1 مُلُوك 3
| وَتَزَوَّجَ سُلَيْمَانُ ابْنَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَأَحْضَرَهَا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ رَيْثَمَا يَتِمُّ إِكْمَالُ بِنَاءِ قَصْرِهِ وَبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ والسُّورِ الْمُحِيطِ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١ 1 |
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
| وَكَانَ الشَّعْبُ آنَئِذٍ يُقَدِّمُونَ ذَبَائِحَ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، لأَنَّ بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ بُنِيَ بَعْدُ. | ٢ 2 |
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
| وَأَحَبَّ سُلَيْمَانُ الرَّبَّ وَسَارَ فِي فَرَائِضِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ وَاظَبَ عَلَى تَقْدِيمِ ذَبَائِحَ وَإِيقَادِ بَخُورٍ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعاتِ. | ٣ 3 |
And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
| وَمَضَى سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى جِبْعُونَ، الْمُرْتَفَعَةِ الْعُظْمَى، وَأَصْعَدَ هُنَاكَ أَلْفَ مُحْرَقَةٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَذْبَحِ. | ٤ 4 |
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
| وَفِي جِبْعُونَ تَرَاءَى الرَّبُّ لَهُ لَيْلاً فِي حُلْمٍ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اطْلُبْ مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟» | ٥ 5 |
One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
| فَأَجَابَ: «لَقَدْ صَنَعْتَ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي رَحْمَةً وَاسِعَةً لأَنَّهُ سَلَكَ أَمَامَكَ بِأَمَانَةٍ وَصَلاحٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةِ قَلْبٍ، فَلَمْ تَحْرِمْهُ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَرَزَقْتَهُ ابْناً يَخْلُفُهُ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٦ 6 |
Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
| وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَ عَبْدَكَ مَلِكاً خَلَفاً لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي، وَأَنَا مَابَرِحْتُ فَتىً صَغِيراً غَيْرَ مُتَمَرِّسٍ بِشُؤُونِ الْحُكْمِ، | ٧ 7 |
And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
| وَعَبْدُكَ يَتَوَلَّى حُكْمَ شَعْبِكَ الَّذِي اخْتَرْتَهُ، وَهُوَ شَعْبٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَدَّ أَوْ يُحْصَى لِكَثْرَتِهِ. | ٨ 8 |
Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
| فَهَبْ عَبْدَكَ قَلْباً فَهِيماً لأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَ شَعْبِكَ، وَأُمَيِّزَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ، لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ شَعْبَكَ الْعَظِيمَ هَذَا؟» | ٩ 9 |
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
| فَسُرَّ الرَّبُّ بِطَلَبِ سُلَيْمَانَ هَذَا. | ١٠ 10 |
Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.
| وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لأَنَّكَ قَدْ طَلَبْتَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ، وَلَمْ تَطْلُبْ حَيَاةً طَوِيلَةً، وَلا غِنىً، وَلا انْتِقَاماً مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ، بَلْ سَأَلْتَ حِكْمَةً لِتَسُوسَ شُؤُونَ الْحُكْمِ، | ١١ 11 |
So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
| فَإِنَّنِي سَأُلَبِّي طَلَبَكَ، فَأَهَبُكَ قَلْباً حَكِيماً مُمَيِّزاً، فَلا يُضَاهِيكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلا مِنْ بَعْدُ. | ١٢ 12 |
behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
| وَقَدْ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ أَيْضاً بِمَا لَمْ تَسْأَلْهُ، مِنْ غِنىً وَمَجْدٍ، حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ لَكَ نَظِيرٌ بَيْنَ الْمُلُوكِ فِي أَيَّامِكَ. | ١٣ 13 |
Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
| فَإِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي طَرِيقِي وَأَطَعْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَوَصَايَايَ، كَمَا سَلَكَ أَبُوكَ، فَإِنِّي أُطِيلُ أَيَّامَكَ». | ١٤ 14 |
So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
| وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَيْقَظَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ أَدْرَكَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ حُلْماً، فَعَادَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ وَقَرَّبَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، وَأَقَامَ وَلِيمَةً لِكُلِّ رِجَالِهِ. | ١٥ 15 |
Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
| بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ حَضَرَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ عَاهِرَتَانِ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ لِيَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمَا، | ١٦ 16 |
At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
| فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا: «اسْتَمِعْ يَا سَيِّدِي، إِنَّنِي وَهَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ مُقِيمَتَانِ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَرُزِقْتُ بِطِفْلٍ، | ١٧ 17 |
One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
| وَرُزِقَتْ هِيَ بِطِفْلٍ أَيْضاً بَعْدِي بِثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَكُنَّا مَعاً، لَا يُقِيمُ بَيْنَنَا غَرِيبٌ فِي الْبَيْتِ. كُنَّا وَحْدَنَا فَقَطْ فِي الْبَيْتِ. | ١٨ 18 |
On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.
| فَمَاتَ طِفْلُ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَمَا انْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ نَوْمِهَا. | ١٩ 19 |
During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
| فَنَهَضَتْ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُسْتَغْرِقَةٌ فِي النَّوْمِ، وَأَخَذَتْ طِفْلِي مِنْ جَانِبِي وَأَضْجَعَتْهُ فِي حِضْنِهَا، وَأَضْجَعَتِ ابْنَهَا الْمَيْتَ فِي حِضْنِي. | ٢٠ 20 |
So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
| فَلَمَّا هَمَمْتُ بِإِرْضَاعِ ابْنِي فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَجَدْتُهُ مَيْتاً، وَحِينَ تَأَمَّلْتُ فِيهِ فِي ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ تَبَيَّنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ طِفْلِي الَّذِي أَنْجَبْتُهُ». | ٢١ 21 |
The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
| وَشَرَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الأُخْرَى تُقَاطِعُهَا قَائِلَةً: «كَلًّا. إِنَّ ابْنِي هُوَ الْحَيُّ، وَابْنَكِ هُوَ الْمَيْتُ». فَتَرُدُّ عَلَيْهَا الأُخْرَى: «بَلِ ابْنُكِ هُوَ الْمَيْتُ وَابْنِي هُوَ الْحَيُّ». وَهَكَذَا اشْتَدَّ الْجَدَلُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ، | ٢٢ 22 |
“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «كُلٌّ مِنْكُمَا تَدَّعِي أَنَّ الابْنَ الْحَيَّ هُوَ ابْنُهَا وَأَنَّ الابْنَ الْمَيْتَ هُوَ ابْنُ الأُخْرَى. | ٢٣ 23 |
Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
| لِذَلِكَ اِيتُونِي بِسَيْفٍ». فَأَحْضَرُوا لِلْمَلِكِ سَيْفاً. | ٢٤ 24 |
The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «اشْطُرُوا الطِّفْلَ الْحَيَّ إِلَى شَطْرَيْنِ، وَأَعْطُوا كُلًّا مِنْهُمَا شَطْراً». | ٢٥ 25 |
and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
| فَالْتَهَبَتْ مَشَاعِرُ الأُمِّ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ وَقَالَتْ لِلْمَلِكِ: «أَصْغِ يَا سَيِّدِي، أَعْطِهَا الطِّفْلَ وَلا تُمِيتُوهُ». أَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ الأُخْرَى فَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ: «لَنْ يَكُونَ لَكِ وَلا لِي: اشْطُرُوهُ». | ٢٦ 26 |
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
| عِنْدَئِدٍ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَعْطُوا الطِّفْلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَرَادَتْ لَهُ الْحَيَاةَ، فَهِيَ أُمُّهُ». | ٢٧ 27 |
Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
| وَلَمَّا سَرَى نَبَأُ هَذَا الْحُكْمِ الَّذِي صَدَرَ عَنِ الْمَلِكِ بَيْنَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، امْتَلأُوا تَوْقِيراً لَهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا فِيهِ حِكْمَةَ اللهِ لإِجْرَاءِ الْعَدْلِ. | ٢٨ 28 |
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
