1 Ndị Eze 4
1 Ya mere Solomọn ghọrọ eze ndị Izrel niile.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Ndị a bụ aha ndịisi ọchịchị obodo eze Solomọn họpụtara inyere ya aka. Azaraya, nwa Zadọk bụ onye nchụaja.
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoref na Ahija, ụmụ ndị ikom Shisha, bụ ndị ode akwụkwọ. Jehoshafat, nwa Ahilud bụ onye na-edekọ akụkọ.
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.
4 Benaya, nwa Jehoiada bụ onyeisi agha ndị Izrel. Zadọk na Abịata, bụ ndị nchụaja.
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Azaraya nwa Netan bụ onyeisi na-elekọta ndị na-ejere eze ozi. Zabud nwa Netan bụ onye nchụaja na onye ndụmọdụ nye eze.
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.
6 Ahisha, bụ onyeisi na-elekọta nʼụlọeze. Adoniram nwa Abda bụ onyeisi na-elekọta ndị ọrụ mmanye.
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].
7 Eze Solomọn họpụtara ndị ikom iri na abụọ ndị o mere ndịisi ga-elekọta akụkụ iri na abụọ nke o mere ka Izrel dịrị. Mmadụ iri na abụọ ndị a nwekwa ọrụ iwetara eze ihe oriri. Nwoke ọbụla nʼime ha nwe iwetara eze na ezinaụlọ ya ihe oriri otu ọnwa nʼafọ.
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.
8 Nke a bụ aha ndị ikom iri na abụọ ahụ. Ben-Hua, onye na-achị ala ugwu ugwu Ifrem.
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Deka, onye na-achị Makaz, na Shaalbim na Bet-Shemesh, na Elọn Bethanan.
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-Hesed, onye na-achị Arubot, na Soko, na Ala Hefa niile.
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-Abinadab, onye na-achị ala elu elu Doa. Nwoke a lụrụ Tafat, nwa nwanyị Solomọn.
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana, nwa Ahilud, onye na-achị Teanak, na Megido nʼakụkụ Bet-Shan niile, nke dị nʼakụkụ Zaretan na ndịda Jezril, sitekwa na Bet-Shan ruo Ebel-Mehola gafee ma ruokwa Jokmeam.
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];
13 Ben-Geba, onye na-achị Ramọt Gilead, na obodo niile nke ikwu Jaịa, nwa Manase nwere nʼime Gilead, na akụkụ Agob niile nke dị na Bashan, na iri obodo ukwu isii e ji mgbidi gbaa gburugburu, nke nwekwara mkpọrọ bronz e ji kpụọ ụzọ ya.
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.
14 Ahinadab nwa Ido, onye na-achị Mahanaim.
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ahimaaz, onye na-achị Naftalị (ọ lụkwara nwa nwanyị Solomọn a na-akpọ Basemat).
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana nwa Hushaị, onye na-achị Asha na Alot.
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Jehoshafat nwa Parua onye na-achị Isaka.
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Shimei nwa Ela onye na-achị Benjamin.
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Gebea nwa Uri, onye na-achị Gilead (ala Saịhọn eze ndị Amọrait, na nke Ọg eze Bashan). Naanị ya ka e doro dịka gọvanọ ala ahụ.
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.
20 Nʼoge a, ndị Juda na Izrel bara ụba nʼọnụọgụgụ dịka aja dị nʼakụkụ osimiri. Ha dịkwa ukwuu nʼọnụọgụgụ. Ha na-eri na-aṅụ, na-emekwa onwe ha obi ụtọ.
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.
21 Ala niile Solomọn na-achị sitere nʼoke osimiri Yufretis ruo ala ndị Filistia, rukwaa nʼoke ala ndị Ijipt. Ndị niile a lụgburu nʼagha nʼobodo ndị a na-atụta ụtụ ha na-enye Solomọn. Ha nọgidekwara nʼokpuru Solomọn ụbọchị niile nke ndụ ya.
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.
22 Ihe oriri a na-ewebata nʼụlọ Solomọn ụbọchị niile bụ otu narị bushel ụtụ ọka na iri bushel asatọ, na iri akpa ọka a kwọrọ akwọ isii,
[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,
23 na ehi iri mara abụba, na iri ehi abụọ a zụrụ nʼebe a na-azụ anụ, na narị atụrụ na ewu. A gụnyeghị anụ ele na mgbada na oke ele na ọkụkọ ọma a na-ewebata.
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.
24 Nʼihi na ọ chịrị alaeze niile a ruo nʼakụkụ ọdịda anyanwụ nke osimiri Yufretis, site na Tifsa ruo na Gaza. O nwekwara udo nʼakụkụ niile.
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.
25 Nʼoge ndụ Solomọn niile, Juda na Izrel site na Dan ruo Bịasheba bi nʼudo. Nwoke ọbụla nọ nʼokpuru osisi vaịnị na nʼokpuru osisi fiig nke ya.
All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
26 Ọnụọgụgụ ụlọ a na-etinye ụgbọ agha ịnyịnya na-adọkpụ nke Solomọn nwere dị puku anọ. Ọnụọgụgụ ịnyịnya a na-agba agba o nwere dị puku iri na abụọ.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses [that pulled] his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots).
27 Nʼọnwa ọbụla, ndị ahụ a họpụtara ịchị Izrel na-ewetara eze Solomọn na ndị ụlọ ya ihe oriri. Ha adịghị ekwekwa ka otu ihe kọọ nʼụlọ ya.
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.
28 Ha na-ewetakwa ọka balị na ahịhịa ọka nʼebe o kwesiri, maka ịnyịnya na-adọkpụ ụgbọ agha na ịnyịnya ụkwụ ọsọ ndị ọzọ dịka ihe ha ketara nʼụtụ si dị.
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.
29 Chineke nyere Solomọn amamihe, na uche nghọta, na mmụọ ịmụta ọtụtụ ihe nke bara ụba dịka aja dị nʼakụkụ osimiri.
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].
30 Amamihe Solomọn dị ukwuu karịa amamihe ndị si ọwụwa anyanwụ. Nʼezie, ọ dị ukwuu karịakwa amamihe ndị maara ihe nʼIjipt.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Ọ maara ihe karịa onye ọbụla, karịa Etan onye Ezra, na Heman, na Kalkol, na Dada, ụmụ ndị ikom Mahol. Ihe banyere ịdị ukwuu ya gbasara na mba niile gbara ha gburugburu.
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.
32 Ọ tụrụ puku ilu atọ, deekwa abụ ọnụọgụgụ ha dị otu puku na ise.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 O kwuru okwu banyere osisi, site na osisi sida nke Lebanọn ruo nʼahịhịa hisọp nke na-eto na mgbidi aja, na ihe banyere ụmụ anụmanụ na anụ ufe, na anụ na-akpụgharị nʼala nakwa azụ.
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.
34 Ndị eze niile dị nʼụwa bụ ndị bịara ịnụrụ banyere amamihe ya zitere ndị si na mba niile dị iche iche ịnụrụ okwu amamihe Solomọn.
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].
