1 Kings 11

1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

1 وَأُوْلِعَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِنِسَاءٍ غَرِيبَاتٍ كَثِيرَاتٍ، فَضْلاً عَنِ ابْنَةِ فِرْعَوْنَ، فَتَزَوَّجَ نِسَاءً مُوآبِيَّاتٍ وَعَمُّونِيَّاتٍ وَأَدُومِيَّاتٍ وَصِيدُونِيَّاتٍ وَحِثِّيَّاتٍ،

2 These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

2 وَكُلُّهُنَّ مِنْ بَنَاتِ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي نَهَى الرَّبُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنِ الزَّوَاجِ مِنْهُمْ قَائِلاً لَهُمْ: «لا تَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْهُمْ وَلا هُمْ مِنْكُمْ، لأَنَّهُمْ يُغْوُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَتِهِمْ». وَلَكِنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ الْتَصَقَ بِهِنَّ لِفَرْطِ مَحَبَّتِهِ لَهُنَّ.

3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

3 فَكَانَتْ لَهُ سَبْعُ مِئَةِ زَوْجَةٍ، وَثَلاثُ مِئَةِ مَحْظِيَّةٍ، فَانْحَرَفْنَ بِقَلْبِهِ عَنِ الرَّبِّ.

4 For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

4 فَاسْتَطَعْنَ فِي زَمَنِ شَيْخُوخَتِهِ أَنْ يُغْوِينَ قَلْبَهُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَلْبُهُ مُسْتَقِيماً مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ كَقَلْبِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ.

5 Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

5 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ عَبَدَ عَشْتَارُوثَ إلَهَةَ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَمَلْكُومَ إِلَهَ الْعَمُّونِيِّينَ الْبَغِيضَ،

6 So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.

6 وَارْتَكَبَ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَتْبَعْ سَبِيلَ الرَّبِّ بِكَمَالٍ كَمَا فَعَلَ أَبُوهُ دَاوُدُ.

7 At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.

7 وَأَقَامَ عَلَى تَلٍّ شَرْقِيَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ مُرْتَفَعاً لِكَمُوشَ إِلَهِ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ الْفَاسِقِ، وَلِمُولَكَ إِلَهِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ الْبَغِيضِ.

8 He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

8 وَشَيَّدَ مُرْتَفَعَاتٍ لِجَمِيعِ نِسَائِهِ الْغَرِيبَاتِ، اللَّوَاتِي رُحْنَ يُوْقِدْنَ الْبَخُورَ عَلَيْهَا وَيُقَرِّبْنَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ لِآلِهَتِهِنَّ.

9 Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

9 فَغَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ لأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ تَجَلَّى لَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ،

10 Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.

10 وَنَهَاهُ عَنِ الْغَوَايَةِ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَلَمْ يُطِعْ وَصِيَّتَهُ.

11 Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

11 لِهَذَا قَالَ اللهُ لِسُلَيْمَانَ: «لأَنَّكَ انْحَرَفْتَ عَنِّي وَنَكَثْتَ عَهْدِي، وَلَمْ تُطِعْ فَرَائِضِي الَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُكَ بِها، فَإِنِّي حَتْماً أُمَزِّقُ أَوْصَالَ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَأُعْطِيهَا لأَحَدِ عَبِيدِكَ.

12 Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

12 إِلّا أَنَّنِي لَا أَفْعَلُ هَذَا فِي أَيَّامِكَ، مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ، بَلْ مِنْ يَدِ ابْنِكَ أُمَزِّقُهَا.

13 Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

13 غَيْرَ أَنِّي أُبْقِي لَهُ سِبْطاً وَاحِداً، يَمْلِكُ عَلَيْهِ إِكْرَاماً لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا».

14 Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

14 وَأَثَارَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ هَدَدَ سَلِيلَ النَّسْلِ المَلَكِيِّ الأَدُومِيِّ،

15 Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

15 فَفِيمَا كَانَ دَاوُدُ فِي أَدُومَ، صَعِدَ يُوآبُ رَئِيسُ الْجَيْشِ لِدَفْنِ الْقَتْلَى، وَقَضَى عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ فِي أَدُومَ.

16 Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

16 إذْ إِنَّ يُوآبَ وَكُلَّ جَيْشِهِ أَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ، أَفْنَوْا خِلالَهَا كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِي أَدُومَ،

17 But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.

17 وَلَكِنَّ هَدَدَ وَبَعْضَ رِجَالِ أَبِيهِ الأَدُومِيِّينَ اسْتَطَاعُوا الْهَرَبَ وَاللُّجُوءَ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَكَانَ هَدَدُ آنَئِذٍ فَتىً صَغِيراً.

18 Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

18 وَأَقَامُوا فِي بَادِئِ الأَمْرِ فِي مِدْيَانَ، ثُمَّ انْتَقَلُوا إِلَى فَارَانَ حَيْثُ انْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِمْ عَدَدٌ آخَرُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، تَوَجَّهُوا جَمِيعاً إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مِصْرَ، فَأَعْطَى فِرْعَوْنُ هَدَدَ بَيْتاً وَأَرْضاً وَطَعَاماً،

19 There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.

19 وَحَظِيَ هَدَدُ بِرِضَى فِرْعَوْنَ، فَزَوَّجَهُ أُخْتَ امْرَأَتِهِ الْمَلِكَةِ تَحْفَنِيسَ،

20 And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.

20 فَأَنْجَبَتْ لَهُ أُخْتُ تَحْفَنِيسَ ابْناً دَعَاهُ جَنُوبَثَ. وَفَطَمَتْهُ تَحْفَنِيسُ فِي قَصْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَهَكَذَا نَشَأَ جَنُوبَثُ فِي بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ بَيْنَ أَبْنَائِهِ.

21 When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”

21 وَعِنْدَمَا سَمِعَ هَدَدُ فِي مِصْرَ بِمَوْتِ دَاوُدَ وَمَصْرَعِ يُوآبَ رَئِيسِ الْجَيْشِ، قَالَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «دَعْنِي أَمْضِي إِلَى أَرْضِي».

22 But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”

22 فَقَالَ لَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ: «هَلِ افْتَقَرْتَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ عِنْدِي حَتَّى تَنْشُدَ الرُّجُوعَ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «لا شَيْءَ إِنَّمَا دَعْنِي أَنْطَلِقُ».

23 And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

23 وَأَثَارَ اللهُ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ خَصْماً آخَرَ هُوَ رَزُونُ بْنُ أَلِيدَاعَ، الَّذِي هَرَبَ مِنْ عِنْدِ سَيِّدِهِ هَدَدْعَزَرَ مَلِكِ صُوبَةَ،

24 and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.

24 فَضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ رِجَالاً، وَأَصْبَحَ رَئِيساً لِعِصَابَةٍ مِنَ الثُّوَّارِ، فِي الْحِقْبَةِ الَّتِي دَمَّرَ فِيهَا دَاوُدُ قُوَّاتِ صُوبَةَ. فَانْطَلَقَ رَزُونُ بِعِصَابَتِهِ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ وَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهَا.

25 Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.

25 وَظَلَّ رَزُونُ خَصْماً لإِسْرَائِيلَ طَوَالَ حَيَاةِ سُلَيْمَانَ، فَضْلاً عَمَّا خَلَقَهُ هَدَدُ مِنْ مَتَاعِبَ. وَهَكَذَا مَلَكَ رَزُونُ فِي دِمَشْقَ وَبَقِيَ عَدُوّاً لإِسْرَائِيلَ.

26 Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

26 وَتَمَرَّدَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَابَاطَ الأَفْرَايِمِيُّ مِنْ صَرَدَةَ، وَكَانَ مِنْ رِجَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ صَرُوعَةُ وَهِيَ أَرْمَلَةٌ.

27 and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

27 أَمَّا سَبَبُ تَمَرُّدِهِ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ فَهُوَ أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنَى الْقَلْعَةَ وَسَدَّ الثُّغْرَاتِ فِي سُورِ مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ،

28 Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

28 وَكَانَ يَرُبْعَامُ رَجُلاً شَدِيدَ الْمِرَاسِ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى سُلَيْمَانُ أَنَّ الشَّابَّ نَشِيطٌ مُجْتَهِدٌ، أَقَامَهُ مُشْرِفاً عَلَى أَعْمَالِ التَّسْخِيرِ فِي أَرْضِ سِبْطِ يُوسُفَ.

29 During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.

29 وَحَدَثَ أَنَّ يَرُبْعَامَ خَرَجَ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، فَالْتَقَاهُ النَّبِيُّ أَخِيَّا الشِّيلُونِيُّ فِي الطَّرِيقِ. وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ يَرْتَدِي رِدَاءً جَدِيداً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَاهُمَا فِي الْحَقْلِ،

30 And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,

30 فَتَنَاوَلَ أَخِيَّا الرِّدَاءَ الْجَدِيدَ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَمَزَّقَهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ قِطْعَةً،

31 and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.

31 وَقَالَ لِيَرُبْعَامَ: «خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ عَشْرَ قِطَعٍ، لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَا أَنَا أُمَزِّقُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأُعْطِيكَ عَشَرَةَ أَسْبَاطٍ،

32 But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

32 وَلا يَبْقَى لَهُ سِوَى سِبْطٍ وَاحِدٍ إِكْرَاماً لِعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ، وَمِنْ أَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ مُدُنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

33 For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.

33 لأَنَّهُ تَخَلَّى عَنِّي وَسَجَدَ لِعَشْتَارُوثَ إِلَهَةِ الصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَلِكَمُوشَ إِلَهِ الْمُوآبِيِّينَ، وَلِمَلْكُومَ إِلَهِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَلَمْ يَسْلُكْ فِي سُبُلِي، وَيَصْنَعْ مَا هُوَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَلَمْ يُطِعْ فَرَائِضِي وَأَحْكَامِي كَدَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ.

34 Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

34 وَلَكِنِّي لَنْ أَنْزِعَ كُلَّ الْمُلْكِ عَنْهُ، بَلْ أُبْقِيَهُ رَئِيساً طَوَالَ حَيَاتِهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي الَّذِي اخْتَرْتُهُ، فَحَفِظَ وَصَايَايَ وَفَرَائِضِي.

35 But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

35 إِنَّمَا أُمَزِّقُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ ابْنِهِ، وَأُوَلِّيكَ عَلَى عَشْرَةِ أَسْبَاطٍ مِنْهَا،

36 I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

36 تَارِكاً لاِبْنِهِ سِبْطاً وَاحِداً، لِيَظَلَّ أَمَامِي دَائِماً سِرَاجٌ لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، الْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا لِنَفْسِي لأَضَعَ اسْمِي عَلَيْهَا.

37 But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.

37 أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَأُنَصِّبُكَ مَلِكاً لِتَحْكُمَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفْقاً لِرَغْبَةِ نَفْسِكَ.

38 If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

38 فَإِنْ أَطَعْتَ كُلَّ مَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ وَسَلَكْتَ فِي سُبُلِي، وَصَنَعْتَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَحَفِظْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَوَصَايَايَ كَمَا فَعَلَ دَاوُدُ عَبْدِي، أَكُونُ مَعَكَ وَأُرَسِّخُ لَكَ مُلْكاً آمِناً كَمَا بَنَيْتُ لِدَاوُدَ، وَأُعْطِيكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

39 Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”

39 وَأُذِلُّ ذُرِّيَّةَ دَاوُدَ إِلَى حِينٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا الإِثْمِ».

40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

40 وَسَعَى سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى قَتْلِ يَرُبْعَامَ، فَلَجَأَ يَرُبْعَامُ إِلَى شِيشَقَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ وَمَكَثَ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى وَفَاةِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

41 As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

41 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَعْمَالِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَكُلُّ مَا صَنَعَ، وَأَقْوَالُ حِكْمَتِهِ، أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ سُلَيْمَانَ؟

42 Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

42 وَدَامَ مُلْكُ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

43 And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

43 ثُمَّ مَاتَ سُلَيْمَانُ، فَدُفِنَ مَعَ أَسْلافِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ رَحُبْعَامُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.