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].
Or il re Salomone, oltre la figliuola di Faraone, amò molte donne straniere: delle Moabite, delle Ammonite, delle Idumee, delle Sidonie, delle Hittee,
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!”
donne appartenenti ai popoli dei quali l’Eterno avea detto al figliuoli d’Israele: “Non andate da loro e non vengano essi da voi; poiché essi certo pervertirebbero il vostro cuore per farvi seguire i loro dèi”. A tali donne s’unì Salomone ne’ suoi amori.
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].
Ed ebbe settecento principesse per mogli e trecento concubine; e le sue mogli gli pervertirono il cuore;
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.
cosicché, al tempo della vecchiaia di Salomone, le sue mogli gl’inclinarono il cuore verso altri dèi; e il cuore di lui non appartenne tutto quanto all’Eterno, al suo Dio, come avea fatto il cuore di Davide suo padre.
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].
E Salomone seguì Astarte, divinità dei Sidoni, e Milcom, l’abominazione degli Ammoniti.
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.
Così Salomone fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno e non seguì pienamente l’Eterno, come avea fatto Davide suo padre.
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].
Fu allora che Salomone costruì, sul monte che sta dirimpetto a Gerusalemme, un alto luogo per Kemosh, l’abominazione di Moab, e per Molec, l’abominazione dei figliuoli di Ammon.
8 He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.
E fece così per tutte le sue donne straniere, le quali offrivano profumi e sacrifizi ai loro dèi.
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,
E l’Eterno s’indignò contro Salomone, perché il cuor di lui s’era alienato dall’Eterno, dall’Iddio d’Israele, che gli era apparito due volte,
e gli aveva ordinato, a questo proposito, di non andar dietro ad altri dèi; ma egli non osservò l’ordine datogli dall’Eterno.
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.
E l’Eterno disse a Salomone: “Giacché tu hai agito a questo modo, e non hai osservato il mio patto e le leggi che t’avevo date, io ti strapperò di dosso il reame, e lo darò al tuo servo.
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].
Nondimeno, per amor di Davide tuo padre, io non lo farò te vivente, ma lo strapperò dalle mani del tuo figliuolo.
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].”
Però, non gli strapperò tutto il reame, ma lascerò una tribù al tuo figliuolo, per amor di Davide mio servo, e per amor di Gerusalemme che io ho scelta”.
14 Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.
L’Eterno suscitò un nemico a Salomone: Hadad, l’Idumeo, ch’era della stirpe reale di Edom.
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.
Quando Davide sconfisse Edom, e Joab, capo dell’esercito, salì per seppellire i morti, e uccise tutti i maschi che erano in Edom;
(poiché Joab rimase in Edom sei mesi, con tutto Israele, finché v’ebbe sterminati tutti i maschi),
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.
questo Hadad fuggì con alcuni Idumei, servi di suo padre, per andare in Egitto. Hadad era allora un giovinetto.
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.
Quelli dunque partirono da Madian, andarono a Paran, presero seco degli uomini di Paran, e giunsero in Egitto da Faraone, re d’Egitto, il quale diede a Hadad una casa, provvide al suo mantenimento, e gli assegnò dei terreni.
19 The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.
Hadad entrò talmente nelle grazie di Faraone, che questi gli diede per moglie la sorella della propria moglie, la sorella della regina Tahpenes.
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.
E la sorella di Tahpenes gli partorì un figliuolo, Ghenubath, che Tahpenes divezzò in casa di Faraone; e Ghenubath rimase in casa di Faraone tra i figliuoli di Faraone.
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.”
Or quando Hadad ebbe sentito in Egitto che Davide s’era addormentato coi suoi padri e che Joab, capo dell’esercito, era morto, disse a Faraone: “Dammi licenza ch’io me ne vada al mio paese”.
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].
E Faraone gli rispose: “Che ti manca da me perché tu cerchi d’andartene al tuo paese?” E quegli replicò: “Nulla; nondimeno, ti prego, lasciami partire”.
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].
Iddio suscitò un altro nemico a Salomone: Rezon, figliuolo d’Eliada, ch’era fuggito dal suo signore Hadadezer, re di Tsoba.
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.
Ed egli avea radunato gente intorno a sé ed era diventato capo banda, quando Davide massacrò i Siri. Egli ed i suoi andarono a Damasco, vi si stabilirono, e regnarono in Damasco.
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.
E Rezon fu nemico d’Israele per tutto il tempo di Salomone; e questo, oltre il male già fatto da Hadad. Aborrì Israele e regnò sulla Siria.
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.
Anche Geroboamo, servo di Salomone, si ribellò contro il re. Egli era figlio di Nebat, Efrateo di Tsereda, e avea per madre una vedova che si chiamava Tserua.
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].
La causa per cui si ribellò contro il re, fu questa. Salomone costruiva Millo e chiudeva la breccia della città di Davide suo padre.
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.
Or Geroboamo era un uomo forte a valoroso; e Salomone, veduto come questo giovine lavorava, gli diede la sorveglianza di tutta la gente della casa di Giuseppe, comandata ai lavori.
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,
In quel tempo avvenne che Geroboamo, essendo uscito da Gerusalemme, s’imbatté per istrada nel profeta Ahija di Scilo, che portava un mantello nuovo; ed erano loro due soli nella campagna.
30 which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.
Ahija prese il mantello nuovo che aveva addosso, lo stracciò in dodici pezzi,
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].
e disse a Geroboamo: “Prendine per te dieci pezzi, perché l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Israele, dice così: Ecco, io strappo questo regno dalle mani di Salomone, e te ne darò dieci tribù,
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].
ma gli resterà una tribù per amor di Davide mio servo, e per amor di Gerusalemme, della città che ho scelta fra tutte le tribù d’Israele.
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.
E ciò, perché i figliuoli d’Israele m’hanno abbandonato, si sono prostrati davanti ad Astarte, divinità dei Sidoni, davanti a Kemosh, dio di Moab e davanti a Milcom, dio dei figliuoli d’Ammon, e non han camminato nelle mie vie per fare ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi miei e per osservare le mie leggi e i miei precetti, come fece Davide, padre di Salomone.
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.
Nondimeno non torrò dalle mani di lui tutto il regno, ma lo manterrò principe tutto il tempo della sua vita, per amor di Davide, mio servo, che io scelsi, e che osservò i miei comandamenti e le mie leggi;
35 But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].
ma torrò il regno dalle mani del suo figliuolo, e te ne darò dieci tribù;
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].
e al suo figliuolo lascerò una tribù affinché Davide, mio servo, abbia sempre una lampada davanti a me in Gerusalemme, nella città che ho scelta per mettervi il mio nome.
37 I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
Io prenderò dunque te, e tu regnerai su tutto quello che l’anima tua desidererà, e sarai re sopra Israele.
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.
E se tu ubbidisci a tutto quello che ti comanderò, e cammini nelle mie vie, e fai ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi miei, osservando le mie leggi e i miei comandamenti, come fece Davide mio servo, io sarò con te, ti edificherò una casa stabile, come ne edificai una a Davide, e ti darò Israele;
39 Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”
e umilierò così la progenie di Davide, ma non per sempre”.
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.
Perciò Salomone cercò di far morire Geroboamo; ma questi si levò e fuggì in Egitto presso Scishak, re d’Egitto, e rimase in Egitto fino alla morte di Salomone.
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.
Or il rimanente delle gesta di Salomone, tutto quello che fece, e la sua sapienza sta scritto nel libro delle gesta di Salomone.
42 He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.
Salomone regnò a Gerusalemme, su tutto Israele, quarant’anni.
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.
Poi Salomone s’addormentò coi suoi padri, e fu sepolto nella città di Davide suo padre; e Roboamo suo figliuolo gli succedette nel regno.
