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 contracted an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, —and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem, round about.
2 परमप्रभुको नाउँमा कुनै पनि घर निर्माण नभइसकेकोले मानिसहरूले उच्च स्थानहरूमा बलिदान चढाउँदै थिए ।
Save only, that the people were sacrificing in the high places, —because there had not been built a house unto the Name of Yahweh, until those days,
3 आफ्ना पिता दाऊदका विधिविधानहरूमा हिँडी सोलोमनले परमप्रभुप्रति आफ्नो प्रेम देखाए, तर तिनले उच्च स्थानहरूमा बलिदान चढाए र धूप बाले ।
Solomon loved Yahweh, by walking in the statutes of David his father, —save only, that, in the high places, he himself, was sacrificing and offering incense.
4 राजा बलिदान चढाउन गिबोनमा गए किनकि त्यो निकै उच्च स्थान थियो । सोलोमनले त्यस वेदीमा एक हजारवटा होमबलि चढाए ।
So then the king went to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for, that, was the great high place, —a thousand ascending-sacrifices, did Solomon offer up on that altar.
5 रातमा गिबोनमा परमप्रभु सपनामा सोलोमनकहाँ देखा पर्नुभयो । उहाँले भन्नुभयो, “तँ मबाट के चाहन्छस्, माग् ।”
In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by 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 ।
Then said Solomon—Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, according 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 lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon 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 ।
Now, therefore, O Yahweh my God, thou, hast made thy servant king, instead of David my father, —and, I, am but a little child, I know not how to go out and 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, whom thou hast chosen, —a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, 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?”
Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad, —for who is able to judge this thine honoured people?
10 सोलोमनको यस बिन्तीले परमप्रभुलाई खुसी तुल्यायो ।
And the thing was good 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 many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies, —but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause,
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 ।
lo! I have done according to thy word, —lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.
13 तैँले मबाट नमागेका कुराहरू अर्थात् धनसम्पत्ति र मान पनि मैले तँलाई दिएको छु ताकि राजाहरूका बिचमा तेरो जीवनभर तँजस्तो कोही पनि नहोस् ।
Moreover also, what thou hast not asked, have I given unto thee, both riches and honour, —so that there hath been none, like thee, 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, by keeping my statutes, and my commandments, as, David thy father, walked, then will I lengthen out 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 lo! it was a dream. So he entered into Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and caused to go up ascending-sacrifices and offered peace-offerings, and made a banquet for all his servants.
16 त्यसपछि दुई जना वेश्या स्त्री राजाकहाँ आई तिनको सामु खडा भए ।
Then, came there in two unchaste women, unto the king, —and stood 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 gave birth to a child near 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, the third day after I bare, that, this woman also, gave birth to a child, —we two, being together, there was no stranger with us in the house, none but we two in the house.
19 त्यसपछि रातमा यो स्त्रीले बालकलाई थिचेर मारिछ ।
And this woman’s son died in the night, —because she overlaid it.
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 ।
Then arose she, in the middle of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid was sleeping, and laid it in her own besom, —but, her dead son, laid she 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 arose in the morning, to give suck unto my child, lo! it was dead! but, when I looked at it narrowly in the morning, lo! it was not, my son that I had borne.
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 ।
Then said the other woman—Nay! but, my son, is the, living, and, thy son, the, dead. But, this, one kept on saying—Nay, verily! but, thy son, is the, dead, and, my son, the, living. Thus spake they 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, The one woman, is saying, This, is, my son, the one that liveth, and, thy son, is, the one that is dead, —and, the other, is saying, Nay! but, thy son, is, the dead one, and, my son, the, living.
24 राजाले भने, “मलाई एउटा तरवार ल्याइदेऊ ।” त्यसैले तिनीहरूले राजाको सामु एउटा तरवार ल्याइदिए ।
And the king said—Bring me a sword! So they brought a 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 ।”
Then said the king, Divide the living child, in twain, —and give half to the one, and 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 spake the woman, whose was the living child, unto the king—for tender became her compassions over her son—so she said—Pardon, my lord! Give, her, the living child, and do not, kill, it. But the other kept on saying—Neither mine, nor thine, shall it be, divide it.
27 तब राजाले जवाफ दिए, “जीवित बालक पहिलो स्त्रीलाई दिनू, र त्यसलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा नमार्नू । त्यो नै बालककी आमा हो ।”
Then responded the king, and said—Give, her, the living child, ye shall not, kill, 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 all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had delivered, and they stood in awe before the king, —for they saw, that, the wisdom of God, was in him, to execute justice.
