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1 Ngakho inkosi uSolomoni yaba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke.
King Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Lalezi yiziphathamandla ayelazo: UAzariya indodana kaZadoki wayengumpristi;
These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest.
3 uElihorefi loAhiya amadodana kaShisha babengababhali; uJehoshafathi indodana kaAhiludi wayengumabhalane;
Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha, were secretaries. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder.
4 loBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayephezu kwebutho; loZadoki loAbhiyatha babengabapristi;
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
5 loAzariya indodana kaNathani wayephezu kwabaphathi; uZabudi indodana kaNathani wayengumphathi omkhulu, umngane wenkosi;
Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's friend.
6 loAhishari wayengumlawuli wendlu; loAdoniramu indodana kaAbida wayephezu kwemithelo.
Ahishar was over the household. Adoniram son of Abda was over the men who were subjected to forced labor.
7 USolomoni wayelabaphathi abalitshumi lambili phezu kukaIsrayeli wonke, ababedingela inkosi lendlu yayo ukudla, ngulowo lalowo ngenyanga yakhe ngomnyaka wadinga ukudla.
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.
8 Lala ngamabizo abo: UBeni-Huri entabeni zakoEfrayimi.
These were their names: Ben-Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 UBeni-Dekeri eMakazi leShahalibimi leBeti-Shemeshi leEloni-Beti-Hanani.
Ben-Deker in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
10 UBeni-Hesedi eArubothi, eleSoko lelizwe lonke leHeferi.
Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Sokoh and all the land of Hepher);
11 UBeni-Abinadaba wayelelizwe lonke leDori; uTafathi indodakazi kaSolomoni wayengumkakhe.
Ben-Abinadab, in all Naphoth Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
12 UBahana indodana kaAhiludi wayeleThahanakhi leMegido layo yonke iBeti-Sheyani, eseceleni kweZarethani ngaphansi kweJizereyeli, kusukela eBeti-Sheyani kuze kube seAbeli-Mehola, kuze kube ngaphetsheya kweJokimeyama.
Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shan that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
13 UBeni-Geberi eRamothi-Gileyadi wayelemizi kaJayiri indodana kaManase, eseGileyadi, wayelelizwe leArigobi, eliseBashani, imizi engamatshumi ayisithupha emikhulu elemiduli lemigoqo yethusi.
Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair son of Manasseh, that are in Gilead, and the region of Argob belonged to him, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze gate bars);
14 UAhinadaba indodana kaIdo eMahanayimi.
Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 UAhimahazi wayekoNafithali; laye wathatha uBasemathi indodakazi kaSolomoni abe ngumkakhe.
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);
16 UBahana indodana kaHushayi wayekoAsheri leAlothi.
Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17 UJehoshafathi indodana kaParuwa wayekoIsakari.
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 UShimeyi indodana kaEla wayekoBhenjamini.
Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 UGeberi indodana kaUri wayeselizweni leGileyadi, ilizwe likaSihoni inkosi yamaAmori, lelikaOgi inkosi yeBashani. Njalo wayenguye yedwa umphathi kulelolizwe.
and Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan, and he was the only official who was in the land.
20 UJuda loIsrayeli babebanengi njengetshebetshebe elingaselwandle ngobunengi, besidla, benatha, bethokoza.
Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea. They were eating and drinking and were happy.
21 USolomoni wayesebusa phezu kwayo yonke imibuso kusukela emfuleni kuze kufike elizweni lamaFilisti kuze kufike emngceleni weGibhithe; babeletha izipho, babemsebenzela uSolomoni zonke izinsuku zempilo yakhe.
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 Njalo ukudla kukaSolomoni ngosuku olulodwa kwakungamakhori angamatshumi amathathu empuphu ecolekileyo, lamakori angamatshumi ayisithupha empuphu,
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,
23 inkabi ezilitshumi ezinonisiweyo, lenkabi ezingamatshumi amabili zemadlelweni, lezimvu ezilikhulu, ngaphandle kwendluzele, lemiziki, lemiziki elempondo ezilembaxambaxa, lenyoni ezinonisiweyo.
ten fat oxen, twenty oxen out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
24 Ngoba wayebusa phezu kwalo lonke nganeno komfula, kusukela eTifisa kusiya eGaza, laphezu kwawo wonke amakhosi nganeno komfula, njalo wayelokuthula kuzo zonke inhlangothi zakhe ezizingelezeleyo.
For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River, from Tiphsah as far as to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River, and he had peace on all sides around him.
25 UJuda loIsrayeli bahlala-ke bevikelekile, ngulowo lalowo ngaphansi kwesivini sakhe langaphansi komkhiwa wakhe, kusukela koDani kuze kufike eBherishebha, zonke izinsuku zikaSolomoni.
Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 Njalo uSolomoni wayelezindlwana zamabhiza enqola zakhe ezizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane, labagadi bamabhiza abazinkulungwane ezilitshumi lambili.
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Lalabobaphathi badingela inkosi uSolomoni ukudla, laye wonke osondela etafuleni lenkosi uSolomoni, ngulowo lalowo ngenyanga yakhe; kabatshiyanga kusweleke lutho.
Those officials provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon's table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking.
28 Lebhali lamahlanga awamabhiza lawamabhiza alejubane bakuletha endaweni lapho eyayifanele kube khona, ngulowo lalowo njengemfanelo yakhe.
They also brought to the proper place barley and straw for the chariot horses and riding horses, each one bringing in what he was able.
29 UNkulunkulu wasemnika uSolomoni inhlakanipho lokuqedisisa okukhulu kakhulu, lobubanzi benhliziyo, njengetshebetshebe elisekhunjini lolwandle.
God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and wideness of understanding like the sand on the seashore.
30 Lenhlakanipho kaSolomoni yayinkulu kulenhlakanipho yawo wonke amadodana empumalanga, lakulenhlakanipho yonke yeGibhithe.
Solomon's wisdom exceeded the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 Ngoba wayehlakaniphile kulabo bonke abantu, okwedlula uEthani umEzira loHemani loKalikoli loDarida amadodana kaMaholi; lebizo lakhe lalisezizweni zonke inhlangothi zonke.
He was wiser than all men—than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol—and his fame reached all the surrounding nations.
32 Waseqamba izaga ezizinkulungwane ezintathu, lengoma zakhe zaziyinkulungwane lanhlanu.
He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs were one thousand and five in number.
33 Wasekhuluma ngezihlahla, kusukela esihlahleni somsedari oseLebhanoni kuze kufike kuhisope emila iphuma emdulini; wakhuluma langezinyamazana langezinyoni langezihuquzelayo langezinhlanzi.
He described the plants, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He explained also about beasts, birds, creeping things, and fish.
34 Kwasekufika abavela ezizweni zonke ukuzwa inhlakanipho kaSolomoni, bevela emakhosini wonke omhlaba ayezwe ngenhlakanipho yakhe.
People came from all the nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon. They came from all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
