Første Kongebog 10
1 Og Dronningen af Seba hørte Salomos Rygte i Herrens Navn og kom for at prøve ham med mørke Taler.
Then, too, the queen of Sheba, having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, arrived to test him with enigmas.
2 Og hun kom til Jerusalem med en saare stor Skare, med Kameler, som bare vellugtende Urter og saare meget Guld og kostbare Stene; og hun kom til Salomo og talte med ham alt det, som var i hendes Hjerte.
And entering into Jerusalem with a great retinue, and with riches, and with camels carrying aromatics, and with an exceedingly great quantity of gold and precious stones, she went to king Solomon. And she spoke to him all that she held in her heart.
3 Og Salomo udtydede hende alle hendes Ord; der var ikke et Ord skjult for Kongen, som han ej udtydede hende.
And Solomon taught her, in all the words that she had proposed to him. There was not any word which was able to be hidden from the king, or which he did not answer for her.
4 Da Dronningen af Seba saa al Salomos Visdom og Huset, som han havde bygget,
Then, when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
5 og Maden til hans Bord og hans Tjeneres Bolig, og hvordan de stode, som opvartede ham, og deres Klæder og hans Mundskænke og hans Opgang, ad hvilken han gik op til Herrens Hus: Da var hun ude af sig selv.
and the food of his table, and the dwelling places of his servants, and the rows of his ministers, and their apparel, and the cupbearers, and the holocausts that he was offering in the house of the Lord, she had no longer any spirit in her.
6 Og hun sagde til Kongen: Det Ord er sandt, som jeg har hørt i mit Land om dine Sager og om din Visdom.
And she said to the king: “The word is true, which I have heard in my own land,
7 Og jeg troede ikke Ordene, førend jeg kom, og mine Øjne saa det, og se, ikke Halvdelen er mig forkyndt; du har mere Visdom og godt end efter Rygtet, sofh jeg hørte.
about your words and your wisdom. But I did not believe those who explained it to me, until I went myself and saw it with my own eyes. And I have discovered that the half of it has not been told to me: your wisdom and works are greater than the report that I have heard.
8 Salige ere dine Mænd, salige ere disse dine Tjenere, som stedse staa for dit Ansigt, og som høre din Visdom.
Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you always, and who hear your wisdom.
9 Lovet være Herren din Gud, som havde Lyst til at sætte dig paa Israels Trone; fordi Herren elsker Israel evindeligt, derfor satte han dig til Konge at gøre Ret og Retfærdighed.
Blessed is the Lord your God, whom you have greatly pleased, and who has placed you upon the throne of Israel. For the Lord loves Israel forever, and he has appointed you as king, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice.”
10 Og hun gav Kongen Hundrede og tyve Centner Guld og saare mange vellugtende Urter og kostbare Stene, der kom ikke ydermere saadanne Urter i Mangfoldighed som disse, hvilke Dronningen af Seba gav Kong Salomo.
Then she gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and an exceedingly great amount of aromatics and precious stones. No greater quantity of aromatics was ever again brought forth as these, which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 Dertilmed havde Hirams Skibe, som bragte Guld fra Ofir, ført saare meget Hebentræ og kostbare Stene fra Ofir.
Then, too, the navy of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought an exceedingly great quantity of thyine wood and precious stones from Ophir.
12 Og Kongen lod gøre Piller i Herrens Hus og i Kongens Hus af Hebentræ og Harper og Salter til Sangerne; saadant Hebentræ kom ikke og blev ikke ydermere set indtil denne Dag.
And the king made, from the thyine wood, the posts of the house of the Lord, and of the house of the king, and citharas and lyres for the musicians. No thyine trees of this kind were ever again brought forth or seen, even to the present day.
13 Og Kong Salomo gav Dronningen af Seba alt det, hun havde Lyst til, som hun begærede, foruden det, han gav hende efter Kong Salomos Formue; og hun vendte om og drog til sit Land, hun og hendes Tjenere.
Then king Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all that she desired and requested of him, aside from what he himself had offered to her from his royal bounty. And she returned and went away to her own land, with her servants.
14 Og Vægten paa det Guld, som kom til Salomo paa et Aar, var seks Hundrede seks og tresindstyve Centner Guld,
Now the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon each year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
15 foruden det, som indkom fra Toldbetjentene og Kræmmernes Købmandskab og fra alle Kongerne i Arabien og Fyrsterne i Landet.
aside from what was brought to him by the men who were over the tributes, and by the merchants, and by those selling every kind of small item, and by all the kings of Arabia, and by the rulers of the land.
16 Og Kong Salomo lod gøre to Hundrede Skjolde af drevet Guld; seks Hundrede Sekel Guld lod han gaa paa hvert Skjold;
Also, king Solomon made two hundred large shields from the purest gold. He dispensed six hundred shekels of gold for the layers of one shield.
17 og tre Hundrede smaa Skjolde af drevet Guld; tre Pund Guld lod han gaa paa hvert Skjold; og Kongen lagde dem i Libanons Skovhus.
And for the three hundred crescent-shaped shields of tested gold, there were three hundred minas of gold covering one shield. And the king placed these in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 Og Kongen lod gøre en stor Trone af Elfenben og beslog den med lutret Guld.
Also, king Solomon made a great throne from ivory. And he clothed it with a great quantity of red gold.
19 Tronen havde seks Trin, og Hovedet paa Tronen var rundt bagtil, og der var Arme paa begge Sider til Sædets Sted, og to Løver stode ved Armene.
The throne had six steps, and the summit of the throne was rounded in the back section. And there were two hands, on one side and the other, holding the seat. And two lions were standing beside each hand,
20 Og der stod tolv Løver paa de seks Trin paa begge Sider; saadant er ikke gjort i noget Rige.
with twelve little lions standing upon the six steps, on one side and the other. No similar work has been made, ever in any kingdom.
21 Og alle Kong Salomos Drikkekar vare af Guld, og alle Kar i Libanons Skovhus vare af fint Guld; der var intet Kar af Sølv, det agtedes ikke for noget i Salomos Dage;
Moreover, all the vessels from which king Solomon would drink were of gold. And all the items in the house of the forest of Lebanon were of the purest gold. There was no silver, nor was any accounting made of silver in the days of Solomon.
22 fordi Kongen havde Tharsisskibe paa Havet med Hirams Skibe, een Gang i tre Aar kom Tharsisskibene, som bragte Guld og Sølv, Elfenben og Aber og Paafugle.
For the navy of the king, once every three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tarshish, bringing from there gold, and silver, and elephant tusks, and primates, and peacocks.
23 Og Kong Salomo blev større end alle Konger paa Jorden ved Rigdom og ved Visdom.
And so, king Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
24 Og fra alle Lande søgte de Salomo for at høre hans Visdom, som Gud havde givet i hans Hjerte.
And all the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, so as to hear his wisdom, which God had granted to his heart.
25 Og de førte hver sin Skænk, Sølvkar og Guldkar og Klæder og Rustning og vellugtende Urter, Heste og Muler, hvilket skete aarligt.
And each one brought him gifts, vessels of silver and of gold, clothing and weapons of war, as well as aromatics, and horses, and mules, throughout each year.
26 Og Salomo samlede Vogne og Ryttere, saa at han havde Tusinde og fire Hundrede Vogne og tolv Tusinde Ryttere, og han lod dem blive i Vognstæderne og hos Kongen i Jerusalem.
And Solomon gathered together the chariots and horsemen. And he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he placed them in the walled cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 Og Kongen gjorde Sølvet i Jerusalem som Stenene og gjorde Cedertræerne som Morbærtræerne, der ere i Lavlandet, i Mangfoldighed.
And he caused silver to be as abundant in Jerusalem as stones, and he supplied a multitude of cedars like the sycamores that grow in the plains.
28 Og Udførselen af Heste skete for Salomo fra Ægypten; og en Skare af Kongens Købmænd hentede en Skare for rede Penge.
And horses were brought for Solomon from Egypt and from Kue. For the merchants of the king were buying these from Kue. And they paid out the established price.
29 Og der kom op og udførtes en Vogn af Ægypten for seks Hundrede Sekel Sølv og en Hest for Hundrede og halvtredsindstyve; og saaledes førte de dem ud til alle Hethiternes Konger og til Kongerne i Syrien ved egen Haand.
Now a four-horse chariot would be sent from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. And in this manner, all the kings of the Hittites and of Syria were selling horses.
