1 Kings 11

1 King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh's daughter, there were women from the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

١ وَأُوْلِعَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِنِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ كَثِيرَاتٍ، فَضْلاً عَنِ ابْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَتَزَوَّجَ نِسَاءً مُوآبِيَّاتٍ وَعَمُّونِيَّاتٍ وَأَدُومِيَّاتٍ وَصِيدُونِيَّاتٍ وَحِثِّيَّاتٍ،

2 They were from the nations that the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for they will undoubtedly convince you to worship their gods.” Yet Solomon because of his love for women held on to them.

٢ وَكُلُّهُنَّ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي نَهَى الرَّبُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الزَّوَاجِ مِنْهُمْ قَائِلاً لَهُمْ: «لا تَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ يُغْوُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَتِهِمْ». وَلَكِنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ الْتَصَقَ بِهِنَّ لِفَرْطِ مَحَبَّتِهِ لَهُنَّ.

3 He had seven hundred wives of noble birth and three hundred concubines. His wives did convince him to turn away from the Lord.

٣ فَكَانَتْ لَهُ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ زَوْجَةٍ، وَثَلاثُ مِئَةِ مَحْظِيَّةٍ، فَانْحَرَفْنَ بِقَلْبِهِ عَنِ الرَّبِّ.

4 As Solomon grew old, his wives led him to follow other gods, and he did not commit himself wholeheartedly to the Lord as his father David had done.

٤ فَاسْتَطَعْنَ فِي زَمَنِ شَيْخُوخَتِهِ أَنْ يُغْوِينَ قَلْبَهُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَلْبُهُ مُسْتَقِيماً مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ كَقَلْبِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ.

5 Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, vile god of the Ammonites.

٥ وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ عَبَدَ عَشْتَارُوثَ إلَهَةَ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَمَلْكُومَ إِلَهَ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ الْبَغِيضَ،

6 This was how Solomon did evil in the Lord's sight, and was not completely dedicated to the Lord as his father David was.

٦ وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْ سَبِيلَ الرَّبِّ بِكَمَالٍ كَمَا فَعَلَ أَبُوهُ دَاوُدُ.

7 It was then that Solomon built a high place of worship for Chemosh, the vile god of the people of Moab, and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites, on a hill east of Jerusalem.

٧ وَأَقَامَ عَلَى تَلٍّ شَرْقِيَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ مُرْتَفَعاً لِكَمُوشَ إِلَهِ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ الْفَاسِقِ، وَلِمُولَكَ إِلَهِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ الْبَغِيضِ.

8 He built places of worship for all his foreign wives where they burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

٨ وَشَيَّدَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِجَمِيعِ نِسَائِهِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ، اللَّوَاتِي رُحْنَ يُوْقِدْنَ الْبَخُورَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُقَرِّبْنَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ لِآلِهَتِهِنَّ.

9 The Lord became angry with Solomon because he had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

٩ فَغَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ لأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ تَجَلَّى لَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ،

10 The Lord had warned Solomon about this—that he should not worship other gods. But Solomon did not listen to the Lord's warning.

١٠ وَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْغَوَايَةِ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَلَمْ يُطِعْ وَصِيَّتَهُ.

11 So the Lord told him, “Since this is what you have done, and since you have not kept my agreement and my laws that I commanded, I will definitely take the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

١١ لِهَذَا قَالَ اللهُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ: «لأَنَّكَ انْحَرَفْتَ عَنِّي وَنَكَثْتَ عَهْدِي، وَلَمْ تُطِعْ فَرَائِضِي الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُكَ بِها، فَإِنِّي حَتْماً أُمَزِّقُ أَوْصَالَ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَأُعْطِيهَا لأَحَدِ عَبِيدِكَ.

12 However, for the sake of your father David, I will not do this in your lifetime—I will take it away from your son.

١٢ إِلّا أَنَّنِي لَا أَفْعَلُ هَذَا فِي أَيَّامِكَ، مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ، بَلْ مِنْ يَدِ ابْنِكَ أُمَزِّقُهَا.

13 Even then I will not take away the whole kingdom. I will leave your son with one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”

١٣ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُبْقِي لَهُ سِبْطاً وَاحِداً، يَمْلِكُ عَلَيْهِ إِكْرَاماً لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا».

14 Then the Lord encouraged Hadad the Edomite of Edom's royal family to oppose Solomon.

١٤ وَأَثَارَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ هَدَدَ سَلِيلَ النَّسْلِ المَلَكِيِّ الأَدُومِيِّ،

15 Previously, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the Israelite army had gone to bury some of his soldiers who had been killed, and had slaughtered every male in Edom.

١٥ فَفِيمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ فِي أَدُومَ، صَعِدَ يُوآبُ رَئِيسُ الْجَيْشِ لِدَفْنِ الْقَتْلَى، وَقَضَى عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ فِي أَدُومَ.

16 Joab and the whole Israelite army had spent six months there destroying them all.

١٦ إذْ إِنَّ يُوآبَ وَكُلَّ جَيْشِهِ أَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ، أَفْنَوْا خِلالَهَا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِي أَدُومَ،

17 But Hadad and some Edomites who had been his father's officials had run away to Egypt—Hadad was just a boy at the time.

١٧ وَلَكِنَّ هَدَدَ وَبَعْضَ رِجَالِ أَبِيهِ الأَدُومِيِّينَ اسْتَطَاعُوا الْهَرَبَ وَاللُّجُوءَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَكَانَ هَدَدُ آنَئِذٍ فَتىً صَغِيراً.

18 They left Midian and went to Paran. Then, along with some people from Paran, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt. He provided Hadad with a house and food, and also assigned him land as a gift.

١٨ وَأَقَامُوا فِي بَادِئِ الأَمْرِ فِي مِدْيَانَ، ثُمَّ انْتَقَلُوا إِلَى فَارَانَ حَيْثُ انْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِمْ عَدَدٌ آخَرُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، تَوَجَّهُوا جَمِيعاً إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مِصْرَ، فَأَعْطَى فِرْعَوْنُ هَدَدَ بَيْتاً وَأَرْضاً وَطَعَاماً،

19 Pharaoh became very friendly with Hadad, and he gave him the sister of his own wife to marry, Queen Tahpenes' sister.

١٩ وَحَظِيَ هَدَدُ بِرِضَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَزَوَّجَهُ أُخْتَ امْرَأَتِهِ الْمَلِكَةِ تَحْفَنِيسَ،

20 She gave birth to his son called Genubath. Tahpenes brought him up in Pharaoh's palace with Pharaoh's own children.

٢٠ فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ أُخْتُ تَحْفَنِيسَ ابْناً دَعَاهُ جَنُوبَثَ. وَفَطَمَتْهُ تَحْفَنِيسُ فِي قَصْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَهَكَذَا نَشَأَ جَنُوبَثُ فِي بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ بَيْنَ أَبْنَائِهِ.

21 However, when news reached Hadad in Egypt that both David and Joab, the commander of the army, had died, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me leave and return to my own country.”

٢١ وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ هَدَدُ فِي مِصْرَ بِمَوْتِ دَاوُدَ وَمَصْرَعِ يُوآبَ رَئِيسِ الْجَيْشِ، قَالَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «دَعْنِي أَمْضِي إِلَى أَرْضِي».

22 Pharaoh asked him, “Is there anything that you have lacked here with me that now you want to go back to your own country?” “No, there's nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please just let me go home.”

٢٢ فَقَالَ لَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ: «هَلِ افْتَقَرْتَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ عِنْدِي حَتَّى تَنْشُدَ الرُّجُوعَ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «لا شَيْءَ إِنَّمَا دَعْنِي أَنْطَلِقُ».

23 God also encouraged Rezon, son of Eliada, to oppose Solomon. He had run away from his master Hadadezer, king of Zobah. After David had destroyed Zobah's army,

٢٣ وَأَثَارَ اللهُ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ خَصْماً آخَرَ هُوَ رَزُونُ بْنُ أَلِيدَاعَ، الَّذِي هَرَبَ مِنْ عِنْدِ سَيِّدِهِ هَدَدْعَزَرَ مَلِكِ صُوبَةَ،

24 Rezon gathered around him a rebel band, and became their leader. They went and settled in Damascus, where they took over.

٢٤ فَضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ رِجَالاً، وَأَصْبَحَ رَئِيساً لِعِصَابَةٍ مِنَ الثُّوَّارِ، فِي الْحِقْبَةِ الَّتِي دَمَّرَ فِيهَا دَاوُدُ قُوَّاتِ صُوبَةَ. فَانْطَلَقَ رَزُونُ بِعِصَابَتِهِ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ وَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا.

25 Rezon was Israel's enemy throughout Solomon's lifetime which added to the trouble Hadad caused. Rezon really hated Israel, and was the ruler of Aram.

٢٥ وَظَلَّ رَزُونُ خَصْماً لإِسْرَائِيلَ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ سُلَيْمَانَ، فَضْلاً عَمَّا خَلَقَهُ هَدَدُ مِنْ مَتَاعِبَ. وَهَكَذَا مَلَكَ رَزُونُ فِي دِمَشْقَ وَبَقِيَ عَدُوّاً لإِسْرَائِيلَ.

26 In addition, Jeroboam, son of Nebat, rebelled against the king. One of Solomon's officials, he was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His mother was a widow called Zeruah.

٢٦ وَتَمَرَّدَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَابَاطَ الأَفْرَايِمِيُّ مِنْ صَرَدَةَ، وَكَانَ مِنْ رِجَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ صَرُوعَةُ وَهِيَ أَرْمَلَةٌ.

27 This is why he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces and had closed the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

٢٧ أَمَّا سَبَبُ تَمَرُّدِهِ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ فَهُوَ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنَى الْقَلْعَةَ وَسَدَّ الثُّغْرَاتِ فِي سُورِ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ،

28 Jeroboam was a man of ability, and when Solomon realized how successful he was in what he did, he placed him command of all the forced labor of the tribes of Joseph.

٢٨ وَكَانَ يَرُبْعَامُ رَجُلاً شَدِيدَ الْمِرَاسِ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى سُلَيْمَانُ أَنَّ الشَّابَّ نَشِيطٌ مُجْتَهِدٌ، أَقَامَهُ مُشْرِفاً عَلَى أَعْمَالِ التَّسْخِيرِ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ يُوسُفَ.

29 Around that time the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was leaving Jerusalem.

٢٩ وَحَدَثَ أَنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ خَرَجَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَالْتَقَاهُ النَّبِيُّ أَخِيَّا الشِّيلُونِيُّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ. وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ يَرْتَدِي رِدَاءً جَدِيداً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَاهُمَا فِي الْحَقْلِ،

30 Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were by themselves in the countryside. Ahijah took the new cloak he was wearing and ripped it up into twelve pieces.

٣٠ فَتَنَاوَلَ أَخِيَّا الرِّدَاءَ الْجَدِيدَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَمَزَّقَهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قِطْعَةً،

31 He said, “Jeroboam, take ten pieces. This is what the Lord God of Israel says. ‘Jeroboam, I am the Lord, the God of Israel, and I am going to take Solomon's kingdom from him and give you ten of the tribes.

٣١ وَقَالَ لِيَرُبْعَامَ: «خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ عَشْرَ قِطَعٍ، لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أُمَزِّقُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأُعْطِيكَ عَشَرَةَ أَسْبَاطٍ،

32 One tribe will be left for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose from among all the tribes of Israel.

٣٢ وَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ سِوَى سِبْطٍ وَاحِدٍ إِكْرَاماً لِعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ مُدُنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

33 This is because they have abandoned me and bowed down in worship of Ashtoreth, goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, god of the Moabites, and Molech, god of the Ammonites. They have not followed my ways; they have not done what is right in my sight; they have not kept my commandments and laws as David, Solomon's father, did.

٣٣ لأَنَّهُ تَخَلَّى عَنِّي وَسَجَدَ لِعَشْتَارُوثَ إِلَهَةِ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَلِكَمُوشَ إِلَهِ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ، وَلِمَلْكُومَ إِلَهِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَلَمْ يَسْلُكْ فِي سُبُلِي، وَيَصْنَعْ مَا هُوَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَلَمْ يُطِعْ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي كَدَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ.

34 Even so, I'm not going to take the whole kingdom from Solomon, because I made him ruler for his lifetime for the sake of my servant David. I chose him because he kept my commandments and laws.

٣٤ وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أَنْزِعَ كُلَّ الْمُلْكِ عَنْهُ، بَلْ أُبْقِيَهُ رَئِيساً طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي الَّذِي اخْتَرْتُهُ، فَحَفِظَ وَصَايَايَ وَفَرَائِضِي.

35 But I will take from his son's kingdom ten tribes and give them to you.

٣٥ إِنَّمَا أُمَزِّقُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ ابْنِهِ، وَأُوَلِّيكَ عَلَى عَشْرَةِ أَسْبَاطٍ مِنْهَا،

36 I will give his son one tribe, so that my servant David will always have a descendant like a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to be honored.

٣٦ تَارِكاً لاِبْنِهِ سِبْطاً وَاحِداً، لِيَظَلَّ أَمَامِي دَائِماً سِرَاجٌ لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا لِنَفْسِي لأَضَعَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهَا.

37 I will take you, and you shall reign over everything that you want. You will be king over Israel.

٣٧ أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَأُنَصِّبُكَ مَلِكاً لِتَحْكُمَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفْقاً لِرَغْبَةِ نَفْسِكَ.

38 If you accept everything that I command you, if you follow my ways, if you do what is right in my sight, keeping my laws and commandments as my servant David did, then I will be with you. I will set up for you a dynasty that lasts, just as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

٣٨ فَإِنْ أَطَعْتَ كُلَّ مَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ وَسَلَكْتَ فِي سُبُلِي، وَصَنَعْتَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَحَفِظْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَوَصَايَايَ كَمَا فَعَلَ دَاوُدُ عَبْدِي، أَكُونُ مَعَكَ وَأُرَسِّخُ لَكَ مُلْكاً آمِناً كَمَا بَنَيْتُ لِدَاوُدَ، وَأُعْطِيكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

39 I will punish David's descendants because of this, but not forever.”

٣٩ وَأُذِلُّ ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ إِلَى حِينٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الإِثْمِ».

40 So Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt. He remained there until Solomon's death.

٤٠ وَسَعَى سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى قَتْلِ يَرُبْعَامَ، فَلَجَأَ يَرُبْعَامُ إِلَى شِيشَقَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَمَكَثَ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى وَفَاةِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

41 The record of the rest of the acts of Solomon, including everything he did, and his wisdom, are written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon.

٤١ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَعْمَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَكُلُّ مَا صَنَعَ، وَأَقْوَالُ حِكْمَتِهِ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ سُلَيْمَانَ؟

42 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all of Israel for a total of forty years.

٤٢ وَدَامَ مُلْكُ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

43 Solomon died and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.

٤٣ ثُمَّ مَاتَ سُلَيْمَانُ، فَدُفِنَ مَعَ أَسْلافِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.