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1 Apre, Salomon te fè yon alyans maryaj avèk Égypte, li te pran fi Farawon an e li te mennen li nan vil David la jiskaske li te fin bati pwòp kay li, lakay SENYÈ a, ak mi ki te antoure Jérusalem nan.
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 Menpèp la te toujou ap fè sakrifis sou wo plas yo, akoz pa t gen kay la pou non SENYÈ a jis rive nan jou sa yo.
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 Alò, Salomon te renmen SENYÈ a. Li te mache nan tout règleman papa li yo, David, sof ke li te fè sakrifis e li te brile lansan nan wo plas yo.
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 Wa a te konn ale Gabaon pou fè sakrifis la, paske se la ke wo plas prensipal la te ye. Salomon te ofri mil ofrann brile sou lotèl sila a.
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 Nan Gabaon, SENYÈ a te parèt a Salomon nan yon rèv pandan lannwit. Bondye te di: “Mande sa ou pito e m ap ba ou li.”
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 Salomon te di: “Ou te montre lanmou dous Ou anpil a sèvitè ou a, David, papa m, selon jan li te mache devan Ou, anverite, avèk ladwati, avèk kè ki dwat anvè Ou. Ou te konsève pou li gran amou sila a, ke Ou te ba li yon fis ki pou chita sou twòn li an, jan sa ye jodi a.
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 Koulye a, O SENYÈ, Bondye mwen an, Ou te fè sèvitè ou wa nan plas a papa m, David, malgre mwen pa plis ke yon timoun. Mwen pa menm konnen kijan pou m antre ni kijan pou m sòti.
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 Sèvitè Ou a nan mitan a pèp ke Ou te chwazi a; yon gran pèp ki twòp menm pou kontwole ni konte.
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 Pou sa, bay sèvitè Ou yon kè ki konprann pou li kab jije pèp Ou a, e distenge byen antre sa ki bon ak sa ki mal. Paske pou gran pèp Ou a, se kilès ki kab jije yo?”
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 Sa te fè plezi nan zye SENYÈ a ke Salomon te mande bagay sa a.
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
11 Bondye te di li: “Akoz ou te mande bagay sa a, e ou pa t mande pou ou menm lavi ki long, ni richès pou ou menm, ni ou pa t mande pou pran lavi lènmi ou yo, men te mande pou ou menm ta gen kapasite pou konprann lajistis,
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 vwala, Mwen te fè selon pawòl ou yo. Veye byen, Mwen te ba ou yon kè avèk konprann ak sajès, jiskaske nanpwen moun tankou ou ni avan ou, ni p ap genyen yon moun tankou ou k ap vini apre ou.
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 Mwen te ba ou osi sa ke ou pa t mande, ni richès ni onè, jiskaske p ap gen okenn pami wa ki tankou ou pandan tout jou ou yo.
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 Si ou mache nan chemen Mwen yo e kenbe règleman Mwen yo, tankou papa ou, David te mache a, alò, Mwen va pwolonje jou ou yo.”
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 Salomon te vin leve e vwala, se yon rèv li te ye. Konsa, li te vini Jérusalem, e li te kanpe devan SENYÈ a, pou ofri ofrann brile ak ofrann lapè, e li te fè yon fèt pou tout sèvitè li yo.
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 Alò, de fanm ki te pwostitiye te parèt kote wa a, e yo te kanpe devan l.
Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
17 Youn nan fanm yo te di: “O mèt mwen, fanm sila avèk mwen menm rete nan menm kay. Mwen te fè yon pitit pandan li te nan kay la.
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 Li te vin rive nan twazyèm jou ke m te fin akouche a, ke fanm sila a te fè yon pitit tou. Se te nou de sèl ansanm ke nou te ye.
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 Pitit a fanm sa a te mouri nan lannwit akoz li te kouche sou li.
In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
20 Konsa, li te leve nan mitan nwit lan, e li te pran pitit gason mwen an soti kote mwen, pandan sèvant ou an t ap dòmi. Li te mete li sou sen li e li te mete pitit mouri an sou sen mwen.
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 Lè m te leve nan maten pou fè pitit la pran tete, men vwala, li te mouri. Men lè m te gade li byen nan maten, gade byen, se pa pitit mwen an ke m fenk fin akouche a li te ye.”
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 Alò, lòt fanm nan te di: “Non! Paske sila ki vivan an se fis mwen e sila ki mouri an se pitit pa w la.” Men premye fanm nan te di: “Non! Paske sila ki mouri an se fis pa w la e vivan an se pitit pa m nan.” Konsa, yo te pale devan wa a.
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 Konsa, wa a te di: “Youn di: ‘Sa se fis mwen k ap viv la e pitit pa w la se sila ki mouri an;’ epi lòt la di: ‘Non! Paske fis pa w la se sila ki mouri an e se pitit mwen an ki viv la.’”
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 Wa a te di: “Chache pou mwen yon nepe.” Epi yo te pote yon nepe devan wa a.
Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.
25 Wa a te di: “Divize pitit vivan an an de mòso; bay mwatye a youn e mwatye a lòt la.”
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 Alò fanm avèk pitit vivan an te pale ak wa a, paske li te boulvèse jis rive nan fon kè l sou fis li a e te di: “O mèt mwen, ba li pitit la e sitou, pa touye li.” Men lòt la te di: “Li p ap pou ou, ni pou mwen; divize l!”
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 Alò, wa a te di: “Bay pitit vivan an a premye fanm nan e pa okenn mwayen, pa touye li. Se li ki manman l.”
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 Lè tout Israël te tande koze a jijman sa a ke wa a te lonje bay, yo te krent wa a. Paske yo te wè ke sajès Bondye te nan li pou administre jistis la.
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.
