1 Kings 3
1 And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao the king of Egypt: for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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.
2 But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: far there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day.
Te vaeng tue hil BOEIPA ming ham im a sak pawt dongah pilnam loh hmuensang ah a nawn.
3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David his father, only he sacrificed in the high places: and burnt incense.
Solomon loh BOEIPA te a lungnah dongah a napa David kah khosing dongah pongpa. Tedae hmuensang ah a nawn tih a phum.
4 He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts did Solomon offer upon that altar in Gabaon.
Te vaengah manghai tah hmuensang tanglue te pahoi nawn ham Gibeon la cet. Solomon loh te kah hmueihtuk dongah hmueihhlutnah thawngkhat a khuen.
5 And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.
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.
6 And Solomon said: Thou hast shewn great mercy to thy servant David my father, even at, he walked before thee in truth, and justice, and an upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
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.
7 And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a child, and know not how to go out and come in.
“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.
8 And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Na pilnam lakli kah na sal loh pilnam miping na coelh te tae thai pawt tih a cung la a soep moenih.
9 Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people which is so numerous?
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.
10 And the word was pleasing to the Lord that Solomon had asked such a thing.
Solomon loh he ol he a bih vanbangla Boeipa mikhmuh ah tah ol he voelphoeng coeng.
11 And the Lord said to Solomon: Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life or riches, nor the lives of thy enemies, but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judgment,
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.
12 Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, insomuch that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee.
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.
13 Yea and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee: to wit riches and glory, as that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore.
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.
14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and Beep my precepts, and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days.
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.
15 And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream: and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants.
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.
16 Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him:
Te vaengah pumyoi nu rhoi te manghai taengla pawk rhoi tih a mikhmuh ah pai rhoi.
17 And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.
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.
18 And the third day, after that I was delivered, she also was delivered, and we were together, and no other person with us in the house, only we two.
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.
19 And this woman’s child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him.
He huta kah a capa tah khoyin ah a yalh thil tih duek.
20 And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I thy handmaid was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom.
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.
21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold it was dead: but considering him more diligently when it was clear day, I found that it was not mine which I bore.
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.
22 And the other woman answered: It is not so as thou sayest, but thy child is dead, and mine is alive. On the contrary she said: Thou liest: for my child liveth, and thy child is dead. And in this manner they strove before the king.
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.
23 Then said the king: The one saith, My child is alive, and thy child is dead. And the other answereth: Nay, but thy child is dead, and mine liveth.
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.
24 The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king,
Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Kai taengla cunghang hang khuen,” a ti nah tih cunghang te manghai mikhmuh ah a tawn uh.
25 Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Camoe aka hing te panit la saek lamtah rhakthuem te pakhat taengah, rhakthuem te pakhat taengah pae,” a ti nah.
26 But the woman whose child was alive, said to the king, (for her bowels were moved upon her child, ) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
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.
27 The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed, for she is the mother thereof.
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.
28 And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
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.
