Første Kongebog 5
1 Og Hiram, Kongen af Tyrus, sendte sine Tjenere til Salomo, da han havde hørt, at de havde salvet ham til Konge i hans Faders Sted; thi Hiram havde elsket David alle Dage.
Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], had always been a close friend of King David. When he heard that Solomon had been appointed to become the king after his father was no longer king, he sent some messengers to Solomon [to congratulate him].
2 Derfor sendte Salomo til Hiram og lod sige:
Solomon [gave those messengers] this message to take back to Hiram:
3 Du ved, at min Fader David ikke kunde bygge Herrens, sin Guds, Navn et Hus for Krigens Skyld, med hvilken de havde omspændt ham, indtil Herren gav dem under hans Fødders Saaler.
“You know that my father David [led his soldiers to] fight many wars against his enemies in the nearby countries. So he could not [arrange to] build a temple in which we [MTY] could worship Yahweh our God, until after Yahweh enabled [the Israeli army] to defeat [IDM] all his enemies.
4 Men nu har Herren min Gud skaffet mig Rolighed trindt omkring, her er ingen Modstander og intet ondt hændet.
But now Yahweh our God has enabled us to have peace with all the surrounding countries. [(There is no danger that/We do not need to worry that)] we will be attacked.
5 Og se, jeg tænker at bygge Herrens, min Guds, Navn et Hus, som Herren talede til min Fader David og sagde: Din Søn, som jeg skal sætte i dit Sted paa din Trone, han skal bygge mit Navn Huset.
Yahweh promised my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will enable to be king after you are no longer king, will build a temple for me [MTY].’ Because of that, I have decided to build a temple in which we can worship [MTY] Yahweh our God.
6 Saa befal nu, at man hugger mig Cedertræ fra Libanon, og mine Tjenere skulle være med dine Tjenere, og jeg vil give dig Løn til dine Tjenere efter alt det, som du siger; thi du ved, at her er ingen hos os, som forstaar at hugge Træer, som Zidonierne.
“So [I am requesting that] you command your workers to cut cedar trees for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your workers whatever you decide. [But] my men [cannot do the work alone, ] because they do not know how to cut down trees like your workers from Sidon [city] do.”
7 Og det skete, der Hiram hørte Salomos Ord, da blev han saare glad, og han sagde: Lovet være Herren i Dag, som har givet David en viis Søn over dette talrige Folk!
When Hiram heard the message from Solomon, he was very happy and said, “I praise Yahweh today for giving David a very wise son to rule that great nation!”
8 Og Hiram sendte hen til Salomo og lod sige: Jeg har hørt det, som du sendte til mig om; jeg vil gøre al din Villie med Cedertræer og med Fyrretræer.
He sent this message back to Solomon: “I have heard the message that you sent to me, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide cedar and cypress logs.
9 Mine Tjenere skulle føre dem ned fra Libanon til Havet, og jeg vil lade dem lægge i Flaader paa Havet og bringe dem til det Sted, som du sender mig Bud om, og jeg vil lade dem skille ad der, og du skal lade dem hente; men du skal gøre min Villie, at give mit Hus Kost.
My workers will bring the logs down from [the] Lebanon [mountains] to the [Mediterranean] sea. Then they will [tie them together to] make rafts to float them [in the water] along the coast to the place that you indicate. Then my workers will untie the logs, and your workers will take them from there. What I want you to do is to supply food for the people who work in my palace.”
10 Saa gav Hiram Salomo Cedertræer og Fyrretræer, alt efter hans Villie.
So Hiram [arranged for his workers to] supply all the cedar and cypress logs that Solomon wanted.
11 Og Salomo gav Hiram tyve Tusinde Kor Hvede til Spise for hans Hus og tyve Kor stødt Olivenolie; saa gav Salomo Hiram fra Aar til Aar.
Each year Solomon gave Hiram 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons of pure [olive] oil to feed the people who worked in his palace.
12 Og Herren gav Salomo Visdom, som han havde tilsagt ham; og der var Fred imellem Hiram og imellem Salomo, og de gjorde begge en Pagt.
Yahweh enabled Solomon to be wise, just like he had promised. Solomon and Hiram made a treaty/agreement that there would be peace between their [two governments/countries].
13 Og Kong Salomo udtog Pligtarbejdere af hele Israel, og Pligtarbejderne vare tredive Tusinde Mænd.
King Solomon forced 30,000 men from all over Israel to become his workers.
14 Og han sendte dem til Libanon, ti Tusinde hver Maaned, saa de skiftede; en Maaned vare de paa Libanon, og to Maaneder var hver i sit Hus, og Adoniram var over Pligtarbejderne.
Adoniram was their boss. Solomon divided the men into three groups. Each month 10,000 of them went to Lebanon and worked for a month there, and then they came back home for two months.
15 Og Salomo havde halvfjerdsindstyve Tusinde Lastdragere og firsindstyve Tusinde Tømrere paa Bjerget,
Solomon also forced 80,000 men to cut stones in the hilly area and 70,000 men to haul the stones [to Jerusalem].
16 foruden Salomos øverste Befalingsmænd, som vare over Arbejdet, nemlig tre Tusinde og tre Hundrede, som regerede over Folket, som gjorde Arbejdet.
And he also assigned 3,600 men to supervise their work.
17 Og Kongen bød det, og de bragte store Stene, kostbare Stene, hugne Stene til at lægge Grundvolden til Huset.
The king also commanded his workers to cut huge blocks of stones from the quarries and to smooth the sides of the stones. Those huge stones were for the foundation of the temple.
18 Og Salomos Bygningsmænd og Hirams Bygningsmænd og Gibliterne tilhuggede og beredte Træerne og Stenene til at bygge Huset.
Solomon’s workers and Hiram’s workers and men from Gebal/Byblos [city] shaped the stones and prepared the timber to build the temple.
