبَى لِرِجَالِكَ، وَطُوبَى لِخُدَّامِكَ الْمَاثِلِينَ دَائِماً فِي حَضْرَتِكَ السَّامِعِينَ حِكْمَتَكَ. | ٧ |
8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you and set you on his throne to be king for the LORD your God, because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever. Therefore he made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
| وَلْيَتَبَارَكِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي سُرَّ بِكَ وَأَقَامَكَ مَلِكاً لَهُ. لأَنَّهُ بِفَضْلِ مَحَبَّةِ إِلَهِكَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ جَعَلَكَ مَلِكاً عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَحْفَظَهُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ فَتَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْبِرِّ». | ٨ |
9 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There was never before such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
| وَأَهْدَتْهُ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلافٍ وَثَلاثِ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) وَأَطْيَاباً كَثِيرَةً وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً، وَلَمْ يُوْجَدْ مَا يُمَاثِلُ الطِّيبَ الَّذِي أَهْدَتْهُ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ. | ٩ |
10 The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
| وَكَانَ رِجَالُ الْمَلِكِ حُورَامَ وَرِجَالُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَدْ أَحْضَرُوا ذَهَباً مِنْ أُوفِيرَ، وَجَلَبُوا مَعَهُمْ أَيْضاً خَشَبَ الصَّنْدَلِ وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً. | ١٠ |
11 The king used algum tree wood to make terraces for the LORD’s house and for the king’s house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers. There were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.
| فَاسْتَخْدَمَ الْمَلِكُ خَشَبَ الصَّنْدَلِ فِي صُنْعِ سَلالِمَ لِبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، كَمَا صَنَعَ مِنْهُ أَعْوَاداً وَقِيثَارَاتٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا نَظِيرٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا. | ١١ |
12 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, more than that which she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.
| وَأَعْطَى الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكَةَ سَبَأَ كُلَّ مَا رَغِبَتْ فِيهِ، فَضْلاً عَمَّا أَهْدَاهُ إلَيْهَا مُقَابِلَ الْهَدَايَا الَّتِي حَمَلَتْهَا إِلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَتْ هِيَ وَعَبِيدُهَا إِلَى أَرْضِهَا. | ١٢ |
13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
| وَكَانَ وَزْنُ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي حَصَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ فِي سَنَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَسِتّاً وَسِتِّينَ وَزْنَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحَوَ ثَلاثَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً وَتِسْعِ مِئَةٍ وَسِتَّةٍ وَسِتِّينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً)، | ١٣ |
14 in addition to that which the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
| بِالإِضَافَةِ إِلَى عَوَائِدِ الضَّرَائِبِ مِنَ التُّجَّارِ، وَمَا كَانَ يُقَدِّمُهُ إِلَيْهِ مُلُوكُ الْعَرَبِ وَوُلاةُ الأَرْضِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ. | ١٤ |
15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one large shield.
| وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِئَتَيْ تُرْسٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْمُطْرُوقِ، اسْتَهْلَكَ كُلُّ تُرْسٍ مِنْهَا سِتَّ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْمَطْرُوقِ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ آلافٍ وَمِئَتَيْ جِرَامٍ)، | ١٥ |
16 He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
| وَثَلاثَ مِئَةِ دِرْعٍ ذَهَبِيٍّ، اسْتَهْلَكَ كُلُّ دِرْعٍ مِنْهَا ثَلاثَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ آلافٍ وَسِتِّ مِئَةِ جِرَامٍ)، جَعَلَهَا الْمَلِكُ فِي قَصْرِ غَابَةِ لُبْنَانَ. | ١٦ |
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
| وَصَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ عَرْشاً عَظِيماً مِنْ عَاجٍ، غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ خَالِصٍ. | ١٧ |
18 There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and armrests on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
| وَكَانَ لِلْعَرْشِ سِتُّ دَرَجَاتٍ وَمَوْطِئٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُتَّصِلٌ بِهِ، وَمَسْنَدَانِ عَلَى جَانِبَيْهِ حَوْلَ مَوْضِعِ الْجُلُوسِ، وَأَسَدَانِ يَقِفَانِ إِلَى جِوَارِ الْمَسْنَدَيْنِ. | ١٨ |
19 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was nothing like it made in any other kingdom.
| وَأُقِيمَ عَلَى الدَّرَجَاتِ السِّتِّ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَسَداً، سِتَّةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ جَانِبٍ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِهَذَا الْعَرْشِ نَظِيرٌ فِي كُلِّ الْمَمَالِكِ. | ١٩ |
20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
| أَمَّا جَمِيعُ آنِيَةِ شُرْبِ الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَسَائِرُ آنِيَةِ قَصْرِ غَابَةِ لُبْنَانَ، فَقَدْ كَانَتْ كُلُّهَا مَصْنُوعَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ، فَالْفِضَّةُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا قِيمَةٌ فِي أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ، | ٢٠ |
21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
| فَقَدْ كَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ يَمْلِكُ أُسْطُولاً بَحَرِيًّا تِجَارِيًّا يَعْمَلُ بِالْمُشَارَكَةِ مَعَ رِجَالِ حِيرَامَ، فَكَانَ يَبْحُرُ إِلَى تَرْشِيشَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ مَرَّةً كُلَّ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ مُحَمَّلاً بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْعَاجِ وَالْقُرُودِ وَالطَّوَاوِيسِ. | ٢١ |
22 So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
| وَهَكَذَا تَعَاظَمَ شَأْنُ الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ مُلُوكِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ حَيْثُ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْغِنَى. | ٢٢ |
23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
| وَسَعَى جَمِيعُ مُلُوكِ الأَرْضِ لِلْمُثُولِ فِي حَضْرَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ لِيَسْتَمِعُوا إِلَى حِكْمَتِهِ الَّتِي أَوْدَعَهَا اللهُ قَلْبَهُ. | ٢٣ |
24 They each brought tribute: vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armour, spices, horses, and mules every year.
| فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَأْتِي حَامِلاً هَدِيَّتَهُ مِنْ أَوَانٍ فِضِّيَّةٍ أَوْ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ وَحُلَلٍ وَسِلاحٍ وَتَوَابِلَ وَخَيْلٍ وَبِغَالٍ سَنَةً بَعْدَ سَنَةٍ. | ٢٤ |
25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen that he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
| وَكَانَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ أَرْبَعَةُ آلافِ مِذْوَدٍ لِلْخَيْلِ وَلِلْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَاثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ، فَوَزَّعَهُمْ عَلَى مُدُنِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَاحْتَفَظَ بِبَعْضٍ مِنْهُمْ مَعَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٢٥ |
26 He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
| وَقَدْ خَضَعَ لَهُ جَمِيعُ الْمُلُوكِ الْحَاكِمِينَ مِنْ نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ حَتَّى تُخُومِ مِصْرَ. | ٢٦ |
27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as abundant as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
| وَجَعَلَ الْمَلِكُ الْفِضَّةَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ كَالْحَصَى لِكَثْرَتِهَا، كَمَا جَعَلَ خَشَبَ الأَرْزِ لِوَفْرَتِهِ لَا يَزِيدُ قِيمَةً عَنْ خَشَبِ الْجُمَّيْزِ الَّذِي فِي السَّهْلِ. | ٢٧ |
28 They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt and out of all lands.
| أَمَّا خَيْلُ سُلَيْمَانَ فَقَدِ اسْتُوْرِدَتْ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرَاضِي. | ٢٨ |
29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ بِدَايَتِهَا إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا أَلَيْسَتْ هِي مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ نَاثَانَ النَّبِيِّ وَفِي نُبُوءَةِ أَخِيَّا الشِّيلُونِيِّ، وَفِي رُؤَى النَّبِيِّ يَعْدُو الْمُخْتَصَّةِ بِحُكْمِ يَرُبْعَامَ بْنِ نَبَاطَ؟ | ٢٩ |
30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
| وَدَامَ مُلْكُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، | ٣٠ |
31 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in his father David’s city; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
| ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ. | ٣١ |
