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 وَأَحَبَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ نِسَاءً غَرِيبَةً كَثِيرَةً مَعَ بِنْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ: 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 مِنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالَ عَنْهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «لَا تَدْخُلُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ لَا يَدْخُلُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ يُمِيلُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ وَرَاءَ آلِهَتِهِمْ». فَٱلْتَصَقَ سُلَيْمَانُ بِهَؤُلَاءِ بِٱلْمَحَبَّةِ.

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

3 وَكَانَتْ لَهُ سَبْعُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَاءِ ٱلسَّيِّدَاتِ، وَثَلَاثُ مِئَةٍ مِنَ ٱلسَّرَارِيِّ، فَأَمَالَتْ نِسَاؤُهُ قَلْبَهُ.

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 وَكَانَ فِي زَمَانِ شَيْخُوخَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ أَنَّ نِسَاءَهُ أَمَلْنَ قَلْبَهُ وَرَاءَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَلْبُهُ كَامِلًا مَعَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ كَقَلْبِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ.

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

5 فَذَهَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ وَرَاءَ عَشْتُورَثَ إِلَهَةِ ٱلصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَمَلْكُومَ رِجْسِ ٱلْعَمُّونِيِّينَ.

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

6 وَعَمِلَ سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلَمْ يَتْبَعِ ٱلرَّبَّ تَمَامًا كَدَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ.

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 حِينَئِذٍ بَنَى سُلَيْمَانُ مُرْتَفَعَةً لِكَمُوشَ رِجْسِ ٱلْمُوآبِيِّينَ عَلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ ٱلَّذِي تُجَاهَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَلِمُولَكَ رِجْسِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ.

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

8 وَهَكَذَا فَعَلَ لِجَمِيعِ نِسَائِهِ ٱلْغَرِيبَاتِ ٱللَّوَاتِي كُنَّ يُوقِدْنَ وَيَذْبَحْنَ 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 ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَى سُلَيْمَانَ لِأَنَّ قَلْبَهُ مَالَ عَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّذِي تَرَاءَى لَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ،

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

10 وَأَوْصَاهُ فِي هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ أَنْ لَا يَتَّبِعَ آلِهَةً أُخْرَى، فَلَمْ يَحْفَظْ مَا أَوْصَى بِهِ ٱلرَّبُّ.

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 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِسُلَيْمَانَ: «مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَكَ، وَلَمْ تَحْفَظْ عَهْدِي وَفَرَائِضِيَ ٱلَّتِي أَوْصَيْتُكَ بِهَا، فَإِنِّي أُمَزِّقُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ عَنْكَ تَمْزِيقًا وَأُعْطِيهَا لِعَبْدِكَ.

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 إِلَّا إِنِّي لَا أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ، مِنْ أَجْلِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيكَ، بَلْ مِنْ يَدِ ٱبْنِكَ 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 عَلَى أَنِّي لَا أُمَزِّقُ مِنْكَ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ كُلَّهَا، بَلْ أُعْطِي سِبْطًا وَاحِدًا لِٱبْنِكَ، لِأَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي، وَلِأَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُهَا».

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

14 وَأَقَامَ ٱلرَّبُّ خَصْمًا لِسُلَيْمَانَ: هَدَدَ ٱلْأَدُومِيَّ، كَانَ مِنْ نَسْلِ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي أَدُومَ.

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 وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا كَانَ دَاوُدُ فِي أَدُومَ، عِنْدَ صُعُودِ يُوآبَ رَئِيسِ ٱلْجَيْشِ لِدَفْنِ ٱلْقَتْلَى، وَضَرَبَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِي أَدُومَ.

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

16 لِأَنَّ يُوآبَ وَكُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَقَامُوا هُنَاكَ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ حَتَّى أَفْنَوْا 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 أَنَّ هَدَدَ هَرَبَ هُوَ وَرِجَالٌ أَدُومِيُّونَ مِنْ عَبِيدِ أَبِيهِ مَعَهُ لِيَأْتُوا مِصْرَ. وَكَانَ هَدَدُ غُلَامًا صَغِيرًا.

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 وَقَامُوا مِنْ مِدْيَانَ وَأَتَوْا إِلَى فَارَانَ، وَأَخَذُوا مَعَهُمْ رِجَالًا مِنْ فَارَانَ وَأَتَوْا إِلَى مِصْرَ، إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، فَأَعْطَاهُ بَيْتًا وَعَيَّنَ لَهُ طَعَامًا وَأَعْطَاهُ أَرْضًا.

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 فَوَجَدَ هَدَدُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ فِرْعَوْنَ جِدًّا، وَزَوَّجَهُ أُخْتَ ٱمْرَأَتِهِ، أُخْتَ تَحْفَنِيسَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ.

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 فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ أُخْتُ تَحْفَنِيسَ جَنُوبَثَ ٱبْنَهُ، وَفَطَمَتْهُ تَحْفَنِيسُ فِي وَسَطِ بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ. وَكَانَ جَنُوبَثُ فِي بَيْتِ فِرْعَوْنَ بَيْنَ بَنِي فِرْعَوْنَ.

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 فَسَمِعَ هَدَدُ فِي مِصْرَ بِأَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدِ ٱضْطَجَعَ مَعَ آبَائِهِ، وَبِأَنَّ يُوآبَ رَئِيسَ ٱلْجَيْشِ قَدْ مَاتَ. فَقَالَ هَدَدُ لِفِرْعَوْنَ: «أَطْلِقْنِي 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: «مَاذَا أَعْوَزَكَ عِنْدِي حَتَّى إِنَّكَ تَطْلُبُ ٱلذَّهَابَ إِلَى أَرْضِكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «لَا شَيْءَ، وَإِنَّمَا أَطْلِقْنِي».

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 وَأَقَامَ ٱللهُ لَهُ خَصْمًا آخَرَ: رَزُونَ بْنَ أَلِيدَاعَ، ٱلَّذِي هَرَبَ مِنْ عِنْدِ سَيِّدِهِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ 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 فَجَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ رِجَالًا فَصَارَ رَئِيسَ غُزَاةٍ عِنْدَ قَتْلِ دَاوُدَ إِيَّاهُمْ، فَٱنْطَلَقُوا إِلَى دِمَشْقَ وَأَقَامُوا بِهَا وَمَلَكُوا فِي دِمَشْقَ.

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 وَكَانَ خَصْمًا لِإِسْرَائِيلَ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ، مَعَ شَرِّ هَدَدَ. فَكَرِهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَلَكَ عَلَى أَرَامَ.

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 وَيَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَابَاطَ، أَفْرَايِمِيٌّ مِنْ صَرَدَةَ، عَبْدٌ لِسُلَيْمَانَ. وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ صَرُوعَةُ، وَهِيَ ٱمْرأَةٌ أَرْمَلَةٌ، رَفَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ.

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 وَهَذَا هُوَ سَبَبُ رَفْعِهِ يَدَهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ: أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنَى ٱلْقَلْعَةَ وَسَدَّ شُقُوقَ 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 ٱلرَّجُلُ يَرُبْعَامُ جَبَّارَ بَأْسٍ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى سُلَيْمَانُ ٱلْغُلَامَ أَنَّهُ عَامِلٌ شُغْلًا، أَقَامَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَعْمَالِ بَيْتِ 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 وَكَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلزَّمَانِ لَمَّا خَرَجَ يَرُبْعَامُ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، أَنَّهُ لَاقَاهُ أَخِيَّا ٱلشِّيلُونِيُّ ٱلنَّبِيُّ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ وَهُوَ لَابِسٌ رِدَاءً جَدِيدًا، وَهُمَا وَحْدَهُمَا فِي ٱلْحَقْلِ.

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

30 فَقَبَضَ أَخِيَّا عَلَى ٱلرِّدَاءِ ٱلْجَدِيدِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَمَزَّقَهُ ٱثْنَتَيْ 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 عَشَرَ قِطَعٍ، لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَأَنَذَا أُمَزِّقُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأُعْطِيكَ عَشْرَةَ 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 وَيَكُونُ لَهُ سِبْطٌ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ عَبْدِي دَاوُدَ وَمِنْ أَجْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُهَا مِنْ كُلِّ أَسْبَاطِ 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 لِأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُونِي وَسَجَدُوا لِعَشْتُورَثَ إِلَهَةِ ٱلصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَلِكَمُوشَ إِلَهِ ٱلْمُوآبِيِّينَ، وَلِمَلْكُومَ إِلَهِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَلَمْ يَسْلُكُوا فِي طُرُقِي لِيَعْمَلُوا ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيَّ وَفَرَائِضِي 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 وَلَا آخُذُ كُلَّ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ مِنْ يَدِهِ، بَلْ أُصَيِّرُهُ رَئِيسًا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ لِأَجْلِ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي ٱلَّذِي ٱخْتَرْتُهُ ٱلَّذِي حَفِظَ وَصَايَايَ وَفَرَائِضِي.

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

35 وَآخُذُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱبْنِهِ وَأُعْطِيكَ إِيَّاهَا، أَيِ ٱلْأَسْبَاطَ ٱلْعَشْرَةَ.

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 وَأُعْطِي ٱبْنَهُ سِبْطًا وَاحِدًا، لِيَكُونَ سِرَاجٌ لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِي كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ أَمَامِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُهَا لِنَفْسِي لِأَضَعَ ٱسْمِي فِيهَا.

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 وَآخُذُكَ فَتَمْلِكُ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ، وَتَكُونُ مَلِكًا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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 فَإِذَا سَمِعْتَ لِكُلِّ مَا أُوصِيكَ بِهِ، وَسَلَكْتَ فِي طُرُقِي، وَفَعَلْتَ مَا هُوَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيَّ، وَحَفِظْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَوَصَايَايَ كَمَا فَعَلَ دَاوُدُ عَبْدِي، أَكُونُ مَعَكَ وَأَبْنِي لَكَ بَيْتًا آمِنًا كَمَا بَنَيْتُ لِدَاوُدَ، وَأُعْطِيكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

39 وَأُذِلُّ نَسْلَ دَاوُدَ مِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا، وَلَكِنْ لَا كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ».

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 وَطَلَبَ سُلَيْمَانُ قَتْلَ يَرُبْعَامَ، فَقَامَ يَرُبْعَامُ وَهَرَبَ إِلَى مِصْرَ إِلَى شِيشَقَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ. وَكَانَ فِي مِصْرَ إِلَى 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 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَكُلُّ مَا صَنَعَ وَحِكْمَتُهُ أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أُمُورِ سُلَيْمَانَ؟

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

42 وَكَانَتِ ٱلْأَيَّامُ ٱلَّتِي مَلَكَ فِيهَا سُلَيْمَانُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عَلَى كُلِّ 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 ٱضْطَجَعَ سُلَيْمَانُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ وَدُفِنَ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَمَلَكَ رَحُبْعَامُ ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.