23.4
The Kebra Nagast 23.4 · Sent away in peace📜 Bezold's printed edition
Solomon gives the merchant his leave. Next the chapter has Tamrin tell the queen all that he saw and heard.
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ሰሎሞን፡1
Salomon
And Solomon
ወቦአ፡2
wa-boʾa
went intoand he entered
ቤቶ፡3
beto
his house
ወወሀቦ፡4
wa-wahabo
and gave himand he gave him
ኵሎ፡5
kʷǝllo
everythingall
ዘይትፈቀድ፡6
za-yǝtfaqqad
that was needed,what is wanted
, ክብረ፡7
kǝbra
as an honour
ለብሔረ፡8
la-bǝḥera
to the land offor the country of
ኢትዮጵያ፡9
ʾItyoṗyā
Ethiopia,
, ወፈነዎ፡10
wa-fanawo
and sent him awayand he sent him
በሰላም፤11
ba-salām
in peace;
; ወሰገደ፡12
wa-sagada
and he bowed,and he bowed low
, ወወፅአ፡13
wa-waṣʾa
and went out,and he went out
, ወሖረ፡14
wa-ḥora
and wentand he went
ፍኖቶ፡15
fǝnoto
his way,his road
, ወበጽሐ፡16
wa-baṣḥa
and cameand he arrived
ኀበ፡17
ḫaba
totoward
እግዝእቱ፡18
ʾǝgzǝʾtu
his lady,his mistress
, ወአወፈያ፡19
wa-ʾawfayā
and handed herand he delivered to her
ኴሎ፡20
kʷǝllo
all
ንዋየ፡21
nǝwāya
the goodsthe wares of
ዘአእተወ።22
za-ʾaʾtawa
that he had brought home.which he brought in
. And Solomon went into his house and gave him everything that was needed, as an honour to the land of Ethiopia, and sent him away in peace; and he bowed, and went out, and went his way, and came to his lady, and handed her all the goods that he had brought home.
And Solomon went into his house and gave him everything that was needed, as an honour to the land of Ethiopia, and sent him away in peace; and he bowed, and went out, and went his way, and came to his lady, and handed her all the goods that he had brought home.
The farewell moves in short steps. Solomon goes into his house, wa-boʾa ... beto, the same two words as Dillmann’s example from Daniel 2:17, and gives Tamrin all he needs. The phrase ክብረ ለብሔረ ኢትዮጵያ, “honour for the land of Ethiopia”, makes the gifts an honour to the queen’s whole country, and ክብረ is the word that opens the book’s title, Kǝbra Nagaśt. Solomon sends him ba-salām, “in peace”; one of Dillmann’s first examples for salām is ሑር በሰላም, “go in peace”.
Tamrin bows again, goes out and takes the road (Dillmann gives the idiom ሖረ ፍኖተ, “to go a way”) and hands the queen the goods he brought. The last verb, ʾaʾtawa, has “home” in its definition: Dillmann’s examples bring exiles to their country, bring goods home, even bring home the profit of trade. It answers the first line of the chapter, where Tamrin wished to return to his country.