1 Bakonzi 4
1 Mokonzi Salomo akonzaki Isalaele mobimba.
Thus was king Solomon king over all Israel.
2 Tala bakambi oyo bazalaki kosala na ye elongo: Azaria, koko ya Nganga-Nzambe Tsadoki;
And these were the princes whom he had: 'Azaryahu the son of Zadok the priest;
3 Eliyorefi mpe Ayiya, bana mibali ya Shisha, bazalaki bakomi mikanda; Jozafati, mwana mobali ya Ayiludi, azalaki mobombi mikanda;
Elichoreph and Achiyah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, the recorder;
4 Benaya, mwana mobali ya Yeoyada, azalaki mokonzi ya mampinga; Tsadoki mpe Abiatari, bazalaki Banganga-Nzambe;
And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada' over the army; and Zadok and Ebyathar 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;
And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state and the king's friend;
6 Ayishari, mobateli biloko ya ndako ya mokonzi; Adonirami, mwana mobali ya Abida, azalaki mokengeli bato ya misala makasi.
And Achishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of 'Abda was over the tribute.
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 had twelve superintendents over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household: one month in the year had the particular one to procure provisions.
8 Tala bakombo na bango: Beni-Uri: moyangeli ya etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi;
And these are their names: Ben-chur on the mountain of Ephraim;
9 Beni-Dekeri: moyangeli ya Makatsi, Shaalibimi, Beti-Shemeshi, Eloni mpe Beti-Anani;
Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Sha'albim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-chanan;
10 Beni-Esedi: moyangeli ya Aruboti (Soko mpe mokili mobimba ya Eferi);
Ben-chessed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Chepher;
11 Beni-Abinadabi: moyangeli ya Dori; abalaki Tafati, mwana mwasi ya Salomo;
Ben-abinadab, in all the district of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for wife;
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;
Ba'ana the son of Achilud in Tha'anach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zarethanah beneath Yizre'el, from Beth-shean to Abel-mecholah, as far as beyond Yokme'am;
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.
Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gil'ad; to him pertained the villages of Ya'ir the son of Menasseh, which are in Gil'ad; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars;
14 Ayinadabi, mwana mobali ya Ido: moyangeli ya Maanayimi;
Achinadab the son of 'Iddo in Machanayim;
15 Ayimaatsi: moyangeli ya Nefitali. Ye mpe abalaki Basimati, mwana mwasi ya Salomo.
Achima'az in Naphtali; he also took Bahsemath the daughter of Solomon for wife;
16 Baana, mwana mobali ya Ushayi: moyangeli ya Aseri mpe ya Bealoti;
Ba'anah the son of Chushai in Asher and in Be'aloth;
17 Jozafati, mwana mobali ya Paruya: moyangeli ya Isakari;
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruach, in Issachar;
18 Shimei, mwana mobali ya Ela: moyangeli ya Benjame.
Shim'i 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 country of Gil'ad, the country of Sichon the king of the Emorites, and of 'Og the king of Bashan; besides the one superintendent who was 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 numerous, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude; and they ate and drank, and made merry.
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 ruling over all the kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt, which brought presents, and served Solomon 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 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, and sixty kors 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 fatted oxen, and twenty pasture oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
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 dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Thiphsach even to Gazzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
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.
And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to 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 forty thousand stalls for the horses for his chariots, 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 superintendents provided for king Solomon, and for all that came near unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.
28 Bazalaki mpe komema bambuma ya orje mpe matiti mpo na bampunda, ndenge mobateli biloko ya mokonzi azalaki kokatela bango.
The barley also and the straw for the horses and the runners did they bring unto the place where he might be, every man according to his prescription.
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 unto Solomon wisdom and understanding exceedingly much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
30 Bwanya ya Salomo ezalaki makasi koleka bwanya ya bato nyonso ya ngambo ya este mpe ya Ejipito.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, 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.
And he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrachite, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Darda', the sons of Machol: and his name was [spread] among all the nations round about.
32 Asalaki masese nkoto misato mpe banzembo nkoto moko na mitano.
And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were 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.
And he spoke concerning the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on the Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also concerning the beasts, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes.
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.
And men came from all the people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
