1 Tuʻi 3
1Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.
1PEA naʻe fakakāinga ʻa Solomone mo Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite, pea naʻa ne maʻu ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Felo, ʻo ne ʻomi ia ki he Kolo ʻo Tevita, kaeʻoua ke ʻosi ʻene langa ʻa hono fale ʻoʻona, pea mo e fale ʻo Sihova, pea mo e ʻā naʻe takatakai ʻaki ʻa Selūsalema.
2The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the LORD.
2Ka naʻe fai ʻae feilaulau ʻe he kakai ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga, koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai langa ha fale ki he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia.
3Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.
3Pea naʻe ʻofa ʻa Solomone kia Sihova, pea naʻe ʻeveʻeva ia ʻi he ngaahi fekau ʻa Tevita ko ʻene tamai: ka ko e meʻa pe taha, naʻa ne fai ʻae feilaulau mo tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga.
4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
4Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae tuʻi ki Kipione ke fai feilaulau ʻi ai; he ko e potu māʻolunga ia naʻe ongoongo lahi: ko e feilaulau tutu ʻe afe naʻe feilaulau ʻaki ʻe Solomone ʻi he feilaulauʻanga ko ia.
5At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”
5Pea naʻe hā mai ʻa Sihova kia Solomone ʻi Kipione ʻi ha misi ʻi he pō: pea naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtua, “Kole ha meʻa ke u foaki kiate koe.”
6And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.
6Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Solomone, “Kuo ke fakahā ki heʻeku tamai ko Tevita ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻae ʻaloʻofa lahi, ʻo hangē ko ʻene ʻeveʻeva ʻi ho ʻao ʻi he moʻoni, mo e māʻoniʻoni, pea ʻi he angatonu ʻo hono loto kiate koe: pea kuo ke tuku ʻae ngāue ʻofa lahi ni maʻana, ʻi hoʻo tuku kiate ia ha foha ke ne nofo ki hono nofoʻa fakatuʻi, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku fai he ʻaho ni.
7And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.
7Pea ko eni, ʻE Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua, kuo ke fakanofo ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ke tuʻi ko e fetongi ʻo Tevita ko ʻeku tamai: pea ko e tamasiʻi siʻi pe au ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ke fēfē ʻa ʻeku ʻalu atu mo ʻeku hū mai.
8And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.
8Pea ko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻoku ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hoʻo kakai ʻaia kuo ke fili, ko e kakai lahi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai faʻa lau hako pe ʻoku toko fiha, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau tokolahi ʻaupito.
9Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
9Ko ia ke ke tuku ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ha loto poto ke fakamaauʻi ʻa hoʻo kakai, koeʻuhi ke u faʻa ʻilo totonu ʻae lelei mo e kovi; he ko hai ʻoku faʻa fai ke fakamaauʻi eni ʻa hoʻo kakai tokolahi ni?”
10It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.
10Pea naʻe lelei ʻae lea ni kia Sihova, ʻae kole ʻe Solomone ki he meʻa ni.
11And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,
11Pea naʻe folofola ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia, “Koeʻuhi kuo ke kole ki he meʻa ni, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke kole maʻau ʻae moʻui fuoloa; pe te ke kole maʻau ha koloa, pe te ke kole ʻae moʻui ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fili; ka kuo ke kole maʻau ʻae lotoloto poto, ke ʻiloʻi ai ʻae fakamaau totonu;
12behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
12Vakai, kuo u fai ʻo tatau mo ia kuo ke lea ki ai: vakai, kuo u foaki kiate koe ʻae loto poto mo faʻa fakakaukau; ko ia kuo ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻe tatau mo koe talu mei muʻa, pea ʻe ʻikai tupu hake ha tokotaha ke tatau mo koe ki mui.
13I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.
13Pea kuo u foaki foki kiate koe ʻae meʻa naʻe ʻikai te ke kole ki ai, ʻae koloa, mo e ongoongo fakatouʻosi; ko ia ʻe ʻikai tatau mo koe ha tokotaha ʻi he ngaahi tuʻi ʻi hoʻo ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē.
14And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
14Pea kapau te ke ʻalu ʻi hoku ngaahi hala, ke fai ki heʻeku ngaahi fono mo ʻeku ngaahi fekau, ʻo hangē ko e ʻalu ʻa Tevita ko hoʻo tamai, pehē, te u fakatolonga ʻa hoʻo ngaahi ʻaho.”
15And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
15Pea naʻe ʻā hake ʻa Solomone; pea vakai, ko e misi ia. Pea naʻa ne haʻu ki Selūsalema, ʻo ne tuʻu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe puha ʻoe fuakava ʻo Sihova, mo ne ʻatu ai ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino, pea naʻa ne teuteu ʻae kātoanga ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē.
16Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
16Pea naʻe toki haʻu ʻae ongo fefine angahala ʻe toko ua, ki he tuʻi, ʻo na tutuʻu ʻi hono ʻao.
17The 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.
17Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he fefine ʻe tokotaha, “ʻE hoku ʻeiki, ko au mo e fefine ni ʻoku ma nonofo ʻi he fale pe taha; pea naʻaku fāʻeleʻi ha tamasiʻi lolotonga ʻema ʻi he fale mo ia.
18Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone. There was no one else with us in the house; only we two were in the house.
18Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi hono ʻaho tolu hili ʻa ʻeku fāʻele ʻaʻaku, naʻe fāʻele ʻae fefine ni foki: pea naʻa ma nofo fakataha; naʻe ʻikai mo ha tokotaha kehe ʻi he fale mo kimaua, ka ko kimaua pe toko ua.
19And this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.
19Pea naʻe mate ʻae tamasiʻi ʻae fefine ni ʻi he pō; ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene taʻomia ia.
20And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.
20Pea naʻa ne tuʻu hake ʻi he tuʻuapō mālie, ʻo ne ʻave ʻa ʻeku tama mei hoku tafaʻaki lolotonga ʻae mohe ʻa hoʻo kaunanga, mo ne fakatokoto ia ki hono fatafata, ka naʻe tuku ʻe ia ʻa ʻene tamasiʻi mate ki hoku fatafata ʻoʻoku.
21When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.”
21Pea ʻi heʻeku tuʻu hake ʻi he pongipongi ke fakahuhu ʻa ʻeku tamasiʻi, vakai, kuo mate ia; ka ʻi heʻeku toki vakai ki ai ʻi he pongipongi, vakai, naʻe ʻikai ko ʻeku tama ia, ʻaia naʻaku fāʻeleʻi.”
22But the other woman said, “No, the living child is mine, and the dead child is yours.” The first said, “No, the dead child is yours, and the living child is mine.” Thus they spoke before the king.
22Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he fefine ʻe tokotaha, “ʻIkai; ka ko ʻeku tama ʻaia ʻoku moʻui, pea ko ia kuo mate ko hoʻo tama ia.” Pea naʻe pehēange eni, “ʻIkai; ka ko ia kuo mate ko hoʻo tama ia, pea ko ia ʻoku moʻui ko ʻeku tama ia.” Naʻe pehē ʻa ʻena lea ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi.
23Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead’; and the other says, ‘No; but your son is dead, and my son is the living one.’”
23Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “ʻOku pehē ʻe he tokotaha, ‘Ko ʻeku tama eni ʻaia ʻoku moʻui, pea ko hoʻo tama ʻaia ʻoku mate:’ pea ʻoku pehē ʻe he tokotaha kehe, ‘ʻIkai; ka ko hoʻo tama ʻaʻau ʻaia ʻoku mate, pea ko ʻeku tama ʻaʻaku ʻaia ʻoku moʻui.’|”
24And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king.
24Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “ʻOmi kiate au ha heletā.” Pea naʻa nau ʻomi ʻae heletā ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi.
25And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”
25Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “Fahiua ʻae tamasiʻi moʻui, pea ʻatu ʻae faʻahi ʻe taha ki he tokotaha, mo e faʻahi ʻe taha ki he tokotaha kehe.”
26Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because her heart yearned for her son, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him.”
26Pea naʻe toki lea ʻae fefine ʻaia naʻe ʻaʻana ʻae tamasiʻi moʻui, he naʻe ngaue ʻa hono fatu ki heʻene tama, pea naʻa ne pehē, “ʻE hoku ʻeiki, foaki pe kiate ia ʻae tamasiʻi moʻui, kaeʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tāmateʻi ia.” Ka naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha, “Ke ʻoua naʻa ʻaʻaku ia pe ʻaʻau, kae fahiua pe.”
27Then the king answered and said, “Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means put him to death; she is his mother.”
27Pea naʻe toki lea ʻae tuʻi ʻo pehēange, “Foaki kiate ia ʻae tamasiʻi moʻui, pea ʻoua ʻaupito naʻa tāmateʻi ia: ko ʻene faʻē ia.”
28And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
28Pea naʻe ongoongoa ʻi ʻIsileli kotoa ʻae fakamaau ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe he tuʻi; pea naʻa nau manavahē ki he tuʻi; he naʻa nau mamata kuo ʻiate ia ʻae poto mei he ʻOtua ke ne fai ʻae fakamaau.