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Mfalme Sulemani akawapenda wanawake wengi wageni, pamoja na binti yake Farao, wanawake wa Wamoabi, na wa Waamoni, na wa Waedomi, na wa Wasidoni, na wa Wahiti,
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
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na wa mataifa Bwana aliyowaambia wana wa Israeli, Msiingie kwao, wala wasiingie kwenu; kwa kuwa hakika wataigeuza mioyo yenu kuifuata miungu yao. Sulemani akaambatana nao kwa kuwapenda.
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
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Akawa na wake mia saba binti za kifalme, na masuria mia tatu; nao wakeze wakamgeuza moyo.
He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
4
Maana ikawa, Sulemani alipokuwa mzee, wake zake wakamgeuza moyo wake, afuate miungu mingine, wala moyo wake haukuwa mkamilifu kwa Bwana, Mungu wake, kama moyo wa Daudi baba yake.
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
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Kwa kuwa Sulemani akamfuata Ashtorethi, mungu mke wa Wasidoni na Milkomu, chukizo la Waamoni.
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
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Sulemani akafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, wala hakumfuata Bwana kwa utimilifu, kama Daudi baba yake.
So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
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Sulemani akamjengea Kemoshi, chukizo la Wamoabi, mahali pa juu, katika mlima uliokabili Yerusalemu, na Moleki, chukizo la wana wa Amoni.
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
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Na kadhalika ndivyo alivyowafanyia wake zake wa nchi za kigeni, waliofukiza uvumba, wakawatolea miungu yao dhabihu.
He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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Basi Bwana akamghadhibikia Sulemani kwa sababu moyo wake umegeuka, naye amemwacha Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, aliyemtokea mara mbili,
Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
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akamwamuru katika habari ya jambo lilo hilo asifuate miungu mingine; lakini yeye hakuyashika aliyoyaamuru Bwana.
Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
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Kwa hiyo Bwana akamwambia Sulemani, Kwa kuwa umefanya hayo, wala hukuyashika maagano yangu, na sheria zangu nilizokuamuru, hakika nitaurarua ufalme usiwe wako, nami nitampa mtumishi wako.
Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
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Walakini katika siku zako sitafanya haya, kwa ajili ya Daudi baba yako; nitaurarua utoke katika mkono wa mwana wako.
Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
13
Lakini sitauondoa ufalme wote pia; nitampa mwana wako kabila moja, kwa ajili ya Daudi mtumishi wangu, na kwa ajili ya Yerusalemu niliouchagua.
Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
14
Ndipo Bwana akamwondokeshea Sulemani adui, Hadadi Mwedomi; yeye alikuwa wa wazao wake mfalme wa Edomu.
Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
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Kwa maana ikawa, Daudi alipokuwako Edomu, naye Yoabu, mkuu wa jeshi, amepanda awazike waliouawa, akiisha kumpiga kila mwanamume wa Edomu,
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
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(kwa kuwa Yoabu alikaa huko miezi sita pamoja na Israeli wote, hata alipompoteza kila mwanamume wa Edomu);
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
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yule Hadadi alikimbia, yeye na Waedomi wengine, watumishi wa baba yake, pamoja naye, waende Misri; yule Hadadi akali ni mtoto mdogo.
But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
18
Wakaondoka katika Midiani, wakafika Parani; wakachukua pamoja nao watu toka Parani, wakafika Misri, kwa Farao mfalme wa Misri; aliyempa nyumba, akamwamria vyakula, akampa mashamba.
Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
19
Hadadi akapendeza sana machoni pa Farao, hata akamwoza umbu la mkewe, umbu la Tapenesi aliyekuwa malkia.
There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.
20
Naye huyo umbu la Tapenesi akamzalia Genubathi mwanawe, ambaye Tapenesi alimlea nyumbani mwa Farao; naye Genubathi akawako nyumbani mwa Farao pamoja na wana wa Farao.
And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
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Naye Hadadi aliposikia huko Misri ya kuwa Daudi amelala na babaze, na Yoabu, jemadari wa jeshi, amekufa, Hadadi akamwambia Farao, Unipe ruhusa, niende mpaka nchi yangu.
When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
22
Farao akamwambia, Umekosa nini kwangu, hata, tazama, unatafuta kuirudia nchi yako? Akajibu, Hakuna, lakini unipe ruhusa tu.
But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
23
Tena, Mungu akamwondokeshea adui mwingine, Rezoni mwana wa Eliada, aliyemkimbia bwana wake Hadadezeri mfalme wa Soba,
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
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naye akakusanya watu, akawa mkuu wa jeshi, hapo Daudi alipowaua hao watu wa Soba; wakaenda Dameski, wakakaa humo, na kumiliki huko Dameski.
and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
25
Naye akawa adui wa Israeli siku zote za Sulemani, zaidi ya madhara yake Hadadi; naye akawachukia Israeli, akamiliki juu ya Shamu.
Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
26
Na Yeroboamu wa Nebati, Mwefraimu wa Sereda, mtumwa wake Sulemani; ambaye jina lake mamaye aliitwa Serua, mwanamke aliyefiwa na mumewe; yeye naye akainua mkono wake juu ya mfalme.
Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
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Na hii ndiyo sababu ya yeye kumwinulia mfalme mkono. Sulemani aliijenga Milo, akapafunga palipobomoka pa mji wa baba yake Daudi.
and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
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Na huyo Yeroboamu alikuwa mtu hodari, shujaa; Sulemani akaona ya kuwa kijana huyo ni mtu mwenye bidii, akamweka juu ya kazi yote ya nyumba ya Yusufu.
Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
29
Ikawa zamani zile Yeroboamu alipokuwa akitoka katika Yerusalemu, nabii Ahiya, Mshiloni, alikutana naye njiani; naye Ahiya amevaa vazi jipya, na hao wawili walikuwa peke yao mashambani.
During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
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Ahiya akalishika lile vazi jipya alilokuwa amelivaa, akalirarua vipande kumi na viwili.
And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
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Akamwambia Yeroboamu, Twaa wewe vipande kumi, maana Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Nitaurarua ufalme, na kuuondoa katika mkono wa Sulemani, nami nitakupa wewe kabila kumi,
and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.
32
(lakini yeye atakuwa na kabila moja kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu Daudi, na kwa ajili ya Yerusalemu mji ule niliouchagua katika miji yote ya kabila za Israeli);
But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
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kwa sababu wameniacha mimi wakaabudu Ashtorethi, mungu mke wa Wasidoni, na Kemoshi, mungu wa Wamoabi, na Milkomu, mungu wa wana wa Amoni wala hawakuenda katika njia zangu, kutenda mema machoni pangu, kuzishika sheria zangu na hukumu zangu, kama Daudi baba yake.
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
34
Walakini sitauondoa ufalme wote katika mkono wake; lakini nitamfanya awe mkuu siku zote za maisha yake, kwa ajili ya mtumishi wangu Daudi niliyemchagua kwa maana alizishika amri zangu na sheria zangu,
Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
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lakini nitauondoa ufalme katika mkono wa mwanawe, nami nitakupa wewe kabila kumi.
But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.
36
Nami nitampa mwana wake kabila moja, ili Daudi, mtumishi wangu, apate kuwa na taa siku zote mbele zangu katika Yerusalemu, mji ule niliouchagua niweke jina langu huko.
I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
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Nami nitakutwaa wewe, nawe utatawala kama roho yako inavyotamani, nawe utakuwa mfalme juu ya Israeli.
But as for you, I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your heart desires, and you will be king over Israel.
38
Tena itakuwa, ukiyasikia yote nitakayokuamuru, na kuenda katika njia zangu, na kutenda yaliyo mema machoni pangu, ili kuzishika amri zangu na hukumu zangu kama Daudi mtumishi wangu alivyotenda, basi, nitakuwa pamoja nawe, nitakujengea nyumba iliyo imara, kama nilivyomjengea Daudi, nami nitakupa wewe Israeli.
If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
39
Tena nitawatesa wazao wa Daudi kwa sababu hii, lakini si daima.
Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
40
Basi Sulemani akataka kumwua Yeroboamu, lakini Yeroboamu akaondoka, akakimbilia Misri, kwa Shishaki, mfalme wa Misri, akakaa katika Misri hata wakati wa kufa kwake Sulemani.
Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
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Nayo yaliyosalia ya Sulemani, mambo yake na yote aliyoyafanya, na hekima yake, je! Hayo siyo yaliyoandikwa kitabuni mwa mambo yake Sulemani?
As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?
42
Na siku alizotawala Sulemani katika Yerusalemu juu ya Israeli wote zilikuwa miaka arobaini.
Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
43
Naye Sulemani akalala na baba zake, akazikwa katika mji wa Daudi baba yake; na Rehoboamu mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.