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 allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house, the house of Yahweh, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 Обаче людие тогда бяху жруще на высоких, яко не бе создан дом Господеви даже до дне онаго.
The people were sacrificing at the high places, because no house had yet been built for the name of Yahweh.
3 И возлюби Соломон Господа, ходити в заповеданиих Давида отца своего, токмо на холмех жряше и кадяше.
Solomon showed his love for Yahweh by walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense at 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.
The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place there. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
5 И явися Господь Соломону во сне нощию и рече ему: проси что хощеши себе.
Yahweh appeared at Gibeon to Solomon in a dream by night; he said, “Ask! What should I 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:
So Solomon said, “You have shown great covenant faithfulness to your servant, David my father, because he walked before you in trustworthiness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart. You have kept for him this great covenant faithfulness and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.
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:
Now Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father, though I am only a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.
8 раб же Твой посреде людий Твоих, ихже избрал еси людий многих, иже не изочтутся от множества:
Your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.
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?
So give your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, so that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
10 И угодно бысть слово сие пред Господем, яко испроси Соломон глагол сей.
This request of Solomon pleased 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:
So God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice.
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:
See, now I will do all you asked of me when you gave me your request. I give you a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and no one like you will rise up after you.
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:
I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.
14 и аще пойдеши путем Моим сохранити заповеди Моя и повеления Моя, якоже хождаше Давид отец твой, и умножу дни твоя.
If you will walk in my ways to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
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.
Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. He came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. He offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
16 Тогда явистеся две жене блуднице пред царем и стасте пред ним.
Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
17 И рече жена едина: во мне, господи мой: аз и жена сия жихоме в дому единем и родихоме в дому:
One woman said, “Oh, my master, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child with her 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:
It happened on the third day after I gave birth that this woman also gave birth. We were together. There was no one else with us in the house, but only the two of us in the house.
19 и умре сын жены сея в нощи, яко лежа на нем:
Then this woman's son died in the night, because she lay on him.
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:
So she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.
21 и востах заутра накормити отроча мое, и обретох и мертво: и се, разсмотрих его рано, и се, не бе сын мой, егоже родих:
When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, he was dead. But when I had looked at him carefully in the morning, he was not my son, whom I had borne.”
22 и рече другая жена: ни, но се есть сын мой живый, се же есть сын твой умерый. И прястеся пред царем.
Then the other woman said, “No, the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first woman said, “No, the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” This is how they spoke 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 of you says, 'This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,' and the other says, 'No, your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'”
24 И рече царь: принесите ми мечь. И принесоша мечь пред царя.
The king said, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
25 И рече царь: разсецыте отроча ссущее живое на двое, и дадите половину его сей, и другую половину оней.
Then the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to this woman and half 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 woman whose son was alive spoke to the king, for her heart was full of compassion for her son, and she said, “Oh, my master, give her the living child, and by no means kill him.” But the other woman said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
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 answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.”
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.
When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him for giving judgments.
