1 Manghai 11
1 Solomon manghai loh Pharaoh canu phoeiah khaw Moab, Ammoni, Edom, Sidoni, Khitti neh kholong tom kah huta te a lungnah.
King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].
2 Namtom rhoek lamkah te tah BOEIPA loh Israel ca rhoek taengah, “Amih te paan uh boel lamtah amih khaw nangmih taengah ha kun boel saeh. Na thinko te amih kah pathen hnukah buung uh ve,” a ti lalah Solomon loh amih taengah lungnah neh kibaeng.
He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”
3 Anih taengah a yuu la boeinu ya rhih neh yula ya thum om tih a yuu rhoek loh anih kah lungbuei te a buung sak.
Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].
4 Solomon te a patong tue a pha vaengah tah a thinko te a yuu rhoek loh pathen tloe rhoek taengla a buung sak coeng dongah a thinko loh a napa David kah thinko bangla a Pathen YAHWEH taengah rhuemtuet la om pawh.
By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.
5 Solomon te Sidoni kah pathen Ashtoreth hnuk neh Ammoni kah sarhingkoi Milkom hnukah cet.
Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
6 Solomon loh BOEIPA mikhmuh ah boethae a saii dongah a napa David bangla BOEIPA hnuk kae pawh.
That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.
7 Solomon loh Jerusalem imdan kah tlang ah Moab kah sarhingkoi Khemosh ham neh Ammon koca rhoek kah sarhingkoi Molek ham te hmuensang a thoh pah.
On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
8 Te tlam te kholong nu a yuu rhoek boeih ham khaw a saii pah dongah amamih kah pathen rhoek taengah phum uh tih nawn uh.
He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.
9 A taengah voei nit a phoe lalah Israel Pathen YAHWEH taeng lamloh a thinko a maelh dongah BOEIPA he Solomon taengah a thintoek.
Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,
10 Pathen tloe rhoek taengah pongpa pawt ham he ol he a taengah a uen lalah BOEIPA kah a uen te ngaithuen pawh.
11 Te dongah BOEIPA Solomon te, “Na taengah he he a om vanbangla, nang taengah kang uen ka paipi neh ka khosing khaw na ngaithuen moenih. Ram he nang dong lamloh ka phen rhoe ka phen vetih na sal taengah ka paek ni.
and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.
12 Tedae na pa David kongah namah tue ah ka saii pawt vetih na capa kut lamlong tah ka phen ni.
But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].
13 Tedae ram pum he ka phen mahpawh. Ka sal David ham neh ka coelh Jerusalem ham na capa taengah koca pakhat ka paek ni,” a ti nah.
But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”
14 Te phoeiah BOEIPA loh Solomon taengah Satan la Edom kah manghai tiingan lamloh Edom Hadad te a tlung sak.
Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.
15 David he Edom taengah om tih rhok up hamla caempuei mangpa Joab a caeh vaengah Edom ah tongpa te boeih a ngawn.
What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.
16 Edom ah tongpa boeih a ngawn hil Joab neh Israel pum boeih hla rhuk pahoi om uh.
17 Tedae Hadad amah neh a taengkah a napa sal rhoek lamkah Edom hlang rhoek tah yong uh tih Egypt la pawk uh. Te vaengah Hadad tah camoe ca pueng.
Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.
18 Midian lamloh thoo uh tih Paran la pawk uh. Te vaengah a taengkah hlang rhoek te Paran lamloh a khuen uh tih Egypt kah Egypt manghai Pharaoh taengah cet uh. Te dongah anih te im a paek, amah lamloh buh a paek tih khohmuen khaw anih a paek.
They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.
19 Hadad te Pharaoh mik ah mikdaithen la muep a hmuh. Te dongah anih te yuu la amah yuu mana, manghainu Tahpenes mana te a paek.
The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.
20 Tahpenes mana loh anih ham te a capa Genubath a sak pah. Tedae Tahpenes loh Pharaoh im khui ah a khut pah dongah Genubath khaw Pharaoh im kah Pharaoh ca rhoek lakli ah om.
Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.
21 David te a napa rhoek neh khoem uh coeng tih caempuei mangpa Joab a duek te Hadad loh Egypt ah a yaak. Te dongah Hadad loh Pharaoh taengah, “Kai n'tueih mai lamtah kamah khohmuen la ka mael pawn eh,” a ti nah.
While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”
22 Te vaengah Pharaoh loh anih te, “Kai taengah balae na nai bal pueng tih namah khohmuen la caeh ham na ngaih he?” a ti nah. Tedae, “Vawt pawt dae kai he nan tueih rhoe nan tueih mai mako,” a ti nah.
But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].
23 Pathen loh Solomon taengah a boei Zobah manghai Hadadezer taeng lamloh aka yong Eliada capa Rezon te khingkhoekkung la a tlung sak.
God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].
24 Te vaengah a taengah hlang a coi tih caem mangpa la om. David loh amih te a ngawn ham vaengah tah Damasku la cet tih a khuiah kho a sak uh dongah Damasku ah manghai uh.
Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.
25 Hadad he a boethae hman ah Solomon tue khuiah tah Israel taengah khingkhoekkung la tlung. Israel taengah a mueipuel doela Aram ah manghai.
All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.
26 Solomon kah sal, Zeredah lamkah Ephraim Nebat capa Jeroboam, a manu ming nuhmai nu Zeruah, long khaw manghai te kut a thueng thil.
Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.
27 A napa David khopuei kah a puut te a bing neh vaikhap a sak dongkah ol ah ni manghai Solomon te kut a thueng thil.
This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].
28 Jeroboam tah a hlang khaw tatthai hlangrhalh la om. Te dongah Solomon te camoe kah bitat a saii te a hmuh vaengah Joseph im kah hnorhih boeih te anih a soep sak.
Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.
29 A tue a pha vaengah Jeroboam te Jerusalem lamloh a caeh hatah tonghma Shiloh Ahijah loh longpueng ah a mah. Te vaengah himbai thai neh yol uh tih amih rhoi bueng te lohma ah om rhoi.
One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,
30 Ahijah loh a pum dongkah himbai thai te a tuuk tih a hnipen hlai nit la a phen.
which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.
31 Te phoeiah Jeroboam te, “Hnipen parha he namah ham khuen laeh. Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh he ni a thui. Ram he Solomon kut lamloh ka phen tih nang taengah koca parha kam paek.
He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].
32 Tedae ka sal David kong neh Israel koca boeih lamloh ka coelh Jerusalem khopuei kongah anih ham koca pakhat om ni.
Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].
33 Kai n'toeng uh tih Sidoni pathen Ashtoreth taengah, Moab pathen Khemosh taengah, Ammon ca rhoek kah pathen Milkom taengah bakop uh. A napa David bangla ka khosing, ka laitloeknah neh ka mik ah thuem saii ham khaw ka longpuei ah pongpa uh pawh.
I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.
34 Tedae ram pum he anih kut lamloh ka bong mahpawh. Ka olpaek neh ka khosing a ngaithuen dongah amah ka coelh ka sal David kongah a hingnah tue khuiah khoboei la anih ka khueh pueng.
‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.
35 A capa kut lamlong tah ram he ka loh vetih nang taengah koca parha kam paek ni.
But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].
36 Te dongah a capa te koca pakhat ka paek ni. Te daengah ni Jerusalem khopuei kah ka mikhmuh ah hnin takuem ka sal David kah hmaithoi a om eh. Te tah kamah ham ka ming pahoi khueh ham ka coelh.
I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].
37 Nang te kan loh vaengah na hinglu kah a sahnaih boeih soah na manghai vetih Israel soah manghai la na om ni.
I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
38 Nang kang uen boeih te na hnatun tih ka longpuei ah na pongpa atah, ka sal David loh a saii bangla ka khosing neh ka olpaek ngaithuen ham ka mikhmuh ah a thuem mah saii. Te daengah ni nang taengah ka om vetih David ham ka thoh pah bangla uepom imkhui te nang ham kan thoh eh. Te vaengah Israel te nang taengah kam paek ni.
If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.
39 He dongah he David tiingan te ka phaep ni. Tedae hnin takuem moenih,” a ti nah.
Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”
40 Solomon loh Jeroboam te duek sak ham a mae dae Jeroboam te thoo tih Egypt kah Egypt manghai Shishak taengla yong. Te dongah Solomon a dueknah rhi hil Egypt ah om.
Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.
41 Solomon kah a ol coih khaw, a saii boeih neh a cueihnah khaw, amih loh Solomon kah olka cabu ah daek uh pawt nim?
[A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.
42 Jerusalem kah Israel boeih soah Solomon kah a manghai tue te kum sawmli lo.
He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.
43 Solomon te a napa rhoek taengla khoem uh tih a napa David khopuei ah a up phoeiah tah anih yueng la a capa Rehoboam tloep manghai.
Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
