1 Mpanjaka 3
1 Ary Solomona tonga vinanton’ i Farao, mpanjakan’ i Egypta, fa nanambady ny zanakavavin’ i Farao izy ka nitondra azy ho any an-Tanànan’ i Davida, mandra-pahavitany ny tranony sy ny tranon’ i Jehovah ary ny màndan’ i Jerosalema manodidina.
Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh of Egypt. He married Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to live in the City of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord's Temple, and the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
2 Kanefa ny olona mbola namono zavatra hatao fanatitra teny amin’ ny fitoerana avo ihany, fa tsy mbola nisy trano vita ho an’ ny anaran’ i Jehovah hatramin’ izany andro izany.
In those days, however, the people still sacrificed on the high places because a Temple to honor the Lord hadn't yet been built.
3 Ary Solomona tia an’ i Jehovah ka nizotra araka ny dian’ i Davida rainy; nefa kosa izy mbola namono zavatra hatao fanatitra sy nandoro ditin-kazo manitra teny amin’ ny fitoerana avo ihany.
Solomon showed he loved the Lord by following the instructions of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned offerings on the high places.
4 Ary ny mpanjaka nankany Gibeona hamono zavatra hatao fanatitra any, fa izany ilay fitoerana avo malaza; ka fanatitra dorana arivo no naterin’ i Solomona teo amin’ izany alitara izany.
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the leading high place. Solomon presented one thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
5 Tao Gibeona no nisehoan’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Solomona tamin’ ny nofy nony alina; ary hoy Andriamanitra: Angataho izay tianao homeko anao.
The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon. God said to him, “Ask what you want me to give you.”
6 Dia hoy Solomona: Hianao efa naneho fahasoavana lehibe tamin’ i Davida raiko mpanomponao, araka ny nandehanany teo anatrehanao tamin’ ny tsi-fivadihana sy ny fahamarinana ary ny fahitsian’ ny fony taminao, ary Hianao efa nitahiry izao fahasoavana lehibe izao ho azy, dia ny nanomezanao azy zanakalahy hipetraka eo amin’ ny seza fiandrianany tahaka ny amin’ izao anio izao.
Solomon replied, “You showed your servant David, my father, great trustworthy love because he lived his life before you with faithfulness, doing what was right and committed to principle. You have continued to show this great trustworthy love by giving him a son to sit on his throne to this day.
7 Ary ankehitriny, Jehovah Andriamanitro ô, Hianao efa nampanjaka ahy mpanomponao handimby an’ i Davida raiko; nefa izaho dia mbola zaza ihany, ka tsy fantatro akory izay fivoaka sy fiditra.
Now, Lord God, you have made me king in place of my father David. But I am like an inexperienced young boy who doesn't know what to do.
8 Ary izaho mpanomponao koa dia ao amin’ ny olonao izay nofidinao, sady olona betsaka tsy tambo isaina ary tsy hita isa noho ny hamaroany.
I, your servant, am here in among your chosen people, a great people that are so many they cannot be counted.
9 Koa omeo ahy mpanomponao saina malady ho entiko mitsara ny olonao hahaizako manavaka ny soa sy ny ratsy; fa iza moa no mahay mitsara izao olonao betsaka izao?
So please give me a mind that's receptive so I can rule your people well, understanding the difference between right and wrong, for who can rule this difficult people of yours?”
10 Ary sitraky ny Tompo ny nangatahan’ i Solomona izany zavatra izany;
The Lord considered that what Solomon asked for was good.
11 ka dia hoy Andriamanitra taminy: Satria nangataka izany zavatra izany ianao, fa tsy ny ho ela velona, na harena, na ny ain’ ny fahavalonao, fa fahaizana hitsara no nangatahinao,
So God told him, “Because you asked for this, and you didn't ask for a long life, or wealth, or the death of your enemies, but instead you asked for understanding to know what is right,
12 dia, indro, efa nanao araka ny teninao Aho, ka indro, efa nanome anao saina hendry sady mahiratra, ka tsy nisy tahaka anao ny teo alohanao, ary tsy hisy ho tahaka anao ny ato aorianao.
I am giving you what you asked for. I am giving you a mind that is wise, with an understanding of what is right, more than anyone else before you or after you.
13 Ary na izay tsy nangatahinao aza dia efa nomeko anao koa, dia harena sy voninahitra, ka tsy hisy mpanjaka tahaka anao amin’ ny andronao rehetra.
I am also giving you what you did not ask for, wealth and status—so much so that no king will compare to you for the whole of your life.
14 Ary raha handeha amin’ ny lalako ianao ka hitandrina ny lalàko sy ny didiko tahaka ny nandehanan’ i Davida rainao, dia hataoko ho ela velona ianao.
And if you follow my ways by keeping my laws and my commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”
15 Ary dia nahatsiaro Solomona, ka indro fa nofy izany. Ary nony tonga tany Jerosalema izy, dia nitsangana teo anoloan’ ny fiaran’ ny faneken’ i Jehovah ka nanatitra fanatitra odorana sy fanati-pihavanana, ary dia nanao fanasana ho an’ ny mpanompony rehetra izy.
Then Solomon woke up and realized he'd had a dream. He went back to Jerusalem, and stood in front of the Ark of the Lord's Agreement and he presented burnt offerings and friendship offerings, and he held a feast for all his officials.
16 Ary tamin’ izany dia nisy vehivavy janga roa nankao amin’ ny mpanjaka ka nitsangana teo anatrehany.
Later two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him for judgment.
17 Ary hoy ilay vehivavy anankiray: Trarantitra ianao, tompokolahy, izaho sy ity vehivavy ity miray trano; ary teraka tao an-trano aho, sady tao koa izy.
One of the women spoke up, saying, “If it please Your Majesty: I share a house with this woman. I had a baby while she was living in the house.
18 Ary nony efa velona hateloana aho, dia mba velona koa izavavy ity; ary izahay roa vavy ihany no tao; tsy nisy olon-kafa tao aminay tao an-trano, fa izahay roa vavy ihany.
Three days after the birth of my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were together; there was no one else in the house, just the two of us.
19 Ary maty tamin’ ny alina ny zanak’ izavavy ity, fa voatsindriny.
During the night this woman's son died because she rolled over on him.
20 Dia nifoha mamatonalina izy ka naka ny zanako teo amiko tamin’ ilay natory iny aho ankizivavinao, dia nampandriny teo an-tratrany, fa ny azy maty napetrany teo an-tratrako.
She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while I was sleeping. She lay him close beside her to cuddle him, and she lay her dead son close beside me.
21 Ary nony nifoha maraina hampinono ny zanako aho, indro fa maty izy; kanjo rehefa nofantariko sy nony maraina, dia indro fa tsy ny zanako naerako.
When I got up in the morning to nurse my son I saw that he was dead. When I looked closely at him in the light I realized it wasn't my son.”
22 Ary hoy kosa ilay anankiray: Tsia, fa ny velona no zanako, ary ny maty no zanakao. Fa hoy indray ny anankiray: Tsia, fa ny maty no zanakao, ary ny velona no zanako. Izany no teniny teo anatrehan’ ny mpanjaka.
The other woman argued, “No! My son is the one that's alive. Your son is the one that's dead.” The first woman objected, “No! Your son is the one that's dead. My son is the one that's alive.” They went on quarrelling in front of the king.
23 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka: Ny anankiray manao hoe: Ity velona no zanako, ary ny maty no zanakao; ary hoy kosa ny anankiray: Tsia, fa ny maty no zanakao, ary ny velona no zanako.
The king intervened, saying, “So this woman says ‘My son is the one that's alive. Your son is the one that's dead,’ while the other woman says, ‘No! Your son is the one that's dead. My son is the one that's alive.’”
24 Koa itondray sabatra aho, hoy ny mpanjaka. Ary nentiny ny sabatra ho eo anatrehan’ ny mpanjaka.
“Bring me a sword,” the king ordered. So they brought him a sword.
25 Ary hoy ny mpanjaka: Sasaho ny zaza velona, ka omeo ny anankiray ny antsasany, ary ho an’ ny anankiray kosa ny antsasany.
“Cut the child that's alive in two, and give half to one woman and half to another,” he commanded.
26 Fa niteny tamin’ ny mpanjaka ravehivavy, renin’ ny zaza velona satria nandevilevy ny fony noho ny amin’ ny zanany ka nanao hoe: Tompokolahy ô, trarantitra ianao, omeo azy ihany ary ny zaza velona, fa aza dia vonoina re! Fa hoy kosa ny iray: Aoka tsy ho ahy tsy ho anao, fa zarao mihitsy.
But the woman whose son was alive had so much love for him as a mother that she cried out to the king, “Please, Your Majesty, give her the boy! Don't kill him!” But the other woman said, “He won't be mine or yours—cut him in two!”
27 Dia namaly ny mpanjaka ka nanao hoe: Omeo itsy ny zaza velona, fa aoka tsy hovonoina; fa io mihitsy no reniny.
The king gave his verdict. “Give the child that's alive to the first woman,” he ordered. “On no account kill him, for she is his real mother.”
28 Ary raha ren’ ny Isiraely rehetra izany fitsarana nataon’ ny mpanjaka izany, dia natahotra ny mpanjaka izy, satria hitany fa misy fahendren’ Andriamanitra ao am-pony ho entiny mitsara.
When everyone in Israel heard about the verdict the king had delivered, they had great respect for the king, because they recognized the wisdom God had given him to judge rightly.
