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 وَتَزَوَّجَ سُلَيْمَانُ ابْنَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، وَأَحْضَرَهَا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ رَيْثَمَا يَتِمُّ إِكْمَالُ بِنَاءِ قَصْرِهِ وَبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ والسُّورِ الْمُحِيطِ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ.

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 وَكَانَ الشَّعْبُ آنَئِذٍ يُقَدِّمُونَ ذَبَائِحَ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، لأَنَّ بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ بُنِيَ بَعْدُ.

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 وَأَحَبَّ سُلَيْمَانُ الرَّبَّ وَسَارَ فِي فَرَائِضِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ وَاظَبَ عَلَى تَقْدِيمِ ذَبَائِحَ وَإِيقَادِ بَخُورٍ عَلَى الْمُرْتَفَعاتِ.

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 وَمَضَى سُلَيْمَانُ إِلَى جِبْعُونَ، الْمُرْتَفَعَةِ الْعُظْمَى، وَأَصْعَدَ هُنَاكَ أَلْفَ مُحْرَقَةٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَذْبَحِ.

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 وَفِي جِبْعُونَ تَرَاءَى الرَّبُّ لَهُ لَيْلاً فِي حُلْمٍ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «اطْلُبْ مَاذَا أُعْطِيكَ؟»

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 فَأَجَابَ: «لَقَدْ صَنَعْتَ إِلَى عَبْدِكَ دَاوُدَ أَبِي رَحْمَةً وَاسِعَةً لأَنَّهُ سَلَكَ أَمَامَكَ بِأَمَانَةٍ وَصَلاحٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةِ قَلْبٍ، فَلَمْ تَحْرِمْهُ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، وَرَزَقْتَهُ ابْناً يَخْلُفُهُ عَلَى عَرْشِهِ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ.

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 وَالآنَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، لَقَدْ جَعَلْتَ عَبْدَكَ مَلِكاً خَلَفاً لِدَاوُدَ أَبِي، وَأَنَا مَابَرِحْتُ فَتىً صَغِيراً غَيْرَ مُتَمَرِّسٍ بِشُؤُونِ الْحُكْمِ،

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

8 وَعَبْدُكَ يَتَوَلَّى حُكْمَ شَعْبِكَ الَّذِي اخْتَرْتَهُ، وَهُوَ شَعْبٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَدَّ أَوْ يُحْصَى لِكَثْرَتِهِ.

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 فَهَبْ عَبْدَكَ قَلْباً فَهِيماً لأَقْضِيَ بَيْنَ شَعْبِكَ، وَأُمَيِّزَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ، لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحْكُمَ شَعْبَكَ الْعَظِيمَ هَذَا؟»

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

10 فَسُرَّ الرَّبُّ بِطَلَبِ سُلَيْمَانَ هَذَا.

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 وَقَالَ لَهُ: «لأَنَّكَ قَدْ طَلَبْتَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ، وَلَمْ تَطْلُبْ حَيَاةً طَوِيلَةً، وَلا غِنىً، وَلا انْتِقَاماً مِنْ أَعْدَائِكَ، بَلْ سَأَلْتَ حِكْمَةً لِتَسُوسَ شُؤُونَ الْحُكْمِ،

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 فَإِنَّنِي سَأُلَبِّي طَلَبَكَ، فَأَهَبُكَ قَلْباً حَكِيماً مُمَيِّزاً، فَلا يُضَاهِيكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَلا مِنْ بَعْدُ.

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 وَقَدْ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ أَيْضاً بِمَا لَمْ تَسْأَلْهُ، مِنْ غِنىً وَمَجْدٍ، حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ لَكَ نَظِيرٌ بَيْنَ الْمُلُوكِ فِي أَيَّامِكَ.

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 فَإِنْ سَلَكْتَ فِي طَرِيقِي وَأَطَعْتَ فَرَائِضِي وَوَصَايَايَ، كَمَا سَلَكَ أَبُوكَ، فَإِنِّي أُطِيلُ أَيَّامَكَ».

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 وَعِنْدَمَا اسْتَيْقَظَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ أَدْرَكَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ حُلْماً، فَعَادَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ تَابُوتِ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ وَقَرَّبَ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ، وَأَقَامَ وَلِيمَةً لِكُلِّ رِجَالِهِ.

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

16 بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ حَضَرَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ عَاهِرَتَانِ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ لِيَقْضِيَ بَيْنَهُمَا،

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 فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا: «اسْتَمِعْ يَا سَيِّدِي، إِنَّنِي وَهَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ مُقِيمَتَانِ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ وَرُزِقْتُ بِطِفْلٍ،

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 وَرُزِقَتْ هِيَ بِطِفْلٍ أَيْضاً بَعْدِي بِثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَكُنَّا مَعاً، لَا يُقِيمُ بَيْنَنَا غَرِيبٌ فِي الْبَيْتِ. كُنَّا وَحْدَنَا فَقَطْ فِي الْبَيْتِ.

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

19 فَمَاتَ طِفْلُ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَمَا انْقَلَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ فِي أَثْنَاءِ نَوْمِهَا.

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 فَنَهَضَتْ فِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَأَنَا مُسْتَغْرِقَةٌ فِي النَّوْمِ، وَأَخَذَتْ طِفْلِي مِنْ جَانِبِي وَأَضْجَعَتْهُ فِي حِضْنِهَا، وَأَضْجَعَتِ ابْنَهَا الْمَيْتَ فِي حِضْنِي.

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 فَلَمَّا هَمَمْتُ بِإِرْضَاعِ ابْنِي فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَجَدْتُهُ مَيْتاً، وَحِينَ تَأَمَّلْتُ فِيهِ فِي ضَوْءِ النَّهَارِ تَبَيَّنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ طِفْلِي الَّذِي أَنْجَبْتُهُ».

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 وَشَرَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ الأُخْرَى تُقَاطِعُهَا قَائِلَةً: «كَلًّا. إِنَّ ابْنِي هُوَ الْحَيُّ، وَابْنَكِ هُوَ الْمَيْتُ». فَتَرُدُّ عَلَيْهَا الأُخْرَى: «بَلِ ابْنُكِ هُوَ الْمَيْتُ وَابْنِي هُوَ الْحَيُّ». وَهَكَذَا اشْتَدَّ الْجَدَلُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ،

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 فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «كُلٌّ مِنْكُمَا تَدَّعِي أَنَّ الابْنَ الْحَيَّ هُوَ ابْنُهَا وَأَنَّ الابْنَ الْمَيْتَ هُوَ ابْنُ الأُخْرَى.

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

24 لِذَلِكَ اِيتُونِي بِسَيْفٍ». فَأَحْضَرُوا لِلْمَلِكِ سَيْفاً.

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

25 فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «اشْطُرُوا الطِّفْلَ الْحَيَّ إِلَى شَطْرَيْنِ، وَأَعْطُوا كُلًّا مِنْهُمَا شَطْراً».

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 فَالْتَهَبَتْ مَشَاعِرُ الأُمِّ الْحَقِيقِيَّةِ وَقَالَتْ لِلْمَلِكِ: «أَصْغِ يَا سَيِّدِي، أَعْطِهَا الطِّفْلَ وَلا تُمِيتُوهُ». أَمَّا الْمَرْأَةُ الأُخْرَى فَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ: «لَنْ يَكُونَ لَكِ وَلا لِي: اشْطُرُوهُ».

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 عِنْدَئِدٍ قَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَعْطُوا الطِّفْلَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَرَادَتْ لَهُ الْحَيَاةَ، فَهِيَ أُمُّهُ».

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 وَلَمَّا سَرَى نَبَأُ هَذَا الْحُكْمِ الَّذِي صَدَرَ عَنِ الْمَلِكِ بَيْنَ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، امْتَلأُوا تَوْقِيراً لَهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا فِيهِ حِكْمَةَ اللهِ لإِجْرَاءِ الْعَدْلِ.