1 Raja-raja 3
1 Lalu Salomo menjadi menantu Firaun, raja Mesir; ia mengambil anak Firaun, dan membawanya ke kota Daud, sampai ia selesai mendirikan istananya dan rumah TUHAN dan tembok sekeliling Yerusalem.
And so the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon, and he was joined with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by affinity. For he took his daughter, and he led her into the city of David, until he completed building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
2 Hanya, bangsa itu masih mempersembahkan korban di bukit-bukit pengorbanan, sebab belum ada didirikan rumah untuk nama TUHAN sampai pada waktu itu.
But still the people immolated in the high places. For no temple had been built to the name of the Lord, even to that day.
3 Dan Salomo menunjukkan kasihnya kepada TUHAN dengan hidup menurut ketetapan-ketetapan Daud, ayahnya; hanya, ia masih mempersembahkan korban sembelihan dan ukupan di bukit-bukit pengorbanan.
Now Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father, except that he immolated in the high places, and he burned incense.
4 Pada suatu hari raja pergi ke Gibeon untuk mempersembahkan korban, sebab di situlah bukit pengorbanan yang paling besar; seribu korban bakaran dipersembahkan Salomo di atas mezbah itu.
And so, he went away to Gibeon, so that he might immolate there; for that was the greatest high place. Solomon offered upon that altar, at Gibeon, one thousand victims as holocausts.
5 Di Gibeon itu TUHAN menampakkan diri kepada Salomo dalam mimpi pada waktu malam. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Mintalah apa yang hendak Kuberikan kepadamu."
Then the Lord appeared to Solomon, through a dream in the night, saying, “Request whatever you wish, so that I may give it to you.”
6 Lalu Salomo berkata: "Engkaulah yang telah menunjukkan kasih setia-Mu yang besar kepada hamba-Mu Daud, ayahku, sebab ia hidup di hadapan-Mu dengan setia, benar dan jujur terhadap Engkau; dan Engkau telah menjamin kepadanya kasih setia yang besar itu dengan memberikan kepadanya seorang anak yang duduk di takhtanya seperti pada hari ini.
And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to your servant David, my father, because he walked in your sight in truth and justice, and with an upright heart before you. And you have kept your great mercy for him, and you have given him a son sitting upon his throne, just as it is this day.
7 Maka sekarang, ya TUHAN, Allahku, Engkaulah yang mengangkat hamba-Mu ini menjadi raja menggantikan Daud, ayahku, sekalipun aku masih sangat muda dan belum berpengalaman.
And now, O Lord God, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, my father. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure.
8 Demikianlah hamba-Mu ini berada di tengah-tengah umat-Mu yang Kaupilih, suatu umat yang besar, yang tidak terhitung dan tidak terkira banyaknya.
And your servant is in the midst of the people that you have chosen, an immense people, who are not able to be numbered or counted because of their multitude.
9 Maka berikanlah kepada hamba-Mu ini hati yang faham menimbang perkara untuk menghakimi umat-Mu dengan dapat membedakan antara yang baik dan yanjahat, sebab siapakah yang sanggup menghakimi umat-Mu yang sangat besar ini?"
Therefore, give to your servant a teachable heart, so that he may be able to judge your people, and to discern between good and evil. For who will be able to judge this people, your people, who are so many?”
10 Lalu adalah baik di mata Tuhan bahwa Salomo meminta hal yang demikian.
And the word was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon had requested this kind of thing.
11 Jadi berfirmanlah Allah kepadanya: "Oleh karena engkau telah meminta hal yang demikian dan tidak meminta umur panjang atau kekayaan atau nyawa musuhmu, melainkan pengertian untuk memutuskan hukum,
And the Lord said to Solomon: “Since you have requested this word, and you have not asked for many days or for wealth for yourself, nor for the lives of your enemies, but instead you have requested for yourself wisdom in order to discern judgment:
12 maka sesungguhnya Aku melakukan sesuai dengan permintaanmu itu, sesungguhnya Aku memberikan kepadamu hati yang penuh hikmat dan pengertian, sehingga sebelum engkau tidak ada seorangpun seperti engkau, dan sesudah engkau takkan bangkit seorangpun seperti engkau.
behold, I have done for you according to your words, and I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so much so that there has been no one like you before you, nor anyone who will rise up after you.
13 Dan juga apa yang tidak kauminta Aku berikan kepadamu, baik kekayaan maupun kemuliaan, sehingga sepanjang umurmu takkan ada seorangpun seperti engkau di antara raja-raja.
But also the things for which you did not ask, I have given to you, namely wealth and glory, so that no one has been like you among the kings in the all days before.
14 Dan jika engkau hidup menurut jalan yang Kutunjukkan dan tetap mengikuti segala ketetapan dan perintah-Ku, sama seperti ayahmu Daud, maka Aku akan memperpanjang umurmu."
And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days.”
15 Lalu terjagalah Salomo; ternyata ia bermimpi. Sekembalinya ke Yerusalem, berdirilah ia di hadapan tabut perjanjian Tuhan, dipersembahkannya korban-korban bakaran dan korban-korban keselamatan, kemudian ia mengadakan perjamuan bagi semua pegawainya.
Then Solomon awakened, and he understood that it was a dream. And when he had arrived in Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and he offered holocausts and made victims of peace offerings, and he held a great feast for all his servants.
16 Pada waktu itu masuklah dua orang perempuan sundal menghadap raja, lalu mereka berdiri di depannya.
Then two women harlots went to the king, and they stood before him.
17 Kata perempuan yang satu: "Ya tuanku! aku dan perempuan ini diam dalam satu rumah, dan aku melahirkan anak, pada waktu dia ada di rumah itu.
And one of them said: “I beg you, my lord, I and this woman were living in one house, and I gave birth, with her in the room.
18 Kemudian pada hari ketiga sesudah aku, perempuan inipun melahirkan anak; kami sendirian, tidak ada orang luar bersama-sama kami dalam rumah, hanya kami berdua saja dalam rumah.
Then, on the third day after I gave birth, she also gave birth. And we were together, with no other person with us in the house, only the two of us.
19 Pada waktu malam anak perempuan ini mati, karena ia menidurinya.
Then this woman’s son died in the night. For while sleeping, she smothered him.
20 Pada waktu tengah malam ia bangun, lalu mengambil anakku dari sampingku; sementara hambamu ini tidur, dibaringkannya anakku itu di pangkuannya, sedang anaknya yang mati itu dibaringkannya di pangkuanku.
And rising up in the silent depths of the night, she took my son from my side, while I, your handmaid, was sleeping, and she set him in her bosom. Then she placed her dead son in my bosom.
21 Ketika aku bangun pada waktu pagi untuk menyusui anakku, tampaklah anak itu sudah mati, tetapi ketika aku mengamat-amati dia pada waktu pagi itu, tampaklah bukan dia anak yang kulahirkan."
And when I had arisen in the morning, so that I might give milk to my son, he appeared to be dead. But gazing upon him more diligently in the light of day, I realized that he was not mine, whom I had born.”
22 Kata perempuan yang lain itu: "Bukan! anakkulah yang hidup dan anakmulah yang mati." Tetapi perempuan yang pertama berkata pula: "Bukan! anakmulah yang mati dan anakkulah yang hidup." Begitulah mereka bertengkar di depan raja.
And the other woman responded: “It is not such as you say. Instead, your son is dead, but mine is alive.” To the contrary, she said: “You are lying. For my son lives, and your son is dead.” And in this manner, they were contending before the king.
23 Lalu berkatalah raja: "Yang seorang berkata: Anakkulah yang hidup ini dan anakmulah yang mati. Yang lain berkata: Bukan! Anakmulah yang mati dan anakkulah yang hidup."
Then said the king: “This one says, ‘My son is alive, and your son is dead.’ And the other responds, ‘No, instead your son is dead, but mine lives.’”
24 Sesudah itu raja berkata: "Ambilkan aku pedang," lalu dibawalah pedang ke depan raja.
Therefore the king said, “Bring a sword to me.” And when they had brought a sword before the king,
25 Kata raja: "Penggallah anak yang hidup itu menjadi dua dan berikanlah setengah kepada yang satu dan yang setengah lagi kepada yang lain."
he said, “Divide the living infant in two parts, and give a half part to the one and a half part to the other.”
26 Maka kata perempuan yang empunya anak yang hidup itu kepada raja, sebab timbullah belas kasihannya terhadap anaknya itu, katanya: "Ya tuanku! Berikanlah kepadanya bayi yang hidup itu, jangan sekali-kali membunuh dia." Tetapi yang lain itu berkata: "Supaya jangan untukku ataupun untukmu, penggallah!"
But the woman, whose son was alive, said to the king, for her heart was moved concerning her son, “I beg you, my lord, give the living infant to her, and do not kill him.” To the contrary, the other said, “Let it be neither for me, nor for you, instead divide it.”
27 Tetapi raja menjawab, katanya: "Berikanlah kepadanya bayi yang hidup itu, jangan sekali-kali membunuh dia; dia itulah ibunya."
The king responded and said: “Give the living infant to this woman, and do not kill it. For she is his mother.”
28 Ketika seluruh orang Israel mendengar keputusan hukum yang diberikan raja, maka takutlah mereka kepada raja, sebab mereka melihat, bahwa hikmat dari pada Allah ada dalam hatinya untuk melakukan keadilan.
Then all of Israel heard about the judgment that the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to accomplish judgment.
