3-я Царств 10
1 Царица Савская, услышав о славе Соломона во имя Господа, пришла испытать его загадками.
The queen [who ruled the] Sheba [area] heard that Yahweh had caused Solomon to become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer].
2 И пришла она в Иерусалим с весьма большим богатством: верблюды навьючены были благовониями и великим множеством золота и драгоценными камнями; и пришла к Соломону и беседовала с ним обо всем, что было у нее на сердце.
She came with a large group of wealthy/influential people, 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 topics/things in which she was interested.
3 И объяснил ей Соломон все слова ее, и не было ничего незнакомого царю, чего бы он не изъяснил ей.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 И увидела царица Савская всю мудрость Соломона и дом, который он построил,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 и пищу за столом его, и жилище рабов его, и стройность слуг его, и одежду их, и виночерпиев его, и всесожжения его, которые он приносил в храме Господнем. И не могла она более удержаться
she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw where his officials lived (OR, 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 offered. She was extremely amazed.
6 и сказала царю: верно то, что я слышала в земле своей о делах твоих и о мудрости твоей;
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 но я не верила словам, доколе не пришла, и не увидели глаза мои: и вот, мне и вполовину не сказано; мудрости и богатства у тебя больше, нежели как я слышала.
But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. But really, what they told me is only half [of what they could have told me about you]. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me.
8 Блаженны люди твои и блаженны сии слуги твои, которые всегда предстоят пред тобою и слышат мудрость твою!
Your wives 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!
9 Да будет благословен Господь Бог твой, Который благоволил посадить тебя на престол Израилев! Господь, по вечной любви Своей к Израилю, поставил тебя царем, творить суд и правду.
Praise Yahweh, your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by causing you to become the king of Israel! God has always loved the Israeli people, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
10 И подарила она царю сто двадцать талантов золота и великое множество благовоний и драгоценные камни; никогда еще не приходило такого множества благовоний, какое подарила царица Савская царю Соломону.
Then the queen gave to the king [the things that she had brought. She gave him] almost five tons of gold and a large amount of spices and valuable gems. Never again did King Solomon receive more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
11 И корабль Хирамов, который привозил золото из Офира, привез из Офира великое множество красного дерева и драгоценных камней.
In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, in which they had previously brought gold from Ophir, they also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems/valuable stones.
12 И сделал царь из сего красного дерева перила для храма Господня и для дома царского, и гусли и псалтири для певцов; никогда не приходило столько красного дерева и не видано было до сего дня.
King Solomon told his workers to use that wood to make railings/supports in the temple of Yahweh and in the king’s palace and also to make harps and lyres for the (musicians/men who played musical instruments). That wood was the largest amount of (OR, the finest) wood that had ever been seen [in Israel]. And no one since then has ever seen so much wood of that kind.
13 И царь Соломон дал царице Савской все, чего она желала и чего просила, сверх того, что подарил ей царь Соломон своими руками. И отправилась она обратно в свою землю, она и все слуги ее.
King Solomon gave to the queen from Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her those gifts in addition to the gifts that he always gave [to other rulers who visited him]. Then she and the people who came with her returned to her own land.
14 В золоте, которое приходило Соломону в каждый год, весу было шестьсот шестьдесят шесть талантов золотых,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 сверх того, что получаемо было от разносчиков товара и от торговли купцов, и от всех царей Аравийских и от областных начальников.
That was in addition to [the taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders, and the annual taxes paid by the kings of Arabia and by the governors of [the regions in] Israel.
16 И сделал царь Соломон двести больших щитов из кованого золота, по шестисот сиклей пошло на каждый щит;
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 15 pounds/more than 6 kg.) of gold on each shield.
17 и триста меньших щитов из кованого золота, по три мины золота пошло на каждый щит; и поставил их царь в доме из Ливанского дерева.
His workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with (almost 4 pounds/1.5 kg.) of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 И сделал царь большой престол из слоновой кости и обложил его чистым золотом;
His workers also made for him a large throne. [Part of it was] covered with (ivory [decorations made from)] tusks of elephants and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
19 к престолу было шесть ступеней; верх сзади у престола был круглый, и были с обеих сторон у места сиденья локотники, и два льва стояли у локотников;
There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a statue of a lion on both sides of each step. So altogether there were twelve statues of lions. The back of the throne was rounded at the top. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a small statue of a lion. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
20 и еще двенадцать львов стояли там на шести ступенях по обе стороны. Подобного сему не бывало ни в одном царстве.
21 И все сосуды для питья у царя Соломона были золотые, и все сосуды в доме из Ливанского дерева были из чистого золота; из серебра ничего не было, потому что серебро во дни Соломоновы считалось ни за что;
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.
22 ибо у царя был на море Фарсисский корабль с кораблем Хирамовым; в три года раз приходил Фарсисский корабль, привозивший золото и серебро, и слоновую кость, и обезьян, и павлинов.
The king had a (fleet/large number) 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).
23 Царь Соломон превосходил всех царей земли богатством и мудростью.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 И все цари на земле искали видеть Соломона, чтобы послушать мудрости его, которую вложил Бог в сердце его.
People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind.
25 И они подносили ему, каждый от себя, в дар: сосуды серебряные и сосуды золотые, и одежды, и оружие, и благовония, коней и мулов, каждый год.
All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons (OR, myrrh), or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
26 И набрал Соломон колесниц и всадников; у него было тысяча четыреста колесниц и двенадцать тысяч всадников; и разместил он их по колесничным городам и при царе в Иерусалиме. И господствовал он над всеми морями от реки до земли Филистимской и до пределов Египта.
Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on the horses] (OR, [in the chariots]). Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
27 И сделал царь серебро в Иерусалиме равноценным с простыми камнями, а кедры, по их множеству, сделал равноценными с сикоморами, растущими на низких местах.
During the years that Solomon was king, silver became as common in Jerusalem as stones; and [lumber from] cedar trees in the foothills of Judah was as plentiful as [lumber from] fig trees.
28 Коней же царю Соломону приводили из Египта и из Кувы; царские купцы покупали их из Кувы за деньги.
Solomon’s agents bought horses and supervised the men who brought them into Israel from the areas of Musri and Cilicia [that were famous for breeding horses].
29 Колесница из Египта получаема и доставляема была за шестьсот сиклей серебра, а конь за сто пятьдесят. Таким же образом они руками своими доставляли все это царям Хеттейским и царям Арамейским.
In Musri they bought chariots and horses; they paid 600 pieces of silver for each chariot and 150 pieces of silver for each horse. They brought them to Israel. Then they sold many of them to the kings of the Heth people-group and the kings of Syria.
