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.
Salomón emparentó con el Faraón, rey de Egipto, tomando (por mujer) a la hija del Faraón, a la que trajo a la ciudad de David, hasta que hubiese acabado de edificar su propia casa, la casa de Yahvé, y las murallas en derredor de Jerusalén.
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.
Mientras tanto el pueblo ofrecía sacrificios en las alturas porque hasta aquel tiempo no se había edificado Casa al nombre de Yahvé.
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.
Salomón amaba a Yahvé siguiendo los preceptos de su padre David, solo que continuaba ofreciendo sacrificios y quemando incienso en las alturas.
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.
Fue el rey a Gabaón para ofrecer allí sacrificios, porque era este el más principal de los lugares altos. Mil holocaustos ofreció Salomón sobre aquel altar.
5 That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
En Gabaón se apareció Yahvé a Salomón en sueños durante la noche, y dijo Dios: “Pide lo que quieres que Yo te otorgue.”
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].
A lo que respondió Salomón: “Tú has hecho gran misericordia a tu siervo David, mi padre, conforme caminaba él en tu presencia en fidelidad, en justicia y en rectitud de corazón para contigo, y le has conservado esta gran misericordia, dándole un hijo que se sentara sobre su trono, como hoy (se verifica).
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].
Ahora pues, oh Yahvé, Dios mío, tú has hecho rey a tu siervo en lugar de mi padre David, a pesar de ser yo todavía un niño pequeño que no sabe cómo conducirse.
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].
Y sin embargo, tu siervo está en medio de tu pueblo que Tú escogiste, un pueblo grande, que por su muchedumbre no puede contarse ni numerarse.
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.”
Da, pues, a tu siervo un corazón dócil, para juzgar a tu pueblo, para distinguir entre el bien y el mal; porque ¿quién puede juzgar este pueblo tan grande?”
10 Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
Estas palabras agradaron al Señor, por haber pedido Salomón semejante cosa,
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].
y le dijo Dios: “Por cuanto has pedido esto, y no has pedido para ti larga vida, ni riquezas, ni la muerte de tus enemigos; sino que has pedido para ti inteligencia a fin de aprender justicia,
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.
sábete que te hago según tu palabra; he aquí que te doy un corazón tan sabio e inteligente, como no ha habido antes de ti, ni lo habrá igual después de ti.
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.
Y aun lo que no pediste te lo doy: riqueza y gloria, de suerte que no habrá entre los reyes ninguno como tú en todos tus días.
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.”
Y si siguieres mis caminos, guardando mis leyes y mis mandamientos, como lo hizo tu padre David, prolongaré tus días.”
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.
Se despertó Salomón y (comprendió) que era un sueño. De vuelta a Jerusalén, se presentó delante del Arca de la Alianza del Señor, ofreció holocaustos y sacrificios pacíficos y dio un banquete a todos sus servidores.
16 One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
Vinieron entonces al rey dos mujeres rameras, y presentándose delante de él,
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.
dijo la primera: “¡Óyeme, señor mío! Yo y esta mujer habitábamos en la misma casa; y di a luz un niño, junto a ella en la 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.
Tres días después de mi parto, dio a luz también esta mujer. Permanecíamos juntas; ninguna persona extraña se hallaba con nosotras en casa, sino que tan solo nosotras dos estábamos en casa.
19 “But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
Una noche murió el niño de esta mujer, por haberse ella acostado sobre él.
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.
Y levantándose ella a medianoche, quitó mi niño de junto a mí, estando dormida tu sierva, y lo puso en su seno, en tanto que a su hijo muerto lo puso en mi seno.
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!”
Cuando me levanté por la mañana a dar el pecho a mi hijo, vi que estaba muerto. Mas mirándole con mayor atención, a la luz del día; reconocí que no era el hijo mío, el que yo había dado a luz.”
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.
Respondió la otra mujer: “¡No, sino que mi hijo es el vivo, y tu hijo el muerto!” La primera, empero, decía: “¡No, sino que tu hijo es el muerto, y el mío el Vivo!” Y así altercaban ante el rey.
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.’”
Entonces dijo el rey: “Esta dice: Mi hijo es el vivo, y tu hijo el muerto; y aquella dice: No, sino que tu hijo es el muerto, y el mío el vivo.”
24 So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
Y ordenó el rey: “Traedme una espada”, y trajeron la espada ante el rey,
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.”
el cual dijo: “Partid el niño vivo en dos, y dad la mitad a la una, y la otra mitad a la otra.”
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.”
En este momento la mujer cuyo niño era el vivo, habló al rey —porque se le conmovían las entrañas por amor a su hijo— y dijo: “¡Óyeme, señor mío! ¡Dadle a ella el niño vivo, y de ninguna manera lo matéis!”; en tanto que la otra decía: “¡No ha de ser ni mío ni tuyo, sino divídase!”
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.”
Entonces tomó el rey la palabra y dijo: “¡Dad a la primera el niño vivo, y no lo matéis; ella es su madre!”
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.
Oyó todo Israel el fallo que había dictado el rey; y todos tuvieron profundo respeto al rey, porque vieron que había en él sabiduría de Dios para administrar justicia.
