1 Raja-raja 3
1 Raja Salomo menjadikan Mesir sekutunya dengan mengawini putri raja Mesir. Putri itu dibawa oleh Salomo ke kota Daud untuk tinggal di situ sampai istana raja dan Rumah TUHAN serta benteng sekeliling Yerusalem selesai dibangun.
And so the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon, and he was joined with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by affinity. For he took his daughter, and he led her into the city of David, until he completed building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
2 Karena Rumah TUHAN belum dibangun pada waktu itu, rakyat masih mempersembahkan kurban di berbagai-bagai tempat.
But still the people immolated in the high places. For no temple had been built to the name of the Lord, even to that day.
3 Salomo mengasihi TUHAN dan mengikuti petunjuk-petunjuk dari ayahnya, tetapi ia masih menyembelih dan mempersembahkan binatang di berbagai tempat.
Now Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father, except that he immolated in the high places, and he burned incense.
4 Tempat ibadat yang paling terkenal terdapat di Gibeon. Salomo sering mempersembahkan kurban di sana. Pada suatu hari, seperti biasa, ia pergi ke sana lagi.
And so, he went away to Gibeon, so that he might immolate there; for that was the greatest high place. Solomon offered upon that altar, at Gibeon, one thousand victims as holocausts.
5 Malam itu TUHAN menampakkan diri kepadanya dalam mimpi dan berkata, "Salomo, mintalah apa yang kauinginkan, itu akan Kuberikan kepadamu!"
Then the Lord appeared to Solomon, through a dream in the night, saying, “Request whatever you wish, so that I may give it to you.”
6 Salomo menjawab, "TUHAN, Engkau sudah menunjukkan bahwa Engkau sangat mengasihi ayahku Daud, hamba-Mu itu. Ia baik, jujur serta setia kepada-Mu. Dan sebagai jaminan bahwa untuk seterusnya Engkau tetap mengasihi dia, Engkau memberikan kepadanya seorang putra yang sekarang memerintah menggantikan dia.
And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to your servant David, my father, because he walked in your sight in truth and justice, and with an upright heart before you. And you have kept your great mercy for him, and you have given him a son sitting upon his throne, just as it is this day.
7 Ya TUHAN, Allahku, Engkau mengangkat aku menjadi raja menggantikan ayahku, meskipun aku masih sangat muda dan tak tahu bagaimana caranya memerintah.
And now, O Lord God, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, my father. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure.
8 Aku berada di tengah-tengah bangsa yang telah Kaupilih menjadi umat-Mu sendiri. Mereka suatu bangsa besar yang tak terhitung jumlahnya.
And your servant is in the midst of the people that you have chosen, an immense people, who are not able to be numbered or counted because of their multitude.
9 Sebab itu, TUHAN, berikanlah kiranya kepadaku kebijaksanaan yang kuperlukan untuk memerintah umat-Mu ini dengan adil dan untuk dapat membedakan mana yang baik dan mana yang jahat. Kalau tidak demikian, mana mungkin aku dapat memerintah umat-Mu yang besar ini?"
Therefore, give to your servant a teachable heart, so that he may be able to judge your people, and to discern between good and evil. For who will be able to judge this people, your people, who are so many?”
10 Tuhan senang dengan permintaan Salomo itu
And the word was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon had requested this kind of thing.
11 dan berkata kepadanya, "Sebab engkau meminta kebijaksanaan untuk memerintah dengan adil, dan bukan umur panjang atau kekayaan untuk dirimu sendiri ataupun kematian musuh-musuhmu,
And the Lord said to Solomon: “Since you have requested this word, and you have not asked for many days or for wealth for yourself, nor for the lives of your enemies, but instead you have requested for yourself wisdom in order to discern judgment:
12 maka permintaanmu itu akan Kupenuhi. Aku akan menjadikan engkau lebih bijaksana dan lebih berpengetahuan daripada siapa pun juga, baik pada masa lalu maupun pada masa yang akan datang.
behold, I have done for you according to your words, and I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so much so that there has been no one like you before you, nor anyone who will rise up after you.
13 Bahkan apa yang tidak kauminta pun akan Kuberikan juga kepadamu: seumur hidupmu kau akan kaya dan dihormati melebihi raja lain yang mana pun juga.
But also the things for which you did not ask, I have given to you, namely wealth and glory, so that no one has been like you among the kings in the all days before.
14 Dan kalau kau, seperti ayahmu Daud, mentaati Aku serta mengikuti hukum-hukum-Ku, Aku akan memberikan kepadamu umur yang panjang."
And if you will walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, just as your father walked, I will lengthen your days.”
15 Setelah bangun, Salomo menyadari bahwa Allah telah berbicara kepadanya di dalam mimpi. Maka kembalilah ia ke Yerusalem lalu berdiri di depan Peti Perjanjian TUHAN dan mempersembahkan kurban bakaran dan kurban perdamaian. Kemudian ia mengadakan pesta untuk semua pegawainya.
Then Solomon awakened, and he understood that it was a dream. And when he had arrived in Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and he offered holocausts and made victims of peace offerings, and he held a great feast for all his servants.
16 Pada suatu hari, dua orang wanita pelacur datang menghadap Raja Salomo.
Then two women harlots went to the king, and they stood before him.
17 Salah seorang dari mereka berkata, "Paduka Yang Mulia, saya dengan wanita ini tinggal serumah. Tidak ada orang lain yang tinggal bersama kami. Beberapa waktu yang lalu, saya melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki. Dua hari kemudian wanita ini pun melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki pula.
And one of them said: “I beg you, my lord, I and this woman were living in one house, and I gave birth, with her in the room.
Then, on the third day after I gave birth, she also gave birth. And we were together, with no other person with us in the house, only the two of us.
19 Pada suatu malam ketika kami sedang tidur, wanita ini tanpa sengaja menindih bayinya sampai mati.
Then this woman’s son died in the night. For while sleeping, she smothered him.
20 Tengah malam sementara saya tidur, ia bangun lalu mengambil bayi saya dari sisi saya. Bayi saya itu ditaruhnya di tempat tidurnya, dan bayinya yang sudah mati itu ditaruhnya di tempat tidur saya.
And rising up in the silent depths of the night, she took my son from my side, while I, your handmaid, was sleeping, and she set him in her bosom. Then she placed her dead son in my bosom.
21 Besok paginya, ketika saya bangun dan hendak menyusui bayi saya itu, saya dapati ia telah mati. Setelah saya mengamat-amatinya, nyatalah ia bukan bayi saya."
And when I had arisen in the morning, so that I might give milk to my son, he appeared to be dead. But gazing upon him more diligently in the light of day, I realized that he was not mine, whom I had born.”
22 "Bohong!" kata wanita yang lain itu, "Yang hidup ini bayiku, yang mati itu bayimu!" "Tidak!" jawab wanita yang pertama itu. "Yang mati ini bayimu, yang hidup itu bayiku!" Begitulah mereka bertengkar di depan raja.
And the other woman responded: “It is not such as you say. Instead, your son is dead, but mine is alive.” To the contrary, she said: “You are lying. For my son lives, and your son is dead.” And in this manner, they were contending before the king.
23 Lalu kata Raja Salomo, "Kamu masing-masing mengaku bahwa bayi yang hidup ini anakmu dan bukan yang mati itu."
Then said the king: “This one says, ‘My son is alive, and your son is dead.’ And the other responds, ‘No, instead your son is dead, but mine lives.’”
24 Setelah berkata demikian raja menyuruh orang mengambil pedang.
Therefore the king said, “Bring a sword to me.” And when they had brought a sword before the king,
25 Kemudian raja memerintahkan, "Potonglah bayi yang hidup itu menjadi dua dan berikanlah satu potong kepada masing-masing wanita itu."
he said, “Divide the living infant in two parts, and give a half part to the one and a half part to the other.”
26 Mendengar perintah itu, ibu yang sebenarnya dari anak itu berkata, "Ampun, Baginda, jangan bunuh anak itu. Berikan saja kepada dia." Ibu itu berkata begitu karena ia sangat mencintai anaknya. Tetapi wanita yang lain itu berkata, "Ya, potong saja, biar tak seorang pun dari kami yang mendapatnya!"
But the woman, whose son was alive, said to the king, for her heart was moved concerning her son, “I beg you, my lord, give the living infant to her, and do not kill him.” To the contrary, the other said, “Let it be neither for me, nor for you, instead divide it.”
27 Maka berkatalah Salomo, "Jangan bunuh bayi itu! Serahkan kepada wanita yang pertama itu--dialah ibunya."
The king responded and said: “Give the living infant to this woman, and do not kill it. For she is his mother.”
28 Ketika bangsa Israel mendengar tentang keputusan Salomo dalam perkara tersebut, mereka merasa kagum dan hormat kepadanya. Sebab, nyatalah bahwa Allah telah memberikan kepadanya hikmat untuk berlaku adil.
Then all of Israel heard about the judgment that the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to accomplish judgment.
