1 Koenige 10
1 Und da das Gerücht Salomos von dem Namen des HERRN kam vor die Königin von Reicharabien, kam sie, ihn zu versuchen mit Rätseln.
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 Und sie kam gen Jerusalem mit einem sehr großen Zeug, mit Kamelen, die Spezerei trugen und viel Goldes und Edelgesteine. Und da sie zum Könige Salomo hineinkam, redete sie mit ihm alles, was sie vorgenommen hatte.
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 Und Salomo sagte ihr alles, und war dem Könige nichts verborgen, das er ihr nicht sagte.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Da aber die Königin von Reicharabien sah alle Weisheit Salomos und das Haus, das er gebauet hatte,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 und die Speise für seinen Tisch und seiner Knechte Wohnung und seiner Diener Amt und ihre Kleider und seine Schenken und seine Brandopfer, die er in dem Hause des HERRN opferte, konnte sie sich nicht mehr enthalten
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 und sprach zum Könige: Es ist wahr, was ich in meinem Lande gehöret habe von deinem Wesen und von deiner Weisheit.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Und ich habe es nicht wollen glauben, bis ich kommen bin und habe es mit meinen Augen gesehen. Und siehe, es ist mir nicht die Hälfte gesagt. Du hast mehr Weisheit und Gutes denn das Gerücht, das ich gehöret habe.
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 Selig sind deine Leute und deine Knechte, die allezeit vor dir stehen und deine Weisheit hören.
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 Gelobet sei der HERR, dein Gott, der zu dir Lust hat, daß er dich auf den Stuhl Israels gesetzet hat, darum daß der HERR Israel liebhat ewiglich und dich zum Könige gesetzet hat, daß du Gericht und Recht haltest.
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 Und sie gab dem Könige hundertundzwanzig Zentner Goldes und sehr viel Spezerei und Edelgesteine. Es kam nicht mehr so viel Spezerei, als die Königin von Reicharabien dem Könige Salomo gab.
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 Dazu die Schiffe Hirams, die Gold aus Ophir führeten, brachten sehr viel Ebenholz und Edelgesteine.
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 Und der König ließ machen von Ebenholz Pfeiler im Hause des HERRN und im Hause des Königs und Harfen und Psalter für die Sänger. Es kam nicht mehr solch Ebenholz, ward auch nicht gesehen bis auf diesen Tag.
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 Und der König Salomo gab der Königin von Reicharabien alles, was sie begehrete und bat, ohne was er ihr gab von ihm selbst. Und sie wandte sich und zog in ihr Land samt ihren Knechten.
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 Des Goldes aber, das Salomo in einem Jahr kam, war am Gewicht sechshundertundsechsundsechzig Zentner,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 ohne was von Krämern und Kaufleuten und Apothekern und von allen Königen Arabiens und von den Gewaltigen in Ländern kam.
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 Und der König Salomo ließ machen zweihundert Schilde vom besten Golde; sechshundert Stück Goldes tat er zu einem Schilde;
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 und dreihundert Tartschen vom besten Golde, je drei Pfund Goldes zu einer Tartsche. Und der König tat sie in das Haus vom Walde Libanon.
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 Und der König machte einen großen Stuhl von Elfenbein und überzog ihn mit dem edelsten Golde.
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 Und der Stuhl hatte sechs Stufen, und das Haupt am Stuhl war hinten rund. Und waren Lehnen auf beiden Seiten um das Gesäß, und zween Löwen stunden an den Lehnen.
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 Und zwölf Löwen stunden auf den sechs Stufen auf beiden Seiten. Solches ist nie gemacht in keinen Königreichen.
21 Alle Trinkgefäße des Königs Salomo waren gülden, und alle Gefäße im Hause vom Walde Libanon waren auch lauter Gold; denn des Silbers achtete man zu den Zeiten Salomos nichts.
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 Denn das Meerschiff des Königs, das auf dem Meer mit dem Schiff Hirams fuhr, kam in dreien Jahren einmal und brachte Gold, Silber, Elfenbein, Affen und Pfauen.
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 Also ward der König Salomo größer mit Reichtum und Weisheit denn alle Könige auf Erden.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Und alle Welt begehrete, Salomo zu sehen, daß sie die Weisheit höreten, die ihm Gott in sein Herz gegeben hatte.
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 Und jedermann brachte ihm Geschenke, silberne und güldene Geräte, Kleider und Harnische, Würze, Rosse, Mäuler jährlich.
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 Und Salomo brachte zuhauf Wagen und Reiter, daß er hatte tausend und vierhundert Wagen und zwölftausend Reiter, und ließ sie in den Wagenstädten und bei dem Könige zu Jerusalem.
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 Und der König machte, daß des Silbers zu Jerusalem so viel war wie die Steine, und Zedernholz so viel wie die wilden Feigenbäume in den Gründen.
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 Und man brachte dem Salomo Pferde aus Ägypten und allerlei Ware, und die Kaufleute des Königs kauften dieselbige Ware
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 und brachten's aus Ägypten heraus, je einen Wagen um sechshundert Silberlinge, und ein Pferd um hundertundfünfzig. Also brachte man sie auch allen Königen der Hethiter und den Königen zu Syrien durch ihre Hand.
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.
