God's Covenant
1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
Ikawa Sulemani alipokwisha kuijenga nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba ya mfalme, na mambo yote yaliyoingia moyoni mwake Sulemani, naye akataka kuyafanya,
2 that the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
basi, Bwana akamtokea Sulemani mara ya pili kama alivyomtokea huko Gibeoni.
3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Bwana akamwambia, Nimeyasikia maombi yako na dua zako, ulizotoa mbele zangu. Nimeitakasa nyumba hii uliyoijenga ili niweke jina langu humo milele; tena macho yangu na moyo wangu utakuwapo hapo siku zote;
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
na wewe, ukienda mbele zangu kama alivyokwenda Daudi, baba yako, kwa ukamilifu wa moyo, na kwa adili, kufanya hayo yote niliyokuamuru, na kuzishika sheria zangu na hukumu zangu,
5 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
ndipo nitakapokifanya imara kiti cha ufalme wako juu ya Israeli milele; kama nilivyomwahidia Daudi, baba yako, nikisema, Hutakosa kuwa na mtu wa kukaa katika kiti cha enzi cha Israeli.
6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
Bali mkighairi, mkaacha kunifuata, ninyi na watoto wenu, msizishike sheria zangu na amri zangu, nilizoziweka mbele yenu, tena mkienda na kuitumikia miungu mingine na kuiabudu,
7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
basi nitawakatilia Israeli mbali na nchi hii niliyowapa; na nyumba hii niliyoitakasa kwa jina langu, nitaitupilia mbali na macho yangu, na Israeli watakuwa mithali na neno la tusi katika mataifa yote.
8 and at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
Na ijapokuwa nyumba hii imetukuka namna hii, lakini kila apitaye atasituka na kuizomea; nao watasema, Kwa nini Bwana ameitenda nchi hii na nyumba hii mambo haya?
9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
Na watu watajibu, Kwa sababu walimwacha Bwana, Mungu wao, aliyewatoa baba zao katika nchi ya Misri, wakashikamana na miungu mingine na kuiabudu na kuitumikia, basi ndiyo sababu Bwana ameleta mabaya haya yote juu yao.
Cities and Ships
10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
Ikawa miaka ishirini ilipopita, ambayo katika hiyo Sulemani alizijenga zile nyumba mbili, nyumba ya Bwana na nyumba yake mfalme,
11 ( now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
(basi Hiramu, mfalme wa Tiro, alikuwa amemletea Sulemani mierezi na miberoshi, na dhahabu, sawasawa na haja zake zote), ndipo mfalme Sulemani akampa Hiramu miji ishirini ya nchi ya Galilaya.
12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
Naye Hiramu akatoka Tiro kuitazama hiyo miji Sulemani aliyompa; wala haikumpendeza.
13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
Akasema, Miji gani hii uliyonipa, ndugu yangu? Akaiita nchi ya Kabuli, hata leo.
14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
Hiramu akamletea mfalme talanta sitini za dhahabu.
15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Na hii ndiyo sababu ya shokoa aliyoitoza mfalme Sulemani; ili kuijenga nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba yake mwenyewe, na Milo, na ukuta wa Yerusalemu, na Hazori, na Megido, na Gezeri.
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
Farao, mfalme wa Misri, alikuwa amepanda akautwaa Gezeri, na kuuteketeza kwa moto, akawaua Wakanaani waliokaa mjini, akampa zawadi binti yake, mkewe Sulemani.
17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
Naye Sulemani akaujenga Gezeri, na Beth-horoni wa chini,
18 and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
na Baalathi, na Tamari ulio nyikani, katika nchi;
19 and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
na miji yote ya hazina iliyokuwa yake Sulemani; na miji ya magari yake, na miji ya watu wake wapandao farasi, na kila alichopenda kujenga Sulemani huko Yerusalemu, na katika Lebanoni, na katika nchi yote ya mamlaka yake.
20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
Kwa habari ya watu wote waliosalia, Waamori, Wahiti, Waperizi, Wahivi, na Wayebusi, wasiokuwa wa wana wa Israeli;
21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
watoto wao waliosalia baada yao katika nchi, ambao wana wa Israeli hawakuweza kuwaharibu kabisa, katika hao Sulemani akawatumikisha shokoa hata leo.
22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
Lakini wa wana wa Israeli Sulemani hakumtumikisha mtu shokoa; ila ndio watu wa vita, na wangoje wake, na wakuu wake, na akida zake, na wakuu, wa magari yake, na wa wapanda farasi wake.
23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
Hao maakida wakuu, waliokuwa juu ya kazi yake Sulemani, walikuwa mia tano na hamsini, waliowaamuru watu watendao kazi.
24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
Lakini binti Farao akapanda toka mji wa Daudi, mpaka hiyo nyumba yake Sulemani, aliyomjengea; kisha, aliijenga Milo.
25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
Na mara tatu kila mwaka Sulemani alikuwa akitoa sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani juu ya madhabahu aliyomjengea Bwana akafukiza uvumba pamoja nazo juu ya madhabahu iliyokuwako mbele za Bwana. Hivyo akaimaliza nyumba.
26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
Tena, mfalme Sulemani akaunda merikebu huko Ezion-geberi, ulioko karibu na Elothi, pwani ya Bahari ya Shamu, katika nchi ya Edomu.
27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Naye Hiramu akatuma merikebuni watumishi wake, wanamaji wenye kuijua bahari, pamoja na watumishi wake Sulemani.
28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Wakafika Ofiri, wakachukua toka huko dhahabu, talanta mia nne na ishirini, wakamletea mfalme Sulemani.
