2 Chroniques 9
1 Et la reine de Saba ouït le renom de Salomon, et elle vint à Jérusalem avec une suite nombreuse, pour éprouver le roi Salomon, en lui proposant des énigmes; or, elle avait des chameaux chargés d'épices, d'or et de pierres précieuses; elle vint ainsi auprès de Salomon, et elle lui dit tout ce qu'elle avait dans le cœur.
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.
2 Et Salomon résolut toutes ses questions, et il n'y eut pas un mot qu'il négligeât, auquel il ne répondît.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
3 Et la reine de Saba vit la sagesse de Salomon, le palais qu'il avait bâti,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace,
4 Les mets de sa table, les logements de ses serviteurs, la tenue de ses officiers et leurs vêtements, ses échansons, leur équipement et les holocaustes qu'il consacra dans le temple du Seigneur, et elle en fut hors d'elle-même.
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 Et elle dit au roi Salomon: C'était la vérité qu'on m'avait dite en mon pays, au sujet de ton éloquence et de ta sagesse.
She said to the king, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
6 Et j'avais refusé de croire à ce qu'on m'en avait rapporté, jusqu'à ce que je fusse venue moi-même et que j'eusse vu de mes yeux; je reconnais qu'on ne m'avait point appris la moitié de ta sagesse. Tu as dépassé ce que j'avais entendu.
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.
7 Heureux tes hommes, heureux tes serviteurs qui sont toujours auprès de toi, et qui recueillent toute ta sagesse.
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!
8 Béni soit le Seigneur ton Dieu qui s'est complu en toi et qui t'a mis sur le trône d'Israël, pour que tu sois roi selon le cœur du Seigneur ton Dieu; car le Seigneur ton Dieu aime ce peuple, et il veut l'affermir à jamais; et il t'a établi leur roi, afin que tu observes le jugement et la justice.
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.”
9 Et elle donna à Salomon cent vingt talents d'or, avec une immense quantité d'épices, et des pierres précieuses. Il n'y eut, en aucun temps, des épices comme celles que la reine de Saba donna au roi Salomon.
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.
10 Cependant, les serviteurs de Salomon et les serviteurs d'Hiram apportèrent à Salomon de l'or d'Ophir, des pins et des pierres précieuses.
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.
11 Le roi fit de ces pins les degrés du temple et du palais; il en fit aussi des cithares et des lyres pour les chanteurs, et on n'avait jamais vu de tels arbres auparavant dans la terre de Juda.
12 Et le roi Salomon donna à la reine de Saba tout ce qu'elle voulut, tout ce qu'elle demanda, hormis ce qu'elle-même lui avait donné. Et elle s'en retourna en son pays.
13 Le poids de l'or qui arriva au roi Salomon en une année, fut de six cent soixante-six talents,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
14 Outre les impôts sur les hommes et les droits payés par les marchands. Et tous les rois de l'Arabie, tous les princes de la terre promise apportaient au roi Salomon de l'argent et de l'or.
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 Il fit faire deux cents longs boucliers d'or avec six cents sicles d'or battu, chacun pesant six cents sicles d'or pur,
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.
16 Et trois cents petits boucliers d'or battu, chacun pesant trois cents sicles d'or; il les plaça tous dans le palais de bois du Liban.
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.
17 Il fit faire aussi un grand trône d'ivoire qu'il revêtit de lames d'or très fin.
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.
18 On montait sur ce trône par six degrés revêtus d'or, et il y avait des bras des deux côtés du siège, et deux lions auprès des bras,
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.
19 Et douze lions sur les degrés: six à droite, six à gauche; on ne voyait rien de semblable dans aucun royaume.
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.
20 Et tous les vases dont se servait Salomon étaient d'or, ainsi que tous les meubles du palais de bois du Liban. On n'y voyait point d'argent, car ce métal était compté pour rien, du temps de Salomon.
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.
21 Et cela, parce qu'un vaisseau de Salomon partait pour Tharsis avec les serviteurs du roi Hiram, et tous les trois ans des bâtiments en revenaient chargés d'or, d'argent, d'ivoire et de singes.
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).
22 Ainsi, Salomon surpassa tous les rois en science et en richesses.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.
23 Et tous les rois de la terre demandèrent à le voir, et à entendre la sagesse que Dieu avait mise en son cœur.
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.
24 Et chaque année, ils lui apportaient des présents: des vases, de l'or, des vêtements, de la myrrhe, des épices, des chevaux et des mules.
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.
25 Salomon avait pour ses chars quatre mille cavales et douze mille cavaliers; il les avait mis dans les villes des chars ou auprès de lui à Jérusalem.
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.
26 Et il était le chef de tous les rois, depuis l'Euphrate jusqu'au territoire des Philistins, et aux frontières de l'Égypte.
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].
27 Et le roi rendit à Jérusalem l'or et l'argent aussi communs que les pierres; et les cèdres aussi nombreux que les mûriers des champs.
[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.
28 Et Salomon tirait des chevaux de l'Égypte et de toute la terre.
Solomon’s agents brought horses from [the] Musri [area] and other places.
29 Le reste des actes de Salomon, les premiers et les derniers sont écrits dans les Récits de Nathan le prophète, et d'Achias le Sélonite, et dans les Visions du voyant Johel, concernant Jéroboam, fils de Nabat.
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.
30 Et Salomon régna quarante ans sur Israël.
Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years.
31 Et Salomon s'endormit avec ses pères; on l'ensevelit en la ville de David, et son fils Roboam régna à sa place.
Then Solomon died and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
