Hadzasha dza Solomoni
1 Solomoni wakabe ali mambo we Iziraela yose. 2 Aba ndibo bakabe bali hadzasha dzidze: Azariya nkololo wa Zadoki wakabe ali mpirisiti. 3 Elihorefu na Ahija bakololo ba Shisha bakabe bali bakwalili. Jehoshafati nkololo wa Ahiludi wakabe ali nkwalili. 4 Bhenaya nkololo wa Jehoyada wakabe ali nlauli we babhayani. Zadoki na Abiathari bali bapirisiti. 5 Azariya nkololo wa Nathani wakabe ali ntungamili we hadzasha dze ntuthu. Zabudi nkololo wa Nathani wakabe ali mpirisiti kakale ali nkumbuludzi wa mambo. 6 Ahishari wakabe ali nlauli we bashingi mu ng'umba ya mambo. Adoniramu nkololo wa Abida wakabe ali ntjengeti we bashingi nge maboko.
7 Solomoni wakabe ana hadzasha dze mituthu dzili gumi lina mbili (12) mu Iziraela yose. Bakabe beyisila mambo ne be nsha uwe zojiwa kudwa ku mituthu yabo. Mmwe ne mmwe eyisa zojiwa mwedzi wose ung'ompela mu gole. 8 Mazina e hadzasha ne e mituthu yabakabe bali batungamili muili awa: Bhenehuri mu shango ye matombo ye Ifureimi. 9 Bhenidekeri mu Makazi, Shalibimi, Bhetishemeshi ne Elonibhetihanani. 10 Bhenehesede mu Arubhoti ne Soko ne mituthu yose ye Hefa. 11 Bheneabinadabe mu ntuthu wose we Nafatidori wakabe akalobola Tafati nkololokadzi wa Solomoni. 12 Bhaana nkololo wa Ahiludi mu Taanaki ne Megido ne Bhetisheani imu wunde ne Zarethani pasi kwe Jezirele ne kudwa mu Bhetisheani kunoti ku Abelimehola, kunoswika seli kwe Jokimeamu. 13 Bhenegebheri, mu Ramotigiliyadi ne mizana imu Giliyadi ipasi kwe misha ya Jairi nkololo wa Manase mu ntuthu we Arigobi umu Bhashani kuli mizi mikulu ili makumi ali matathatu (60) yakabakiligwa nge maswingo ina mazhalilo e nkoba e phangula. 14 Ahinadabe nkololo wa Ido mu Mahanayimi. 15 Ahimaazi mu Nafutali wakabe wakalobola mmwe nkololokadzi wa Solomoni unoyi Bhasemati. 16 Bhaana nkololo wa Hushayi mu Asheri ne Bheyaloti. 17 Johushafati nkololo wa Paruwa mu Isakari. 18 Shimeyi nkololo wa Ela mu Bhenjamini. 19 Geberi nkololo wa Uri mu ntuthu we Giliyadi wakabe ubusiwa ndi Mambo Sihoni we Baamoni na Mambo Ogi we Bhashani.
Ngono kwakabe kuna hadzasha ing'ompela mu ntuthu wose we Juda.
Kukombolegwa kwe mbuso wa Solomoni
20 Itjaba tje Juda ne Iziraela tjakabe tjili tjinjinji se nsetje upa gungwa, beja beng'wa bakashatha. 21 Solomoni wakabe ebusa mibuso yose kudwa ku Gwizi gwe Yufuratesi kunoti ku shango ye Bafilisitiya, kunoti ku n'gathu we Egipiti. Bedusa makhetho bempa, bali pasi kukwe butjilo gugwe gose.
22 Zojiwa zwakabe zwakalingisana Solomoni, dzakabe dzili dzilithara dzili zwiwulu zwili zwishano (5 000) dze bgwisa gwe tjiwunga ne kilolithara dzili zwiwulu zwili gumi (10 000) dze bgwisa gwe mathunde nge zhuba. 23 Ne ng'ombe dzakakodziwa dzili gumi (10) ne dzili makumi mabili (20) dzakafudziwa ku mafulo ne pkhwizi dzili zana (100). Pezhugwi kwa izwezo, kuli ngolomu ne phala ne ngama ne hwuku dzakakodziwa.
24 Ngoti wakabe ebusa ntuthu wose uku golombedzo kwe Gwizi gwe Yufuratesi, kudwa mu Tifisa kunoti ku Gaza. Bomambo bose be ku golombedzo kwe Gwizi gwe Yufuratesi bakabe bali pasi kukwe. Kakale ebusa nge mbakiso ne mu shango dzaakabe egathudzana nadzo kumpoteleka. 25 Mu butjilo gwa Solomoni mmwe ne mmwe mu Juda ne Iziraela wakabe aligele akasununguka, kudwa ku Dani ne kunoti ku Bheresheba, bakalonga misholo mu mitutshi ye mizhambi yabo ne mipaya yabo. 26 Solomoni wakabe ana matanga e mbizi dze koloyi dze ngwa ali makumi manna (40) ne bataswi be mbizi bali zwiwulu zwili gumi lina kubili (12 000). 27 Hadzasha idzedzo dzakabe dzizhisila Solomoni na bose bakabe beja mu ng'umba iye ye bushe zojiwa, mmwe ne mmwe kang'ompela mu mwedzi, basingaletje tjimwe tjikasheteka. 28 Hadzasha imwe ne imwe yakabe izhisa gobe le mathunde e bhali ne mashanga zwinojiwa nge mbizi, kuyendidzana sekwa Mambo Solomoni akabe eshaka ndiko.
29 Ndzimu wakapa Solomoni butjenjedu ne nkumbulo uzhele kwakawanda kupinda nsetje we gungwa. 30 Ndizo butjenjedu gwa Solomoni gukapinda gwe bathu bose be ku bhezhuba ne batjenjedu bose be Egipiti. 31 Ngoti wakabe akatjenjela kupinda bathu bose, akatjenjela kupinda Ethani we Nzera na Hemani na Kalikoli na Darida bakololo ba Maholi. Ngono tjilumbi tjitje tjikazibgwa mu tjaba dzose kupoteleka. 32 Wakakwala makungulupeswa ali zwiwulu zwili zwitatu (3 000) ne njimbo dzidze dzili tjiwulu tjina mido ili mishanu (1 005). 33 Wakaleba ngekwe miti ne matenjana kudwa mu miti ye sida ye Lebanoni kudelukila pasi ku mitinyana ye hisopo inomela mu makuma. Kaleba ngekwe phuka ne nyuni ne zwinosoba pasi nenge hwobe. 34 Kukazha bathu banodwa mu njudzi dzose kuwohwa ngekwe butjenjedu gwa Solomoni ne kudwa muna bomambo be shango yose, bakahwa ngekwe butjenjedu gugwe.
Solomon's Officials
1-6 Here is a list of Solomon's highest officials while he was king of Israel:
Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;Elihoreph and Ahijah sons of Shisha were the secretaries;Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud kept the government records;Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the army commander;Zadok and Abiathar were priests;Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the regional officers;Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and the king's advisor;Ahishar was the prime minister;Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7 Solomon chose twelve regional officers, who took turns bringing food for him and his household. Each officer provided food from his region for one month of the year. 8 These were the twelve officers:
The son of Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.
9 The son of Deker was in charge of the towns of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.
10 The son of Hesed was in charge of the towns of Arubboth and Socoh, and the region of Hepher.
11 The son of Abinadab was in charge of Naphath-Dor and was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath.
12 Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of the towns of Taanach and Megiddo. He was also in charge of the whole region of Beth-Shan near the town of Zarethan, south of Jezreel from Beth-Shan to Abel-Meholah to the other side of Jokmeam.
13 The son of Geber was in charge of the town of Ramoth in Gilead and the villages in Gilead belonging to the family of Jair, a descendant of Manasseh. He was also in charge of the region of Argob in Bashan, which had 60 walled towns with bronze bars on their gates.
14 Ahinadab son of Iddo was in charge of the territory of Mahanaim.
15 Ahimaaz was in charge of the territory of Naphtali and was married to Solomon's daughter Basemath.
16 Baana son of Hushai was in charge of the territory of Asher and the town of Bealoth.
17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was in charge of the territory of Issachar.
18 Shimei son of Ela was in charge of the territory of Benjamin.
19 Geber son of Uri was in charge of Gilead, where King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan had lived.
And one officer was in charge of the territory of Judah.
The Size of Solomon's Kingdom
20 There were so many people living in Judah and Israel while Solomon was king that they seemed like grains of sand on a beach. Everyone had enough to eat and drink, and they were happy.
21 Solomon ruled every kingdom between the Euphrates River and the land of the Philistines down to Egypt. These kingdoms paid him taxes as long as he lived.
22 Every day, Solomon needed 5,000 liters of fine flour, 10,000 liters of coarsely-ground flour, 23 10 grain-fed cattle, 20 pasture-fed cattle, 100 sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, and geese.
24 Solomon ruled the whole region west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, and he was at peace with all of the countries around him. 25 Everyone living in Israel, from the town of Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, was safe as long as Solomon lived. Each family sat undisturbed beneath its own grape vines and fig trees.
26 Solomon had 40,000 stalls of chariot horses and 12,000 chariot soldiers.
27 Each of the twelve regional officers brought food to Solomon and his household for one month of the year. They provided everything he needed, 28 as well as barley and straw for the horses.
Solomon's Wisdom
29 Solomon was brilliant. God had blessed him with insight and understanding. 30-31 He was wiser than anyone else in the world, including the wisest people of the east and of Egypt. He was even wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Mahol's three sons, Heman, Calcol, and Darda. Solomon became famous in every country around Judah and Israel. 32 Solomon wrote 3,000 wise sayings and composed more than 1,000 songs. 33 He could talk about all kinds of plants, from large trees to small bushes, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish. 34 Kings all over the world heard about Solomon's wisdom and sent people to listen to him teach.