16

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

17

The one woman said, “Pardon me, my lord: this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.

18

And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

19

Then this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.

20

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your servant was asleep, and she laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.

21

When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead! But when I examined him closely in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne!”

22

Then the other woman said, “No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” So they spoke before the king.

23

Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”

24

And the king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

25

And the king said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”

26

But the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son, and she said, “Pardon me, my lord! Give her the living child, and by no means kill him!” But the other woman was saying, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; cut him!”

27

Then the king replied, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.”

28

When all Israel heard about the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

16

그 때에 창기 두 여자가 왕에게 와서 그 앞에 서며

16

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

17

한 여자는 말하되 내 주여 나와 이 여자가 한집에서 사는데 내가 그와 함께 집에 있으며 해산하였더니

17

The one woman said, “Pardon me, my lord: this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.

18

내가 해산한 지 사흘 만에 이 여자도 해산하고 우리가 함께 있었고 우리 둘 외에는 집에 다른 사람이 없었나이다

18

And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.

19

그런데 밤에 저 여자가 그의 아들 위에 누우므로 그의 아들이 죽으니

19

Then this woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on him.

20

그가 밤중에 일어나서 이 여종 내가 잠든 사이에 내 아들을 내 곁에서 가져다가 자기의 품에 누이고 자기의 죽은 아들을 내 품에 뉘었나이다

20

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your servant was asleep, and she laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.

21

아침에 내가 내 아들을 젖 먹이려고 일어나 본즉 죽었기로 내가 아침에 자세히 보니 내가 낳은 아들이 아니더이다 하매

21

When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead! But when I examined him closely in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne!”

22

다른 여자는 이르되 아니라 산 것은 내 아들이요 죽은 것은 네 아들이라 하고 이 여자는 이르되 아니라 죽은 것이 네 아들이요 산 것이 내 아들이라 하며 왕 앞에서 그와 같이 쟁론하는지라

22

Then the other woman said, “No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” So they spoke before the king.

23

왕이 이르되 이 여자는 말하기를 산 것은 내 아들이요 죽은 것은 네 아들이라 하고 저 여자는 말하기를 아니라 죽은 것이 네 아들이요 산 것이 내 아들이라 하는도다 하고

23

Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’”

24

또 이르되 칼을 내게로 가져오라 하니 칼을 왕 앞으로 가져온지라

24

And the king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king.

25

왕이 이르되 산 아이를 둘로 나누어 반은 이 여자에게 주고 반은 저 여자에게 주라

25

And the king said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”

26

그 산 아들의 어머니 되는 여자가 그 아들을 위하여 마음이 불붙는 것 같아서 왕께 아뢰어 청하건대 내 주여 산 아이를 그에게 주시고 아무쪼록 죽이지 마옵소서 하되 다른 여자는 말하기를 내 것도 되게 말고 네 것도 되게 말고 나누게 하라 하는지라

26

But the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son, and she said, “Pardon me, my lord! Give her the living child, and by no means kill him!” But the other woman was saying, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; cut him!”

27

왕이 대답하여 이르되 산 아이를 저 여자에게 주고 결코 죽이지 말라 저가 그의 어머니이니라 하매

27

Then the king replied, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.”

28

온 이스라엘이 왕이 심리하여 판결함을 듣고 왕을 두려워하였으니 이는 하나님의 지혜가 그의 속에 있어 판결함을 봄이더라

28

When all Israel heard about the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.