1 Kongebok 10
1 Då dronningi i Saba fekk høyra gjetordet um Salomo og det han hadde gjort for Herrens namn, kom ho og vilde røyna honom med djupe gåtor.
The queen [who ruled the] Sheba [area] heard that Yahweh had caused Solomon to become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer].
2 Ho kom til Jerusalem med eit ovstort fylgje, med kamelar som var klyvja med kryddor og gull i store mengder og glimesteinar, og då ho var komi til Salomo, lagde ho fram for honom alt det ho hadde på hjarta.
She came with a large group of wealthy/influential people, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the topics/things in which she was interested.
3 Men Salomo gav henne svar på alle spurningarne hennar. For honom var ingenting dult, som han ikkje kunde svara på.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Då dronningi frå Saba såg all Salomos visdom og såg huset han hadde bygt,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 og retterne på bordet hans, og korleis hirdmennerne hans sat der, og korleis tenarane hans varta upp og var klædde, og skjenkjarsveinarne hans og den uppgangen som han hadde til Herrens hus, då vart ho reint ifrå seg.
she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw where his officials lived (OR, how his officials were seated at the table), their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be offered. She was extremely amazed.
6 Og ho sagde til kongen: «So var det då sant det ordet eg høyrde i landet mitt um deg og um visdomen din!
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Eg kunde ikkje tru det dei sagde fyrr eg sjølv kom og fekk sjå det med mine eigne augo; ikkje helvti hev dei fortalt meg, det ser eg no; i visdom og vyrdnad gjeng du yver det gjetordet eg hev høyrt um deg.
But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. But really, what they told me is only half [of what they could have told me about you]. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me.
8 Sæle er mennerne dine, sæle er desse tenarane dine, som stødt fær standa framfyre deg og høyra visdomen din.
Your wives are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
9 Lova vere Herren, din Gud, som hadde hugnad i deg og sette deg på Israels kongsstol! For di Herren elskar Israel alle dagar, sette han deg til konge, so du kann skipa rett og rettferd.»
Praise Yahweh, your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by causing you to become the king of Israel! God has always loved the Israeli people, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
10 So gav ho kongen tri hundrad våger gull og kryddor i store mengder og glimesteinar; so stor mengd av kryddor som den dronningi frå Saba gav kong Salomo, hev aldri vorte innførd sidan.
Then the queen gave to the king [the things that she had brought. She gave him] almost five tons of gold and a large amount of spices and valuable gems. Never again did King Solomon receive more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
11 Då skipi til Hiram henta gull frå Ofir, tok dei og med almuggim-tre i stor mengd og dyre steinar frå Ofir.
In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, in which they had previously brought gold from Ophir, they also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems/valuable stones.
12 Av almuggim-treet fekk kongen tillaga handrid til Herrens hus og til huset åt kongen, og like eins cithrar og harpor til songarane; so mykje almuggim-tre hev aldri vore innført eller set sidan til denne dag.
King Solomon told his workers to use that wood to make railings/supports in the temple of Yahweh and in the king’s palace and also to make harps and lyres for the (musicians/men who played musical instruments). That wood was the largest amount of (OR, the finest) wood that had ever been seen [in Israel]. And no one since then has ever seen so much wood of that kind.
13 Og kong Salomo gav dronningi frå Saba alt det ho hadde hug på, og bad um, umfram det han gav henne i samhøve med Salomos kongelege vyrdnad. So snudde ho heim att til sitt land, ho sjølv og tenarane hennar.
King Solomon gave to the queen from Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her those gifts in addition to the gifts that he always gave [to other rulers who visited him]. Then she and the people who came with her returned to her own land.
14 Det gullet som kom inn til Salomo på eit år, vog sekstan hundrad og seks og seksti våger,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 og då var ikkje medrekna det som kom inn frå kjøpmennerne og av kræmarhandelen og frå alle kongarne i Arabia og frå jarlarne i landet.
That was in addition to [the taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders, and the annual taxes paid by the kings of Arabia and by the governors of [the regions in] Israel.
16 Og kong Salomo let gjera tvo hundrad store skjoldar av uthamra gull - seks hundrad lodd gull gjekk med til kvar skjold -
King Solomon’s workers [took this] gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put (almost 15 pounds/more than 6 kg.) of gold on each shield.
17 og tri hundrad små skjoldar av uthamra gull - eit hundrad og åtteti lodd gull gjekk med til kvar skjold - og kongen sette deim upp i Libanonskoghuset.
His workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with (almost 4 pounds/1.5 kg.) of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
18 Kongen let og gjera ein stor kongsstol av flisbein og klædde honom med skirt gull.
His workers also made for him a large throne. [Part of it was] covered with (ivory [decorations made from)] tusks of elephants and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
19 Kongsstolen hadde seks stig, og ryggstydi på kongsstolen var avrunda ovantil; på båe sidor av sætet var der armar, og attmed armarne stod tvo løvor;
There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a statue of a lion on both sides of each step. So altogether there were twelve statues of lions. The back of the throne was rounded at the top. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a small statue of a lion. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
20 og tolv løvor stod det på dei seks stigi, på båe sidor. Maken til dette var ikkje laga i noko kongerike.
21 Alle drykkjestaupi åt kong Salomo var av gull, og alle gognerne i Libanonskoghuset var og av skirt gull; sylv fanst det ikkje; det var ikkje rekna for noko i Salomos dagar.
All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. They did not make things from silver, because during the years that Solomon [ruled], silver was not considered to be valuable.
22 For kongen hadde sine Tarsis-skip på havet attåt floten til Hiram. Ein gong tridje kvart år kom Tarsis-skipi heim og hadde med seg gull og sylv, og filsbein og apor og påfuglar.
The king had a (fleet/large number) of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned [from the places to which they had sailed], bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).
23 Kong Salomo vart større enn alle kongar på jordi i rikdom og visdom.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Folk frå alle land vitja Salomo og vilde høyra visdomen hans, som Gud hadde lagt i hjarta hans.
People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind.
25 Og då hadde kvar og ein av desse med seg gåvor: ymse ting av sylv og gull, klæde og våpn, kryddor, hestar og muldyr. Soleis gjekk det år etter år.
All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons (OR, myrrh), or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
26 Salomo samla stridsvogner og hestfolk, so han hadde fjortan hundrad stridsvogner og tolv tusund hestfolk; og deim gav han læger i vognbyarne og i Jerusalem hjå kongen sjølv.
Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on the horses] (OR, [in the chariots]). Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
27 Og kongen gjorde sylvet i Jerusalem so vanleg som stein og cedertre som morberfiketre i låglandet.
During the years that Solomon was king, silver became as common in Jerusalem as stones; and [lumber from] cedar trees in the foothills of Judah was as plentiful as [lumber from] fig trees.
28 Og hestarne som Salomo fekk seg, førde han inn frå Egyptarland; ein flokk kjøpmenner hjå kongen henta ei viss mengd til ein fastsett pris.
Solomon’s agents bought horses and supervised the men who brought them into Israel from the areas of Musri and Cilicia [that were famous for breeding horses].
29 Kvar vogn som vart henta upp og utførd frå Egyptarland, kosta seks hundrad lodd sylv, og kvar hest eit hundrad og femti. På same vis vart dei, med deira hjelp, utførde til alle kongarne hjå hetitarne og i Syria.
In Musri they bought chariots and horses; they paid 600 pieces of silver for each chariot and 150 pieces of silver for each horse. They brought them to Israel. Then they sold many of them to the kings of the Heth people-group and the kings of Syria.
