Solomon's Reign
1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
Ikawa miaka ishirini ilipopita, ambayo katika hiyo Sulemani aliijenga nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba yake mwenyewe;
2 that the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
ndipo Sulemani akaijenga miji ile Hiramu aliyompa Sulemani, akawakalisha humo wana wa Israeli.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
Naye Sulemani akaenda Hamath-zoba, akaushinda.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
Akaujenga Tadmori wa nyikani, na miji yote ya hazina, aliyoijenga katika Hamathi.
5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Tena akaujenga Beth-horoni wa juu, na Beth-horoni wa chini, miji yenye boma, yenye kuta, na malango, na makomeo;
6 and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
na Baalathi, na miji yote ya hazina Sulemani aliyokuwa nayo, na miji yote ya magari yake, na miji ya wapanda farasi wake, na ya anasa yote aliyopenda Sulemani kujenga humo Yerusalemu, na katika Lebanoni, na katika nchi yote ya mamlaka yake.
7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
Basi kwa habari ya watu wote waliosalia wa Wahiti, na wa Waamori, na wa Waperizi, na wa Wahivi, na wa Wayebusi, wasiokuwa wa Israeli;
8 but of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
wa watoto wao waliosalia baada yao katika nchi, ambao wana wa Israeli hawakuwakomesha, katika hao Sulemani akawatumikisha shokoa hata leo.
9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
Wala katika wana wa Israeli Sulemani hakuwafanya watumwa kazini mwake; lakini hao walikuwa watu wa vita, na wakuu wa majemadari wake, na maakida wa magari yake na wa wapanda farasi wake.
10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
Na hao walikuwa maakida wakuu wa Sulemani, watu mia mbili na hamsini, waliotawala juu ya watu.
11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
Sulemani akamleta binti Farao kutoka mji wa Daudi mpaka nyumba aliyomjengea; kwa kuwa alisema, Mke wangu hatakaa nyumbani mwa Daudi mfalme wa Israeli, kwa kuwa ni patakatifu, mahali palipofika sanduku la Bwana.
12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
Ndipo Sulemani akamtolea Bwana sadaka za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu ya Bwana, aliyoijenga mbele ya ukumbi,
13 even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
kadiri ilivyohitajiwa huduma ya kila siku, akitoa sawasawa na amri ya Musa, siku za sabato, na za mwezi mpya, na za sikukuu zilizoamriwa, mara tatu kila mwaka, yaani, sikukuu ya mikate isiyochachwa, na sikukuu ya majuma, na sikukuu ya vibanda.
14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
Akaziamuru, sawasawa na agizo la Daudi babaye, zamu za makuhani za kutumika, nao Walawi kwa kadiri ya malinzi yao, ili kusifu, na kuhudumu mbele ya makuhani, kama ilivyohitajiwa kila siku; tena mabawabu kwa zamu zao za kila mlango; maana ndivyo alivyoamuru Daudi mtu wa Mungu.
15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
Wala hawakuyaacha maagizo ya mfalme aliyowaamuru makuhani na Walawi kwa neno lo lote, wala kwa habari ya hazina.
16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
Basi ikatengenezwa kazi yote ya Sulemani hata siku ya kutiwa msingi wa nyumba ya Bwana, na hata ilipokwisha. Hivyo ikamalizika nyumba ya Bwana.
17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
Ndipo Sulemani akaenda Esion-geberi, na Elothi, pwani ya nchi ya Edomu.
18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
Naye Hiramu akamletea merikebu kwa mikono ya watumishi wake, na watumishi waliokuwa wana-maji; nao wakafika Ofiri pamoja na watumishi wa Sulemani, wakachukua kutoka huko talanta mia nne na hamsini za dhahabu, wakamletea mfalme Sulemani.
