1 Kings 10
1 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.
Da Dronningen af Saba hørte Salomos Ry, kom hun for at prøve ham med Gaader.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she had come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
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.
3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not [any] thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
Men Salomo svarede paa alle hendes Spørgsmaal, og intet som helst var skjult for Kongen, han gav hende Svar paa alt.
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
Og da Dronningen af Saba saa al Salomos Visdom, Huset han havde bygget,
5 And the provisions of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup-bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
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;
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
og hun sagde til Kongen: »Sandt var, hvad jeg i mit Land hørte sige om dig og din Visdom!
7 Howbeit, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen [it]: and behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
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!
8 Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom.
Lykkelige dine Hustruer, lykkelige dine Folk, som altid er om dig og hører din Visdom!
9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore he made thee king, to do judgment and justice.
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.«
10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great quantity, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
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.
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
Desuden bragte Hirams Skibe, som hentede Guld i Ofir, Almuggimtræ i store Mængder og Ædelsten fra Ofir,
12 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 have they been seen to this day.
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.
13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides [that] which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold,
Vægten af det Guld, som i et Aar indførtes af Salomo, udgjorde 666 Guldtalenter,
15 Besides [what he had] of the merchants, and of the traffic of the spice-merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
de ikke medregnet, hvad der indkom i Afgift fra de undertvungne Folk og ved Købmændenes Handel og fra alle Arabiens Konger og Landets Statholdere.
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target.
Kong Salomo lod hamre 200 Guldskjolde, hvert paa 600 Sekel Guld,
17 And [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
og 300 mindre Guldskjolde, hvert paa tre Miner Guld; dem lod Kongen henlægge i Libanonskovhuset.
18 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
Fremdeles lod Kongen lave en stor Elfenbenstrone, overtrukket med lutret Guld.
19 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.
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;
20 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.
tillige stod der tolv Løver paa de seks Trin, seks paa hver Side. Der er ikke lavet Mage til Trone i noget andet Rige.
21 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.
Alle Kong Salomos Drikkekar var af Guld og alle Redskaber i Libanonskovhuset af fint Guld; Sølv regnedes ikke for noget i Kong Salomos Dage.
22 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.
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.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
Kong Salomo overgik alle Jordens Konger i Rigdom og Visdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Fra alle Jordens Egne søgte man hen til Salomo for at høre den Visdom, Gud havde lagt i hans Hjerte;
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
og alle bragte de Gaver med: Sølv og Guldsager, Klæder, Vaaben, Røgelse, Heste og Muldyr; saaledes gik det Aar efter Aar.
26 And Solomon collected 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.
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.
27 And the king made silver [to be] in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he made [to be] as the sycamore trees that [are] in the vale, for abundance.
Kongen bragte det dertil, at Sølv i Jerusalem var lige saa almindeligt som Sten, og Cedertræ lige saa almindeligt som Morbærfigentræ i Lavlandet. —
28 And Solomon had horses brought from Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Hestene, Salomo indførte, kom fra Mizrajim og Kove; Kongens Handelsfolk købte dem i Kove.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a 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.
En Vogn udførtes fra Mizrajim for 600 Sekel Sølv, en Hest for 150. Ligeledes udførtes de ved Handelsfolkene til alle Hetiternes og Arams Konger.
