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1 Ale Fia Solomo ɖu fia ɖe Israel blibo la dzi.
And so it came to pass, that, King Solomon, was king, over all Israel.
2 Eƒe dumegãwoe nye: Azaria, Zadok ƒe vi nye nunɔla;
Now, these, were his chief officers of state, —Azariah son of Zadok, the priest;
3 Elihoref kple Ahiya, Sisa ƒe viwo nye nuŋlɔlawo; Yehosafat, Ahilud ƒe vi nye ame si ŋlɔa takpekpemenyawo dana ɖi eye wòkpɔa nu xoxowo dzi;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, scribes, —Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4 Benaya, Yehoiada ƒe vi nye aʋafia na dukɔ la; Zadok kple Abiata nye nunɔlawo.
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, over the army, —and Zadok and Abiathar priests;
5 Azaria, Natan ƒe vi nye dukɔ la ƒe dɔnunɔlawo ƒe tatɔ; Zabud, Natan ƒe vi nye nunɔla na Fia la ŋutɔ eye wòganye Fia la xɔlɔ̃ tɔxɛ;
And Azariah son of Nathan, over the governors, —and Zabud son of Nathan, minister, king’s friend;
6 Ahisa kpɔa fiasã la ƒe nuwo dzi kple fiasã la me nyawo gbɔ; Adoniram, Abda ƒe vi kpɔa dudɔwɔwɔwo dzi.
And Ahishar, over the household, —and Adoniram son of Abda, over the tribute.
7 Solomo gatia dzikpɔla wuieve ɖe Israel blibo la nu, ame ɖeka tso to ɖeka me, ame siwo ƒe dɔe nye be woadi nuɖuɖu na fiasã la me. Wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe wɔa dɔ sia ɣleti ɖeka le ƒe sia ƒe me.
And, Solomon, had twelve governors over all Israel, who used to sustain the king and his household, —for a month in the year, was it appointed unto each one, to find sustenance.
8 Ame wuieve siawo kple teƒe siwo wodzɔa nuɖuɖu le la woe nye esiawo: Ben Hur dzɔa nu le Efraim ƒe tonyigba ŋu;
And, these, are their names, Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Ben Deker dzɔa nu le Makaz, Saalbim, Bet Semes kple Elon Betanan;
Ben-deker, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh, —and Elon-beth-hanan;
10 Ben Hesed dzɔa nu le Arubɔt kple Soko kple Hefernyigba blibo la dzi;
Ben-hesed, in Arubboth, —to him, pertaineth Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;
11 Ben Abinadab, ame si ɖe Solomo ƒe vinyɔnu, Tafat la dzɔa nu le Dor ƒe tonyigbawo dzi;
Ben-abinadab, all the height of Dor, —Taphath daughter of Solomon, had he to wife;
12 Bana, Ahilud ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Taanak, Megido, Bet Sean dzɔa nu le Zaretan gbɔ le Yezreel te kple anyigba si tso Betsan yi Abel Mehola heyi Yokmeam la dzi;
Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, and Megiddo, —and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean as far as Abel-meholah, as far as over against Jokmeam;
13 Ben Geber dzɔa nu le Ramot Gilead kple Yair, Manase ƒe vi ƒe kɔƒe, le Gilead kple Argob nutowo me le Basan kple du blaade siwo woɖo gli ƒo xlãe eye wode akɔbligbowo wo nu la me.
Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead, —to him, belonged the towns of Jair, son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, his, was the region of Argob which is in Bashan, sixty great cities, with walls and with bars of bronze;
14 Ahinadab, Ido ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Mahanaim;
Ahinadab son of Iddo, towards Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz, ame si ɖe Basemat, Solomo ƒe vinyɔnu bubu la dzɔa nu le Naftali;
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali, —moreover, he, took Basemath daughter of Solomon, to wife;
16 Bana, Husai ƒe vi, dzɔa nu le Aser kple Alɔt;
Banna son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth;
17 Yehosafat, Pania ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Isaka;
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Simei, Ela ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Benyamin;
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geber, Uri ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Gilead kple anyigba siwo nye Fia Sixɔn, Amoritɔwo ƒe fia kple Fia Ɔg, Basan fia tɔ tsã la dzi. Dɔdzikpɔla ɖeka kpɔa ame siawo kple woƒe dɔwo dzi.
Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, —the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, being, the one governor, that was in the land.
20 Israel kple Yuda nye dukɔ si kpɔ kesinɔnu geɖe; woƒe amewo sɔ gbɔ eye dzidzeme nɔ anyigba la dzi.
Judah and Israel, were many, as the sand that is by the sea, for multitude, —eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
21 Fia Solomo ɖu anyigba blibo la dzi tso Frat tɔsisi la to va yi Filistitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi va tɔ Egiptetɔwo ƒe liƒo. Dukɔ siwo dzi wòɖu la, dzɔ nu nɛ eye wosubɔe le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me.
And, Solomon, became ruler over all the kingdoms, from the River [even unto] the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt, —and these were bringing presents, and serving Solomon, all the days of his life.
22 Nuɖuɖu si Solomo hiã le fiasã la me gbe sia gbe woe nye wɔ memi kilolita ade kple afã, wɔ bubu, kilolita wuietɔ̃ kple afã,
And it came to pass, that Solomon’s provision for one day was, —thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal;
23 nyitsu dami ewo siwo wonyi le nyikpo me, nyi blaeve siwo wonyi le gbeɖuƒewo, alẽ alafa ɖeka eye ɣe aɖewo ɣi la, wowɔa sẽ, zi, sãde kple xevi damiwo ŋu dɔ.
ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, —besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
24 Fiaɖuƒe siwo katã nɔ Frat tɔsisi la ƒe ɣetoɖoƒe lɔƒo, tso Tifsa yi Gaza la nɔ Fia Solomo ƒe fiaɖuƒe me eye ŋutifafa nɔ anyigba blibo la dzi.
For, he, had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even as far as Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River, —and he had, peace, on all sides of him, round about.
25 Le Fia Solomo ƒe agbenɔɣi blibo la me la, ŋutifafa kple dedinɔnɔ nɔ Yuda kple Israel siaa eye aƒe kple agble nɔ ƒome ɖe sia ɖe si.
And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, every man under his own vine, and under his own fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-sheba, —all the days of Solomon.
26 Tasiaɖamŋusɔ akpe ene, siwo wowɔ nɔƒe na, kple sɔdola akpe wuieve nɔ Fia Solomo si.
And it came to pass that, Solomon, had forty thousand stalls of horses, for his chariots, —and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Nuɖuɖudzikpɔla siawo dzɔa nuɖuɖu na Solomo kple eŋumewo ɣleti sia ɣleti
And these governors provided sustenance for King Solomon, and for all that drew near unto the table of King Solomon, every man in his month, —they let, nought, be lacking.
28 eye wonaa ƒo kple aƒla fia la ƒe sɔwo hã.
Barley also and crushed straw, for the horses and for the swift beasts, brought they in unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge.
29 Mawu na nunya blibo kple gɔmesese deto Solomo le mɔ geɖewo nu.
And God gave wisdom unto Solomon, and discernment, and very great largeness of heart, —like the sand that is on the shore of the sea:
30 Eƒe nunya de ŋgɔ wu nunyala gã siwo tso Ɣedzeƒe kple esiwo tso Egipte la tɔwo.
so that, the wisdom of Solomon, excelled, the wisdom of all the sons of the East, —and all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
31 Enya nu wu Etan, Ezrahitɔ la kple Heman, Kalkol kple Darda, ame siwo nye Mahol ƒe viwo. Exɔ ŋkɔ le dukɔ siwo ƒo xlãe la me.
so that he was wiser than any man—than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol, —and it came to pass that, his name, was throughout all the nations round about.
32 Eto lododo akpe etɔ̃ vɛ eye wòkpa ha akpe ɖeka kple atɔ̃.
And he spake three thousand proverbs, —and it came to pass that, his songs, were a thousand and five.
33 Enya nu tso nu gbagbewo abe lãwo, xewo, dawo kple tɔmelãwo ene ŋu. Eganya nu tso atiwo hã ŋu, tso Lebanon ƒe sedati gãwo dzi va se ɖe kakle siwo tsina le gli dzedzewo me la ŋuti.
And he discoursed of trees—from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop, that springeth out in the wall, —and he discoursed of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
34 Fiawo dɔa amewo tso anyigba geɖewo dzi ɖona ɖe egbɔ be woaxɔ aɖaŋuɖoɖo tso egbɔ.
And there came in, of all the peoples, to hear the wisdom of Solomon—of all the kings of the earth, who heard his wisdom.
