Første Kongebog 10
1 Da Dronningen af Saba hørte Salomos Ry, kom hun for at prøve ham med Gåder.
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 Hun kom til Jerusalem med et såre 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 lå hende på Hjerte.
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 Men Salomo svarede på alle hendes Spørgsmål, og intet som helst var skjult for Kongen, han gav hende Svar på alt.
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not [any] thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
4 Og da Dronningen af Saba så al Salomos Visdom, Huset han havde bygget,
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 Maden på hans Bord, hans Folks Boliger, han træden og deres Klæder, hans Mundskænke og Brændofrene, han ofrede i HERRENs Hus, var hun ude af sig selv;
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
6 og hun sagde til Kongen: "Sandt var, hvad jeg i mit Land hørte sige om dig og din Visdom!
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
7 Jeg troede ikke, hvad der sagdes, før jeg kom og så det med egne Øjne; og se, ikke engang det halve er mig fortalt, thi din Visdom og Herlighed overgår, hvad rygte sagde.
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it: ] and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Lykkelige dine Hustruer, lykkelige dine Folk, som altid er om dig og hører din Visdom!
Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.
9 Lovet være HERREN din Gud, som fandt behag i dig og satte dig på Israels Trone! Fordi HERREN elsker Israel evindelig, satte han dig til Konge, til at øve ret og Retfærdighed."
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10 Derpå gav hun Kongen 120 Guldtalenter, Røgelse i store Mængder og Ædelsten; og aldrig er der siden kommet så megen Røgelse til Landet som den, Dronningen af Saba gav Kong Salomo.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 Desuden bragte Hirams Skibe, som hentede Guld i Ofir, Almug gumtræ i store Mængder og Ædel sten fra Ofir,
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
12 og af Almuggimtræet lod Kongen lave Rækværk til HERRENs Hus og Kongens Palads, desuden Citre og Harper til Sangerne. Så meget Almuggimtræ er hidtil ikke set eller kommet til Landet.
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto 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. Derpå begav hun sig med sit Følge hjem til sit Land.
And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14 Vægten af det Guld, som i et År indførtes af Salomo, udgjorde 666 Guldtalenter,
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and 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.
Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
16 Kong Salomo lod hamre 200 Guldskjolde, hvert på 600 Sekel Guld,
And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.
17 og 300 mindre Guldskjolde, hvert på tre Miner Guld; dem lod Kongen henlægge i Libanonskovhuset.
And [he made] three hundred shields [of] beaten gold; three pound of gold went to 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.
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 Tronen havde seks Trin, og på dens Ryg var der Tyrehoveder; på begge Sider af Sædet var der Arme, og ved Armene stod der to Løver;
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne [was] round behind: and [there were] stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
20 tillige stod der tolv Løver påde seks Trin, seks på hver Side. Der er ikke lavet Mage til Trone i noget andet Rige.
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any 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 king Solomon’s drinking vessels [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold; none [were of] silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 Kongen havde nemlig Tarsisskibe i Søen sammen med Hirams Skibe; og en Gang hvert tredje År kom Tarsisskibene, ladet med Guld, Sølv, Elfenben, Aber og Påfugle.
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 Kong Salomo overgik alle Jordens Konger i Rigdom og Visdom.
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for 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 earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 og alle bragte de Gaver med: Sølv og Guldsager, Klæder, Våben, Røgelse, Heste og Muldyr; således gik det År efter År.
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 Salomo anskaffede sig Stridsvogne og Ryttere, og han havde 1.400 Vogne og 12.000 Ryttere; dem lagde han dels i Vognbyerne, dels hos sig i Jerusalem.
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 Kongen bragte det dertil, at Sølv i Jerusalem var lige så almindeligt som Sten, og Cedertræ lige så almindeligt som Morbærfigentræ i Lavlandet. -
And the king made silver [to be] in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he [to be] as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale, for abundance.
28 Hestene, Salomo indførte, kom fra Mizrajim og Kove; Kongens Handelsfolk købte dem i Kove.
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
29 En Vogn udførtes fra Mizrajim for 600 Sekel Sølv, en Hest for 150 Ligeledes udførtes de ved Handelsfolkene fil alle Hetiternes og Arams Konger.
And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means.
