1 Kings 11
1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, beside the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, 'Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.
Hata hivyo, Mfalme Solomoni akawapenda wanawake wengi wa kigeni zaidi, mbali na binti Farao: wanawake wa Wamoabu, Waamoni, Waedomu, Wasidoni na Wahiti.
2 From the nations concerning which the Lord had said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in among them, nor shall they come in among you; surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: unto these Solomon did cleave to love them.
Walitoka katika mataifa ambayo Bwana aliwaambia Waisraeli, “Msije mkaoana nao, kwa kuwa hakika wataigeuza mioyo yenu mgeukie miungu yao.” Hata hivyo, Solomoni akakaza kuwapenda.
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Alikuwa na wake 700 mabinti wa uzao wa kifalme, na masuria 300, nao wake zake wakampotosha.
4 And it came to pass, at the time that Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not undivided with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.
Kadiri Solomoni alivyozidi kuzeeka, wake zake wakaugeuza moyo wake kuelekea miungu mingine, na moyo wake haukujitolea kikamilifu kwa Bwana Mungu wake, kama ulivyokuwa moyo wa Daudi baba yake.
5 And Solomon went after 'Ashtoreth the divinity of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the 'Ammonites.
Solomoni akafuata Ashtorethi mungu mke wa Wasidoni, na Moleki mungu aliyekuwa chukizo la Waamoni.
6 And Solomon did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, like David his father.
Kwa hiyo Solomoni akafanya uovu machoni pa Bwana; hakumfuata Bwana kikamilifu kama alivyofanya Daudi baba yake.
7 Then did Solomon build a high-place for Kemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of 'Ammon.
Kwenye kilima mashariki mwa Yerusalemu, Solomoni akajenga mahali pa juu kwa ajili ya Kemoshi chukizo la Wamoabu, na kwa Moleki mungu chukizo la Waamoni.
8 And so did he for all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
Akafanya hivyo kwa wake zake wote wa kigeni, ambao walifukiza uvumba na kutoa dhabihu kwa miungu yao.
9 And the Lord was angry with Solomon; because his heart was turned away from the Lord the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice;
Bwana akamkasirikia Solomoni kwa sababu moyo wake uligeuka mbali na Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ambaye alikuwa amemtokea mara mbili.
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep that which the Lord had commanded.
Ingawa alikuwa amemkataza Solomoni kufuata miungu mingine, Solomoni hakutii amri ya Bwana.
11 And the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is in thy mind, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I commanded concerning thee: I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Kwa hiyo Bwana akamwambia Solomoni, “Kwa kuwa hii ndiyo hali yako na hukushika Agano langu na sheria zangu nilizokuamuru, hakika nitaurarua ufalme kutoka kwako na kumpa mmoja wa walio chini yako.
12 Nevertheless in thy days will I not do it, for the sake of David thy father; [but] out of the hand of thy son will I rend it.
Hata hivyo, kwa ajili ya Daudi baba yako, sitafanya jambo hili wakati wa uhai wako. Nitaurarua kutoka mikononi mwa mwanao.
13 Still all the kingdom will I not rend away: one tribe will I give to thy son on account of David my servant, and on account of Jerusalem which I have chosen.
Lakini pia sitaurarua ufalme wote kutoka kwake, bali nitampa kabila moja kwa ajili ya Daudi mtumishi wangu na kwa ajili ya Yerusalemu, ambao nimeuchagua.”
14 And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
Kisha Bwana akamwinua adui dhidi ya Solomoni, Hadadi, Mwedomu, kutoka ukoo wa ufalme wa Edomu.
15 It came to pass, namely, when David was in Edom, when Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
Huko nyuma wakati Daudi alipokuwa akipigana na Edomu, Yoabu jemadari wa jeshi, aliyekuwa amekwenda kuzika waliouawa, alikuwa amewaua wanaume wote waliokuwako Edomu.
16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom: )
Yoabu na Waisraeli wote walikaa huko kwa miezi sita, mpaka walipomaliza kuwaangamiza wanaume wote huko Edomu.
17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; but Hadad was then yet a young lad.
Lakini Hadadi, akiwa bado mvulana mdogo, alikimbilia Misri akiwa na baadhi ya maafisa wa Kiedomu waliokuwa wakimhudumia baba yake.
18 And they arose from Midian, and came to Paran; and they took [some] men with them from Paran, and came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt; who gave him a house, and decreed him a support, and gave him land.
Wakaondoka Midiani wakaenda Parani. Basi wakichukua pamoja nao wanaume kutoka Parani, wakaenda Misri, kwa Farao mfalme wa Misri, ambaye alimpa Hadadi nyumba, ardhi na akampatia chakula.
19 And Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh, so that he gave him for wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Thachpeness the queen.
Farao akapendezwa sana na Hadadi hata akampa ndugu wa mkewe mwenyewe, Malkia Tapenesi, ili aolewe na Hadadi.
20 And the sister of Thachpeness bore him Genubath his son, whom Thachpeness brought up in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath remained in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.
Huyo ndugu wa Tapenesi akamzalia mwana aliyeitwa Genubathi, ambaye alilelewa na Tapenesi katika jumba la kifalme. Huko Genubathi aliishi pamoja na watoto wa Farao mwenyewe.
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead: Hadad said to Pharaoh, Dismiss me, that I may go to my own country.
Alipokuwa huko Misri, Hadadi alisikia kwamba Daudi amepumzika na baba zake na ya kwamba pia Yoabu aliyekuwa jemadari wa jeshi amekufa. Ndipo Hadadi akamwambia Farao, “Niruhusu niende ili niweze kurudi katika nchi yangu.”
22 Then said Pharaoh unto him, But what dost thou lack with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thy own country? And he answered, Nothing: nevertheless thou must let me go away.
Farao akauliza, “Umekosa nini hapa, kwamba unataka kurudi katika nchi yako?” Hadadi akajibu, “Hakuna, lakini niruhusu niende!”
23 And God stirred him up [another] adversary, Rezon the son of Elyada', who had fled from Hadad'ezer the king of Zobah his lord;
Mungu akamwinua adui mwingine dhidi ya Solomoni, Rezoni mwana wa Eliada, ambaye alikuwa amemkimbia bwana wake Hadadezeri, mfalme wa Soba.
24 And he gathered around him some men, and became captain over a band, when David slew those [of Zobah]; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
Akawakusanya watu, naye akawa kiongozi wa kundi la waasi, wakati Daudi alipoangamiza majeshi ya Soba; waasi walikwenda Dameski, mahali walipokaa na kumiliki.
25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
Rezoni alikuwa adui wa Israeli kwa muda wote alioishi Solomoni, ukiongezea matatizo yaliyosababishwa na Hadadi. Kwa hiyo Rezoni akatawala katika Aramu na alikuwa mkatili kwa Israeli.
26 Also Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah, the name of whose mother was Zeru'ah, a widow woman, was a servant of Solomon, and he lifted up his hand against the king.
Pia, Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati aliasi dhidi ya mfalme. Alikuwa mmoja wa maafisa wa Solomoni, Mwefraimu kutoka Sereda, ambaye mama yake alikuwa mjane aliyeitwa Serua.
27 And this was the occasion that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built up the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.
Haya ndiyo maelezo ya jinsi alivyomwasi mfalme: Solomoni alikuwa amejenga Milo naye akawa ameziba mwanya katika ukuta wa mji wa Daudi baba yake.
28 And the man Jerobo'am was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was [also] an industrious worker, he appointed him over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
Basi Yeroboamu alikuwa mtu shujaa na hodari, naye Solomoni alipoona jinsi kijana alivyofanya kazi yake, akamweka kuwa kiongozi wa kazi yote ya mikono ya nyumba ya Yosefu.
29 And it came to pass at that time when Jerobo'am went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Achiyah the Shilonite found him on the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and these two were alone by themselves in the field;
Karibu na wakati ule Yeroboamu alikuwa anatoka nje ya Yerusalemu, Ahiya nabii Mshiloni akakutana naye njiani, akiwa amevaa joho jipya. Hawa wawili walikuwa peke yao mashambani,
30 And Achiyah caught hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;
naye Ahiya akachukua joho jipya alilokuwa amevaa akalirarua vipande kumi na viwili.
31 And he said to Jerobo'am, Take thee ten pieces; for thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give to thee the ten tribes;
Kisha akamwambia Yeroboamu, “Chukua vipande kumi kwa ajili yako, kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli asemavyo: ‘Tazama, ninakwenda kuuchana ufalme kutoka mikononi mwa Solomoni na kukupa wewe makabila kumi.
32 But the one tribe shall remain for him, on account of my servant David, and on account of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel;
Lakini kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu Daudi na mji wa Yerusalemu, ambao nimeuchagua miongoni mwa makabila yote ya Israeli, atakuwa na kabila moja.
33 For the cause that they have forsaken me, and have bowed down to 'Ashtoreth the divinity of the Zidonians, to Kemosh the god of Moab, and to Milcom the god of the children of 'Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and my statutes and my ordinances, like David his father.
Nitafanya hivi kwa sababu wameniacha mimi na kuabudu Ashtorethi mungu mke wa Wasidoni, Kemoshi mungu wa Wamoabu, na Moleki mungu wa Waamoni, nao hawakwenda katika njia zangu ili kufanya yaliyo sawa machoni pangu, wala kushika amri na sheria zangu kama Daudi, babaye Solomoni, alivyofanya.
34 Nevertheless will I not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will let him remain prince all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
“‘Lakini sitauondoa ufalme wote kutoka mikononi mwa Solomoni, nimemfanya mtawala siku zote za maisha yake kwa ajili ya Daudi mtumishi wangu, niliyemchagua na ambaye aliyatunza maagizo na amri zangu.
35 But I will take the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and I will give it unto thee, even the ten tribes.
Nitauondoa ufalme kutoka mikononi mwa mwanawe na kukupa wewe makabila kumi.
36 And unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.
Nitampa mwanawe kabila moja ili kwamba Daudi mtumishi wangu awe na taa mbele zangu daima katika Yerusalemu, mji ambao nimeuchagua kuweka Jina langu.
37 But thee will I take, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul may long for; and thou shalt be king over Israel.
Hata hivyo, kukuhusu wewe Yeroboamu, nitakutwaa, nawe utatawala juu ya yote yale moyo wako unayotamani, utakuwa mfalme juu ya Israeli.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did: that I will be with thee, and build thee a permanent house, as I have built for David, and I will give Israel unto thee.
Ikiwa utafanya kila nitakalokuamuru, kuenenda katika njia zangu na kufanya yaliyo sawa mbele za macho yangu kwa kuzishika amri zangu na maagizo yangu kama alivyofanya Daudi mtumishi wangu, nitakuwa pamoja nawe. Nitakujengea ufalme utakaodumu kama ule niliomjengea Daudi, nami nitakupa Israeli.
39 And I will afflict the seed of David for this; but not for all times.
Nitawatesa wazao wa Daudi kwa ajili ya hili, lakini siyo milele.’”
40 Solomon thereupon sought to put Jerobo'am to death; but Jerobo'am arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak the king of Egypt, and remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
Solomoni akajaribu kumuua Yeroboamu, lakini Yeroboamu akakimbilia Misri, kwa Mfalme Shishaki, naye akakaa huko mpaka Solomoni alipofariki.
41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did and his wisdom, behold, they are written in the book of the history of Solomon.
Kwa habari za matukio mengine ya utawala wa Solomoni, yote aliyoyafanya na hekima aliyoionyesha, je hayakuandikwa yote katika kitabu cha matendo cha Solomoni?
42 And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.
Solomoni alitawala Israeli yote miaka arobaini, akiwa Yerusalemu.
43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehobo'am his son became king in his stead.
Kisha Solomoni akalala pamoja na baba zake, naye akazikwa katika mji wa Daudi baba yake. Naye Rehoboamu mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.
