列王紀上 3
1 [撒羅滿與外族結親]撒羅滿與埃及王法郎結親，娶了法郎的公主，接她住在達味城，直等到他建完了自己的宮殿、上主的殿及耶路撒冷四周圍的城垣。
Salomon then made affinitie with Pharaoh King of Egypt, and tooke Pharaohs daughter, and brought her into the citie of Dauid, vntill hee had made an ende of buylding his owne house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Ierusalem round about.
2 百姓仍然在高丘上獻祭，因為直到那時，還沒有為上主的名建造殿宇。
Only the people sacrificed in the hie places, because there was no house buylt vnto the name of the Lord, vntill those dayes.
3 撒羅滿愛慕上主，遵行他父親達味的律例，只是仍在高丘上獻祭焚香。上主顯現給撒羅滿
And Salomon loued the Lord, walking in the ordinances of Dauid his father: onely he sacrificed and offred incense in the hie places.
4 撒羅滿王去了基貝紅，為在那裏獻祭，因為那是一個最廣大的高丘。撒羅滿在那裏的祭壇上奉獻了一千全燔祭。
And the King went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the chiefe hie place: a thousand burnt offrings did Salomon offer vpon that altar.
5 撒羅滿在基貝紅時，夜間上主藉著夢顯現給他；天主對他說﹕「你不拘求什麼，我必給你。」
In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Salomon in a dreame by night: and God sayd, Aske what I shall giue thee.
6 撒羅滿說﹕「你的僕人，我的父親達味曾以虔誠、公義及正直的心與你同行，你曾向他表示了偉大的恩德，又為給他保持這偉大的恩德，賜給了他一個兒子，坐在他的寶座上，如同今天一樣。
And Salomon sayd, Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my father great mercie, when hee walked before thee in trueth, and in righteousnesse, and in vprightnes of heart with thee: and thou hast kept for him this great mercie, and hast giuen him a sonne, to sit on his throne, as appeareth this day.
7 上主，我的天主，現在你使你的僕人替代我父親達味為王，但我還太年輕，不知道如何處理國事。
And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in steade of Dauid my father: and I am but a yong childe, and know not howe to go out and in.
8 你的僕人是住在你所選的民族中間，這是一個多得不可統計，不可勝數的大民族。
And thy seruant is in the mids of thy people, which thou hast chosen, euen a great people which cannot be told nor nobred for multitude.
9 為此，求你賜給你的僕人一顆慧心，可統治你的百姓，判斷善惡；否則，誰能統治你這樣眾多的人民呢﹖」
Giue therefore vnto thy seruant an vnderstanding heart, to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good and bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?
10 因為撒羅滿求了這件事，獲得了上主的歡心。
And this pleased the Lord well, that Salomon had desired this thing.
11 天主於是對他說﹕「因為你求了這件事，而沒有為你自己求長壽，也沒有為你自己求富貴，也沒有要求你敵人的性命，單單為你自己求了智慧，為能辨明正義。
And God sayde vnto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy selfe long life, neyther hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding to heare iudgement,
12 我必照你的話作，賞賜你一顆聰明智慧的心，在你以前沒有像你的人，在你以後，也不會興起一個像你的人。
Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.
13 你沒有要求的榮華富貴，我也賞賜你，使你在列王中，一生沒有可與你相比的。
And I haue also giuen thee that, which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that among the Kings there shall be none like vnto thee all thy dayes.
14 如果你履行我的道路，恪守我的法律和我的命令，一如你父親達味所行的，我必要延長你的壽命。」
And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to keepe mine ordinances and my commandements, as thy father Dauid did walke, I will prolong thy dayes.
15 撒羅滿醒來，纔知道原是一夢；以後他回了耶路撒冷，立在上主的約櫃前，奉獻了全燔祭與和平祭，設宴款待了自己所有的臣僕。撒羅滿斷獄如神
And when Salomon awoke, behold, it was a dreame, and he came to Ierusalem, and stoode before the Arke of the couenant of the Lord, and offred burnt offrings and made peace offrings, and made a feast to all his seruants.
16 有一天，有兩個妓女來見君王，立在君王面前。
Then came two harlots vnto the King, and stoode before him.
17 一個女人說﹕「我主，我和這個女人同住一房，在這房裏，我靠著她生了一個孩子。
And the one woman sayd, Oh my lorde, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I was deliuered of a childe with her in the house.
18 我生產後第三天，這個女子也生了一個孩子。我們住在一起，在這房裏，除我們二人外，再沒有別人住在這房裏。
And the third day after that I was deliuered, this woman was deliuered also: and we were in the house together: no stranger was with vs in the house, saue we twaine.
19 有一夜，這個女子的兒子死了，是因為她睡覺壓死的。
And this womans sonne died in the night: for she ouerlay him.
20 她半夜起來，趁你婢女熟睡時，從我身邊抱去我的兒子，放在她懷裡，把她死了的兒子，放在我懷裡。
And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.
21 當我清早起來，給孩子餵奶時，發覺孩子死了；及至天亮，我仔細一看，發覺他不是我親生的兒子。」
And when I rose in the morning to giue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was dead: and when I had well considered him in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne.
22 另一個女人說﹕「不是的，活的是我的兒子，死的是你的兒子。」這個女人說﹕「不是的，死的是你的兒子，活的是我的兒子。」她們倆就這樣在君王面前爭論不休。
Then the other woman sayd, Nay, but my sonne liueth, and thy sonne is dead. Againe she sayde, No, but thy sonne is dead, and mine aliue: thus they spake before the King.
23 君王說﹕「這一個說﹕活的是我的兒子，死的是你的兒子；那一個說﹕不是的，死的是你的兒子，活的是我的兒子。」
Then sayde the King, She sayth, This that liueth is my sonne, and the dead is thy sonne: and the other sayth, Nay, but the dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my sonne.
24 君王吩咐說﹕「給我拿把刀來! 」人就給君王拿來了一把刀。
Then the King said, Bring me a sworde: and they brought out a sworde before the King.
25 君王遂下令說﹕「把那活孩子劈成兩半﹕一半給這一個，一半給那一個。」
And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, and giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other.
26 那活孩子的母親因為愛子心切，就對君王說﹕「我主，請把活孩子給那女人罷! 千萬不要殺他! 」那個女人說﹕「劈開罷! 這孩子不歸我，也不歸你! 」
Then spake the woman, whose the liuing child was, vnto the King, for her compassion was kindled toward her sonne, and she sayde, Oh my lorde, giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: but the other sayde, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but deuide it.
27 君王於是宣判說﹕「將活孩子給這個女人，不要殺他。這個女人實在是他的母親! 」
Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.
28 全以色列人聽了君王所斷的案件，便都尊敬君王，因為他們見他斷案時，具有天主的智慧。
And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.
