1 Kings 11
1 King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh's daughter, there were women from the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.
所羅門王在法老的女兒之外，又寵愛許多外邦女子，就是摩押女子、亞捫女子、以東女子、西頓女子、赫人女子。
2 They were from the nations that the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for they will undoubtedly convince you to worship their gods.” Yet Solomon because of his love for women held on to them.
論到這些國的人，耶和華曾曉諭以色列人說：「你們不可與她們往來相通，因為她們必誘惑你們的心去隨從她們的神。」所羅門卻戀愛這些女子。
3 He had seven hundred wives of noble birth and three hundred concubines. His wives did convince him to turn away from the Lord.
所羅門有妃七百，都是公主；還有嬪三百。這些妃嬪誘惑他的心。
4 As Solomon grew old, his wives led him to follow other gods, and he did not commit himself wholeheartedly to the Lord as his father David had done.
所羅門年老的時候，他的妃嬪誘惑他的心去隨從別神，不效法他父親大衛誠誠實實地順服耶和華－他的上帝。
5 Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, vile god of the Ammonites.
因為所羅門隨從西頓人的女神亞斯她錄和亞捫人可憎的神米勒公。
6 This was how Solomon did evil in the Lord's sight, and was not completely dedicated to the Lord as his father David was.
所羅門行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，不效法他父親大衛專心順從耶和華。
7 It was then that Solomon built a high place of worship for Chemosh, the vile god of the people of Moab, and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites, on a hill east of Jerusalem.
所羅門為摩押可憎的神基抹和亞捫人可憎的神摩洛，在耶路撒冷對面的山上建築邱壇。
8 He built places of worship for all his foreign wives where they burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
他為那些向自己的神燒香獻祭的外邦女子，就是他娶來的妃嬪也是這樣行。
9 The Lord became angry with Solomon because he had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
耶和華向所羅門發怒，因為他的心偏離向他兩次顯現的耶和華－以色列的上帝。
10 The Lord had warned Solomon about this—that he should not worship other gods. But Solomon did not listen to the Lord's warning.
耶和華曾吩咐他不可隨從別神，他卻沒有遵守耶和華所吩咐的。
11 So the Lord told him, “Since this is what you have done, and since you have not kept my agreement and my laws that I commanded, I will definitely take the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
所以耶和華對他說：「你既行了這事，不遵守我所吩咐你守的約和律例，我必將你的國奪回，賜給你的臣子。
12 However, for the sake of your father David, I will not do this in your lifetime—I will take it away from your son.
然而，因你父親大衛的緣故，我不在你活着的日子行這事，必從你兒子的手中將國奪回。
13 Even then I will not take away the whole kingdom. I will leave your son with one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem.”
只是我不將全國奪回，要因我僕人大衛和我所選擇的耶路撒冷，還留一支派給你的兒子。」
14 Then the Lord encouraged Hadad the Edomite of Edom's royal family to oppose Solomon.
耶和華使以東人哈達興起，作所羅門的敵人；他是以東王的後裔。
15 Previously, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the Israelite army had gone to bury some of his soldiers who had been killed, and had slaughtered every male in Edom.
先前大衛攻擊以東，元帥約押上去葬埋陣亡的人，將以東的男丁都殺了。
16 Joab and the whole Israelite army had spent six months there destroying them all.
約押和以色列眾人在以東住了六個月，直到將以東的男丁盡都剪除。
17 But Hadad and some Edomites who had been his father's officials had run away to Egypt—Hadad was just a boy at the time.
那時哈達還是幼童；他和他父親的臣僕，幾個以東人逃往埃及。
18 They left Midian and went to Paran. Then, along with some people from Paran, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt. He provided Hadad with a house and food, and also assigned him land as a gift.
他們從米甸起行，到了巴蘭；從巴蘭帶着幾個人來到埃及見埃及王法老；法老為他派定糧食，又給他房屋田地。
19 Pharaoh became very friendly with Hadad, and he gave him the sister of his own wife to marry, Queen Tahpenes' sister.
哈達在法老面前大蒙恩惠，以致法老將王后答比匿的妹子賜他為妻。
20 She gave birth to his son called Genubath. Tahpenes brought him up in Pharaoh's palace with Pharaoh's own children.
答比匿的妹子給哈達生了一個兒子，名叫基努拔。答比匿使基努拔在法老的宮裏斷奶，基努拔就與法老的眾子一同住在法老的宮裏。
21 However, when news reached Hadad in Egypt that both David and Joab, the commander of the army, had died, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me leave and return to my own country.”
哈達在埃及聽見大衛與他列祖同睡，元帥約押也死了，就對法老說：「求王容我回本國去。」
22 Pharaoh asked him, “Is there anything that you have lacked here with me that now you want to go back to your own country?” “No, there's nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please just let me go home.”
法老對他說：「你在我這裏有甚麼缺乏，你竟要回你本國去呢？」他回答說：「我沒有缺乏甚麼，只是求王容我回去。」
23 God also encouraged Rezon, son of Eliada, to oppose Solomon. He had run away from his master Hadadezer, king of Zobah. After David had destroyed Zobah's army,
上帝又使以利亞大的兒子利遜興起，作所羅門的敵人。他先前逃避主人瑣巴王哈大底謝。
24 Rezon gathered around him a rebel band, and became their leader. They went and settled in Damascus, where they took over.
大衛擊殺 瑣巴人的時候，利遜招聚了一群人，自己作他們的頭目，往大馬士革居住，在那裏作王。
25 Rezon was Israel's enemy throughout Solomon's lifetime which added to the trouble Hadad caused. Rezon really hated Israel, and was the ruler of Aram.
所羅門活着的時候，哈達為患之外，利遜也作以色列的敵人。他恨惡以色列人，且作了亞蘭人的王。
26 In addition, Jeroboam, son of Nebat, rebelled against the king. One of Solomon's officials, he was an Ephraimite from Zeredah. His mother was a widow called Zeruah.
所羅門的臣僕、尼八的兒子耶羅波安也舉手攻擊王。他是以法蓮支派的洗利達人，他母親是寡婦，名叫洗魯阿。
27 This is why he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces and had closed the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
他舉手攻擊王的緣故，乃由先前所羅門建造米羅，修補他父親大衛城的破口。
28 Jeroboam was a man of ability, and when Solomon realized how successful he was in what he did, he placed him command of all the forced labor of the tribes of Joseph.
耶羅波安是大有才能的人。所羅門見這少年人殷勤，就派他監管約瑟家的一切工程。
29 Around that time the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was leaving Jerusalem.
一日，耶羅波安出了耶路撒冷，示羅人先知亞希雅在路上遇見他； 亞希雅身上穿着一件新衣。他們二人在田野，以外並無別人。
30 Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were by themselves in the countryside. Ahijah took the new cloak he was wearing and ripped it up into twelve pieces.
亞希雅將自己穿的那件新衣撕成十二片，
31 He said, “Jeroboam, take ten pieces. This is what the Lord God of Israel says. ‘Jeroboam, I am the Lord, the God of Israel, and I am going to take Solomon's kingdom from him and give you ten of the tribes.
對耶羅波安說：「你可以拿十片。耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：『我必將國從所羅門手裏奪回，將十個支派賜給你。（
32 One tribe will be left for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I chose from among all the tribes of Israel.
我因僕人大衛和我在以色列眾支派中所選擇的耶路撒冷城的緣故，仍給所羅門留一個支派。）
33 This is because they have abandoned me and bowed down in worship of Ashtoreth, goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, god of the Moabites, and Molech, god of the Ammonites. They have not followed my ways; they have not done what is right in my sight; they have not kept my commandments and laws as David, Solomon's father, did.
因為他離棄我，敬拜西頓人的女神亞斯她錄、摩押的神基抹，和亞捫人的神米勒公，沒有遵從我的道，行我眼中看為正的事，守我的律例典章，像他父親大衛一樣。
34 Even so, I'm not going to take the whole kingdom from Solomon, because I made him ruler for his lifetime for the sake of my servant David. I chose him because he kept my commandments and laws.
但我不從他手裏將全國奪回；使他終身為君，是因我所揀選的僕人大衛謹守我的誡命律例。
35 But I will take from his son's kingdom ten tribes and give them to you.
我必從他兒子的手裏將國奪回，以十個支派賜給你，
36 I will give his son one tribe, so that my servant David will always have a descendant like a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to be honored.
還留一個支派給他的兒子，使我僕人大衛在我所選擇立我名的耶路撒冷城裏，在我面前長有燈光。
37 I will take you, and you shall reign over everything that you want. You will be king over Israel.
我必揀選你，使你照心裏一切所願的，作王治理以色列。
38 If you accept everything that I command you, if you follow my ways, if you do what is right in my sight, keeping my laws and commandments as my servant David did, then I will be with you. I will set up for you a dynasty that lasts, just as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
你若聽從我一切所吩咐你的，遵行我的道，行我眼中看為正的事，謹守我的律例誡命，像我僕人大衛所行的，我就與你同在，為你立堅固的家，像我為大衛所立的一樣，將以色列人賜給你。
39 I will punish David's descendants because of this, but not forever.”
我必因所羅門所行的使大衛後裔受患難，但不至於永遠。』」
40 So Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam ran away to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt. He remained there until Solomon's death.
所羅門因此想要殺耶羅波安。耶羅波安卻起身逃往埃及；到了埃及王示撒那裏，就住在埃及，直到所羅門死了。
41 The record of the rest of the acts of Solomon, including everything he did, and his wisdom, are written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon.
所羅門其餘的事，凡他所行的和他的智慧都寫在所羅門記上。
42 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all of Israel for a total of forty years.
所羅門在耶路撒冷作以色列眾人的王共四十年。
43 Solomon died and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.
所羅門與他列祖同睡，葬在他父親大衛的城裏。他兒子羅波安接續他作王。
