1 Kings 4

1 Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,

Ko ia naʻe pule ai ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone ki ʻIsileli kātoa.

2 and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.

Pea ko eni ia ʻae houʻeiki naʻe ʻiate ia; ko ʻAsalia ko e foha ʻo Satoki ko e taulaʻeiki.

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.

Mo Iliolefi mo ʻAhia, ko e ongo foha ʻo Sisa, ko e ongo tangata tohi; mo Sihosafate ko e foha ʻo ʻAhilute, ko e tangata tohi meʻa ia.

4 Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.

Pea ko Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata naʻe pule ki he kautau: pea ko Satoki mo ʻApaiata ko e ongo taulaʻeiki:

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.

Pea ko ʻAsalia ko e foha ʻo Netane naʻe pule ia ki he kau matāpule: pea ko Saputi ko e foha ʻo Netane ko e matāpule lahi ia, pea ko e kāinga ia ʻoe tuʻi:

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].

Pea naʻe pule ʻa ʻAhisali ki he kakai ʻoe fale: pea naʻe pule ʻa ʻAtonilami ko e foha ʻo ʻApita ki he tukuhau.

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.

Pea naʻe ʻia Solomone ʻae kau matāpule ʻe toko hongofulu ma ua, naʻe puleʻi ʻa ʻIsileli kātoa, ke tokonaki ʻae meʻakai maʻae tuʻi pea mo hono kau nofoʻanga; naʻe tokonaki ʻi he taʻu ʻe he tangata taki taha ʻi hono māhina.

8 Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.

Pea ko honau hingoa eni: Ko e foha ʻo Uli, mei he moʻunga ʻo ʻIfalemi:

9 Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];

Ko e foha ʻo Tekeli, ʻi Makasi, pea ʻi Sealipimi, mo Pete-Semesi, mo ʻEloni-Pete-Hanani:

10 Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];

Ko e foha ʻo Hesiti, ʻi ʻAlupoti; naʻe ʻaʻana ʻa Soko, pea mo e fonua kotoa pē ʻo Hefeli:

11 Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;

Ko e foha ʻo ʻApinatapi, ʻi he fonua kotoa pē ʻo Toa; ko ia ia naʻe maʻu ʻa Tafati ko e ʻofefine ʻo Solomone ko hono uaifi:

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];

Ko Paʻana ko e foha ʻo ʻAhilute; naʻe ʻoʻona ʻa Tenaki, mo Mekito, mo Pete-Seani kātoa, ʻaia ʻoku ofi ki Salitana ki lalo ʻi Sesilili, mei Pete-Seani ki ʻEpeli-Mihola, ʻo aʻu ki he potu ki kō atu ʻi Sokiniami.

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.

Ko e foha ʻo Kepa, ʻi Lemoti-Kiliati: naʻe ʻoʻona ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻo Saili ko e foha ʻo Manase, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Kiliati; naʻe ʻoʻona foki ʻae fonua ʻo ʻAlikopo, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Pesani, ko e kolo lahi ʻe tolungofulu kuo ʻāʻi, pea matapā ʻaki ʻae palasa:

14 Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];

Ko ʻAhinatapi ko e foha ʻo Ito, naʻe ʻaʻana ʻa Mehanemi:

15 Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;

Ko ʻAhimasi naʻe ʻi Nafitali; naʻe maʻu foki ʻe ia ʻa Pasimati ko e ʻofefine ʻo Solomone ko hono uaifi:

16 Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];

Ko Peana ko e foha ʻo Husai, naʻe ʻi ʻAseli pea mo ʻAloti:

17 Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;

Ko Sihosafate ko e foha ʻo Palua, naʻe ʻi ʻIsaka:

18 Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;

Ko Simi ko e foha ʻo Ila, naʻe ʻi Penisimani.

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.

Ko Kepa ko e foha ʻo Uli, naʻe ʻi he fonua ʻo Kiliati, mo e fonua ʻo Sihoni ko e tuʻi ʻoe kakai ʻAmoli, pea mo Oki ko e tuʻi ʻo Pesani; pea ko e matāpule tokotaha pe ia ʻi he fonua.

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.

Pea naʻe fuʻu tokolahi ʻa Siuta mo ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻi he matātahi ʻa honau tokolahi, ʻi he kai, mo e inu, pea mo e fai fakafiefia.

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.

Pea naʻe pule ʻa Solomone ki he puleʻanga kotoa pē mei he vaitafe ʻo aʻu atu ki he fonua ʻoe kakai Filisitia, pea ʻe aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo ʻIsipite: naʻa nau ʻomi koloa, ʻo tukuhau kia Solomone lolotonga ʻae ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo ʻene moʻui.

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,

Pea ko e meʻakai ʻa Solomone ki he ʻaho pe taha, ko e fuaʻanga ʻe tolungofulu ʻoe mahoaʻa lelei, mo e fuaʻanga ʻe onongofulu ʻoe mahoaʻa ʻe taha,

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.

Ko e fanga pulu sino ʻe hongofulu, mo e fanga pulu ʻe uofulu mei he potu mohukuʻia, mo e fanga sipi ʻe teau, ka ʻoku lau kehe ʻae fanga haʻate mo e fanga ʻanitelope, mo e fanga tia, mo e fanga manupuna naʻe fafangaʻi ke ngako.

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.

He naʻe aʻu atu ʻa ʻene pule ki he potu kotoa pē ʻi he kauvaitafe ki heni, mei Tifisa ʻo ʻalu atu ki Kesa, ki he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻi he kauvai ki heni ʻoe vaitafe: pea naʻe melino pe ia ʻi he potu fulipē naʻe takatakai ʻiate ia.

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.

Pea naʻe nofo taʻemanavahē ʻa Siuta mo ʻIsileli, taki taha ʻae tangata ʻi hono lalo vaine mo e lolo fiki ʻoʻona, mei Tani ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo Solomone.

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).

Pea naʻe maʻu ʻe Solomone ʻae potu tuʻuʻanga ʻe fā mano ki he fanga hoosi ʻo ʻene ngaahi saliote, pea mo e kau heka hoosi ʻe tokotaha mano ma toko ua afe.

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.

Pea naʻe tokonaki ʻe he kau matāpule ko ia ʻae meʻakai mā ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone, pea maʻanautolu kotoa pē naʻe haʻu ki he keinangaʻanga ʻa Solomone, ko e tangata taki taha ʻi hono māhina: naʻe ʻikai te nau masiva ʻi ha meʻa.

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.

Naʻa nau ʻomi foki, ʻe he tangata taki taha ʻo hangē ko ʻene ngāue ʻaʻana, ʻae paʻale mo e kauʻi koane maʻae fanga hoosi mo e fanga manu veʻevave, ki he potu naʻe ʻi ai ʻae kau matāpule.

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].

Pea naʻe foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kia Solomone ʻae poto lahi ʻaupito mo e loto faʻa fakakaukau, mo e loto fuʻu lahi, ʻo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he matātahi.

30 He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.

Pea naʻe lahi hake ʻae poto ʻa Solomone ʻi he poto ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua fakahahake, mo e poto kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsipite.

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.

He naʻe poto lahi hake ia ʻi he kakai kotoa pē; ʻo lahi hake ʻia Etani ko e tangata Esalai, mo Hemani, mo Kalikoli, mo Talita, ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Maholi: pea naʻe aʻu atu ʻa ʻene ongoongolelei ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē naʻe tuʻu takatakai ai.

32 He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.

Pea naʻa ne lea ʻaki ʻae lea fakatātā ʻe tolu afe: pea naʻe taha afe ma nima ʻa ʻene hiva.

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.

Pea naʻa ne fakamatala ʻae ngaahi ʻakau, mei he ʻakau ko e sita ʻoku ʻi Lepanoni ʻo aʻu hifo ki he ʻisope ʻoku tupu mai mei he funga ʻoe ʻā: naʻa ne lea foki ki he ngaahi fanga manu, mo e fanga manupuna, mo e meʻa ʻoku totolo, pea mo e ngaahi ika.

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].

Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae niʻihi mei he kakai kotoa pē ke fanongo ki he poto ʻa Solomone, mei he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo māmani, ʻaia naʻe fanongo ki heʻene poto.