¹Ja Saalomon sai vaaraoga, Egiptuse kuningaga, languks: ta võttis vaarao tütre ja viis selle Taaveti linna, seniks kui ta oli valmis ehitanud oma koja, Issanda koja ja müüri ümber Jeruusalemma.

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 the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.

²Aga rahvas ohverdas alles ohvriküngastel, sest Issanda nimele ei olnud kuni selle ajani koda ehitatud.

²Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.

³Saalomon armastas küll Issandat, käies oma isa Taaveti seadluste järgi, aga ta ohverdas ja suitsutas alles ohvriküngastel.

³Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

⁴Nõnda läks kuningas Gibeoni, et seal ohverdada, sest see oli suur ohvripaik; tuhat põletusohvrit ohverdas Saalomon sealsel altaril.

⁴The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

⁵Gibeonis ilmutas Issand ennast Saalomonile öösel unes; ja Jumal ütles: 'Palu, mida ma sulle peaksin andma!'

⁵In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”

⁶Ja Saalomon vastas: 'Sina osutasid oma sulasele, mu isale Taavetile, suurt heldust, kuna ta su ees käis tões ja õiguses ning oli õiglase südamega sinu vastu. Ja sina säilitasid temale selle suure helduse ning andsid temale poja, kes ta aujärjel istuks, nagu praegu ongi.

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.

⁷Ja nüüd, Issand, mu Jumal, sa oled tõstnud oma sulase kuningaks mu isa Taaveti asemele; aga mina olen nagu pisike poiss - ei mõista minna ega tulla.

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.

⁸Ja su sulane on su rahva keskel, kelle sa oled ära valinud - suur rahvas, keda ei saa ära lugeda ega arvutada rohkuse pärast.

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.

⁹Anna seepärast oma sulasele sõnakuulelik süda, et ta võiks su rahvale kohut mõista ning vahet teha hea ja kurja vahel; sest kes suudaks muidu kohut mõista sellele sinu suurele rahvale?'

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?”

¹⁰Et Saalomon just seda palus, siis oli see kõne Issanda silmis hea.

¹⁰The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

¹¹Ja Jumal ütles temale: 'Sellepärast et sa palusid seda ega palunud enesele pikka iga, rikkust ja oma vaenlaste hinge, vaid palusid mõistust, et kuulata, mis õige on,

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;

¹²siis ma teen, vaata, nagu sa ütled: näe, ma annan sulle targa ja mõistliku südame, nõnda et sinu sarnast ei ole olnud enne sind ega tõuse sinu sarnast ka mitte pärast sind.

¹²behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.

¹³Aga ka seda, mida sa ei ole palunud, ma annan sulle, niihästi rikkust kui au, nõnda et kogu su eluajal ei ole ükski kuningas sinu sarnane.

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.

¹⁴Ja kui sa käid minu teedel, pidades minu määrusi ja käske, nõnda nagu käis su isa Taavet, siis ma pikendan su elupäevi.'

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.”

¹⁵Ja Saalomon ärkas, ja vaata, see oli olnud unenägu. Kui ta tuli Jeruusalemma, siis ta astus Issanda seaduselaeka ette, ohverdas põletusohvreid ja valmistas tänuohvreid ning tegi kõigile oma sulaseile suure peo.

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.

¹⁶Kord tulid kaks hooranaist kuninga juurde ja seisid tema ees.

¹⁶Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.

¹⁷Ja üks naine ütles: 'Oh mu isand! Mina ja see naine elasime samas kojas. Ja mina sünnitasin kojas tema juuresolekul.

¹⁷The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.

¹⁸Ja kolmandal päeval, kui ma olin sünnitanud, sünnitas ka see naine. Me olime üheskoos, ühtegi võõrast ei olnud meiega seal kojas; ainult me mõlemad olime kojas.

¹⁸It happened the third day after I delivered, that this woman delivered also. We were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, just us two in the house.

¹⁹Aga selle naise poeg suri öösel, sest ta oli tema ära maganud.

¹⁹This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.

²⁰Siis ta tõusis keset ööd ja võttis minu poja mu kõrvalt, kui su teenija magas, ja pani oma sülle, aga oma surnud poja pani ta minu sülle.

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.

²¹Ja kui ma hommikul tõusin oma poega imetama, vaata, siis oli ta surnud. Aga kui ma teda hommikul tunnistasin, vaata, siis ei olnudki see minu poeg, kelle ma olin sünnitanud.'

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.”

²²Siis ütles teine naine: 'Ei ole nõnda, vaid minu poeg elab ja sinu poeg on surnud.' Aga esimene vastas: 'Ei ole nõnda, sinu poeg on surnud ja minu poeg elab.' Nõnda sõnelesid nad kuninga ees.

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.

²³Siis ütles kuningas: 'Üks ütleb: See on minu poeg, kes on elus, ja sinu poeg on surnud. Ja teine ütleb: Ei ole nõnda, sinu poeg on surnud ja minu poeg elab.'

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.’”

²⁴Ja kuningas ütles: 'Tooge mulle mõõk!' Ja mõõk toodi kuninga ette.

²⁴The king said, “Get me a sword.” They brought a sword before the king.

²⁵Siis ütles kuningas: 'Raiuge elus laps pooleks ja andke üks pool ühele ja teine pool teisele!'

²⁵The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”

²⁶Aga naine, kelle poeg oli elus, rääkis kuningale, sest ta süda põles poja pärast, ja ütles: 'Oh mu isand, andke elus laps temale, ärge surmake teda!' Ent teine ütles: 'See ei pea saama ei minule ega sinule - raiuge pooleks!'

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.”

²⁷Siis kostis kuningas ja ütles: 'Andke elus laps temale ja ärge surmake teda mitte - see seal on ta ema!'

²⁷Then the king answered, “Give her the living child, and in no way kill it. She is its mother.”

²⁸Ja kogu Iisrael kuulis kohtust, mida kuningas oli mõistnud, ja nad kartsid kuningat, sest nad nägid, et temal oli Jumala tarkus õigust teha.

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.