1 Kings 4
1 Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Solomoni agĩthamaka Isiraeli guothe.
2 and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
Aya nĩo maarĩ anene ake: Azaria mũrũ wa Zadoku aarĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai;
3 Shisha’s sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the [official] secretaries. Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the one who announced to the people the king’s decisions.
nao Elihorefu na Ahija, ariũ a Shisha, nĩo maarĩ aandĩki-marũa; na Jehoshafatu mũrũ wa Ahiludu, ũrĩa waandĩkaga maũndũ ma ihinda rĩu;
4 Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
nake Benaia mũrũ wa Jehoiada nĩwe warĩ mũnene wa mbũtũ cia ita; nao Zadoku na Abiatharu maarĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai;
5 Nathan’s son Azariah was the administrator of the governors. Another of Nathan’s sons, Zabud, was a priest and the king’s chief advisor.
nake Azaria mũrũ wa Nathani nĩwe warĩ mũrũgamĩrĩri wa anene a ngʼongo; nake Zabudu mũrũ wa Nathani aarĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na mũtaari wa mũthamaki;
6 Ahishar supervised the servants who worked in the palace. Abda’s son Adoniram supervised the men who were forced to do work [for the government].
nake Ahisharu aarĩ mũrũgamĩrĩri wa nyũmba ya mũthamaki; nake Adoniramu mũrũ wa Abida aarĩ mũrũgamĩrĩri wa arĩa maarutithagio wĩra na hinya.
7 Solomon appointed twelve men, one to govern [each of the regions] in Israel. They also were required to provide food for the king and all the others who lived and worked in the palace. Each man was required to provide from his own region the food for one month each year.
Ningĩ Solomoni aarĩ na abarũthi ikũmi na eerĩ arĩa marũgamĩrĩire ngʼongo ciothe cia Isiraeli, na nĩo maarehaga irio cia kũrĩĩo nĩ mũthamaki na andũ a nyũmba ya ũthamaki. O ũmwe wao aarehaga irio cia kũigana mweri ũmwe thĩinĩ wa mwaka.
8 Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
Maya nĩmo marĩĩtwa ma abarũthi acio: Beni-Huri nĩwe warũgamĩrĩire bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Efiraimu;
9 Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
na Beni-Dekeri akarũgamĩrĩra Makazu, na Shaalubimu, na Bethi-Shemeshu, na Eloni-Bethihanani;
10 Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
nake Beni-Hesedi akarũgamĩrĩra Arubothu (Soko na bũrũri wothe wa Heferi warĩ wake);
11 Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
na Beni-Abinadabu akarũgamĩrĩra Nafathu-Dori (nake nĩwe wahikĩtie Tafathu mwarĩ wa Solomoni);
12 Ahilud’s son Baana, for Taanach and Megiddo [towns], and all the region near Zarethan [city], and from Beth-Shan [city] south of Jezreel as far as Abel-Meholah [town] and Jokmeam [city];
na Baana mũrũ wa Ahiludu akarũgamĩrĩra Taanaka, na Megido, na Bethi-Shani guothe kũrigania na Zarethani mũhuro wa Jezireeli, kuuma Bethi-Shani nginya Abeli-Mehola kũngʼethera Jokimeamu;
13 Ben-Geber, for Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and for the villages in Gilead that belonged to Jair, who was a descendant of Manasseh, and the Argob area in [the] Bashan [region]. There were 60 large towns in that region altogether, each town with a wall around it and bronze bars across the gates.
Nake Beni-Geberi akarũgamĩrĩra Ramothu-Gileadi (itũũro cia Jairu mũrũ wa Manase kũu Gileadi ciarĩ ciake, o hamwe na ngʼongo cia Arigobu kũu Bashani, o na matũũra manene makuo mĩrongo ĩtandatũ maarigiicĩirio na thingo, na maarĩ na ihingo ciarĩ na mĩgĩĩko ya gĩcango);
14 Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
o nake Ahinadabu mũrũ wa Ido akarũgamĩrĩra Mahanaimu;
15 Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
na Alimaazu akarũgamĩrĩra Nafitali (nake aahikĩtie Basemathu mwarĩ wa Solomoni);
16 Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
na Baana mũrũ wa Hushai akarũgamĩrĩra Asheri na Alothu;
17 Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
nake Jehoshafatu mũrũ wa Parua akarũgamĩrĩra Isakaru;
18 Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
nake Shimei mũrũ wa Ela akarũgamĩrĩra Benjamini;
19 Uri’s son Geber, for the Gilead region, the land that Sihon the king of the Amor people-group [formerly ruled], and the Bashan [area], which was the area that Og [formerly ruled]. [In addition to all those], Solomon appointed one governor for the [territory of the] tribe of Judah.
na Geberi mũrũ wa Uri akarũgamĩrĩra Gileadi (bũrũri wa Sihoni mũthamaki wa Aamori, na bũrũri wa Ogu mũthamaki wa Bashani). Nowe wiki warĩ barũthi wa gwatha rũgongo rũu.
20 There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand [HYP] on the seashore. They [had plenty to] eat and drink and they were happy.
Andũ a Juda na a Isiraeli maarĩ aingĩ mũno ta mũthanga wa iria-inĩ. Maarĩĩaga, na makanyua, na magakena.
21 Solomon’s kingdom extended from the Euphrates [River in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] and to the border of Egypt [in the south]. The [conquered] people in those areas paid taxes and were under Solomon’s control for the rest of his life.
Nake Solomoni nĩathamakĩire mothamaki mothe kuuma Rũũĩ rwa Farati nginya bũrũri wa Afilisti, o nginya mũhaka-inĩ wa Misiri. Mabũrũri macio nĩmamũrehagĩra igooti na magĩtũũra maathagwo nĩ Solomoni matukũ make mothe.
22 [To feed the people in his palace and his guests] Solomon needed people to bring to him every day 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of wheat,
Mahũthĩro ma Solomoni ma o mũthenya maarĩ maya: kori mĩrongo ĩtatũ cia mũtu ũrĩa mũhinyu mũno, na kori mĩrongo ĩtandatũ cia mũtu,
23 ten cattle that were kept in stalls/barns, 20 cattle that were kept in pastures, 100 sheep, and (deer and gazelles and roebucks/three kinds of deer), and poultry.
ngʼombe ikũmi cia gũtuĩrwo, na ngʼombe mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ cia rũũru, na ngʼondu na mbũri igana rĩmwe, na thiiya, na thwariga, na thwara, o na nyoni iria noru cia mũciĩ iria irĩĩagwo.
24 Solomon ruled over all the area west of the Euphrates [River], from Tiphsah [city in the northeast] to Gaza [city in the southwest]. He ruled over all the kings in that area. And there was peace between his [government] and the [governments of] nearby countries.
Nĩgũkorwo nĩwe wathamakagĩra mothamaki mothe marĩa maarĩ ithũĩro rĩa Rũũĩ rwa Farati kuuma Tifisa nginya Gaza, na nĩ kwarĩ na thayũ mĩena yothe.
25 All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
Rĩrĩa rĩothe Solomoni aarĩ muoyo-rĩ, Juda na Isiraeli, kuuma Dani nginya Birishiba, maatũũraga na thayũ o mũndũ mũgũnda-inĩ wake wa mĩthabibũ na mĩkũyũ.
26 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses [that pulled] his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots).
Solomoni aarĩ na ciugũ cia mbarathi cia ita ngiri inya, na mbarathi ngiri ikũmi na igĩrĩ.
27 His twelve governors supplied the food that King Solomon needed for himself and for all those who ate in the palace. Each governor supplied food for one month each year. They provided everything [LIT] that Solomon required.
Nao anene a ngʼongo, o mũndũ mweri wake nĩarehagĩra Mũthamaki Solomoni mahũthĩro ma kũmũigana hamwe na arĩa othe mookaga metha-inĩ yake. Ningĩ magatigĩrĩra atĩ gũtirĩ kĩndũ o na kĩmwe kĩagaga.
28 They also brought [stalks of] barley and wheat for the fast horses [that pulled the chariots] and for the [other work] horses. They brought it to the places where the horses were kept.
Ningĩ nĩmarehaga igeri ciao cia cairi na nyeki, cia kũrĩĩo nĩ mbarathi cia ita na mbarathi icio ingĩ handũ harĩa haagĩrĩire.
29 God enabled Solomon to be extremely wise and to have great insight/understanding. He understood about more things than the number of grains of sand on the seashore [HYP].
Ngai nĩaheire Solomoni ũũgĩ na ũmenyi mũingĩ mũno wa maũndũ, na ũtaũku waingĩhĩte ta mũthanga ũrĩ hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia iria.
30 He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
Ũũgĩ wa Solomoni warĩ mũnene gũkĩra ũũgĩ wa andũ othe a mwena wa irathĩro, o na ũgakĩra ũũgĩ wothe wa andũ a Misiri.
31 Ethan from Ezrah and Heman and Calcol and Darda and the sons of Mahol were [considered to be] very wise, but Solomon was wiser than all of them. People in all the nearby countries heard about Solomon.
Aarĩ mũũgĩ gũkĩra mũndũ ũngĩ o wothe, gwata Ethani ũrĩa Mũezara, na aarĩ mũũgĩ gũkĩra Hemani, na gũkĩra Kalikoli, na Darida, ariũ a Maholu. Ngumo yake ĩgĩtaamba kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ iria ciothe ciathiũrũrũkĩirie kũu.
32 He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
Nĩaathugundire thimo ngiri ithatũ, na nyĩmbo ciake ciarĩ ngiri ĩmwe na ithano.
33 He talked about various kinds of plants, from the [huge] cedar trees in Lebanon to the [tiny] hyssop plants that grow in cracks in walls. He also talked about wild animals and birds and reptiles and fish.
Nĩataaragĩria ũhoro wa mũkũrĩre wa mĩmera, kuuma mũtarakwa wa Lebanoni o nginya mũthobi ũrĩa ũkũraga thingo-inĩ. Ningĩ nĩarutanaga ũhoro wa nyamũ na nyoni, na nyamũ iria itaambaga thĩ, na thamaki.
34 People came from all over the world to hear the wise things that Solomon said. Many kings sent men to listen to him [and then return and tell them what Solomon said].
Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciothe nĩmookaga gũthikĩrĩria ũũgĩ wa Solomoni matũmĩtwo nĩ athamaki othe a thĩ, arĩa maiguĩte ũhoro wa ũũgĩ wake.
