1 Kings 11
1 King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].
| وَأُوْلِعَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِنِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ كَثِيرَاتٍ، فَضْلاً عَنِ ابْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَتَزَوَّجَ نِسَاءً مُوآبِيَّاتٍ وَعَمُّونِيَّاتٍ وَأَدُومِيَّاتٍ وَصِيدُونِيَّاتٍ وَحِثِّيَّاتٍ، | ١ |
2 He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”
| 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. | ٢ |
3 Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].
| فَكَانَتْ لَهُ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ زَوْجَةٍ، وَثَلاثُ مِئَةِ مَحْظِيَّةٍ، فَانْحَرَفْنَ بِقَلْبِهِ عَنِ الرَّبِّ. | ٣ |
4 By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.
| فَاسْتَطَعْنَ فِي زَمَنِ شَيْخُوخَتِهِ أَنْ يُغْوِينَ قَلْبَهُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَلْبُهُ مُسْتَقِيماً مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ كَقَلْبِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ. | ٤ |
5 Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
| وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ عَبَدَ عَشْتَارُوثَ إلَهَةَ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَمَلْكُومَ إِلَهَ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ الْبَغِيضَ، | ٥ |
6 That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.
| وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْ سَبِيلَ الرَّبِّ بِكَمَالٍ كَمَا فَعَلَ أَبُوهُ دَاوُدُ. | ٦ |
7 On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
| وَأَقَامَ عَلَى تَلٍّ شَرْقِيَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ مُرْتَفَعاً لِكَمُوشَ إِلَهِ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ الْفَاسِقِ، وَلِمُولَكَ إِلَهِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ الْبَغِيضِ. | ٧ |
8 He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.
| وَشَيَّدَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِجَمِيعِ نِسَائِهِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ، اللَّوَاتِي رُحْنَ يُوْقِدْنَ الْبَخُورَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُقَرِّبْنَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ لِآلِهَتِهِنَّ. | ٨ |
9 Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,
| فَغَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ لأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ تَجَلَّى لَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ، | ٩ |
| وَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْغَوَايَةِ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَلَمْ يُطِعْ وَصِيَّتَهُ. | ١٠ |
11 and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.
| لِهَذَا قَالَ اللهُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ: «لأَنَّكَ انْحَرَفْتَ عَنِّي وَنَكَثْتَ عَهْدِي، وَلَمْ تُطِعْ فَرَائِضِي الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُكَ بِها، فَإِنِّي حَتْماً أُمَزِّقُ أَوْصَالَ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَأُعْطِيهَا لأَحَدِ عَبِيدِكَ. | ١١ |
12 But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].
| إِلّا أَنَّنِي لَا أَفْعَلُ هَذَا فِي أَيَّامِكَ، مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ، بَلْ مِنْ يَدِ ابْنِكَ أُمَزِّقُهَا. | ١٢ |
13 But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”
| غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُبْقِي لَهُ سِبْطاً وَاحِداً، يَمْلِكُ عَلَيْهِ إِكْرَاماً لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا». | ١٣ |
14 Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.
| وَأَثَارَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ هَدَدَ سَلِيلَ النَّسْلِ المَلَكِيِّ الأَدُومِيِّ، | ١٤ |
15 What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.
| فَفِيمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ فِي أَدُومَ، صَعِدَ يُوآبُ رَئِيسُ الْجَيْشِ لِدَفْنِ الْقَتْلَى، وَقَضَى عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ فِي أَدُومَ. | ١٥ |
| إذْ إِنَّ يُوآبَ وَكُلَّ جَيْشِهِ أَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ، أَفْنَوْا خِلالَهَا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِي أَدُومَ، | ١٦ |
17 Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.
| وَلَكِنَّ هَدَدَ وَبَعْضَ رِجَالِ أَبِيهِ الأَدُومِيِّينَ اسْتَطَاعُوا الْهَرَبَ وَاللُّجُوءَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَكَانَ هَدَدُ آنَئِذٍ فَتىً صَغِيراً. | ١٧ |
18 They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.
| 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، | ١٨ |
19 The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.
| وَحَظِيَ هَدَدُ بِرِضَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَزَوَّجَهُ أُخْتَ امْرَأَتِهِ الْمَلِكَةِ تَحْفَنِيسَ، | ١٩ |
20 Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.
| فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ أُخْتُ تَحْفَنِيسَ ابْناً دَعَاهُ جَنُوبَثَ. وَفَطَمَتْهُ تَحْفَنِيسُ فِي قَصْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَهَكَذَا نَشَأَ جَنُوبَثُ فِي بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ بَيْنَ أَبْنَائِهِ. | ٢٠ |
21 While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”
| وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ هَدَدُ فِي مِصْرَ بِمَوْتِ دَاوُدَ وَمَصْرَعِ يُوآبَ رَئِيسِ الْجَيْشِ، قَالَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «دَعْنِي أَمْضِي إِلَى أَرْضِي». | ٢١ |
22 But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].
| فَقَالَ لَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ: «هَلِ افْتَقَرْتَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ عِنْدِي حَتَّى تَنْشُدَ الرُّجُوعَ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «لا شَيْءَ إِنَّمَا دَعْنِي أَنْطَلِقُ». | ٢٢ |
23 God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].
| وَأَثَارَ اللهُ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ خَصْماً آخَرَ هُوَ رَزُونُ بْنُ أَلِيدَاعَ، الَّذِي هَرَبَ مِنْ عِنْدِ سَيِّدِهِ هَدَدْعَزَرَ مَلِكِ صُوبَةَ، | ٢٣ |
24 Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.
| 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. | ٢٤ |
25 All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.
| وَظَلَّ رَزُونُ خَصْماً لإِسْرَائِيلَ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ سُلَيْمَانَ، فَضْلاً عَمَّا خَلَقَهُ هَدَدُ مِنْ مَتَاعِبَ. وَهَكَذَا مَلَكَ رَزُونُ فِي دِمَشْقَ وَبَقِيَ عَدُوّاً لإِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢٥ |
26 Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.
| وَتَمَرَّدَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَابَاطَ الأَفْرَايِمِيُّ مِنْ صَرَدَةَ، وَكَانَ مِنْ رِجَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ صَرُوعَةُ وَهِيَ أَرْمَلَةٌ. | ٢٦ |
27 This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].
| أَمَّا سَبَبُ تَمَرُّدِهِ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ فَهُوَ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنَى الْقَلْعَةَ وَسَدَّ الثُّغْرَاتِ فِي سُورِ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، | ٢٧ |
28 Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.
| وَكَانَ يَرُبْعَامُ رَجُلاً شَدِيدَ الْمِرَاسِ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى سُلَيْمَانُ أَنَّ الشَّابَّ نَشِيطٌ مُجْتَهِدٌ، أَقَامَهُ مُشْرِفاً عَلَى أَعْمَالِ التَّسْخِيرِ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ يُوسُفَ. | ٢٨ |
29 One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,
| وَحَدَثَ أَنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ خَرَجَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَالْتَقَاهُ النَّبِيُّ أَخِيَّا الشِّيلُونِيُّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ. وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ يَرْتَدِي رِدَاءً جَدِيداً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَاهُمَا فِي الْحَقْلِ، | ٢٩ |
30 which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.
| فَتَنَاوَلَ أَخِيَّا الرِّدَاءَ الْجَدِيدَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَمَزَّقَهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قِطْعَةً، | ٣٠ |
31 He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].
| وَقَالَ لِيَرُبْعَامَ: «خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ عَشْرَ قِطَعٍ، لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أُمَزِّقُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأُعْطِيكَ عَشَرَةَ أَسْبَاطٍ، | ٣١ |
32 Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].
| وَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ سِوَى سِبْطٍ وَاحِدٍ إِكْرَاماً لِعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ مُدُنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٣٢ |
33 I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.
| 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. | ٣٣ |
34 ‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.
| وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أَنْزِعَ كُلَّ الْمُلْكِ عَنْهُ، بَلْ أُبْقِيَهُ رَئِيساً طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي الَّذِي اخْتَرْتُهُ، فَحَفِظَ وَصَايَايَ وَفَرَائِضِي. | ٣٤ |
35 But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].
| إِنَّمَا أُمَزِّقُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ ابْنِهِ، وَأُوَلِّيكَ عَلَى عَشْرَةِ أَسْبَاطٍ مِنْهَا، | ٣٥ |
36 I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].
| تَارِكاً لاِبْنِهِ سِبْطاً وَاحِداً، لِيَظَلَّ أَمَامِي دَائِماً سِرَاجٌ لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا لِنَفْسِي لأَضَعَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهَا. | ٣٦ |
37 I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
| أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَأُنَصِّبُكَ مَلِكاً لِتَحْكُمَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفْقاً لِرَغْبَةِ نَفْسِكَ. | ٣٧ |
38 If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.
| 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. | ٣٨ |
39 Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”
| وَأُذِلُّ ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ إِلَى حِينٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الإِثْمِ». | ٣٩ |
40 Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.
| وَسَعَى سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى قَتْلِ يَرُبْعَامَ، فَلَجَأَ يَرُبْعَامُ إِلَى شِيشَقَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَمَكَثَ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى وَفَاةِ سُلَيْمَانَ. | ٤٠ |
41 [A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.
| أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَعْمَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَكُلُّ مَا صَنَعَ، وَأَقْوَالُ حِكْمَتِهِ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ سُلَيْمَانَ؟ | ٤١ |
42 He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.
| وَدَامَ مُلْكُ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. | ٤٢ |
43 Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
| ثُمَّ مَاتَ سُلَيْمَانُ، فَدُفِنَ مَعَ أَسْلافِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ. | ٤٣ |
