اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلْأَوَّلُ 3
| وَصَاهَرَ سُلَيْمَانُ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ، وَأَخَذَ بِنْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَتَى بِهَا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ إِلَى أَنْ أَكْمَلَ بِنَاءَ بَيْتِهِ وَبَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَسُورِ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَوَالَيْهَا. | ١ 1 |
And Solomon contracted an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, —and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem, round about.
| إِلَّا أَنَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ كَانُوا يَذْبَحُونَ فِي ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُبْنَ بَيْتٌ لِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ. | ٢ 2 |
Save only, that the people were sacrificing in the high places, —because there had not been built a house unto the Name of Yahweh, until those days,
| وَأَحَبَّ سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلرَّبَّ سَائِرًا فِي فَرَائِضِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَذْبَحُ وَيُوقِدُ فِي ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ. | ٣ 3 |
Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father, —save only, that, in the high places, he himself, was sacrificing and offering incense.
| وَذَهَبَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى جِبْعُونَ لِيَذْبَحَ هُنَاكَ، لِأَنَّهَا هِيَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةُ ٱلْعُظْمَى، وَأَصْعَدَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَلْفَ مُحْرَقَةٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ. | ٤ 4 |
So then the king went to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for, that, was the great high place, —a thousand ascending-sacrifices, did Solomon offer up on that altar.
| فِي جِبْعُونَ تَرَاءَى ٱلرَّبُّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ فِي حُلْمٍ لَيْلًا، وَقَالَ ٱللهُ: «ٱسْأَلْ مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ». | ٥ 5 |
In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by night, —and God said, Ask, what I shall give thee.
| فَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ: «إِنَّكَ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ مَعَ عَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي رَحْمَةً عَظِيمَةً حَسْبَمَا سَارَ أَمَامَكَ بِأَمَانَةٍ وَبِرٍّ وَٱسْتِقَامَةِ قَلْبٍ مَعَكَ، فَحَفِظْتَ لَهُ هَذِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةَ وَأَعْطَيْتَهُ ٱبْنًا يَجْلِسُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّهِ كَهَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ. | ٦ 6 |
Then said Solomon—Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee, in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart, with thee, —and thou hast kept, for him, this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day.
| وَٱلْآنَ أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، أَنْتَ مَلَّكْتَ عَبْدَكَ مَكَانَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي، وَأَنَا فَتىً صَغِيرٌ لَا أَعْلَمُ ٱلْخُرُوجَ وَٱلدُّخُولَ. | ٧ 7 |
Now, therefore, O Yahweh my God, thou, hast made thy servant king, instead of David my father, —and, I, am but a little child, I know not how to go out and come in.
| وَعَبْدُكَ فِي وَسَطِ شَعْبِكَ ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَرْتَهُ، شَعْبٌ كَثِيرٌ لَا يُحْصَى وَلَا يُعَدُّ مِنَ ٱلْكَثْرَةِ. | ٨ 8 |
And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, —a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude.
| فَأَعْطِ عَبْدَكَ قَلْبًا فَهِيمًا لِأَحْكُمَ عَلَى شَعْبِكَ وَأُمَيِّزَ بَيْنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَٱلشَّرِّ، لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ عَلَى شَعْبِكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ هَذَا؟» | ٩ 9 |
Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad, —for who is able to judge this thine honoured people?
| فَحَسُنَ ٱلْكَلَامُ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِأَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ سَأَلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ. | ١٠ 10 |
And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord, —that Solomon had asked this thing;
| فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱللهُ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكَ قَدْ سَأَلْتَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرَ، وَلَمْ تَسْأَلْ لِنَفْسِكَ أَيَّامًا كَثِيرَةً وَلَا سَأَلْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ غِنًى، وَلَا سَأَلْتَ أَنْفُسَ أَعْدَائِكَ، بَلْ سَأَلْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ تَمْيِيزًا لِتَفْهَمَ ٱلْحُكْمَ، | ١١ 11 |
And God said unto him—Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies, —but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause,
| هُوَذَا قَدْ فَعَلْتُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِكَ. هُوَذَا أَعْطَيْتُكَ قَلْبًا حَكِيمًا وَمُمَيِّزًا حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِثْلُكَ قَبْلَكَ وَلَا يَقُومُ بَعْدَكَ نَظِيرُكَ. | ١٢ 12 |
lo! I have done according to thy word, —lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.
| وَقَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ أَيْضًا مَا لَمْ تَسْأَلْهُ، غِنًى وَكَرَامَةً حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ رَجُلٌ مِثْلَكَ فِي ٱلْمُلُوكِ كُلَّ أَيَّامِكَ. | ١٣ 13 |
Moreover also, what thou hast not asked, have I given unto thee, both riches and honour, —so that there hath been none, like thee, among the kings, all thy days.
| فَإِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي طَرِيقِي وَحَفِظْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَوَصَايَايَ، كَمَا سَلَكَ دَاوُدُ أَبُوكَ، فَإِنِّي أُطِيلُ أَيَّامَكَ». | ١٤ 14 |
And, if thou wilt walk in my ways, by keeping my statutes, and my commandments, as, David thy father, walked, then will I lengthen out thy days.
| فَٱسْتَيْقَظَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَإِذَا هُوَ حُلْمٌ. وَجَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَصْعَدَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَقَرَّبَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ، وَعَمِلَ وَلِيمَةً لِكُلِّ عَبِيدِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
And Solomon awoke, and lo! it was a dream. So he entered into Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices and offered peace-offerings, and made a banquet for all his servants.
| حِينَئِذٍ أَتَتِ ٱمْرَأَتَانِ زَانِيَتَانِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَوَقَفَتَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ. | ١٦ 16 |
Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king, —and stood before him.
| فَقَالَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلْوَاحِدَةُ: «ٱسْتَمِعْ يَاسَيِّدِي. إِنِّي أَنَا وَهَذِهِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ سَاكِنَتَانِ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَقَدْ وَلَدْتُ مَعَهَا فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ. | ١٧ 17 |
And the one woman said—Pardon, my lord! I and this woman, dwell in one house, —and I gave birth to a child near her, in the house.
| وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ بَعْدَ وِلَادَتِي وَلَدَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ أَيْضًا، وَكُنَّا مَعًا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَنَا غَرِيبٌ فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ غَيْرَنَا نَحْنُ كِلْتَيْنَا فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ. | ١٨ 18 |
And it came to pass, the third day after I bare, that, this woman also, gave birth to a child, —we two, being together, there was no stranger with us in the house, none but we two in the house.
| فَمَاتَ ٱبْنُ هَذِهِ فِي ٱللَّيْلِ، لِأَنَّهَا ٱضْطَجَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ. | ١٩ 19 |
And this woman’s son died in the night, —because she overlaid it.
| فَقَامَتْ فِي وَسَطِ ٱللَّيْلِ وَأَخَذَتِ ٱبْنِي مِنْ جَانِبِي وَأَمَتُكَ نَائِمَةٌ، وَأَضْجَعَتْهُ فِي حِضْنِهَا، وَأَضْجَعَتِ ٱبْنَهَا ٱلْمَيْتَ فِي حِضْنِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
Then arose she, in the middle of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid was sleeping, and laid it in her own besom, —but, her dead son, laid she in, my, bosom.
| فَلَمَّا قُمْتُ صَبَاحًا لِأُرَضِّعَ ٱبْنِي، إِذَا هُوَ مَيْتٌ. وَلَمَّا تَأَمَّلْتُ فِيهِ فِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ، إِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ ٱبْنِيَ ٱلَّذِي وَلَدْتُهُ». | ٢١ 21 |
And, when I arose in the morning, to give suck unto my child, lo! it was dead! but, when I looked at it narrowly in the morning, lo! it was not, my son that I had borne.
| وَكَانَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلْأُخْرَى تَقُولُ: «كَلَّا، بَلِ ٱبْنِيَ ٱلْحَيُّ وَٱبْنُكِ ٱلْمَيْتُ». وَهَذِهِ تَقُولُ: «لَا، بَلِ ٱبْنُكِ ٱلْمَيْتُ وَٱبْنِيَ ٱلْحَيُّ». وَتَكَلَّمَتَا أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Then said the other woman—Nay! but, my son, is the, living, and, thy son, the, dead. But, this, one kept on saying—Nay, verily! but, thy son, is the, dead, and, my son, the, living. Thus spake they before the king.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «هَذِهِ تَقُولُ: هَذَا ٱبْنِيَ ٱلْحَيُّ وَٱبْنُكِ ٱلْمَيْتُ، وَتِلْكَ تَقُولُ: لَا، بَلِ ٱبْنُكِ ٱلْمَيْتُ وَٱبْنِيَ ٱلْحَيُّ». | ٢٣ 23 |
Then said the king, The one woman, is saying, This, is, my son, the one that liveth, and, thy son, is, the one that is dead, —and, the other, is saying, Nay! but, thy son, is, the dead one, and, my son, the, living.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «اِيتُونِي بِسَيْفٍ». فَأَتَوْا بِسَيْفٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٢٤ 24 |
And the king said—Bring me a sword! So they brought a sword before the king.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «ٱشْطُرُوا ٱلْوَلَدَ ٱلْحَيَّ ٱثْنَيْنِ، وَأَعْطُوا نِصْفًا لِلْوَاحِدَةِ وَنِصْفًا لِلْأُخْرَى». | ٢٥ 25 |
Then said the king, Divide the living child, in twain, —and give half to the one, and half to the other.
| فَتَكَلَّمَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ ٱلَّتِي ٱبْنُهَا ٱلْحَيُّ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، لِأَنَّ أَحْشَاءَهَا ٱضْطَرَمَتْ عَلَى ٱبْنِهَا، وَقَالَتِ: «ٱسْتَمِعْ يَا سَيِّدِي. أَعْطُوهَا ٱلْوَلَدَ ٱلْحَيَّ وَلَا تُمِيتُوهُ». وَأَمَّا تِلْكَ فَقَالَتْ: «لَا يَكُونُ لِي وَلَا لَكِ. اُشْطُرُوهُ». | ٢٦ 26 |
Then spake the woman, whose was the living child, unto the king—for tender became her compassions over her son—so she said—Pardon, my lord! Give, her, the living child, and do not, kill, it. But the other kept on saying—Neither mine, nor thine, shall it be, divide it.
| فَأَجَابَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَقَالَ: «أَعْطُوهَا ٱلْوَلَدَ ٱلْحَيَّ وَلَا تُمِيتُوهُ فَإِنَّهَا أُمُّهُ». | ٢٧ 27 |
Then responded the king, and said—Give, her, the living child, ye shall not, kill, it, —she, is its mother.
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ جَمِيعُ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِٱلْحُكْمِ ٱلَّذِي حَكَمَ بِهِ ٱلْمَلِكُ خَافُوا ٱلْمَلِكَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا حِكْمَةَ ٱللهِ فِيهِ لِإِجْرَاءِ ٱلْحُكْمِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had delivered, and they stood in awe before the king, —for they saw, that, the wisdom of God, was in him, to execute justice.
