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1 Solomo wɔ ɖeka kple Farao, Egipte fia eye wòɖe via nyɔnu aɖe. Ekplɔe va David ƒe du la me va se ɖe esime wòawu eƒe fiasã la kple Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la tutu kple gliɖoɖo ƒo xlã Yerusalem nu.
Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.
2 Le ɣe ma ɣi la, Israel saa vɔ le vɔsamlekpuiwo dzi le toawo dzi elabena wometu Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ haɖe o.
But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.
3 Fia Solomo lɔ̃ Yehowa eye wòzɔ ɖe fofoa, Fia David ƒe ɖoɖowo katã nu negbe ale si wòyi vɔwo sasa kple dzudzɔdodo dzi le toawo dzi ko.
And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.
4 Vɔsamlekpui siwo nɔ toawo dzi la dometɔ xɔŋkɔtɔe nye esi nɔ Gibeon; Fia la yi afi ma eye wòsa numevɔ akpe ɖeka!
And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.
5 Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae le zã ma me eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Bia nu sia nu si dze ŋuwò la eye matsɔe ana wò!”
In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
6 Solomo ɖo eŋu be, “Èwɔ dɔmenyo gã na wò dɔla, fofonye, David elabena eɖi anukware na wò. Ewɔ nu dzɔdzɔe eye eƒe dzi to mɔ ɖeka. Èyi edzi, ɖe amenuveve gã sia fiae eye nèna viŋutsue be wòanɔ eƒe fiazikpui dzi egbea.
And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
7 “Azɔ la, Oo Yehowa, nye Mawu, èɖo wò dɔla fiae ɖe fofonye, David teƒe, ke nye la, ɖevi sue ko menye, nyemenya ale si mawɔ nye dɔdeasiwoe o.
And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
8 Azɔ la, wò dɔla le afii, le wò ame tiatiawo dome, dukɔ si lolo eye ameawo sɔ gbɔ ale gbegbe be womate ŋu axlẽ wo o.
And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.
9 Na dzi nyanu wò dɔla ale be wòate ŋu aɖu wò dukɔ dzi eye wòade vovototo nyui kple vɔ̃ dome elabena ame kae ate ŋu aɖu wò dukɔ gã sia dzi?”
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
10 Edzɔ dzi na Aƒetɔ la be Solomo bia nu sia
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
11 eya ta Mawu gblɔ nɛ be, “Esi nèbia esia eye menye agbe didi loo alo kesinɔnuwo na ɖokuiwò o loo alo wò futɔwo ƒe ku o ke boŋ dzi nyanu be yeatsɔ atso afia nyui ta la,
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
12 mawɔ nu si nèbia la na wò. Mana dzi nyanu kple dzi si sea nu gɔme la wò ale be tɔwò tɔgbi aɖeke manɔ anyi fifia loo alo akpɔ gbeɖe o.
I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
13 Gawu la, matsɔ nu si mèbia o la hã akpee na wò, kesinɔnuwo kple bubu siaa, ale be le wò agbemeŋkekewo katã me la, fia aɖeke masɔ kpli wò o
And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
14 eye ne èzɔ le nye mɔwo dzi, nèwɔ ɖe nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo dzi abe ale si fofowò, David wɔ ene la, mana agbe didi wò.”
And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.
15 Solomo nyɔ eye wòdze sii be drɔ̃e yeku. Etrɔ va Yerusalem eye wòva tsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ƒe nubablaɖaka la ŋgɔ, sa numevɔ kple akpedavɔ eye wòɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe na eŋumewo katã.
And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.
16 Gbe ɖeka la, ɖetugbi eve siwo nye gbolowo la tsɔ nya aɖe va fia la gbɔ be wòatso eme na yewo.
Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
17 Ɖeka gblɔ be, “Nye aƒetɔ, nye kple nyɔnu sia míele aƒe ɖeka me. Medzi vi esime wònɔ afi ma kplim.
And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.
18 Esi medzi vi ŋkeke etɔ̃ megbe la, nyɔnu sia hã dzi vi. Mí ame evea koe nɔ aƒea me.
And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.
19 “Ke le zã me la, emlɔ anyi, mli ɖamlɔ via dzi eye ɖevia ku.
In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
20 Efɔ zã ma me dzaa va tsɔ vinye le gbɔnye esi menɔ alɔ̃ dɔm. Etsɔ via kukua de nye abɔwo dome eye wòtsɔ tɔnye yi ɖamlɔ eɖokui gbɔ.
And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
21 Esi ŋu be yeake eye mebe mana no vidzĩa la, mekpɔ be eku! Melé ŋku ɖe eŋu nyuie eye medze sii be menye vinyee o.”
And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.
22 Nyɔnu evelia hã gblɔ be, “Etɔ tututue nye vidzĩ kuku la eye tɔnyee nye esi le agbe.” Nyɔnu gbãtɔ be, “Ao, vidzĩ kuku lae nye tɔwò eye agbagbeae nye tɔnye.” Ale wohe nya sia le fia la ŋkume.
And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.
23 Fia la gblɔ be, “Ame si gblɔ be, ‘Vinyee nye agbagbea, eye viwòe nye kukua,’ eye ame keme be, ‘Ao! Viwòe nye kukua eye vinyee nye agbagbea.’”
Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says, Not so; but your son is the dead one and mine is the living.
24 Azɔ fia la gblɔ be, “Enyo, mitsɔ yi vɛ nam” Ale wotsɔ yi vɛ na fia la.
Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.
25 Fia la na gbe hegblɔ be, “Mima ɖevi gbagbe la ɖe akpa eve me eye miatsɔ afã eveawo na nyɔnu eve siawo ɖekaɖekae!”
And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.
26 Nyɔnu si tɔe nye ɖevi gbagbe la eye wòlɔ̃ via ŋutɔŋutɔ la do ɣli be, “Ao! Kpao! Aƒetɔ! Tsɔ ɖevi gbagbe la na nyɔnu evelia faa! Mègawui o!” Ke nyɔnu evelia ya gblɔ be, “Enyo, ekema ɖevia maganye tɔwò loo alo tɔnye o; mimae na mí!”
Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.
27 Fia la gblɔ be, “Tsɔ ɖevi gbagbea na nyɔnu si di be ɖevia nanɔ agbe, elabena eyae nye ɖevi la dada!”
Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.
28 Fia Solomo ƒe nyametsotso sia kaka ɖe dukɔ blibo la me enumake eye ameawo katã ƒe nu ku esi wodze si nunya gã si Mawu nae.
And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
