1 Kongebok 3
1 Og Salomo kom i giftarskyldskap med Farao, kongen i Egyptarland, med di han gifte seg med dotter åt Farao, og han flutte inn i Davidsbyen med henne til dess han var ferdig med byggjearbeidet på kongsgarden, på Herrens tempel og murarne rundt um Jerusalem.
And so the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon, and he was joined with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by affinity. For he took his daughter, and he led her into the city of David, until he completed building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
2 Men folket ofra på haugarne; for det var ikkje bygt noko hus for Herrens namn fyre den tid.
But still the people immolated in the high places. For no temple had been built to the name of the Lord, even to that day.
3 Salomo elska Herren so han fylgde fyresegnerne åt David, far sin. Men ofra på haugarne og brende røykjelse der, gjorde han.
Now Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father, except that he immolated in the high places, and he burned incense.
4 Og kongen for til Gibeon og vilde ofra der. For det var gjævaste offerhaugen. Tusund brennoffer ofra Salomo på altaret der.
And so, he went away to Gibeon, so that he might immolate there; for that was the greatest high place. Solomon offered upon that altar, at Gibeon, one thousand victims as holocausts.
5 I Gibeon synte Herren seg for Salomo i ein draum um natti, og Gud sagde: «Bed um kva du vil eg skal gjeva deg!»
Then the Lord appeared to Solomon, through a dream in the night, saying, “Request whatever you wish, so that I may give it to you.”
6 Salomo svara: «Stor miskunn hev du vist imot tenaren din, David, far min, etter di han ferdast for di åsyn i truskap og rettvisa og med ærleg hug imot deg; og du hev halde ved lag åt honom denne store miskunn og gjeve honom ein son til ettermann i kongsstolen hans - so som det no sjåande er.
And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to your servant David, my father, because he walked in your sight in truth and justice, and with an upright heart before you. And you have kept your great mercy for him, and you have given him a son sitting upon his throne, just as it is this day.
7 Ja, Herre, min Gud, no hev du gjort tenaren din til konge etter David, far min, men eg er berre barnet, og veit ikkje korleis eg skal bera meg åt.
And now, O Lord God, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, my father. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure.
8 Og tenaren din liver her millom folket ditt, som du hev valt ut, eit stort folk som ikkje er teljande eller utreknande, so mangment det er.
And your servant is in the midst of the people that you have chosen, an immense people, who are not able to be numbered or counted because of their multitude.
9 So gjev då tenaren din eit høyrsamt hjarta, so han kann vera domar for folket sitt og skilja millom godt og vondt! for kven er elles før til å vera domar for dette mangmente folket ditt?»
Therefore, give to your servant a teachable heart, so that he may be able to judge your people, and to discern between good and evil. For who will be able to judge this people, your people, who are so many?”
10 Det tektest Herren vel at Salomo bad um dette.
And the word was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon had requested this kind of thing.
11 Og Gud sagde til honom: «Etter di hev bede um dette og ikkje bede um langt liv eller rikdom og ikkje bede um livet av fiendarne, men hev bede um vit til å agta på det som rett er,
And the Lord said to Solomon: “Since you have requested this word, and you have not asked for many days or for wealth for yourself, nor for the lives of your enemies, but instead you have requested for yourself wisdom in order to discern judgment:
12 so vil eg gjera som du ynskjer: eg gjeva deg so vist og vitugt eit hjarta at det hev ikkje vore din like, og skal ikkje heller verta sidan.
behold, I have done for you according to your words, and I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so much so that there has been no one like you before you, nor anyone who will rise up after you.
13 Eg vil gjeva deg det du ikkje hev bede um: rikdom og heider, so at ingen av kongerne skal vera din like i all di tid.
But also the things for which you did not ask, I have given to you, namely wealth and glory, so that no one has been like you among the kings in the all days before.
14 Og vil du fara på mine vegar, so du held loverne og bodi mine, liksom David, far din, gjorde, so skal eg lata livedagarne dine verta mange.»
And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days.”
15 Då vakna Salomo - det var ein draum. Og då han kom til Jerusalem, steig han fram for Herrens sambandskista, ofra brennoffer og bar fram takkoffer, og gjorde eit gjestebod for alle tenarane sine.
Then Solomon awakened, and he understood that it was a dream. And when he had arrived in Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and he offered holocausts and made victims of peace offerings, and he held a great feast for all his servants.
16 Då kom det tvo skjøkjor til kongen, og steig fram for honom.
Then two women harlots went to the king, and they stood before him.
17 Og den eine kvinna sagde: «Høyr meg, herre! Eg og denne kvinna bur i same huset. Og eg fekk eit barn der i huset hjå henne.
And one of them said: “I beg you, my lord, I and this woman were living in one house, and I gave birth, with her in the room.
18 Tridje dagen etter at eg hadde fenge barnet, fekk denne kvinna og eit barn; og me var saman; der var ingen framand hjå oss i huset; me tvo eine.
Then, on the third day after I gave birth, she also gave birth. And we were together, with no other person with us in the house, only the two of us.
19 Men ei natt døydde guten åt denne kvinna, av di ho hadde lagt seg på honom.
Then this woman’s son died in the night. For while sleeping, she smothered him.
20 Då reis ho upp midt på natti og tok min gut ifrå sida mi, medan tenestkvinna di sov, og lagde honom i sitt fang, og sin eigen daude gut lagde ho i mitt fang.
And rising up in the silent depths of the night, she took my son from my side, while I, your handmaid, was sleeping, and she set him in her bosom. Then she placed her dead son in my bosom.
21 Då eg so reis upp um morgonen og skulde gjeva guten min suga, då var han daud; men då eg skoda vel på honom um morgonen, vart eg vis med at det var ikkje den gut eg hadde født.»
And when I had arisen in the morning, so that I might give milk to my son, he appeared to be dead. But gazing upon him more diligently in the light of day, I realized that he was not mine, whom I had born.”
22 Den andre kvinna sagde: «Det er ikkje so. Min gut er den som liver. Det er din gut som er daud.» Men den fyrste svara: «Nei, den daude er din gut, den livande er min.» Soleis trætta dei framfor kongen.
And the other woman responded: “It is not such as you say. Instead, your son is dead, but mine is alive.” To the contrary, she said: “You are lying. For my son lives, and your son is dead.” And in this manner, they were contending before the king.
23 Då sagde kongen: «Den eine segjer: «Denne som liver, er min gut, og den daude er din.» Og den andre segjer: «Det er ikkje so; din gut er det som er daud, og min gut er den som liver.»
Then said the king: “This one says, ‘My son is alive, and your son is dead.’ And the other responds, ‘No, instead your son is dead, but mine lives.’”
24 Gakk etter eit sverd åt meg!» sagde kongen. Og då dei hadde bore sverdet inn til kongen,
Therefore the king said, “Bring a sword to me.” And when they had brought a sword before the king,
25 sagde han: «Hogg det livande barnet i tvo luter, og gjev denne eine helvti til den eine og den andre helvti til den andre!»
he said, “Divide the living infant in two parts, and give a half part to the one and a half part to the other.”
26 Men då sagde ho til kongen, den kvinna som var mor åt det livande barnet - for hjarta hennar brann for guten -: «Høyr meg, herre, » sagde ho, «lat henne få det barnet som liver, og drep det ikkje!» Men hi sagde: «Lat det vera korkje mitt eller ditt; hogg det i tvo!»
But the woman, whose son was alive, said to the king, for her heart was moved concerning her son, “I beg you, my lord, give the living infant to her, and do not kill him.” To the contrary, the other said, “Let it be neither for me, nor for you, instead divide it.”
27 Då svara kongen og sagde: «Gjev henne der det livande barnet; drep det ikkje! Ho er mori.»
The king responded and said: “Give the living infant to this woman, and do not kill it. For she is his mother.”
28 Og då denne domen som kongen hadde sagt, spurdest i heile Israel, fekk dei age for kongen; for dei såg at Guds visdom var i honom, so han kunde døma rett.
Then all of Israel heard about the judgment that the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to accomplish judgment.
