1 Athamaki 4
1 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Solomoni agĩthamaka Isiraeli guothe.
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
2 Aya nĩo maarĩ anene ake: Azaria mũrũ wa Zadoku aarĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai;
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
3 nao Elihorefu na Ahija, ariũ a Shisha, nĩo maarĩ aandĩki-marũa; na Jehoshafatu mũrũ wa Ahiludu, ũrĩa waandĩkaga maũndũ ma ihinda rĩu;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
4 nake Benaia mũrũ wa Jehoiada nĩwe warĩ mũnene wa mbũtũ cia ita; nao Zadoku na Abiatharu maarĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai;
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 nake Azaria mũrũ wa Nathani nĩwe warĩ mũrũgamĩrĩri wa anene a ngʼongo; nake Zabudu mũrũ wa Nathani aarĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai na mũtaari wa mũthamaki;
Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
6 nake Ahisharu aarĩ mũrũgamĩrĩri wa nyũmba ya mũthamaki; nake Adoniramu mũrũ wa Abida aarĩ mũrũgamĩrĩri wa arĩa maarutithagio wĩra na hinya.
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7 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.
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
8 Maya nĩmo marĩĩtwa ma abarũthi acio: Beni-Huri nĩwe warũgamĩrĩire bũrũri ũrĩa ũrĩ irĩma wa Efiraimu;
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 na Beni-Dekeri akarũgamĩrĩra Makazu, na Shaalubimu, na Bethi-Shemeshu, na Eloni-Bethihanani;
Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
10 nake Beni-Hesedi akarũgamĩrĩra Arubothu (Soko na bũrũri wothe wa Heferi warĩ wake);
Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11 na Beni-Abinadabu akarũgamĩrĩra Nafathu-Dori (nake nĩwe wahikĩtie Tafathu mwarĩ wa Solomoni);
Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
12 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;
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
13 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);
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
14 o nake Ahinadabu mũrũ wa Ido akarũgamĩrĩra Mahanaimu;
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
15 na Alimaazu akarũgamĩrĩra Nafitali (nake aahikĩtie Basemathu mwarĩ wa Solomoni);
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
16 na Baana mũrũ wa Hushai akarũgamĩrĩra Asheri na Alothu;
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17 nake Jehoshafatu mũrũ wa Parua akarũgamĩrĩra Isakaru;
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
18 nake Shimei mũrũ wa Ela akarũgamĩrĩra Benjamini;
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 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.
Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
20 Andũ a Juda na a Isiraeli maarĩ aingĩ mũno ta mũthanga wa iria-inĩ. Maarĩĩaga, na makanyua, na magakena.
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21 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.
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Mahũthĩro ma Solomoni ma o mũthenya maarĩ maya: kori mĩrongo ĩtatũ cia mũtu ũrĩa mũhinyu mũno, na kori mĩrongo ĩtandatũ cia mũtu,
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
23 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.
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
24 Nĩgũkorwo nĩwe wathamakagĩra mothamaki mothe marĩa maarĩ ithũĩro rĩa Rũũĩ rwa Farati kuuma Tifisa nginya Gaza, na nĩ kwarĩ na thayũ mĩena yothe.
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates —over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
25 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.
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
26 Solomoni aarĩ na ciugũ cia mbarathi cia ita ngiri inya, na mbarathi ngiri ikũmi na igĩrĩ.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
27 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.
Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
28 Ningĩ nĩmarehaga igeri ciao cia cairi na nyeki, cia kũrĩĩo nĩ mbarathi cia ita na mbarathi icio ingĩ handũ harĩa haagĩrĩire.
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
29 Ngai nĩaheire Solomoni ũũgĩ na ũmenyi mũingĩ mũno wa maũndũ, na ũtaũku waingĩhĩte ta mũthanga ũrĩ hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia iria.
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
30 Ũũgĩ wa Solomoni warĩ mũnene gũkĩra ũũgĩ wa andũ othe a mwena wa irathĩro, o na ũgakĩra ũũgĩ wothe wa andũ a Misiri.
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 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.
He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
32 Nĩaathugundire thimo ngiri ithatũ, na nyĩmbo ciake ciarĩ ngiri ĩmwe na ithano.
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33 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.
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
34 Andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciothe nĩmookaga gũthikĩrĩria ũũgĩ wa Solomoni matũmĩtwo nĩ athamaki othe a thĩ, arĩa maiguĩte ũhoro wa ũũgĩ wake.
So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
