1 Kings 9
1 After Solomon had finished building the house of Yahweh and the king's palace, and after he had accomplished all that he wanted to do,
Esi fia Solomo wu gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la kple xɔ bubu siwo wòɖo be yeatu nu la,
2 Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
Yehowa gaɖe eɖokui fiae zi evelia abe ale si wòɖe eɖokui fiae zi gbãtɔ le Gibeon ene.
3 Then Yahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your request that you have made before me. I have set apart this house, which you have built, to myself, to put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Mese wò gbedodoɖa kple wò kokoƒoƒowo; mekɔ gbedoxɔ si nètu la ŋu to nye ŋkɔ dada ɖe edzi me tegbetegbe. Nye ŋkuwo kple nye dzi anɔ afi ma ɣe sia ɣi.
4 As for you, if you walk before me as David your father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness, obeying all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my decrees,
“Ne àzɔ le ŋkunye me, aɖi anukware kple dzimekɔkɔ kpakple dzɔdzɔenyenye abe fofowò David ene, eye nàwɔ nye seawo dzi, alé nye ɖoɖowo kple kɔnuwo me ɖe asi la,
5 then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, 'A descendant of yours will never fail to be on the throne of Israel.'
ekema mana wò fiaɖuƒe nali ke tegbee abe ale si medo ŋugbe na fofowò, David ene esi megblɔ nɛ be, ‘Viwòwo dometɔ ɖeka anɔ Israel ƒe fiazikpui dzi ɣe sia ɣi!’
6 But if you turn away, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have placed before you, and if you go and worship other gods and bow down to them,
“Ke ne wò alo viwòwo miede megbe le ŋunye, eye miewɔ nye seawo kple ɖoɖo siwo mede asi na mi dzi o, eye mieyi ɖasubɔ mawu bubuwo hede ta agu na wo la,
7 then will I cut off Israel from off the ground that I have given them; and this house that I have set apart to my name, I will cast it out of my sight, and Israel will become an example to be mocked and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
ekema makplɔ Israel dukɔ la adzoe le anyigba si metsɔ na wo la dzi. Maɖe wo le gbedoxɔ sia si ŋu mekɔ na nye ŋkɔ la me eye manya wo le nye ŋkuta. Israel azu hamelo kple alɔmeɖenu le dukɔwo katã dome.
8 This temple will become a heap of ruins, and everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss. They will ask, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this house?'
Gbedoxɔ sia azu xɔ gbagbã si ƒe xɔtunuwo woali kɔe ɖi eye ame sia ame si ava tso eme yina la ƒe nu aku eye wòaɖu fewu agblɔ be, ‘Nu ka ta Yehowa wɔ nu siawo ɖe anyigba sia kple gbedoxɔ sia ŋu?’
9 Others will answer, 'Because they forsook Yahweh, their God, who had brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and bowed down to them and worshiped them. That is why Yahweh has brought all this disaster on them.'”
Eye ŋuɖoɖo la anye, ‘Elabena woɖe asi le Yehowa, woƒe Mawu, si kplɔ wo fofowo tso Egiptenyigba dzi la ŋu eye wosubɔ mawu bubuwo ɖe eteƒe. Nu sia tae Yehowa he dzɔgbevɔ̃e sia va wo dzi ɖo.’”
10 It came about at the end of twenty years that Solomon had finished building the two buildings, the temple of Yahweh and the king's palace.
Le ƒe blaeve megbe esi Solomo tu xɔ eve siawo: gbedoxɔ la kple eƒe fiasã la vɔ la,
11 Now Hiram, the king of Tyre, had furnished Solomon with cedar and cypress trees, and with gold—all that Solomon desired—so King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
Fia Solomo tsɔ du blaeve le Galilea na Hiram, Tiro fia elabena Hiram tsɔ sedatiwo kple sesewutiwo kple sika siwo katã wohiã la nɛ.
12 Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, but they did not please him.
Ke esi Hiram tso Tiro yi ɖakpɔ du siwo Solomo tsɔ nɛ la, duawo medze eŋu o.
13 So Hiram said, “What cities are these which you have given me, my brother?” Hiram called them the Land of Kabul, which they are still called today.
Ebia Fia Solomo be, “Nɔvinye, du ka ƒomeviwoe nye esiawo nènam? Etsɔ ŋkɔ na duawo be ‘Kabul’ si gɔmee nye, ‘Menyo na naneke o.’”
14 Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
Fia Hiram ɖo sika si ƒe kpekpeme nye kilogram akpe ene alafa etɔ̃ la ɖe fia la.
15 This is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon imposed to build the temple of Yahweh and his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Fia Solomo zi amewo dzi wotu gbedoxɔ, fiasã, Milo mɔ, Yerusalem ƒe gliwo kple Hazor, Megido kple Gezer duwo katã.
16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites in the city. Then Pharaoh gave the city to his daughter, Solomon's wife, as a wedding gift.
Gezer nye du si Egipte fia xɔ, tɔ dzoe eye wòwu Israelvi siwo katã nɔ eme. Emegbe la, etsɔ du sia na via nyɔnu si nye Fia Solomo srɔ̃wo dometɔ ɖeka la, abe srɔ̃ɖenunana ene.
17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Beth Horon the Lower,
Solomo gbugbɔ Gezer kple Bet Horon anyigbetɔ,
18 Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness in the land of Judah,
Baalat kple Tadmɔ siwo nye gbegbe le eƒe anyigba dzi la tu.
19 and all the store cities that he possessed, and the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever he wished to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the lands under his rule.
Egatu du bubuwo, ɖewo nye nuɖuɖudzraɖoƒewo eye bubuwo nye tasiaɖamwo ƒe du, sɔdolawo ƒe du, hekpe ɖe xɔ siwo katã dzroe la ɖe Yerusalem kple Lebanon kple teƒe bubu vovovowo le anyigba si dzi wònye fia ɖo la.
20 As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel,
Ame siwo katã susɔ tso Amoritɔwo, Hititɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Hivitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo dome (ame siwo menye Israelviwo o).
21 their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel were not able to totally destroy—Solomon made them into forced laborers, which they are to this day.
Woawoe nye ame siwo nɔ anyigba la dzi tsã ƒe dzidzimeviwo, ame siwo Israelviwo metsrɔ̃ o la. Fia Solomo na wowɔ dɔ abe kluviwo ene abe ale si wòle va se ɖe egbe ene.
22 However, Solomon made no forced laborers of the people of Israel. Instead, they became his soldiers and his servants, his officials, and his officers and commanders of his chariot forces and his horsemen.
Solomo metsɔ Israelviwo wɔ kluviwo o, ke boŋ wozu asrafowo, dɔnunɔlawo, asrafomegãwo, aʋafiawo, tasiaɖamkulawo dzikpɔlawo kple sɔdolawo hã.
23 These were also the chief officers managing the supervisors who were over Solomon's works, 550 of them, who supervised the people who did the work.
Israelvi alafa atɔ̃ blaatɔ̃ nye ame siwo nye dzizizidɔwɔlawo dzi kpɔlawo.
24 Pharaoh's daughter moved from the city of David to the house that Solomon had built for her. Later, Solomon built the Millo.
Fia Solomo ɖe Farao ƒe vinyɔnu tso David ƒe du ƒe afi si nye Yerusalem ƒe akpa xoxotɔ la me yi xɔ yeye si wòtu nɛ le fiasã me la me. Emegbe la, etu Milo mɔ la hã.
25 Three times each year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built for Yahweh, burning incense with them on the altar that was before Yahweh. So he completed the temple and was now using it.
Esi wowu gbedoxɔ la tutu nu la, Solomo sa numevɔ kple akpedavɔ zi etɔ̃ ƒe sia ƒe le vɔsamlekpui si wòtu na Yehowa la dzi eye wòdo dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ hã le edzi le Yehowa ŋkume.
26 King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
Fia Solomo na wokpa tɔdziʋuwo hã ɖe Ezion Geber si le Elat gbɔ le Ƒu Dzĩ la ta le Edomnyigba dzi.
27 Hiram sent servants to Solomon's fleet, sailors who were familiar with the sea, with Solomon's own servants.
Hiram ɖo eƒe ame siwo nye ƒudzidɔwɔlawo eye wonya nu tso atsiaƒu ŋu nyuie la ɖa be woawɔ dɔ kple Solomo ƒe amewo le tɔdziʋuawo me.
28 They went to Ophir with servants of Solomon. From there they brought back 420 talents of gold for King Solomon.
Wode Ofir eye wotsɔ sika kilogram akpe wuiatɔ̃ alafa ɖeka blaeve vɛ na Fia Solomo.
