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1 Ale Fia Solomo ɖu fia ɖe Israel blibo la dzi.
And king Solomon is king over all Israel,
2 Eƒe dumegãwoe nye: Azaria, Zadok ƒe vi nye nunɔla;
and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] 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 Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer;
4 Benaya, Yehoiada ƒe vi nye aʋafia na dukɔ la; Zadok kple Abiata nye nunɔlawo.
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] 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 [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king;
6 Ahisa kpɔa fiasã la ƒe nuwo dzi kple fiasã la me nyawo gbɔ; Adoniram, Abda ƒe vi kpɔa dudɔwɔwɔwo dzi.
And Ahishar [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] 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 hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household — a month in the year is on each one for 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-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.
10 Ben Hesed dzɔa nu le Arubɔt kple Soko kple Hefernyigba blibo la dzi;
Ben-Hesed [is] in Aruboth, hath Sochoh 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 [hath] all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his 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 Ben-Ahilud [hath] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean unto Abel-Meholah, unto beyond Jokneam.
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, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan, sixty great cities [with] wall and brazen bar.
14 Ahinadab, Ido ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Mahanaim;
Ahinadab son of Iddo [hath] Mahanaim.
15 Ahimaaz, ame si ɖe Basemat, Solomo ƒe vinyɔnu bubu la dzɔa nu le Naftali;
Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.
16 Bana, Husai ƒe vi, dzɔa nu le Aser kple Alɔt;
Baanah Ben-Hushai [is] in Asher, and in Aloth.
17 Yehosafat, Pania ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Isaka;
Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] in Issachar.
18 Simei, Ela ƒe vi dzɔa nu le Benyamin;
Shimei Ben-Elah [is] 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 Ben-Uri [is] in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who [is] 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 [are] 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 hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River [to] the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all 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 the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors 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 feeding oxen, and a hundred sheep, apart from hart, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls,
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 is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants 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 dwelleth — and Israel — in confidence, each under his vine, and under his 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 Solomon hath 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 officers have sustained king Solomon and every one drawing near unto the table of king Solomon, each [in] his month; they let nothing be lacking.
28 eye wonaa ƒo kple aƒla fia la ƒe sɔwo hã.
And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.
29 Mawu na nunya blibo kple gɔmesese deto Solomo le mɔ geɖewo nu.
And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge of the sea;
30 Eƒe nunya de ŋgɔ wu nunyala gã siwo tso Ɣedzeƒe kple esiwo tso Egipte la tɔwo.
and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;
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.
and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.
32 Eto lododo akpe etɔ̃ vɛ eye wòkpa ha akpe ɖeka kple atɔ̃.
And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs [are] five, and the chief one;
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 speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,
34 Fiawo dɔa amewo tso anyigba geɖewo dzi ɖona ɖe egbɔ be woaxɔ aɖaŋuɖoɖo tso egbɔ.
and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.
