1 Kings 3
1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, Yahweh’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.
Solomon loh Egypt manghai Pharaoh te a masae nah. Pharaoh canu te a loh dae anih te David khopuei la a thak tih amah im neh BOEIPA im neh Jerusalem kaepvai kah vongtung a thoh te a khah hlan khuiah a om nah.
2 However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.
Te vaeng tue hil BOEIPA ming ham im a sak pawt dongah pilnam loh hmuensang ah a nawn.
3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
Solomon loh BOEIPA te a lungnah dongah a napa David kah khosing dongah pongpa. Tedae hmuensang ah a nawn tih a phum.
4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
Te vaengah manghai tah hmuensang tanglue te pahoi nawn ham Gibeon la cet. Solomon loh te kah hmueihtuk dongah hmueihhlutnah thawngkhat a khuen.
5 In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
Gibeon ah tah BOEIPA te Solomon ham khoyin kah a mang ah a phoe pah. Te vaengah Pathen loh, “Bih lah, nang te balae kam paek eh?” a ti nah.
6 Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.
Te dongah Solomon loh, “Namah loh na sal, a pa David taengah sitlohnah a len na tueng coeng. Anih te na mikhmuh ah oltak neh, duengnah neh, namah taengah thinko thuemnah neh pongpa coeng. Te dongah ni anih ham sitlohnah a len he na ngaithuen pah. Te phoeiah anih te tahae khohnin kah bangla a ngolkhoel dongah aka ngol capa na paek.
7 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.
“Ka Pathen, BOEIPA namah loh na sal te a pa David yueng la nan manghai sak coeng. Tedae kai camoe ca loh ka kunael ham neh ka vuenva ham ka ming moenih.
8 Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.
Na pilnam lakli kah na sal loh pilnam miping na coelh te tae thai pawt tih a cung la a soep moenih.
9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
Te dongah na sal taengah na pilnam kah laitloek pah ham, a thae a then te a laklo ah yakming thai ham olngai lungbuei mah pae. Na pilnam miping he laitloek pah ham unim aka coeng thai eh?” a ti nah.
10 This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Solomon loh he ol he a bih vanbangla Boeipa mikhmuh ah tah ol he voelphoeng coeng.
11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
Te dongah Pathen loh anih te, “He ol he nan dawt coeng tih namah ham khohnin a puh khaw nan bih moenih, namah ham khuehtawn khaw nan bih moenih, na thunkha kah hinglu khaw nan bih moenih. Namah ham tiktamnah ngai ham te yakming ham nan bih.
12 behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.
Na ol bangla ka saii bitni ne. Aka cueih tih aka yakming lungbuei te nang taengah kam paek bitni ne. Namah bang namah mikhmuh ah om pawt tih nang hnukah khaw namah bang he phoe mahpawh.
13 I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
Na bih pawt te khaw nang taengah khuehtawn neh thangpomnah la kam paek ni. Na hing tue khuiah tah manghai rhoek lakli ah khaw namah bang he hlang om mahpawh.
14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
Na pa David a pongpa bangla ka oltlueh neh ka olpaek ngaithuen ham te ka longpuei ah na pongpa atah na khohnin khaw ka pueh ni,” a ti nah.
15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
Solomon a haenghang vaengah mang la tarha a om pah. Te dongah Jerusalem la mael tih ka Boeipa kah paipi thingkawng hmai ah pai. Hmueihhlutnah a khuen tih rhoepnah te a saii phoeiah a sal boeih ham khaw buhkoknah a saii.
16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
Te vaengah pumyoi nu rhoi te manghai taengla pawk rhoi tih a mikhmuh ah pai rhoi.
17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
Te phoeiah huta pakhat loh, “Aw, ka boeipa, kai neh he huta he im pakhat ah ka om rhoi tih anih neh im pakhat ah ca ka cun rhoi.
18 The third day after I delivered, this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.
Kai loh camoe ka cun phoeikah a hnin thum dongah he kah huta khaw camoe a cun van. Kaimih rhoi bueng coeng tih im khuikah kaimih rhoi taengah yin a om moenih. Im ah tah kaimih rhoi bueng coeng ni.
19 This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.
He huta kah a capa tah khoyin ah a yalh thil tih duek.
20 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Te dongah khoyin bangli ah thoo tih ka capa te kamah taeng lamloh a loh. Na salnu he muelh a ti vaengah a rhang dongla a yalh sak tih a capa aka duek te kai kah rhang dongla a yalh sak.
21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.”
Mincang ah ka capa te khut ham ka thoo dae vik ana duek. Mincang ah anih te ka phatuem dae ka cun ka capa la vik ana om pawh,” a ti nah.
22 The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.
Huta tloe van long khaw, “Moenih, kai capa he hing tih nang capa duek,” a ti nah. Tedae te tlam ni, “Moenih, nang capa duek, kai capa hing,” a ti rhoi tih manghai mikhmuh ah a thui rhoi.
23 Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”
Te vaengah manghai loh, “He loh, 'Kai capa he hing tih nang capa duek,’ a ti. Ke long khaw, 'Pawh, nang capa duek tih kai capa la aka hing dae,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
24 The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Kai taengla cunghang hang khuen,” a ti nah tih cunghang te manghai mikhmuh ah a tawn uh.
25 The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
Te phoeiah manghai loh, “Camoe aka hing te panit la saek lamtah rhakthuem te pakhat taengah, rhakthuem te pakhat taengah pae,” a ti nah.
26 Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
Te vaengah a capa aka hing huta tah a capa soah a haidamnah tloo tih manghai te a thui pah tih, “Aw ka boeipa, a hing la aka om te anih taengah pae lamtah anih te duek rhoe duek sak boel mai,” a ti nah. Tedae khat long tah, “Kai ham khaw, nang ham khaw om boel saeh, saek saeh,” a ti.
27 Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
Manghai loh a doo tih, “A hing la aka om te anih taengah pae laeh. Duek rhoe duek sak boeh, anih he a manu ni,” a ti nah.
28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
Manghai kah laitloeknah loh a tang te Israel pum loh a yaak vaengah manghai mikhmuh ah a rhih uh. Te vaengah laitloeknah saii ham a khui kah Pathen cueihnah te a hmuh uh.
