Første Kongebog 3
1 Og Salomo besvogrede sig med Farao, Kongen af Ægypten, og tog Faraos Datter og førte hende ind i Davids Stad, indtil han havde fuldendt at bygge sit Hus og Herrens Hus og Jerusalems Mur trindt omkring;
Solomon went to see the king of Egypt. Solomon [made an agreement with him to] marry his daughter. They also made an alliance/agreement [that their armies would not attack each other]. Then Solomon brought the king’s daughter to live in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [She lived there] until Solomon’s workers had finished building his house and the temple of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 ikkun at Folket ofrede paa Højene; thi der var ikke bygget et Hus til Herrens Navn indtil disse Dage.
[At that time] the temple of Yahweh had not yet been built, so the Israeli people were still offering sacrifices at many other places of worship.
3 Men Salomo elskede Herren og vandrede efter Davids sin Faders Skikke, kun at han ofrede og gjorde Røgelse paa Højene.
Solomon loved Yahweh, and he obeyed all the instructions that his father David had given him. But he also offered sacrifices and burned incense at various altars.
4 Og Kongen gik til Gibeon for at ofre der, thi der var den store Høj, og Salomo ofrede tusinde Brændofre paa dette Alter.
One day the king went to Gibeon [city] to offer a sacrifice there, because that was where the most famous/important altar was. In previous years he had offered hundreds of sacrifices on that altar.
5 Herren aabenbarede sig for Salomo i Gibeon om Natten i en Drøm, og Gud sagde: Begær, hvad jeg skal give dig.
That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
6 Og Salomo sagde: Du har gjort stor Miskundhed imod din Tjener David, min Fader, ligesom han og vandrede for dit Ansigt i Sandhed og i Retfærdighed og i Hjertets Oprigtighed imod dig; og du har bevaret ham denne store Miskundhed og har givet ham en Søn, som sidder paa hans Trone, som det ses paa denne Dag.
Solomon replied, “You always greatly and faithfully loved my father David, who served you [well]. You did that because he (was faithful to/faithfully obeyed) you and acted righteously and honestly toward you. And you have showed how greatly and faithfully you loved him by giving to him me, his son, and now I am ruling [MTY] as he did [before he died].
7 Og nu, Herre, min Gud! du har gjort din Tjener til Konge i min Fader Davids Sted; men jeg er et ungt Menneske, og jeg forstaar ikke at gaa ud eller ind;
“Now, Yahweh my God, you have appointed me to be the king like my father was. But I am [very young, like] a little child [MET]. I do not know how to lead/rule my people at all [IDM].
8 og din Tjener er midt iblandt dit Folk, som du har udvalgt, et stort Folk, saa det ikke kan tælles eller beregnes for Mangfoldigheds Skyld:
I am here among the people whom you have chosen. They are a very large group of people; there are very, very many of them, with the result that no one can count them [DOU].
9 Saa giv din Tjener et forstandigt Hjerte til at dømme dit Folk og til med Forstand at skelne imellem godt og ondt; thi hvo kan dømme dette dit mægtige Folk?
So please enable me to think clearly, in order that I may rule your people [well]. Enable me to know what is good and what is evil. [If you do not do that, ] I will never [RHQ] be able to rule this great group of people who belong to you.”
10 Og det Ord var godt for Herrens Øjne, at Salomo begærede denne Ting.
Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
11 Og Gud sagde til ham: Efterdi du har begæret denne Ting og ikke har begæret dig et langt Liv og ikke har begæret dig Rigdom og ikke har begæret dine Fjenders Sjæl, men har begæret dig Forstand til at holde Dom:
God said to him, “You did not request that you live for many years or that you become very rich or that you be able to kill all your enemies. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise, in order that you will be able to know [and to do] what is right [while you govern these people].
12 Se, saa har jeg gjort efter dit Ord, se, jeg har givet dig et viist og forstandigt Hjerte, at der ikke har været nogen som du før dig; ej heller nogen som du skal opstaa efter dig.
So, I will certainly do what you requested. I will enable you to be very wise [DOU]. The result will be that no one who has lived before you or who will live after you will be as [wise as] you are.
13 Og jeg har endog givet dig det, som du ikke har begæret, baade Rigdom og Ære, saa at der ikke har været nogen som du iblandt Kongerne i alle dine Dage.
I will also give you things that you did not request: I will enable you to become very rich and honored, as long as you live. You will be richer and more honored than any other king.
14 Og dersom du vandrer i mine Veje, at holde mine Skikke og mine Bud, saaledes som David din Fader har vandret, da vil jeg forlænge dine Dage.
If you conduct your life [IDM] as I want you to, and if you obey all my laws and commandments, as your father David did, I will enable you to live for many years.”
15 Og Salomo vaagnede, og se, det var en Drøm; og han kom til Jerusalem og stod foran Herrens Pagts Ark og ofrede Brændofre og gjorde Takofre og gjorde alle sine Tjenere et Gæstebud.
Then Solomon awoke, and he realized that [God had spoken to him in] a dream. Then he went to Jerusalem and stood in front of [the Sacred Tent where] the Sacred Chest [was], and he offered many sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then he made a feast for all his officials.
16 Da kom to Kvinder, som vare Skøger, til Kongen, og de stode for hans Ansigt.
One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
17 Og den ene Kvinde sagde: Hør mig, min Herre! jeg og denne Kvinde boede i eet Hus, og jeg fødte hos hende i Huset.
One of them said, “Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was there in the house.
18 Og det skete paa den tredje Dag, efter at jeg havde født, da fødte ogsaa denne Kvinde; og vi vare sammen, der var ingen fremmed hos os i Huset, uden vi to i Huset.
Three days after my baby was born, this woman also gave birth to a baby. Only the two of us were in the house; there was no one else there.
19 Og denne Kvindes Søn døde om Natten, thi hun laa paa ham.
“But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
20 Og hun stod op midt om Natten og tog min Søn fra min Side, der din Tjenestekvinde sov, og hun lagde ham i sin Arm, og lagde sin døde Søn i min Arm.
So she got up at midnight and took my baby boy who was lying beside me while I was sleeping. She carried him to her bed and brought her dead baby and put it in my bed.
21 Og jeg stod op om Morgenen, at give min Søn at die, se, da var han død; men om Morgenen gav jeg nøje Agt paa ham, se, da var det ikke min Søn, som jeg havde født.
When I awoke the next morning and was ready to nurse my baby, I saw that it was dead. But when I looked at it closely in the morning light, I saw that it was not my baby!”
22 Og den anden Kvinde sagde: Det er ikke saa; thi den levende er min Søn, men den døde er din Søn; og denne sagde: Det er ikke saa; thi den døde er din Søn, men den levende er min Søn; og de talede saa for Kongens Ansigt.
But the other woman said, “That is not true! The baby that is alive is mine, and the baby that is dead is yours!” Then the first woman said, “No, the dead baby is yours, and the one that is alive is mine!” And they continued to argue in front of the king.
23 Da sagde Kongen: Denne siger: Denne er min Søn, den levende, og den døde er din Søn; og denne siger: Det er ikke saa; thi den døde er din Søn, men den levende er min Søn.
Then the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’”
24 Og Kongen sagde: Henter mig et Sværd; og de bragte Sværdet ind for Kongens Ansigt.
So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
25 Da sagde Kongen: Deler det levende Barn i to Dele, og giver den ene Halvdelen og den anden Halvdelen.
Then the king said to the servant, “Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women.”
26 Da sagde Kvinden, hvis Søn den levende var, til Kongen (thi hendes inderste brændte for hendes Søn), ja hun sagde: Hør mig, min Herre! giver hende det levende Barn, og slaar det dog ikke ihjel; men hin sagde: Det skal hverken være mit eller dit, deler det.
But the woman whose baby was alive loved her baby very much, so she said to the king, “No, Your Majesty! Do not allow him to kill the baby! Give her the child that is alive!” But the other woman said to the king, “No, cut it in half. Then it will not be her baby or my baby.”
27 Og Kongen svarede og sagde: Giver denne det levende Barn, og slaar det ikke ihjel; hun er Moder til det.
Then the king said to the servant, “Do not kill the baby. Give the baby to the woman who said ‘Do not cut the baby in half,’ because she is truly the baby’s mother.”
28 Og al Israel hørte Dommen, som Kongen havde dømt, og de frygtede for Kongens Ansigt; thi de saa, at Guds Visdom var i ham til at holde Dom.
All the Israeli people heard about what the king had decided, and they revered him. They realized that God had truly enabled him to be very wise, to judge people’s matters fairly.
