1 Kings 3
1 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.
Aconteció que Salomón hizo una alianza matrimonial con el Faraón de Egipto. Se casó con la hija del faraón y la llevó a vivir a la Ciudad de David hasta que terminó de construir su palacio, el Templo del Señor y las murallas que rodeaban Jerusalén.
2 [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.
Sin embargo, en aquellos días el pueblo seguía sacrificando en los altares porque aún no se había construido un Templo para honrar al Señor.
3 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.
Salomón demostró que amaba al Señor siguiendo las instrucciones de su padre David, excepto que sacrificaba y quemaba ofrendas en los altares.
4 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.
El rey fue a Gabaón para sacrificar allí, pues era el lugar alto más importante. Salomón presentó mil holocaustos en el altar de ese lugar.
5 That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
El Señor se le apareció a Salomón en un sueño en Gabaón. Dios le dijo: “Pide lo que quieras”.
6 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].
Entonces Salomón respondió: “Le mostraste a tu siervo David, mi padre, un gran amor fiel porque vivió su vida ante ti con fidelidad, haciendo lo correcto y comprometido con los principios. Has seguido mostrando este gran amor incondicional dándole un hijo para que se sentara en su trono hasta el día de hoy.
7 “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].
“Ahora, Señor Dios, me has hecho rey en lugar de mi padre David. Pero soy como un joven inexperto que no sabe qué hacer.
8 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].
Yo, tu siervo, estoy aquí en medio de tu pueblo elegido, un gran pueblo que es tan numeroso que no se puede contar.
9 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.”
Así que, por favor, dame una mente receptiva para poder gobernar bien a tu pueblo, entendiendo la diferencia entre el bien y el mal, porque ¿quién puede gobernar a este difícil pueblo tuyo?”.
10 Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that.
El Señor consideró que lo que Salomón pedía era bueno.
11 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].
Así que Dios le dijo: “Como pediste esto, y no pediste una larga vida, ni riquezas, ni la muerte de tus enemigos, sino que pediste entendimiento para saber lo que es correcto,
12 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.
te estoy dando lo que pediste. Te estoy dando una mente sabia, con un entendimiento de lo que es correcto, más que cualquier otro antes de ti o después de ti.
13 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.
También te estoy dando lo que no pediste, riqueza y estatus, tanto que ningún rey se comparará contigo durante toda tu vida.
14 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.”
Y si sigues mis caminos, guardando mis leyes y mis mandatos, como hizo tu padre David, te daré una larga vida”.
15 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.
Entonces Saalomón se despertó y se dio cuenta de que había tenido un sueño. Volvió a Jerusalén y se puso delante del Arca del Pacto del Señor y presentó holocaustos y ofrendas de paz, y celebró un banquete para todos sus funcionarios.
16 One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon.
Más tarde, dos prostitutas vinieron al rey y se presentaron ante él para ser juzgadas.
17 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.
Una de las mujeres tomó la palabra y dijo: “Si le place a Su Majestad: Comparto casa con esta mujer. Tuve un bebé mientras ella vivía en la casa.
18 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.
Tres días después del nacimiento de mi bebé, esta mujer también tuvo un bebé. Estábamos juntos; no había nadie más en la casa, sólo nosotros dos.
19 “But one night this woman’s baby died because she [accidentally] rolled on top of her baby [while sleeping and smothered it].
Durante la noche, el hijo de esta mujer murió porque ella se volcó sobre él.
20 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.
Ella se levantó en medio de la noche y tomó a mi hijo de mi lado mientras yo dormía. Lo puso junto a ella para abrazarlo, y puso a su hijo muerto junto a mí.
21 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!”
Cuando me levanté por la mañana para amamantar a mi hijo, vi que estaba muerto. Cuando lo miré de cerca a la luz me di cuenta de que no era mi hijo”.
22 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.
La otra mujer argumentó: “¡No! Mi hijo es el que está vivo. Tu hijo es el que está muerto”. La primera mujer objetó: “¡No! Tu hijo es el que está muerto. Mi hijo es el que está vivo”. Siguieron discutiendo delante del rey.
23 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.’”
El rey intervino diciendo: “Así que esta mujer dice: ‘Mi hijo es el que está vivo. Tu hijo es el que está muerto’, mientras que la otra mujer dice: ‘No, tu hijo es el que está muerto. Mi hijo es el que está vivo’”.
24 So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king.
“Tráiganme una espada”, ordenó el rey. Y le trajeron una espada.
25 Then the king said to the servant, “Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women.”
“Corten al niño que está vivo en dos, y denle la mitad a una mujer y la otra mitad a la otra”, ordenó.
26 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.”
Pero la mujer cuyo hijo estaba vivo le tenía tanto amor de madre que le gritó al rey: “¡Por favor, Su Majestad, dale el niño! No lo mates”. Pero la otra mujer dijo: “¡No será mío ni tuyo, córtalo en dos!”.
27 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.”
El rey dio su veredicto. “Dale el niño que está vivo a la primera mujer”, ordenó. “Por ningún motivo lo mates, pues ella es su verdadera madre”.
28 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.
Cuando todos en Israel se enteraron del veredicto que había dado el rey, sintieron un gran respeto por él, porque reconocieron la sabiduría que Dios le había dado para juzgar correctamente.
