¹Zvino mambo Soromoni wakange achida vakadzi vazhinji vatorwa pamwechete nomukunda waFarao, vakadzi vavaMoabhu, navaAmoni, navaEdhomu, navaZidhoni, navaHiti;

¹But king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;

²vaiva vendudzi dzakanga dzanzi naJehovha kuvana vaIsiraeri: Musaenda pakati pavo, naivo ngavarege kupinda pakati penyu; nekuti zvirokwazvo, vachatsausa moyo yenyu mukazotevera vamwari vavo; zvino Soromoni wakanamatira ivavo achivada.

²of the nations of which Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you; they would certainly turn away your heart after their gods: to these Solomon was attached in love.

³wakange ana vakadzi vana mazana manomwe, vakunda vamadzimambo, navarongo vana mazana matatu; vakadzi vake vakatsausa moyo wake.

³And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

⁴Nekuti Soromoni wakati akwegura, vakadzi vake vakatsausa moyo wake kuti atevere vamwe vamwari; moyo wake hauna kuzova wakarurama kwazvo kuna Jehovha Mwari wake, sezvakanga zvakaita moyo waDhavhidhi baba vake.

⁴And it came to pass when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.

⁵Nekuti Soromoni wakatevera Ashitoreti, mwarikadzi wavaZidhoni, naMirikomi mwari unonyangadza wavana vaAmoni.

⁵And Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

⁶Naizvozvo Soromoni wakaita zvakaipa pamberi paJehovha, haana kutevera Jehovha kwazvo, sezvakaita Dhavhidhi baba vake.

⁶And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed not fully Jehovah, as David his father.

⁷Zvino Soromoni akavakira Kemoshi, mwari unonyangadza waMoabhu, dunhu rakakwirira pagomo riri pamberi peJerusaremu; naMoreki, mwari unonyangadza wavana vaAmoni.

⁷Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

⁸Saizvozvo akaitirawo vakadzi vake vose vatorwa, vaipisira vamwari vavo zvinonhuhwira nokuvabayira.

⁸And so he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

⁹Zvino Jehovha akatsamwira Soromoni, nekuti moyo wake wakatsauka kuna Jehovha Mwari walsiraeri, iye wakange azviratidza kaviri kwaari,

⁹And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

¹⁰akamuraira pamusoro pechinhu ichi, kuti arege kutevera vamwe vamwari; asi haana kuita zvaakanga arairwa naMwari.

¹⁰and had commanded him concerning this thing, not to go after other gods; but he kept not what Jehovah had commanded.

¹¹Naizvozvo Jehovha akati kuna Soromoni, Zvawaita izvozvi, ukasachengeta sungano yangu nemitemo yangu, yandakakuraira, zvirokwazvo ndichabvarura ushe hwako, ndihubvise kwauri, ndihupe muranda wako.

¹¹And Jehovah said to Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done by thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes which I commanded thee, I will certainly rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant:

¹²Kunyange zvakadaro handingazviiti pamazuva ako nokuda kwaDhavhidhi baba vako; asi ndichahubvarura, ndikahubvisa paruoko rwomwanakomana wako.

¹²notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;

¹³Kunyange zvakadaro handingahwubvaruri ndikahubvisa hwose asi ndichapa mwanakomana wako rudzi rumwe nokuda kwaDhavhidhi muranda wangu, uye nokuda kweJerusaremu, iro guta randakatsaura.

¹³only, I will not rend away all the kingdom: I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

¹⁴Zvino Jehovha akamutsira Soromoni Hadhadhi muEdhomu, kuti arwe naye; iye wakange ari worudzi rwamambo paEdhomu.

¹⁴And Jehovah stirred up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the king's seed in Edom.

¹⁵Nekuti panguva iya Dhavhidhi ari paEdhomu, Joabhu mukuru wehondo wakati akwira kundoviga vakanga vaurawa, apedza kuuraya varume vose paEdhomu;

¹⁵Now it came to pass when David was in Edom, when Joab the captain of the host had gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom

¹⁶(nokuti Joabhu navaIsiraeri vose vakagarapo mwedzi mitanhatu, kusvikira vaparadza varume vose paEdhomu;)

¹⁶(for Joab abode there six months with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

¹⁷Hadhadhi akatiza, akaenda Egipita, iye navamwe vaEdhomu pakati pavaranda vababa vake, iye Hadhadhi achiri mwana muduku.

¹⁷that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.

¹⁸Ivo vakasimuka, vakabva Midhiani, vakasvika Parani; vakatora vamwe varume veParani, vakaenda Egipita kuna Farao mambo weEgipita; iye akamupa imba, akaraira kuti apiwe zvokudya, akamupawo nyika pokugara.

¹⁸And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran, and took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.

¹⁹Hadhadhi akazofarirwa kwazvo naFarao; naizvozvo akamupa muramu wake, munin'ina wavahosi vake Tapenesi, ave mukadzi wake.

¹⁹And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, and he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

²⁰Munin'ina waTapenesi akamuberekera mwanakomana wake Genubhati, wakarumurwa naTapenesi mumba maFarao; Genubhati akagara mumba maFarao, pakati pavanakomana vaFarao.

²⁰And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son; and Tahpenes brought him up in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household, among the sons of Pharaoh.

²¹Zvino Hadhadhi wakati achinzwa kuti Dhavhidhi wavata namadzibaba ake, uye kuti Joabhu mukuru wehondo wafa, Hadhadhi akati kuna Farao, Regai ndiende hangu kunyika yangu.

²¹And Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead; and Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

²²Farao akati kwaari, Washaiweiko kwandiri, zvaunoda kudzokera kunyika yako? Akapindura, akati, Handina kushaiwa chinhu; kunyange zvakadaro ndiregei henyu ndiende.

²²And Pharaoh said to him, What then dost thou lack with me, that behold, thou desirest to go to thine own country? And he said, Nothing; but in any case let me depart.

²³Zvino Jehovha akamumutsirazve mumwe kuzorwa naye, Rezonhi mwanakomana waEriadha, wakange atiza kunashe wake Hadhadhezeri mambo weZobha

²³God stirred him up yet an adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord.

²⁴akaunganidzira vanhu kwaari, akava mukuru wehondo panguva Dhavhidhi yaakauraya veZobha; vakaenda Dhamasiko, vakagarapo, vakabata ushe paDhamasiko.

²⁴And he collected men to him, and became captain of a band, when David slew them [of Zobah]; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt there, and reigned in Damascus.

²⁵Iye akarwa naIsiraeri mazuva ose aSoromoni, zvimwe zvakashata zvakaitwa naHadhadhi zvisingaverengwi iye akavenga vaIsiraeri, akabata ushe paSiria.

²⁵And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad [did]; and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

²⁶Jerobhoamuwo, mwanakomana waNebhati, muEfuremu weZeredha, muranda waSoromoni, zita ramai vake rainzi Zerua, yaiva chirikadzi, wakamukirawo mambo.

²⁶And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant (whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman), even he lifted up his hand against the king.

²⁷Iye wakamukira mambo nemhaka yokuti Soromoni wakange avaka Miro, akagadzira pakanga pakaputsika paguta raDhavhidhi baba vake.

²⁷And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon was building Millo, and closing the breach of the city of David his father;

²⁸Zvino murume uyu Jerobhoamu wakange ari murume wesimba noumhare, Soromoni akaona kuti jaya iro raibata kwazvo, akamuita mutariri wamabasa ose eimba yaJosefa.

²⁸and the man Jeroboam was strong and valiant; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

²⁹Zvino panguva iyo Jerobhoamu wakati achibuda Jerusaremu, muporofita Ahija muShiro akasangana naye panzira; zvino Ahija wakange akafuka nguvo itsva; ivo vakanga vari vaviri voga kusango.

²⁹And it came to pass at that time that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.

³⁰Ahija akabata nguvo itsva yaakafuka, akaibvarura akaita mapande ane gumi namaviri.

³⁰Then Ahijah seized the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;

³¹Akati kuna Jerobhoamu, Chizvitorera mapande ane gumi, nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Mwari waIsiraeri, Tarira, ndinobvarura ushe, ndihwubvise kuna Soromoni, ndikupe marudzi ane gumi.

³¹and said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces; for thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee;

³²(Asi iye uchava norudzi rumwe nokuda kwaDhavhidhi muranda wangu, uye nokuda kweJerusaremu, guta randakatsaura kumarudzi ose aIsiraeri;)

³²but one tribe shall he have for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:

³³nekuti vakandirasha, vakanamata kuna Ashitoreti mwarikadzi wavaZidhoni, naKemoshi mwari wavaMoabhu, naMirikomi mwari wavana vaAmoni; havana kufamba panzira dzangu, nokuita zvakarurama pamberi pangu, nokuchengeta mitemo yangu nezvandakatonga, sezvakaita Dhavhidhi baba vake.

³³because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my sight, and my statutes and mine ordinances, as David his father.

³⁴Kunyange zvakadaro handingabvisi ushe hwose paruoko rwake, asi ndichamuita muchinda mazuva ose oupenyu hwake nokuda kwaDhavhidhi muranda wangu, wandakatsaura; nekuti wakachengeta mirairo yangu nezvandakatema.

³⁴But I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; for I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;

³⁵Asi ndichabvisa umambo kumwanakomana wake, ndihupe iwe, iwo marudzi ane gumi.

³⁵but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, -- the ten tribes.

³⁶Asi mwanakomana wake ndichamupa rudzi rumwe, kuti Dhavhidhi muranda wangu ave nomwenje nguva dzose pamberi pangu paJerusaremu, iro guta randakazvitsaurira, ndiise zita rangupo.

³⁶And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

³⁷ndichakutora iwe, ugobata ushe sezvinoda moyo wako, ugova mambo waIsiraeri.

³⁷And I will take thee, that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

³⁸Kana ukateerera zvose zvandinokuraira, ukafamba munzira dzangu, ukaita zvakarurama pamberi pangu, ukachengeta zvandatema nemirairo yangu, sezvakaita Dhavhidhi muranda wangu, ini ndichava newe, ndichakuvakira imba yakasimba, sezvandakavakira Dhavhidhi, ndigokupa Isiraeri.

³⁸And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my sight, in keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a lasting house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

³⁹Nekuti nemhaka iyi ndichatambudza vana vaDhavhidhi, asi handingazviiti nokusingaperi.

³⁹And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

⁴⁰Naizvozvo Soromoni akatsvaka kuuraya Jerobhoamu; asi Jerobhoamu wakasimuka, akatizira Egipita kuna Shishaki mambo weEgipita, akagarapo paEgipita kusvikira pakufa kwaSoromoni.

⁴⁰And Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; and Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt; and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

⁴¹Zvino mamwe mashoko aSoromoni, nezvose zvaakaita, nokungwara kwake, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku ramabasa aSoromoni?

⁴¹And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

⁴²Zvino nguva yakabata Soromoni vaIsiraeri vose paJerusaremu aiva makore makumi mana.

⁴²And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

⁴³Ipapo Soromoni akavata namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muguta raDhavhidhi baba vake, Rehobhoamu mwanakomana wake akazomutevera pakubata ushe.

⁴³And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.