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1 Och då Salomos rykte af Herrans Namn kom för Drottningen af rika Arabien, kom hon till att försöka honom med 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 Och hon kom till Jerusalem med en ganska stor skara, med cameler, som speceri båro, och med mycket guld och ädla stenar. Och då hon kom in till Konung Salomo, talade hon med honom allt det hon sig föresatt hade.
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 Och Salomo sade henne det allt; och Konungenom var intet fördold, det han henne icke säga kunde.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Då nu Drottningen af rika Arabien såg all Salomos visdom, och det hus, som han byggt hade,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 Och rätterna på hans bord, och hans tjenares boningar, och hans tjenares ämbeten, och deras kläder, och hans skänkesvänner, och hans bränneoffer som han i Herrans hus offrade, kunde hon icke längre hålla sig;
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 Och sade till Konungen: Allt det jag i mitt land utaf ditt väsende, och af din visdom, hört hafver, det är sant.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Och jag hafver icke velat trott det, tilldess jag är kommen, och hafver det med min ögon sett; och si, mig är icke hälften sagdt. Du hafver mer visdom och rikedomar, än ryktet är, som jag hört hafver.
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 Salige äro dine män, och dine tjenare, som alltid för dig stå, och höra din visdom.
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 Lofvad vare Herren din Gud, som till dig lust haft hafver, så att han dig på Israels stol satt hafver; derföre, att Herren älskar Israel i evig tid, och hafver satt dig till Konung, att du rätt och redelighet göra skall.
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 Och hon gaf Konungenom hundrade och tjugu centener guld, och ganska mycket speceri, och ädla stenar. Der kom icke sedan så mycket speceri, såsom Drottningen af rika Arabien Konung Salomo gaf.
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 Dertill de Hirams skepp, som guld förde af Ophir, förde också ganska mycket hebenträ, och ädla stenar.
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 Och Konungen lät göra af hebenträ pelare i Herrans hus, och i Konungshuset, och harpor och psaltare för sångare. Der kom icke sedan så mycket hebenträ, vardt ej heller sedt, allt intill denna 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 Och Konung Salomo gaf Drottningene af rika Arabien allt det hon begärade och beddes, förutan det han gaf henne af sig sjelf. Och hon vände om, och drog med sina tjenare i sitt land igen.
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 Men det guld, som Salomo inkom årliga, var till vigt sexhundrad sex och sextio centener;
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 Förutan det af krämare och köpmän, och af apothekare, och ifrå de nästa Konungar, och ifrå de yppersta i landet kom.
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 Och Konung Salomo lät göra tuhundrad spetsar af bästa guld; sexhundrad stycke guld lät han till hvar spets;
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 Och trehundrad sköldar, af bästa guld; ju tre pund guld till hvar sköld. Och Konungen lade dem uti det huset af Libanons skog.
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 Och Konungen gjorde en stor stol af elphenben, och bedrog honom med ädlasta guld.
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 Och stolen hade sex trappor; och hufvudet af stolen var rundt baktill, och voro stolpar på båda sidor vid sätet, och tu lejon stodo vid stolparna.
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 Och tolf lejon stodo på de sex trappor på båda sidor. Sådant är icke gjordt i något Konungarike.
21 All Konung Salomos dryckekar voro af guld; och käril uti huset af Libanons skog voro också af klart guld; förty silfver aktade man intet i Salomos tid.
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 Ty Konungens skepp, som till hafs foro med Hirams skepp, kommo en gång i hvar tre år, och förde guld, silfver, elphenben, apor och påfoglar.
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 Alltså vardt Konung Salomo större med rikedomar och visdom, än alle Konungar på jordene.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Och all verlden begärade se Salomo, att de måtte höra den vishet, som Gud honom i hans hjerta gifvit hade.
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 Och alle båro honom skänker, silfver och gyldene tyg, kläder och harnesk, örter, hästar, mulor, hvart 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 Och Salomo drog tillhopa vagnar och resenärar, så att han hade tusende och fyrahundrad vagnar, och tolftusend resenärar; och han lät dem uti vagnsstäderna, och när Konungenom i 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 Och Konungen gjorde, att silfver i Jerusalem var så mycket som stenar, och cederträ så mycket som mulbärträ i dalarna.
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 Och man förde hästar utur Egypten till Salomo, och allahanda varor, och Konungens köpmän köpte samma varor;
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 Och förde dem utur Egypten; hvar vagn för sexhundrad silfpenningar, och hvar häst för hundrade och femtio. Alltså förde man dem ock till alla de Hetheers Konungar, och till de Konungar i Syrien, genom deras 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.
