1 Kings 3

1 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

1 所罗门娶了埃及法老的女儿，与法老联姻。他在自己的王宫、耶和华的殿和耶路撒冷的城墙完工之前，让她一直住在大卫城。

2 The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.

2 那时候，用来尊崇耶和华之名的殿还没有建成，以色列人仍然在丘坛献祭。

3 And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

3 所罗门爱耶和华，遵行他父亲大卫的律例，只是仍然在丘坛献祭烧香。

4 Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

4 有一次，所罗门王上基遍献了一千头祭牲作燔祭，因为那里有最重要的丘坛。

5 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

5 在基遍，耶和华晚上在梦中向所罗门显现，对他说：“你想要什么，只管向我求。”

6 Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

6 所罗门说：“你的仆人——我父大卫本着诚实、公义、正直的心在你面前行事，你就向他大施恩慈，并且一如既往地以厚恩待他，让他儿子今天继承他的王位。

7 And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

7 我的上帝耶和华啊，你让仆人继承我父大卫的王位，但仆人还年幼无知，不懂得如何治理国家。

8 Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

8 仆人住在你所拣选的子民中，这些子民多得不可胜数。

9 Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

9 求你赐我智慧治理你的子民，并能辨别是非；不然，谁能治理你这众多的子民呢？”

10 Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.

10 主喜悦所罗门的祈求，

11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

11 对他说：“既然你不为自己求寿、求财富，也不求灭绝仇敌，只求有智慧秉公治理我的子民，

12 behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.

12 我必应允你，赐给你空前绝后的智慧和悟性。

13 Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

13 你没有求富贵和尊荣，但我会一并赐给你，使你有生之年在列王中无人能比。

14 So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

14 你若像你父亲大卫一样遵行我的道，遵守我的律例和诫命，我必使你长寿。”

15 Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

15 所罗门醒来，发现是做了一个梦。他回到耶路撒冷，站在耶和华的约柜前献上燔祭和平安祭，又宴请群臣。

16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

16 一天，两个妓女到王面前告状。

17 One woman said, “Please, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.

17 其中一个说：“我主啊，我跟这女人同住，我生了一个男孩，当时她也在场。

18 On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

18 我生产三天后，她也生了一个男孩。我们住在一起，除了我们二人，屋里没有别人。

19 During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.

19 一天晚上，她不小心压死了自己的孩子。

20 So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

20 她半夜起来，趁我熟睡的时候抱走了我身边的孩子，放在她怀中，把她的死孩子放在我怀中。

21 The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

21 天快亮的时候，我起来给孩子喂奶，发现孩子死了。天亮后，我仔细察看孩子，发现孩子不是我生的。”

22 “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.

22 另一个女人说：“不对！活孩子是我的，死孩子是你的。”第一个女人说：“不对！死孩子是你的，活孩子是我的。”两个女人在王面前争吵起来。

23 Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”

23 王见她们二人都说活孩子是自己的，死孩子是对方的，

24 The king continued, “Bring me a sword.” So they brought him a sword,

24 就命人拿刀来。侍从把刀拿来后，

25 and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”

25 王下令将那活孩子劈成两半，让她们各得一半。

26 Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

26 活孩子的母亲心疼自己的孩子，就说：“我主啊，把孩子给她吧，千万不要杀他！”但另一个女人却说：“孩子不归我，也不归你，把他劈开吧！”

27 Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

27 王说：“不可杀这孩子，把他交给刚才为孩子求情的女人吧！她是孩子的母亲。”

28 When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

28 以色列人听见王这样断案，都敬畏他，因为他们知道他有上帝所赐的智慧，能够秉公断案。