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| 3 | 1 | And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon, and he made affinity with Pharao, the king of Egypt: for he took his daughter, and brought her into the city of David: until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. | confirmatum est igitur regnum in manu Salomonis et adfinitate coniunctus est Pharaoni regi Aegypti accepit namque filiam eius et adduxit in civitatem David donec conpleret aedificans domum suam et domum Domini et murum Hierusalem per circuitum |
| 3 | 2 | But yet the people sacrificed in the high places: for there was no temple built to the name of the Lord until that day. | et tamen populus immolabat in excelsis non enim aedificatum erat templum nomini Domini usque in die illo |
| 3 | 3 | And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the precepts of David, his father; only he sacrificed in the high places, and burnt incense. | dilexit autem Salomon Dominum ambulans in praeceptis David patris sui excepto quod in excelsis immolabat et accendebat thymiama |
| 3 | 4 | He went therefore to Gabaon, to sacrifice there: for that was the great high place: a thousand victims for holocausts, did Solomon offer upon that altar, in Gabaon. | abiit itaque in Gabaon ut immolaret ibi illud quippe erat excelsum maximum mille hostias in holocaustum obtulit Salomon super altare illud in Gabaon |
| 3 | 5 | And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee. | apparuit Dominus Salomoni per somnium nocte dicens postula quod vis ut dem tibi |
| 3 | 6 | And Solomon said: Thou hast shewed great mercy to thy servant David, my father, even as he walked before thee in truth, and justice, and an upright heart with thee: and thou hast kept thy great mercy for him, and hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. | et ait Salomon tu fecisti cum servo tuo David patre meo misericordiam magnam sicut ambulavit in conspectu tuo in veritate et iustitia et recto corde tecum custodisti ei misericordiam tuam grandem et dedisti ei filium sedentem super thronum eius sicut et hodie |
| 3 | 7 | And now, O Lord God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David, my father: and I am but a child, and know not how to go out and come in; | et nunc Domine Deus tu regnare fecisti servum tuum pro David patre meo ego autem sum puer parvus et ignorans egressum et introitum meum |
| 3 | 8 | And thy servant is in the midst of the people which thou hast chosen, an immense people, which cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. | et servus tuus in medio est populi quem elegisti populi infiniti qui numerari et supputari non potest prae multitudine |
| 3 | 9 | Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, and discern between good and evil. For who shall be able to judge this people, thy people, which is so numerous? | dabis ergo servo tuo cor docile ut iudicare possit populum tuum et discernere inter malum et bonum quis enim potest iudicare populum istum populum tuum hunc multum |
| 3 | 10 | And the word was pleasing to the Lord, that Solomon had asked such a thing. | placuit ergo sermo coram Domino quod Salomon rem huiuscemodi postulasset |
| 3 | 11 | And the Lord said to Solomon: Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life nor riches, nor the lives of thy enemies, but hast asked for thyself wisdom to discern judgment; | et dixit Deus Salomoni quia postulasti verbum hoc et non petisti tibi dies multos nec divitias aut animam inimicorum tuorum sed postulasti tibi sapientiam ad discernendum iudicium |
| 3 | 12 | Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee. | ecce feci tibi secundum sermones tuos et dedi tibi cor sapiens et intellegens in tantum ut nullus ante te similis tui fuerit nec post te surrecturus sit |
| 3 | 13 | Yea, and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee; to wit, riches and glory: so that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore. | sed et haec quae non postulasti dedi tibi divitias scilicet et gloriam ut nemo fuerit similis tui in regibus cunctis retro diebus |
| 3 | 14 | And if thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my precepts and my commandments, as thy father walked, I will lengthen thy days. | si autem ambulaveris in viis meis et custodieris praecepta mea et mandata mea sicut ambulavit pater tuus longos faciam dies tuos |
| 3 | 15 | And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream: and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants. | igitur evigilavit Salomon et intellexit quod esset somnium cumque venisset Hierusalem stetit coram arca foederis Domini et obtulit holocausta et fecit victimas pacificas et grande convivium universis famulis suis |
| 3 | 16 | Then there came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him. | tunc venerunt duae mulieres meretrices ad regem steteruntque coram eo |
| 3 | 17 | And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber. | quarum una ait obsecro mi domine ego et mulier haec habitabamus in domo una et peperi apud eam in cubiculo |
| 3 | 18 | And the third day after I was delivered, she also was delivered; and we were together, and no other person with us in the house; only we two. | tertia vero die postquam ego peperi peperit et haec et eramus simul nullusque alius in domo nobiscum exceptis nobis duabus |
| 3 | 19 | And this woman's child died in the night: for in her sleep she overlaid him. | mortuus est autem filius mulieris huius nocte dormiens quippe oppressit eum |
| 3 | 20 | And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I, thy handmaid, was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom. | et consurgens intempesta nocte silentio tulit filium meum de latere meo ancillae tuae dormientis et conlocavit in sinu suo suum autem filium qui erat mortuus posuit in sinu meo |
| 3 | 21 | And when I arose in the morning, to give my child suck, behold it was dead: but considering him more diligently, when it was clear day, I found that it was not mine which I bore. | cumque surrexissem mane ut darem lac filio meo apparuit mortuus quem diligentius intuens clara luce deprehendi non esse meum quem genueram |
| 3 | 22 | And the other woman answered: It is not so as thou sayest, but thy child is dead, and mine is alive. On the contrary, she said; Thou liest: for my child liveth, and thy child is dead. And in this manner they strove before the king. | responditque altera mulier non est ita sed filius tuus mortuus est meus autem vivit e contrario illa dicebat mentiris filius quippe meus vivit et filius tuus mortuus est atque in hunc modum contendebant coram rege |
| 3 | 23 | Then said the king: The one saith, My child is alive, and thy child is dead. And the other answereth: Nay; but thy child is dead, and mine liveth. | tunc rex ait haec dicit filius meus vivit et filius tuus mortuus est et ista respondit non sed filius tuus mortuus est et filius meus vivit |
| 3 | 24 | The king therefore said: Bring me a sword. And when they had brought a sword before the king, | dixit ergo rex adferte mihi gladium cumque adtulissent gladium coram rege |
| 3 | 25 | Divide, said he, the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other. | dividite inquit infantem vivum in duas partes et date dimidiam partem uni et dimidiam partem alteri |
| 3 | 26 | But the woman, whose child was alive, said to the king; (for her bowels were moved upon her child) I beseech thee, my lord, give her the child alive, and do not kill it. But the other said: Let it be neither mine nor thine; but divide it. | dixit autem mulier cuius filius erat vivus ad regem commota sunt quippe viscera eius super filio suo obsecro domine date illi infantem vivum et nolite interficere eum contra illa dicebat nec mihi nec tibi sit dividatur |
| 3 | 27 | The king answered, and said: Give the living child to this woman, and let it not be killed; for she is the mother thereof. | respondens rex ait date huic infantem vivum et non occidatur haec est mater eius |
| 3 | 28 | And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment. | audivit itaque omnis Israhel iudicium quod iudicasset rex et timuerunt regem videntes sapientiam Dei esse in eo ad faciendum iudicium |