१ राजाहरू 3
1 सोलोमनले विवाहद्वारा मिश्रका राजा फारोसित मैत्रीपूर्ण सम्बन्ध गाँसे । तिनले फारोकी छोरीसित विवाह गरे, र तिनले आफ्नै महल, परमप्रभुको मन्दिरसाथै यरूशलेमको पर्खाल निर्माण गरेपछि उनलाई दाऊदको सहरमा ल्याए ।
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 परमप्रभुको नाउँमा कुनै पनि घर निर्माण नभइसकेकोले मानिसहरूले उच्च स्थानहरूमा बलिदान चढाउँदै थिए ।
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 आफ्ना पिता दाऊदका विधिविधानहरूमा हिँडी सोलोमनले परमप्रभुप्रति आफ्नो प्रेम देखाए, तर तिनले उच्च स्थानहरूमा बलिदान चढाए र धूप बाले ।
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 राजा बलिदान चढाउन गिबोनमा गए किनकि त्यो निकै उच्च स्थान थियो । सोलोमनले त्यस वेदीमा एक हजारवटा होमबलि चढाए ।
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 रातमा गिबोनमा परमप्रभु सपनामा सोलोमनकहाँ देखा पर्नुभयो । उहाँले भन्नुभयो, “तँ मबाट के चाहन्छस्, माग् ।”
In Gib'on the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream of the night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
6 त्यसैले सोलोमनले भने, “मेरा पिता दाऊद तपाईंको सामु विश्वसनियतामा, धार्मिकतामा र ह्रदयको सोझोपनमा हिँडेकाले तपाईंले आफ्ना दास दाऊदलाई करारको ठुलो विश्वसनीयता देखाउनुभएको छ । तपाईंले उहाँप्रति करारको ठुलो विश्वसनीयता कायमै राख्नुभएको छ, र आज उहाँको सिंहासनमा बस्न एक जना पुत्र दिनुभएको छ ।
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 अब हे परमप्रभु मेरा परमेश्वर, म सानो बालक भए तापनि तपाईंले आफ्ना दासलाई मेरा पिता दाऊदको ठाउँमा राजा बनाउनुभएको छ । मलाई मेरो कर्तव्य थाहा छैन ।
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 तपाईंका दास तपाईंले छान्नुभएका मानिसहरूका बिचमा छन् जो असङ्ख्य र अनगिन्ती छन् ।
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 त्यसैले मैले खराब र असल छुट्ट्याउन सकूँ भनेर मानिसहरूको न्याय गर्न तपाईंका दासलाई समझशक्तिको ह्रदय दिनुहोस् । किनकि तपाईंको यस महान् जातिलाई न्याय गर्न को सक्षम छ?”
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 सोलोमनको यस बिन्तीले परमप्रभुलाई खुसी तुल्यायो ।
And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
11 त्यसैले परमेश्वरले तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “तैँले आफ्नो लागि लामो जीवन वा धनसम्पत्ति वा तेरा शत्रुहरूको जीवन नमागी न्याय छुट्ट्याउने समझशक्ति मागेको छस् ।
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 हेर्, अब तैँले मबाट मागेको सबै कुरा म पुरा गर्ने छु । म तँलाई बुद्धिमानी र समझशक्तिको हृदय दिने छु । यसरी तेरो सामु कोही पनि तँजस्तो हुने छैन, र तँपछि पनि कोही पनि तँजस्तो खडा हुने छैन ।
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 तैँले मबाट नमागेका कुराहरू अर्थात् धनसम्पत्ति र मान पनि मैले तँलाई दिएको छु ताकि राजाहरूका बिचमा तेरो जीवनभर तँजस्तो कोही पनि नहोस् ।
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 तेरा पिता दाऊदझैँ मेरा विधिविधानहरू र मेरा आज्ञाहरू पालन गर्न तँ मेरो मार्गमा हिँडिस् भने म तेरो आयु लम्ब्याउने छु ।”
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 त्यसपछि सोलोमन ब्युँझे, र यो त सपना पो रहेछ! तिनी यरूशलेममा आए, र परमप्रभुको करारको सन्दुकको सामु खडा भए । तिनले होमबलि र मेलबलिहरू चढाए, अनि आफ्ना सबै सेवकहरूलाई भोज दिए ।
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 त्यसपछि दुई जना वेश्या स्त्री राजाकहाँ आई तिनको सामु खडा भए ।
Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and placed themselves before him.
17 एक जना स्त्रीले भनी, “हे मेरा मालिक, यो स्त्री र म एउटै घरमा बस्छौँ, अनि त्यस घरमा मैले एउटा बालक जन्माएँ ।
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 मैले जन्म दिएको तेस्रो दिनमा यस स्त्रीले बालक जन्माई । हामी सँगसँगै थियौँ । घरमा हामीसित कोही पनि थिएन, तर हामी दुई जना मात्र थियौँ ।
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 त्यसपछि रातमा यो स्त्रीले बालकलाई थिचेर मारिछ ।
And this woman's son died in the night; because she had overlaid him.
20 त्यसैले मध्य रातमा तपाईंकी दासी सुतिरहेको बेलामा त्यो उठी र छेउमा राखिएको मेरो छोरो लिएर काखमा राखिछ अनि मेरो काखमा चाहिँ त्यसको मरेको छोरो राखिछ ।
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 म मेरो बच्चालाई दूध खुवाउन बिहान उठ्दा त्यो मरेको रहेछ । बिहान मैले त्यसलाई नियालेर हेर्दा त्यो मैले जन्माएको मेरो छोरो थिएन ।”
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 त्यसपछि अर्की स्त्रीले भनी, “त्यसो होइन । जीवित छोरोचाहिँ मेरो छोरो हो, र मरेकोचाहिँ तेरो छोरो हो ।” पहिलो स्त्रीले भनी, “त्यसो होइन । मरेकोचाहिँ तेरो छोरो हो, र जीवितचाहिँ मेरो छोरो हो ।” यसरी तिनीहरूले राजाको सामु बताए ।
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 तब राजाले भने, “तिमीहरूमध्ये एउटीले भन्छौ, 'यो जीवितचाहिँ मेरो छोरो हो, र तेरो छोरोचाहिँ मरेको छ ।' त्यसै गरी, अर्कीले भन्छौ, 'त्यसो होइन । तेरो छोरो मरेको छ, र मेरो छोरोचाहिँ जीवितै छ' ।”
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 राजाले भने, “मलाई एउटा तरवार ल्याइदेऊ ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरूले राजाको सामु एउटा तरवार ल्याइदिए ।
And the king said, Fetch me a sword: and they brought the sword before the king.
25 तब राजाले भने, “जीवित छोरोलाई काटेर दुई भाग लगा अनि आधा भाग एउटी स्त्रीलाई र बाँकी आधा भाग अर्की स्त्रीलाई दिनू ।”
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 तब आफ्नो छोरोको निम्ति दयाले भरिएर जीवित छोरोकी आमाले राजालाई भनी, “हे मेरा मालिक, जीवित बालक त्यसलाई नै दिनू र त्यसलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा नमार्नू ।” तर अर्की स्त्रीले भनी, “त्यो न मेरो हुने छ न तेरो । त्यसलाई दुई टुक्रा पारियोस् ।”
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 तब राजाले जवाफ दिए, “जीवित बालक पहिलो स्त्रीलाई दिनू, र त्यसलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा नमार्नू । त्यो नै बालककी आमा हो ।”
The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother.
28 जब सारा इस्राएलले राजाले गरेको न्याय सुने तिनीहरू राजादेखि डराए किनकि न्याय सम्पादन गर्न परमेश्वरको बुद्धि तिनमा थियो भनी तिनीहरूले देखे ।
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.
