1 W hen the queen of Sheba heard about the wisdom Solomon had from the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

وَسَمِعَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ بِسُلَيْمانَ وَبِما فَعَلَهُ مِنْ أجلِ مَجدِ اللهِ. فَجاءَتْ لِتَمتَحِنَهُ بِأسئِلَةٍ صَعْبَةٍ.

2 S he came to Jerusalem and many people came with her. She brought camels carrying spices and much gold and stones of much worth. When she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

فَسافَرَتْ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ مع حاشِيَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ فِي مَوْكِبٍ ضَخمٍ بَهِيٍّ. فَكانَ مَعَها جِمالٌ كَثِيرَةٌ تَحمِلُ تَوابِلَ وَجَواهِرَ وَذَهَباً كَثِيراً. فَقابَلَتْ سُلَيْمانَ وَطَرَحَتْ عَلَيهِ كُلَّ ما خَطَرَ بِبالِها مِنْ أسئِلَةٍ.

3 A nd Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from the king which he could not make plain to her.

فَأجابَ سُلَيْمانُ عَنْ أسئِلَتِها، وَلَمْ يَصعُبْ عَلَيهِ أيُّ سُؤالٍ مِنْها.

4 T he queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the house he had built,

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

5 t he food on his table, and his many servants seated to eat. She saw those who brought the food and how they were dressed, and those who carried his cups. She saw the steps by which he went up to the house of the Lord. And 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!

6 S he said to the king, “The news was true that I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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

7 B ut I did not believe the news until I came. Now my eyes have seen it. And half of it was not told to me. You have more wisdom and riches than I heard you had.

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

8 H ow happy are your men! How happy are these your servants who stand in front of you always and hear your wisdom!

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

9 T hanks be to the Lord your God Who was pleased with you and set you on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord loved Israel forever, He has made you king, to do what is fair and right and good.”

تَبارَكَ إلَهُكَ الَّذِي سُرَّ بِأنْ يُنَصِّبَكَ مَلِكاً عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. فَقَدْ أحَبَّ اللهُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ بِلا حُدُودٍ، فَجَعَلَكَ مَلِكاً لِتُقيمَ العَدلَ وَالاسْتِقامَةَ.»

10 T hen she gave the king gold weighing as much as 120 small men. She gave him a very large amount of spices and stones of much worth. Never again did so much spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

ثُمَّ أعطَتْ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ المَلِكَ مِئَةً وَعِشْرِينَ قِنْطاراً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَكَمِّيَّةً كَبيرَةً مِنَ التَّوابِلِ وَالحِجارَةِ الكَرِيمَةِ. وَلَمْ يُقَدِّمْ إنسانٌ تَوابِلَ فاخِرَةً لِلمَلِكِ سُلَيْمانَ كَتِلكَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَتْها لَهُ مَلِكَةُ سَبَأَ.

11 T he ships of Hiram brought from Ophir gold and very many almug trees and stones of much worth.

وَكانَتْ سُفُنُ حِيرامَ أيضاً تُحضِرُ مِنْ مَدينَةِ أُوفِيرَ ذَهَباً وَخَشَبَ صَنْدَلٍ فاخِراً وَجَواهِرَ كَثِيرَةً.

12 T he king used the almug trees to make pillars for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house. And he used them to make different kinds of harps for the singers. No such almug trees have come in again or have been seen to this day.

فَاسْتَخدَمَ سُلَيْمانُ هَذا الخَشَبَ فِي بِناءِ دَعاماتٍ فِي الهَيكَلِ وَفِي القَصْرِ، وَفِي صُنْعِ الأعوادِ وَالقَياثِيرَ لِلمُوسِيقِيِّينَ. فَلَمْ يُحضِرْ أحَدٌ أوْ يَرَ ذَلِكَ النَّوعَ مِنَ الخَشَبِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ مُنذُ ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ.

13 K ing Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she wanted, whatever she asked, as well as his gifts to her from the king’s riches. Then she and her servants returned to her own land. Solomon’s Riches

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

14 T he gold which came in to Solomon in one year weighed as much as 666 small men,

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

15 b esides all the gold that came from the traders and all the kings of the Arabs and the leaders of the country.

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

16 K ing Solomon made 200 large body coverings for battle of beaten gold. For each covering he used 600 pieces of gold.

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

17 A nd he made 300 coverings of beaten gold, using 150 pieces of gold on each covering. The king put them in the house among the trees of Lebanon.

وَصَنَعَ سُلَيْمانُ أيضاً ثَلاثَ مئَةِ تُرسٍ صَغِيرٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ المَطرُوقِ. في كُلِّ تُرسٍ ثَلاثَةُ أرْطالٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ. وَوَضَعَها فِي المَبنَى المُسَمَّى «بَيْتَ غابَةِ لُبْنانَ.»

18 T hen the king made a large throne of ivory and covered it with fine gold.

وَبَنَى سُلَيْمانُ أيضاً عَرشاً عاجِيّاً ضَخْماً، وَغَشَّاهُ بِذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ.

19 T he throne had six steps, and a round top at its back. There were arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

وَكانَتْ لِلعَرشِ سِتُّ دَرَجاتٍ، وَكانَ مُسْتَدِيراً مِنْ فَوقُ. وَلَهُ عَلَى جانِبَيهِ يَدانِ. وَكانَ عَلَى جانِبَيِّ العَرشِ، تَحتَ اليَدَينِ تَماماً، نَحْتاً عَلَى شَكلِ أسَدينِ.

20 T welve lions stood on the six steps, one on each end. Nothing like it was made for any other king.

كَما كانَ هُناكَ تِمثالانِ لِأسَدَينِ عَلَى كُلِّ دَرَجَةٍ مِنْ دَرَجاتِ العَرشِ السِّتِّ، واحِدٌ عِندَ كُلِّ طَرَفٍ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أيَّةِ مَملَكَةٍ أُخْرَى مِثلُ هَذا العَرشِ.

21 A ll of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold. And all the cups of the house among the trees of Lebanon were made of pure gold. None of them were made of silver. Silver was not thought of as being of much worth in the days of Solomon.

وَقَدْ صُنِعَتْ أقداحُ سُلَيْمانَ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ. وَكانَتِ الأطباقُ فِي المَبنَى المُسَمَّى «بَيْتَ غابَةِ لُبْنانَ.» مَصنُوعَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ نَقِيٍّ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي القَصْرِ شيءٌ مَصنُوعٌ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ. فَقَدْ كانَ الذَّهَبُ وَفِيراً فِي زَمَنِ سُلَيْمانَ، حَتَّى إنَّ الفِضَّةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَها اعْتِبارٌ!

22 F or the king had a group of ships of Tarshish at sea with the ships of Hiram. Every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.

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

23 S o King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

وَفاقَ سُلَيْمانُ كُلَّ مُلُوكِ الأرْضِ غِنَى وَحِكمَةً.

24 T hey came from all over the earth to see Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

وَتَلَهَّفَ كُلُّ النّاسِ عَلَى رُؤْيَةِ سُلَيْمانَ وَالاسْتِماعِ إلَى أقوالِهِ الحَكِيمَةِ الَّتِي وَضَعَها اللهُ فِي قَلبِهِ.

25 E very one of them brought his gift. They brought objects of silver and gold, clothing, objects for fighting in battle, spices, horses and donkeys, so much year by year.

فَكانَ يَتَوافَدُ عَلَيهِ النّاسُ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ حامِلِينَ هَدايا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَأسلِحَةً وَتَوابِلَ وَخُيُولاً وَبِغالاً.

26 S olomon gathered war-wagons and horsemen. He had 1, 400 war-wagons and 12, 000 horsemen. He kept them in the war-wagon cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

وَاقتَنَى سُلَيْمانُ عَدَداً هائِلاً مِنَ المَركَباتِ وَالخُيُولِ. فَكانَ لَدَيهِ ألفٌ وَأربَعُ مِئَةِ مَركَبَةٍ وَاثنا عَشَرَ ألفَ حِصانٍ. وَبَنَى سُلَيْمانُ مُدُناً خاصَّةً لِحِفظِ المَركَباتِ. وَأبقَى بَعضاً مِنَ المَركَباتِ مَعَهُ فِي القُدْسِ.

27 T he king made silver as easy to find as stones in Jerusalem. He made cedar trees as easy to find as the sycamore trees of the valley.

وَأثْرَى المَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ كَثِيراً. فَكانَتِ الفِضَّةُ فِي القُدسِ بِكَثْرَةِ الحِجارَةِ، وَخَشَبُ الأرْزِ بِكَثْرَةِ أشجارِ الجُمَيز النّامِيَةِ عَلَى التِّلالِ الغَربيَّةِ.

28 S olomon had horses brought from Egypt and Kue. The king’s traders bought them from Kue, each for a price.

وَجَلَبَ سُلَيْمانُ خُيُولاً مِنْ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ قُوي، حَيثُ اشتَراها لَهُ تُجّارُهُ.

29 A war-wagon could be brought from Egypt for 600 pieces of silver, and a horse for 150 pieces of silver. They got them in the same way for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

وَكانَ ثَمَنُ المَركَبَةِ مِنْ مِصْرَ سِتَّ مِئَةِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، بَينَما كانَ ثَمَنُ الحِصانِ مِئَةً وَخَمْسِينَ مِثْقالاً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ. وَكانَ سُلَيْمانُ بِدَورِهِ يَبِيعُ خُيُولاً وَمَركِباتٍ لِمُلُوكِ الحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأرامِيِّينَ.