1 Mga Hari 3
1 At si Salomon ay nakipagkamaganak kay Faraon na hari sa Egipto sa pag-aasawa niya sa anak na babae ni Faraon, at dinala niya sa bayan ni David, hanggang sa kaniyang natapos itayo ang kaniyang sariling bahay, at ang bahay ng Panginoon, at ang kuta ng Jerusalem sa palibot.
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 Ang bayan ay naghahain lamang sa mga mataas na dako, sapagka't walang bahay na itinayo sa pangalan ng Panginoon hanggang sa mga araw na yaon.
[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 At inibig ni Salomon ang Panginoon, na lumalakad sa mga palatuntunan ni David na kaniyang ama: siya'y naghahain lamang at nagsusunog ng kamangyan sa matataas na dako.
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 At ang hari ay naparoon sa Gabaon upang maghain doon; sapagka't yaon ang pinakamataas na dako; isang libong handog na susunugin ang inihandog ni Salomon sa dambanang yaon.
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 Sa Gabaon ay napakita ang Panginoon kay Salomon sa panaginip sa gabi: at sinabi ng Dios, Hingin mo kung ano ang ibibigay ko sa iyo.
That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
6 At sinabi ni Salomon, Ikaw ay nagpakita sa iyong lingkod na aking amang kay David ng malaking kagandahang loob, ayon sa kaniyang inilakad sa harap mo sa katotohanan, at sa katuwiran, at sa katapatan ng puso sa iyo; at iyong iningatan sa kaniya itong dakilang kagandahang loob, na iyong binigyan siya ng isang anak na makauupo sa kaniyang luklukan, gaya sa araw na ito.
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 At ngayon, Oh Panginoon kong Dios, iyong ginawang hari ang iyong lingkod na kahalili ni David na aking ama; at ako'y isang munting bata lamang; hindi ko nalalaman ang paglulumabas at pumasok.
“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 At ang iyong lingkod ay nasa gitna ng iyong bayan na iyong pinili, isang malaking bayan na hindi mabibilang o matuturingan dahil sa karamihan.
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 Bigyan mo nga ang iyong lingkod ng isang matalinong puso upang humatol sa iyong bayan, upang aking makilala ang mabuti at ang masama; sapagka't sino ang makahahatol dito sa iyong malaking bayan?
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 At ang pangungusap ay nakalugod sa Panginoon, na hiningi ni Salomon ang bagay na ito.
Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
11 At sinabi ng Dios sa kaniya, Sapagka't iyong hiningi ang bagay na ito, at hindi mo hiningi sa iyo ang mahabang buhay; o hiningi mo man sa iyo ang mga kayamanan, o hiningi mo man ang buhay ng iyong mga kaaway; kundi hiningi mo sa iyo'y katalinuhan upang kumilala ng kahatulan;
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 Narito, aking ginawa ayon sa iyong salita: narito, aking binigyan ka ng isang pantas at matalinong puso; na anopa't walang naging gaya mo na una sa iyo, o may babangon mang sinoman pagkamatay mo.
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 At akin namang ibinigay sa iyo ang hindi mo hinihingi, ang kayamanan at gayon din ang karangalan, na anopa't walang magiging gaya mo sa mga hari, sa lahat ng iyong mga kaarawan.
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 At kung ikaw ay lalakad sa aking mga daan, upang ingatan ang aking mga palatuntunan, at ang aking mga utos, gaya ng inilakad ng iyong amang si David, ay akin ngang palalaunin ang iyong mga kaarawan.
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 At nagising si Salomon, at narito, yao'y isang panaginip: at siya'y naparoon sa Jerusalem, at tumayo sa harap ng kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon, at naghandog ng mga handog na susunugin, at naghandog ng mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, at gumawa ng kasayahan sa lahat ng kaniyang mga lingkod.
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 Nang magkagayo'y naparoon sa hari ang dalawang babae na mga patutot, at nagsitayo sa harap niya.
One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
17 At sinabi ng isang babae, Oh panginoon ko, ako at ang babaing ito ay tumatahan sa isang bahay; at ako'y nanganak ng isang batang lalake sa bahay na kasama ko siya.
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 At nangyari, nang ikatlong araw pagkatapos na ako'y makapanganak, na ang babaing ito'y nanganak naman; at kami ay magkasama; walang iba sa amin sa bahay, liban sa kaming dalawa sa bahay.
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 At ang anak ng babaing ito ay namatay sa kinagabihan; sapagka't kaniyang nahigan.
“But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
20 At siya'y bumangon sa hating gabi, at kinuha niya ang anak kong lalake sa siping ko, samantalang ang iyong lingkod ay natutulog, at inihiga niya sa kaniyang sinapupunan, at inilagay ang kaniyang patay na anak sa aking sinapupunan.
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 At nang ako'y bumangon sa kinaumagahan upang aking pasusuhin ang aking anak, narito, siya'y patay: nguni't nang aking kilalanin ng kinaumagahan, narito, hindi ang aking anak na aking ipinanganak.
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 At sinabi ng isang babae, Hindi; kundi ang buhay ay aking anak at ang patay ay iyong anak. At sinabi ng isa: Hindi; kundi ang patay ay ang iyong anak, at ang buhay ay siyang aking anak. Ganito sila nangagsalita sa harap ng hari.
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 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng hari, Ang isa'y nagsasabi, Ang aking anak ay ang buhay, at ang iyong anak ay ang patay: at ang isa'y nagsasabi, Hindi; kundi ang iyong anak ay ang patay, at ang aking anak ay ang buhay.
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 At sinabi ng hari, Dalhan ninyo ako ng isang tabak. At sila'y nagdala ng isang tabak sa harap ng hari.
So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
25 At sinabi ng hari, Hatiin ng dalawa ang buhay na bata, at ibigay ang kalahati sa isa at ang kalahati ay sa isa.
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 Nang magkagayo'y nagsalita ang babae na ina ng buhay na bata sa hari, sapagka't ang kaniyang pagmamahal ay nagniningas sa kaniyang anak, at sinabi niya, Oh panginoon ko, ibigay mo sa kaniya ang buhay na bata, at sa anomang paraa'y huwag mong patayin. Nguni't ang sabi ng isa, Hindi magiging akin ni iyo man; hatiin siya.
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 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot ang hari at nagsabi, ibigay sa kaniya ang buhay na bata, at sa anomang paraa'y huwag patayin: siya ang ina niya.
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 At nabalitaan ng buong Israel ang kahatulan na inihatol ng hari; at sila'y nangatakot sa hari: sapagka't kanilang nakita na ang karunungan ng Dios ay nasa kaniya, upang gumawa ng kahatulan.
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.
