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1 When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 2 So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.” 3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations with her. 5 Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, “I will be king.” So he got chariots and horses[a] ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. 6 (His father had never rebuked him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom.) 7 Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they gave him their support. 8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and David’s special guard did not join Adonijah. 9 Adonijah then sacrificed sheep, cattle and fattened calves at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the royal officials of Judah, 10 but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon. 11 Then Nathan asked Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it? 12 Now then, let me advise you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. 13 Go in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to me your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’ 14 While you are still there talking to the king, I will come in and add my word to what you have said.” 15 So Bathsheba went to see the aged king in his room, where Abishag the Shunammite was attending him. 16 Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king. “What is it you want?” the king asked. 17 She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’ 18 But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know about it. 19 He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant. 20 My lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to learn from you who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.” 22 While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived. 23 And the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” So he went before the king and bowed with his face to the ground. 24 Nathan said, “Have you, my lord the king, declared that Adonijah shall be king after you, and that he will sit on your throne? 25 Today he has gone down and sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep. He has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. Right now they are eating and drinking with him and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 26 But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite. 27 Is this something my lord the king has done without letting his servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?” 28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him. 29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble, 30 I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.” 31 Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground, prostrating herself before the king, and said, “May my lord King David live forever!” 32 King David said, “Call in Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came before the king, 33 he said to them: “Take your lord’s servants with you and have Solomon my son mount my own mule and take him down to Gihon. 34 There have Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel. Blow the trumpet and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 Then you are to go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.” 36 Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. 37 As the Lord was with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon to make his throne even greater than the throne of my lord King David!” 38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon mount King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. 39 Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!” 40 And all the people went up after him, playing pipes and rejoicing greatly, so that the ground shook with the sound. 41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they were finishing their feast. On hearing the sound of the trumpet, Joab asked, “What’s the meaning of all the noise in the city?” 42 Even as he was speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in. A worthy man like you must be bringing good news.” 43 “Not at all!” Jonathan answered. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, and they have put him on the king’s mule, 45 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon. From there they have gone up cheering, and the city resounds with it. That’s the noise you hear. 46 Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne. 47 Also, the royal officials have come to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon’s name more famous than yours and his throne greater than yours!’ And the king bowed in worship on his bed 48 and said, ‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has allowed my eyes to see a successor on my throne today.’” 49 At this, all Adonijah’s guests rose in alarm and dispersed. 50 But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. 51 Then Solomon was told, “Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon and is clinging to the horns of the altar. He says, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’” 52 Solomon replied, “If he shows himself to be worthy, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die.” 53 Then King Solomon sent men, and they brought him down from the altar. And Adonijah came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon said, “Go to your home.” 2 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, 3 and observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go 4 and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’ 5 “Now you yourself know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He killed them, shedding their blood in peacetime as if in battle, and with that blood he stained the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet. 6 Deal with him according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace. 7 “But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table. They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom. 8 “And remember, you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’ 9 But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.” 10 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. 11 He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. 12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established. 13 Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, “Do you come peacefully?” He answered, “Yes, peacefully.” 14 Then he added, “I have something to say to you.” “You may say it,” she replied. 15 “As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the Lord. 16 Now I have one request to make of you. Do not refuse me.” “You may make it,” she said. 17 So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.” 18 “Very well,” Bathsheba replied, “I will speak to the king for you.” 19 When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand. 20 “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “Do not refuse me.” The king replied, “Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you.” 21 So she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given in marriage to your brother Adonijah.” 22 King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—after all, he is my older brother—yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!” 23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord: “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request! 24 And now, as surely as the Lord lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised—Adonijah shall be put to death today!” 25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died. 26 To Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.” 27 So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli. 28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar. 29 King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!” 30 So Benaiah entered the tent of the Lord and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But he answered, “No, I will die here.” Benaiah reported to the king, “This is how Joab answered me.” 31 Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed. 32 The Lord will repay him for the blood he shed, because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better men and more upright than he. 33 May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.” 34 So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried at his home out in the country. 35 The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s position and replaced Abiathar with Zadok the priest. 36 Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else. 37 The day you leave and cross the Kidron Valley, you can be sure you will die; your blood will be on your own head.” 38 Shimei answered the king, “What you say is good. Your servant will do as my lord the king has said.” And Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time. 39 But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off to Achish son of Maakah, king of Gath, and Shimei was told, “Your slaves are in Gath.” 40 At this, he saddled his donkey and went to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves. So Shimei went away and brought the slaves back from Gath. 41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned, 42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn you, ‘On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die’? At that time you said to me, ‘What you say is good. I will obey.’ 43 Why then did you not keep your oath to the Lord and obey the command I gave you?” 44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wrong you did to my father David. Now the Lord will repay you for your wrongdoing. 45 But King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain secure before the Lord forever.” 46 Then the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and he died. The kingdom was now established in Solomon’s hands. 28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’” 32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.” 35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”[a] “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” 40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” 41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.” 45 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’[b]; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[c]” 47 Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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1 राजा 1Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) अदोनियाह राजा हुन इच्छुक 1 राजा दाऊद साह्रै बूढा भएका थिए। उनी आफूलाई न्यानो राख्न सक्दैन थिए। उनका नोकरहरूले उनलाई कम्बल ओढाए, तर उनी तातिएनन्। 2 यसकारण उनका नोकरहरूले उनलाई भने, “तपाईंको हेरचाह गर्नकोलागि हामी एउटी युवतीको खोजी गर्नेछौं। ऊ तपाईंसँगै सुत्ने गर्छे अनि तपाईंलाई न्यानो पार्छे।” 3 यसकारण राजाका नोकरहरू राजालाई न्यानो पार्नकालागि एउटी सुन्दरी युवतीको खोजी इस्राएल देशको प्रत्येक ठाउँमा गर्न थाले। उनीहरूले अबीशग नाउँ भएकी एउटी केटी भेट्टाए। ऊ शूनम्म शहरकी थिई। उनीहरूले युवतीलाई राजा कहाँ ल्याए। 4 युवती साह्रै नै राम्री थिई। उसले राजाको हेरचाह र सेवा गरी। तर राजाले ऊसित संभोग गरेनन्। 5-6 अदोनियाह राजा दाऊद अनि उनकी पत्नी हग्गीतका छोरा थिए। अदोनियाह साह्रै सुन्दर मानिस थिए। अदोनियाहको जन्म उनको दाजू अब्शालोम पछि भएको थियो, तर अदोनियाह साह्रै घमण्डी भए अनि राजा हुने निश्चय गरे। अदोनियाहको साह्रै राजा हुन इच्छुक थिए, यसकारण उनले आफ्नो लागि एउटा रथ, घोडाहरू अनि 50 जना मानिसहरू आफू अघि हिंडाउन ठीक पारे। राजा दाऊदले आफ्नो छोरालाई कहिल्यै सपारेनन्। उसले उनलाई कहिल्यै सोधेनन्, “तैंले किन यस्तो व्यवहार गर्दैछस्?” 7 अदोनियाहले सरूयाहका छोरा योआब अनि पूजाहारी एबीयातारसँग कुराकानी गरे। उनीहरूले उनलाई नयाँ राजा हुनमा सहायता गर्ने निर्णय लिए। 8 तर धेरै मानिसहरू अदोनियाहले गरेको कामसँग सहमत थिएनन् उनीहरू दाऊदका नै भक्त थिए। उनीहरू पूजाहारी सादोक, यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाह, नातान अगमवक्ता, शिमी, रेई अनि राजा दाऊदका विशेष अगंरक्षकहरू थिए। यसर्थ यी मानिसहरू अदोनियाहको पक्षमा भएनन्। 9 एक दिन अदोनियाहले एन्रोगेलको छेउमा जोहेलेत चट्टानमा केही भेंडाहरू, गाईहरू अनि बलियो बाछाहरू एउटा मेलबलि जस्तैं बलि चढाए। अदोनियाहले आफ्ना सबै दाज्यू-भाइहरू अर्थात् राजा दाऊदका अरू छोराहरू अनि यहूदाका सबै अधिकारीहरूलाई निम्त्याका थिए। 10 तर अदोनियाहले पिताका विशेष अंगरक्षकका आफन्त, आफ्नो भाइ सुलेमान, बनायाह अथवा अगमवक्ता नातानलाई निम्तो पठाएनन्। नातान र बतशेबा सुलेमानको पक्षमा 11 तर नातानले यस विषयमा सुने अनि सुलेमानकी आमा बतशेबा कहाँ गए। नातानले उनलाई सोधे, “हग्गीतका छोरा अदोनियाह के गरिरहेको छ, के तपाईंले सुन्नु भएको छ? ऊ आफूलाई राजा ठान्दैछ अनि हाम्रा मालिक राजा दाऊद यस विषयमा केही जान्दैनन्। 12 तपाईंको जीवन अनि तपाईंको छोरो सुलेमानको जीवन सङ्कटमा पर्न सक्छ। तर म तपाईंलाई आफूलाई बचाउन के गर्नुपर्छ, बताउने छु, 13 राजा दाऊद समक्ष जानुहोस्, अनि उनीसँग भन्नुहोस्, ‘महाराज, मेरा स्वामी, तपाईंले मलाई वचन दिनु भएको थियो। तपाईं पछि मेरो छोरो सुलेमान राजा हुनेछ भनी वचन दिनु भएको थियो। तब किन अदोनियाह नयाँ राजा हुँदैछ?’ 14 तपाईंको बात राजासित गरेको समयमा, म भित्र आउँनेछु अनि तपाईंले भनेका कुराहरूलाई पुष्टि गर्छु।” 15 यसकारण बतशेबा राजासँग भेट गर्न उनको भित्री कोठामा गइन्। राजा साह्रै नै बूढा भएका थिए। शूनम्मकी केटी अबीशग त्यहाँ उनको हेरचाहा गर्दै थिई। 16 बतशेबा राजाअघि निहुरिन्। राजाले भने, “म तिम्रोलागि के गर्न सक्छु?” 17 बतशेबाले जवाफ दिइन्, “मेरो स्वामी म तपाईंको दासीलाई परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको नाउँमा मलाई एउटा शपथ गर्नु भएको थियो। तपाईंले भन्नु भएको थियो, ‘तपाईंको छोरा सुलेमान तपाईं पछि राजा हुनेछ। उ मेरो सिंहासनमा बस्नेछ।’ 18 अहिले अदोनियाहले उ आफैंलाई राजा बनाइरहेको छ अनि तपाईं यसको लागि पनि होशियार हुनुहोस्। 19 अदोनियाहले विशाल मैत्री भोज दिदाँ धेरै गाईहरू तथा राम्रा भेंडाहरू मारेर बलि चढायो। अदोनियाहले तपाईंका सबै छोराहरूलाई निम्तो दियो। उसले पूजाहारी एबीयातार अनि सेनापति योआबलाई निम्तो दियो। तर उसले तपाईंको विश्वासी छोरा सुलेमानलाई निम्तो दिएन। 20 हे मेरा मालिक अनि महाराज, अहिले इस्राएलका सबै जनगण तपाईंलाई नै हेरिरहेका छन्। तपाईं पछि अर्को राजा को हुनेछ, यस निर्णयका लागि तिनीहरू तपाईंलाई नै पर्खिरहेका छन्। 21 तपाईंको मृत्यु अघि नै तपाईंले केही गर्नु पर्छ। तपाईंले केही गर्नु भएन भने, मृत्युपछि तब तपाईं तपाईंको पिता-पुर्खासित गाडिनु भए पछि, मेरो छोरा सुलेमान र म अपराधी ठहरिनेछौं।” 22 राजासँग बतशेबा कुराकानी गरिरहेकी थिइन् कि अगमवक्ता नातान उनलाई भेट्न आए। 23 चाकरहरूले राजालाई भने, “अगमवक्ता नातान आउनु भएको छ।” नातानले राजा अघि निहुरिएर ढोग दिए। 24 अनि भने, “हे मेरा मालिक अनि महाराज, तपाईंपछि अदोनियाह नयाँ राजा हुनेछ भनी के तपाईंले घोषणा गर्नु भयो? के तपाईंले निर्णय लिनु भएको छ, अब अदोनियाहले शासन चलाउने छ? 25 किनभने आज उसले तल बेंसीमा धेरै साँढहरू, मोटा-मोटा बाछाहरू अनि भेंडाहरू मेलबलि चढाउन ओर्लिएका छन्। उसले तपाईंका सबै छोराहरू, सेनापतिहरू अनि पूजाहारी एबीयातारलाई निम्ताएका थिए। तिनीहरू अहिले उनीसँग खानपानमा व्यस्त छन्। अनि तिनीहरू भन्दै छन्, ‘राजा अदोनियाह दीर्घायु होऊन्!’ 26 तर उनले मलाई अथवा पूजाहारी सादोक अथवा यहोयादाको छोरा बनायाह अथवा तपाईंको आज्ञाकारी छोरा सुलेमानलाई निम्तो दिएनन्। 27 मेरो मालिक महाराज, हामीलाई नभनी के तपाईंले यस्तो गर्नु भयो? कृपा गरेर हामीलाई बताउनुहोस्, तपाईंपछि अर्को राजा को हुनेछ?” 28 तब राजा दाऊदले भने, “बतशेबालाई भित्र बोलाऊ!” यसकारण बतशेबा भित्र राजासामु आइन्। 29 तब राजाले शपथ गरेः “परमप्रभु परमेश्वरले मलाई प्रत्येक खतराबाट बचाउनु भएको छ। जसरी परमेश्वर जीवित हुनुहुन्छ। म तिमीसँग यो शपथ गर्दैछु। 30 आज म अतीतमा दिएको वचन पूरा गर्नेछु। इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको शक्तिको आधारमा मैंले त्यो वचन दिएको थिएँ। मपछि तिम्रो छोरा सुलेमान अर्को राजा हुनेछ भनी मैंले वचन दिएको थिएँ। म पछि ऊ मेरो राज सिंहासनमा विराजमान हुनेछ। म आफ्नो प्रतिज्ञा पूरा गर्नेछु!” 31 तब बतशेबाले राजा दाऊद सामु भुईंमा निहुरेर ढोग गरिन्। अनि भनिन्, “दाऊद राजा दीर्घायु होऊन्।” सुलेमानलाई नयाँ राजा चुनियो 32 तब राजा दाऊदले भने, “पूजाहारी सादोक, अगमवक्ता नातान अनि यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाहलाई यहाँ बोलाई देऊ।” यसकारण तीन जना व्यक्तिहरू राजासँग भेट गर्न आए। 33 तब राजाले उनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरूसँग मेरा अधिकारीहरूलाई लिएर जाऊ। मेरो छोरा सुलेमानलाई आफ्नो खच्चडमा सवार गराऊ। उसलाई गीहोन स्रोतसम्म लिएर जाऊ। 34 त्यस ठाउँमा पूजाहारी सादोक अनि अगमवक्ता नातानले उसलाई इस्राएलको नयाँ राजाको रूपमा अभिषेक गर्नेछन्। तुरही बजाऊ अनि घोषणा गर, ‘यिनी नयाँ राजा, सुलेमान हुन्!’ 35 त्यसपछि उसँग यहाँ फर्केर आऊ। सुलेमान मेरो सिंहासनमा बस्नेछ अनि मेरो ठाउँमा नयाँ राजा हुनेछ। मैले सुलेमानलाई इस्राएल अनि यहूदाको शासकको रूपमा छानेको छु।” 36 यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाहले राजालाई जवाफ दिए, “आमेन! मेरा मालिक अनि महाराज! परमेश्वर स्वयमले यो भन्नु भएकोछ। 37 मेरा मालिक अनि महाराज, परमप्रभु तपाईंसँगै हुनुहुन्छ। अनि अहिले विश्वास गर्छु परमप्रभु सुलेमानसँग हुनुहुनेछ। म आशा गर्छु सुलेमानको राज्य बढ्नेछ अनि उनी तपाईं भन्दाअझै शक्तिशाली हुनेछन्, मेरा मालिक राजा दाऊद।” 38 यसकारण सादोक, नातान, बनायाह अनि राजाका अधिकारीहरूले राजा दाऊदको आज्ञा पालन गरे। तिनीहरूले सुलेमानलाई राजा दाऊदको खच्चडमा सवार गराए अनि ऊसँग गीहेन स्रोत गए। 39 पूजाहारी सदोकले पवित्र पालबाट तेल लगे। सादोकले उनलाई राजा देखाउनका लागि सुलेमानको शिरमा तेलले अभिषेक गरे। तिनीहरूले तुरही फुके अनि सबै मानिसहरूले हर्षित हुँदै भने, “राजा सुलेमान दीर्घायु होऊन्।” 40 तब सबै मानिसहरू सुलेमानको पछि-पछि शहरमा आए। तिनीहरू बाँसुरी बजाउँदै थिए अनि भुइँ थर्किने गरी कराउँदै थिए। 41 त्यस समयमा अदोनियाह अनि उनका अतिथिहरू खान-पीन शेष पार्दै थिए। तिनीहरूले तुरहीको आवाज सुने। योआबले सोधे, “त्यो हल्ला के हो? शहरमा के भइरहेको छ?” 42 जब योआब बोल्दै थिए, पूजाहारी एबीयातारका छोरा जोनाथन आइपुगे। अदोनियाहले भने, “यहाँ आऊ! तिमी असल मानिस हौ। तिमीले मेरो निम्ति शुभ-समाचार ल्याएको हुनुपर्छ।” 43 तर जोनाथनले जवाफ दिए, “होइन, तपाईंको लागि यो शुभ-समाचार होइन! राजा दाऊदले सुलेमानलाई नयाँ राजा बनाए। 44 राजा दाऊदले पूजाहारी सादोक, अगमवक्ता नातान, यहोयादका छोरा बनायाह अनि राजाका व्यक्तिगत अंगरक्षकहरू पनि ऊ सँगै पठाए। तिनीहरूले उसलाई राजाको आफ्नो खच्चडमा सवार गराए। 45 तब पूजाहारी सादोक अनि अगमवक्ता नातानले गीहोन स्रोतमा सुलेमानलाई अभिषेक गरे। अनि तिनीहरू शहरमा गए। जन साधारणले उनको स्वागत गरे अनि अहिले शहरका जनता औधी प्रसन्न छन्। तपाईंले सुनेको हल्ला त्यही नै हो। 46-47 सुलेमान राज-सिंहासनमा बसेका छन्! राजाका अधिकारीहरू राजा दाऊदलाई अभिवादन पनि गर्दैछन्। तिनीहरू भन्दै छन्, ‘राजा दाऊद, तपाईं महान् राजा हुनु हुन्छः अब हामी प्रार्थना गर्छौ, तपाईंको परमेश्वरले सुलेमानलाई पनि महान् राजा बनाउनुहुनेछ। हामी आशा गर्छौ तपाईंको परमेश्वरले सुलेमानलाई तपाईंभन्दा बढी नै प्रख्यात बनाउनु हुनेछ अनि हामी अझै आशा गर्छौ, सुलेमानको राज्य तपाईंको भन्दा पनि विशाल हुनेछ!’ यहाँ सम्म कि राजा दाऊद पनि त्यहाँ थिए! राजा दाऊदले आफ्नो ओछ्यानबाट निहुरेर सुलेमानलाई ढोग गरे। 48 अनि भने, ‘इस्राएलका परमेश्वरको स्तुति गर। परमेश्वरले मेरा छोराहरू मध्ये एक जनालाई मेरो सिंहासनमा बसाउनु भयो अनि यो हेर्न मलाई जीवित राख्नुभयो।’” 49 अदोनियाहका सबै अतिथिहरू तर्सिए अनि छिट्टै गए। 50 अदोनियाह पनि सुलेमानसित डराए। यसकारण उनी वेदीमा गए अनि वेदीको सींग समाते। 51 तब कसैले सुलेमानलाई भने, “अदोनियाह तपाईंसित डराएको छ, राजा सुलेमान। अदोनियाह वेदीको सींग समाते र पवित्र पालमा बसेको छ अनि छोड्न पनि चाहँदैन। अदोनियाह भन्दै छ, ‘राजा सुलेमानलाई बाचा गर्न भनी देऊ, उसले मलाई नमारोस्।’” 52 सुलेमानले जवाफ दिए, “यदि अदोनियाह साबित गर्छ कि ऊ एक जना असल मानिस हो, तब म प्रतिज्ञा गर्छु उसको टाउकोको एउटा केशलाई पनि केही हुनेछैन। तर यदि उसले नराम्रो काम गर्यो भने उ मारिने छ।” 53 तब राजा सुलेमानले केही मानिसहरूलाई अदोनियाहलाई लिन पठाए। मानिसहरूले अदोनियाहलाई राजा सुलेमान समक्ष ल्याए। अदोनियाह राजा सुलेमानको सामु गए अनि निहुरेर ढोग गरे। तब सुलेमानले भने, “घर जाऊ।”