2 Chronicles 9

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with subtle questions, accompanied by a very numerous retinue and by camels bearing spices, much gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and questioned him on every subject in which she was interested.	1 وسمعت ملكة سبأ بخبر سليمان فاتت لتمتحن سليمان بمسائل الى اورشليم بموكب عظيم جدا وجمال حاملة اطيابا وذهبا بكثرة وحجارة كريمة فاتت الى سليمان وكلمته عن كل ما في قلبها.
2 Solomon explained to her everything she asked about, and there remained nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her.	2 فاخبرها سليمان بكل كلامها. ولم يخف عن سليمان أمر الا واخبرها به.
3 When the queen of Sheba witnessed Solomon's wisdom, the palace he had built,	3 فلما رأت ملكة سبا حكمة سليمان والبيت الذي بناه
4 the food at his table, the seating of his ministers, the attendance of his servants and their dress, his cupbearers and their dress, and the holocausts he offered in the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.	4 وطعام مائدته ومجلس عبيده وموقف خدامه وملابسهم وسقاته وملابسهم ومحرقاته التي كان يصعدها في بيت الرب لم تبق فيها روح بعد.
5 "The account I heard in my country about your deeds and your wisdom is true," she told the king.	5 فقالت للملك صحيح الخبر الذي سمعته في ارضي عن امورك وعن حكمتك.
6 "Yet I did not believe the report until I came and saw with my own eyes. I have discovered that they did not tell me the half of your great wisdom; you have surpassed the stories I heard.	6 ولم اصدق كلامهم حتى جئت وأبصرت عيناي فهوذا لم أخبر بنصف كثرة حكمتك. زدت على الخبر الذي سمعته.
7 Happy are your men, happy these servants of yours, who stand before you always and listen to your wisdom.	7 فطوبى لرجالك وطوبى لعبيدك هؤلاء الواقفين امامك دائما والسامعين حكمتك.
8 Blessed be the LORD, your God, who has been so pleased with you as to place you on his throne as king for the LORD, your God. Because your God has so loved Israel as to will to make it last forever, he has appointed you over them as king to administer right and justice."	8 ليكن مباركا الرب الهك الذي سرّ بك وجعلك على كرسيه ملكا للرب الهك. لان الهك احب اسرائيل ليثبته الى الابد قد جعلك عليهم ملكا لتجري حكما وعدلا.
9 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty gold talents and a very large quantity of spices, as well as precious stones. There was no other spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.	9 واهدت للملك مئة وعشرين وزنة ذهب واطيابا كثيرة جدا وحجارة كريمة. ولم يكن مثل ذلك الطيب الذي اهدته ملكة سبا للملك سليمان.
10 The servants of Huram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought cabinet wood and precious stones.	10 وكذا عبيد حورام وعبيد سليمان الذين جلبوا ذهبا من اوفير أتوا بخشب الصندل وحجارة كريمة.
11 With the cabinet wood the king made stairs for the temple of the LORD and the palace of the king; also lyres and harps for the chanters. The like of these had not been seen before in the land of Judah.	11 وعمل الملك خشب الصندل درجا لبيت الرب وبيت الملك واعوادا وربابا ولم ير مثلها قبل في ارض يهوذا.
12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she desired and asked him for, more than she had brought to the king. Then she returned to her own country with her servants.	12 واعطى الملك سليمان ملكة سبا كل مشتهاها الذي طلبت فضلا عما اتت به الى الملك. فانصرفت وذهبت الى ارضها هي وعبيدها
13 The gold that Solomon received each year weighed six hundred and sixty-six gold talents,	13 وكان وزن الذهب الذي جاء سليمان في سنة واحدة ست مئة وستا وستين وزنة ذهب
14 in addition to what was collected from travelers and what the merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia also, and the governors of the country, brought gold and silver to Solomon.	14 فضلا عن الذي جاء به التجار والمستبضعون. وكل ملوك العرب وولاة الارض كانوا يأتون بذهب وفضة الى سليمان.
15 Moreover, King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, six hundred shekels of beaten gold going into each shield,	15 وعمل الملك سليمان مئتي ترس من ذهب مطرّق. خصّ الترس الواحد ست مئة شاقل من الذهب المطرّق.
16 and three hundred bucklers of beaten gold, three hundred shekels of gold going into each buckler; these the king put in the hall of the Forest of Lebanon.	16 وثلاث مئة مجنّ من ذهب مطرّق. خصّ المجن الواحد ثلاث مئة شاقل من الذهب. وجعلها الملك في بيت وعر لبنان.
17 King Solomon also made a large ivory throne which he overlaid with fine gold.	17 وعمل الملك كرسيا عظيما من عاج وغشّاه بذهب خالص.
18 The throne had six steps; a footstool of gold was fastened to it, and there was an arm on each side of the seat, with two lions standing beside the arms.	18 وللكرسي ست درجات. وللكرسي موطئ من ذهب كلها متصلة ويدان من هنا ومن هناك على مكان الجلوس واسدان واقفان بجانب اليدين.
19 Twelve other lions also stood there, one on either side of each step. Nothing like this had ever been produced in any other kingdom.	19 واثنا عشر اسدا واقفة هناك على الدرجات الست من هنا ومن هناك. لم يعمل مثله في جميع الممالك.
20 Furthermore, all of King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the utensils in the hall of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered of value in Solomon's time.	20 وجميع آنية شرب الملك سليمان من ذهب وجميع آنية بيت وعر لبنان من ذهب خالص. لم تحسب الفضة شيئا في ايام سليمان.
21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish would return with a cargo of gold and silver, ivory, apes and monkeys.	21 لان سفن الملك كانت تسير الى ترشيش مع عبيد حورام. وكانت سفن ترشيش تاتي مرة في كل ثلاث سنين حاملة ذهبا وفضة وعاجا وقرودا وطواويس.
22 Thus King Solomon surpassed all the other kings of the earth in riches as well as in wisdom.	22 فتعظم الملك سليمان على كل ملوك الارض في الغنى والحكمة.
23 All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon, to hear from him the wisdom which God had put in his heart.	23 وكان جميع ملوك الارض يلتمسون وجه سليمان ليسمعوا حكمته التي جعلها الله في قلبه.
24 Year in and year out, each one would bring his tribute-silver and gold articles, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules.	24 وكانوا ياتون كل واحد بهديته بآنية فضة وآنية ذهب وحلل وسلاح واطياب وخيل وبغال سنة فسنة
25 Solomon also had four thousand stalls of horses, chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he assigned to the chariot cities and to the king in Jerusalem.	25 وكان لسليمان اربعة آلاف مذود خيل ومركبات واثنا عشر الف فارس فجعلها في مدن المركبات ومع الملك في اورشليم.
26 He was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines and down to the border of Egypt.	26 وكان متسلطا على جميع الملوك من النهر الى ارض الفلسطينيين والى تخوم مصر.
27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, while cedars became as numerous as the sycamores of the foothills.	27 وجعل الملك الفضة في اورشليم مثل الحجارة وجعل الارز مثل الجمّيز الذي في السهل في الكثرة.
28 Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands.	28 وكان مخرج خيل سليمان من مصر ومن جميع الاراضي.
29 The rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are written, as is well known, in the acts of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer which concern Jeroboam, son of Nebat.	29 وبقية امور سليمان الاولى والاخيرة أما هي مكتوبة في اخبار ناثان النبي وفي نبوّة اخيا الشيلوني وفي رؤى يعدو الرائي على يربعام بن نباط.
30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.	30 وملك سليمان في اورشليم على كل اسرائيل اربعين سنة.
31 He rested with his ancestors; he was buried in his father's City of David, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.	31 ثم اضطجع سليمان مع آبائه فدفنوه في مدينة داود ابيه وملك رحبعام ابنه عوضا عنه