1 Kings 3
1 And Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Sulemani akawa na ushirikiano wa kindoa na Farao mfalme wa Misri. Alimwoa binti wa Farao na kumleta katika mji wa Daudi mpaka alipomaliza kujenga nyumba yake, nyumba ya BWANA, na ukuta wa Yerusalemu.
2 But the people sacrificed still on the high-places; because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.
Watu walikuw wakitoa sadaka kwenye maeneo ya juu, kwa sababu hapakuwa bado na nyumba iliyokuwa imejengwa kwa jina la BWANA.
3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only that he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places.
Sulemani alionyesha upendo wake kwa BWANA kwa kutembea katika maagizo ya Daudi baba yake, isipokuwa tu alitoa dhabihu na kuchoma uvumba mahali pa juu.
4 And the king went to Gib'on to sacrifice there; for that was the great high-place: one thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
Mfalme akaenda Gibioni kutoa sadaka kule, kwa kuwa hilo ndilo lilikuwa eneo kuu la juu. Sulemani katoa sadaka maelfu katika madhabu hiyo.
5 In Gib'on the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream of the night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
BWANA akaonekana kwa Sulemani huko Gibioni katika ndoto ya usiku; akasema, “Omba! uanataka nikupe nini?”
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shown unto thy servant David my father great kindness, just as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, and thou hast given him a son who sitteth on his throne, as it is this day.
Kwa hiyo Sulemani akasema, “umeonyesha uaminifu wa agano mkuu kwa mtumishi wako, Daudi baba yangu, kwa sababu alitembea mbele yako kwa ukweli na uaminifu, katika haki ya moyo na katika unyofu wa moyo. Umetunza kwa ajili yake hili agano kuu kwa uaminifu na umempa mwana wake kuketi kwenye kiti chake cha enzi leo.
7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king in the place of David my father: and I am but a young lad; I know not how to go out or come in.
Na sasa, BWANA, Mungu wangu, umemfanya mtumishi wako kuwa mfalme katika nafasi ya Daudi baba yangu, japo mimi ni mtoto mdogo. Sijui namna ya kuiingia na kutoka.
8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot he numbered nor counted for multitude.
Mtumishi wako yuko katikati ya watu wako uliowachagua, kundi kubwa, watu wangi wasiohesabika.
9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would [otherwise] be able to judge this thy great people?
Kwa hiyo umpe mtumishi wako moyo wa uelewa wa kuwahukumu watu wako. Kwani ni nani awezaye kuwahukumu watu wako hawa walio wengi?”
10 And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Ombi hili la Sulemani likampendeza Bwana.
11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; and hast not asked for thyself riches, nor hast asked the life of thy enemies; but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand [how to give] judgment:
Kwa hiyo Mungu akamwambia. “Kwa sababu umeomba jambo hili na haujajiombea maisha marefu au utajiri au uhai wa maadui wako, lakini umeomba ufahamu wa kutambua hukumu ya haki,
12 Behold, I have done according to thy word; lo, I have given thee a wise and a discerning heart; so that like unto thee there was none before thee, nor after thee shall any one arise like unto thee.
Tazama sasa nitafanya yote uliyoniomba wakati uliponipa ombi lako. Ninakupa moyo wa hekima na ufahamu, kwa kuwa hapajawahi kuwa na mtu wa kuwa kama wewe kabla yako, na hakuna wa kuwa kama wewe atakayeinuka baada yako.
13 And also what thou hast not asked have I given thee, both riches and honor: so that like unto thee there shall not have been any one among the kings all thy days.
Pia ninakupa hata ambayo hujaomba, vyote heshima na utajiri, ili kwamba pasije pakawa na mfalme wa kuwa kama wewe katika siku zako zote.
14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then will I lengthen thy days.
Kama utatembea katika njia zangu na kuyatunza maagizo yangu na maagizo yangu, kama alivyofanya baba yako Daudi, ndipo nitakapoziongeza siku zako.”
15 And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; and he went to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, and prepared peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Kisha Sulemani alipoamka, na tazama, ilikuwa ndoto. Akaja Yerusalemu na akasimama mbele ya sanduku na agano la Bwana. Akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani, na akawafanyia sherehe watumishi wake wote.
16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and placed themselves before him.
Kisha wanawake wawili waliokuwa makahaba wakaja mbele ya mfalme wakasimama mbele yake.
17 And the one woman said, Pardon, my Lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
Mwanamke mmoja akasema, “Aa, bwana wangu, mwanamke huyu na mimi tunaishi katika nyumba moja, Nilizaa mtoto tukiwa pamoj na yeye katika nyumba yetu.
18 And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, that also this woman was delivered: and we were together, there was no stranger with us in the house, only we two were in the house.
Ikatokea siku ya tatu baada ya kujifungua na yeye akajifungua. Tulikuwa sisi tu. Hapakuwepo na mtu mwingine yeyote katika nyumba yetu, ila sisi tu wawili katika hiyo nyumba.
19 And this woman's son died in the night; because she had overlaid him.
Kisha mtoto wa mwanamke huyu akafa wakati wa usiku, kwa sababu alimlalia.
20 And she arose in the midst of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy hand-maid slept, and laid him in her bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom.
kwa hiyo akamka wakati huo wa usiku wa manane akamchukua mwanangu toka pembeni yangu, wakati mimi mtumishi wako nilipokuwa usingizini, na akamlaza kwenye kifua chake, na akamlaza mtoto wake aliyekufa juu ya kifua changu.
21 And when I rose in the morning to give my son suck, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had born.
Asubuhi nilipoamka ili kumhudumia mwanangu, nikaona kuwa alikuwa amekufa. Lakini nilipomwangalia kwa makini wakati huo wa asubuhi, nikagundua kuwa hakuwa yule mwanangu niliyezaa,”
22 And the other woman said, It is not so; my son is the living one, and thy son is the dead; and this one said, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living: thus they spoke before the king.
Yule mwanamke mwingine akasema, “Hapana, Huyu aliye hai ndiye wangu. Na yule aliyekufa ndiye wako.” Yule mwanamke wa kwanza akasema, “Hapana, Yule mtoto aliyekufa ndiye mwanao, na huyu aliye hai ndiye wangu.” Hivi ndivyo walivyoongea mbele ya mfalme.
23 Then said the king, This one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is dead: and the other saith, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
Kisha mfalme akasema, “Mmoja wenu anasema, 'huyu aliye hai ni wangu, na kumbe mwanao ndiye aliye kufa,'na mwingine naye anasema, 'Hapana, mwanao ni yule aliyekufa, na mwanangu ni huyu aliye hai.'”
24 And the king said, Fetch me a sword: and they brought the sword before the king.
Mfalme akasema, ''Nileteeni upanga.” Kwa hiyo wakaleta upanga kwa mfalme.
25 And the king said, Hew the living child in two, and give the one half to one, and the other half to the other.
Kisha mfalme akasema, “Mgawe mtoto aliye hai katika vipande viwili, na huyu mwanamke apewe nusu na yule mwingine naye apewe nusu.”
26 Then spoke the woman whose son was the living unto the king, for her love had become enkindled for her son, and she said, O pardon, my Lord, give her the living child, and only do not slay it; but the other said, Neither mine nor thine shall it be, hew it asunder.
Yule mwanamke mwenye mtoto aliyekuwa hai akamwambia mfalme, kwa kuwa moyo wake ulikuwa na huruma sana kwa mwanae, akasema, “Aa, bwana wangu, mpatie huyu mtoto aliye hai, na usimwue kamwe.” Lakini yule mwanamke mwingine akasema, “Hatakuwa wangu wala wako. Mgawe.”
27 The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother.
Ndipo mfalme aliposema, “Mpe yule mwanamke wa kwanza mtoto aliye hai, na kamwe usimwue. Yeye ndiye mama wa mtoto huyu.”
28 And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.
Israeli wote waliposikia hukumu ambayo mafalme ametoa, walimwogopa mfalme, kwa sababu waliona kuwa hekima ya Mungu ilikuwa ndani yake kwa ajili ya kutoa kuhukumu.
