1 Kings 3
1 Solomon went to see the king of Egypt. Solomon [made an agreement with him to] marry his daughter. They also made an alliance/agreement [that their armies would not attack each other]. Then Solomon brought the king’s daughter to live in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [She lived there] until Solomon’s workers had finished building his house and the temple of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem.
Apre, Salomon te fè yon alyans maryaj avèk Égypte, li te pran fi Farawon an e li te mennen li nan vil David la jiskaske li te fin bati pwòp kay li, lakay SENYÈ a, ak mi ki te antoure Jérusalem nan.
2 [At that time] the temple of Yahweh had not yet been built, so the Israeli people were still offering sacrifices at many other places of worship.
Menpèp la te toujou ap fè sakrifis sou wo plas yo, akoz pa t gen kay la pou non SENYÈ a jis rive nan jou sa yo.
3 Solomon loved Yahweh, and he obeyed all the instructions that his father David had given him. But he also offered sacrifices and burned incense at various altars.
Alò, Salomon te renmen SENYÈ a. Li te mache nan tout règleman papa li yo, David, sof ke li te fè sakrifis e li te brile lansan nan wo plas yo.
4 One day the king went to Gibeon [city] to offer a sacrifice there, because that was where the most famous/important altar was. In previous years he had offered hundreds of sacrifices on that altar.
Wa a te konn ale Gabaon pou fè sakrifis la, paske se la ke wo plas prensipal la te ye. Salomon te ofri mil ofrann brile sou lotèl sila a.
5 That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
Nan Gabaon, SENYÈ a te parèt a Salomon nan yon rèv pandan lannwit. Bondye te di: “Mande sa ou pito e m ap ba ou li.”
6 Solomon replied, “You always greatly and faithfully loved my father David, who served you [well]. You did that because he (was faithful to/faithfully obeyed) you and acted righteously and honestly toward you. And you have showed how greatly and faithfully you loved him by giving to him me, his son, and now I am ruling [MTY] as he did [before he died].
Salomon te di: “Ou te montre lanmou dous Ou anpil a sèvitè ou a, David, papa m, selon jan li te mache devan Ou, anverite, avèk ladwati, avèk kè ki dwat anvè Ou. Ou te konsève pou li gran amou sila a, ke Ou te ba li yon fis ki pou chita sou twòn li an, jan sa ye jodi a.
7 “Now, Yahweh my God, you have appointed me to be the king like my father was. But I am [very young, like] a little child [MET]. I do not know how to lead/rule my people at all [IDM].
Koulye a, O SENYÈ, Bondye mwen an, Ou te fè sèvitè ou wa nan plas a papa m, David, malgre mwen pa plis ke yon timoun. Mwen pa menm konnen kijan pou m antre ni kijan pou m sòti.
8 I am here among the people whom you have chosen. They are a very large group of people; there are very, very many of them, with the result that no one can count them [DOU].
Sèvitè Ou a nan mitan a pèp ke Ou te chwazi a; yon gran pèp ki twòp menm pou kontwole ni konte.
9 So please enable me to think clearly, in order that I may rule your people [well]. Enable me to know what is good and what is evil. [If you do not do that, ] I will never [RHQ] be able to rule this great group of people who belong to you.”
Pou sa, bay sèvitè Ou yon kè ki konprann pou li kab jije pèp Ou a, e distenge byen antre sa ki bon ak sa ki mal. Paske pou gran pèp Ou a, se kilès ki kab jije yo?”
10 Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
Sa te fè plezi nan zye SENYÈ a ke Salomon te mande bagay sa a.
11 God said to him, “You did not request that you live for many years or that you become very rich or that you be able to kill all your enemies. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise, in order that you will be able to know [and to do] what is right [while you govern these people].
Bondye te di li: “Akoz ou te mande bagay sa a, e ou pa t mande pou ou menm lavi ki long, ni richès pou ou menm, ni ou pa t mande pou pran lavi lènmi ou yo, men te mande pou ou menm ta gen kapasite pou konprann lajistis,
12 So, I will certainly do what you requested. I will enable you to be very wise [DOU]. The result will be that no one who has lived before you or who will live after you will be as [wise as] you are.
vwala, Mwen te fè selon pawòl ou yo. Veye byen, Mwen te ba ou yon kè avèk konprann ak sajès, jiskaske nanpwen moun tankou ou ni avan ou, ni p ap genyen yon moun tankou ou k ap vini apre ou.
13 I will also give you things that you did not request: I will enable you to become very rich and honored, as long as you live. You will be richer and more honored than any other king.
Mwen te ba ou osi sa ke ou pa t mande, ni richès ni onè, jiskaske p ap gen okenn pami wa ki tankou ou pandan tout jou ou yo.
14 If you conduct your life [IDM] as I want you to, and if you obey all my laws and commandments, as your father David did, I will enable you to live for many years.”
Si ou mache nan chemen Mwen yo e kenbe règleman Mwen yo, tankou papa ou, David te mache a, alò, Mwen va pwolonje jou ou yo.”
15 Then Solomon awoke, and he realized that [God had spoken to him in] a dream. Then he went to Jerusalem and stood in front of [the Sacred Tent where] the Sacred Chest [was], and he offered many sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then he made a feast for all his officials.
Salomon te vin leve e vwala, se yon rèv li te ye. Konsa, li te vini Jérusalem, e li te kanpe devan SENYÈ a, pou ofri ofrann brile ak ofrann lapè, e li te fè yon fèt pou tout sèvitè li yo.
16 One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
Alò, de fanm ki te pwostitiye te parèt kote wa a, e yo te kanpe devan l.
17 One of them said, “Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was there in the house.
Youn nan fanm yo te di: “O mèt mwen, fanm sila avèk mwen menm rete nan menm kay. Mwen te fè yon pitit pandan li te nan kay la.
18 Three days after my baby was born, this woman also gave birth to a baby. Only the two of us were in the house; there was no one else there.
Li te vin rive nan twazyèm jou ke m te fin akouche a, ke fanm sila a te fè yon pitit tou. Se te nou de sèl ansanm ke nou te ye.
19 “But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
Pitit a fanm sa a te mouri nan lannwit akoz li te kouche sou li.
20 So she got up at midnight and took my baby boy who was lying beside me while I was sleeping. She carried him to her bed and brought her dead baby and put it in my bed.
Konsa, li te leve nan mitan nwit lan, e li te pran pitit gason mwen an soti kote mwen, pandan sèvant ou an t ap dòmi. Li te mete li sou sen li e li te mete pitit mouri an sou sen mwen.
21 When I awoke the next morning and was ready to nurse my baby, I saw that it was dead. But when I looked at it closely in the morning light, I saw that it was not my baby!”
Lè m te leve nan maten pou fè pitit la pran tete, men vwala, li te mouri. Men lè m te gade li byen nan maten, gade byen, se pa pitit mwen an ke m fenk fin akouche a li te ye.”
22 But the other woman said, “That is not true! The baby that is alive is mine, and the baby that is dead is yours!” Then the first woman said, “No, the dead baby is yours, and the one that is alive is mine!” And they continued to argue in front of the king.
Alò, lòt fanm nan te di: “Non! Paske sila ki vivan an se fis mwen e sila ki mouri an se pitit pa w la.” Men premye fanm nan te di: “Non! Paske sila ki mouri an se fis pa w la e vivan an se pitit pa m nan.” Konsa, yo te pale devan wa a.
23 Then the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’”
Konsa, wa a te di: “Youn di: ‘Sa se fis mwen k ap viv la e pitit pa w la se sila ki mouri an;’ epi lòt la di: ‘Non! Paske fis pa w la se sila ki mouri an e se pitit mwen an ki viv la.’”
24 So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
Wa a te di: “Chache pou mwen yon nepe.” Epi yo te pote yon nepe devan wa a.
25 Then the king said to the servant, “Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women.”
Wa a te di: “Divize pitit vivan an an de mòso; bay mwatye a youn e mwatye a lòt la.”
26 But the woman whose baby was alive loved her baby very much, so she said to the king, “No, Your Majesty! Do not allow him to kill the baby! Give her the child that is alive!” But the other woman said to the king, “No, cut it in half. Then it will not be her baby or my baby.”
Alò fanm avèk pitit vivan an te pale ak wa a, paske li te boulvèse jis rive nan fon kè l sou fis li a e te di: “O mèt mwen, ba li pitit la e sitou, pa touye li.” Men lòt la te di: “Li p ap pou ou, ni pou mwen; divize l!”
27 Then the king said to the servant, “Do not kill the baby. Give the baby to the woman who said ‘Do not cut the baby in half,’ because she is truly the baby’s mother.”
Alò, wa a te di: “Bay pitit vivan an a premye fanm nan e pa okenn mwayen, pa touye li. Se li ki manman l.”
28 All the Israeli people heard about what the king had decided, and they revered him. They realized that God had truly enabled him to be very wise, to judge people’s matters fairly.
Lè tout Israël te tande koze a jijman sa a ke wa a te lonje bay, yo te krent wa a. Paske yo te wè ke sajès Bondye te nan li pou administre jistis la.
