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.
Y Salomón hizo parentesco con Faraón rey de Egipto, porque tomó por mujer la hija de Faraón, y trájola en la ciudad de David, entre tanto que acababa de edificar su casa, y la casa de Jehová, y los muros de Jerusalem al derredor.
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.
Hasta entonces el pueblo sacrificaba en los altos; porque aun no había casa edificada al nombre de Jehová hasta aquellos tiempos.
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.
Mas Salomón amó a Jehová andando en la institución de su padre David, solamente sacrificaba, y quemaba olores en 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.
E iba el rey a Gabaón, porque aquel era el alto principal, y sacrificaba allí: mil holocaustos sacrificaba 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?”
Y aparecióse Jehová a Salomón en Gabaón una noche en sueños, y dijo Dios: Pide lo que quisieres, 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].
Y Salomón dijo: Tú hiciste gran misericordia a tu siervo David mi padre, de la manera que él anduvo delante de ti con verdad, con justicia, y con rectitud de corazón para contigo: y tú le has guardado esta tu grande misericordia, que le diste un hijo que se asentase en su trono, como parece en este día.
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, Jehová Dios mío, tú has puesto a mí tu siervo por rey en lugar de David mi padre: y yo soy mozo pequeño, que ni sé entrar, ni salir:
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 tu siervo está en medio de tu pueblo, al cual tú elegiste: un pueblo grande, que ni se puede contar, ni numerar por su multitud.
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 corazón dócil para juzgar a tu pueblo: para entender entre lo bueno y lo malo: porque ¿quién podrá gobernar este tu pueblo tan grande?
10 Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
Y agradó delante de Adonaí, que Salomón pidiese 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].
Y díjole Dios: Porque has demandado esto, y no pediste para ti muchos días, ni pediste para ti riquezas, ni pediste la vida de tus enemigos, mas demandaste para ti inteligencia para oír juicio:
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.
He aquí, yo lo he hecho conforme a tus palabras: he aquí que yo te he dado corazón sabio y entendido tanto, que no haya habido antes de ti otro como tú, ni después de ti se levante otro como tú.
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 también las cosas que no pediste, te he dado: riquezas y gloria, que entre los reyes ninguno haya 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 anduvieres en mis caminos, guardando mis estatutos y mis mandamientos, como tu padre David anduvo, yo alargaré 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.
Y como Salomón despertó, vio que era sueño: y vino a Jerusalem, y presentóse delante del arca del concierto de Jehová, y sacrificó holocaustos, e hizo pacíficos: e hizo banquete a todos sus siervos.
16 One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
En aquella sazón vinieron dos mujeres rameras al rey, y presentáronse 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.
Y dijo la una mujer: ¡Ay! señor mío, yo y esta mujer morábamos en una misma casa: y yo parí en casa con ella.
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.
Y aconteció, que al tercero día después que yo parí, esta parió también: y morábamos nosotras ambas, que ninguno de fuera estaba en casa, sino nosotras dos en una casa.
19 “But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
Y 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.
Y esta se levantó a media noche, y tomóme mi hijo de junto a mí, estando yo tu sierva durmiendo, y púsole a su lado, y púsome a mi lado su hijo muerto.
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!”
Y como yo me levanté por la mañana para dar el pecho a mi hijo, he aquí que estaba muerto. Y yo le miré por la mañana, y, he aquí que no era mi hijo, que yo había 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.
Entonces la otra mujer dijo: No: mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto. Y la otra volvió a decir: No: tu hijo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el que vive. Y de esta manera hablaban 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.’”
El rey entonces dijo: Esta dice: Mi hijo es el que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto. Y la otra dice: No, mas el tuyo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el que vive.
24 So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
Entonces dijo el rey: Traédme una espada: y trajeron al rey una espada.
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.”
Y el rey dijo: Partíd por medio el niño vivo, 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.”
Entonces aquella mujer cuyo era el hijo vivo, dijo al rey (porque sus entrañas se le encendieron por su hijo, y dijo): ¡Ay! señor mío, dad a esta el niño vivo, no le matéis. Y la otra dijo: Ni a mí, ni a ti, sino partídle.
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 respondió, y dijo: Dad a esta el hijo vivo, y no le 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.
Y todo Israel oyó aquel juicio, que había juzgado el rey, y hubieron temor del rey, porque vieron que había en él sabiduría de Dios para juzgar.
