1 Manghai 3
1 Solomon loh Egypt manghai Pharaoh te a masae nah. Pharaoh canu te a loh dae anih te David khopuei la a thak tih amah im neh BOEIPA im neh Jerusalem kaepvai kah vongtung a thoh te a khah hlan khuiah a om nah.
Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of Yahweh, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 Te vaeng tue hil BOEIPA ming ham im a sak pawt dongah pilnam loh hmuensang ah a nawn.
The people were sacrificing at the high places, because no house had yet been built for the name of Yahweh.
3 Solomon loh BOEIPA te a lungnah dongah a napa David kah khosing dongah pongpa. Tedae hmuensang ah a nawn tih a phum.
Solomon showed his love for Yahweh by walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
4 Te vaengah manghai tah hmuensang tanglue te pahoi nawn ham Gibeon la cet. Solomon loh te kah hmueihtuk dongah hmueihhlutnah thawngkhat a khuen.
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place there. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5 Gibeon ah tah BOEIPA te Solomon ham khoyin kah a mang ah a phoe pah. Te vaengah Pathen loh, “Bih lah, nang te balae kam paek eh?” a ti nah.
Yahweh appeared at Gibeon to Solomon in a dream by night; he said, “Ask! What should I give you?”
6 Te dongah Solomon loh, “Namah loh na sal, a pa David taengah sitlohnah a len na tueng coeng. Anih te na mikhmuh ah oltak neh, duengnah neh, namah taengah thinko thuemnah neh pongpa coeng. Te dongah ni anih ham sitlohnah a len he na ngaithuen pah. Te phoeiah anih te tahae khohnin kah bangla a ngolkhoel dongah aka ngol capa na paek.
So Solomon said, “You have shown great covenant faithfulness to your servant, David my father, because he walked before you in trustworthiness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart. You have kept for him this great covenant faithfulness and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
7 “Ka Pathen, BOEIPA namah loh na sal te a pa David yueng la nan manghai sak coeng. Tedae kai camoe ca loh ka kunael ham neh ka vuenva ham ka ming moenih.
Now Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father, though I am only a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.
8 Na pilnam lakli kah na sal loh pilnam miping na coelh te tae thai pawt tih a cung la a soep moenih.
Your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
9 Te dongah na sal taengah na pilnam kah laitloek pah ham, a thae a then te a laklo ah yakming thai ham olngai lungbuei mah pae. Na pilnam miping he laitloek pah ham unim aka coeng thai eh?” a ti nah.
So give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, so that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
10 Solomon loh he ol he a bih vanbangla Boeipa mikhmuh ah tah ol he voelphoeng coeng.
This request of Solomon pleased the Lord.
11 Te dongah Pathen loh anih te, “He ol he nan dawt coeng tih namah ham khohnin a puh khaw nan bih moenih, namah ham khuehtawn khaw nan bih moenih, na thunkha kah hinglu khaw nan bih moenih. Namah ham tiktamnah ngai ham te yakming ham nan bih.
So God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice.
12 Na ol bangla ka saii bitni ne. Aka cueih tih aka yakming lungbuei te nang taengah kam paek bitni ne. Namah bang namah mikhmuh ah om pawt tih nang hnukah khaw namah bang he phoe mahpawh.
See, now I will do all you asked of me when you gave me your request. I give you a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and no one like you will rise up after you.
13 Na bih pawt te khaw nang taengah khuehtawn neh thangpomnah la kam paek ni. Na hing tue khuiah tah manghai rhoek lakli ah khaw namah bang he hlang om mahpawh.
I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.
14 Na pa David a pongpa bangla ka oltlueh neh ka olpaek ngaithuen ham te ka longpuei ah na pongpa atah na khohnin khaw ka pueh ni,” a ti nah.
If you will walk in my ways to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
15 Solomon a haenghang vaengah mang la tarha a om pah. Te dongah Jerusalem la mael tih ka Boeipa kah paipi thingkawng hmai ah pai. Hmueihhlutnah a khuen tih rhoepnah te a saii phoeiah a sal boeih ham khaw buhkoknah a saii.
Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. He came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. He offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
16 Te vaengah pumyoi nu rhoi te manghai taengla pawk rhoi tih a mikhmuh ah pai rhoi.
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
17 Te phoeiah huta pakhat loh, “Aw, ka boeipa, kai neh he huta he im pakhat ah ka om rhoi tih anih neh im pakhat ah ca ka cun rhoi.
One woman said, “Oh, my master, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child with her in the house.
18 Kai loh camoe ka cun phoeikah a hnin thum dongah he kah huta khaw camoe a cun van. Kaimih rhoi bueng coeng tih im khuikah kaimih rhoi taengah yin a om moenih. Im ah tah kaimih rhoi bueng coeng ni.
It happened on the third day after I gave birth that this woman also gave birth. We were together. There was no one else with us in the house, but only the two of us in the house.
19 He huta kah a capa tah khoyin ah a yalh thil tih duek.
Then this woman's son died in the night, because she lay on him.
20 Te dongah khoyin bangli ah thoo tih ka capa te kamah taeng lamloh a loh. Na salnu he muelh a ti vaengah a rhang dongla a yalh sak tih a capa aka duek te kai kah rhang dongla a yalh sak.
So she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.
21 Mincang ah ka capa te khut ham ka thoo dae vik ana duek. Mincang ah anih te ka phatuem dae ka cun ka capa la vik ana om pawh,” a ti nah.
When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, he was dead. But when I had looked at him carefully in the morning, he was not my son, whom I had borne.”
22 Huta tloe van long khaw, “Moenih, kai capa he hing tih nang capa duek,” a ti nah. Tedae te tlam ni, “Moenih, nang capa duek, kai capa hing,” a ti rhoi tih manghai mikhmuh ah a thui rhoi.
Then the other woman said, “No, the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first woman said, “No, the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” This is how they spoke before the king.
23 Te vaengah manghai loh, “He loh, 'Kai capa he hing tih nang capa duek,’ a ti. Ke long khaw, 'Pawh, nang capa duek tih kai capa la aka hing dae,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
Then the king said, “One of you says, 'This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,' and the other says, 'No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'”
24 Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Kai taengla cunghang hang khuen,” a ti nah tih cunghang te manghai mikhmuh ah a tawn uh.
The king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
25 Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Camoe aka hing te panit la saek lamtah rhakthuem te pakhat taengah, rhakthuem te pakhat taengah pae,” a ti nah.
Then the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to this woman and half to the other.”
26 Te vaengah a capa aka hing huta tah a capa soah a haidamnah tloo tih manghai te a thui pah tih, “Aw ka boeipa, a hing la aka om te anih taengah pae lamtah anih te duek rhoe duek sak boel mai,” a ti nah. Tedae khat long tah, “Kai ham khaw, nang ham khaw om boel saeh, saek saeh,” a ti.
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king, for her heart was full of compassion for her son, and she said, “Oh, my master, give her the living child, and by no means kill him.” But the other woman said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
27 Manghai loh a doo tih, “A hing la aka om te anih taengah pae laeh. Duek rhoe duek sak boeh, anih he a manu ni,” a ti nah.
Then the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.”
28 Manghai kah laitloeknah loh a tang te Israel pum loh a yaak vaengah manghai mikhmuh ah a rhih uh. Te vaengah laitloeknah saii ham a khui kah Pathen cueihnah te a hmuh uh.
When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him for giving judgments.
