1 Mafumu 4
1 Ndipo Mfumu Solomoni inakhala mfumu ya Aisraeli onse.
Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Nduna zake zikuluzikulu zinali izi: Azariya mwana wa Zadoki anali wansembe;
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
3 Elihorefe ndi Ahiya, ana a Sisa, anali alembi; Yehosafati mwana wa Ahiludi, anali mlembi wa zochitika;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
4 Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada, anali mtsogoleri wa ankhondo; Zadoki ndi Abiatara, anali ansembe;
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azariya mwana wa Natani, anali woyangʼanira nduna za mʼzigawo; Zabudi mwana wa Natani, anali wansembe ndi bwenzi la mfumu;
Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend;
6 Ahisara, anali mkulu woyangʼanira nyumba ya mfumu; Adoniramu mwana wa Abida, anali mkulu woyangʼanira ntchito za thangata.
Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
7 Solomoni analinso ndi abwanamkubwa khumi ndi awiri amene ankayangʼanira zigawo zonse za dziko la Israeli. Iwo ankapereka chakudya kwa mfumu ndiponso ku banja laufumu. Bwanamkubwa aliyense ankapereka chakudya mwezi umodzi pa chaka.
And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.
8 Mayina awo ndi awa: Beni-Huri, wa ku dziko la mapiri la Efereimu;
And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Beni-Dekeri, woyangʼanira mizinda ya Makazi, Saalibimu, Beti-Semesi ndi Eloni Beti-Hanani;
... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
10 Beni-Hesedi, woyangʼanira mizinda ya Aruboti (Soko ndi dziko lonse la Heferi);
... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
11 Beni-Abinadabu, woyangʼanira Nafoti Dori (iye anakwatira Tafati mwana wa Solomoni);
... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
12 Baana mwana wa Ahiludi, anali woyangʼanira Taanaki ndi Megido, ndi ku Beti Sani konse, kufupi ndi ku Zaretani kumunsi kwa Yezireeli, kuyambira ku Beti-Seani mpaka ku Abeli-Mehola kukafika mpaka ku Yokineamu;
Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;
13 Beni-Geberi, anali woyangʼanira Ramoti Giliyadi (midzi ya Yairi inali ya mwana wa Manase ku Giliyadi, pamodzinso ndi chigawo cha Arigobu ku Basani ndiponso mizinda yake yayikulu makumi asanu ndi umodzi yokhala ndi malinga ndi mipiringidzo yamkuwa).
... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.
14 Ahinadabu mwana wa Ido, anali woyangʼanira Mahanaimu;
Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaazi anali woyangʼanira Nafutali (iyeyu anakwatira Basemati mwana wa Solomoni);
Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
16 Baana mwana wa Husai, anali woyangʼanira Aseri ndi Bealoti;
Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
17 Yehosafati mwana wa Paruwa, anali woyangʼanira Isakara;
Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Simei mwana wa Ela, anali woyangʼanira Benjamini;
Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geberi mwana wa Uri, anali woyangʼanira Giliyadi (dziko la Sihoni mfumu ya Aamori ndi dziko la Ogi mfumu ya Basani). Iye ankayangʼanira chigawo chonsechi yekha.
Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.
20 Anthu a ku Yuda ndi ku Israeli anali ochuluka ngati mchenga wa mʼmbali mwa nyanja. Ankadya ndi kumwa ndipo ankasangalala.
Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.
21 Ndipo Solomoni analamulira mayiko onse kuyambira ku mtsinje wa Yufurate mpaka ku dziko la Afilisti, kukafika mpaka ku malire a dziko la Igupto. Mayikowa ankabweretsa mphatso ndipo anali pansi pa ulamuliro wa Solomoni moyo wake wonse.
And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.
22 Chakudya cha tsiku ndi tsiku cha Solomoni chinali madengu 150 a ufa wosalala ndi madengu 300 a mgayiwa,
And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;
23 ngʼombe khumi zonenepa zodyetsera mʼkhola, ngʼombe za ku busa makumi awiri, ndiponso nkhosa ndi mbuzi 100, pamodzinso ndi mbawala, agwape, mphoyo ndi mbalame zoweta zonona.
Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.
24 Pakuti ankalamulira dziko lonse la kumadzulo kwa mtsinje wa Yufurate kuyambira ku Tifisa mpaka ku Gaza, mafumu onse a kumadzulo kwa Mtsinje, ndipo anali pa mtendere ndi mayiko onse ozungulira.
For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.
25 Pa nthawi ya Solomoni, Yuda ndi Israeli anali pa mtendere, kuyambira ku Dani mpaka ku Beeriseba. Munthu aliyense ankangodzikhalira pansi pa mpesa wake ndi mtengo wake wa mkuyu.
So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 Solomoni anali ndi zipinda 4,000 zodyeramo akavalo okoka magaleta ake ndi anthu 12,000 oyendetsa magaleta.
And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Abwanamkubwa a zigawo aja, aliyense pa mwezi wake, ankapereka chakudya cha Mfumu Solomoni ndi cha anthu onse amene ankadya naye. Iwo ankaonetsetsa kuti pasasowe kalikonse.
And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.
28 Ankabweretsanso ku malo ake ofunikira muyeso wawo wa barele ndi udzu wa akavalo okoka magaleta ndiponso akavalo ena.
And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.
29 Mulungu anamupatsa Solomoni nzeru ndi luntha losaneneka ndipo nzeru zake zinali zochuluka ngati mchenga wa mʼmbali mwa nyanja.
And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
30 Nzeru za Solomoni zinali zoposa nzeru za anthu onse a Kummawa ndiponso nzeru zonse za ku Igupto.
And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 Iye anali wanzeru kuposa munthu wina aliyense, kuposa ngakhale Etani wa banja la Ezara, Hemani, Kalikoli ndi Darida, ana a Maholi. Ndipo mbiri yake inamveka kwa mitundu yonse ya anthu ozungulira.
For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
32 Solomoni anapeka miyambi 3,000 ndi kulemba nyimbo 1,005.
He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
33 Iye ankaphunzitsa za mitengo, kuyambira mtengo wa mkungudza wa ku Lebanoni mpaka kachitsamba ka hisope khomera pa khoma. Iye ankaphunzitsanso za nyama ndi mbalame, zinthu zokwawa pansi ndiponso za nsomba.
He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.
34 Anthu a mitundu yonse ankabwera kudzamva nzeru za Solomoni. Anthu amenewa ankatumizidwa ndi mafumu onse a dziko lapansi amene anamvapo za nzeru zakezo.
People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.
