Liber I Regum, 11

1. rex autem Salomon amavit mulieres alienigenas multas filiam quoque Pharaonis et Moabitidas et Ammanitidas Idumeas et Sidonias et Chettheas

1. And king Solomon loved many strange women besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites:

2. de gentibus super quibus dixit Dominus filiis Israël non ingrediemini ad eas neque de illis ingredientur ad vestras certissimo enim avertent corda vestra ut sequamini deos earum his itaque copulatus est Salomon ardentissimo amore

2. Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come in to yours: for they will most certainly turn away your heart to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love.

3. fueruntque ei uxores quasi reginæ septingentæ et concubinæ trecentæ et averterunt mulieres cor ejus

3. And he had seven hundred wives as queens, and three hundred concubines: and the women turned away his heart.

4. cumque jam esset senex depravatum est per mulieres cor ejus ut sequeretur deos alienos nec erat cor ejus perfectum cum Domino Deo suo sicut cor David patris ejus

4. And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

5. sed colebat Salomon Astharthen deam Sidoniorum et Moloch idolum Ammanitarum

5. But Solomon worshipped Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch the idol of the ammonites.

6. fecitque Salomon quod non placuerat coram Domino et non adimplevit ut sequeretur Dominum sicut pater ejus

6. And Solomon did that which was net pleasing before the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as David his father.

7. tunc ædificavit Salomon fanum Chamos idolo Moab in monte qui est contra Hierusalem et Moloch idolo filiorum Ammon

7. Then Solomon built a temple for Chamos the idol of Moab, on the hill that is over against Jerusalem, and for Moloch the idol of the children of Ammon.

8. atque in hunc modum fecit universis uxoribus suis alienigenis quæ adolebant tura et immolabant diis suis

8. And he did in this manner for all his wives that were strangers, who burnt incense, and offered sacrifice to their gods.

9. igitur iratus est Dominus Salomoni quod aversa esset mens ejus a Domino Deo Israël qui apparuerat ei secundo

9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his mind was turned away from the Lord the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

10. et præceperat de verbo hoc ne sequeretur deos alienos et non custodivit quæ mandavit ei Dominus

10. And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not follow strange gods: but he kept not the things which the Lord commanded him.

11. dixit itaque Dominus Salomoni quia habuisti hoc apud te et non custodisti pactum meum et præcepta mea quæ mandavi tibi disrumpens scindam regnum tuum et dabo illud servo tuo

11. The Lord therefore said to Solomon: Because thou hast done this, and hast not kept my covenant, and my precepts, which I have commanded thee, I will divide and rend thy kingdom, and will give it to thy servant.

12. verumtamen in diebus tuis non faciam propter David patrem tuum de manu filii tui scindam illud

12. Nevertheless in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

13. nec totum regnum auferam sed tribum unam dabo filio tuo propter David servum meum et Hierusalem quam elegi

13. Neither will I take away the whole kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son for the sake of David my servant, and Jerusalem which I have chosen.

14. suscitavit autem Dominus adversarium Salomoni Adad Idumeum de semine regio qui erat in Edom

14. And the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Adad the Edomite of the king's seed, in Edom.

15. cum enim esset David in Idumea et ascendisset Joab princeps militiæ ad sepeliendos eos qui fuerant interfecti et occidisset omne masculinum in Idumea

15. For when David was in Edom, and Joab the general of the army was gone up to bury them that were slain, and had killed every male in Edom,

16. sex enim mensibus ibi moratus est Joab et omnis Israël donec interimerent omne masculinum in Idumea

16. (For Joab remained there six months with all Israel, till he had slain every male in Edom,)

17. fugit Adad ipse et viri idumei de servis patris ejus cum eo ut ingrederetur Ægyptum erat autem Adad puer parvulus

17. Then Adad fled, he and certain Edomites, of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt: and Adad was then a little boy.

18. cumque surrexissent de Madian venerunt in Pharan tuleruntque secum viros de Pharan et introjerunt Ægyptum ad Pharaonem regem Ægypti qui dedit ei domum et cibos constituit et terram delegavit

18. And they arose out of Madian, and came into Pharan, and they took men with them from Pharan, and went into Egypt to Pharao the king of Egypt: who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and assigned him land.

19. et invenit Adad gratiam coram Pharao valde in tantum ut daret ei uxorem sororem uxoris suæ germanam Tafnes reginæ

19. And Adad found great favour before Pharao, insomuch that he gave him to wife, the own sister of his wife Taphnes the queen.

20. genuitque ei soror Tafnes Genebath filium et nutrivit eum Tafnes in domo Pharaonis eratque Genebath habitans apud Pharaonem cum filiis ejus

20. And the sister of Taphnes bore him his son Genubath, and Taphnes brought him up in the house of Pharao: and Genubath dwelt with Pharao among his children.

21. cumque audisset Adad in Ægypto dormisse David cum patribus suis et mortuum esse Joab principem militiæ dixit Pharaoni dimitte me ut vadam in terram meam

21. And when Adad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the general of the army was dead, he add to Pharao: Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.

22. dixitque ei Pharao qua enim re apud me indiges ut quæras ire ad terram tuam at ille respondit nulla sed obsecro ut dimittas me

22. And Pharao said to him: Why, what is wanting to thee with me, that thou seekest to go to thy own country? But he answered: Nothing: yet I beseech thee to let me go.

23. suscitavit quoque ei Deus adversarium Razon filium Heliada qui fugerat Adadezer regem Soba dominum suum

23. God also raised up against him an adversary, Razon the son of Eliada, 'who had fled from his master Adarezer the king of Soba:

24. et congregavit contra eum viros et factus est princeps latronum cum interficeret eos David abieruntque Damascum et habitaverunt ibi et constituerunt eum regem in Damasco

24. And he gathered men against him, and he became a captain of robbers, when David slew them of Soba: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt there, and they made him king in Damascus.

25. eratque adversarius Israël cunctis diebus Salomonis et hoc est malum Adad et odium contra Israël regnavitque in Syria

25. And he was an adversary to Israel, all the days of Solomon: and this is the evil of Adad, and his hatred against Israel, and he reigned in Syria.

26. Hieroboam quoque filius Nabath Ephratheus de Sareda cujus mater erat nomine Sarva mulier vidua servus Salomonis levavit manum contra regem

26. Jeroboam also the son of Nabat an Ephrathite of Sareda, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was named Sarua, a widow woman, lifted up his hand against the king.

27. et hæc causa rebellionis adversus eum quia Salomon ædificavit Mello et coæquavit voraginem civitatis David patris sui

27. And this is the cause of his rebellion against him, for Solomon built Mello, and filled up the breach of the city of David his father.

28. erat autem Hieroboam vir fortis et potens vidensque Salomon adulescentem bonæ indolis et industrium constituerat eum præfectum super tributa universæ domus Joseph

28. And Jeroboam was a valiant and mighty man: and Solomon seeing him a young man ingenious and industrious, made him chief over the tributes of all the house of Joseph.

29. factum est igitur in tempore illo ut Hieroboam egrederetur de Hierusalem et inveniret eum Ahias Silonites propheta in via opertus pallio novo erant autem duo tantum in agro

29. So it came to paste at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahias the Silonite, clad with a new garment, found him in the way: and they two were alone in the held.

30. adprehendensque Ahia pallium suum novum quo opertus erat scidit in duodecim partes

30. And Ahias taking his new garment, wherewith he was clad, divided it into twelve parts:

31. et ait ad Hieroboam tolle tibi decem scissuras hæc enim dicit Dominus Deus Israël ecce ego scindam regnum de manu Salomonis et dabo tibi decem tribus

31. 31And he said to Jeroboam: Take to thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Behold I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.

32. porro una tribus remanebit ei propter servum meum David et Hierusalem civitatem quam elegi ex omnibus tribubus Israël

32. But one tribe shall remain to him for the sake of my servant David, and Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:

33. eo quod dereliquerint me et adoraverint Astharoth deam Sidoniorum et Chamos deum Moab et Melchom deum filiorum Ammon et non ambulaverint in viis meis ut facerent justitiam coram me et præcepta mea et judicia sicut David pater ejus

33. Because he hath forsaken me, and hath adored Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Chamos the god of Moab, and Moloch the god of the children of Ammon: and hath not walked in my ways, to do justice before me, and to keep my precepts, and judgments as did David his father.

34. nec auferam omne regnum de manu ejus sed ducem ponam eum cunctis diebus vitæ suæ propter David servum meum quem elegi qui custodivit mandata mea et præcepta mea

34. Yet I will not take away all the kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my precepts.

35. auferam autem regnum de manu filii ejus et dabo tibi decem tribus

35. But I will take away the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give thee ten tribes:

36. filio autem ejus dabo tribum unam ut remaneat lucerna David servo meo cunctis diebus coram me in Hierusalem civitatem quam elegi ut esset nomen meum ibi

36. And to his son I will give one tribe, that there may remain a lamp for my servant David before me always in Jerusalem the city which I have chosen, that my name might be there.

37. te autem adsumam et regnabis super omnia quæ desiderat anima tua erisque rex super Israël

37. And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

38. si igitur audieris omnia quæ præcepero tibi et ambulaveris in viis meis et feceris quod rectum est coram me custodiens mandata mea et præcepta mea sicut fecit David servus meus ero tecum et ædificabo tibi domum fidelem quomodo ædificavi David et tradam tibi Israël

38. If then thou wilt hearken to all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do what is right before me, keeping my commandments and my precepts, as David my servant did: I will be with thee, and will build thee up a faithful house, as I built a house for David, and I will deliver Israel to thee:

39. et adfligam semen David super hoc verumtamen non cunctis diebus

39. And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but yet not for ever.

40. voluit ergo Salomon interficere Hieroboam qui surrexit et aufugit in Ægyptum ad Susac regem Ægypti et fuit in Ægypto usque ad mortem Salomonis

40. Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam: but he arose, and fled into Egypt to Sesac the king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

41. reliquum autem verborum Salomonis et omnia quæ fecit et sapientia ejus ecce universa scripta sunt in libro verborum Salomonis

41. And the rest of the words of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom: behold they are all written in the book of the words of the days of Solomon.

42. dies autem quos regnavit Salomon in Hierusalem super omnem Israël quadraginta anni sunt

42. And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, were forty years.

43. dormivitque Salomon cum patribus suis et sepultus est in civitate David patris sui regnavitque Roboam filius ejus pro eo

43. And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father, and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.