1 Bakonzi 4
1 Mokonzi Salomo akonzaki Isalaele mobimba.
Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Tala bakambi oyo bazalaki kosala na ye elongo: Azaria, koko ya Nganga-Nzambe Tsadoki;
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
3 Eliyorefi mpe Ayiya, bana mibali ya Shisha, bazalaki bakomi mikanda; Jozafati, mwana mobali ya Ayiludi, azalaki mobombi mikanda;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
4 Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, azalaki mokonzi ya mampinga; Tsadoki mpe Abiatari, bazalaki Banganga-Nzambe;
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azaria, mwana mobali ya Natan, azalaki mokonzi ya babateli biloko ya mokonzi; Zabudi, mwana mobali ya Natan, azalaki Nganga-Nzambe mpe mopesi toli ya mokonzi;
Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over those in authority in the different divisions of the country; Zabud, the son of Nathan, was priest and the king's friend;
6 Ayishari, mobateli biloko ya ndako ya mokonzi; Adonirami, mwana mobali ya Abida, azalaki mokengeli bato ya misala makasi.
Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
7 Kati na Isalaele mobimba, Salomo atiaki mpe bayangeli zomi na mibale ya bituka, oyo bazalaki na mokumba ya komema biloko mpo na mokonzi mpe mpo na ndako na ye. Moyangeli moko na moko asengelaki kopesa biloko mpo na sanza moko na mobu.
And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.
8 Tala bakombo na bango: Beni-Uri: moyangeli ya etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi;
And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Beni-Dekeri: moyangeli ya Makatsi, Shaalibimi, Beti-Shemeshi, Eloni mpe Beti-Anani;
... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
10 Beni-Esedi: moyangeli ya Aruboti (Soko mpe mokili mobimba ya Eferi);
... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
11 Beni-Abinadabi: moyangeli ya Dori; abalaki Tafati, mwana mwasi ya Salomo;
... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
12 Baana, mwana mobali ya Ayiludi: moyangeli ya Taanaki, Megido mpe Beti-Sheani mobimba, pembeni ya Tsaritani, na se ya Jizireyeli, wuta na Beti-Sheani, na Abele-Meola mpe koleka Yokimeami;
Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;
13 Beni-Geberi: azalaki kovanda na Ramoti kati na Galadi mpe azalaki moyangeli ya bamboka ya Yairi, mwana mobali ya Manase, kati na Galadi, mpe ya Arigobi kati na Bashani oyo ezalaki na bingumba tuku motoba oyo batonga makasi mpe bikangelo bikuke ya bamir na yango ezalaki ya bibende ya bronze.
... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.
14 Ayinadabi, mwana mobali ya Ido: moyangeli ya Maanayimi;
Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ayimaatsi: moyangeli ya Nefitali. Ye mpe abalaki Basimati, mwana mwasi ya Salomo.
Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
16 Baana, mwana mobali ya Ushayi: moyangeli ya Aseri mpe ya Bealoti;
Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
17 Jozafati, mwana mobali ya Paruya: moyangeli ya Isakari;
Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei, mwana mobali ya Ela: moyangeli ya Benjame.
Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 Geberi, mwana mobali ya Uri: moyangeli ya Galadi (mokili ya Sikoni, mokonzi ya bato ya Amori; mpe mokili ya Ogi, mokonzi ya Bashani). Mpe na likolo ya bayangeli nyonso, ezalaki na moyangeli moko oyo azalaki kokamba bango.
Geber, the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one overseer had authority over all the overseers who were in the land.
20 Bato ya Yuda mpe ya Isalaele bazalaki ebele lokola zelo ya libongo ya ebale monene; bazalaki kolia, komela mpe bazalaki na esengo.
Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.
21 Salomo azalaki kokonza bikolo wana nyonso, kobanda na ebale Efrate kino na mokili ya bato ya Filisitia, mpe kino koleka mondelo ya Ejipito. Na bomoi na ye mobimba, bikolo yango ezalaki kofuta mpako epai na ye mpe ezalaki na se ya bokonzi na ye.
And Solomon was ruler over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the edge of Egypt; men gave him offerings and were his servants all the days of his life.
22 Tala bilei ya Salomo ya mokolo na mokolo: bakilo nkoto libwa ya semule mpe bakilo nkoto zomi na mwambe ya farine,
And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;
23 bangombe zomi ya mafuta, bangombe tuku mibale ya esobe, bameme mpe bantaba nkama moko, bakisa bamboloko, bambuli, bankayi mpe bandeke ya mafuta.
Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.
24 Azalaki kokonza bikolo nyonso na ngambo ya weste ya Efrate, kobanda na Tifisa kino na Gaza, elongo na bakonzi nyonso ya ngambo yango; mpe azalaki na kimia elongo na bikolo nyonso ya zingazinga.
For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.
25 Na mikolo nyonso ya bomoi ya Salomo, bato ya Yuda mpe ya Isalaele, kobanda na Dani kino na Beri-Sheba, bazalaki na kimia, moto na moto azalaki kovanda na se ya banzete na ye ya vino mpe ya figi.
So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 Salomo azalaki na mapango nkoto minei ya bampunda mpe basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda, nkoto zomi na mibale.
And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Bayangeli ya bituka bazalaki komema bilei, moto na moto na sanza na ye, mpo na mokonzi Salomo mpe mpo na bato nyonso oyo bazalaki kolia na mesa ya mokonzi; bazalaki kosala ete eloko moko te ezanga.
And those overseers, every man in his month, saw that food was produced for Solomon and all his guests, they took care that nothing was overlooked.
28 Bazalaki mpe komema bambuma ya orje mpe matiti mpo na bampunda, ndenge mobateli biloko ya mokonzi azalaki kokatela bango.
And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.
29 Nzambe apesaki Salomo bwanya, boyebi mingi, mpe mayele ya kososola makambo mingi, ata ezali ebele lokola zelo ya libongo ya ebale monene.
And God gave Solomon a great store of wisdom and good sense, and a mind of wide range, as wide as the sand by the seaside.
30 Bwanya ya Salomo ezalaki makasi koleka bwanya ya bato nyonso ya ngambo ya este mpe ya Ejipito.
And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 Azalaki na bwanya koleka bato nyonso; koleka ata Etani, moto ya Ezera; Emani, Kalikoli mpe Darida, bana mibali ya Maoli. Boye, sango na ye epanzanaki kati na bikolo nyonso ya zingazinga.
For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
32 Asalaki masese nkoto misato mpe banzembo nkoto moko na mitano.
He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
33 Alobaki na tina na banzete, kobanda na nzete ya sedele ya Libani kino na nzete ya izope oyo ebimaka na mir; azalaki mpe koloba na tina na banyama mpe bandeke, na tina na bikelamu oyo etambolaka na libumu mpe na tina na bambisi ya mayi.
He made sayings about all plants, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop hanging on the wall; and about all beasts and birds and fishes and the small things of the earth.
34 Bakonzi ya bikolo nyonso ya mokili, oyo bazalaki koyoka sango ya bwanya ya Salomo, bazalaki kotinda bato, wuta na bikolo na bango, mpo na kokende koyoka bwanya na ye.
People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.
