1 Nå elsket Salomo mange fremmede kvinner, kvinner fra moabittene, ammonittene, edomittene, sidonierne og hetittene.

Now a number of strange women were loved by Solomon, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

2 Det var fra de folkene som Herren hadde sagt til Israels barn: Dere skal ikke gifte dere med dem, og de skal ikke gifte seg med dere; ellers vil de vende dere bort til å følge deres guder. Men Salomo holdt fast ved dem i kjærlighet.

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

3 Han hadde syv hundre koner, prinsesser, og tre hundre medhustruer; og hans koner vendte hans hjerte bort.

He had seven hundred wives, daughters of kings, and three hundred other wives; and through his wives his heart was turned away.

4 Da Salomo ble gammel, vendte hans koner hans hjerte til andre guder; hans hjerte var ikke lenger helt for Herren hans Gud, som hjertet til hans far David hadde vært.

For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

5 For Salomo fulgte Astarte, sidoniernes gudinne, og Milkom, den avskyelige guden til ammonittene.

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of the Ammonites.

6 Og Salomo gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne; han fulgte ikke Herren helhjertet, som hans far David gjorde.

And Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord, not walking in the Lord's ways with all his heart as David his father did.

7 Salomo bygde også en offerhaug for Kamosj, Moabs avskyelige gud, på fjellet øst for Jerusalem, og for Molok, ammonittenes avskyelige gud.

Then Solomon put up a high place for Chemosh, the disgusting god of Moab, in the mountain before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the disgusting god worshipped by the children of Ammon.

8 Og slik gjorde han for alle sine fremmede koner, som brente røkelse og ofret til sine guder.

And so he did for all his strange wives, who made offerings with burning of perfumes to their gods.

9 Herren ble vred på Salomo fordi hans hjerte var vendt bort fra Herren, Israels Gud, som to ganger hadde vist seg for ham,

And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision;

10 og hadde gitt ham befaling om dette, at han ikke skulle følge andre guder; men han holdt ikke Herrens befalinger.

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

11 Så sa Herren til Salomo: Fordi du har gjort dette og ikke holdt min pakt og mine lover som jeg ga deg, skal jeg rive riket fra deg og gi det til en av dine tjenere.

So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

12 Jeg skal ikke gjøre det i din levetid, på grunn av din far David, men jeg skal rive det fra din sønn.

I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

13 Likevel skal jeg ikke rive hele riket fra ham; men jeg skal gi én stamme til din sønn, for min tjener Davids skyld, og for Jerusalems skyld, den byen jeg har utvalgt.

Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

14 Så sendte Herren Hadad, edomitten, for å bli en uro for Salomo; han var av kongelig ætt i Edom.

So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

15 Da David var i Edom, og Joab, hærføreren, hadde kommet for å begrave de døde, slo de alle menn i Edom;

And when David had sent destruction on Edom, and Joab, the captain of the army, had gone to put the dead into the earth, and had put to death every male in Edom;

16 (for Joab og hele Israel var der i seks måneder, til de hadde utryddet alle menn i Edom;)

(For Joab and all Israel were there six months till every male in Edom had been cut off;)

17 men Hadad, som da var en ung gutt, rømte til Egypt sammen med noen edomitter, som var hans fars tjenere.

Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his father;

18 De dro fra Midjan og kom til Paran, og tok menn med seg fra Paran og dro til Egypt, til farao, Egyptens konge, som ga ham hus, mat og land.

And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

19 Nå, Hadad fant velvilje hos farao, som ga ham sin kones søster, Tahpenes dronningen, til kone.

Now Hadad was very pleasing to Pharaoh, so that he gave him the sister of his wife, Tahpenes the queen, for his wife.

20 Tahpenes' søster fødte ham en sønn, Genubat, som Tahpenes oppdro i faraos hus; og Genubat bodde i faraos hus blant faraos sønner.

And the sister of Tahpenes had a son by him, Genubath, whom Tahpenes took care of in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was living in Pharaoh's house among Pharaoh's sons.

21 Da Hadad fikk høre i Egypt at David hadde hvilt med sine fedre, og at Joab, hærføreren, var død, sa han til farao: Send meg hjem til mitt land.

Now when Hadad had news in Egypt that David had been put to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, the captain of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, Send me back to my country.

22 Men farao spurte ham: Hva har du manglet hos meg, siden du ønsker å dra tilbake til ditt eget land? Og han svarte: Ingenting; men la meg likevel dra.

But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desiring to go back to your country? And he said, Nothing; but even so, send me back.

23 Og Gud sendte en annen urostifter, Reson, sønn av Eliada, som hadde rømt fra sin herre, Hadadezer, kongen av Soba.

And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah:

24 Han samlet folk omkring seg og ble leder for en røverband; og dro til Damaskus hvor han ble konge.

He got some men together and made himself captain of a band of outlaws; and went to Damascus and became king there.

25 Han var en urostifter for Israel hele Salomos levetid. Og det var den skaden Hadad gjorde; han var grusom mot Israel mens han hersket over Edom.

He was a trouble to Israel all through the days of Solomon. And this is the damage Hadad did: he was cruel to Israel while he was ruler over Edom.

26 Og det var Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, en efraimitt fra Sereda, en Salomos tjener, hvis mor het Serua, og var enke; og han løftet hånden mot kongen.

And there was Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was Zeruah, a widow; and his hand was lifted up against the king.

27 Grunnen til at han løftet hånden mot kongen var slik: Salomo bygde Millo og reparerte hullene i byen til Davids far.

The way in which his hand came to be lifted up against the king was this: Solomon was building the Millo and making good the damaged parts of the town of his father David;

28 Og Jeroboam var en dyktig mann, og da Salomo så at denne unge mannen var flittig, ga han ham tilsyn over alt arbeidet til Josefs hus.

And Jeroboam was an able and responsible man; and Solomon saw that he was a good worker and made him overseer of all the work given to the sons of Joseph.

29 På denne tiden, da Jeroboam gikk ut fra Jerusalem, møtte profeten Akia fra Sjilo ham på veien; nå hadde Akia på seg en ny kappe, og de var alene på marken.

Now at that time, when Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite came across him on the road; now Ahijah had put on a new robe; and the two of them were by themselves in the open country.

30 Og Akia tok den nye kappen han hadde på seg, rev den i tolv stykker.

And Ahijah took his new robe in his hands, parting it violently into twelve.

31 Og han sa til Jeroboam: Ta ti av delene, for dette sier Herren: Se, jeg vil rive riket fra Salomo og gi deg ti stammer.

And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;

32 (Men én stamme skal være hans, for min tjener Davids skyld og for Jerusalem, den byen jeg har valgt ut av alle Israels stammer.)

(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

33 Fordi de har forlatt meg og tilbedt Astarte, sidoniernes gudinne, og Kamosj, Moabs gud, og Milkom, ammonittenes gud; de har ikke vandret på mine veier eller gjort det som er rett i mine øyne eller holdt mine lover og bud slik hans far David gjorde.

Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

34 Men jeg vil ikke rive hele riket fra ham; jeg vil la ham være konge alle hans levedager, for min tjener Davids skyld, som jeg fant glede i fordi han holdt mine befalinger og lover.

But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

35 Men jeg vil ta riket fra hans sønn og gi det til deg.

But I will take the kingdom from his son, and give it to you.

36 Og én stamme vil jeg gi til hans sønn, for at min tjener David alltid skal ha en lampe for mitt åsyn i Jerusalem, den byen jeg har valgt for å sette mitt navn der.

And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

37 Og deg vil jeg ta, og du skal være konge over Israel og herske over alt som ditt hjerte begjærer.

And you I will take, and you will be king over Israel, ruling over whatever is the desire of your soul.

38 Og hvis du lytter til alt jeg befaler deg, vandrer på mine veier og gjør det som er rett i mine øyne, og holder mine lover og bud som min tjener David gjorde, da vil jeg være med deg og bygge deg et varig hus som jeg gjorde for David, og gi deg Israel.

And if you give attention to the orders I give you, walking in my ways and doing what is right in my eyes and keeping my laws and my orders as David my servant did; then I will be with you, building up for you a safe house, as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

39 (For at jeg skal påføre davids ætt en trengsel, men ikke for alltid.)

(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)

40 Salomo forsøkte å drepe Jeroboam, men han flyktet til Egypt, til Sisak, Egyptens konge, og oppholdt seg der til Salomo døde.

And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

41 Resten av Salomos gjerninger, alt han gjorde, og hans visdom, er det ikke skrevet i Salomos krønikebok?

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

42 Den tiden Salomo regjerte i Jerusalem over hele Israel, var i førti år.

And the time Solomon was king in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

43 Så hvilte Salomo hos sine fedre, og han ble gravlagt i sin far Davids by, og hans sønn Rehabeam ble konge etter ham.

And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.