21.4
The Kebra Nagast 21.4 · Gold, camels and merchants📜 Bezold's printed edition
The book turns from her beauty to her wealth.
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ወይእቲሰ፡1
wa-yǝʾǝtisa
And sheand as for her
ጥቀ፡2
ṭǝqqa
was very
ባዕልት፡3
bāʿǝlt
richwealthy
በዘ፡4
baza
in whatby that which
እግዚኣብሔር፡5
ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer
Godthe Lord
ወህባ፡6
wahabā
gave her:he gave her
: ክብረ፡7
kǝbra
gloryhonour
ወብዕለ፡8
wa-bǝʿla
and riches,and wealth
, ወርቀ፡9
warqa
gold
ወብሩረ፡10
wa-bǝrura
and silver,
, ክቡረ፡11
kǝbura
and precioussplendid
ወአልባሰ፡12
wa-ʾalbāsa
garments,and clothes
, ወአግማለ፡13
wa-ʾagmāla
and camels,
, ወአግብርተ፡14
wa-ʾagbǝrta
and servants,and slaves
, ወነጋድያነ፡15
wa-nagādǝyāna
and merchants;and traders
; ወይነግዱ፡16
wa-yǝnaggǝdu
and they tradedand they travelled with goods
ላቲ፡17
lāti
for her
ባሕረ፡18
bāḥra
by sea
ወየብሰ፡19
wa-yabsa
and by land,and dry land
, ወህንደኬ፡20
wa-Hǝndake
and to Indiaand Hǝndake
ወአስዋነ፨21
wa-ʾAswāna
and to Aswan.
. And she was very rich in what God gave her: glory and riches, gold and silver, and precious garments, and camels, and servants, and merchants; and they traded for her by sea and by land, and to India and to Aswan.
And she was very rich in what God gave her: glory and riches, gold and silver, and precious garments, and camels, and servants, and merchants; and they traded for her by sea and by land, and to India and to Aswan.
22.1
The Kebra Nagast 22.1 · Tamrin the merchant📜 Bezold's printed edition
The book introduces the man who will bring the queen word of Solomon.
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About Tamrin the merchant. There was a wise chief of merchants whose name was Tamrin; and he loaded five hundred and twenty camels, and he had ships too, to the number of seventy-three.
The first gift on the list is kǝbr, glory, the first word of the book’s own title, Kǝbra Nagaśt, “the glory of the kings”. Then come the goods of a trading queen: gold, silver, fine clothes, camels, servants and merchants. Dillmann says the verb for their trading first meant to travel in a long train, a caravan.
The route runs by sea and by land, to Hǝndake and Aswan. Budge translated Hǝndake as India. Dillmann lists the same spelling as Candace, the title of the queen of the Ethiopians in Acts 8:27. Aswan stands on the Nile at Egypt’s southern border, the gateway between Egypt and the lands to the south.