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.
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.
2 Hanya, bangsa itu masih mempersembahkan korban di bukit-bukit pengorbanan, sebab belum ada didirikan rumah untuk nama TUHAN sampai pada waktu itu.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
5 Di Gibeon itu TUHAN menampakkan diri kepada Salomo dalam mimpi pada waktu malam. Berfirmanlah Allah: "Mintalah apa yang hendak Kuberikan kepadamu."
That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give 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.
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].
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.
“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].
8 Demikianlah hamba-Mu ini berada di tengah-tengah umat-Mu yang Kaupilih, suatu umat yang besar, yang tidak terhitung dan tidak terkira banyaknya.
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].
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?"
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.”
10 Lalu adalah baik di mata Tuhan bahwa Salomo meminta hal yang demikian.
Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
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,
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].
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.”
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 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.
16 Pada waktu itu masuklah dua orang perempuan sundal menghadap raja, lalu mereka berdiri di depannya.
One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
19 Pada waktu malam anak perempuan ini mati, karena ia menidurinya.
“But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
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.
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.
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."
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!”
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.
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.
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 the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’”
24 Sesudah itu raja berkata: "Ambilkan aku pedang," lalu dibawalah pedang ke depan raja.
So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to 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."
Then the king said to the servant, “Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women.”
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 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.”
27 Tetapi raja menjawab, katanya: "Berikanlah kepadanya bayi yang hidup itu, jangan sekali-kali membunuh dia; dia itulah ibunya."
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.”
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.
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.
