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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.
And Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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 the people sacrificed still on the high-places; because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until 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 loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only that he sacrificed and burnt incense 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 Gib'on to sacrifice there; for that was the great high-place: one thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer upon 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 Gib'on the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream of the night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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, Thou hast shown unto thy servant David my father great kindness, just as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, and thou hast given him a son who sitteth on his throne, as it is 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, thou hast made thy servant king in the place of David my father: and I am but a young lad; I know not 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 thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot he numbered nor counted for multitude.
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 therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would [otherwise] be able to judge this thy great people?
10 Sa te fè plezi nan zye SENYÈ a ke Salomon te mande bagay sa a.
And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
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 unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; and hast not asked for thyself riches, nor hast asked the life of thy enemies; but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand [how to give] judgment:
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.
Behold, I have done according to thy word; lo, I have given thee a wise and a discerning heart; so that like unto thee there was none before thee, nor after thee shall any one arise like unto thee.
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 also what thou hast not asked have I given thee, both riches and honor: so that like unto thee there shall not have been any one among the kings all thy days.
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 thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then will I lengthen thy days.
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 awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; and he went to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, and prepared peace-offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
16 Alò, de fanm ki te pwostitiye te parèt kote wa a, e yo te kanpe devan l.
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and placed themselves before him.
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 the one woman said, Pardon, my Lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her 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 it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, that also this woman was delivered: and we were together, there was no stranger with us in the house, only we two were in the house.
19 Pitit a fanm sa a te mouri nan lannwit akoz li te kouche sou li.
And this woman's son died in the night; because she had overlaid him.
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 arose in the midst of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy hand-maid slept, and laid him in her bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom.
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 rose in the morning to give my son suck, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had born.
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, It is not so; my son is the living one, and thy son is the dead; and this one said, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living: thus they spoke 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 said the king, This one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is dead: and the other saith, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
24 Wa a te di: “Chache pou mwen yon nepe.” Epi yo te pote yon nepe devan wa a.
And the king said, Fetch me a sword: and they brought the 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, Hew the living child in two, and give the one half to one, and the other half 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 spoke the woman whose son was the living unto the king, for her love had become enkindled for her son, and she said, O pardon, my Lord, give her the living child, and only do not slay it; but the other said, Neither mine nor thine shall it be, hew it asunder.
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.”
The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother.
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 when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.
