1 Књига о царевима 10
1 А царица савска чу глас о Соломуну и о имену Господњем, и дође да га искуша загонеткама.
Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.
2 И дође у Јерусалим са силном пратњом, с камилама које ношаху мириса и злата врло много и драгог камења; и дошавши к Соломуну говори с њим о свему што јој беше у срцу.
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.
3 И Соломун јој одговори на све речи њене; не беше од цара сакривено ништа да јој не би одговорио.
And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.
4 А кад царица савска виде сву мудрост Соломунову и дом који беше сазидао,
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,
5 И јела на столу његовом и станове слуга његових и дворбу дворана његових и одело њихово, и пехарнике његове и жртве његове паљенице које приношаше у дому Господњем, она дође изван себе;
And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
6 Па рече цару: Истина је шта сам чула у својој земљи о стварима твојим и о мудрости твојој.
And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.
7 Али не хтех веровати шта се говораше докле не дође и видим својим очима; а гле, ни пола ми није казано; твоја мудрост и доброта надвишује глас који сам слушала.
But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.
8 Благо људима твојим, благо слугама твојим, који једнако стоје пред тобом и слушају мудрост твоју.
Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.
9 Да је благословен Господ Бог твој коме си омилео, те те посади на престо Израиљев; јер Господ љуби Израиља увек, и постави те царем да судиш и делиш правицу.
May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.
10 Потом даде цару сто и двадесет таланата злата и врло много мириса и драгог камења: никада више не дође толико таквих мириса колико даде царица савска цару Соломуну.
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
11 И лађе Хирамове, које доношаху злато из Офира, донесоше из Офира врло много дрвета алмугима и драгог камења.
And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.
12 И начини цар од тог дрвета алмугима заграду у дому Господњем и у дому царском и харфе и псалтире за певаче; никада се више није довезло таквог дрвета алмугима нити се видело до данашњег дана.
And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.
13 А цар Соломун даде царици савској шта год зажеле и заиска осим оног шта јој даде сам по могућству цара Соломуна. По том она отиде и врати се у земљу своју са слугама својим.
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.
14 А злата што дохођаше Соломуну сваке године, беше шест стотина и шездесет и шест таланата,
Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;
15 Осим оног што дохођаше од трговаца и оних који продаваху мирисе и од свих царева арапских и управитеља земаљских.
In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.
16 И цар Соломун начини двеста штитова од кованог злата, шест стотина сикала злата дајући на један штит:
And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.
17 И три стотине малих штитова од кованог злата, по три мине злата дајући на сваки штитић; и остави их цар у дому од шуме ливанске.
And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.
18 И начини цар велик престо од слонове кости, и обложи га чистим златом.
Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.
19 Шест басамака беше у престола, и врх округао беше озад на престолу и ручице беху с обе стране седишта, и два лава стајаху покрај тих ручица.
There were six steps going up to it, and the top of it was round at the back, there were arms on the two sides of the seat, and two lions by the side of the arms;
20 И дванаест лавова стајаху на шест басамака отуд и одовуд. Не би такав начињен ни у коме царству.
And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.
21 И сви судови из којих пијаше цар Соломун беху златни, и сви судови у дому од шуме ливанске беху од чистог злата; од сребра не беше ништа; сребро беше ништа за времена Соломуновог.
And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.
22 Јер цар имаше лађе тарсиске на мору с лађама Хирамовим: један пут у три године враћаху се лађе тарсиске доносећи злато и сребро, слонове кости, мајмуне и пауне.
For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
23 Тако цар Соломун беше већи од свих царева земаљских богатством и мудрошћу.
And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
24 И из целе земље тражаху да виде Соломуна, да чују мудрост његову, коју му даде Господ у срце.
And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 И доношаху му сви даре, судове сребрне и судове златне, и хаљине и оружје и мирисе и коње и мазге, сваке године.
And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.
26 Тако накупи Соломун кола и коњика, и имаше хиљаду и четири стотине кола и дванаест хиљада коњика, које разреди по градовима, где му беху кола, и код себе у Јерусалиму.
And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he kept, some in the carriage-towns and some with the king at Jerusalem.
27 И учини цар, те у Јерусалиму беше сребра као камења, и кедрових дрва као дивљих смокава које расту по пољу, тако много.
And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
28 И довођаху Соломуну коње из Мисира и свакојаки трг, јер трговци цареви узимаху трг различан за цену.
And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.
29 И долажаху кола из Мисира по шест стотина сикала сребра, а коњ по сто и педесет. И тако сви цареви хетејски и цареви сирски добијаху коње преко њих.
A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
