1 Reyes 3
1 Salomón hizo una alianza matrimonial con el faraón, rey de Egipto. Tomó a la hija del faraón y la llevó a la ciudad de David hasta que terminó de construir su propia casa, la casa de Yahvé, y la muralla alrededor de Jerusalén.
Solomon went to see the king of Egypt. Solomon [made an agreement with him to] marry his daughter. They also made an alliance/agreement [that their armies would not attack each other]. Then Solomon brought the king’s daughter to live in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [She lived there] until Solomon’s workers had finished building his house and the temple of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 Sin embargo, el pueblo sacrificaba en los lugares altos, porque aún no había una casa construida para el nombre de Yahvé.
[At that time] the temple of Yahweh had not yet been built, so the Israeli people were still offering sacrifices at many other places of worship.
3 Salomón amaba a Yahvé, caminando en los estatutos de David su padre, excepto que sacrificaba y quemaba incienso en los lugares altos.
Solomon loved Yahweh, and he obeyed all the instructions that his father David had given him. But he also offered sacrifices and burned incense at various altars.
4 El rey fue a Gabaón para sacrificar allí, pues ese era el gran lugar alto. Salomón ofreció mil holocaustos en ese altar.
One day the king went to Gibeon [city] to offer a sacrifice there, because that was where the most famous/important altar was. In previous years he had offered hundreds of sacrifices on that altar.
5 En Gabaón, Yahvé se le apareció a Salomón en un sueño de noche, y Dios le dijo: “Pide lo que debo darte”.
That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
6 Salomón dijo: “Has mostrado a tu siervo David, mi padre, una gran bondad amorosa, porque caminó ante ti con verdad, con justicia y con rectitud de corazón. Has guardado para él esta gran bondad amorosa, que le has dado un hijo para que se siente en su trono, como sucede hoy.
Solomon replied, “You always greatly and faithfully loved my father David, who served you [well]. You did that because he (was faithful to/faithfully obeyed) you and acted righteously and honestly toward you. And you have showed how greatly and faithfully you loved him by giving to him me, his son, and now I am ruling [MTY] as he did [before he died].
7 Ahora, Yahvé, mi Dios, has hecho rey a tu siervo en lugar de David, mi padre. Yo sólo soy un niño pequeño. No sé salir ni entrar.
“Now, Yahweh my God, you have appointed me to be the king like my father was. But I am [very young, like] a little child [MET]. I do not know how to lead/rule my people at all [IDM].
8 Tu siervo está entre tu pueblo que has elegido, un pueblo grande, que no se puede contar ni numerar por la multitud.
I am here among the people whom you have chosen. They are a very large group of people; there are very, very many of them, with the result that no one can count them [DOU].
9 Da, pues, a tu siervo un corazón comprensivo para juzgar a tu pueblo, para que pueda discernir entre el bien y el mal; porque ¿quién es capaz de juzgar a este gran pueblo tuyo?”
So please enable me to think clearly, in order that I may rule your people [well]. Enable me to know what is good and what is evil. [If you do not do that, ] I will never [RHQ] be able to rule this great group of people who belong to you.”
10 Esta petición agradó al Señor, pues Salomón había pedido esto.
Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
11 Dios le dijo: “Porque has pedido esto, y no has pedido para ti larga vida, ni has pedido riquezas para ti, ni has pedido la vida de tus enemigos, sino que has pedido para ti entendimiento para discernir la justicia,
God said to him, “You did not request that you live for many years or that you become very rich or that you be able to kill all your enemies. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise, in order that you will be able to know [and to do] what is right [while you govern these people].
12 he aquí que he hecho conforme a tu palabra. He aquí que te he dado un corazón sabio y entendido, de modo que no ha habido nadie como tú antes de ti, y después de ti no se levantará ninguno como tú.
So, I will certainly do what you requested. I will enable you to be very wise [DOU]. The result will be that no one who has lived before you or who will live after you will be as [wise as] you are.
13 También te he dado lo que no has pedido, riquezas y honores, de modo que no habrá entre los reyes ninguno como tú en todos tus días.
I will also give you things that you did not request: I will enable you to become very rich and honored, as long as you live. You will be richer and more honored than any other king.
14 Si andas en mis caminos, guardando mis estatutos y mis mandamientos, como anduvo tu padre David, yo alargaré tus días.”
If you conduct your life [IDM] as I want you to, and if you obey all my laws and commandments, as your father David did, I will enable you to live for many years.”
15 Salomón se despertó, y he aquí que era un sueño. Entonces vino a Jerusalén y se puso delante del arca de la alianza de Yahvé, y ofreció holocaustos, ofreció ofrendas de paz e hizo un banquete para todos sus servidores.
Then Solomon awoke, and he realized that [God had spoken to him in] a dream. Then he went to Jerusalem and stood in front of [the Sacred Tent where] the Sacred Chest [was], and he offered many sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then he made a feast for all his officials.
16 Entonces vinieron al rey dos mujeres que eran prostitutas y se presentaron ante él.
One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
17 La primera dijo: “Señor mío, yo y esta mujer vivimos en una misma casa. Yo di a luz con ella en la casa.
One of them said, “Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was there in the house.
18 Al tercer día de mi parto, esta mujer también dio a luz. Estábamos juntas. No había ningún extraño con nosotras en la casa, sólo nosotras dos en la casa.
Three days after my baby was born, this woman also gave birth to a baby. Only the two of us were in the house; there was no one else there.
19 El hijo de esta mujer murió durante la noche, porque se acostó sobre él.
“But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
20 Se levantó a medianoche y tomó a mi hijo de mi lado mientras tu sierva dormía, y lo puso en su seno, y puso su hijo muerto en mi seno.
So she got up at midnight and took my baby boy who was lying beside me while I was sleeping. She carried him to her bed and brought her dead baby and put it in my bed.
21 Cuando me levanté por la mañana para amamantar a mi hijo, he aquí que estaba muerto; pero cuando lo miré por la mañana, he aquí que no era mi hijo que yo había dado a luz.”
When I awoke the next morning and was ready to nurse my baby, I saw that it was dead. But when I looked at it closely in the morning light, I saw that it was not my baby!”
22 La otra mujer dijo: “No, pero el vivo es mi hijo y el muerto es tu hijo”. El primero dijo: “¡No! Pero el muerto es tu hijo, y el vivo es mi hijo”. Discutieron así ante el rey.
But the other woman said, “That is not true! The baby that is alive is mine, and the baby that is dead is yours!” Then the first woman said, “No, the dead baby is yours, and the one that is alive is mine!” And they continued to argue in front of the king.
23 Entonces el rey dijo: “Uno dice: ‘Este es mi hijo que vive, y tu hijo es el muerto’; y el otro dice: ‘No, pero tu hijo es el muerto, y mi hijo es el vivo’”.
Then the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’”
24 El rey dijo: “Tráiganme una espada”. Así que trajeron una espada ante el rey.
So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
25 El rey dijo: “Divide al niño vivo en dos y dale la mitad a uno y la otra”.
Then the king said to the servant, “Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women.”
26 Entonces la mujer de quien era el niño vivo habló con el rey, pues su corazón anhelaba a su hijo, y dijo: “¡Oh, señor mío, dale el niño vivo y no lo mates de ninguna manera!” Pero el otro dijo: “No será ni mío ni tuyo. Divídelo”.
But the woman whose baby was alive loved her baby very much, so she said to the king, “No, Your Majesty! Do not allow him to kill the baby! Give her the child that is alive!” But the other woman said to the king, “No, cut it in half. Then it will not be her baby or my baby.”
27 Entonces el rey respondió: “Dale a la primera mujer el niño vivo, y definitivamente no lo mates. Ella es su madre”.
Then the king said to the servant, “Do not kill the baby. Give the baby to the woman who said ‘Do not cut the baby in half,’ because she is truly the baby’s mother.”
28 Todo Israel oyó el juicio que el rey había dictado; y temieron al rey, porque vieron que la sabiduría de Dios estaba en él para hacer justicia.
All the Israeli people heard about what the king had decided, and they revered him. They realized that God had truly enabled him to be very wise, to judge people’s matters fairly.
