¹Zvino Soromoni mwanakomana waDhavhidhi akasimbiswa paushe hwake, Jehovha Mwari wake akava naye, akamukurisa zvikuru kwazvo.

¹And strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God [is] with him, and maketh him exceedingly great.

²Zvino Soromoni akataura navaIsiraeri vose, navakuru vezviuru navamazana, navatongi, namachinda ose pakati paIsiraeri vose, ivo vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba.

²And Solomon saith to all Israel, to heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, and to judges, and to every honourable one of all Israel, heads of the fathers,

³Ipapo Soromoni neungano yose pamwechete naye vakaenda kudunhu rakakwirira raiva paGibhiyoni; nekuti ndipo pakanga pane tende rokusangana raMwari, rakanga ravakwa murenje naMozisi muranda waJehovha.

³and they go -- Solomon, and all the assembly with him -- to the high place that [is] in Gibeon, for there hath been God's tent of meeting, that Moses, servant of Jehovah, made in the wilderness,

⁴Asi Dhavhidhi akanga atora areka yaMwari paKiriatijearimi, akaiisa panzvimbo, Dhavhidhi yaakanga aigadzirira; nekuti akanga aidzikira tende paJerusaremu.

⁴but the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim, when David prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;

⁵Neareka yendarira yakanga yaumbwa naBhezareri mwanakomana waUri, mwanakomana waHuri, yakanga iripo pamberi petabhenakeri yaJehovha; Soromoni neungano yose vakairangarira.

⁵and the altar of brass that Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur made, he put before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the assembly seek to it.

⁶Soromoni akakwirako pamberi paJehovha kuaritari yendarira, yakanga iri patende rokusangana, akabayira pamusoro payo zvipiriso zvinopiswa zvine chiuru chezana.

⁶And Solomon goeth up thither, on the altar of brass, before Jehovah, that [is] at the tent of meeting, and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings.

⁷Zvino nousiku uhwo Mwari akazviratidza kuna Soromoni, akati kwaari, Kumbira chaunoda kuti ndikupe.

⁷In that night hath God appeared to Solomon, and saith to him, `Ask -- what do I give to thee?'

⁸Soromoni akati kuna Mwari Makaitira baba vangu Dhavhidhi tsitsi huru, mukandiita ini mambo panzvimbo yavo.

⁸And Solomon saith to God, `Thou hast done with David my father great kindness, and hast caused me to reign in his stead.

⁹Zvino Jehovha Mwari, shoko ramakapikira Dhavhidhi baba vangu ngarisimbiswe; nekuti makandiita mambo wavanhu vakafanana neguruva renyika pakuwanda kwavo.

⁹Now, O Jehovah God, is Thy word with David my father stedfast, for Thou hast caused me to reign over a people numerous as the dust of the earth;

¹⁰Zvino ndipei henyu njere nokuziva, kuti ndibude nokupinda pamberi pavanhu ava; nekuti ndiani angagona kutonga vanhu venyu ava vakawanda vakadai?

¹⁰now, wisdom and knowledge give to me, and I go out before this people, and I come in, for who doth judge this Thy great people?'

¹¹Mwari akati kuna Soromoni, Zvawarangarira chinhu ichi mumoyo mako, ukasakumbira fuma, nezvakawanda, kana kukudzwa, kana kufa kwavavengi vako, kana kukumbira upenyu urefu, asi wakazvikumbirira njere nokuziva, kuti ugone kutonga vanhu vangu, vandakakuita mambo wavo;

¹¹And God saith to Solomon, `Because that this hath been with thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, and honour, and the life of those hating thee, and also many days hast not asked, and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge, so that thou dost judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign --

¹²zvino njere nokuziva unozvipiwa iwe; uye ndichakupa fuma, nezvakawanda, nokukudzwa, zvisina kumbopiwa mumwe wamadzibaba akakutangira; uye hapana mumwe achakutevera uchava nezvakadai.

¹²the wisdom and the knowledge is given to thee, and riches and wealth and honour I give to thee, that there hath not been so to the kings who [are] before thee, and after thee it is not so.'

¹³Zvino Soromoni akabva panzvimbo yakakwirira yakanga iri paGibhiyoni, pamberi petende rokusangana, akasvika Jerusaremu, akabata ushe hwaIsiraeri.

¹³And Solomon cometh in [from] the high place that [is] in Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tent of meeting, and reigneth over Israel,

¹⁴Soromoni akaunganidza ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza; akanga ane ngoro dzine chiuru chimwe namazana mana, navatasvi vamabhiza vane zviuru zvine gumi nezviviri, vaakaisa mumaguta engoro nokuna mambo paJerusaremu.

¹⁴and Solomon gathereth chariots and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem.

¹⁵Mambo akaunganidza sirivha nendarama paJerusaremu zvikawanda zvikaita samabwe, nemisidhari ikaita semionde yaiva pamapani.

¹⁵And the king maketh the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he made as sycamores that [are] in the low country, for abundance.

¹⁶Mabhiza aSoromoni akauyiswa achibva Egipita nemicheka yakapfava; vatengesi vamambo vaigamuchira micheka yakapfava nemutengo.

¹⁶And the source of the horses that [are] to Solomon [is] from Egypt and from Keva; merchants of the king from Keva take at a price,

¹⁷Vakandozvitora Egipita, vakauya nazvo, ngoro imwe neimwe ichitengwa namashekeri esirivha ana mazana matanhatu, nebhiza rimwe nerimwe namashekeri ane zana namakumi mashanu; saizvozvowo madzimambo ose avaHiti, namadzimambo avaSiria aivigirwa izvozvo navo.

¹⁷and they come up, and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Aram -- by their hand they bring out.