1 و صاهَر سُلَيْمانُ فِرعَوْنَ مَلِكَ مِصْرَ، حَيثُ تَزَوَّجَ مِنَ ابنَتِهِ وَأتَى بِها إلَى مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَفِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ، لَمْ يَكُنْ سُلَيْمانُ قَدِ انتَهَى مِنْ بِناءِ قَصْرِهِ وَبَيتِ اللهِ وَالسُّورِ المُحِيطِ بِالقُدسِ.

Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.

2 و َكانَ الشَّعبُ يُقَدِّمُونَ الذَّبائِحَ للهِ عَلَى المَذابِحِ فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ، لأنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ بُنِيَ بَعْدُ بَيْتٌ إكْراماً لاسْمِ اللهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ.

The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.

3 و َأظهَرَ سُلَيْمانُ مَحَبَّتَهُ للهِ بِإطاعَتِهِ كُلَّ ما أوصاهُ بِهِ داوُدُ أبُوهُ. إلّا أنَّهُ كانَ ما يَزالُ يُقَدِّمُ الذَّبائِحَ وَيُوقِدُ البَخُورَ فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ.

Now Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

4 و َذَهَبَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ إلَى جِبْعُونَ لِيُقَدِّمَ ذَبِيحَةً، لأَنَّها كانَتِ المُرتَفَعَةَ الأهَمَّ. فَقَدَّمَ ألفَ ذَبِيحَةٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ المَذبَحِ.

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

5 و َأثناءَ وُجُودِ سُلَيْمانَ فِي جِبْعُونَ، جاءَ إلَيهِ اللهُ لَيلاً فِي حُلْمٍ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «اطلُبْ مِنِّي ما شِئتَ، وَسَأُعطِيهِ لَكَ.»

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, “ Ask what you wish Me to give you.” Solomon’s Prayer

6 ف َأجابَ سُلَيْمانُ: «كُنتَ كَرِيماً جِدّاً مَعَ عَبدِكَ داوُدَ أبِي. وَهو سارَ مَعَكَ فِي حَياةٍ صالِحَةٍ بارَّةٍ وَقَلبٍ مُستَقِيمٍ. فَأظهَرْتَ لَهُ أعظَمَ كَرَمٍ، وَأعطَيتَهُ ابْناً يَجلِسُ عَلَى عَرشِهِ مِنْ بَعدِهِ.

Then Solomon said, “ You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

7 ي ا إلَهِي ، أنتَ تَلَطَّفتَ فَجَعَلْتَنِي أخلِفُ وَالِدِي فِي الحُكمِ. لَكِنَّنِي أشبَهُ بِطِفلٍ صَغِيرٍ. فَأنا أفتَقِرُ إلَى الحِكْمَةِ لأعرِفَ ما يَنْبَغِي عَلَيَّ أنْ أفعَلَ.

Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

8 و َأنا خادِمَكَ فِي وَسَطِ عَدَدٍ لا يُحصَى مِنْ شَعبِكَ المُختارِ العَظِيمِ.

Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted.

9 ف أعطِ خادِمَكَ فَهماً لِيَملُكَ عَلَى شَعبِكَ، وَأُمّيِّزَ الصَّوابَ مِنَ الخَطَأ. فَمَنْ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَحكَمَ مِثلَ هَذا الشَّعبِ العَظِيمِ.»

So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” God’s Answer

10 ف َسُرَّ اللهُ لأن سُلَيْمان طَلَبَ مِنْهُ هَذا.

It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.

11 و َقالَ لَهُ اللهُ: «لَمْ تَطلُبْ لِنَفسِكَ طُولَ العُمْرِ، وَلَمْ تَطلُبْ غِنَى شَخصِيّاً لَكَ. وَلَمْ تَطلُبْ لِأعدائِكَ المَوتَ. بَلْ طَلَبْتَ لِنَفسِكَ القُدرَةَ عَلَى التَّميِيزِ وَاتِّخاذِ القَراراتِ الصّائِبَةِ،

God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice,

12 ل ِهَذا سَأُلَبِّي لَكَ طَلَبَكَ. سَأجعَلُكَ حَكِيماً وَفَهِيماً، بَلْ سَأجعَلُكَ أحكَمُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ أتى قَبلَكَ. وَمِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ سيأْتِي بَعدَكَ.

behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.

13 و َسَأُكافِئُكَ أيضاً بِما لَمْ تَطلُبْ. سَتَتَمَتَّعُ كُلَّ حَياتِكَ بِغِنَى وَكَرامَةٍ، وَلَنْ يَبلُغَ مَلِكٌ آخَرُ عَظَمَتَكَ.

I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.

14 ف اتبَعْنِي وَأطِعْ شَرائِعِي وَوَصايايَ، كَما فَعَلَ داوُدُ أبُوكَ. فَإنْ فَعَلْتَ هَذا سَأُطِيلُ عُمرَكَ أيضاً.»

If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days.”

15 ث ُمَّ استَيقَظَ سُلَيْمانُ، فَعَرَفَ أنَّ اللهَ كَلَّمَهُ فِي حُلْمٍ. وَعادَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ، وَوَقَفَ أمامَ صُنْدُوقِ عَهدِ اللهِ. وَقَدَّمَ لَهُ ذَبِيحَةً صاعِدَةً وَذَبائِحَ سَلامٍ للهِ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ أقامَ حَفلَةً وَدَعا إلَيها كُلَّ قادَتَةِ وَمُعاوِنِيهِ. إظهارُ حِكمَةِ سُلَيْمان

Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants. Solomon Wisely Judges

16 و َذاتَ يَومٍ جاءَتِ امرَأتانِ عاهِرَتانِ إلَى سُلَيْمانَ، وَوَقَفَتا أمامَهُ.

Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.

17 ف َقالَتْ إحداهُما لِلمَلِكِ: «يا مَولايَ، أنا أسْكُنُ مَعَ هَذِهِ المَرأةُ فِي بَيْتٍ واحِدٍ. وَقَدْ حَبِلْنا كِلْتَيْنا وَاقتَرَبَ مَوعِدُ وَضْعِنا. فَأنجَبْتُ أنا ابنِي وَهِيَ مَعِي.

The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.

18 و َبَعدَ ثَلاثَةِ أيّامٍ وَضَعَتْ هَذِهِ المَرأةُ أيضاً ابناً. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ أحَدٌ فِي البَيتِ سِوانا نَحْنُ الاثنَتَينِ.

It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

19 و َذاتَ لَيلَةٍ، ماتَ ابنُ هذه المرأةِ لأنَّها نامَتْ عليهِ.

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

20 ف َقامَتْ فِي اللَّيلِ، وَأخَذَتِ ابنِي مِنْ فِراشِي وَأنا نائِمَةٌ، وَحَمَلَتْهُ وَوَضَعَتْهُ فِي فِراشِها، ثُمَّ وَضَعَتِ ابْنَها المَيِّتَ فِي فِراشِي.

So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

21 و َفِي الصَّباحِ، نَهَضْتُ لإرْضاعِ ابْنِي، فَوَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ ماتَ. وَلَمّا تَفَرَّستُ فِيهِ عَنْ قُربٍ، أدرَكْتُ أنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنِ ابْنِي.»

When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne.”

22 ل َكِنَّ المَرأةَ الأُخرَى قالَتْ: «لا! فَالوَلَدُ الحَيُّ هُوَ ابْنِي أنا، وَالوَلَدُ المَيِّتُ هُوَ ابْنُكِ!» أمّا المَرأةَ الأُولَى فَقالَتْ: «لا! لَيسَ صَحِيحاً! فَالوَلَدُ المَيِّتُ هُوَ ابْنُكِ. وَالوَلَدُ الحَيُّ ابنِي أنا!» فَتَجادَلَتا هَكَذا أمامَ المَلِكِ.

Then the other woman said, “No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.

23 ف َقالَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ: «تَزعَمُ كُلٌّ مِنْكُما أنَّ الوَلَدَ الحَيَّ هُوَ ابْنُها، وَأنَّ الوَلَدَ المَيِّتَ هُوَ ابْنُ المَرأةِ الأُخرَى.»

Then the king said, “ The one says, ‘This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”

24 ث ُمَّ أمَرَ المَلِكُ بِإحْضارِ سَيْفٍ. فَأحْضَرُوا لَهُ سَيْفاً.

The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

25 ف َقالَ المَلِكُ لِخادِمِهِ: «اشْطُرِ الوَلَدَ إلَى نِصفَينِ، وَأعطِ نِصفاً مِنْهُ لِكُلِّ امْرأةٍ.»

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

26 ف َقالَتِ المَرأةُ الثّانِيَةُ: «هَذا أمرٌ يُوافِقُنِي. اشْطُرِ الوَلَدَ إلَى نِصفَينِ، فَلا يَكُونَ لِأيٍّ مِنّا.» لَكِنَّ المَرأةَ الأُولَى، الأُمَّ الحَقِيقِيَّةَ لِلوَلَدِ، تَحَنَّنَتْ عَلَى ابْنِها. فَقالَتْ لِلمَلِكِ: «لا يا مَولايَ! لا تَقتُلِ الوَلَدَ! بَلْ أعْطِهِ لَها.»

Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!”

27 ف َقالَ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ: «لا تَقتُلِ الوَلَدَ! بَلْ أعطِهِ لِلمَرأةِ الأُولَى، فَهِيَ أُمُّهُ.»

Then the king said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.”

28 ف َذاعَ فِي كُلِّ إسْرائِيلَ ما فَعَلَهُ المَلِكُ سُلَيْمانُ. فَصارَ الشَّعبُ يَحتَرِمُونَهُ وَيُكَرِّمُونَهُ، لِأنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا أنَّ اللهَ أعطاهُ حِكمَةً عَظِيمَةً جِدّاً فِي اتِّخاذِ القَراراتِ وَإصْدارِها.

When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.