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.
Solomon went to see the king of Egypt. Solomon [made an agreement with him to] marry his daughter. They also made an alliance/agreement [that their armies would not attack each other]. Then Solomon brought the king’s daughter to live in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [She lived there] until Solomon’s workers had finished building his house and the temple of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 Men folket ofra på haugarne; for det var ikkje bygt noko hus for Herrens namn fyre den tid.
[At that time] the temple of Yahweh had not yet been built, so the Israeli people were still offering sacrifices at many other places of worship.
3 Salomo elska Herren so han fylgde fyresegnerne åt David, far sin. Men ofra på haugarne og brende røykjelse der, gjorde han.
Solomon loved Yahweh, and he obeyed all the instructions that his father David had given him. But he also offered sacrifices and burned incense at various altars.
4 Og kongen for til Gibeon og vilde ofra der. For det var gjævaste offerhaugen. Tusund brennoffer ofra Salomo på altaret der.
One day the king went to Gibeon [city] to offer a sacrifice there, because that was where the most famous/important altar was. In previous years he had offered hundreds of sacrifices on that altar.
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!»
That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give 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.
Solomon replied, “You always greatly and faithfully loved my father David, who served you [well]. You did that because he (was faithful to/faithfully obeyed) you and acted righteously and honestly toward you. And you have showed how greatly and faithfully you loved him by giving to him me, his son, and now I am ruling [MTY] as he did [before he died].
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.
“Now, Yahweh my God, you have appointed me to be the king like my father was. But I am [very young, like] a little child [MET]. I do not know how to lead/rule my people at all [IDM].
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.
I am here among the people whom you have chosen. They are a very large group of people; there are very, very many of them, with the result that no one can count them [DOU].
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?»
So please enable me to think clearly, in order that I may rule your people [well]. Enable me to know what is good and what is evil. [If you do not do that, ] I will never [RHQ] be able to rule this great group of people who belong to you.”
10 Det tektest Herren vel at Salomo bad um dette.
Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
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,
God said to him, “You did not request that you live for many years or that you become very rich or that you be able to kill all your enemies. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise, in order that you will be able to know [and to do] what is right [while you govern these people].
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.
So, I will certainly do what you requested. I will enable you to be very wise [DOU]. The result will be that no one who has lived before you or who will live after you will be as [wise as] you are.
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.
I will also give you things that you did not request: I will enable you to become very rich and honored, as long as you live. You will be richer and more honored than any other king.
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.»
If you conduct your life [IDM] as I want you to, and if you obey all my laws and commandments, as your father David did, I will enable you to live for many years.”
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 awoke, and he realized that [God had spoken to him in] a dream. Then he went to Jerusalem and stood in front of [the Sacred Tent where] the Sacred Chest [was], and he offered many sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then he made a feast for all his officials.
16 Då kom det tvo skjøkjor til kongen, og steig fram for honom.
One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
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.
One of them said, “Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was there in the house.
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.
Three days after my baby was born, this woman also gave birth to a baby. Only the two of us were in the house; there was no one else there.
19 Men ei natt døydde guten åt denne kvinna, av di ho hadde lagt seg på honom.
“But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
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.
So she got up at midnight and took my baby boy who was lying beside me while I was sleeping. She carried him to her bed and brought her dead baby and put it in my bed.
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.»
When I awoke the next morning and was ready to nurse my baby, I saw that it was dead. But when I looked at it closely in the morning light, I saw that it was not my baby!”
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.
But the other woman said, “That is not true! The baby that is alive is mine, and the baby that is dead is yours!” Then the first woman said, “No, the dead baby is yours, and the one that is alive is mine!” And they continued to argue in front of 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 the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’”
24 Gakk etter eit sverd åt meg!» sagde kongen. Og då dei hadde bore sverdet inn til kongen,
So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to 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!»
Then the king said to the servant, “Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women.”
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 baby was alive loved her baby very much, so she said to the king, “No, Your Majesty! Do not allow him to kill the baby! Give her the child that is alive!” But the other woman said to the king, “No, cut it in half. Then it will not be her baby or my baby.”
27 Då svara kongen og sagde: «Gjev henne der det livande barnet; drep det ikkje! Ho er mori.»
Then the king said to the servant, “Do not kill the baby. Give the baby to the woman who said ‘Do not cut the baby in half,’ because she is truly the baby’s 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.
All the Israeli people heard about what the king had decided, and they revered him. They realized that God had truly enabled him to be very wise, to judge people’s matters fairly.
