1 Kings 11
1 King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].
Salomon te renmen ak anpil fanm ki moun lòt nasyon. San konte pitit fi wa peyi Lejip la, li te gen fanm ki soti nan peyi Moab, nan peyi Amon, nan peyi Edon, nan peyi Sidon ak nan peyi Et.
2 He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”
Li te marye ak anpil fanm ki soti nan lòt nasyon, atout Seyè a te bay moun pèp Izrayèl yo lòd pou yo pa janm marye ak moun sa yo, pou yo pa janm kite yo mele ak yo, paske moun sa yo va pran tèt yo pou fè yo sèvi bondye pa yo. Men, Salomon te sitèlman renmen yo, li marye ak yo.
3 Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].
Salomon te marye ak sètsan (700) madanm ki soti nan fanmi gwo chèf, lèfini li te gen twasan (300) fanm kay. Medam sa yo fè l' vire do bay Bondye.
4 By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.
Lè Salomon konmanse granmoun, medam yo pran tèt li, yo fè l' al sèvi lòt bondye. Li pa sèvi Seyè a, Bondye li a, ak tout kè li ankò, jan David, papa l', te fè l' la.
5 Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
Li pran sèvi Astate, bondye peyi Sidon an, ak Milkòm, vye zidòl degoutan peyi Amon an.
6 That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.
Salomon tanmen fè sa ki mal devan Seyè a. Li pa sèvi l' ak tout kè li jan David, papa l', te fè a.
7 On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
Sou mòn ki sou bò solèy leve lavil Jerizalèm lan, li bati de tanp, yonn kote yo fè sèvis pou Kemòch, vye zidòl degoutan peyi Moab la, ak yonn kote yo fè sèvis pou Molòk, vye zidòl degoutan peyi Amon an.
8 He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.
Se konsa li bati lòt tanp kote pou medam lòt nasyon li te marye yo al boule lansan ak ofri bèt pou touye pou bondye pa yo.
9 Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,
Seyè a move sou Salomon paske Salomon te vire do bay Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la. Atout Seyè a te parèt de fwa devan Salomon,
atout li te ba li lòd pou li pa sèvi bondye lòt nasyon yo, Salomon pa t' koute Seyè a, li pa swiv lòd li yo.
11 and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.
Seyè a di Salomon konsa: -Gade sa ou fè! Ou pa respekte kontra mwen te pase avè ou la, ou pa fè sa m' te ba ou lòd fè. M'ap wete baton kòmandman an nan men ou, m'ap mete yonn nan chèf ou yo nan plas ou.
12 But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].
Men, poutèt David, papa ou, mwen p'ap fè sa nan vivan ou. Se nan men pitit gason ou lan m'ap wete gouvènman an.
13 But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”
Men, mwen p'ap wete tout peyi a nèt anba lòd li. Poutèt David, sèvitè m' lan, poutèt lavil Jerizalèm mwen chwazi pou rele m' pa m' lan, m'ap kite yon branch fanmi pou li.
14 Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.
Se konsa, Seyè a fè Adad, yon moun nan fanmi wa Edon an, leve dèyè Salomon.
15 What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.
Men istwa Adad: Lontan sa, nan tan David t'ap fè lagè ak peyi Edon, Joab, kòmandan lame li a, te moute nan peyi Edon al antere kadav sòlda pèp Izrayèl yo ki te mouri nan lagè a. Lèfini, yo touye dènye gason ki te nan peyi a.
Joab rete sis mwa nan peyi a ansanm ak tout lame a jouk yo fin touye dènye gason ladan l'.
17 Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.
Lè sa a, Adad te timoun. Li te rive chape kò l' ansanm ak kèk lòt moun peyi Edon ki t'ap travay kay papa l'. Y' ale nan peyi Lejip.
18 They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.
Yo kite lavil Madyan, yo pase lavil Paran. Antan yo la, yo pran kèk gason avèk yo, yo desann peyi Lejip bò kote wa peyi a. Farawon an ba li yon kay pou l' rete ak yon pòsyon tè pou l' travay. Lèfini li ba li manje.
19 The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.
Adad sitèlman vin bon zanmi farawon an, farawon an pran bèlsè li, sè larenn Takpènès, li bay Adad li pou madanm.
20 Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.
Madan Adad fè yon pitit gason yo te rele Genoubat. Larenn Takpenès fè elve Genoubat nan palè a kote li grandi ansanm ak tout pitit wa yo.
21 While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”
Lè nouvèl lanmò David ak lanmò Joab rive nan peyi Lejip, tonbe nan zòrèy Adad, Adad di farawon an konsa: -Kite m' tounen nan peyi m'.
22 But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].
Farawon an mande l': -Poukisa? Eske ou janm manke anyen isit lakay mwen kifè ou vle tounen lakay ou? Adad reponn li: -Mwen gen tou sa m' bezwen. Men se pou ou kite m' ale. Se konsa Adad tounen nan peyi l'.
23 God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].
Bondye fè yon lòt moun leve dèyè Salomon ankò. Se te Rezon, pitit gason Elyada, ki te kouri kite lakay mèt li, Adadezè, wa peyi Soba a.
24 Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.
Rezon sanble yon bann gason avè l'. Se konsa li vin chèf yon bann bandi. Lè sa a, David te bat Adadezè, li touye tout moun peyi Siri ki t'ap mache avèk Adadezè. Se konsa Rezon desann lavil Damas. Li vin chèf lavil Damas.
25 All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.
Pandan tout rèy wa Salomon, Rezon pa t' vle wè pèp Izrayèl la. Mete sou mechanste Adad t'ap fè pèp Izrayèl la, Rezon pa t' vle wè pèp Izrayèl la menm. Rezon te vin wa nan peyi Siri.
26 Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.
Yon lòt moun ki te bay Salomon do ankò, se te Jewoboram, yonn nan moun ki t'ap sèvi avèk Salomon yo. Jewoboram te pitit Nebat, yon nonm lavil Zereda nan peyi Efrayim. Manman l' te yon vèv yo te rele Sewa.
27 This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].
Men rezon ki te pote Jewoboram bay Salomon do. Salomon t'ap fè yo ranbleye teras ki bay sou solèy leve lavil Jerizalèm lan. Li t'ap fè repare miray Lavil David, papa l'.
28 Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.
Jewoboram te yon vanyan gason, lèfini li te konn sa li vle. Lè Salomon wè jan jenn gason an te travay rèd, li mete l' reskonsab travay kòve nan pòsyon tè ki pou fanmi pitit Jozèf yo.
29 One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,
Yon jou, Jewoboram te fèk kite lavil Jerizalèm, li kontre sou wout li ak Akija, pwofèt lavil Silo a. Akija te gen yon rad tou nèf sou li. De mesye yo te pou kont yo sou wout la nan mitan jaden yo.
30 which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.
Akija wete rad nèf ki te sou li a, li chire l' fè douz moso.
31 He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].
Lèfini, li di Jewoboam: -Pran dis moso pou ou, paske Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, voye di ou: Mwen pral wete kòmandman peyi a nan men Salomon, m'ap ba ou dis branch fanmi pou ou.
32 Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].
Salomon pral rete ak yon sèl branch fanmi. M'ap fè sa pou li poutèt David, sèvitè m' lan, poutèt lavil Jerizalèm mwen te chwazi nan tout peyi Izrayèl pou rele m' pa m' lan.
33 I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.
Salomon vire do ban mwen, l' al adore bondye lòt nasyon, tankou Astate, zidòl fanm moun peyi Sidon yo, Kemòch, bondye moun Moab yo, ak Milkòm, bondye moun Amon yo. Salomon pa fè sa ki byen devan je mwen, li pa mache dwat, li pa swiv lòd ak kòmandman mwen yo tankou David, papa l', te fè l' la.
34 ‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.
Men, mwen pa t' wete gouvènman tout peyi a nan men l'. M'ap kite l' gouvènen konsa jouk li mouri. M'ap fè sa pou li poutèt David, sèvitè m' lan, yon nonm mwen te chwazi, yon nonm ki te mache sou lòd ak kòmandman mwen yo.
35 But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].
Men, m'ap wete gouvènman tout peyi a nan men pitit gason l' lan. M'ap ba ou dis branch fanmi pou gouvènen.
36 I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].
M'ap kite yon sèl branch fanmi pou pitit li a. Konsa, David, sèvitè m' lan, va toujou gen yon moun nan ras li ap gouvènen lavil Jerizalèm, lavil mwen te chwazi pou m' rete a.
37 I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
Ou menm, mwen pran ou, m'ap mete ou wa sou tout peyi Izrayèl la. Konsa, w'a chèf sou tout peyi ou vle a.
38 If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.
Si ou fè tou sa mwen mande ou fè, si ou mache sou lòd mwen, si ou fè sa ki dwat devan je m', si ou kenbe tout lòd ak tout kòmandman mwen yo tankou David, sèvitè m' lan, te fè l' la, m'ap toujou kanpe la avè ou. Lèfini, tankou mwen te fè sa pou David, m'ap fè ou toujou gen yon moun nan fanmi ou k'ap wa apre ou. M'ap ba ou peyi Izrayèl la pou ou.
39 Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”
Se konsa m'ap pini moun fanmi David yo. Men, se p'ap pou tout tan.
40 Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.
Se poutèt sa Salomon te soti pou l' touye Jewoboam. Men, Jewoboram leve, li kouri ale nan peyi Lejip, bò Chichak, wa peyi a. Li rete la jouk Salomon mouri.
41 [A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.
Se nan liv istwa Salomon an nou jwenn tout lòt bagay Salomon te fè yo ak jan li te gen bon konprann.
42 He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.
Salomon te wa lavil Jerizalèm, li te gouvènen tout pèp Izrayèl la pandan karantan.
43 Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
Lè li mouri, yo antere l' nan lavil David, papa l'. Se Woboram, pitit li, ki moute nan plas li sou fotèy la.
