1 Kings 10

1 And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

١ وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغَتْ أَخْبَارُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَإِعْلائِهِ لاِسْمِ الرَّبِّ مَسَامِعَ مَلِكَةِ سَبَأَ، قَدِمَتْ لِتُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْئِلَةً عَسِيرَةً،

2 and she cometh to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she cometh unto Solomon, and speaketh unto him all that hath been with her heart.

٢ فَوَصَلَتْ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي مَوْكِبٍ عَظِيمٍ جِدّاً، وَجِمَالٍ مُحَمَّلَةٍ بِأَطْيَابٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَفِيرٍ وَحِجَارَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ، وَأَسَرَّتْ إِلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ مَا فِي نَفْسِهَا.

3 And Solomon declareth to her all her matters — there hath not been a thing hid from the king that he hath not declared to her.

٣ فَأَجَابَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ كُلِّ أَسْئِلَتِهَا، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَعْجِزَ عَنْ شَرْحِ شَيْءٍ.

4 And the queen of Sheba seeth all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he built,

٤ وَلَمَّا رَأَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ كُلَّ حِكْمَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَشَاهَدَتِ الْقَصْرَ الَّذِي شَيَّدَهُ،

5 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.

٥ وَمَا يُقَدَّمُ عَلَى مَائِدَتِهِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ، وَمَجْلِسَ رِجَالِ دَوْلَتِهِ، وَمَوْقِفَ خُدَّامِهِ وَمَلابِسَهُمْ، وَسُقَاتَهُ وَمُحْرَقَاتِهِ الَّتِي كَانَ يُقَرِّبُهَا فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، اعْتَراهَا الذُّهُولُ الْعَمِيقُ،

6 And she saith unto the king, 'True hath been the word that I heard in my land, concerning thy matters and thy wisdom;

٦ فَقَالَتْ لِلْمَلِكِ: «إِنَّ الأَخْبَارَ الَّتِي بَلَغَتْنِي فِي أَرْضِي عَنْ أُمُورِكَ وَحِكْمَتِكَ هِي حَقّاً صَحِيحَةٌ.

7 and I gave no credence to the words till that I have come, and my eyes see, and lo, it was not declared to me — the half; thou hast added wisdom and goodness unto the report that I heard.

٧ وَلَمْ أُصَدِّقْهَا فِي بَادِئِ الأَمْرِ حَتَّى جِئْتُ وَشَاهَدْتُ، فَوَجَدْتُ أَنَّ مَا بَلَغَنِي لَا يُجَاوِزُ نِصْفَ الْحَقِيقَةِ، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ حِكْمَتَكَ وَصَلاحَكَ يَزِيدَانِ عَمَّا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَخْبَارِكَ.

8 O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants — these — who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!

٨ فَطُوبَى لِرِجَالِكَ وَطُوبَى لِخُدَّامِكَ الْمَاثِلِينَ دَائِماً فِي حَضْرَتِكَ يَسْمَعُونَ حِكْمَتَكَ.

9 Jehovah thy God is blessed who delighted in thee, to put thee on the throne of Israel; in Jehovah's loving Israel to the age He doth set thee for king, to do judgment and righteousness.

٩ فَلْيَتَبَارَكِ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي سُرَّ بِكَ، وَأَجْلَسَكَ عَلَى عَرْشِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّهُ بِفَضْلِ مَحَبَّتِهِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ لإِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ أَقَامَكَ مَلِكاً لِتُجْرِيَ الْعَدْلَ وَالْبِرَّ».

10 And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices very many, and precious stone; there came not like that spice any more for abundance that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

١٠ وَأَهْدَتِ الْمَلِكَ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ وَزْنَةً (نَحْوَ أَرْبَعَةِ آلافٍ وَثَلاثِ مِئَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَأَطْيَاباً كَثِيرَةً وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً، فَكَانَتِ التَّوَابِلُ الَّتِي أَهْدَتْهَا مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنَ الْوَفْرَةِ بِحَيْثُ لَمْ يُجْلَبْ مِثْلُهَا فِي مَا بَعْدُ.

11 And also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir almug-trees very many, and precious stone;

١١ وَجَلَبَتْ أَيْضاً سُفُنُ حِيرَامَ الَّتِي حَمَلَتِ الذَّهَبَ مِنْ أُوفِيرَ، خَشَبَ الصَّنْدَلِ بِكَمِّيَاتٍ وَافِرَةٍ جِدّاً وَحِجَارَةً كَرِيمَةً،

12 and the king maketh the almug-trees a support for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; there have not come such almug-trees, nor have there been seen [such] unto this day.

١٢ فَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ خَشَبِ الصَّنْدَلِ دَرَابَزِيناً لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَلِلْقَصْرِ، كَمَا صَنَعَ مِنْهُ أَعْوَاداً وَقِيثَارَاتٍ. وَلَمْ يُرَ وَلَمْ يُجْلَبْ حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ مِثْلُ خَشَبِ الصَّنْدَلِ ذَلِكَ لِكَثْرَتِهِ.

13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of king Solomon, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.

١٣ وَأَعْطَى الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكَةَ سَبَأَ كُلَّ مَا رَغِبَتْ فِيهِ، فَضْلاً عَمَّا أَهْدَاهُ إِلَيْهَا وَفْقاً لِكَرَمِهِ. ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَتْ هِيَ وَحَاشِيَتُهَا إِلَى أَرْضِهَا.

14 And the weight of the gold that hath come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty and six talents of gold,

١٤ وَكَانَ وَزْنُ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي حَصَلَ عَلَيْهِ سُلَيْمَانُ فِي سَنَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ سِتَّ مِئَةٍ وَسِتّاً وَسِتِّينَ وَزْنَةَ ذَهَبٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً وَتِسْعِ مِئَةٍ وَسِتَّةٍ وَسَبْعِينَ كِيلُو جِرَاماً).

15 apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.

١٥ فَضْلاً عَنْ عَوَائِدِ ضَرَائِبِ التُّجَّارِ وَأَرْبَاحِ تِجَارَتِهِ مَعَ مُلُوكِ الْعَرَبِ وَوُلاةِ الأَرْضِ.

16 And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold — six hundred of gold go up on the one target;

١٦ وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِئَتَيْ تُرْسٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْمَطْرُوقِ، اسْتَهْلَكَ كُلُّ تُرْسٍ مِنْهَا سِتَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ ثَلاثَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ وَنِصْفِ الكِيلُو جِرَامِ) مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

17 and three hundred shields of alloyed gold — three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them [in] the house of the forest of Lebanon.

١٧ وَثَلاثَ مِئَةِ دِرْعٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مَطْرُوقٍ، اسْتَهْلَكَ كُلُّ دِرْعٍ مِنْهَا ثَلاثَةَ أَمْنَاءٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ (نَحْوَ كِيلُو وَثَمَانِي مِئَةِ جِرَامٍ)، وَجَعَلَهَا سُلَيْمَانُ فِي قَصْرِ غَابَةِ لُبْنَانَ.

18 And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold;

١٨ وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ عَرْشاً عَظِيماً مِنْ عَاجٍ، غَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ إِبْرِيزٍ.

19 six steps hath the throne, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,

١٩ وَكَانَ لِلْعَرْشِ سِتُّ دَرَجَاتٍ، وَلَهُ رَأْسٌ مُسْتَدِيرٌ مِنَ الْخَلْفِ، وَمَسْنَدَانِ عَلَى جَانِبَيْهِ حَوْلَ مَوْضِعِ الْجُلُوسِ، وَأَسَدَانِ يَقِفَانِ إِلَى جُوَارِ الْمَسْنَدَيْنِ.

20 and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this [side] and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.

٢٠ وَأُقِيمَ عَلَى الدَّرَجَاتِ السِّتِّ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَسَداً، سِتّةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ جَانِبٍ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِهَذَا الْعَرْشِ نَظِيرٌ فِي كُلِّ الْمَمَالِكِ.

21 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold — there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,

٢١ أَمَّا جَمِيعُ آنِيَةِ شُرْبِ الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَسَائِرُ آنِيَةِ قَصْرِ غَابَةِ لُبْنَانَ، فَكَانَتْ كُلُّهَا مَصْنُوعَةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ الْخَالِصِ، فَالْفِضَّةُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا قِيمَةٌ فِي أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

22 for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

٢٢ وَكَانَ لِلْمَلِكِ أُسْطُولٌ بَحَرِيٌّ تِجَارِيٌّ يَعْمَلُ بِالْمُشَارَكَةِ مَعَ أُسْطُولِ حِيرَامَ. فَكَانَ هَذَا الأُسْطُولُ التِّجَارِيُّ يَأْتِي مَرَّةً كُلَّ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ مُحَمَّلاً بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَالْعَاجِ وَالْقُرُودِ وَالطَّوَاوِيسِ وَيُفَرِّغُهَا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

23 And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,

٢٣ وَهَكَذَا تَعَاظَمَ شَأْنُ الْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ مُلُوكِ الأَرْضِ مِنْ حَيْثُ الْغِنَى وَالْحِكْمَةِ،

24 and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart,

٢٤ وَتَوَافَدَ النَّاسُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ الأَرْضِ لِلْمُثُولِ فِي حَضْرَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَالاسْتِمَاعِ إِلَى حِكْمَتِهِ الَّتِي أَوْدَعَهَا اللهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ،

25 and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year.

٢٥ فَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يَأْتِي حَامِلاً هَدَايَا مِنْ أَوَانٍ فِضِّيَّةٍ وَذَهَبِيَّةٍ، وَحُلَلٍ وَسِلاحٍ وَتَوَابِلَ وَخَيْلٍ وَبِغَالٍ سَنَةً بَعْدَ سَنَةٍ

26 And Solomon gathereth chariots, and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.

٢٦ وَتَجَمَّعَ لَدَى سُلَيْمَانَ مَرَاكِبُ وَفُرْسَانٌ، فَكَانَتْ لَهُ أَلْفٌ وَأَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ مَرْكَبَةٍ، وَاثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ، فَوَزَّعَهُمْ عَلَى مُدُنِ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ، وَاحْتَفَظَ بِبَعْضٍ مِنْهُمْ مَعَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

27 And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance.

٢٧ وَأَصْبَحَتِ الْفِضَّةُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ كَالْحَصَى لِكَثْرَتِهَا، كَمَا صَارَ خَشَبُ الأَرْزِ لِتَوَفُّرِهِ لَا يَزِيدُ قِيمَةً عَنْ خَشَبِ الْجُمَّيْزِ.

28 And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath [is] from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;

٢٨ وَقَدِ اسْتُوْرِدَتْ خَيْلُ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ تَقُوعَ، وَكَانَ تُجَّارُ الْمَلِكِ يَتَسَلَّمُونَهَا مِنْ تَقُوعَ بِثَمَنٍ مُعَيَّنٍ.

29 and a chariot cometh up and cometh out of Egypt for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they bring out.

٢٩ وَشَرَعَ تُجَّارُ الْمَلِكِ يَسْتَوْرِدُونَ الْمَرْكَبَاتِ مِنْ مِصْرَ، فَيَدْفَعُونَ سِتَ مِئَةِ شَاقِلٍ (نَحْوَ سَبْعَةِ كِيلُو جِرَامَاتٍ) مِنْ الْفِضَّةِ عَنْ كُلَّ مَرْكَبَةٍ، وَمِئَةً وَخَمْسِينَ شَاقِلاً (نَحْوَ كِيلُو جِرَامَيْنِ) عَنْ كُلِّ فَرَسٍ. ثُمَّ يُصَدِّرُونَهَا لِجَمِيعِ مُلُوكِ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَمُلُوكِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ.