1 Manghai 4
1 Solomon manghai a om vaengah Israel pum soah manghai.
Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Te vaengah anih kah mangpa rhoek he, khosoih Zadok capa Azariah,
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
3 Cadaek Shisha ca rhoi Elihoreph neh Ahijah, khokhan aka khoem Ahilud capa Jehoshaphat,
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
4 Caempuei sokah Jehoiada capa Benaiah neh khosoih Zadok neh Abiathar,
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 A sola aka pai Nathan capa Azariah, manghai kah olrhoep khosoih Nathan capa Zebud,
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 Im hman kah Ahishar neh saldong sokah Abda capa Adoniram,
Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
7 Solomon taegah Israel pum yueng la aka pai rhoek he hlai nit lo tih manghai neh a imkhui te a cangbam uh. Cangbam ham te kum khat khui hla khat ah pakhat a om pah.
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 Amih ming he Ephraim tlang ah Benhur,
And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Makaz, Shaalbim, Bethshemesh neh Elonbeth ah Deker capa,
... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
10 A taengkah Arubboth, Sokoh neh Hepher khohmuen pum ah Hesed capa,
... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
11 Dore khamyai pum ah Abinadab capa. Solomon canu Taphath te anih kah yuu la om.
... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
12 Taanakh, Megiddo neh Bethshan boeih, tekah hmatoeng Zarethan kungdak kah Jezreel hil, Bethshan lamloh Abelmeholath hil, rhalvangan kah Jokmeam hil he Ahilud capa Baana,
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 Ramothgilead ah Geber capa tih, Gilead ah Manasseh capa Jair kah vangca rhoek he khaw anih kah, Bashan ah Argob paeng, vongtung puei neh rhohum thohkalh khopuei sawmrhuk khaw anih kah,
... 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 Mahanaim ah Iddo capa Ahinadab,
Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Naphtali ah Ahimaaz tih, anih long khaw Solomon canu Basemath te a yuu la a loh.
Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
16 Asher neh Bealoth ah Hushai capa Baana,
Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
17 Issakhar ah Paruah capa Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Benjamin ah Ela capa Shimei,
Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Gilead khohmuen, Amori manghai Sihon neh Bashan manghai Oga khohmuen ah Uri capa Geber tih khohmuen pakhat ah khohung pakhat om.
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 Judah neh Israel he a hlangmi lamtah tuipuei kah laivin bangla ping uh tih a caak, a ok neh a kohoe.
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 Solomon long he Philisti khohmuen kah tuiva lamloh Egypt khorhi duela ram tom te a taemrhai. Khocang te a khuen uh tih a hing tue khuiah Solomon taengah thotat uh.
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 Te vaengah hnin at dongkah Solomon kah a caak he, vaidam kore sawmthum neh buh kore sawmrhuk lo.
And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;
23 Saelhung pumlen pumrha, saelhung luemdawn pumkul, boiva yakhat, rhangrhaeh neh kirhang khaw, sayuk neh vathawt a thapaduek khaw om pueng.
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 Tiphsah lamloh tuiva rhalvangan boeih neh Gaza hil, tuiva rhalvangan kah manghai boeih te khaw a taemrhai. Te vaengah rhoepnah te anih ham kaepvai kah a rhalvangan boeih ah om.
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 Judah neh Israel kah hlang he Solomon tue khuiah tah Dan lamloh Beersheba hil amah misur hmui neh a thaibu hmuiah ngaikhuek la kho a sak.
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 Solomon taengah a ngoldoelh ham marhang im thawng sawmli neh marhang caem thawng hlai nit om.
And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Te rhoek loh manghai Solomon te a cangbam uh tih a pai puei uh. Amah hla khat ah hlang pakhat neh manghai Solomon kah caboei taengla aka mop boeih khaw hnopai neh mueh uh pawh.
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 Marhang ham neh leng marhang ham cangtun neh cangkong khaw, hlang loh amah kah hamsum bangla a om nah hmuen la pahoi a thak uh coeng.
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 Pathen loh Solomon te cueihnah a paek dongah a lungcuei khaw muep ping. Te vaengah lungbuei te tuipuei tuikaeng kah laivin bangla a daang a ka pah.
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 Solomon kah cueihnah tah khothoeng ca boeih kah cueihnah lakah khaw, Egypt kah cueihnah cungkuem lakah khaw yet.
And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 Hlang boeih lakah khaw, Mahol koca rhoek Ethan, Ezrakhi, Heman neh Khalkol, Darda lakah khaw cueih. Te dongah khotaeng namtom boeih taengah khaw a ming om.
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 thawng thum a thui tih a laa khaw thawng khat panga om.
He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
33 Thingkung te Lebanon kah lamphai lamloh pangbueng lamkah aka poe pumpiding hil khaw a thui. Rhamsa kawng neh vaa kawng khaw, rhulcai kawng neh nga kawng khaw a thui.
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 A cueihnah te a yaak uh vaengah pilnam cungkuem lamlong khaw, diklai manghai boeih lamlong khaw Solomon kah cueihnah te hnatun ham a paan uh.
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.
