1 Wafalme 4
1 Basi Mfalme Solomoni akatawala Israeli yote.
And he was the king Solomon king over all Israel.
2 Hawa ndio waliokuwa maafisa wake wakuu: Kuhani: Azaria mwana wa Sadoki;
And these [were] the officials who [belonged] to him Azariah [the] son of Zadok [was] the priest.
3 Elihorefu na Ahiya, wana wa Shisha: waandishi; Yehoshafati mwana wa Ahiludi: karani;
Elihoreph and Ahijah [the] sons of Shisha [were] scribes Jehoshaphat [the] son of Ahilud [was] the recorder.
4 Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada: jemadari mkuu wa jeshi; Sadoki na Abiathari: makuhani;
And Benaiah [the] son of Jehoiada [was] over the army and Zadok and Abiathar [were] priests.
5 Azaria mwana wa Nathani: kiongozi wa maafisa wa wilaya; Zabudi mwana wa Nathani: kuhani na mshauri binafsi wa mfalme;
And Azariah [the] son of Nathan [was] over the overseers and Zabud [the] son of Nathan [was] a priest [the] friend of the king.
6 Ahishari: msimamizi wa jumba la kifalme; Adoniramu mwana wa Abda: msimamizi wa kazi za kulazimisha.
And Ahishar [was] over the house and Adoniram [the] son of Abda [was] over the forced labor.
7 Pia Solomoni alikuwa na watawala kumi na wawili wa wilaya katika Israeli yote, walioleta mahitaji kwa mfalme na kwa watu wa nyumbani kwa mfalme. Kila mmoja alitoa chakula kwa mwezi mmoja katika mwaka.
And [belonged] to Solomon two [plus] ten overseers over all Israel and they supplied the king and household his a month in the year it was on (the one *Q(K)*) to supply.
8 Majina yao ni haya: Ben-Huri: katika nchi ya vilima ya Efraimu;
And these [are] names their Ben-Hur in [the] hill country of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Dekeri: katika Makasi, Shaalbimu, Beth-Shemeshi na Elon-Bethhanani;
Ben-Deker in Makaz and in Shaalbim and in Beth Shemesh and Elon Beth Hanan.
10 Ben-Hesedi: katika Arubothi (Soko na nchi yote ya Heferi zilikuwa zake);
Ben-Hesed in Arubboth [belonged] to him Socoh and all [the] land of Hepher.
11 Ben-Abinadabu: katika Nafoth-Dori (alimwoa Tafathi binti Solomoni);
Ben-Abinadab all Naphath of Dor Taphath [the] daughter of Solomon she became of him a wife.
12 Baana mwana wa Ahiludi: katika Taanaki na Megido, na katika Beth-Shani yote karibu na Sarethani chini ya Yezreeli, kuanzia Beth-Shani hadi Abel-Mehola kupita hadi Yokmeamu;
Baana [the] son of Ahilud Taanach and Megiddo and all Beth Shean which [is] beside Zarethan from under to Jezreel from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah to from [the] other side of Jokmeam.
13 Ben-Geberi: katika Ramoth-Gileadi (makao ya Yairi mwana wa Manase katika Gileadi ilikuwa miji yake, pamoja na wilaya ya Argobu katika Bashani na miji yake mikubwa sitini yenye kuzungukwa na kuta zenye makomeo ya shaba);
Ben-Geber in Ramoth Gilead [belonged] to him [the] villages of Jair [the] son of Manasseh which [are] in Gilead [belonged] to him [the] region of Argob which [is] in Bashan sixty cities large a wall and bar[s] of bronze.
14 Ahinadabu mwana wa Ido: katika Mahanaimu;
Ahinadab [the] son of Iddo Mahanaim.
15 Ahimaasi: katika Naftali (alikuwa amemwoa Basemathi binti Solomoni);
Ahimaaz in Naphtali also he he took Basemath [the] daughter of Solomon to a wife.
16 Baana mwana wa Hushai: katika Asheri na katika Bealothi;
Baana [the] son of Hushai in Asher and Bealoth.
17 Yehoshafati mwana wa Parua: katika Isakari;
Jehoshaphat [the] son of Paruah in Issachar.
18 Shimei mwana wa Ela: katika Benyamini;
Shimei [the] son of Ela in Benjamin.
19 Geberi mwana wa Uri: katika Gileadi (nchi ya Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori na nchi ya Ogu mfalme wa Bashani). Naye alikuwa ndiye mtawala pekee katika eneo hilo.
Geber [the] son of Uri in [the] land of Gilead [the] land of Sihon - [the] king of the Amorite[s] and Og [the] king of Bashan and an overseer one who [was] in the land.
20 Watu wa Yuda na Israeli walikuwa wengi kama mchanga wa pwani; walikula, wakanywa na kufurahi.
Judah and Israel [were] numerous like the sand which [is] at the sea for multitude [they were] eating and [were] drinking and [were] joyful.
21 Mfalme Solomoni akatawala katika falme zote kuanzia Mto Frati hadi nchi ya Wafilisti, hadi kwenye mpaka wa Misri. Nchi hizi zilileta ushuru na zilikuwa chini ya Solomoni, siku zote za maisha yake.
And Solomon he was ruling over all the kingdoms from the River [the] land of [the] Philistines and to [the] border of Egypt [they were] bringing tribute and [were] serving Solomon all [the] days of life his.
22 Mahitaji ya Solomoni ya kila siku yalikuwa kori thelathini za unga laini, kori sitini za unga wa kawaida.
And it was [the] food of Solomon for a day one thirty cor[s] of fine flour and sixty cor[s] of flour.
23 Ngʼombe kumi wa zizini, ngʼombe ishirini wa malisho, kondoo na mbuzi mia moja, pamoja na ayala, paa, kulungu na kuku wazuri sana.
Ten cattle fat and twenty cattle pasture and one hundred sheep apart from deer and gazelle and roe-deer and birds fattened.
24 Kwa kuwa Solomoni alitawala falme zote magharibi ya mto, kuanzia Tifsa hadi Gaza, naye akawa na amani pande zote.
For he [was] ruling - over all [the] other side of the River from Tiphsah and to Gaza over all [the] kings of [the] other side of the River and peace it belonged to him from all sides his from round about.
25 Wakati wa maisha ya Solomoni Yuda na Israeli, kuanzia Dani mpaka Beer-Sheba, wakaishi salama kila mtu chini ya mzabibu wake na chini ya mtini wake.
And it dwelt Judah and Israel to security everyone under own vine his and under own fig tree his from Dan and to Beer Sheba all [the] days of Solomon.
26 Solomoni alikuwa na mabanda 4,000 ya magari ya vita, na farasi 12,000.
And it belonged to Solomon forty thousand stalls of horses for chariotry his and two [plus] ten thousand horsemen.
27 Maafisa wa eneo hilo, kila mmoja katika mwezi wake, walileta mahitaji kwa ajili ya Mfalme Solomoni na wote waliokula mezani mwa mfalme. Walihakikisha kuwa hakuna chochote kilichopungua.
And they supplied the overseers these the king Solomon and every [person] approaching to [the] table of the king Solomon each month his not they left lacking anything.
28 Pia walileta sehemu walizopangiwa za shayiri na majani kwa ajili ya farasi wavutao magari na farasi wengine mahali palipostahili.
And the barley and the straw for the horses and for the steed[s] they brought to the place where it was there each according to measure his.
29 Mungu akampa Solomoni hekima na akili kubwa, pia ufahamu mpana usiopimika kama mchanga ulioko pwani ya bahari.
And he gave God wisdom to Solomon and understanding great very and breadth of heart like the sand which [is] on [the] shore of the sea.
30 Hekima ya Solomoni ilikuwa kubwa kuliko hekima ya watu wote wa Mashariki na kubwa kuliko hekima yote ya Misri.
And it was great [the] wisdom of Solomon more than [the] wisdom of all [the] people of [the] east and more than all [the] wisdom of Egypt.
31 Alikuwa na hekima kuliko kila mwandishi, akiwemo Ethani Mwezrahi: kuliko Hemani, Kalkoli na Darda, wana wa Maholi. Umaarufu wake ukaenea kwa mataifa yote yaliyomzunguka.
And he was wise more than any human more than Ethan the Ezrachite and Heman and Kalkol and Darda [the] sons of Mahol and it was name his among all the nations around.
32 Akanena mithali 3,000 na nyimbo zake zilikuwa 1,005.
And he spoke three thousand proverb[s] and it was song his five and one thousand.
33 Akaelezea maisha ya mimea kuanzia mwerezi wa Lebanoni hadi hisopo iotayo ukutani. Pia akafundisha kuhusu wanyama na ndege, wanyama wenye damu baridi, wakiwemo samaki.
And he spoke on the trees from the cedar which [is] in Lebanon and to the hyssop which [is] coming out in the wall and he spoke on the animal[s] and on the bird[s] and on the creeping thing[s] and on the fish.
34 Watu wa mataifa yote wakaja kusikiliza hekima ya Solomoni, waliotumwa na wafalme wote wa ulimwengu, waliokuwa wamesikia juu ya hekima yake.
And people came from all the peoples to hear [the] wisdom of Solomon from with all [the] kings of the earth who they had heard wisdom his.
