Første Kongebog 10
1 Da Dronningen af Saba hørte Salomos Ry, kom hun for at prøve ham med Gaader.
And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
2 Hun kom til Jerusalem med et saare stort Følge og med Kameler, der bar Røgelse, Guld i store Mængder og Ædelsten. Og da hun var kommet til Salomo, talte hun til ham om alt, hvad der laa hende paa Hjerte.
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train; and [there came] camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.
3 Men Salomo svarede paa alle hendes Spørgsmaal, og intet som helst var skjult for Kongen, han gav hende Svar paa alt.
And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.
4 Og da Dronningen af Saba saa al Salomos Visdom, Huset han havde bygget,
And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,
5 Maden paa hans Bord, hans Folks Boliger, hans Tjeneres Optræden og deres Klæder, hans Mundskænke og Brændofrene, han ofrede i HERRENS Hus, var hun ude af sig selv;
and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed.
6 og hun sagde til Kongen: »Sandt var, hvad jeg i mit Land hørte sige om dig og din Visdom!
And she said to king Solomon, [It was] a true report which I heard in my land of thy words and thy wisdom.
7 Jeg troede ikke, hvad der sagdes, før jeg kom og saa det med egne Øjne; og se, ikke engang det halve er mig fortalt, thi din Visdom og Herlighed overgaar, hvad Rygtet sagde mig om dig!
But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.
8 Lykkelige dine Hustruer, lykkelige dine Folk, som altid er om dig og hører din Visdom!
Blessed [are] thy wives, blessed [are] these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
9 Lovet være HERREN din Gud, som fandt behag i dig og satte dig paa Israels Trone! Fordi HERREN elsker Israel evindelig, satte han dig til Konge, til at øve ret og Retfærdighed.«
Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish [him] for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.
10 Derpaa gav hun Kongen 120 Guldtalenter, Røgelse i store Mængder og Ædelsten; og aldrig er der siden kommet saa megen Røgelse til Landet som den, Dronningen af Saba gav Kong Salomo.
And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
11 Desuden bragte Hirams Skibe, som hentede Guld i Ofir, Almuggimtræ i store Mængder og Ædelsten fra Ofir,
And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.
12 og af Almuggimtræet lod Kongen lave Rækværk til HERRENS Hus og Kongens Palads, desuden Citre og Harper til Sangerne. Saa meget Almuggimtræ er hidtil ikke set eller kommet til Landet.
And the king made the hewn timber [into] buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day.
13 Og Kong Salomo gav Dronningen af Saba alt, hvad hun ønskede og bad om, foruden hvad han af sig selv kongeligen skænkede hende. Derpaa begav hun sig med sit Følge hjem til sit Land.
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.
14 Vægten af det Guld, som i et Aar indførtes af Salomo, udgjorde 666 Guldtalenter,
And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.
15 de ikke medregnet, hvad der indkom i Afgift fra de undertvungne Folk og ved Købmændenes Handel og fra alle Arabiens Konger og Landets Statholdere.
Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the [country] beyond [the river], and of the princess of the land.
16 Kong Salomo lod hamre 200 Guldskjolde, hvert paa 600 Sekel Guld,
And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.
17 og 300 mindre Guldskjolde, hvert paa tre Miner Guld; dem lod Kongen henlægge i Libanonskovhuset.
And three hundred shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 Fremdeles lod Kongen lave en stor Elfenbenstrone, overtrukket med lutret Guld.
And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.
19 Tronen havde seks Trin, og paa dens Ryg var der Tyrehoveder; paa begge Sider af Sædet var der Arme, og ved Armene stod der to Løver;
The throne [had] six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces,
20 tillige stod der tolv Løver paa de seks Trin, seks paa hver Side. Der er ikke lavet Mage til Trone i noget andet Rige.
and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any [other] kingdom.
21 Alle Kong Salomos Drikkekar var af Guld og alle Redskaber i Libanonskovhuset af fint Guld; Sølv regnedes ikke for noget i Kong Salomos Dage.
And all the vessels made by Solomon [were] of gold, and the lavers [were] golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 Kongen havde nemlig Tarsisskibe i Søen sammen med Hirams Skibe; og en Gang hvert tredje Aar kom Tarsisskibene, ladet med Guld, Sølv, Elfenben, Aber og Paafugle.
For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, [laden with] gold and silver, and wrought stones, and hewn stones.
23 Kong Salomo overgik alle Jordens Konger i Rigdom og Visdom.
And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
24 Fra alle Jordens Egne søgte man hen til Salomo for at høre den Visdom, Gud havde lagt i hans Hjerte;
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord [had] put into his heart.
25 og alle bragte de Gaver med: Sølv og Guldsager, Klæder, Vaaben, Røgelse, Heste og Muldyr; saaledes gik det Aar efter Aar.
And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 Salomo anskaffede sig Stridsvogne og Ryttere, og han havde 1400 Vogne og 12 000 Ryttere; dem lagde han dels i Vognbyerne, dels hos sig i Jerusalem.
And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem: and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
27 Kongen bragte det dertil, at Sølv i Jerusalem var lige saa almindeligt som Sten, og Cedertræ lige saa almindeligt som Morbærfigentræ i Lavlandet. —
And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.
28 Hestene, Salomo indførte, kom fra Mizrajim og Kove; Kongens Handelsfolk købte dem i Kove.
And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen [was] also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants [were] of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price.
29 En Vogn udførtes fra Mizrajim for 600 Sekel Sølv, en Hest for 150. Ligeledes udførtes de ved Handelsfolkene til alle Hetiternes og Arams Konger.
And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up [thus, even] a chariot for a hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for fifty [shekels] of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea.
