1 Wafalme 4
1 Mfalme Sulemani alikuwa mfalme wa Israeli.
Now Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 Hawa ndio waliokuwa wakuu wake: Azaria mwana wa Sadoki alikuwa kuhani.
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
3 Elihorefu na Ahiya mwana wa Shisha, walikuwa makatibu. Yehoshafati mwana wa Ahilui alikuwa mwandishi.
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder;
4 Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada alikuwa mkuu wa jeshi. Sadoki na Abiatahari walikuwa makuhani.
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was head of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azaria mwana wa Natahani ndiye aliyekuwa juu ya hawa maakida. Zabudi mwana wa Nathani alikuwa kuhani na rafiki wa mfalme.
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 Ahishari alikuwa mkuu wa nyumba. Adoniramu mwana wa Abda alikuwa mkuu wa watenda kazi.
Ahishar was controller of the king's house; Adoniram, the son of Abda, was overseer of the forced work.
7 Sulemani alikuwa na maakida kumi na wawili juu ya Israeli yote, ambao walitoa chakula kwa mfalme na watu wake wote. Kila mtu alikuwa na zamu ya kuhudumia kwa mwezi mmoja katka mwaka.
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 Majina yao yalikuwa ndiyo haya: Beni Huri, Kutoka milima ya Efraimu;
And these are their names: ... the son of Hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Beni Dekeri wa Makazi, Shaalibimu, Bethi Shemeshi, na Elonbethi Hanaan;
... the son of Deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
10 Beni Hesed, wa Arubothi (kutoka kwake alipatikana Sokohi na nchi yote ya Hefa);
... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;
11 Ben Abinadabu, wa wilaya yote ya Dori (alikuwa na Tafathi binti wa mfalme ambaye alikuwa mke wake);
... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.
12 Baana mwana wa Ahiludi, wa Taanaki na Megido, na Beth Shani iliyo upande mwingine wa Zarethani chini ya Yezreel, Kutoak Bethi Shani mpaka Abeli Mehola iliyo upande mwingine wa Jokimeamu;
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 Ben Geberi, ya Ramothi Gileadi (kutoka kwake tunapata miji ya Yairi mwana wa Manase, ambayo iko Gileadi, na mkoa wa Arigobu ulikuwa wake, ambao uko Bashani, miji sitini yenye maboma na yenye nguzo za malango ya shaba);
... 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 Ahinadabu mwana wa Ido, wa Mahanaimu;
Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaazi, wa Naftali (ambaye pia alimwoa Basimathi binti wa Sulemani kuwa mke wake);
Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;
16 Baana mwana wa Hushai, ya Asherina Bealothi;
Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;
17 Yehoshafati mwana wa Paruha, kwa Isakari;
Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei mwana wa Ela, wa Benjamini;
Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19 na Geberi mwana wa Uri, katika nchi ya Gileadi, ambayo ni nchi ya Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori na Ogi mfalme wa Bashani, na yeye ndiye akida pekee aliyekuwa katika nchi hiyo.
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 Yuda na Israeli walikuwa wengi kama mchanga wa baharini. Nao walikuwa wakila na kunywa na kufurahi.
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 Suleimani alitawala utawala wote kutoka mtoni hadi kwenye nchi ya Wafilisti na hadi kwenye mpaka wa Misri. Wote walileta kodi na walimtumikia Sulemani katika siku za maisha yake yote.
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 Mahitaji ya Sulemani kwa siku moja yalikuwa ni Kori thelathini za unga mzuri na kori unga wa ngano,
And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;
23 makisai kumi walionona, na fahari ishirini wa malisho, na kondoo mia moja, nje ya ayala, paa, na kulungu na kuku walionona.
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 Kwa kuwa utawala wake ulikuwa zaidi ya nchi yote upande huu wa mto, kutoka Tifsa mpaka Gaza, juu ya wafalme wote wa upande huu wa mto, naye alikuwa na amani pande zote.
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 Yuda na Israeli waliishi kwa usalama, kila mtu chini y a mzabibu wake na chini ya mtini wake, kutoka Dani mpaka Beerisheba, siku zote za Sulemani.
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 Sulemani alikuwa na mabanda ya farasi arobaini elfu kwa ajili ya magari yake, na wapanda farasi elfu kumi na mbili.
And Solomon had four thousand boxed-off spaces for horses for his carriages, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 Na maakida walileta chakula kwa Sulemani na kwa wale walioketi kwenye meza ya mfalme Sulemani, kila mtu katika mwezi wake. Walihakikisha hakuna kinachopungua.
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 Na pia walileta kwenye eneo husika shayiri na majani kwa ajili ya wale farasi wa magari na kwa wale farasi wa mbio kila mmoja alileta kadri alivyoweza.
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 Mungu alimpa Sulemani hekima kubwa, ufahamu, na upana wa uelewa kama mchanga wa baharini.
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 Hekima ya Sulemani ilizidi hekima ya watu wote wa mashariki na hekima yote ya Misri.
And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 Alikuwa na hekima kuliko wanaume wote - kuliko Ethani Muezrahi, Hemani, Kaliko, na Darda, wana wa Maholi - na habari zake zikaenea hadi kwenye mataifa yote yaliyomzunguka.
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 Aliongea mithali elfu tatu na idadi ya nyimbo zake zilikuwa elfu moja na tano.
He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
33 Aliifafanua mimea, kuanzia mierezi iliyoko Lebanoni hadi Hisopo imeao ukutani. Aliwafafanua wanyama, ndege, vitu vitambaavyo na samaki. Watu walikuja kutoka mataifa yote kuisikia hekima ya Sulemani.
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 Watu walikuja kutoka falme zote za duniani waliosikia juu ya hekima yake.
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.
