1 Kings · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
1 Kings 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Έκαμε δε ο Σολομών επιγαμίαν μετά του Φαραώ, βασιλέως της Αιγύπτου, και έλαβε την θυγατέρα του Φαραώ· και έφερεν αυτήν εις την πόλιν Δαβίδ, εωσού ετελείωσε να οικοδομή τον οίκον αυτού και τον οίκον του Κυρίου και το τείχος της Ιερουσαλήμ κύκλω.
1 Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into David’s city until he had finished building his own house, Yahweh’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 Πλην ο λαός εθυσίαζεν επί τους υψηλούς τόπους, επειδή δεν ήτο ωκοδομημένος οίκος εις το όνομα του Κυρίου, έως των ημερών εκείνων.
2 However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.
3 Και ηγάπησεν ο Σολομών τον Κύριον, περιπατών εις τα προστάγματα Δαβίδ του πατρός αυτού· μόνον εθυσίαζε και εθυμίαζεν επί τους υψηλούς τόπους.
3 Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father, except that he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
4 Και υπήγεν ο βασιλεύς εις Γαβαών, διά να θυσιάση εκεί· διότι εκείνος ήτο ο υψηλός τόπος ο μέγας· χίλια ολοκαυτώματα προσέφερεν ο Σολομών επί το θυσιαστήριον εκείνο.
4 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 Εφάνη δε ο Κύριος εν Γαβαών εις τον Σολομώντα καθ' ύπνον διά νυκτός· και είπεν ο Θεός, Ζήτησον τι να σοι δώσω.
5 In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
6 Ο δε Σολομών είπε, Συ έκαμες μέγα έλεος προς τον δούλον σου Δαβίδ τον πατέρα μου, επειδή περιεπάτησεν ενώπιόν σου εν αληθεία και εν δικαιοσύνη και εν ευθύτητι καρδίας μετά σού· και εφύλαξας εις αυτόν το μέγα τούτο έλεος και έδωκας εις αυτόν υιόν καθήμενον επί του θρόνου αυτού, καθώς την ημέραν ταύτην·
6 Solomon said, “You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, because he walked before you in truth, 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 today.
7 και τώρα, Κύριε Θεέ μου, συ έκαμες τον δούλον σου βασιλέα αντί Δαβίδ του πατρός μου· και εγώ είμαι παιδάριον μικρόν· δεν εξεύρω πως να εξέρχωμαι και να εισέρχωμαι·
7 Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am just a little child. I don’t know how to go out or come in.
8 και ο δούλός σου είναι εν μέσω του λαού σου, τον οποίον εξέλεξας, λαού μεγάλου, όστις εκ του πλήθους δεν δύναται να αριθμηθή ουδέ να λογαριασθή·
8 Your servant is among your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can’t be numbered or counted for multitude.
9 δος λοιπόν εις τον δούλον σου καρδίαν νοήμονα εις το να κρίνη τον λαόν σου, διά να διακρίνω μεταξύ καλού και κακού· διότι τις δύναται να κρίνη τον λαόν σου τούτον τον μέγαν;
9 Give 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 great people of yours?”
10 Και ήρεσεν ο λόγος εις τον Κύριον, ότι ο Σολομών εζήτησε το πράγμα τούτο.
10 This request pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
11 Και είπεν ο Θεός προς αυτόν, Επειδή εζήτησας το πράγμα τούτο, και δεν εζήτησας εις σεαυτόν πολυζωΐαν, και δεν εζήτησας εις σεαυτόν πλούτη, και δεν εζήτησας την ζωήν των εχθρών σου, αλλ' εζήτησας εις σεαυτόν σύνεσιν διά να εννοής κρίσιν,
11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
12 ιδού, έκαμα κατά τους λόγους σου· ιδού, έδωκα εις σε καρδίαν σοφήν και συνετήν, ώστε δεν εστάθη πρότερόν σου όμοιός σου, ουδέ μετά σε θέλει αναστηθή όμοιός σου·
12 behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.
13 έτι δε έδωκα εις σε και ό,τι δεν εζήτησας, και πλούτον και δόξαν, ώστε μεταξύ των βασιλέων δεν θέλει είσθαι ουδείς όμοιός σου καθ' όλας τας ημέρας σου·
13 I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.
14 και εάν περιπατής εις τας οδούς μου, φυλάττων τα διατάγματά μου και τας εντολάς μου, καθώς περιεπάτησε Δαβίδ ο πατήρ σου, τότε θέλω μακρύνει τας ημέρας σου.
14 If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
15 Και εξύπνησεν ο Σολομών· και ιδού, ήτο ενύπνιον. Και ήλθεν εις Ιερουσαλήμ και εστάθη ενώπιον της κιβωτού της διαθήκης του Κυρίου, και προσέφερεν ολοκαυτώματα και έκαμεν ειρηνικάς προσφοράς και έκαμε συμπόσιον εις πάντας τους δούλους αυτού.
15 Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
16 Τότε ήλθον δύο γυναίκες πόρναι προς τον βασιλέα και εστάθησαν έμπροσθεν αυτού.
16 Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king, and stood before him.
17 Και είπεν η μία γυνή, Ω, κύριέ μου εγώ και η γυνή αύτη κατοικούμεν εν τη αυτή οικία, και εγέννησα συγκατοικούσα μετ' αυτής·
17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
18 την δε τρίτην ημέραν αφού εγώ εγέννησα, εγέννησε και η γυνή αύτη· και ήμεθα ομού· δεν ήτο ξένος μεθ' ημών εν τη οικία· μόνον ημείς αι δύο ήμεθα εν τη οικία·
18 The 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.
19 και την νύκτα απέθανεν ο υιός της γυναικός ταύτης, επειδή εκοιμήθη επ' αυτόν·
19 This woman’s child died in the night, because she lay on it.
20 και αυτή σηκωθείσα το μεσονύκτιον, έλαβε τον υιόν μου εκ του πλαγίου μου, ενώ η δούλη σου εκοιμάτο, και έβαλεν αυτόν εις τον κόλπον αυτής· τον δε υιόν αυτής τον νεκρόν έβαλεν εις τον κόλπον μου·
20 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
21 και ότε εσηκώθην το πρωΐ, διά να θηλάσω τον υιόν μου, ιδού, ήτο νεκρός· πλην αφού το πρωΐ παρετήρησα αυτό, ιδού, δεν ήτο ο υιός μου τον οποίον εγέννησα.
21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead; but when I had looked at him in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.”
22 Η δε άλλη γυνή είπεν, Ουχί, αλλ' ο ζων είναι ο υιός μου, ο δε νεκρός είναι ο υιός σου. Η δε είπεν, Ουχί, αλλ' ο νεκρός είναι ο υιός σου, ο δε ζων είναι ο υιός μου. Ούτως ελάλησαν ενώπιον του βασιλέως.
22 The other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” The first one said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” They argued like this before the king.
23 Και είπεν ο βασιλεύς, Η μεν λέγει, Ούτος ο ζων είναι ο υιός μου, ο δε νεκρός είναι ο υιός σου· η δε λέγει, Ουχί, αλλ' ο νεκρός είναι ο υιός σου, ο δε ζων είναι ο υιός μου.
23 Then the king said, “One says, ‘This is my son who lives, and your son is the dead one;’ and the other says, ‘No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”
24 Και είπεν ο βασιλεύς, φέρετέ μοι μάχαιραν. Και έφεραν την μάχαιραν έμπροσθεν του βασιλέως.
24 The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.
25 Και είπεν ο βασιλεύς, Διαιρέσατε εις δύο το παιδίον το ζων, και δότε το ήμισυ εις την μίαν και το ήμισυ εις την άλλην.
25 The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”
26 Τότε η γυνή, της οποίας ήτο ο υιός ο ζων, ελάλησε προς τον βασιλέα, διότι τα σπλάγχνα αυτής επόνεσαν διά τον υιόν αυτής, και είπεν, Ω, κύριέ μου, δος εις αυτήν το παιδίον το ζων, και κατ' ουδένα τρόπον μη θανατώσης αυτό. Η δε άλλη είπε, Μήτε ιδικόν μου ας ήναι, μήτε ιδικόν σου· διαιρέσατε αυτό.
26 Then 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 him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”
27 Τότε αποκριθείς ο βασιλεύς, είπε, Δότε εις αυτήν το παιδίον το ζων, και κατ' ουδένα τρόπον μη θανατώσητε αυτό· αύτη είναι μήτηρ αυτού.
27 Then the king answered, “Give the first woman the living child, and definitely do not kill him. She is his mother.”
28 Και ήκουσε πας ο Ισραήλ περί της κρίσεως, την οποίαν ο βασιλεύς έκρινε, και εφοβήθησαν τον βασιλέα· διότι είδον ότι σοφία Θεού ήτο εν αυτώ διά να κάμνη κρίσιν·
28 All 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.
People & places in this chapter
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Pharaoh's daughter (wife of Solomon)
The daughter of Pharaoh king of Egypt, whom Solomon married to seal an alliance and for whom he built a house.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:24
Solomon
David's son who built the temple and became famous for God-given wisdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chron. 3:5; Matt. 1:6-7
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 8:11; 2 Chronicles 2:1–4; 2 Samuel 5:7
- 2 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 33:17; Deuteronomy 12:2–5; Leviticus 26:30; Acts 7:47–49
- 3 1 Corinthians 8:3; Psalm 31:23; Deuteronomy 30:16; Deuteronomy 6:5; 1 Kings 3:6
- 4 2 Chronicles 1:3; 1 Chronicles 16:39; 2 Chronicles 7:5; 2 Chronicles 1:6–12; 1 Chronicles 21:29
- 5 1 Kings 9:2; James 1:5–6; Numbers 12:6; 2 Chronicles 1:7–12; John 14:13–14
- 6 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Kings 1:48; 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Samuel 7:8–12
- 7 1 Chronicles 29:1; Numbers 27:17; Jeremiah 1:6; Matthew 18:3–4; Daniel 4:32
- 8 Genesis 15:5; Genesis 13:16; 1 Chronicles 21:2; Genesis 22:17; 1 Chronicles 27:23–24
- 9 James 1:5; Hebrews 5:14; Proverbs 16:16; John 5:30; Proverbs 2:3–9
- 10 Proverbs 15:8
- 11 1 Kings 3:9; James 4:2–3; Proverbs 16:31; Romans 8:26; Psalm 4:6
- 12 1 John 5:14–15; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Matthew 12:42; 1 Kings 5:12; 1 Kings 10:23–24
- 13 Ephesians 3:20; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 3:16; Psalm 84:11–12; Romans 8:32
- 14 Proverbs 3:2; Psalm 91:16; 1 Kings 15:5; Zechariah 3:7; 2 Chronicles 34:2
- 15 Genesis 41:7; 1 Kings 8:65; Esther 1:3; Daniel 5:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1–2
- 16 Exodus 18:16; Judges 11:1; Leviticus 19:29; Joshua 2:1; Numbers 27:2
- 20 John 3:20; Matthew 13:25; Job 24:13–17; Psalm 139:11
- 21 Genesis 21:7; 1 Samuel 1:23
- 25 Proverbs 25:8
- 26 Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 31:20; 1 John 3:17; Genesis 43:30; Hosea 11:8
- 28 Colossians 2:3; 1 Kings 3:9–12; Daniel 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Ecclesiastes 7:19
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Do thou also therefore ask nothing worldly, but all things spiritual, and thou wilt surely receive. For so Solomon, because he asked what he ought, behold how quickly he received.
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