1 Kings 3
1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh of Egypt. He married Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to live in the City of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord's Temple, and the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
| وَتَزَوَّجَ سُلَيْمَانُ ابْنَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَأَحْضَرَهَا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ رَيْثَمَا يَتِمُّ إِكْمَالُ بِنَاءِ قَصْرِهِ وَبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ والسُّورِ الْمُحِيطِ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١ |
2 In those days, however, the people still sacrificed on the high places because a Temple to honor the Lord hadn't yet been built.
| وَكَانَ الشَّعْبُ آنَئِذٍ يُقَدِّمُونَ ذَبَائِحَ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، لأَنَّ بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ بُنِيَ بَعْدُ. | ٢ |
3 Solomon showed he loved the Lord by following the instructions of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned offerings on the high places.
| وَأَحَبَّ سُلَيْمَانُ الرَّبَّ وَسَارَ فِي فَرَائِضِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ وَاظَبَ عَلَى تَقْدِيمِ ذَبَائِحَ وَإِيقَادِ بَخُورٍ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعاتِ. | ٣ |
4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the leading high place. Solomon presented one thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
| وَمَضَى سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى جِبْعُونَ، الْمُرْتَفَعَةِ الْعُظْمَى، وَأَصْعَدَ هُنَاكَ أَلْفَ مُحْرَقَةٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَذْبَحِ. | ٤ |
5 The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon. God said to him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”
| وَفِي جِبْعُونَ تَرَاءَى الرَّبُّ لَهُ لَيْلاً فِي حُلْمٍ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اطْلُبْ مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟» | ٥ |
6 Solomon replied, “You showed your servant David, my father, great trustworthy love because he lived his life before you with faithfulness, doing what was right and committed to principle. You have continued to show this great trustworthy love by giving him a son to sit on his throne to this day.
| فَأَجَابَ: «لَقَدْ صَنَعْتَ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي رَحْمَةً وَاسِعَةً لأَنَّهُ سَلَكَ أَمَامَكَ بِأَمَانَةٍ وَصَلاحٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةِ قَلْبٍ، فَلَمْ تَحْرِمْهُ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَرَزَقْتَهُ ابْناً يَخْلُفُهُ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ. | ٦ |
7 Now, Lord God, you have made me king in place of my father David. But I am like an inexperienced young boy who doesn't know what to do.
| وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَ عَبْدَكَ مَلِكاً خَلَفاً لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي، وَأَنَا مَابَرِحْتُ فَتىً صَغِيراً غَيْرَ مُتَمَرِّسٍ بِشُؤُونِ الْحُكْمِ، | ٧ |
8 I, your servant, am here in among your chosen people, a great people that are so many they cannot be counted.
| وَعَبْدُكَ يَتَوَلَّى حُكْمَ شَعْبِكَ الَّذِي اخْتَرْتَهُ، وَهُوَ شَعْبٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَدَّ أَوْ يُحْصَى لِكَثْرَتِهِ. | ٨ |
9 So please give me a mind that's receptive so I can rule your people well, understanding the difference between right and wrong, for who can rule this difficult people of yours?”
| فَهَبْ عَبْدَكَ قَلْباً فَهِيماً لأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَ شَعْبِكَ، وَأُمَيِّزَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ، لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ شَعْبَكَ الْعَظِيمَ هَذَا؟» | ٩ |
10 The Lord considered that what Solomon asked for was good.
| فَسُرَّ الرَّبُّ بِطَلَبِ سُلَيْمَانَ هَذَا. | ١٠ |
11 So God told him, “Because you asked for this, and you didn't ask for a long life, or wealth, or the death of your enemies, but instead you asked for understanding to know what is right,
| وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لأَنَّكَ قَدْ طَلَبْتَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ، وَلَمْ تَطْلُبْ حَيَاةً طَوِيلَةً، وَلا غِنىً، وَلا انْتِقَاماً مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ، بَلْ سَأَلْتَ حِكْمَةً لِتَسُوسَ شُؤُونَ الْحُكْمِ، | ١١ |
12 I am giving you what you asked for. I am giving you a mind that is wise, with an understanding of what is right, more than anyone else before you or after you.
| فَإِنَّنِي سَأُلَبِّي طَلَبَكَ، فَأَهَبُكَ قَلْباً حَكِيماً مُمَيِّزاً، فَلا يُضَاهِيكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلا مِنْ بَعْدُ. | ١٢ |
13 I am also giving you what you did not ask for, wealth and status—so much so that no king will compare to you for the whole of your life.
| وَقَدْ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ أَيْضاً بِمَا لَمْ تَسْأَلْهُ، مِنْ غِنىً وَمَجْدٍ، حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ لَكَ نَظِيرٌ بَيْنَ الْمُلُوكِ فِي أَيَّامِكَ. | ١٣ |
14 And if you follow my ways by keeping my laws and my commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”
| فَإِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي طَرِيقِي وَأَطَعْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَوَصَايَايَ، كَمَا سَلَكَ أَبُوكَ، فَإِنِّي أُطِيلُ أَيَّامَكَ». | ١٤ |
15 Then Solomon woke up and realized he'd had a dream. He went back to Jerusalem, and stood in front of the Ark of the Lord's Agreement and he presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings, and he held a feast for all his officials.
| وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَيْقَظَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ أَدْرَكَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ حُلْماً، فَعَادَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ وَقَرَّبَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، وَأَقَامَ وَلِيمَةً لِكُلِّ رِجَالِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 Later two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him for judgment.
| بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ حَضَرَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ عَاهِرَتَانِ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ لِيَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمَا، | ١٦ |
17 One of the women spoke up, saying, “If it please Your Majesty: I share a house with this woman. I had a baby while she was living in the house.
| فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا: «اسْتَمِعْ يَا سَيِّدِي، إِنَّنِي وَهَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ مُقِيمَتَانِ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَرُزِقْتُ بِطِفْلٍ، | ١٧ |
18 Three days after the birth of my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were together; there was no one else in the house, just the two of us.
| وَرُزِقَتْ هِيَ بِطِفْلٍ أَيْضاً بَعْدِي بِثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَكُنَّا مَعاً، لَا يُقِيمُ بَيْنَنَا غَرِيبٌ فِي الْبَيْتِ. كُنَّا وَحْدَنَا فَقَطْ فِي الْبَيْتِ. | ١٨ |
19 During the night this woman's son died because she rolled over on him.
| فَمَاتَ طِفْلُ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَمَا انْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ نَوْمِهَا. | ١٩ |
20 She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while I was sleeping. She lay him close beside her to cuddle him, and she lay her dead son close beside me.
| فَنَهَضَتْ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُسْتَغْرِقَةٌ فِي النَّوْمِ، وَأَخَذَتْ طِفْلِي مِنْ جَانِبِي وَأَضْجَعَتْهُ فِي حِضْنِهَا، وَأَضْجَعَتِ ابْنَهَا الْمَيْتَ فِي حِضْنِي. | ٢٠ |
21 When I got up in the morning to nurse my son I saw that he was dead. When I looked closely at him in the light I realized it wasn't my son.”
| فَلَمَّا هَمَمْتُ بِإِرْضَاعِ ابْنِي فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَجَدْتُهُ مَيْتاً، وَحِينَ تَأَمَّلْتُ فِيهِ فِي ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ تَبَيَّنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ طِفْلِي الَّذِي أَنْجَبْتُهُ». | ٢١ |
22 The other woman argued, “No! My son is the one that's alive. Your son is the one that's dead.” The first woman objected, “No! Your son is the one that's dead. My son is the one that's alive.” They went on quarrelling in front of the king.
| وَشَرَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الأُخْرَى تُقَاطِعُهَا قَائِلَةً: «كَلًّا. إِنَّ ابْنِي هُوَ الْحَيُّ، وَابْنَكِ هُوَ الْمَيْتُ». فَتَرُدُّ عَلَيْهَا الأُخْرَى: «بَلِ ابْنُكِ هُوَ الْمَيْتُ وَابْنِي هُوَ الْحَيُّ». وَهَكَذَا اشْتَدَّ الْجَدَلُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ، | ٢٢ |
23 The king intervened, saying, “So this woman says ‘My son is the one that's alive. Your son is the one that's dead,’ while the other woman says, ‘No! Your son is the one that's dead. My son is the one that's alive.’”
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «كُلٌّ مِنْكُمَا تَدَّعِي أَنَّ الابْنَ الْحَيَّ هُوَ ابْنُهَا وَأَنَّ الابْنَ الْمَيْتَ هُوَ ابْنُ الأُخْرَى. | ٢٣ |
24 “Bring me a sword,” the king ordered. So they brought him a sword.
| لِذَلِكَ اِيتُونِي بِسَيْفٍ». فَأَحْضَرُوا لِلْمَلِكِ سَيْفاً. | ٢٤ |
25 “Cut the child that's alive in two, and give half to one woman and half to another,” he commanded.
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «اشْطُرُوا الطِّفْلَ الْحَيَّ إِلَى شَطْرَيْنِ، وَأَعْطُوا كُلًّا مِنْهُمَا شَطْراً». | ٢٥ |
26 But the woman whose son was alive had so much love for him as a mother that she cried out to the king, “Please, Your Majesty, give her the boy! Don't kill him!” But the other woman said, “He won't be mine or yours—cut him in two!”
| فَالْتَهَبَتْ مَشَاعِرُ الأُمِّ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ وَقَالَتْ لِلْمَلِكِ: «أَصْغِ يَا سَيِّدِي، أَعْطِهَا الطِّفْلَ وَلا تُمِيتُوهُ». أَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ الأُخْرَى فَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ: «لَنْ يَكُونَ لَكِ وَلا لِي: اشْطُرُوهُ». | ٢٦ |
27 The king gave his verdict. “Give the child that's alive to the first woman,” he ordered. “On no account kill him, for she is his real mother.”
| عِنْدَئِدٍ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَعْطُوا الطِّفْلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَرَادَتْ لَهُ الْحَيَاةَ، فَهِيَ أُمُّهُ». | ٢٧ |
28 When everyone in Israel heard about the verdict the king had delivered, they had great respect for the king, because they recognized the wisdom God had given him to judge rightly.
| وَلَمَّا سَرَى نَبَأُ هَذَا الْحُكْمِ الَّذِي صَدَرَ عَنِ الْمَلِكِ بَيْنَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، امْتَلأُوا تَوْقِيراً لَهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا فِيهِ حِكْمَةَ اللهِ لإِجْرَاءِ الْعَدْلِ. | ٢٨ |
