Kebra Nagast

The answer which Solomon made to them Israel hath given thee, hath sprouted from thee. For wisdom is a strange thing. As a lamp is not the sun, and as vinegar and aloes are neither profitable nor useful additions to honey, even so the words of fools are not beneficial to the wise man. And as smoke is to the eye, and unripe fruit to the tooth, even so the words of fools are not beneficial to the wise." 62. CONCERNING THE ANSWER WHICH SOLOMON MADE TO THEM And Solomon the King answered and said unto them, Hearken ye unto me and to what I shall say unto you. Supposing He had taken me away whilst I was carrying Zion what is impossible to God ? And supposing He had taken you away whilst ye were carrying her what is And supposing He were to impossible to God ? make them to inherit our city, and destroy us what is For everything is His, and none impossible to God ? can gainsay His Will, and there is none who can transgress His command in heaven above or on earth below. " He is the King Whose kingdom shall never, never pass away, Amen. But now let us go and kneel in the House of God." And the elders of Israel together with their King went into the House of God, and they entered the Holy of and they made supplication, and prostrated themselves, and ascribed blessing to God. And SoloHolies, mon wept in the habitation of the heavenly Zion, the Tabernacle of the Law of God, and they all wept with him, and after a little while they held their peace. And Solomon answered and said unto them, " Cease ye, so that the uncircumcised people may not boast themselves over us, and may not say unto us, ' Their glory is taken Reveal ye not away, and God hath forsaken them.' else to alien folk. us set Let anything up these hoards, which are lying here nailed together, and let us cover them over with gold, and let us decorate them after G 2 99