Første Kongebog 10
1 Og Dronningen af Seba hørte Salomos Rygte i Herrens Navn og kom for at prøve ham med mørke Taler.
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].
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.
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.
3 Og Salomo udtydede hende alle hendes Ord; der var ikke et Ord skjult for Kongen, som han ej udtydede hende.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Da Dronningen af Seba saa al Salomos Visdom og Huset, som han havde bygget,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
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.
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.
6 Og hun sagde til Kongen: Det Ord er sandt, som jeg har hørt i mit Land om dine Sager og om din Visdom.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
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.
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.
8 Salige ere dine Mænd, salige ere disse dine Tjenere, som stedse staa for dit Ansigt, og som høre din Visdom.
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!
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.
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.”
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 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.
11 Dertilmed havde Hirams Skibe, som bragte Guld fra Ofir, ført saare meget Hebentræ og kostbare Stene fra Ofir.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 Og Vægten paa det Guld, som kom til Salomo paa et Aar, var seks Hundrede seks og tresindstyve Centner Guld,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 foruden det, som indkom fra Toldbetjentene og Kræmmernes Købmandskab og fra alle Kongerne i Arabien og Fyrsterne i Landet.
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.
16 Og Kong Salomo lod gøre to Hundrede Skjolde af drevet Guld; seks Hundrede Sekel Guld lod han gaa paa hvert Skjold;
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.
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.
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.
18 Og Kongen lod gøre en stor Trone af Elfenben og beslog den med lutret Guld.
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.
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.
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.
20 Og der stod tolv Løver paa de seks Trin paa begge Sider; saadant er ikke gjort i noget Rige.
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;
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.
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.
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).
23 Og Kong Salomo blev større end alle Konger paa Jorden ved Rigdom og ved Visdom.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Og fra alle Lande søgte de Salomo for at høre hans Visdom, som Gud havde givet i hans Hjerte.
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.
25 Og de førte hver sin Skænk, Sølvkar og Guldkar og Klæder og Rustning og vellugtende Urter, Heste og Muler, hvilket skete aarligt.
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.
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.
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.
27 Og Kongen gjorde Sølvet i Jerusalem som Stenene og gjorde Cedertræerne som Morbærtræerne, der ere i Lavlandet, i Mangfoldighed.
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.
28 Og Udførselen af Heste skete for Salomo fra Ægypten; og en Skare af Kongens Købmænd hentede en Skare for rede Penge.
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].
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.
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.
