1 A nd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

وَسَمِعَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ بِشُهرَةِ سُلَيْمانَ. فَأتَتْ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ مع حاشِيَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ فِي مَوْكِبٍ ضَخمٍ بَهِيٍّ. فَكانَ مَعَها جِمالٌ كَثِيرَةٌ تَحمِلُ أطْياباً وَجَواهِرَ وَذَهَباً كَثِيراً. جاءَتْ لِتَمتَحِنَ سُلَيْمانَ بِأسئِلَةٍ صَعْبَةٍ. فَقابَلَتْهُ، وَتَحَدَّثَتْ مَعَهُ فِي كُلِّ المّسائِلِ الَّتِي فِي فِكْرِها.

2 A nd Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he told her not.

فَأجابَ سُلَيْمانُ عَنْ أسئِلَتِها، وَلَمْ يَصْعُبْ على سُلَيْمانَ سُؤالٌ مِنْها.

3 A nd when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

فَأدرَكَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ عَظَمَةَ حِكْمَةِ سُلَيْمانَ. رَأتْ القَصْرَ الَّذِي بَناهُ،

4 a nd the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.

وَالطَّعامَ عَلَى مائِدَتِهِ، وَمَجلِسَ كِبارِ مَسْؤُولِيهِ، وَحاشِيَةَ خَدَمِهِ وَثِيابَهُمُ وَالذَّبائِحَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَها فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. فانحَبَسَتْ أنفاسُها دَهشَةً!

5 A nd she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom.

فَقالَتِ المَلِكَةُ لِلمَلِكِ: «سَمِعْتُ فِي بَلَدَي الكَثِيرَ عَنْ حِكْمَتِكَ وَأعمالِكَ. وَكُلُّ ما سَمِعْتُهُ صَحِيحٌ!

6 H owbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

لَمْ أُصَدِّقْ ما سَمِعْتُ بِهِ إلَى أنْ رَأيتُهُ بعَينِي. وَالآنَ أُدرِكُ أنَّ ما أراهُ أعظَمُ بِكَثِيرٍ مِمّا سَمِعْتُ بِهِ. فَثَراؤُكَ وَحِكمَتُكَ تَفُوقُ ما أُخبِرْتُ بِهِ

7 H appy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

فَهَنِيئاً لِزَوجاتِكَ وَمُوَظَّفِيكَ! إذْ يُمكِنُهُمْ أنْ يَخدِمُوكَ وَيَسمَعُوا حِكمَتَكَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.

8 B lessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.

مُبارَكٌ إلَهُكَ الَّذي رَضِيَ عَنكَ وَأجلَسَكَ عَلَى العَرشِ لِتَكُونَ مَلِكاً تَخدِمُ إلَهَكَ. قَدْ أحَبَّ إلَهُكَ إسْرائِيلَ وَسَيَدعَمُها إلَى الأبَدِ، فَجَعَلَكَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ، لِتُقيمَ العَدلَ وَالاسْتِقامَةَ.»

9 A nd she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

وَأعطَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ المَلِكَ سُلَيْمانَ مِئِةً وَعِشرِينَ قِنْطاراً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَكَمِّيَّةً كَبيرَةً مِنَ التَّوابِلِ وَالحِجارَةِ الكَرِيمَةِ. وَلَمْ يُقَدِّمْ إنسانٌ تَوابِلَ فاخِرَةً لِلمَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ كَتِلكَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَتْها لَهُ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ.

10 A nd the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.

وَجَلَبَ خُدّامُ حُورامَ وَخُدّامُ سُلَيْمانَ ذَهَباً مِنْ أُوفِيرَ. وَجَلَبُوا أيضاً خَشَبَ الصَّندَلِ وَحجارَةً كَريمَةً.

11 A nd the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

فَاسْتَخدَمَ سُلَيْمانُ خَشَبَ الصَّندَلِ في صُنعِ دَرَجٍ لِبَيتِ اللهِ ، وَلِقَصرِ المَلِكِ، وَلِصُنعِ قَياثيرَ وَرَبابٍ لِلمُرَنِّمينَ. وَلَمْ يَسبِقْ لأحَدٍ أنْ رَأى مِثلَ تِلكَ الأشياءِ الجَميلَةِ الَّتِي صُنِعَتْ مِنْ خَشَبِ الصَّندَل في أرْضِ يَهُوذا.

12 A nd king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

ثُمَّ أعطَى المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ مَلِكَةَ سَبَأَ هَدايا كَثِيرَةً حَسَبَ كَرَمِهِ المَلَكِيِّ. وَأعطاها فَوقَ ذَلِكَ كُلَّ ما طَلَبَتْهُ، حَتَّى إنَّهُ أعْطاها أكْثَرَ مِمّا جاءَتْ بِهِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ رَجِعَتِ المَلِكَةُ وَحاشِيَتُها إلَى مَوطِنِها. ثَروَةُ سُلَيْمانَ العَظِيمَة

13 N ow the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold,

وَجَمَعَ سُلَيْمانُ في سَنَةٍ واحِدَةٍ سِتَّ مِئِةٍ وَسِتَّةً وَسِتِّينَ قِنْطاراً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

14 b esides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

وَفَضلاً عَنْ شُحناتِ الذَّهَبِ الكَبِيرَةِ، كانَ يَحْصُلُ عَلى ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ مِنَ التُّجّارِ الكِبارِ وَالصِّغارِ، وَمِنْ مُلُوكِ العَرَبِ وَوُلاةِ الأرْضِ.

15 A nd king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.

فَصَنَعَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ مِئَتَي تُرسٍ منَ الذَّهَبِ المَطرُوقِ، في كُلِّ تُرسٍ سِتُّ مِئَةِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

16 A nd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمانُ أيضاً ثَلاثَ مئَةِ تُرسٍ صَغِيرٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ المَطرُوقِ، في كُلِّ تُرسٍ ثَلاثُ مِئَةِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ. وَوَضَعَها فِي المَبنى المَدْعُوِّ «بَيْتَ غابَةِ لُبْنانَ.»

17 M oreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

وَصَنَعَ المَلِكُ عَرشاً عاجياً ضَخْماً، وَغَشّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ.

18 n d there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

وَكانَ لِلعَرشِ سِتُّ دَرَجاتٍ. وَكانَ لَهُ مَداسٌ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَلَى جانِبَيهِ يَدانِ. وَكانَ عَلَى جانِبَيِّ العَرشِ، تَحْتَ اليَدَينِ تَماماً، نَحْتٌ عَلَى شَكلِ أسَدَيْنِ،

19 A nd twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

ثُمَّ اثني عَشَرَ أسَداً: اثنينِ عَلَى طَرَفِي كُلِّ دَرَجَةٍ مِنْ دَرَجاتِ العَرشِ السِّتِّ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أيَّةِ مَملَكَةٍ أُخْرَى مِثلُ هَذا العَرشِ.

20 A nd 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 nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

وَقَدْ صُنِعَتْ أقداحُ سُلَيْمانَ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَكانَتِ الأطباقُ فِي المَبنَى المُسَمَّى «بَيْتَ غابَةِ لُبْنانَ» مِنْ ذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِلفِضَّةِ أيّامَ سُلَيْمانَ أيُّ اعْتِبارٍ!

21 F or the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

وَامتَلَكَ المَلِكُ سُفُنَ شَحْنٍ كانَ يُرسِلُها إلَى مَدِينَةِ تَرْشِيشَ مَعَ رِجالِ حِيرامَ. وَكانَتِ السُّفُنُ تعُودُ كُلَّ ثَلاثِ سَنَواتٍ مُحَمَّلَةً بِحُمُولَةٍ جَدِيدَةٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ وَالعاجِ وَالقُرودِ وَالطَّواوِيسِ.

22 S o king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

وَفاقَ سُلَيْمانُ كُلَّ مُلُوكِ الأرْضِ غِنَى وَحِكمَةً.

23 A nd all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

وَجاءَ كُلُّ مُلُوكِ الأرْضِ لِزِيارَةِ سُلَيْمانَ وَلِلاستِماعِ إلَى أقوالِهِ الحَكِيمَةِ الَّتِي وَضَعَها اللهُ فِي قَلبِهِ.

24 A nd they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

فَكانَوا يَتَوافَدُونَ عَلَيهِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ بِهَدايا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَأسلِحَةً وَتَوابِلَ وَخُيولاً وَبِغالاً.

25 A nd Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

وَكانَ لَدَى سُلَيْمانَ أربَعَةُ آلافِ حَظِيرَةٍ لِلخَيلِ وَالمَركَباتِ، وَاثنا عَشَرَ ألفَ سائِقِ مَركَبَةٍ. وَقَدْ حَفِظَ سُلَيْمانُ المَركَباتِ فِي مُدُنٍ خاصَّةٍ وَفِي مَدِينَةِ القُدسِ حَيثُ يُقِيمُ هُوَ.

26 A nd he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

وَكانَ سُلَيْمانُ مَلكاً عَلَى كُلِّ المُلُوكِ منْ نَهر الفُراتِ إلَى أرْضِ الفِلَسطِيِّينَ وَحَتَّى حُدُودِ مِصْرَ.

27 A nd the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

وَجَعَلَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ الفِضَّةَ فِي القُدْسِ بِكَثْرَةِ الحِجارَةِ، وَخَشَبَ الأرْزِ بِكَثْرةِ أشْجارِ الجُمَّيزِ فِي التِّلالِ الغَرْبِيَّةِ.

28 A nd they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

وَجَلَبُوا خُيُولاً لسُلَيْمانَ مِنْ مصْرَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ البِلادِ الأُخرَى. مَوتُ سُلَيْمان

29 N ow the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not 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?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ سُلَيْمانُ، مِنْ أوَّلِها إلَى آخِرِها، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ في كِتاباتِ النَّبِيِّ ناثانَ، وَفِي نُبُوَّةِ أخِيّا الشَّيلُونِيِّ، وَفِي رُؤَى يَعْدُو الرّائِي. كَما كَتَبَ يَعْدُو الرّائِي عَنْ يَرُبْعامَ بْنِ نَباطَ.

30 A nd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

وَدامَ حُكمُ سُلَيْمانَ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ كُلِّها أربَعِينَ سَنَةً.

31 A nd Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

ثُمَّ رَقَدَ سُلَيْمانُ وَدُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ. وَدَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ أبِيهِ. وَخَلَفَهُ عَلَى العَرشِ ابنُهُ رَحُبْعامُ.