1 Bakonzi 11
1 Mokonzi Salomo abalaki mwana mwasi ya Faraon; kasi pembeni na ye, abalaki basi mosusu ebele ya bikolo ya bapaya: basi ya Moabi, ya Amoni, ya Edomi, ya Sidoni mpe ya Iti.
King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].
2 Basi yango bawutaki na bikolo oyo, na tina na bango, Yawe alobaki na bana ya Isalaele: « Bosengeli te kobalana na bango, noki te bakopengwisa bino mpe bakotindika mitema na bino na kosambela banzambe na bango. » Nzokande, Salomo akangamaki na basi ya bikolo ya bapaya na bolingo makasi.
He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”
3 Azalaki na basi nkama sambo oyo bazalaki bana ya bakonzi, mpe bamakangu nkama misato. Boye, basi na ye nyonso bapengwisaki ye.
Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].
4 Tango Salomo akomaki mobange, basi na ye batindikaki motema na ye na kogumbamela banzambe mosusu; mpe atikaki kolinga Yawe, Nzambe na ye, na motema na ye mobimba ndenge ezalaki motema ya Davidi, tata na ye.
By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.
5 Salomo akomaki kosambela ekeko ya Asitarite, nzambe mwasi ya bato ya Sidoni; Moloki, nzambe ya mbindo ya bato ya Amoni.
Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
6 Boye, Salomo asalaki penza makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe mpe atambolaki na boyengebene te liboso ya Yawe ndenge Davidi, tata na ye, atambolaki.
That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.
7 Na ngomba oyo etalani na Yelusalemi, Salomo atongaki esambelo ya likolo ya ngomba mpo na Kemoshi, nzambe ya mbindo ya Moabi; mpe mpo na Moloki, nzambe ya mbindo ya bato ya Amoni.
On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].
8 Asalaki mpe bongo mpo na banzambe ya basi na ye nyonso ya bikolo ya bapaya mpo ete batumbelaka yango malasi mpe babonzelaka yango mbeka.
He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.
9 Yawe atombokelaki Salomo mpo ete motema na ye epengwaki mosika na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, oyo amimonisaki epai na ye mbala mibale.
Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,
10 Nzokande, Yawe apekisaki Salomo kosambela banzambe mosusu; kasi Salomo atosaki te mitindo ya Yawe.
11 Boye, Yawe alobaki na Salomo: « Lokola oponi kotambola bongo mpe obateli te boyokani na Ngai mpe mitindo oyo napesaki yo, nakobotola yo bokonzi mpe nakopesa yango na moko kati na basali na yo.
and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.
12 Nzokande, mpo na Davidi, tata na yo, nakosala yango te na tango oyo ozali nanu na bomoi; nakobotola yango nde na maboko ya mwana na yo ya mobali.
But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].
13 Kasi nakobotola ye bokonzi nyonso te; nakotikela ye etuka moko mpo na Davidi, mowumbu na Ngai, mpe mpo na Yelusalemi, engumba oyo napona. »
But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”
14 Yawe abimisaki monguna moko mpo na kobundisa Salomo: Adadi, moto ya Edomi, mwana kati na libota ya bokonzi ya Edomi.
Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.
15 Na kala, na tango oyo Davidi abundisaki mokili ya Edomi, Joabi mokonzi ya mampinga, oyo akendeki mpo na kokunda bibembe, abomaki mibali nyonso ya Edomi.
What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.
16 Joabi mpe bato nyonso ya Isalaele batikalaki kuna basanza motoba kino tango basilisaki koboma mibali nyonso ya Edomi.
17 Kasi Adadi oyo azalaki nanu elenge na tango wana akimaki na Ejipito elongo na ndambo ya bato ya Edomi oyo bazalaki basali ya tata na ye.
Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.
18 Balongwaki na Madiani mpe bakendeki na Parani. Wuta na Parani, bazwaki bato mpe bakendeki elongo na bango na Ejipito epai ya Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito. Faraon apesaki Adadi ndako, eteni ya mabele mpe bilei.
They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.
19 Lokola Faraon asepelaki na Adadi mingi, abalisaki ye semeki na ye ya mwasi, ndeko mwasi ya Takipenesi, mwasi ya mokonzi.
The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.
20 Ndeko mwasi ya Takipenesi abotelaki Adadi mwana moko ya mobali mpe apesaki ye kombo « Genubati. » Takipenesi abokolaki ye kati na ndako ya Faraon. Genubati avandaki kuna elongo na bana ya Faraon.
Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.
21 Wana Adadi azalaki na Ejipito, ayokaki ete Davidi mpe Joabi, mokonzi ya mampinga, bakufi. Boye, Adadi alobaki na Faraon: — Pesa ngai nzela ete nazonga na mokili na ngai.
While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”
22 Faraon atunaki ye: — Ozangi eloko nini awa mpo ete oluka kozonga na mokili na yo? Adadi azongisaki: — Eloko moko te. Kasi tika ngai ete nakende kaka.
But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].
23 Nzambe abimisaki monguna mosusu mpo na kobundisa Salomo; kombo na ye: Rezoni. Rezoni Azalaki mwana mobali ya Eliyada, oyo akimaki nkolo na ye, Adadezeri, mokonzi ya Tsoba.
God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].
24 Rezoni asangisaki mibali pene na ye mpe akomaki mokambi ya lisanga ya batomboki tango Davidi abomaki mampinga ya Tsoba. Bongo batomboki bakendeki na Damasi epai wapi bavandaki mpe bakomaki kokonza.
Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.
25 Rezoni azalaki monguna ya Isalaele na tango nyonso oyo Salomo azalaki na bokonzi. Wana Adadi azalaki kotia Isalaele mobulu, Rezoni akomaki mokonzi ya Siri mpe akomaki kokanela Isalaele.
All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.
26 Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati, moto ya Efrayimi ya Tsereda, moko kati na basali ya Salomo, atombokelaki mokonzi. Mama na ye azalaki mwasi akufisa mobali, mpe kombo na ye: Tseruya.
Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.
27 Tala ndenge atombokelaki mokonzi: na tango oyo Salomo azalaki kotonga Milo mpe kokanga madusu ya mir ya engumba ya Davidi, tata na ye,
This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].
28 Jeroboami azalaki elenge mobali ya makasi mpe ya mpiko; lokola Salomo amonaki ndenge elenge mobali oyo azalaki kosala mosala na ye malamu, atiaki ye motambolisi misala nyonso ya makasi mpo na libota ya Jozefi.
Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.
29 Mokolo moko, wana Jeroboami azalaki kobima na Yelusalemi, Ayiya, mosakoli ya Silo, akutanaki na ye na nzela mpe alataki kazaka ya sika. Bazalaki kaka bango mibale na libanda ya mboka, kati na esobe.
One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,
30 Ayiya azwaki kazaka na ye ya sika oyo alataki, akataki yango na biteni zomi na mibale
which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.
31 mpe alobaki na Jeroboami: « Kamata biteni zomi mpo na yo, pamba te tala makambo oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: ‹ Nakobotola bokonzi na maboko ya Salomo mpe nakopesa yo bikolo zomi.
He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].
32 Kasi mpo na Davidi, mowumbu na Ngai, mpe mpo na engumba Yelusalemi oyo napona kati na mabota nyonso ya Isalaele, Salomo akozwa kaka libota moko.
Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].
33 Nakosala bongo, pamba te basundolaki Ngai mpe bagumbamelaki Asitarite, nzambe mwasi ya bato ya Sidoni; Kemoshi, nzambe ya bato ya Moabi; mpe Moloki, nzambe ya bato ya Amoni, batambolaki te na banzela na Ngai mpo na kosala makambo ya sembo na miso na Ngai, kobatela malako mpe mibeko na Ngai, ndenge Davidi, tata ya Salomo, asalaki.
I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.
34 Kasi nakobotola te bokonzi nyonso na maboko ya Salomo, nakotika ye nanu kokonza na mikolo nyonso oyo akozala na bomoi, mpo na Davidi, mowumbu na Ngai, oyo naponaki mpe abatelaki mitindo mpe malako na Ngai.
‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.
35 Kasi nakobotola bokonzi na maboko ya mwana na ye ya mobali mpe nakopesa yo mabota zomi.
But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].
36 Nakopesa libota moko epai ya mwana na ye ya mobali mpo ete Davidi, mowumbu na Ngai, azala tango nyonso na mokitani liboso na Ngai kati na Yelusalemi, engumba oyo napona mpo na kotia Kombo na Ngai kati na yango.
I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].
37 Kasi mpo na yo, Jeroboami, nakozwa yo, mpe okokonza nyonso oyo motema na yo ekolinga mpe okozala mokonzi ya Isalaele.
I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.
38 Soki osali nyonso oyo Ngai nazali kotinda yo, soki otamboli na banzela na Ngai mpe osali makambo ya sembo na miso na Ngai, na kobatelaka mibeko mpe malako na Ngai ndenge Davidi, mowumbu na Ngai, asalaki, wana nakozala na yo elongo, nakosala ete bokonzi kati na libota na yo elendisama ndenge nasalaki epai ya Davidi, mpe nakopesa yo Isalaele.
If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.
39 Na bongo, nakoyokisa ndako ya Davidi soni, kasi mpo na libela te. › »
Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”
40 Salomo alukaki koboma Jeroboami, kasi Jeroboami akimaki na Ejipito epai ya Shishaki, mokonzi ya Ejipito, avandaki kuna kino na kufa ya Salomo.
Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.
41 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Salomo, misala na ye nyonso mpe bwanya na ye, ekomama kati na buku ya misala ya Salomo.
[A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.
42 Salomo akonzaki Isalaele mobimba mibu tuku minei, na Yelusalemi.
He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.
43 Sima na yango, Salomo akendeki kokutana na bakoko na ye, mpe bakundaki ye kati na engumba ya Davidi, tata na ye. Mwana na ye, Roboami, akitanaki na ye na bokonzi.
Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
