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.
E Salomão se aparentou com faraó, rei do Egito: e tomou a filha de faraó, e a trouxe à cidade de David, até que acabasse de edificar a sua casa, e a casa do Senhor, e a muralha de Jerusalém em roda
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.
Somente que o povo sacrificava sobre os altos: porque até àqueles dias ainda se não tinha edificado casa ao nome do Senhor.
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.
E Salomão amava ao Senhor, andando nos estatutos de David seu pai: somente que nos altos sacrificava, e queimava incenso.
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.
E foi o rei a Gibeon para lá sacrificar, porque aquele era o alto grande: mil holocaustos sacrificou Salomão naquele altar.
5 That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
E em Gibeon apareceu o Senhor a Salomão de noite em sonhos: e disse-lhe Deus: Pede o que quizeres que te dê.
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].
E disse Salomão: De grande beneficência usaste tu com teu servo David meu pai, como também ele andou contigo em verdade, e em justiça, e em retidão de coração, perante a tua face: e guardaste-lhe esta grande beneficência, e lhe deste um filho que se assentasse no seu trono, como se vê neste dia.
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].
Agora pois, ó Senhor meu Deus, tu fizeste reinar a teu servo em lugar de David meu pai: e sou ainda menino pequeno; nem sei sair, nem entrar.
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].
E teu servo está no meio do teu povo que elegeste: povo grande, que nem se pode contar, nem numerar, pela sua multidão.
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.”
A teu servo pois dá um coração entendido para julgar a teu povo, para que prudentemente discerna entre o bem e o mal: porque quem poderia julgar a este teu tão grande povo?
10 Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
E esta palavra pareceu boa aos olhos do Senhor, de que Salomão pedisse esta coisa.
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].
E disse-lhe Deus: Porquanto pediste esta coisa, e não pediste para ti riquezas, nem pediste a vida de teus inimigos; mas pediste para ti entendimento, para ouvir causas de juízo;
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.
Eis que fiz segundo as tuas palavras: eis que te dei um coração tão sábio e entendido, que antes de ti teu igual não houve, e depois de ti teu igual se não levantará.
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.
E também até o que não pediste te dei, assim riquezas como glória: que não haja teu igual entre os reis, por todos os teus dias.
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.”
E, se andares nos meus caminhos, guardando os meus estatutos, e os meus mandamentos, como andou David teu pai, também prolongarei os teus dias.
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.
E acordou Salomão, e eis que era sonho. E veio a Jerusalém, e pôs-se perante a arca do concerto do Senhor, e sacrificou holocaustos, e preparou sacrifícios pacíficos, e fez um banquete a todos os seus servos.
16 One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
Então vieram duas mulheres prostitutas ao rei, e se puseram perante ele.
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.
E disse-lhe uma das mulheres: Ah! senhor meu, eu e esta mulher moramos numa casa; e pari, morando com ela naquela casa.
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.
E sucedeu que, ao terceiro dia depois do meu parto, pariu também esta mulher: estávamos juntas; estranho nenhum estava conosco na casa, senão nós ambas naquela casa.
19 “But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
E de noite morreu o filho desta mulher, porquanto se deitara sobre ele.
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.
E levantou-se à meia noite, e me tirou a meu filho do meu lado, dormindo a tua serva, e o deitou no seu seio: e a seu filho morto deitou no meu seio.
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!”
E, levantando-me eu pela manhã, para dar de mamar a meu filho, eis que estava morto: mas, atentando pela manhã para ele, eis que não era meu filho, que eu havia parido.
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.
Então disse a outra mulher: Não, mas o vivo é meu filho, e teu filho o morto. Porém esta disse: Não, por certo, o morto é teu filho, e meu filho o vivo. Assim falaram perante o rei
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.’”
Então disse o rei: Esta diz: Este que vive é meu filho, e teu filho o morto; e esta outra diz: Não, por certo; o morto é teu filho e meu filho o vivo.
24 So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
Disse mais o rei: Trazei-me uma espada. E trouxeram uma espada diante do rei.
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.”
E disse o rei: Dividi em duas partes o menino vivo: e dai metade a uma, e metade a outra.
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.”
Mas a mulher, cujo filho era o vivo, falou ao rei (porque as suas entranhas se lhe enterneceram por seu filho), e disse: Ah! senhor meu, dai-lhe o menino vivo, e por modo nenhum o mateis. Porém a outra dizia: Nem teu nem meu seja; dividi-o antes.
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.”
Então respondeu o rei, e disse: dai a esta o menino vivo, e de maneira nenhuma o mateis, porque esta é sua mãe.
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.
E todo o Israel ouviu o juízo que julgara o rei, e temeu ao rei: porque viram que havia nele a sabedoria de Deus, para fazer justiça.
