1 Kings 3
1 And Solomon joins in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and takes the daughter of Pharaoh, and brings her to the City of David, until he completes to build his own house, and the house of YHWH, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
[撒羅滿與外族結親]撒羅滿與埃及王法郎結親，娶了法郎的公主，接她住在達味城，直等到他建完了自己的宮殿、上主的殿及耶路撒冷四周圍的城垣。
2 Only, the people are sacrificing in high places, for there has not been built a house for the Name of YHWH until those days.
百姓仍然在高丘上獻祭，因為直到那時，還沒有為上主的名建造殿宇。
3 And Solomon loves YHWH, to walk in the statutes of his father David—only, he is sacrificing and making incense in high places—
撒羅滿愛慕上主，遵行他父親達味的律例，只是仍在高丘上獻祭焚香。上主顯現給撒羅滿
4 and the king goes to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it [is] the great high place; Solomon causes one thousand burnt-offerings to ascend on that altar.
撒羅滿王去了基貝紅，為在那裏獻祭，因為那是一個最廣大的高丘。撒羅滿在那裏的祭壇上奉獻了一千全燔祭。
5 YHWH has appeared to Solomon in Gibeon, in a dream of the night, and God says, “Ask—what do I give to you?”
撒羅滿在基貝紅時，夜間上主藉著夢顯現給他；天主對他說﹕「你不拘求什麼，我必給你。」
6 And Solomon says, “You have done with Your servant, my father David, great kindness, as he walked before You in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You, and You keep this great kindness for him, and give to him a son sitting on his throne, as [at] this day.
撒羅滿說﹕「你的僕人，我的父親達味曾以虔誠、公義及正直的心與你同行，你曾向他表示了偉大的恩德，又為給他保持這偉大的恩德，賜給了他一個兒子，坐在他的寶座上，如同今天一樣。
7 And now, O YHWH my God, You have caused Your servant to reign instead of my father David; and I [am] a little child, I do not know [how] to go out and to come in;
上主，我的天主，現在你使你的僕人替代我父親達味為王，但我還太年輕，不知道如何處理國事。
8 and Your servant [is] in the midst of your people, whom You have chosen, a people numerous, that is not numbered nor counted for multitude,
你的僕人是住在你所選的民族中間，這是一個多得不可統計，不可勝數的大民族。
9 and You have given an understanding heart to Your servant, to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
為此，求你賜給你的僕人一顆慧心，可統治你的百姓，判斷善惡；否則，誰能統治你這樣眾多的人民呢﹖」
10 And the thing is good in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon has asked this thing,
因為撒羅滿求了這件事，獲得了上主的歡心。
11 and God says to him, “Because that you have asked for this thing, and have not asked for many days for yourself, nor asked for riches for yourself, nor asked for the life of your enemies, and have asked for discernment for yourself to understand judgment,
天主於是對他說﹕「因為你求了這件事，而沒有為你自己求長壽，也沒有為你自己求富貴，也沒有要求你敵人的性命，單單為你自己求了智慧，為能辨明正義。
12 behold, I have done according to your words; behold, I have given a wise and understanding heart to you, that there has not been [one] like you before you, and after you there does not arise [one] like you;
我必照你的話作，賞賜你一顆聰明智慧的心，在你以前沒有像你的人，在你以後，也不會興起一個像你的人。
13 and also, that which you have not asked for I have given to you, both riches and honor, that there has not been a man like you among the kings [for] all your days;
你沒有要求的榮華富貴，我也賞賜你，使你在列王中，一生沒有可與你相比的。
14 and if you walk in My ways to keep My statutes, and My commands, as your father David walked, then I have prolonged your days.”
如果你履行我的道路，恪守我的法律和我的命令，一如你父親達味所行的，我必要延長你的壽命。」
15 And Solomon awakens, and behold, [it was] a dream; and he comes to Jerusalem, and stands before the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, and causes burnt-offerings to ascend, and makes peace-offerings, and he makes a banquet for all his servants.
撒羅滿醒來，纔知道原是一夢；以後他回了耶路撒冷，立在上主的約櫃前，奉獻了全燔祭與和平祭，設宴款待了自己所有的臣僕。撒羅滿斷獄如神
16 Then two women, harlots, come to the king, and they stand before him,
有一天，有兩個妓女來見君王，立在君王面前。
17 and the first woman says, “O my lord, this woman and I are dwelling in one house, and I bring forth with her, in the house;
一個女人說﹕「我主，我和這個女人同住一房，在這房裏，我靠著她生了一個孩子。
18 and it comes to pass on the third day of my bringing forth, that this woman also brings forth, and we [are] together, there is no stranger with us in the house, except the two of us, in the house.
我生產後第三天，這個女子也生了一個孩子。我們住在一起，在這房裏，除我們二人外，再沒有別人住在這房裏。
19 And the son of this woman dies at night, because she has lain on him,
有一夜，這個女子的兒子死了，是因為她睡覺壓死的。
20 and she rises in the middle of the night, and takes my son from beside me—and your handmaid is asleep—and lays him in her bosom, and she has laid her dead son in my bosom;
她半夜起來，趁你婢女熟睡時，從我身邊抱去我的兒子，放在她懷裡，把她死了的兒子，放在我懷裡。
21 and I rise in the morning to suckle my son, and behold, [he is] dead; and I consider in the morning concerning it, and behold, it was not my son whom I bore.”
當我清早起來，給孩子餵奶時，發覺孩子死了；及至天亮，我仔細一看，發覺他不是我親生的兒子。」
22 And the other woman says, “No, but my son [is] the living, and your son the dead”; and this [one] says, “No, but your son [is] the dead, and my son the living.” And they speak before the king.
另一個女人說﹕「不是的，活的是我的兒子，死的是你的兒子。」這個女人說﹕「不是的，死的是你的兒子，活的是我的兒子。」她們倆就這樣在君王面前爭論不休。
23 And the king says, “This [one] says, This [is] my son, the living, and your son [is] the dead; and that [one] says, No, but your son [is] the dead, and my son the living.”
君王說﹕「這一個說﹕活的是我的兒子，死的是你的兒子；那一個說﹕不是的，死的是你的兒子，活的是我的兒子。」
24 And the king says, “Take a sword for me”; and they bring the sword before the king,
君王吩咐說﹕「給我拿把刀來! 」人就給君王拿來了一把刀。
25 and the king says, “Cut the living child into two, and give half to one, and half to the other.”
君王遂下令說﹕「把那活孩子劈成兩半﹕一半給這一個，一半給那一個。」
26 And the woman whose son [is] the living one says to the king (for her bowels yearned over her son), indeed, she says, “O my lord, give the living child to her, and do not put him to death at all”; and this [one] says, “Let him be neither mine or yours—cut [him].”
那活孩子的母親因為愛子心切，就對君王說﹕「我主，請把活孩子給那女人罷! 千萬不要殺他! 」那個女人說﹕「劈開罷! 這孩子不歸我，也不歸你! 」
27 And the king answers and says, “Give the living child to her [who wants him], and do not put him to death at all; she [is] his mother.”
君王於是宣判說﹕「將活孩子給這個女人，不要殺他。這個女人實在是他的母親! 」
28 And all [in] Israel hear of the judgment that the king has judged, and fear because of the king, for they have seen that the wisdom of God [is] in his heart to do judgment.
全以色列人聽了君王所斷的案件，便都尊敬君王，因為他們見他斷案時，具有天主的智慧。
