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

¹Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. his God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

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

²Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.

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

³So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.

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

⁴But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

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

⁵Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.

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

⁶Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.

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

⁷In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”

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

⁸Solomon said to God, “You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

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

⁹Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

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

¹⁰Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?”

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;

¹¹God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:

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

¹²wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you; neither shall there any after you have the like.”

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

¹³So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned 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.

¹⁴Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

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

¹⁵The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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

¹⁶The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.

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.

¹⁷They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.