1 Siangpahrang 11
1 Solomon siangpahrang ni Faro canu dueng laipalah Isarel miphun hoeh e Moab, Amon, Edom, Sidon hoi Hit miphun napuinaw hai a ngai.
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 BAWIPA ni nangmanaw Jentel miphun hoi kâpaluennae na sak mahoeh. Atangcalah ahnimouh teh, amamae cathutnaw e hnuk vah na lungthin a kamlang sak hane telah Isarelnaw koe a dei pouh nakunghai, Solomon ni Jentel miphun napuinaw radueknae lung a tawn.
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 A yu 700 hoi ado 300 touh a tawn teh, a yunaw ni a lungthin a kamlang 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 teh a kumcue navah, a yunaw ni a lungthin hah cathut louk koe a kamlang sak. Hottelah a na pa Devit patetlah Cathut Jehovah koelah yuemkamcu hoeh toe.
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 Sidon cathut Ashtoreth hoi panuettho e Ammonnaw e cathut milkom e hnuk a kâbang.
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 ni BAWIPA e hmaitung vah yonnae hah a sak teh, a na pa Devit patetlah BAWIPA hah khoeroe tarawi hoeh.
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 ni Jerusalem Kanîtholae mon dawk panuetthopounge Moabnaw e cathut Khemosh hoi panuetthopounge Ammonnaw e cathut Molek hanelah hmuen rasang a kangdue sak.
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 Jentel napuinaw ni a cathut koe thuengnae hmuitui hmaisawi patetlah ahni ni a sak van.
He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.
9 Alouke cathut koe a cei hoeh nahanelah, Isarel Cathut Jehovah ni vai hni totouh a kamnue pouh.
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 Kâ kapoekung hah a lungthin hoi a kamlang takhai dawkvah, Solomon e lathueng BAWIPA a lungkhuek. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni lawk a poe e tarawi hoeh.
11 Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni Solomon koe hettelah na sak teh, ka lawkkam hoi phunglawk na tarawi hoeh dawkvah, na uknaeram heh nang koehoi ka la vaiteh, na san koevah ka poe han.
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 Hateiteh, na pa Devit kecu dawk na hring nathung teh hote hah ka sak mahoeh. Na capa kut dawk ram kâbawng sak han.
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 Hatei, ram abuemlah hoi ka lat mahoeh. Ka san Devit hoi ka rawi e Jerusalem kecu dawk miphun buet touh teh na capa koe a ka poe han telah ati.
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 BAWIPA ni Edom tami hah Hadad hah Solomon e taran lah a kangdue sak, ahni teh Edom ram e siangpahrang catoun lah ao.
Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.
15 Edom ram dawk Devit a la o teh, a thei e naw pakawp hanelah ransabawi Joab a cei teh, Edom miphun tongpa pueng a thei hnukkhu,
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 Joab hoi Isarel pueng teh, thapa yung taruk touh thung Edom ram e tongpa pueng he a thei hoehroukrak ao awh.
17 Hadad teh a na pa e san Edom miphun a tangawn naw hoi Izip ram koe pha hanelah a yawng awh. Hadad teh camo ca rah.
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 ram hoi a tâco awh teh Paran ram koe a pha awh. Paran e tami tangawn a kaw awh teh, Izip ram, Izip ram siangpahrang koe a pha awh toteh, siangpahrang ni im hoi talai hmuen a poe teh a kawk.
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 teh Faro e mit khet a kantak. A yu e nawngha, siangpahrang Tahpenes e nawngha hah a yu hanelah a poe.
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 e a nawngha ni, a capa Genubath a khe pouh. Ahni teh Faro im vah Tahpenes ni sanu a pâphei, Genubath teh Faro im vah Faro e a canaw koe kho a sak.
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 Devit teh a na mintoenaw koe a i tie hoi Joab hai a due toe tie Hadad ni Izip ram hoi a thai toteh, kai hai kamae ram koelah cei hanelah kâ na poe leih telah, Faro siangpahrang koe a kâhei.
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 Faro siangpahrang ni, nang teh nama e ram koe lah ban na ngainae na tawn hanelah kai koe bangmaw na ngai rah. Banghai ka ngai hoe. Hatei, cei hane kâ na poe telah bout atipouh.
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 Cathut ni Solomon e taran hanelah Eliada capa Rezon khobawi Hadadezer, Zobah siangpahrang koehoi ka yawng e hah bout a kangdue 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 Devit ni Zobahnaw a thei navah, ama ni taminaw a pâkhueng teh, ransanaw kaukkung lah yo ao toe. Damaskas kho koe lah a cei teh, kho hah a uk.
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 ni runae a poe e bout a thap sin lahoi Solomon a hringyung thung Isarelnaw e taran lah ao. Siria ram hah a uk teh, Isarelnaw hah puenghoi a hmuhma.
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 Nebat capa Jeroboam Zeradah kho e Ephraim tami Solomon e a san ni hai Solomon teh a taran, a manu e min teh Zeruah, lahmai lah a o
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 Siangpahrang a tarannae a kong lam teh hettelah doeh. Solomon ni Millo kho hah a kangdue sak, a na pa Devit e kho rapan ka rawk e a pathoup.
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 teh athakaawme tami lah ao. Solomon ni hote thoundoun teh tami a thakaawm tie hah a panue dawkvah, Joseph imthung thaw ka tawk e lathueng vah kacue e lah a hruek.
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 Hatnae tueng dawk hettelah doeh. Jeroboam hah Jerusalem a tâco navah, Shiloh tami profet Ahijah ni lam vah a kâhmo. Ahijah teh hni katha a kâkhu, amamouh roi dueng law vah ao roi.
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 ni a kâkhu e hni katha hah a la teh, hlaikahni touh lah a ravei.
which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.
31 Jeroboam koevah hete hra touh hah lat nateh, BAWIPA Isarel Cathut ni hettelah a dei. Uknaeram heh kut dawk hoi ka la vaiteh, miphun 10 touh e hah nang koe na poe han.
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 Ka san Devit hanelah Isarel ram thung dawk kai ni ka rawi e Jerusalem kho kecu dawk Solomon ni ram buet touh a la han.
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 Ram hra touh la pouh ngainae teh, Sidonnaw e cathut napui Ashtoreth hoi Moabnaw e cathut Mikomnaw hah a bawk awh. A na pa Devit patetlah ka hmaitung kalan e sak hanelah kaie lamthung dawn hoeh.
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 Hatei, a uknaeram abuemlahoi koung ka lawm mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, kaie kâpoelawknaw hoi phunglawknaw ka poe e a tarawi dawkvah, ka rawi e ka san Devit kecu dawk a hringyung ukkung lah ka o sak han.
‘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 Solomon e capa kut dawk hoi a uknaeram ka la pouh vaiteh, ram hra touh e nang koe na poe han.
But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].
36 Ka min ao nahane ka rawi e Jerusalem kho dawk, ka hmalah ka san Devit e hmaiim teh pou ka ang e lah ao nahan Solomon capa koe ram buet touh kai ni ka poe han.
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 hah kai ni na la vaiteh, na lungngaie patetlah na uk teh Isarelnaw e lathueng siangpahrang lah na o awh han.
I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
38 Nang teh, kai ni kâ na poe e naw na tarawi teh, ka san Devit ni a dawn e patetlah kaie phunglawknaw hoi kâpoelawknaw hah na dawn teh, ka hmaitung kalan e na sak pawiteh, nang hoi rei ka o vaiteh, Devit hanelah ka cak poung e im sak e patetlah nang hanelah ka sak vaiteh, Isarel hah nang koe na poe han.
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 Hete a kong dawk Devit catoun a runae ka poe han. Hatei a yungyoe runae ka poe mahoeh telah ati.
Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”
40 Solomon ni Jeroboam hah thei hanelah a kâcai. Hatei, Jeroboam a thaw teh, Izip ram, Izip siangpahrang Shishak koe a yawng. Solomon a due totouh Izip ram vah ao.
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 ni a sak e hno kaawm rae naw hoi ahnie lungangnae naw teh, Solomon ni a thutnae cauk dawk thut e lah ao nahoehmaw.
[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 Solomon ni Jerusalem kho dawk ao teh, Isarel ram pueng kum 40 touh thung a uk.
He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.
43 A na mintoenaw hoi reirei a i awh, a na pa Devit kho dawk a pakawp awh. A capa Rehoboam ni a na pa e yueng lah a uk.
Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
