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.
Salomo asalaki boyokani elongo na Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito; abalaki mwana mwasi ya Faraon mpe amemaki ye na engumba ya Davidi, kino tango asilisaki kotonga ndako na ye ya bokonzi, Tempelo ya Yawe mpe bamir, zingazinga ya Yelusalemi.
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.
Na tango wana, bato bazalaki kotumba mbeka na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba, pamba te ezalaki nanu na tempelo moko te oyo etongamaki mpo na Kombo na Yawe.
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.
Salomo alakisaki bolingo na ye mpo na Yawe na kotambola kolanda malako ya Davidi, tata na ye, longola kaka kotumba mbeka mpe ansa na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba.
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.
Mokonzi akendeki na Gabaoni mpo na kobonza mbeka, pamba te ezalaki esambelo ya likolo ya ngomba oyo elekaki motuya, mpe kuna, Salomo abonzaki bambeka ya kotumba nkoto moko, na etumbelo wana.
5 The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon. God said to him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”
Na Gabaoni, Yawe amimonisaki epai ya Salomo kati na ndoto ya butu. Nzambe alobaki na ye: — Senga Ngai nyonso oyo olingi ete napesa yo.
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.
Salomo azongisaki: — Otalisi bolamu monene epai ya tata na ngai, Davidi, mosali na Yo, pamba te atambolaki na boyengebene mpe na bosembo na miso na Yo; okobaki kotalisa ye bolamu monene na Yo mpe opesi ye mwana mobali oyo avandi lelo na kiti na ye ya bokonzi.
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.
Sik’oyo, oh Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, okomisi mowumbu na Yo mokonzi na esika ya Davidi, tata na ngai. Kasi nazali nanu elenge mpe nayebi te ndenge nini nakoki komema mokumba oyo.
8 I, your servant, am here in among your chosen people, a great people that are so many they cannot be counted.
Mowumbu na Yo azali awa kati na bato oyo oponi: bato ebele oyo bakoki kotanga motango na bango te mpo ete bazali ebele penza.
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?”
Boye, pesa na mowumbu na Yo motema ya mayele mpo na kokamba bato na Yo mpe kososola malamu mpe mabe. Pamba te, nani akolonga kokamba ebele ya bato na Yo oyo?
10 The Lord considered that what Solomon asked for was good.
Nkolo asepelaki na likambo oyo Salomo asengaki.
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,
Nzambe alobaki na ye: — Lokola osengi bwanya, kasi osengi bomoi molayi te to bomengo mpo na yo moko te; lokola osengi kufa ya banguna na yo te, kasi osengi bwanya mpo na kokata makambo na bosembo,
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.
nakosala nyonso oyo osili kosenga. Nakopesa yo motema ya bwanya mpe ya mayele, na lolenge oyo natikala nanu te kopesa na moto moko liboso na yo; mpe sima na yo, moto moko te akotikala kozala lokola yo.
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.
Nakopesa yo lisusu oyo osengi te: bomengo mpe lokumu. Na bongo, na bomoi na yo mobimba, mokonzi moko te akokokana na yo.
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.”
Mpe soki otamboli na banzela na Ngai, otosi malako mpe mitindo na Ngai ndenge tata na yo, Davidi, asalaki, nakopesa yo bomoi molayi.
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.
Salomo alamukaki mpe asosolaki ete ezalaki ndoto. Azongaki na Yelusalemi, atelemaki liboso ya Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. Abonzaki bambeka ya kotumba mpe bambeka ya boyokani; mpe asalisaki feti monene elongo na basali na ye nyonso.
16 Later two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him for judgment.
Basi ya ndumba mibale bayaki epai ya mokonzi mpe batelemaki liboso na ye.
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.
Moko na bango alobaki: — Nabondeli yo, nkolo na ngai, yoka ngai! Ngai mpe mwasi oyo, tovandaka ndako moko. Tozalaki na ye na ndako tango nabotaki mwana.
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.
Na mokolo ya misato sima na mbotama ya mwana na ngai, mwasi oyo mpe abotaki. Tozalaki kaka biso moko kati na ndako, moto mosusu azalaki te, kaka biso mibale.
19 During the night this woman's son died because she rolled over on him.
Nzokande, na butu, alalelaki mwana na ye, mpe mwana yango akufaki.
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.
Bongo, na kati-kati ya butu, alamukaki, alongolaki mwana na ngai pembeni na ngai, wana ngai, mwasi mowumbu na yo, nazalaki ya kolala, mpe atiaki ye na tolo na ye; mpe atiaki mwana na ye, oyo akufaki, na tolo na ngai.
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.”
Na tongo, tango nalamuki mpo na komelisa mwana na ngai mabele, namoni ete mwana azali ya kokufa. Kasi tango natali ye penza malamu, kaka na tongo yango, namoni ete ezali mwana na ngai te, oyo ngai nabotaki!
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.
Mwasi mosusu alobaki: — Te, ezali lokuta! Mwana oyo azali na bomoi azali mwana na ngai, kasi oyo akufi azali mwana na yo! Kasi mwasi oyo azwaki maloba liboso alobaki lisusu: — Te! Mwana oyo akufi azali mwana na yo, kasi oyo ya bomoi azali nde mwana na ngai! Na bongo, bakomaki koswana liboso ya mokonzi.
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.’”
Mokonzi alobaki: — Moko azali koloba: « Mwana oyo azali na bomoi azali mwana na ngai, kasi mwana ya kokufa azali nde mwana na yo! » Wana mosusu azali mpe koloba: « Te! Mwana oyo akufi azali mwana na yo, kasi mwana ya bomoi azali nde mwana na ngai! »
24 “Bring me a sword,” the king ordered. So they brought him a sword.
Boye, mokonzi alobaki lisusu: — Bomemela ngai mopanga! Bamemelaki mokonzi mopanga.
25 “Cut the child that's alive in two, and give half to one woman and half to another,” he commanded.
Mokonzi apesaki mitindo: — Bokata mwana oyo azali na bomoi na biteni mibale, bopesa eteni moko na mwasi moko; mpe eteni mosusu, na mwasi mosusu.
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!”
Mwasi oyo mwana na ye azalaki na bomoi, ayokaki pasi na motema mpo na mwana na ye mpe alobaki na mokonzi: — Nabondeli yo, nkolo na ngai! Pesa ye mwana oyo azali na bomoi, koboma mwana te! Kasi mwasi mosusu alobaki: — Kata ye! Na bongo, akozala ya ngai te, mpe akozala ya ye te!
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.”
Boye, mokonzi akataki likambo, alobaki: — Boboma mwana te! Bopesa mwana oyo azali na bomoi epai ya mwasi ya liboso, pamba te ye nde azali mama na ye.
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.
Tango Isalaele mobimba bayokaki ndenge mokonzi akataki likambo oyo, babangaki mokonzi mpo ete bamonaki ete azali solo na bwanya ya Nzambe mpo na kokata makambo na bosembo.
