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 Faraón, rey de Egipto, al tomar como esposa a la hija de Faraón. La llevó a la Ciudad de David mientras terminaba de edificar su propia casa, la Casa de Yavé y el muro alrededor 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.
Sin embargo, el pueblo ofrecía sacrificios en los lugares altos, porque en aquellos tiempos no había sido edificada Casa al Nombre de Yavé.
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 Yavé y andaba en los caminos de su padre David, pero ofrecía sus sacrificios y ofrendas en los lugares altos.
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.
El rey iba a Gabaón para ofrecer allí sacrificios, porque aquél era el lugar alto principal. Salomón ofreció 1.000 holocaustos 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 Yavé se apareció a Salomón en un sueño de noche. Y ʼElohim le dijo: Pide lo que quieras que Yo te dé.
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].
Salomón respondió: Tú mostraste gran misericordia a tu esclavo David, mi padre, porque él anduvo delante de Ti con fidelidad, justicia y rectitud de corazón hacia Ti. Tú le conservaste esta gran misericordia y le diste un hijo que se siente en su trono, como hoy.
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, oh Yavé, ʼElohim mío, Tú constituiste a tu esclavo como rey en lugar de mi padre David, aunque soy joven, y no sé cómo salir ni 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].
Tu esclavo está en medio de tu pueblo, al cual escogiste, un pueblo tan numeroso que por su multitud no se puede contar ni calcular.
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.”
Concede a tu esclavo un corazón que sepa escuchar, para juzgar a tu pueblo y distinguir entre lo bueno y lo malo. Porque, ¿quién será capaz de juzgar a este pueblo tuyo tan grande?
10 Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
Agradó a ʼAdonay que Salomón pidiera esto.
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].
ʼElohim le dijo: Porque pediste esto, y no una larga vida, ni riquezas para ti, ni la vida de tus enemigos, sino pediste inteligencia para administrar 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.
ciertamente cumplo tu ruego y te doy un corazón sabio y entendido, como no hubo otro antes de ti, ni lo habrá después.
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.
También te concedo lo que no pediste, tanto riquezas como honores, de modo que no habrá entre los reyes un hombre 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.”
Si andas en mis caminos para cumplir mis Estatutos y mis Mandamientos, como anduvo David tu padre, 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.
Salomón despertó, y ciertamente era un sueño. Volvió entonces a Jerusalén, se detuvo ante el Arca del Pacto de ʼAdonay. Ofreció holocaustos y sacrificios de paz e hizo un banquete para todos sus esclavos.
16 One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
Dos mujeres prostitutas llegaron ante el rey y se colocaron en pie 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.
Una de las mujeres dijo: ¡Ay, ʼadón mío! Esta mujer y yo vivimos en la misma casa. Cuando di a luz ella estaba conmigo 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.
Sucedió que tres días después de mi parto, esta mujer también dio a luz. Nosotras vivíamos juntas y ningún extraño estaba con nosotras en la casa. Solo nosotras dos.
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 el hijo de esta mujer murió, porque ella se acostó 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.
Se levantó a medianoche y tomó a mi hijo de junto a mí, pues tu esclava estaba dormida. Lo puso a su lado y a su hijo muerto lo puso a mi lado.
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 para amamantar a mi hijo, ¡ahí estaba muerto! Pero por la mañana lo observé bien, ¡y ciertamente no era mi hijo, el que yo di 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.
Pero la otra mujer replicó: ¡No! Sino mi hijo es el vivo y tu hijo es el muerto. Y la primera volvió a decir: ¡No! ¡Tu hijo es el muerto y mi hijo es el vivo! Y disputaban muchísimo delante del 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 el rey dijo: Esta dice: Mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto. Y la otra dice: ¡No! Sino tu hijo es el muerto, y mi hijo el vivo.
24 So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
El rey dijo: ¡Tráiganme una espada! Cuando llevaron la espada ante el rey, él
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.”
dispuso: ¡Partan el niño vivo en dos, y den 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.”
Pero entonces, la mujer de quien era el hijo vivo habló al rey, porque sus entrañas se conmovieron por su hijo. Y exclamó: ¡Ay, ʼadón mío! Den a ella el niño vivo, y no lo maten de ningún modo. Pero la otra dijo: Que no sea para mí ni para ti. ¡Pártanlo!
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 el rey dijo: ¡Denle a aquélla el niño vivo y no lo maten! 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.
Todo Israel oyó acerca de la sentencia que dio el rey, y tuvieron temor al rey, porque vieron que la sabiduría de ʼElohim estaba en su corazón para hacer justicia.
