የሰሎሞን ሚስቶች
1ንጉሥ ሰሎሞን ከፈርዖን ልጅ ሌላ ብዙ የባዕድ አገር ሴቶችን ማለትም ሞዓባውያትን፣ አሞናውያትን፣ ኤዶማውያትን፣ ሲዶናውያትን፣ ኬጢያውያትን አፈቀረ። 2እነዚህም እግዚአብሔር እስራኤላውያንን፣ “ልባችሁን ወደ አማልክታቸው በርግጥ ይመልሱታልና ከእነርሱ ጋር መጋባት የለባችሁም” ካላቸው አሕዛብ ወገን ነበሩ፤ ሆኖም ሰሎሞን ከእነዚሁ ጋር ፍቅሩ ጠና። 3እርሱም ከነገሥታት የተወለዱ ሰባት መቶ ሚስቶችና ሦስት መቶ ቁባቶች ነበሩት፤ ሚስቶቹም ልቡ ወደ ሌላ እንዲያዘነብል አደረጉት። 4ሰሎሞን በሸመገለ ጊዜ ሚስቶቹ ልቡን ወደ ሌሎች አማልክት መለሱት፤ የአባቱ የዳዊት ልብ እንደ ተገዛ ሁሉ፣ በፍጹም ልቡ ለአምላኩ ለእግዚአብሔር አልተገዛም። 5ሰሎሞንም የሲዶናውያንን ሴት አምላክ አስታሮትን፣ አስጸያፊውን የአሞናውያንን አምላክ ሚልኮምን ተከተለ። 6ስለዚህ ሰሎሞን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ክፉ ድርጊት ፈጸመ፤ እንደ አባቱ እንደ ዳዊትም እግዚአብሔርን እስከ መጨረሻው አልተከተለም።
7ሰሎሞን ከኢየሩሳሌም በስተ ምሥራቅ ባለው ተራራ ላይ ለአስጸያፊው የሞዓብ አምላክ ለካሞሽ እንዲሁም አስጸያፊ ለሆነው ለአሞናውያን አምላክ ለሞሎክ ማምለኪያ ኰረብታ ሠራ። 8ለአማልክቶቻቸው ዕጣን ለሚያጥኑና መሥዋዕት ለሚያቀርቡ ለሌሎቹ ሚስቶቹም ሁሉ በዚሁ ዐይነት ሠራላቸው።
9ሰሎሞን ሁለት ጊዜ ከተገለጠለት ከእስራኤል አምላክ ከእግዚአብሔር ልቡ ስለ ሸፈተ፣ እግዚአብሔር ተቈጣው። 10ምንም እንኳ ሌሎች አማልክትን እንዳይከተል ሰሎሞንን ቢከለክለውም፣ ሰሎሞን የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ አልጠበቀም፤ 11ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር ሰሎሞንን እንዲህ አለው፤ “ይህን በማድረግህ ያዘዝሁህን ኪዳኔንና ሥርዐቴንም ባለመጠበቅህ፣ መንግሥትህን ከአንተ ወስጄ ከአገልጋዮችህ ለአንዱ እሰጠዋለሁ፤ 12ይህን ግን ስለ አባትህ ስለ ዳዊት ስል በዘመንህ አላደርገውም፤ መንግሥትህን የምቀድዳት ከልጅህ እጅ ነው። 13ይህም ሆኖ መንግሥቱን በሙሉ አልነጥቀውም፤ ነገር ግን ስለ ባሪያዬ ስለ ዳዊትና ስለ መረጥኋት ስለ ኢየሩሳሌም ስል ለልጅህ አንድ ነገድ እሰጠዋለሁ።”
የሰሎሞን ጠላቶች
14እግዚአብሔር ከኤዶም ንጉሣዊ ቤተ ሰብ ኤዶማዊውን ሃዳድን በሰሎሞን ላይ አስነሣው። 15ከዚያ በፊት ዳዊት ከኤዶም ጋር በተዋጋ ጊዜ፣ የሞቱትን ለመቅበር መጥቶ የነበረው የሰራዊቱ አዛዥ ኢዮአብ የኤዶምን ሰዎች ሁሉ ፈጅቶ ነበር። 16ኢዮአብና እስራኤላውያን ሁሉ፣ በኤዶም ያሉትን ወንዶች በሙሉ እስኪያጠፉ ድረስ፣ እዚያው ስድስት ወር ቈይተው ነበርና። 17ሃዳድ ግን ገና በልጅነቱ አባቱን ካገለገሉ ጥቂት ኤዶማውያን ጋር ወደ ግብፅ ሸሸ፤ 18እነርሱም ከምድያም ተነሥተው ወደ ፋራን ሄዱ፤ ከፋራንም ሰዎች ይዘው ወደ ግብፅ በመምጣት፣ ወደ ግብፅ ንጉሥ ወደ ፈርዖን ገቡ። ንጉሡም ለሃዳድ ቤትና መሬት ሰጠው፤ ቀለብም አዘዘለት።
19ፈርዖንም ሃዳድን እጅግ ወደደው፤ ስለዚህም ከሚስቱ ከንግሥት ጣፍኔስ እኅት ጋር አጋባው። 20የጣፍኔስም እኅት ጌንባት የተባለውን ልጅ ወለደችለት፤ ጣፍኔስ በፈርዖን ቤት አሳደገችው፤ ጌንባትም ከፈርዖን ልጆች ጋር አደገ።
21ሃዳድ በግብፅ ሳለ ዳዊት ከአባቶቹ ጋር ማንቀላፋቱን፣ የሰራዊቱ አዛዥ ኢዮአብም መሞቱን ሰማ። ሃዳድም ፈርዖንን፣ “ወደ አገሬ እንድመለስ አሰናብተኝ” አለው።
22ፈርዖንም፣ “እዚህ ምን ጐደለብህና ነው ወደ አገርህ ለመግባት የፈለግኸው?” ሲል ጠየቀው።
ሃዳድም፣ “ምንም የጐደለብኝ የለም፣ ብቻ እንድሄድ ፍቀድልኝ” አለ።
23እግዚአብሔርም ከጌታው ከሱባ ንጉሥ ኰብልሎ የነበረውን የኤልያዳን ልጅ ሬዞንን ሌላ ጠላት አድርጎ በሰሎሞን ላይ አስነሣው፤ 24ዳዊት የሱባን ኀይል በደመሰሰ11፥24 ዕብራይስጡ በደመሰሳቸው ጊዜ ይላል። ጊዜ፣ ሬዞን ሰዎቹን በዙሪያው አሰባስቦ የወንበዴ አለቃ ሆነ፤ ሰዎቹም ወደ ደማስቆ ሄደው ተቀመጡ፤ በዚያም አነገሡት። 25ሃዳድ ካስከተለበት ችግር ሌላ ሬዞን በሰሎሞን ዘመን ሁሉ ሌላው የእስራኤል ተቃዋሚ ሆነ፤ ሬዞን ሶርያን ገዛ፤ እስራኤልንም ይጠላ ነበር።
ኢዮርብዓም በሰሎሞን ላይ ዐመፀ
26እንዲሁም ከሰሎሞን ሹማምት አንዱ የሆነው የናባጥ ልጅ ኢዮርብዓም በንጉሡ ላይ ዐመፀ፤ እርሱም ከጸሬዳ የመጣ ኤፍሬማዊ ሲሆን፣ እናቱ ጽሩዓ የተባለች መበለት ነበረች።
27በንጉሡ ላይ ያመፀበትም ምክንያት እንዲህ ነው፤ ሰሎሞን ድጋፍ የሚሆኑ እርከኖች በመሥራት የአባቱን የዳዊትን ከተማ ቅጥር ይጠግን ነበር። 28ኢዮርብዓም ከፍተኛ ችሎታ ያለው ሰው ነበር፤ ሰሎሞንም ወጣቱ ሥራውን እንዴት በሚገባ እንደሚያከናውን ባየ ጊዜ፣ በዮሴፍ ነገድ ለሚሠራው የጕልበት ሥራ ሁሉ ኀላፊ አደረገው።
29በዚያ ጊዜም ኢዮርብዓም ከኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣ፣ የሴሎው ነቢይ አኪያ በመንገድ ላይ ተገናኘው፤ አኪያም አዲስ መጐናጸፊያ ለብሶ ነበር፤ ሁለቱ ብቻቸውን ሳሉ፣ 30አኪያ የለበሰውን አዲስ መጐናጸፊያ ይዞ ዐሥራ ሁለት ቦታ ቀደደው። 31ከዚያም ኢዮርብዓምን እንዲህ አለው፤ “ዐሥሩን ቍራጭ ለራስህ ውሰድ፤ የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላልና፤ ‘እነሆ፤ መንግሥቱን ከሰሎሞን እጅ እቀድዳለሁ፤ ዐሥሩን ነገድ ለአንተ እሰጣለሁ፤ 32ነገር ግን ስለ ባሪያዬ ስለ ዳዊትና ከእስራኤል ነገዶች ሁሉ ስለ መረጥኋት ስለ ኢየሩሳሌም ስል አንድ ነገድ ይቀርለታል፤ 33ይህን የማደርገውም እኔን ትተው11፥33 የዕብራይስጡ፣ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት፣ የቩልጌትና የሱርስት ትርጕሞች፣ እኔን ስለ ተወ ይላሉ። የሲዶናውያንን አምላክ አስታሮትን፣ የሞዓብን አምላክ ካሞሽን፣ የአሞናውያንን አምላክ ሚልኮምን ስላመለኩ እንዲሁም አባቱ ዳዊት እንዳደረገው በመንገዴ ስላልሄዱ፣ በፊቴ ትክክለኛውን ነገር ስላላደረጉ፣ ሥርዐቴንና ሕጌን ስላልጠበቁ ነው።
34“ ‘ይሁን እንጂ መንግሥቱን በሙሉ ከእጁ አልወስድበትም፤ ስለ መረጥሁት፣ ትእዛዜንና ሥርዐቴን ስለ ጠበቀው ስለ ባሪያዬ ስለ ዳዊት ስል በሕይወት ዘመኑ ሁሉ እንዲገዛ አድርጌዋለሁ። 35መንግሥትን ከልጁ እጅ እወስዳለሁ፤ ለአንተም ዐሥሩን ነገድ እሰጥሃለሁ። 36ስሜ እንዲኖርባት በመረጥኋት በዚያች በኢየሩሳሌም ከተማ ለባሪያዬ ለዳዊት ምንጊዜም በፊቴ መብራት እንዲኖረው፣ ለልጁ አንድ ነገድ እሰጣለሁ። 37አንተን ግን እኔ እወስድሃለሁ፤ ልብህ በወደደው ሁሉ ላይ ትነግሣለህ፤ የእስራኤልም ንጉሥ ትሆናለህ። 38ባሪያዬ ዳዊት እንዳደረገው ሁሉ አንተም ያዘዝሁህን ሁሉ ብትፈጽም፣ በመንገዴ ብትሄድ፣ ሥርዐቴንና ትእዛዜን በመጠበቅ ትክክል የሆነውን ነገር በፊቴ ብታደርግ፣ ከአንተ ጋር እሆናለሁ፤ የዳዊትን ሥርወ መንግሥት እንዳጸናሁ፣ ለአንተም አጸናልሃለሁ፤ እስራኤልንም ለአንተ እሰጣለሁ። 39ከዚህ የተነሣም የዳዊትን ቤት አዋርዳለሁ፤ ነገር ግን ለዘላለም አይደለም።’ ”
40ሰሎሞን ኢዮርብዓምን ለመግደል ፈለገ፤ ኢዮርብዓም ግን ወደ ግብፅ ሸሸ፤ ወደ ንጉሡ ወደ ሺሻቅ ሄዶ፣ ሰሎሞን እስኪሞት ድረስ በዚያው ተቀመጠ።
የሰሎሞን መሞት
11፥41-43 ተጓ ምብ – 2ዜና 9፥29-31
41የቀረው በሰሎሞን ዘመነ መንግሥት የተከናወነው፣ የሠራውም ሁሉ፣ ጥበቡም በሰሎሞን የታሪክ መጽሐፍ ተጽፎ የለምን? 42ሰሎሞን በመላው እስራኤል ላይ በኢየሩሳሌም የነገሠው አርባ ዓመት ነው። 43ከአባቶቹ ጋር አንቀላፋ፤ በአባቱ በዳዊት ከተማ ተቀበረ፤ ልጁም ሮብዓም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ።
1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;11.1 together…: or, beside 2Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. 3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.11.5 Milcom: also called, Molech 6And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.11.6 went…: Heb. fulfilled not after 7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
9¶ And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, 10And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. 11Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.11.11 is done…: Heb. is with thee 12Notwithstanding 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. 13Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.
14¶ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom. 15For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; 16(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 17That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 18And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 19And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh. 21And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.11.21 Let…: Heb. Send me away 22Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.11.22 Nothing: Heb. Not
23¶ And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: 24And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
26¶ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.11.27 repaired: Heb. closed 28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.11.28 was industrious: Heb. did work11.28 charge: Heb. burden 29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: 30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31And he said to Jeroboam, Take 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 ten tribes to thee: 32(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) 33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 34Howbeit I will not take the whole 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, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: 35But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.11.36 light: Heb. lamp, or, candle 37And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. 38And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. 39And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41¶ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?11.41 acts: or, words, or, things 42And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.11.42 time: Heb. days 43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.11.43 Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam
