1 Kings 10
1 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].
La regina di Saba, sentita la fama di Salomone, venne per metterlo alla prova con enigmi.
2 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.
Venne in Gerusalemme con ricchezze molto grandi, con cammelli carichi di aromi, d'oro in grande quantità e di pietre preziose. Si presentò a Salomone e gli disse quanto aveva pensato.
3 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Salomone rispose a tutte le sue domande, nessuna ve ne fu che non avesse risposta o che restasse insolubile per Salomone.
4 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
La regina di Saba, quando ebbe ammirato tutta la saggezza di Salomone, il palazzo che egli aveva costruito,
5 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.
i cibi della sua tavola, gli alloggi dei suoi dignitari, l'attività dei suoi ministri, le loro divise, i suoi coppieri e gli olocausti che egli offriva nel tempio del Signore, rimase senza fiato.
6 She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
Allora disse al re: «Era vero, dunque, quanto avevo sentito nel mio paese sul tuo conto e sulla tua saggezza!
7 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.
Io non avevo voluto credere a quanto si diceva, finché non sono giunta qui e i miei occhi non hanno visto; ebbene non me n'era stata riferita neppure una metà! Quanto alla saggezza e alla prosperità, superi la fama che io ne ho udita.
8 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!
Beati i tuoi uomini, beati questi tuoi ministri che stanno sempre davanti a te e ascoltano la tua saggezza!
9 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.”
Sia benedetto il Signore tuo Dio, che si è compiaciuto di te sì da collocarti sul trono di Israele. Nel suo amore eterno per Israele il Signore ti ha stabilito re perché tu eserciti il diritto e la giustizia».
10 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.
Essa diede al re centoventi talenti d'oro, aromi in gran quantità e pietre preziose. Non arrivarono mai tanti aromi quanti ne portò la regina di Saba a Salomone.
11 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.
Inoltre, la flotta di Chiram, che caricava oro in Ofir, portò da Ofir legname di sandalo in gran quantità e pietre preziose.
12 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.
Con il legname di sandalo il re fece ringhiere per il tempio e per la reggia, cetre e arpe per i cantori. Mai più arrivò, né mai più si vide fino ad oggi, tanto legno di sandalo.
13 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.
Il re Salomone diede alla regina di Saba quanto essa desiderava e aveva domandato, oltre quanto le aveva dato con mano regale. Quindi essa tornò nel suo paese con i suoi servi.
14 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
La quantità d'oro che affluiva nelle casse di Salomone ogni anno era di seicentosessantasei talenti,
15 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.
senza contare quanto ne proveniva dai trafficanti e dai commercianti, da tutti i re dell'Arabia e dai governatori del paese.
16 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.
Il re Salomone fece duecento scudi grandi d'oro battuto, per ciascuno dei quali adoperò seicento sicli d'oro,
17 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.
e trecento scudi piccoli d'oro battuto, per ciascuno dei quali adoperò tre mine d'oro, e il re li collocò nel palazzo della Foresta del Libano.
18 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.
Inoltre, il re fece un grande trono d'avorio che rivestì d'oro puro.
19 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.
Il trono aveva sei gradini; sullo schienale c'erano teste di vitello; il sedile aveva due bracci laterali, ai cui fianchi si ergevano due leoni.
Dodici leoni si ergevano di qua e di là, sui sei gradini; non ne esistevano di simili in nessun regno.
21 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.
Tutti i vasi per le bevande del re Salomone erano d'oro; tutti gli arredi del palazzo della Foresta del Libano erano d'oro fino; al tempo di Salomone l'argento non si stimava nulla.
22 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).
Difatti il re aveva in mare la flotta di Tarsis, oltre la flotta di Chiram; ogni tre anni la flotta di Tarsis portava carichi d'oro e d'argento, d'avorio, di scimmie e di babbuini.
23 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
Il re Salomone superò, dunque, per ricchezza e saggezza, tutti i re della terra.
24 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.
In ogni parte della terra si desiderava di avvicinare Salomone per ascoltare la saggezza che Dio aveva messo nel suo cuore.
25 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.
Ognuno gli portava, ogni anno, offerte d'argento e oggetti d'oro, vesti, armi, aromi, cavalli e muli.
26 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.
Salomone radunò carri e cavalli; aveva millequattrocento carri e dodicimila cavalli, distribuiti nelle città per i carri e presso il re in Gerusalemme.
27 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.
Fece sì che in Gerusalemme l'argento abbondasse come le pietre e rese il legname di cedro tanto comune quanto i sicomòri che crescono nella Sefela.
28 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].
I cavalli di Salomone provenivano da Muzri e da Kue; i mercanti del re li compravano in Kue.
29 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.
Un carro, importato da Muzri, costava seicento sicli d'argento, un cavallo centocinquanta. In tal modo tutti i re degli Hittiti e i re di Aram vendevano i loro cavalli.
