1 Kings 3
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.
सोलोमनले विवाहद्वारा मिश्रका राजा फारोसित मैत्रीपूर्ण सम्बन्ध गाँसे । तिनले फारोकी छोरीसित विवाह गरे, र तिनले आफ्नै महल, परमप्रभुको मन्दिरसाथै यरूशलेमको पर्खाल निर्माण गरेपछि उनलाई दाऊदको सहरमा ल्याए ।
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.
परमप्रभुको नाउँमा कुनै पनि घर निर्माण नभइसकेकोले मानिसहरूले उच्च स्थानहरूमा बलिदान चढाउँदै थिए ।
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.
आफ्ना पिता दाऊदका विधिविधानहरूमा हिँडी सोलोमनले परमप्रभुप्रति आफ्नो प्रेम देखाए, तर तिनले उच्च स्थानहरूमा बलिदान चढाए र धूप बाले ।
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.
राजा बलिदान चढाउन गिबोनमा गए किनकि त्यो निकै उच्च स्थान थियो । सोलोमनले त्यस वेदीमा एक हजारवटा होमबलि चढाए ।
5 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
रातमा गिबोनमा परमप्रभु सपनामा सोलोमनकहाँ देखा पर्नुभयो । उहाँले भन्नुभयो, “तँ मबाट के चाहन्छस्, माग् ।”
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.
त्यसैले सोलोमनले भने, “मेरा पिता दाऊद तपाईंको सामु विश्वसनियतामा, धार्मिकतामा र ह्रदयको सोझोपनमा हिँडेकाले तपाईंले आफ्ना दास दाऊदलाई करारको ठुलो विश्वसनीयता देखाउनुभएको छ । तपाईंले उहाँप्रति करारको ठुलो विश्वसनीयता कायमै राख्नुभएको छ, र आज उहाँको सिंहासनमा बस्न एक जना पुत्र दिनुभएको छ ।
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.
अब हे परमप्रभु मेरा परमेश्वर, म सानो बालक भए तापनि तपाईंले आफ्ना दासलाई मेरा पिता दाऊदको ठाउँमा राजा बनाउनुभएको छ । मलाई मेरो कर्तव्य थाहा छैन ।
8 Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.
तपाईंका दास तपाईंले छान्नुभएका मानिसहरूका बिचमा छन् जो असङ्ख्य र अनगिन्ती छन् ।
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?”
त्यसैले मैले खराब र असल छुट्ट्याउन सकूँ भनेर मानिसहरूको न्याय गर्न तपाईंका दासलाई समझशक्तिको ह्रदय दिनुहोस् । किनकि तपाईंको यस महान् जातिलाई न्याय गर्न को सक्षम छ?”
10 Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.
सोलोमनको यस बिन्तीले परमप्रभुलाई खुसी तुल्यायो ।
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—
त्यसैले परमेश्वरले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तैँले आफ्नो लागि लामो जीवन वा धनसम्पत्ति वा तेरा शत्रुहरूको जीवन नमागी न्याय छुट्ट्याउने समझशक्ति मागेको छस् ।
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.
हेर्, अब तैँले मबाट मागेको सबै कुरा म पुरा गर्ने छु । म तँलाई बुद्धिमानी र समझशक्तिको हृदय दिने छु । यसरी तेरो सामु कोही पनि तँजस्तो हुने छैन, र तँपछि पनि कोही पनि तँजस्तो खडा हुने छैन ।
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.
तैँले मबाट नमागेका कुराहरू अर्थात् धनसम्पत्ति र मान पनि मैले तँलाई दिएको छु ताकि राजाहरूका बिचमा तेरो जीवनभर तँजस्तो कोही पनि नहोस् ।
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.”
तेरा पिता दाऊदझैँ मेरा विधिविधानहरू र मेरा आज्ञाहरू पालन गर्न तँ मेरो मार्गमा हिँडिस् भने म तेरो आयु लम्ब्याउने छु ।”
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.
त्यसपछि सोलोमन ब्युँझे, र यो त सपना पो रहेछ! तिनी यरूशलेममा आए, र परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुकको सामु खडा भए । तिनले होमबलि र मेलबलिहरू चढाए, अनि आफ्ना सबै सेवकहरूलाई भोज दिए ।
16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
त्यसपछि दुई जना वेश्या स्त्री राजाकहाँ आई तिनको सामु खडा भए ।
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.
एक जना स्त्रीले भनी, “हे मेरा मालिक, यो स्त्री र म एउटै घरमा बस्छौँ, अनि त्यस घरमा मैले एउटा बालक जन्माएँ ।
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.
मैले जन्म दिएको तेस्रो दिनमा यस स्त्रीले बालक जन्माई । हामी सँगसँगै थियौँ । घरमा हामीसित कोही पनि थिएन, तर हामी दुई जना मात्र थियौँ ।
19 During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
त्यसपछि रातमा यो स्त्रीले बालकलाई थिचेर मारिछ ।
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.
त्यसैले मध्य रातमा तपाईंकी दासी सुतिरहेको बेलामा त्यो उठी र छेउमा राखिएको मेरो छोरो लिएर काखमा राखिछ अनि मेरो काखमा चाहिँ त्यसको मरेको छोरो राखिछ ।
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.”
म मेरो बच्चालाई दूध खुवाउन बिहान उठ्दा त्यो मरेको रहेछ । बिहान मैले त्यसलाई नियालेर हेर्दा त्यो मैले जन्माएको मेरो छोरो थिएन ।”
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.
त्यसपछि अर्की स्त्रीले भनी, “त्यसो होइन । जीवित छोरोचाहिँ मेरो छोरो हो, र मरेकोचाहिँ तेरो छोरो हो ।” पहिलो स्त्रीले भनी, “त्यसो होइन । मरेकोचाहिँ तेरो छोरो हो, र जीवितचाहिँ मेरो छोरो हो ।” यसरी तिनीहरूले राजाको सामु बताए ।
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.’”
तब राजाले भने, “तिमीहरूमध्ये एउटीले भन्छौ, 'यो जीवितचाहिँ मेरो छोरो हो, र तेरो छोरोचाहिँ मरेको छ ।' त्यसै गरी, अर्कीले भन्छौ, 'त्यसो होइन । तेरो छोरो मरेको छ, र मेरो छोरोचाहिँ जीवितै छ' ।”
24 The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,
राजाले भने, “मलाई एउटा तरवार ल्याइदेऊ ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरूले राजाको सामु एउटा तरवार ल्याइदिए ।
25 and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
तब राजाले भने, “जीवित छोरोलाई काटेर दुई भाग लगा अनि आधा भाग एउटी स्त्रीलाई र बाँकी आधा भाग अर्की स्त्रीलाई दिनू ।”
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!”
तब आफ्नो छोरोको निम्ति दयाले भरिएर जीवित छोरोकी आमाले राजालाई भनी, “हे मेरा मालिक, जीवित बालक त्यसलाई नै दिनू र त्यसलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा नमार्नू ।” तर अर्की स्त्रीले भनी, “त्यो न मेरो हुने छ न तेरो । त्यसलाई दुई टुक्रा पारियोस् ।”
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.”
तब राजाले जवाफ दिए, “जीवित बालक पहिलो स्त्रीलाई दिनू, र त्यसलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा नमार्नू । त्यो नै बालककी आमा हो ।”
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.
जब सारा इस्राएलले राजाले गरेको न्याय सुने तिनीहरू राजादेखि डराए किनकि न्याय सम्पादन गर्न परमेश्वरको बुद्धि तिनमा थियो भनी तिनीहरूले देखे ।
