1 Kongebok 10
1 Da dronningen av Saba hørte Salomos ry, som skyldtes Herrens navn, kom hun for å sette ham på prøve med gåter.
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 Hun kom til Jerusalem med et stort følge, med kameler som bar krydderier og en stor mengde gull og dyre stener; og da hun var kommet til Salomo, talte hun til ham om alt som lå henne på hjerte.
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 tydet alle hennes gåter; det var ikke et ord av det hun sa, som var dulgt for kongen, så han ikke kunde tyde det.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
4 Da dronningen av Saba så all Salomos visdom og så det hus han hadde bygget,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace;
5 og rettene på hans bord, og hvorledes hans tjenere satt ved bordet, og bordsvennene stod omkring, og hvorledes de var klædd, og hans munnskjenker, og den trapp han gikk op på til Herrens hus, var hun rent ute av sig selv av forundring.
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 hun sa til kongen: Så var det da sant det jeg hørte hjemme i mitt land om dig og din visdom.
She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
7 Jeg trodde ikke det de fortalte, før jeg kom og fikk se det med egne øine; men nu ser jeg at de ikke har fortalt mig halvdelen; du overgår i visdom og lykke det rykte jeg har hørt.
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 Lykkelige er dine menn, lykkelige disse dine tjenere som alltid står for ditt åsyn og hører 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 Lovet være Herren din Gud, som hadde velbehag i dig, så han satte dig på Israels trone! Fordi Herren elsker Israel til evig tid, satte han dig til konge for å håndheve rett og rettferdighet.
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 Så gav hun kongen hundre og tyve talenter gull og krydderier i stor mengde og dyre stener; aldri er det mere kommet en sådan mengde krydderier til landet som det dronningen av Saba gav kong Salomo.
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 Men også Hirams skiber som hentet gull fra Ofir, hadde ført sandeltre i stor mengde og dyre stener med derfra.
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 sandeltreet lot kongen gjøre rekkverk til Herrens hus og til kongens hus og citarer og harper for sangerne; aldri er det siden kommet eller blitt sett så meget sandeltre i landet.
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 dronningen av Saba alt det hun hadde lyst til og bad om, foruten de gaver som det sømmet sig for så mektig en konge som Salomo å gi henne. Så tok hun avsted og drog hjem til sitt land med sine tjenere.
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 Vekten av det gull som i ett år kom inn til Salomo, var seks hundre og seks og seksti talenter,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
15 foruten det som kom inn fra kjøbmennene og ved kremmernes handel og fra alle kongene i Arabia og fra stattholderne 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 lot gjøre to hundre store skjold av uthamret gull - det gikk seks hundre sekel gull med til hvert 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 tre hundre små skjold av uthamret gull - til hvert av disse skjold gikk det med tre miner gull - og kongen satte dem i Libanon-skoghuset.
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 lot også gjøre en stor elfenbenstrone og klædde den med rent 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 Tronen hadde seks trin og en rund topp baktil; på begge sider av setet var det armer, og tett ved armene stod det to løver;
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 på begge sider av de seks trin stod det tolv løver. Noget sådant har aldri vært gjort i noget annet kongerike.
21 Alle kong Salomos drikkekar var av gull, og alle karene i Libanon-skoghuset var av fint gull; der var intet av sølv, det blev ikke regnet for noget i Salomos dager.
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 Tarsis-skiber på havet sammen med Hirams skiber; en gang hvert tredje år kom Tarsis-skibene hjem og hadde med gull og sølv, elfenben og aper og påfugler.
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 blev større enn alle jordens konger i rikdom og visdom.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king.
24 Fra alle jordens kanter kom folk for å se kong Salomo og høre hans visdom, som Gud hadde lagt i hans hjerte,
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 hver av dem hadde gaver med: sølvkar og gullkar og klær og våben og krydderier, hester og mulesler; så gjorde de år om annet.
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 la sig til mange stridsvogner og hestfolk; han hadde fjorten hundre stridsvogner og tolv tusen hestfolk; dem la han dels i vognbyene, dels hos sig selv 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 Kongen gjorde sølvet i Jerusalem like så almindelig som sten, og sedertre like så almindelig som morbærtrærne i lavlandet.
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 Sine hester lot Salomo innføre fra Egypten; en del kjøbmenn som kongen sendte avsted, hentet fra tid til annen en flokk for en fastsatt 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 Hver vogn som hentedes op fra Egypten og innførtes, kostet seks hundre sekel sølv og hver hest hundre og femti. Og på samme måte hentet de også vogner og hester derfra til alle hetittenes konger og til kongene 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.
