1 Mga Hari 3
1 Kumampi si Solomon sa Paraon na hari ng Ehipto sa pamamagitan ng pagpapakasal. Kinuha niya ang anak na babae ng Paraon at dinala siya sa lungsod ni David hanggang sa matapos niya ang pagtatayo ng kaniyang sariling tahanan, ang tahanan ni Yahweh, at ang pader sa paligid ng Jerusalem.
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 Nag-aalay ang mga tao sa mga dambana, dahil wala pang tahanan ang naitayo para sa pangalan ni Yahweh.
[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 Minahal ni Solomon si Yahweh, lumalakad sa mga alituntunin ni David na kaniyang ama, maliban na nag-alay siya at nagsunog ng insenso sa mga dambana.
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 Pumunta ang hari sa Gibeon para mag-alay doon, dahil iyon ang malaking dambana. Naghandog si Solomon ng isang libong susunuging handog sa altar na iyon.
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 Nagpakita si Yahweh sa Gibeon kay Solomon sa isang panaginip isang gabi; sinabi niya, “Humiling ka! 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 Kaya sinabi ni Solomon, “Nagpakita ka ng dakilang katapatan sa tipan sa iyong lingkod, si David, aking ama, dahil lumakad siya sa harap mo nang may pagtitiwala, katuwiran, at kabutihan ng puso. Iningatan mo ang dakilang katapatan sa tipan na ito para sa kaniya at binigyan mo siya ng anak na lalaki para maupo sa trono niya ngayon.
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, Yahweh na aking Diyos, ginawa mong hari ang iyong lingkod kapalit ni David na aking ama, kahit na isa lamang akong bata. Hindi ko alam kung paano lumabas o 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 Ang iyong lingkod ay nasa kalagitnaan ng mga taong pinili mo, dakilang bayan, masyadong marami para itala o bilangin.
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 Kaya bigyan mo ang iyong lingkod ng maunawaing puso para hatulan ang iyong bayan, para malaman ko ang mabuti at masama. Dahil sino ang may kakayahang hatulan ang dakilang bansa mo na ito?”
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 Ang kahilingan na ito ni Solomon ay ikinalugod ng Panginoon.
Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
11 Kaya sinabi sa kaniya ng Diyos, “Dahil hiniling mo ang bagay na ito at hindi ka humiling para sa sarili mo ng mahabang buhay o kayamanan o ang buhay ng iyong mga kalaban, pero humiling ka para sa sarili mo ng kaunawaan para malaman ang katarungan.
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 Tingnan mo, ngayon gagawin ko ang lahat ng hiniling mo sa akin. Bibigyan kita ng may karunungan at maunawaing puso, sa gayon wala ng katulad mo na nauna sa iyo, at walang katulad mo ang mas hihigit na susunod sa iyo.
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 Binigay ko rin sa iyo ang hindi mo hiniling, ang parehong kayamanan at karangalan, para walang magiging katulad mo sa mga hari sa lahat ng iyong mga araw.
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 Kung lalakad ka sa aking mga paraan para sundin ang aking mga alituntunin at utos, tulad ng paglakad ng iyong ama na si David, pahahabain ko ang iyong mga araw.”
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 Pagkatapos ay nagising si Solomon, masdan ito, isa iyong panaginip. Pumunta siya sa Jerusalem at tumayo sa harap ng kaban ng tipan ng Panginoon. Nag-alay siya ng mga handog na susunugin at handog para sa kapayapaan, at nagdaos ng isang handaan para 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 May dalawang bayarang babae ang pumunta sa hari at tumayo sa harap niya.
One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
17 Sinabi ng isang babae, “O, aking panginoon, ako at ang babaeng ito ay naninirahan sa iisang bahay, at nanganak ako kasama siya sa bahay na iyon.
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 Nangyari na sa ikatlong araw matapos kong manganak ay nanganak din ang babaeng ito. Magkasama kami. Wala na kaming kasama sa bahay, pero kami lamang dalawa ang nasa 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 Isang gabi ay namatay ang kaniyang anak na lalaki, dahil nahigaan niya ito.
“But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
20 Kaya tumayo siya nang hatinggabi at kinuha ang aking anak na lalaki sa tabi ko, habang natutulog ang iyong lingkod, at inihiga siya sa kaniyang dibdib, at inihiga ang kaniyang patay na anak sa aking dibdib.
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 Nang tumayo ako kinaumagahan para pasusuin ang aking anak, patay na siya. Pero nang tinignan ko siya nang mabuti kinaumagahan, hindi siya ang aking anak, na ipinanganak ko.”
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 Pagkatapos ay sinabi ng isa pang babae, “Hindi, ang nabubuhay ang aking anak, at ang patay ay ang iyong anak.” Sinabi ng unang babae, “Hindi, ang patay ay ang iyong anak, at ang nabubuhay ay ang aking anak.” Ganito sila nag-usap 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 Pagkatapos ay sinabi ng hari, “Ang isa sa inyo ay sinasabi, 'Ito ang aking anak na nabubuhay, at ang iyong anak ay patay na,' at sinasabi ng isa pa, 'Hindi, ang anak mo ay ang patay na, at ang anak ko ay ang nabubuhay pa.'”
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 Sinabi ng hari, “Magdala kayo sa akin ng espada.” Kaya nagdala sila ng espada sa hari.
So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
25 Pagkatapos ay sinabi ng hari, “Hatiin ninyo ng dalawa ang nabubuhay na bata, at ibigay ang kalahati sa babaeng ito, at ang kalahati sa isa pa.”
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 At ang babae na ang anak ay buhay pa ay nagsalita sa hari, dahil ang kaniyang puso ay puno ng pagmamahal para sa kaniyang anak, “O, aking panginoon, ibigay mo na lang sa kaniya ang nabubuhay na bata, at huwag mo siyang patayin sa anumang paraan.” Pero sinabi ng isa pang babae, “Hindi siya mapupunta sa akin o sa iyo. Hatiin ninyo 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 Pagkatapos ay sumagot ang hari at sinabi, “Ibigay niyo sa unang babae ang nabubuhay na bata, at huwag ninyo siyang patayin sa anumang paraan. Siya ang kaniyang ina.”
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 Nang narinig ng buong Israel ang paghahatol na ginawa ng hari, natakot sila sa hari, dahil nakita nila ang karunungan ng Diyos ay nasa kaniya sa pagbibigay ng hatol.
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.
