Premier livre des Rois 3

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
	1 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 Le peuple sacrifiait sur les hauts lieux, car on n'avait pas encore bâti en ce temps-là une maison pourle Nom de Yahvé.	2 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 Salomon aima Yahvé: il se conduisait selon les préceptes de son père David; seulement il offrait dessacrifices et de l'encens sur les hauts lieux.	3 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 Le roi alla à Gabaôn pour y sacrifier, car le plus grand haut lieu se trouvait là -- Salomon a offertmille holocaustes sur cet autel.	4 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 A Gabaôn, Yahvé apparut la nuit en songe à Salomon. Dieu dit: "Demande ce que je dois te donner."	5 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 Salomon répondit: "Tu as témoigné une grande bienveillance à ton serviteur David, mon père, etcelui-ci a marché devant toi dans la fidélité, la justice et la droiture du coeur; tu lui as gardé cette grandebienveillance et tu as permis qu'un de ses fils soit aujourd'hui assis sur son trône.	6 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 Maintenant, Yahvé mon Dieu, tu as établi roi ton serviteur à la place de mon père David, et moi, jesuis un tout jeune homme, je ne sais pas agir en chef.	7 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 Ton serviteur est au milieu du peuple que tu as élu, un peuple nombreux, si nombreux qu'on ne peutle compter ni le recenser.	8 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 Donne à ton serviteur un coeur plein de jugement pour gouverner ton peuple, pour discerner entre lebien et le mal, car qui pourrait gouverner ton peuple, qui est si grand?"	9 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 Il plut au regard du Seigneur que Salomon ait fait cette demande;	10 And the word was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon had requested this kind of thing.
11 et Dieu lui dit: "Parce que tu as demandé cela, que tu n'as pas demandé pour toi de longs jours, ni larichesse, ni la vie de tes ennemis, mais que tu as demandé pour toi le discernement du jugement,	11 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 voici que je fais ce que tu as dit: je te donne un coeur sage et intelligent comme personne ne l'a euavant toi et comme personne ne l'aura après toi.	12 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 Et même ce que tu n'as pas demandé, je te le donne aussi: une richesse et une gloire comme àpersonne parmi les rois.	13 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 Et si tu suis mes voies, gardant mes lois et mes commandements comme a fait ton père David, jet'accorderai une longue vie."	14 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 Salomon s'éveilla et voilà que c'était un songe. Il rentra à Jérusalem et se tint devant l'arche del'alliance du Seigneur; il offrit des holocaustes et des sacrifices de communion et donna un banquet à tous sesserviteurs.	15 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 Alors deux prostituées vinrent vers le roi et se tinrent devant lui.	16 Then two women harlots went to the king, and they stood before him.
17 L'une des femmes dit: "S'il te plaît, Monseigneur! Moi et cette femme nous habitons la mêmemaison, et j'ai eu un enfant, alors qu'elle était dans la maison.	17 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.
18 Il est arrivé que, le troisième jour après ma délivrance, cette femme aussi a eu un enfant; nous étionsensemble, il n'y avait pas d'étranger avec nous, rien que nous deux dans la maison.	18 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 Or le fils de cette femme est mort une nuit parce qu'elle s'était couchée sur lui.	19 Then this woman’s son died in the night. For while sleeping, she smothered him.
20 Elle se leva au milieu de la nuit, prit mon fils d'à côté de moi pendant que ta servante dormait; ellele mit sur son sein et son fils mort elle le mit sur mon sein.	20 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 Je me levai pour allaiter mon fils, et voici qu'il était mort! Mais, au matin, je l'examinai, et voici quece n'était pas mon fils que j'avais enfanté!"	21 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 Alors l'autre femme dit: "Ce n'est pas vrai! Mon fils est celui qui est vivant, et ton fils est celui quiest mort!" et celle-là reprenait: "Ce n'est pas vrai! Ton fils est celui qui est mort et mon fils est celui qui estvivant!" Elles se disputaient ainsi devant le roi	22 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 qui prononça: "Celle-ci dit: Voici mon fils qui est vivant et c'est ton fils qui est mort! et celle-là dit:Ce n'est pas vrai! Ton fils est celui qui est mort et mon fils est celui qui est vivant!	23 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 Apportez-moi une épée", ordonna le roi; et on apporta l'épée devant le roi,	24 Therefore the king said, “Bring a sword to me.” And when they had brought a sword before the king,
25 qui dit: "Partagez l'enfant vivant en deux et donnez la moitié à l'une et la moitié à l'autre."	25 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 Alors la femme dont le fils était vivant s'adressa au roi, car sa pitié s'était enflammée pour son fils,et elle dit: "S'il te plaît, Monseigneur! Qu'on lui donne l'enfant vivant, qu'on ne le tue pas!" mais celle-là disait:"Il ne sera ni à moi ni à toi, partagez!"	26 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 Alors le roi prit la parole et dit: "Donnez l'enfant vivant à la première, ne le tuez pas. C'est elle lamère."	27 The king responded and said: “Give the living infant to this woman, and do not kill it. For she is his mother.”
28 Tout Israël apprit le jugement qu'avait rendu le roi, et ils révérèrent le roi car ils virent qu'il y avaiten lui une sagesse divine pour rendre la justice.	28 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.