Første Kongebog 9
1 Og det skete, der Salomo havde fuldendt at bygge Herrens Hus og Kongens Hus og alt, som Salomo begærede, som han havde Lyst til at gøre:
After Solomon’s [workers] had finished building the temple and his palace and everything else that Solomon wanted them to build,
2 Da aabenbarede Herren sig for Salomo anden Gang, ligesom han havde aabenbaret sig for ham i Gibeon.
Yahweh appeared to him [in a dream] a second time, like he had appeared to him at [the city of] Gibeon.
3 Og Herren sagde til ham: Jeg har hørt din Bøn og din ydmyge Begæring, som du ydmygeligt har bedet med for mit Ansigt, jeg har helliget dette Hus, som du har bygget, at jeg vil sætte mit Navn der indtil evig Tid, og mine Øjne og mit Hjerte skulle være der alle Dage.
Yahweh said to him, “I heard what you prayed and what you pleaded for me to do. I have set apart/dedicated this temple which your [workers] have built to be the place where people will worship me forever. I will always watch over it and protect it.
4 Og du, dersom du vandrer for mit Ansigt, ligesom David, din Fader, vandrede, med et fuldkomment Hjerte og med Oprigtighed til at gøre efter alt det, som jeg har budet dig, og du holder mine Skikke og mine Forskrifter:
“And as for you, if you conduct your life as I want you to, like your father David did, and if you very sincerely obey all the statutes and laws that I have commanded you to obey,
5 Da vil jeg stadfæste dit Riges Trone over Israel evindeligt, ligesom jeg talte til David, din Fader, og sagde: Dig skal ikke fattes en Mand paa Israels Trone.
I will do what I promised your father that I would do: I promised him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.
6 Dersom I vende eder bort, I og eders Børn, fra mig og ikke holde mine Bud og mine Skikke, som jeg gav for eders Ansigt, og I gaa hen og tjene andre Guder og tilbede dem:
“But if you or your descendants turn away from me and disobey the commands and decrees that I have given to you, and if you start to worship other gods,
7 Da vil jeg udrydde Israel fra at være i Landet, som jeg har givet dem, og det Hus, som jeg har helliget til mit Navn, vil jeg forkaste fra mit Ansigt, og Israel skal blive til et Ordsprog og til en Spot iblandt alle Folk.
I will remove my Israeli people from the land that I have given to them. I will also abandon this temple that I have set apart/dedicated to be the place where people should worship me. Then people everywhere will despise [the people of] Israel and make fun of them.
8 Og saa højt end dette Hus monne være, skulle dog alle, som gaa forbi det, grue og hvisle, og de skulle sige: Hvorfor har Herren gjort saaledes ved dette Land og ved dette Hus?
This temple will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by will be astonished [when they see it], and they will be shocked and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this temple?’
9 Og de skulle sige: Fordi de forlode Herren deres Gud, som udførte deres Fædre af Ægyptens Land, og holdt fast ved andre Guder og tilbade dem og tjente dem, derfor har Herren ladet alt dette onde komme over dem.
And other people will reply, ‘It happened because the Israeli people abandoned Yahweh their God, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They started to accept and worship other gods. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’”
10 Og det skete, der de tyve Aar vare til Ende, i hvilke Salomo byggede de to Huse, Herrens Hus og Kongens Hus,
Solomon’s [workers] labored for 20 years to build the temple and the palace.
11 og Hiram, Kongen i Tyrus, havde hjulpet Salomo med Cedertræer og Fyrretræer og med Guldet efter al hans Lyst: Da gav Kong Salomo Hiram tyve Stæder i Galilæas Land.
Hiram, the king of Tyre had [arranged for his workers to] give Solomon all the cedar and pine [logs] and all the gold that he needed [for this work]. After it was all finished, King Solomon gave to Hiram 20 cities in the Galilee region.
12 Og Hiram drog ud af Tyrus for at bese de Stæder, som Salomo havde givet ham, og de behagede ham ikke.
But when Hiram went from Tyre [to Galilee] to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, he was not pleased with them.
13 Og han sagde: Hvad er dette for Stæder, min Broder, som du har givet mig? og han kaldte dem Kabul-Land indtil denne Dag.
He said to Solomon, “My friend, those cities that you gave me are worthless!” So, that area is still called ‘Worthless’.
14 Og Hiram havde sendt til Kongen Hundrede og tyve Centner Guld.
Hiram paid Solomon only five tons of gold [for those cities].
15 Saaledes forholdt det sig med de Pligtarbejdere, som Kong Salomo udtog til at bygge Herrens Hus og sit Hus og Millo og Jerusalems Mur og Hazor og Megiddo og Geser: —
This is a record of the work that King Solomon forced men to do. He forced them to build the temple and his palace and the terraces/landfills [on the east side of the city], and the wall around Jerusalem, and [to rebuild the cities of] Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.
16 Farao, Kongen af Ægypten, var dragen op og havde indtaget Geser og opbrændt den med Ild og ihjelslaget Kananiten, som boede i Staden, og givet sin Datter, Salomos Hustru, den til Medgift.
[The reason they needed to rebuild Gezer was that the army of] the king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it. Then they had burned [the houses in] the city and killed all the people of the Canaan people-group who lived there. The king of Egypt gave that city to his daughter as a gift when she married Solomon.
17 Saa byggede Salomo Geser og det nedre Beth-Horon
So Solomon’s workers also rebuilt Gezer, and they also rebuilt Lower Beth-Horon [city].
18 og Baalath og Thadmor i Ørken udi Landet
They also rebuilt Baalath and Tamar [towns] in the desert in [the southern part of] Judah.
19 og alle de Forraadsstæder, som Salomo havde, og Vognstæder og Stæder til Ryttere og det, som Salomo begærede, som han havde Lyst til at bygge i Jerusalem og paa Libanon og i hele sit Herredømmes Land: —
They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled.
20 Alt det Folk, som var overblevet af Amoriter, Hethiter, Feresiter, Heviter og Jebusiter, de, som ikke vare af Israels Børn,
There were many people who belonged to the Amor people-group, the Heth people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group who were not killed when the Israelis captured their land.
21 deres Børn, som vare overblevne efter dem i Landet, og som Israels Børn ikke havde kunnet ødelægge, dem udtog Salomo til at være arbejdspligtige Tjenere indtil denne Dag.
[Their descendants still lived in Israel]. It was those people whom Solomon forced to become his slaves [to build all those places], and they are still slaves.
22 Men Salomo gjorde ikke nogen af Israels Børn til Træl; men de vare Krigsmænd og hans Tjenere og hans Fyrster og hans Høvedsmænd og Øverster over hans Vogne og hans Ryttere.
But Solomon did not force any Israeli people to become slaves. Some Israelis became soldiers and army officers and commanders and drivers of his chariots and soldiers who rode on horses.
23 Disse vare de øverste Befalingsmænd, som vare over Salomos Arbejder, fem Hundrede og halvtredsindstyve, de som regerede over det Folk, som gjorde Arbejdet.
There were 550 officials who supervised the slaves who worked [to build all those places].
24 Der Faraos Datter drog op fra Davids Stad ind i sit Hus, som han havde bygget til hende, da byggede han Millo.
After [Solomon’s wife, who was] the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the palace that Solomon’s workers built for her, Solomon [told his workers to] fill in the slopes on the east side of the city.
25 Og Salomo ofrede tre Gange om Aaret Brændofre og Takofre paa det Alter, som han byggede Herren, og gjorde Røgelse paa det, som var for Herrens Ansigt, og han havde fuldendt Huset.
Three times each year Solomon [brought to the temple] offerings that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to restore fellowship with Yahweh. He also brought incense to be burned in the presence of Yahweh. And so his men finished building the temple.
26 Og Kong Salomo lod gøre Skibe i Eziongeber, som er ved Eloth, ved det røde Havs Bred, i Edoms Land
King Solomon’s [workers] also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber [city], which is near Elath [city], on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land belonging to the Edom people-group.
27 Og Hiram sendte sine Tjenere paa de Skibe, Skibsmænd, forfarne til Søs, med Salomos Tjenere.
[King] Hiram sent some very expert sailors to work on the ships with Solomon’s workers.
28 Og de kom til Ofir og hentede derfra fire Hundrede og tyve Centner Guld og førte det til Kong Salomo.
They sailed to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back to Solomon about 16 tons of gold.
