1 Ruodhi 4
1 Kamano ruoth Solomon nobedo ruodh Israel duto.
King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Magi ema ne jodonge madongo: Azaria wuod Zadok jadolo;
These were the officials whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3 Elihoref kod Ahija yawuot Shisha jogoro; Jehoshafat wuod Ahilud jachan weche.
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4 Benaya wuod Jehoyada jatend jolweny. Zadok kod Abiathar ma jodolo;
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azaria wuod Nathan ma jatend jodong gwengʼ, Zabud wuod Nathan jadolo kendo jangʼad ni ruoth rieko;
and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king's friend;
6 Ahishar ma jatend od ruoth; Adoniram wuod Abda ma jatend tij achune.
and Ahishar was over the palace; and Eliab son of Joab was over the army; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.
7 Solomon bende ne nigi jotelo apar gariyo mane orito pinje manie Israel duto kendo ne choko gik moko ne ruoth kod joge. Moro ka moro kuomgi ne kelo chiemo kuom dwe achiel e higa.
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
8 Magi e nying-gi: Ben-Hur norito pinje mag gode mag Efraim:
These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Ben-Deker norito Makaz; Shalbim, Beth Shemesh kod Elon Bethhanan;
Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10 Ben-Hesed norito Aruboth (Soko kod pinje duto mag Hefer).
Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);
11 Ben-Abinadab norito Nafoth Dor (kendo nokendo Tafath ma nyar Solomon).
Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
12 Baana wuod Ahilud norito Tanak, gi Megido nyaka Beth Shan duto machiegni gi Zarethan man mwalo mar Jezreel, koa Beth Shan nyaka Abel Mehola man loka mar Jokmeam.
Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
13 Ben-Geber norito Ramoth Gilead (kod kuonde dak mag Jair wuod Manase man Gilead kaachiel gi piny mar Argob manie Bashan kod mieche madongo piero auchiel molwor gi ohinga motegno kendo nigi lodi mag rangeye mag mula);
Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
14 Ahinadab wuod Ido norito Mahanaim;
Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaz norito Naftali (kendo nokendo Basemath nyar Solomon);
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
16 Baana wuod Hushai norito Asher kod Aloth.
Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth;
17 Jehoshafat wuod Parua norito Isakar;
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei wuod Ela norito Benjamin;
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber wuod Uri norito Gilead (enie piny mane Sihon ruoth jo-Amor kod Og ruodh Bashan ne rito chon). En kende ema ne en jaduongʼ motelone gwengʼno.
Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only prefect in the land of Judah.
20 Oganda jo-Juda gi jo-Israel ne ngʼeny machalo ka kuoyo manie e dho nam; negichiemo, mi negimetho kendo negimor.
Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
21 Kendo Solomon nobedo ruodh pinyno duto chakre Aora maduongʼ mar Yufrate nyaka e piny jo-Filistia mochweyo nyaka giko piny Misri. Pinjegi duto ne kelo osuru ni Solomon bende ne gin e bwo lochne ndalo duto.
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms, from the River, and to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Chiemo mane Solomon nwangʼo odiechiengʼ kodiechiengʼ ne romo gunde piero auchiel mag mogo mayom kod gunde mia achiel gi piero ariyo ariyo mag mogo amoga;
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
23 rwedhi apar machwe mopongʼ, rwedhi piero ariyo machwe kod rombe gi diek mia achiel kaachiel gi mwanda; ogunde, ring ngawo kod awendo machwe.
ten head of fat cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.
24 Nimar nobedo gi loch kuom pinjeruodhi duto man yo podho chiengʼ mar Aora maduongʼ chakre Tifsa nyaka Gaza kendo ne en gi kwe gi joma olwore duto.
For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.
25 E ndalo mag ngima mar Solomon Juda gi Israel chakre Dan nyaka Bersheba nodak gi kwe ka ngʼato ka ngʼato tiyo e puothe mar mzabibu kod ngʼope.
Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 Solomon ne nigi udi alufu piero angʼwen moger ni Farese kod Farese alufu apar gariyo.
And Solomon had four thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Jodong gwengʼno, moro ka moro e dweye ne chiwo ni ruoth Solomon gi welo duto mane oluongo, maonge gimoro amora morem.
Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
28 Bende ngʼato ka ngʼato nokelo Shairi gi lum e kuondegi mag keno ne farese maywa geche kod farese mamoko.
And they also brought barley and straw for the horses and the steeds to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.
29 Nyasaye nomiyo Solomon rieko gi ngʼeyo matut moloyo kod winjo ma ok nyalo pimore mana ka kwoyo manie dho nam.
God gave Solomon wisdom and exceptional insight, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
30 Rieko Solomon ne duongʼ moloyo jorieko duto manie yo wuok chiengʼ, bende noduongʼ moloyo rieko duto mag Misri.
Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 Noriek moloyo ngʼato angʼata moriwo kata mana Ethan ja-Ezra kendo riek moloyo Heman gi Kalkol kod Darda yawuot Mahol. Kendo humbe nolandore e pinje molwore duto.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.
32 Nogoyo ngeche alufu adek kendo wende mane owero noromo alufu achiel gi abich.
He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.
33 Nowuoyo kuom kit yien kochako gi yiende Sida mag Lebanon nyaka owino magawore e kor udi. Bende nopuonjo ji kuom le kod winy gi le mamol kod rech.
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of crawling creatures, and of fish.
34 Ji moa e pinje duto nobiro mondo owinji rieko Solomon koorgi gi ruodhi mag piny mane osewinjo humb riekone.
There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
