1 Reyes 11
1 Pero el rey Salomón, además de la hija de Faraón, amó a muchas mujeres extranjeras: moabitas, amonitas, edomitas, sidonias y heteas,
King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].
2 que eran de pueblos de los cuales Yavé dijo a los hijos de Israel: No se unan a ellas, ni ellas se unan a ustedes, no sea que desvíen sus corazones tras sus ʼelohim. Salomón se apegó a éstas con pasión,
He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”
3 pues tuvo 700 reinas y 300 concubinas, las cuales pervirtieron su corazón.
Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].
4 Porque cuando Salomón era anciano, sucedió que sus mujeres hicieron desviar su corazón hacia otros ʼelohim, y ya su corazón no estuvo sumiso a la voluntad de Yavé su ʼElohim, como el corazón de su padre David.
By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.
5 Salomón anduvo tras Astarté, ʼelohim de los sidonios, y Milcom, ídolo repugnante de los amonitas.
Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
6 Salomón hizo lo malo ante Yavé y no siguió plenamente a Yavé como su padre David,
That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.
7 pues edificó en la montaña que está frente a Jerusalén un lugar alto a Quemos, ídolo repugnante de Moab, y a Moloc, ídolo repugnante de los hijos de Amón.
On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
8 Hizo esto para todas sus mujeres extranjeras, quienes quemaban incienso y ofrecían sacrificios a sus ʼelohim.
He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.
9 Yavé se airó contra Salomón, porque su corazón se desvió de Yavé, ʼElohim de Israel, Quien se le apareció dos veces
Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,
10 y con respecto a esto le mandó que no siguiera a otros ʼelohim. Pero él no observó lo que Yavé le ordenó.
11 Entonces Yavé dijo a Salomón: Por cuanto esto está en tu mente, y no guardaste mi Pacto y mis Preceptos que te ordené, romperé tu reino y lo daré a tu esclavo.
and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.
12 Pero por amor a tu padre David, no lo haré en tus días. Lo romperé de la mano de un hijo tuyo.
But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].
13 Pero no le arrebataré todo el reino, sino que le daré a tu hijo una tribu, por amor a mi esclavo David y por amor a Jerusalén, la que escogí.
But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”
14 Yavé levantó un adversario contra Salomón: Hadad edomita, de la descendencia real en Edom.
Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.
15 Porque sucedió que cuando David estuvo en Edom, y Joab, general del ejército, subió a enterrar los muertos y mató a todos los varones de Edom,
What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.
16 porque Joab y todo Israel permanecieron allí seis meses hasta que exterminaron a todos los varones de Edom,
17 Hadad, cuando era todavía niño, huyó a Egipto con algunos edomitas de los esclavos de su padre.
Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.
18 Salieron de Madián, fueron a Parán, tomaron consigo a algunos hombres de Parán y llegaron a Egipto, a Faraón, rey de Egipto, quien le dio una casa y le asignó alimentos y tierras.
They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.
19 Hadad halló gran favor ante Faraón, quien le dio como esposa a la hermana de su esposa, la hermana de la reina Tahpenés.
The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.
20 La hermana de Tahpenés le dio a luz a su hijo Genubat, a quien Tahpenés amamantó en la casa de Faraón. Y Genubat estaba en la casa del Faraón, entre los hijos del Faraón.
Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.
21 Cuando Hadad supo en Egipto que David reposó con sus antepasados, y que Joab, general del ejército, murió, dijo a Faraón: Permite que vaya y regrese a mi tierra.
While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”
22 Faraón le preguntó: Pero, ¿qué te falta conmigo para que procures regresar a tu tierra? Y él respondió: Nada, pero de todos modos déjame ir.
But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].
23 ʼElohim también le levantó como adversario a Rezón, hijo de Eliada, el cual huyó de su ʼadón Hadad-ezer, rey de Soba.
God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].
24 Éste reunió gente y fue jefe de una banda armada cuando David destrozó a los de Soba. Fueron a Damasco. Allí vivieron y reinaron.
Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.
25 Fue adversario de Israel todos los días de Salomón, además del mal que Hadad hacía. Fue hostil a Israel y reinó sobre Siria.
All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.
26 También Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, efrateo de Zereda, esclavo de Salomón, cuya madre era una viuda llamada Zerúa, se rebeló y alzó su mano contra el rey.
Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.
27 Ésta fue la causa por la cual alzó su mano contra el rey: Salomón edificó [la fortaleza] el Milo y cerró la brecha del muro de la ciudad de su padre David.
This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].
28 Jeroboam era hombre esforzado, y al ver Salomón que el joven era eficiente, lo designó como encargado de todos los trabajos forzados de la casa de José.
Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.
29 En aquel tiempo aconteció que Jeroboam salió de Jerusalén. En el camino encontró al profeta Ahías silonita, quien estaba vestido con una capa nueva. Estaban ellos dos solos en el campo.
One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,
30 Entonces Ahías tomó el manto nuevo que [llevaba] sobre él, lo rasgó en 12 trozos
which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.
31 y dijo a Jeroboam: Toma tú diez trozos, porque Yavé, ʼElohim de Israel, dice: Mira, Yo rasgo el reino de la mano de Salomón, y a ti te doy diez tribus.
He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].
32 Pues él tendrá una tribu, por amor a mi esclavo David y por amor a Jerusalén, la ciudad que Yo escogí entre todas las tribus de Israel.
Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].
33 Porque me abandonaron y se postraron ante Astarté, ʼelohim de los sidonios, Quemos, ʼelohim de Moab, y Milcom, ʼelohim de los hijos de Amón. No anduvieron en mis caminos para hacer lo recto delante de Mí y guardar mis Estatutos y mis Preceptos, como su padre David.
I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.
34 Pero no quitaré de su mano todo el reino, porque lo designé como gobernante todos los días de su vida, por amor a mi esclavo David, a quien Yo elegí, quien guardó mis Mandamientos y mis Preceptos.
‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.
35 Pero quitaré el reino de mano de su hijo y te daré diez tribus a ti.
But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].
36 A su hijo le daré una tribu, para que mi esclavo David tenga en él una lámpara delante de Mí todos los días en Jerusalén, la ciudad que Yo escogí para poner allí mi Nombre.
I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].
37 Yo, pues, te tomaré a ti, y tú reinarás sobre todo lo que desee tu alma, y serás rey sobre Israel.
I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
38 Sucederá que si obedeces todo lo que te mande, andas en mis caminos y haces lo recto ante mis ojos al guardar mis Preceptos y mis Mandamientos como hizo mi esclavo David, Yo estaré contigo, te edificaré una casa firme, como se la edifiqué a David, y te entregaré Israel.
If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.
39 Por esto humillaré la descendencia de David, pero no para siempre.
Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”
40 Entonces Salomón procuró matar a Jeroboam. Pero éste se levantó y huyó a Sisac, rey de Egipto. Estuvo en Egipto hasta la muerte de Salomón.
Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.
41 Los demás hechos y cosas de Salomón y su sabiduría, ¿no están escritos en el rollo de las Crónicas de Salomón?
[A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.
42 Los días que Salomón reinó en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel fueron 40 años.
He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.
43 Salomón durmió con sus antepasados y fue sepultado en la ciudad de su padre David, y Roboam su hijo reinó en su lugar.
Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
