Третья книга Царств 3
1 Егда же царство утвердися в руце Соломона, сватовство сотвори Соломон с фараоном царем Египетским: и поят дщерь фараоню и введе ю во град Давидов, дондеже сконча здати дом свой и дом Господень и стену Иерусалима окрест.
Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.
2 Обаче людие тогда бяху жруще на высоких, яко не бе создан дом Господеви даже до дне онаго.
But all this time the people were making their offerings in the high places, because no house had been put up to the name of the Lord till those days.
3 И возлюби Соломон Господа, ходити в заповеданиих Давида отца своего, токмо на холмех жряше и кадяше.
And Solomon, in his love for the Lord, kept the laws of David his father; but he made offerings and let them go up in smoke on the high places.
4 И воста Соломон, и иде в Гаваон пожрети тамо, яко тамо бе высота велия: тысящу всесожжения вознесе на жертвеннице в Гаваоне.
And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.
5 И явися Господь Соломону во сне нощию и рече ему: проси что хощеши себе.
In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
6 И рече Соломон: Ты сотворил еси с рабом Твоим Давидом отцем моим милость велию, якоже ходи пред Тобою истиною и правдою и правым сердцем с Тобою, и сохранил еси ему милость великую сию, еже дати сыну его седети на престоле его, якоже днесь:
And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
7 и ныне, Господи Боже мой, Ты дал еси раба Твоего вместо Давида отца моего: и аз есмь отрочищь мал, и не вем исхода моего и входа моего:
And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
8 раб же Твой посреде людий Твоих, ихже избрал еси людий многих, иже не изочтутся от множества:
And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.
9 и даси рабу Твоему сердце смыслено слышати и судити люди Твоя в правде, еже разумевати посреде добра и зла: яко кто может судити людем Твоим тяжким сим?
Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
10 И угодно бысть слово сие пред Господем, яко испроси Соломон глагол сей.
Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.
11 И рече Господь к нему: занеже просил еси от мене глагола сего, и не просил еси от мене дний многих, и не просил еси богатства, ниже просил еси душ враг твоих, но испросил еси себе разума, еже слышати суд:
And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;
12 се, сотворих по глаголу твоему, се, дах ти сердце смыслено и мудро: якоже ты, не бысть муж прежде тебе и по тебе не востанет подобен тебе:
I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.
13 и яже не просил еси, дах тебе, и богатство и славу, якоже ты, не бысть муж подобен тебе в царех во вся дни твоя:
And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.
14 и аще пойдеши путем Моим сохранити заповеди Моя и повеления Моя, якоже хождаше Давид отец твой, и умножу дни твоя.
And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.
15 И возбудися Соломон, и се, сновидение. И воста, и иде во Иерусалим, и ста пред лицем жертвенника, пред лицем кивота завета Господня в Сионе, и вознесе всесожжения и сотвори мирная, и сотвори пир велий себе и всем отроком своим.
And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.
16 Тогда явистеся две жене блуднице пред царем и стасте пред ним.
Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;
17 И рече жена едина: во мне, господи мой: аз и жена сия жихоме в дому единем и родихоме в дому:
And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.
18 и бысть по третием дни рождения моего, и роди и жена сия: и бехом купно, и не бе никтоже с нами, кроме обоих нас в дому:
And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.
19 и умре сын жены сея в нощи, яко лежа на нем:
In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.
20 и воста в полунощи, и взя отроча мое от объятий моих, и успи е на лоне своем, а отроча свое умершее положи на лоне моем:
And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.
21 и востах заутра накормити отроча мое, и обретох и мертво: и се, разсмотрих его рано, и се, не бе сын мой, егоже родих:
And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.
22 и рече другая жена: ни, но се есть сын мой живый, се же есть сын твой умерый. И прястеся пред царем.
And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.
23 И рече има царь: ты глаголеши, яко сей сын мой живый, сын же сея мертвый: и ты глаголеши: ни, но живый есть сын мой, твой же сын умерший.
Then the king said, One says, The living child is my son, and yours is the dead: and the other says, Not so; but your son is the dead one and mine is the living.
24 И рече царь: принесите ми мечь. И принесоша мечь пред царя.
Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.
25 И рече царь: разсецыте отроча ссущее живое на двое, и дадите половину его сей, и другую половину оней.
And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.
26 И отвеща жена, еяже бе сын живый, и рече ко царю, понеже смятеся утроба ея о сыне ея, и рече: во мне, господи мой, дадите ей отроча живое, смертию же не умертвите его. И та рече: да не будет ни мне, ни тебе, но пресецыте е.
Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.
27 И отвеща царь и рече: дадите детище живо жене рекшей: дадите сей е, смертию же не умертвите его: сия мати его.
Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.
28 И слыша весь Израиль суд сей, имже суди царь, и убояшася от лица царева, разумеша бо, яко разум Божий в нем еже творити оправдания.
And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
