열왕기상 3

1솔로몬이 애굽 왕 바로로 더불어 인연을 맺어 그 딸을 취하고 데려다가 다윗 성에 두고 자기의 궁과 여호와의 전과 예루살렘 주위의 성이 필역되기를 기다리니라 2그 때까지 여호와의 이름을 위하여 전을 아직 건축하지 아니하였으므로 백성들이 산당에서 제사하며 3솔로몬이 여호와를 사랑하고 그 부친 다윗의 법도를 행하되 오히려 산당에서 제사하며 분향하더라 4이에 왕이 제사하러 기브온으로 가니 거기는 산당이 큼이라 솔로몬이 그 단에 일천 번제를 드렸더니 5기브온에서 밤에 여호와께서 솔로몬의 꿈에 나타나시니라 하나님이 이르시되 내가 네게 무엇을 줄꼬 너는 구하라 6솔로몬이 가로되 주의 종 내 아비 다윗이 성실과 공의와 정직한 마음으로 주와 함께 주의 앞에서 행하므로 주께서 저에게 큰 은혜를 베푸셨고 주께서 또 저를 위하여 이 큰 은혜를 예비하시고 오늘날과 같이 저의 위에 앉을 아들을 저에게 주셨나이다 7나의 하나님 여호와여 주께서 종으로 종의 아비 다윗을 대신하여 왕이 되게 하셨사오나 종은 작은 아이라 출입할 줄을 알지 못하고 8주의 빼신 백성 가운데 있나이다 저희는 큰 백성이라 수효가 많아서 셀 수도 없고 기록할 수도 없사오니 9누가 주의 이 많은 백성을 재판할 수 있사오리이까 지혜로운 마음을 종에게 주사 주의 백성을 재판하여 선악을 분별하게 하옵소서 10솔로몬이 이것을 구하매 그 말씀이 주의 마음에 맞은지라 11이에 하나님이 저에게 이르시되 네가 이것을 구하도다 자기를 위하여 수도 구하지 아니하며 부도 구하지 아니하며 자기의 원수의 생명 멸하기도 구하지 아니하고 오직 송사를 듣고 분별하는 지혜를 구하였은즉 12내가 네 말대로 하여 네게 지혜롭고 총명한 마음을 주노니 너의 전에도 너와 같은 자가 없었거니와 너의 후에도 너와 같은 자가 일어남이 없으리라 13내가 또 너의 구하지 아니한 부와 영광도 네게 주노니 네 평생에 열왕 중에 너와 같은 자가 없을 것이라 14네가 만일 네 아비 다윗의 행함 같이 내 길로 행하며 내 법도와 명령을 지키면 내가 또 네 날을 길게 하리라 15솔로몬이 깨어보니 꿈이더라 이에 예루살렘에 이르러 여호와의 언약궤 앞에 서서 번제와 수은제를 드리고 모든 신복을 위하여 잔치하였더라 16때에 창기 두 계집이 왕에게 와서 그 앞에 서며 17한 계집은 말하되 내 주여 나와 이 계집이 한 집에서 사는데 내가 저와 함께 집에 있으며 아이를 낳았더니 18나의 해산한 지 삼일에 이 계집도 해산하고 우리가 함께 있었고 우리 둘 외에는 집에 다른 사람이 없었나이다 19그런데 밤에 저 계집이 그 아들 위에 누우므로 그 아들이 죽으니 20저가 밤중에 일어나서 계집종 나의 잠든 사이에 내 아들을 내 곁에서 가져다가 자기의 품에 누이고 자기의 죽은 아들을 내 품에 뉘었나이다 21미명에 내가 내 아들을 젖 먹이려고 일어나 본즉 죽었기로 내가 아침에 자세히 보니 내가 낳은 아들이 아니더이다 하매 22다른 계집은 이르되 아니라 산 것은 내 아들이요 죽은 것은 네 아들이라 하고 이 계집은 이르되 아니라 죽은 것이 네 아들이요 산 것이 내 아들이라 하매 왕 앞에서 그와 같이 쟁론하는지라 23왕이 가로되 이는 말하기를 산 것은 내 아들이요 죽은 것은 네 아들이라 하고 저는 말하기를 아니라 죽은 것이 네 아들이요 산 것이 내 아들이라 하는도다 하고 24또 가로되 칼을 내게로 가져오라 하니 칼을 왕의 앞으로 가져온지라 25왕이 이르되 산 아들을 둘에 나눠 반은 이에게 주고 반은 저에게 주라 26그 산 아들의 어미되는 계집이 그 아들을 위하여 마음이 불붙는 것 같아서 왕께 아뢰어 가로되 청컨대 내 주여 산 아들을 저에게 주시고 아무쪼록 죽이지 마옵소서 하되 한 계집은 말하기를 내 것도 되게 말고 네 것도 되게 말고 나누게 하라 하는지라 27왕이 대답하여 가로되 산 아들을 저 계집에게 주고 결코 죽이지 말라 저가 그 어미니라 하매 28온 이스라엘이 왕의 심리하여 판결함을 듣고 왕을 두려워하였으니 이는 하나님의 지혜가 저의 속에 있어 판결함을 봄이더라

1Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and Yahweh’s house, and the wall of Jerusalem all around. 2Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for Yahweh’s name until those days. 3Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 5In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 6Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and 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 this day. 7Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in. 8Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9Give 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 your great people?” 10The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice; 12behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you. 13I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like you, all your days. 14If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.” 15Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. 16Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him. 17The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house. 18The 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. 19This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it. 20She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.” 22The other woman said, “No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son.” This said, “No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king. 23Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead;’ and the other says, ‘No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’” 24The king said, “Get me a sword.” They brought a sword before the king. 25The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.” 26Then 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 it!” But the other said, “It shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide it.” 27Then the king answered, “Give her the living child, and in no way kill it. She is its mother.” 28All 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.

1En Salomo verzwagerde zich met Farao, den koning van Egypte; en nam de dochter van Farao, en bracht ze in de stad Davids totdat hij voleind zou hebben het bouwen van zijn huis en het huis des HEEREN, en den muur van Jeruzalem rondom. 2Alleenlijk offerde het volk op de hoogten, want geen huis was den Naam des HEEREN gebouwd, tot die dagen toe. 3En Salomo had den HEERE lief, wandelende in de inzettingen van zijn vader David; alleenlijk offerde hij en rookte op de hoogten. 4En de koning ging naar Gibeon, om aldaar te offeren, omdat die hoogte groot was; duizend brandofferen offerde Salomo op dat altaar. 5Te Gibeon verscheen de HEERE aan Salomo in een droom des nachts en God zeide: Begeer wat Ik u geven zal. 6En Salomo zeide: Gij hebt aan Uw knecht David, mijn vader, grote weldadigheid gedaan, gelijk als hij voor Uw aangezicht gewandeld heeft, in waarheid, en in gerechtigheid, en in oprechtheid des harten met U; en Gij hebt hem deze grote weldadigheid gehouden, dat Gij hem gegeven hebt een zoon, zittende op zijn troon, als te dezen dage. 7Nu dan, HEERE, mijn God! Gij hebt Uw knecht koning gemaakt in de plaats van mijn vader David; en ik ben een klein jongeling, ik weet niet uit te gaan noch in te gaan. 8En Uw knecht is in het midden van Uw volk, dat Gij verkoren hebt, een groot volk, hetwelk niet kan geteld noch gerekend worden, vanwege de menigte. 9Geef dan Uw knecht een verstandig hart, om Uw volk te richten, verstandelijk onderscheidende tussen goed en kwaad; want wie zou dit Uw zwaar volk kunnen richten? 10Die zaak nu was goed in de ogen des HEEREN, dat Salomo deze zaak begeerd had. 11En God zeide tot hem: Daarom dat gij deze zaak begeerd hebt, en niet begeerd hebt, voor u vele dagen, noch voor u begeerd hebt rijkdom, noch begeerd hebt de ziel uwer vijanden; maar hebt begeerd verstand voor u, om gerichtszaken te horen; 12Zie, Ik heb gedaan naar uw woorden; zie, Ik heb u een wijs en verstandig hart gegeven, dat uws gelijke voor u niet geweest is, en uws gelijke na u niet opstaan zal. 13Zelfs ook wat gij niet begeerd hebt, heb Ik u gegeven, beide rijkdom en eer; dat uws gelijke niemand onder de koningen al uw dagen zijn zal. 14En zo gij in Mijn wegen wandelen zult, onderhoudende Mijn inzettingen en Mijn geboden, gelijk als uw vader David gewandeld heeft, zo zal Ik ook uw dagen verlengen. 15En Salomo waakte op, en ziet, het was een droom. En hij kwam te Jeruzalem, en stond voor de ark des verbonds des HEEREN, en offerde brandofferen, en bereidde dankofferen, en maakte een maaltijd voor al zijn knechten. 16Toen kwamen er twee vrouwen, die hoeren waren, tot den koning; en zij stonden voor zijn aangezicht. 17En de ene vrouw zeide: Och, mijn heer. Ik en deze vrouw wonen in een huis; en ik heb bij haar in dat huis gebaard. 18Het is nu geschied op den derden dag na mijn baren dat deze vrouw ook gebaard heeft; en wij waren te zamen, geen vreemde was met ons in dat huis, behalve ons tweeen in het huis. 19En de zoon dezer vrouw is des nachts gestorven, omdat zij op hem gelegen had. 20En zij stond ter middernacht op, en nam mijn zoon van bij mij, als uw dienstmaagd sliep, en legde hem in haar schoot, en haar doden zoon legde zij in mijn schoot. 21En ik stond in de morgen op, om mijn zoon te zogen, en zie, hij was dood; maar ik lette in den morgen op hem, en zie, het was mijn zoon niet, dien ik gebaard had. 22Toen zeide de andere vrouw: Neen, maar die levende is mijn zoon, en de dode is uw zoon; gene daarentegen zeide: Neen, maar de dode is uw zoon, en de levende is mijn zoon! Alzo spraken zij voor het aangezicht des konings. 23Toen zeide de koning: Deze zegt: Dit is mijn zoon, die leeft, maar uw zoon is het, die dood is; en die zegt: Neen, maar de dode is uw zoon, en de levende mijn zoon. 24Verder zeide de koning: Haalt mij een zwaard; en zij brachten een zwaard voor het aangezicht des konings. 25En de koning zeide: Doorsnijdt dat levende kind in tweeen, en geeft de ene een helft, en de andere een helft. 26Maar de vrouw, welker zoon de levende was, sprak tot den koning (want haar ingewand ontstak over haar zoon), en zeide: Och, mijn heer! Geef haar dat levende kind, en dood het geenszins; deze daarentegen zeide: Het zij noch het uwe noch het mijne, doorsnijdt het. 27Toen antwoordde de koning, en zeide: Geeft aan die het levende kind, den doodt het geenszins; die is zijn moeder. 28En geheel Israel hoorde dat oordeel, dat de koning geoordeeld had, en vreesde voor het aangezicht des konings; want zij zagen, dat de wijsheid Gods in hem was, om recht te doen.