1 Wafalme 11

1 Hata hivyo, Mfalme Solomoni akawapenda wanawake wengi wa kigeni zaidi, mbali na binti Farao: wanawake wa Wamoabu, Waamoni, Waedomu, Wasidoni na Wahiti.

And King Solomon has loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, [and] of the Hittites,

2 Walitoka katika mataifa ambayo Bwana aliwaambia Waisraeli, “Msije mkaoana nao, kwa kuwa hakika wataigeuza mioyo yenu mgeukie miungu yao.” Hata hivyo, Solomoni akakaza kuwapenda.

of the nations of which YHWH said to the sons of Israel, “You do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods”; Solomon has cleaved to them for love.

3 Alikuwa na wake 700 mabinti wa uzao wa kifalme, na masuria 300, nao wake zake wakampotosha.

And he has seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turn aside his heart.

4 Kadiri Solomoni alivyozidi kuzeeka, wake zake wakaugeuza moyo wake kuelekea miungu mingine, na moyo wake haukujitolea kikamilifu kwa Bwana Mungu wake, kama ulivyokuwa moyo wa Daudi baba yake.

And it comes to pass, at the time of Solomon’s old age, his wives have turned aside his heart after other gods, and his heart has not been perfect with his God YHWH, like the heart of his father David.

5 Solomoni akafuata Ashtorethi mungu mke wa Wasidoni, na Moleki mungu aliyekuwa chukizo la Waamoni.

And Solomon goes after Ashtoreth goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites;

6 Kwa hiyo Solomoni akafanya uovu machoni pa Bwana; hakumfuata Bwana kikamilifu kama alivyofanya Daudi baba yake.

and Solomon does evil in the eyes of YHWH, and has not been fully after YHWH, like his father David.

7 Kwenye kilima mashariki mwa Yerusalemu, Solomoni akajenga mahali pa juu kwa ajili ya Kemoshi chukizo la Wamoabu, na kwa Moleki mungu chukizo la Waamoni.

Then Solomon builds a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

8 Akafanya hivyo kwa wake zake wote wa kigeni, ambao walifukiza uvumba na kutoa dhabihu kwa miungu yao.

and so he has done for all his strange women, who are perfuming and sacrificing to their gods.

9 Bwana akamkasirikia Solomoni kwa sababu moyo wake uligeuka mbali na Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, ambaye alikuwa amemtokea mara mbili.

And YHWH shows Himself angry with Solomon, for his heart has turned aside from YHWH, God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

10 Ingawa alikuwa amemkataza Solomoni kufuata miungu mingine, Solomoni hakutii amri ya Bwana.

and given a charge to him concerning this thing, not to go after other gods; and he has not kept that which YHWH commanded,

11 Kwa hiyo Bwana akamwambia Solomoni, “Kwa kuwa hii ndiyo hali yako na hukushika Agano langu na sheria zangu nilizokuamuru, hakika nitaurarua ufalme kutoka kwako na kumpa mmoja wa walio chini yako.

and YHWH says to Solomon, “Because that this has been with you, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes that I charged on you, I surely tear the kingdom from you, and have given it to your servant.

12 Hata hivyo, kwa ajili ya Daudi baba yako, sitafanya jambo hili wakati wa uhai wako. Nitaurarua kutoka mikononi mwa mwanao.

Only, I do not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I tear it out of the hand of your son;

13 Lakini pia sitaurarua ufalme wote kutoka kwake, bali nitampa kabila moja kwa ajili ya Daudi mtumishi wangu na kwa ajili ya Yerusalemu, ambao nimeuchagua.”

only, I do not tear away all of the kingdom; I give one tribe to your son, for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.”

14 Kisha Bwana akamwinua adui dhidi ya Solomoni, Hadadi, Mwedomu, kutoka ukoo wa ufalme wa Edomu.

And YHWH raises up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he [is] of the seed of the king in Edom;

15 Huko nyuma wakati Daudi alipokuwa akipigana na Edomu, Yoabu jemadari wa jeshi, aliyekuwa amekwenda kuzika waliouawa, alikuwa amewaua wanaume wote waliokuwako Edomu.

and it comes to pass, in David’s being with Edom, in the going up of Joab head of the host to bury the slain, that he strikes every male in Edom—

16 Yoabu na Waisraeli wote walikaa huko kwa miezi sita, mpaka walipomaliza kuwaangamiza wanaume wote huko Edomu.

for six months Joab abided there, and all Israel, until the cutting off of every male in Edom—

17 Lakini Hadadi, akiwa bado mvulana mdogo, alikimbilia Misri akiwa na baadhi ya maafisa wa Kiedomu waliokuwa wakimhudumia baba yake.

and Hadad flees, he and certain Edomites, of the servants of his father, with him, to go to Egypt, and Hadad [is] a little youth,

18 Wakaondoka Midiani wakaenda Parani. Basi wakichukua pamoja nao wanaume kutoka Parani, wakaenda Misri, kwa Farao mfalme wa Misri, ambaye alimpa Hadadi nyumba, ardhi na akampatia chakula.

and they rise out of Midian, and come into Paran, and take men with them out of Paran, and come into Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he gives a house to him, and has commanded bread for him, and has given land to him.

19 Farao akapendezwa sana na Hadadi hata akampa ndugu wa mkewe mwenyewe, Malkia Tapenesi, ili aolewe na Hadadi.

And Hadad finds grace in the eyes of Pharaoh exceedingly, and he gives to him a wife, the sister of his own wife, sister of Tahpenes the mistress;

20 Huyo ndugu wa Tapenesi akamzalia mwana aliyeitwa Genubathi, ambaye alilelewa na Tapenesi katika jumba la kifalme. Huko Genubathi aliishi pamoja na watoto wa Farao mwenyewe.

and the sister of Tahpenes bears to him his son Genubath, and Tahpenes weans him within the house of Pharaoh, and Genubath is in the house of Pharaoh in the midst of the sons of Pharaoh.

21 Alipokuwa huko Misri, Hadadi alisikia kwamba Daudi amepumzika na baba zake na ya kwamba pia Yoabu aliyekuwa jemadari wa jeshi amekufa. Ndipo Hadadi akamwambia Farao, “Niruhusu niende ili niweze kurudi katika nchi yangu.”

And Hadad has heard in Egypt that David has lain with his fathers, and that Joab head of the host is dead, and Hadad says to Pharaoh, “Send me away, and I go to my land.”

22 Farao akauliza, “Umekosa nini hapa, kwamba unataka kurudi katika nchi yako?” Hadadi akajibu, “Hakuna, lakini niruhusu niende!”

And Pharaoh says to him, “But what are you lacking with me, that behold, you are seeking to go to your own land?” And he says, “Nothing, but you certainly send me away.”

23 Mungu akamwinua adui mwingine dhidi ya Solomoni, Rezoni mwana wa Eliada, ambaye alikuwa amemkimbia bwana wake Hadadezeri, mfalme wa Soba.

And God raises an adversary against him, Rezon son of Eliadah, who has fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord,

24 Akawakusanya watu, naye akawa kiongozi wa kundi la waasi, wakati Daudi alipoangamiza majeshi ya Soba; waasi walikwenda Dameski, mahali walipokaa na kumiliki.

and gathers men to himself, and is head of a troop in David’s slaying them, and they go to Damascus, and dwell in it, and reign in Damascus;

25 Rezoni alikuwa adui wa Israeli kwa muda wote alioishi Solomoni, ukiongezea matatizo yaliyosababishwa na Hadadi. Kwa hiyo Rezoni akatawala katika Aramu na alikuwa mkatili kwa Israeli.

and he is an adversary against Israel all the days of Solomon (besides the evil that Hadad [did]), and he cuts off in Israel, and reigns over Aram.

26 Pia, Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati aliasi dhidi ya mfalme. Alikuwa mmoja wa maafisa wa Solomoni, Mwefraimu kutoka Sereda, ambaye mama yake alikuwa mjane aliyeitwa Serua.

And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zereda—the name of whose mother [is] Zeruah, a widow woman—servant to Solomon, he also lifts up a hand against the king;

27 Haya ndiyo maelezo ya jinsi alivyomwasi mfalme: Solomoni alikuwa amejenga Milo naye akawa ameziba mwanya katika ukuta wa mji wa Daudi baba yake.

and this [is] the thing [for] which he lifted up a hand against the king: Solomon built Millo—he shut up the breach of the city of his father David,

28 Basi Yeroboamu alikuwa mtu shujaa na hodari, naye Solomoni alipoona jinsi kijana alivyofanya kazi yake, akamweka kuwa kiongozi wa kazi yote ya mikono ya nyumba ya Yosefu.

and the man Jeroboam [is] mighty in valor, and Solomon sees that the young man is doing business, and appoints him over all the burden of the house of Joseph.

29 Karibu na wakati ule Yeroboamu alikuwa anatoka nje ya Yerusalemu, Ahiya nabii Mshiloni akakutana naye njiani, akiwa amevaa joho jipya. Hawa wawili walikuwa peke yao mashambani,

And it comes to pass, at that time, that Jeroboam has gone out from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, finds him in the way, and he is covering himself with a new garment; and both of them [are] by themselves in a field,

30 naye Ahiya akachukua joho jipya alilokuwa amevaa akalirarua vipande kumi na viwili.

and Ahijah lays hold on the new garment that [is] on him, and tears it [into] twelve pieces,

31 Kisha akamwambia Yeroboamu, “Chukua vipande kumi kwa ajili yako, kwa kuwa hivi ndivyo Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli asemavyo: ‘Tazama, ninakwenda kuuchana ufalme kutoka mikononi mwa Solomoni na kukupa wewe makabila kumi.

and says to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Behold, I am tearing the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and have given the ten tribes to you,

32 Lakini kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu Daudi na mji wa Yerusalemu, ambao nimeuchagua miongoni mwa makabila yote ya Israeli, atakuwa na kabila moja.

but he has the one tribe for My servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have fixed on, out of all the tribes of Israel,

33 Nitafanya hivi kwa sababu wameniacha mimi na kuabudu Ashtorethi mungu mke wa Wasidoni, Kemoshi mungu wa Wamoabu, na Moleki mungu wa Waamoni, nao hawakwenda katika njia zangu ili kufanya yaliyo sawa machoni pangu, wala kushika amri na sheria zangu kama Daudi, babaye Solomoni, alivyofanya.

because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, to Chemosh god of Moab, and to Milcom god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which [is] right in My eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, like his father David.

34 “‘Lakini sitauondoa ufalme wote kutoka mikononi mwa Solomoni, nimemfanya mtawala siku zote za maisha yake kwa ajili ya Daudi mtumishi wangu, niliyemchagua na ambaye aliyatunza maagizo na amri zangu.

And I do not take the whole of the kingdom out of his hand, for I make him prince all [the] days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who kept My commands and My statutes;

35 Nitauondoa ufalme kutoka mikononi mwa mwanawe na kukupa wewe makabila kumi.

and I have taken the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and given it to you—the ten tribes;

36 Nitampa mwanawe kabila moja ili kwamba Daudi mtumishi wangu awe na taa mbele zangu daima katika Yerusalemu, mji ambao nimeuchagua kuweka Jina langu.

and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp before Me for My servant David in Jerusalem [for] all the days, the city that I have chosen for Myself to put My Name there.

37 Hata hivyo, kukuhusu wewe Yeroboamu, nitakutwaa, nawe utatawala juu ya yote yale moyo wako unayotamani, utakuwa mfalme juu ya Israeli.

And I take you, and you have reigned over all that your soul desires, and you have been king over Israel;

38 Ikiwa utafanya kila nitakalokuamuru, kuenenda katika njia zangu na kufanya yaliyo sawa mbele za macho yangu kwa kuzishika amri zangu na maagizo yangu kama alivyofanya Daudi mtumishi wangu, nitakuwa pamoja nawe. Nitakujengea ufalme utakaodumu kama ule niliomjengea Daudi, nami nitakupa Israeli.

and it has been, if you hear all that I command you, and have walked in My ways, and done that which is right in My eyes, to keep My statutes and My commands, as My servant David did, that I have been with you, and have built a steadfast house for you, as I built for David, and have given Israel to you,

39 Nitawatesa wazao wa Daudi kwa ajili ya hili, lakini siyo milele.’”

and I humble the seed of David for this; only, not [for] all the days.”

40 Solomoni akajaribu kumuua Yeroboamu, lakini Yeroboamu akakimbilia Misri, kwa Mfalme Shishaki, naye akakaa huko mpaka Solomoni alipofariki.

And Solomon seeks to put Jeroboam to death, and Jeroboam rises and flees to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and he is in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

41 Kwa habari za matukio mengine ya utawala wa Solomoni, yote aliyoyafanya na hekima aliyoionyesha, je hayakuandikwa yote katika kitabu cha matendo cha Solomoni?

And the rest of the matters of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the scroll of the matters of Solomon?

42 Solomoni alitawala Israeli yote miaka arobaini, akiwa Yerusalemu.

And the days that Solomon has reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [are] forty years,

43 Kisha Solomoni akalala pamoja na baba zake, naye akazikwa katika mji wa Daudi baba yake. Naye Rehoboamu mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake.

and Solomon lies with his fathers, and is buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigns in his stead.