Første Kongebog 10
1 Da Dronningen af Saba hørte Salomos Ry, kom hun for at prøve ham med Gåder.
And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the Name of YHWH, and comes to try him with enigmas,
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 comes to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels carrying spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she comes to Solomon, and speaks to him all that has been with 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 declares to her all her matters—there has not been a thing hid from the king that he has not declared to her.
4 Og da Dronningen af Saba så al Salomos Visdom, Huset han havde bygget,
And the queen of Sheba sees all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he 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 food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causes to ascend in the house of YHWH, and there has not been anymore 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 says to the king, “The word that I heard in my land has been true concerning your matters and your 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.
and I gave no credence to the words until I have come, and my eyes see, and behold, not [even] half was declared to me; you have added wisdom and goodness to the report that I heard.
8 Lykkelige dine Hustruer, lykkelige dine Folk, som altid er om dig og hører din Visdom!
O the blessedness of your men, O the blessedness of your servants—these—who are standing before you continually, who are hearing your 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."
Your God YHWH is blessed, who delighted in you, to put you on the throne of Israel; in YHWH’s loving Israel for all time He sets you for king, to do judgment and righteousness.”
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 gives to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stone; there never again came in abundance like that spice that 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 also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in very much almug-trees and precious stone from Ophir;
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 makes the almug-trees a support for the house of YHWH, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; there have not come such almug-trees, nor have there been seen [such] to 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 to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of King Solomon, and she turns and goes to her land, she and her servants.
14 Vægten af det Guld, som i et År indførtes af Salomo, udgjorde 666 Guldtalenter,
And the weight of the gold that has come to Solomon in one year is six hundred 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.
apart from [that of] the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.
16 Kong Salomo lod hamre 200 Guldskjolde, hvert på 600 Sekel Guld,
And King Solomon makes two hundred bucklers of alloyed gold—six hundred [shekels] of gold go up on the one buckler;
17 og 300 mindre Guldskjolde, hvert på tre Miner Guld; dem lod Kongen henlægge i Libanonskovhuset.
and three hundred shields of alloyed gold—three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king puts them [in] the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 Fremdeles lod Kongen lave en stor Elfenbenstrone, overtrukket med lutret Guld.
And the king makes a great throne of ivory, and overlays it with refined 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 has six steps, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, to the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
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 are standing there on the six steps, on this [side] and on that; it has not been made so for 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 the drinking vessels of King Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold—there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,
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 has a navy of Tarshish at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years the navy of Tarshish comes, carrying gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks [[or monkeys]].
23 Kong Salomo overgik alle Jordens Konger i Rigdom og Visdom.
And King Solomon is greater than any of 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 is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God has put into 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 are each bringing his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a 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 gathers chariots, and horsemen, and he has one thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he places them in the cities of the chariot, and with the king in 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 makes the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he has made the cedars as the sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance.
28 Hestene, Salomo indførte, kom fra Mizrajim og Kove; Kongens Handelsfolk købte dem i Kove.
And the outgoing of the horses that King Solomon has [is] from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh 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 comes up and comes out of Egypt for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; they bring out by their hand.
