1 Bakonzi 3
1 Salomo asalaki boyokani elongo na Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito; abalaki mwana mwasi ya Faraon mpe amemaki ye na engumba ya Davidi, kino tango asilisaki kotonga ndako na ye ya bokonzi, Tempelo ya Yawe mpe bamir, zingazinga ya Yelusalemi.
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 Na tango wana, bato bazalaki kotumba mbeka na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba, pamba te ezalaki nanu na tempelo moko te oyo etongamaki mpo na Kombo na Yawe.
[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 Salomo alakisaki bolingo na ye mpo na Yawe na kotambola kolanda malako ya Davidi, tata na ye, longola kaka kotumba mbeka mpe ansa na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba.
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 Mokonzi akendeki na Gabaoni mpo na kobonza mbeka, pamba te ezalaki esambelo ya likolo ya ngomba oyo elekaki motuya, mpe kuna, Salomo abonzaki bambeka ya kotumba nkoto moko, na etumbelo wana.
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 Na Gabaoni, Yawe amimonisaki epai ya Salomo kati na ndoto ya butu. Nzambe alobaki na ye: — Senga Ngai nyonso oyo olingi ete napesa yo.
That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
6 Salomo azongisaki: — Otalisi bolamu monene epai ya tata na ngai, Davidi, mosali na Yo, pamba te atambolaki na boyengebene mpe na bosembo na miso na Yo; okobaki kotalisa ye bolamu monene na Yo mpe opesi ye mwana mobali oyo avandi lelo na kiti na ye ya bokonzi.
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 Sik’oyo, oh Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, okomisi mowumbu na Yo mokonzi na esika ya Davidi, tata na ngai. Kasi nazali nanu elenge mpe nayebi te ndenge nini nakoki komema mokumba oyo.
“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 Mowumbu na Yo azali awa kati na bato oyo oponi: bato ebele oyo bakoki kotanga motango na bango te mpo ete bazali ebele penza.
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 Boye, pesa na mowumbu na Yo motema ya mayele mpo na kokamba bato na Yo mpe kososola malamu mpe mabe. Pamba te, nani akolonga kokamba ebele ya bato na Yo oyo?
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 Nkolo asepelaki na likambo oyo Salomo asengaki.
Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
11 Nzambe alobaki na ye: — Lokola osengi bwanya, kasi osengi bomoi molayi te to bomengo mpo na yo moko te; lokola osengi kufa ya banguna na yo te, kasi osengi bwanya mpo na kokata makambo na bosembo,
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 nakosala nyonso oyo osili kosenga. Nakopesa yo motema ya bwanya mpe ya mayele, na lolenge oyo natikala nanu te kopesa na moto moko liboso na yo; mpe sima na yo, moto moko te akotikala kozala lokola yo.
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 Nakopesa yo lisusu oyo osengi te: bomengo mpe lokumu. Na bongo, na bomoi na yo mobimba, mokonzi moko te akokokana na yo.
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 Mpe soki otamboli na banzela na Ngai, otosi malako mpe mitindo na Ngai ndenge tata na yo, Davidi, asalaki, nakopesa yo bomoi molayi.
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 Salomo alamukaki mpe asosolaki ete ezalaki ndoto. Azongaki na Yelusalemi, atelemaki liboso ya Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. Abonzaki bambeka ya kotumba mpe bambeka ya boyokani; mpe asalisaki feti monene elongo na basali na ye nyonso.
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 Basi ya ndumba mibale bayaki epai ya mokonzi mpe batelemaki liboso na ye.
One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
17 Moko na bango alobaki: — Nabondeli yo, nkolo na ngai, yoka ngai! Ngai mpe mwasi oyo, tovandaka ndako moko. Tozalaki na ye na ndako tango nabotaki mwana.
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 Na mokolo ya misato sima na mbotama ya mwana na ngai, mwasi oyo mpe abotaki. Tozalaki kaka biso moko kati na ndako, moto mosusu azalaki te, kaka biso mibale.
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 Nzokande, na butu, alalelaki mwana na ye, mpe mwana yango akufaki.
“But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
20 Bongo, na kati-kati ya butu, alamukaki, alongolaki mwana na ngai pembeni na ngai, wana ngai, mwasi mowumbu na yo, nazalaki ya kolala, mpe atiaki ye na tolo na ye; mpe atiaki mwana na ye, oyo akufaki, na tolo na ngai.
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 Na tongo, tango nalamuki mpo na komelisa mwana na ngai mabele, namoni ete mwana azali ya kokufa. Kasi tango natali ye penza malamu, kaka na tongo yango, namoni ete ezali mwana na ngai te, oyo ngai nabotaki!
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 Mwasi mosusu alobaki: — Te, ezali lokuta! Mwana oyo azali na bomoi azali mwana na ngai, kasi oyo akufi azali mwana na yo! Kasi mwasi oyo azwaki maloba liboso alobaki lisusu: — Te! Mwana oyo akufi azali mwana na yo, kasi oyo ya bomoi azali nde mwana na ngai! Na bongo, bakomaki koswana liboso ya mokonzi.
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 Mokonzi alobaki: — Moko azali koloba: « Mwana oyo azali na bomoi azali mwana na ngai, kasi mwana ya kokufa azali nde mwana na yo! » Wana mosusu azali mpe koloba: « Te! Mwana oyo akufi azali mwana na yo, kasi mwana ya bomoi azali nde mwana na ngai! »
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 Boye, mokonzi alobaki lisusu: — Bomemela ngai mopanga! Bamemelaki mokonzi mopanga.
So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
25 Mokonzi apesaki mitindo: — Bokata mwana oyo azali na bomoi na biteni mibale, bopesa eteni moko na mwasi moko; mpe eteni mosusu, na mwasi mosusu.
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 Mwasi oyo mwana na ye azalaki na bomoi, ayokaki pasi na motema mpo na mwana na ye mpe alobaki na mokonzi: — Nabondeli yo, nkolo na ngai! Pesa ye mwana oyo azali na bomoi, koboma mwana te! Kasi mwasi mosusu alobaki: — Kata ye! Na bongo, akozala ya ngai te, mpe akozala ya ye te!
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 Boye, mokonzi akataki likambo, alobaki: — Boboma mwana te! Bopesa mwana oyo azali na bomoi epai ya mwasi ya liboso, pamba te ye nde azali mama na ye.
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 Tango Isalaele mobimba bayokaki ndenge mokonzi akataki likambo oyo, babangaki mokonzi mpo ete bamonaki ete azali solo na bwanya ya Nzambe mpo na kokata makambo na bosembo.
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.
