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Basi mfalme Sulemani akawa mfalme juu ya Israeli wote.
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
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Na hawa ndio wakuu aliokuwa nao; Azaria mwana wa Sadoki, kuhani,
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
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Elihorefu na Ahiya, wana wa Shausha, waandishi; Yehoshafati mwana wa Ahiludi mwenye kuandika tarehe;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
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na Benaya mwana wa Yehoyada alikuwa juu ya jeshi; na Sadoki na Abiathari walikuwa makuhani;
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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na Azaria mwana wa Nathani alikuwa juu ya maakida; na Zabudi mwana wa Nathani alikuwa kuhani, rafiki wake mfalme.
Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
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Na Ahishari alikuwa juu ya nyumba; na Adoramu mwana wa Abda alikuwa juu ya shokoa.
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
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Sulemani alikuwa na maakida kumi na wawili juu ya Israeli wote, walioleta chakula cha mfalme na nyumba yake; kila mtu alikuwa na mwezi mmoja katika mwaka kuleta chakula.
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
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Na haya ndiyo majina yao. Mwana wa Huri, mlimani mwa Efraimu.
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
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Mwana wa Dekari, kutoka Makasi, na Shaalbimu na Bethshemeshi na Elon-beth-hanani.
Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
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Mwana wa Hesedi, katika Arubothi; na Soko ilikuwa kwake na nchi yote ya Heferi.
Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
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Mwana wa Abinadabu katika Nafath-dori yote; ndiye aliyekuwa naye Tafathi binti Sulemani kuwa mke wake.
Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
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Baana mwana wa Ahiludi, katika Taanaki na Megido, na Beth-sheani yote, iliyo kando ya Sarethani, chini ya Yezreeli, tangu Beth-sheani mpaka Abel-mehola, hata kupita Yokmeamu.
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
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Mwana wa Geberi katika Ramoth-gileadi; na kwake ilikuwa miji ya Yairi mwana wa Manase iliyomo Gileadi; na kwake ilikuwa wilaya ya Argobu, iliyomo Bashani, miji mikubwa sitini yenye kuta na makomeo ya shaba.
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
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Ahinadabu mwana wa Ido, katika Mahanaimu.
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
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Ahimaasi, katika Naftali; naye ndiye aliyemwoa Basemathi binti Sulemani.
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
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Baana mwana wa Hushai, katika Asheri na Bealothi.
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
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Yehoshafati mwana wa Parua, katika Isakari.
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
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Shimei mwana wa Ela, katika Benyamini.
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
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Geberi mwana wa Uri, katika nchi ya Gileadi, nchi ya Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, na Ogu mfalme wa Bashani; naye alikuwa akida wa pekee katika nchi hiyo.
Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
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Yuda na Israeli walikuwa wengi kama mchanga wa pwani kwa wingi, wakila, na kunywa, na kufurahi.
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
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Sulemani akatawala juu ya falme zote, toka Mto mpaka nchi ya Wafilisti, na hata mpaka wa Misri; walimletea tunu, na kumtumikia Sulemani siku zote za maisha yake.
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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Na vyakula vya Sulemani vya siku moja vilikuwa kori therathini za unga wa mzuri, na kori sitini za ngano.
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
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na ng'ombe kumi walionona, na ng'ombe ishirini za malisho, na kondoo mia, pamoja na ayala, na paa, na kulungu, na kuku walionona.
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
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Kwani alikuwa akitawala nchi yote upande huu wa Mto, toka Tifsa mpaka Gaza, juu ya wafalme wote wa upande huu wa Mto; naye alikuwa na amani pande zake zote.
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
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Yuda na Israeli wakakaa salama, kila mtu chini ya mzabibu wake na chini ya mtini wake, tokea Dani mpaka Beer-sheba, siku zote za Sulemani.
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
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Tena Sulemani alikuwa na mabanda ya farasi arobaini elfu kwa magari yake, na wapandao farasi kumi na mbili elfu.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
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Na maakida wale wakaleta chakula kwa mfalme Sulemani na kwa wote walioijia meza ya mfalme Sulemani, kila mtu katika mwezi wake, kisipunguke kitu.
Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
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Shayiri pia na majani kwa farasi, na kwa wanyama wenye mbio, wakaleta mahali walipokuwapo, kila mtu kwa kadiri ya kazi yake.
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
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Mungu akampa Sulemani hekima, na akili nyingi sana, na moyo mkuu, kama mchanga ulioko pwani.
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
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Hekima ya Sulemani ikapita hekima ya wana wote wa mashariki, na hekima zote za Misri.
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
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Kwa kuwa alikuwa na hekima kuliko watu wote; kuliko Ethani Mwezrahi, na Hemani, na Kalkoli, na Darda, wana wa Maholi; zikaenea sifa zake kati ya mataifa yote yaliyozunguka.
He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
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Naye akanena mifano elfu tatu, na nyimbo zake zilikuwa elfu moja na tano.
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
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Akanena habari za miti tangu mwerezi ulioko Lebanoni hata hisopo umeao ukutani; pia akanena habari za wanyama, na za ndege, na vitambaavyo, na samaki.
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
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Wakaja wa mataifa yote ili waisikie hekima ya Sulemani, toka wafalme wote wa ulimwengu, waliokuwa wamepata habari za hekima yake.
So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.