1 Kings 3
1 Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.
Og Salomo besvogrede sig med Farao, Kongen af Ægypten, og tog Faraos Datter og førte hende ind i Davids Stad, indtil han havde fuldendt at bygge sit Hus og Herrens Hus og Jerusalems Mur trindt omkring;
2 But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.
ikkun at Folket ofrede paa Højene; thi der var ikke bygget et Hus til Herrens Navn indtil disse Dage.
3 And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.
Men Salomo elskede Herren og vandrede efter Davids sin Faders Skikke, kun at han ofrede og gjorde Røgelse paa Højene.
4 And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.
Og Kongen gik til Gibeon for at ofre der, thi der var den store Høj, og Salomo ofrede tusinde Brændofre paa dette Alter.
5 In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
Herren aabenbarede sig for Salomo i Gibeon om Natten i en Drøm, og Gud sagde: Begær, hvad jeg skal give dig.
6 And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
Og Salomo sagde: Du har gjort stor Miskundhed imod din Tjener David, min Fader, ligesom han og vandrede for dit Ansigt i Sandhed og i Retfærdighed og i Hjertets Oprigtighed imod dig; og du har bevaret ham denne store Miskundhed og har givet ham en Søn, som sidder paa hans Trone, som det ses paa denne Dag.
7 And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
Og nu, Herre, min Gud! du har gjort din Tjener til Konge i min Fader Davids Sted; men jeg er et ungt Menneske, og jeg forstaar ikke at gaa ud eller ind;
8 And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.
og din Tjener er midt iblandt dit Folk, som du har udvalgt, et stort Folk, saa det ikke kan tælles eller beregnes for Mangfoldigheds Skyld:
9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
Saa giv din Tjener et forstandigt Hjerte til at dømme dit Folk og til med Forstand at skelne imellem godt og ondt; thi hvo kan dømme dette dit mægtige Folk?
10 Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
Og det Ord var godt for Herrens Øjne, at Salomo begærede denne Ting.
11 And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
Og Gud sagde til ham: Efterdi du har begæret denne Ting og ikke har begæret dig et langt Liv og ikke har begæret dig Rigdom og ikke har begæret dine Fjenders Sjæl, men har begæret dig Forstand til at holde Dom:
12 I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
Se, saa har jeg gjort efter dit Ord, se, jeg har givet dig et viist og forstandigt Hjerte, at der ikke har været nogen som du før dig; ej heller nogen som du skal opstaa efter dig.
13 And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
Og jeg har endog givet dig det, som du ikke har begæret, baade Rigdom og Ære, saa at der ikke har været nogen som du iblandt Kongerne i alle dine Dage.
14 And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.
Og dersom du vandrer i mine Veje, at holde mine Skikke og mine Bud, saaledes som David din Fader har vandret, da vil jeg forlænge dine Dage.
15 And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.
Og Salomo vaagnede, og se, det var en Drøm; og han kom til Jerusalem og stod foran Herrens Pagts Ark og ofrede Brændofre og gjorde Takofre og gjorde alle sine Tjenere et Gæstebud.
16 Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
Da kom to Kvinder, som vare Skøger, til Kongen, og de stode for hans Ansigt.
17 And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.
Og den ene Kvinde sagde: Hør mig, min Herre! jeg og denne Kvinde boede i eet Hus, og jeg fødte hos hende i Huset.
18 And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.
Og det skete paa den tredje Dag, efter at jeg havde født, da fødte ogsaa denne Kvinde; og vi vare sammen, der var ingen fremmed hos os i Huset, uden vi to i Huset.
19 In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
Og denne Kvindes Søn døde om Natten, thi hun laa paa ham.
20 And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
Og hun stod op midt om Natten og tog min Søn fra min Side, der din Tjenestekvinde sov, og hun lagde ham i sin Arm, og lagde sin døde Søn i min Arm.
21 And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.
Og jeg stod op om Morgenen, at give min Søn at die, se, da var han død; men om Morgenen gav jeg nøje Agt paa ham, se, da var det ikke min Søn, som jeg havde født.
22 And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.
Og den anden Kvinde sagde: Det er ikke saa; thi den levende er min Søn, men den døde er din Søn; og denne sagde: Det er ikke saa; thi den døde er din Søn, men den levende er min Søn; og de talede saa for Kongens Ansigt.
23 Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says, Not so; but your son is the dead one and mine is the living.
Da sagde Kongen: Denne siger: Denne er min Søn, den levende, og den døde er din Søn; og denne siger: Det er ikke saa; thi den døde er din Søn, men den levende er min Søn.
24 Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.
Og Kongen sagde: Henter mig et Sværd; og de bragte Sværdet ind for Kongens Ansigt.
25 And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.
Da sagde Kongen: Deler det levende Barn i to Dele, og giver den ene Halvdelen og den anden Halvdelen.
26 Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.
Da sagde Kvinden, hvis Søn den levende var, til Kongen (thi hendes inderste brændte for hendes Søn), ja hun sagde: Hør mig, min Herre! giver hende det levende Barn, og slaar det dog ikke ihjel; men hin sagde: Det skal hverken være mit eller dit, deler det.
27 Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.
Og Kongen svarede og sagde: Giver denne det levende Barn, og slaar det ikke ihjel; hun er Moder til det.
28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
Og al Israel hørte Dommen, som Kongen havde dømt, og de frygtede for Kongens Ansigt; thi de saa, at Guds Visdom var i ham til at holde Dom.
