¹King Solomon was king over all Israel.

¹Zvino mambo Soromoni wakange ari mambo wavaIsiraeri vose.

²These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

²Ndiwo machinda aaiva nawo: Azaria mwanakomana waZadhoki waiva mupristi;

³Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

³Erihorefi naAhija, vanakomana vaShisha, vaiva vanyori; Jehoshafati mwanakomana waAhirudhi waiva sahwira.

⁴and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

⁴Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha, waiva mukuru wehondo, Zadhoki naAbhiatari vaiva vapristi;

⁵and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;

⁵Azaria mwanakomana waNatani, waiva mukuru wavatariri; Zabhudhi mwanakomana waNatani waiva mutongi mukuru, shamwari yamambo.

⁶and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

⁶Abhishari waiva mutariri weimba; Adhoniramu mwanakomana waAbhidha, waiva mutariri wechibharo.

⁷Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

⁷Soromoni waiva navatariri vane gumi navaviri vairaira vaIsiraeri vose, vaitsvakira mambo neimba yake zvokudya; mumwe nomumwe waifanira kutsvaka zvokudya zvomwedzi mumwe gore rimwe nerimwe.

⁸These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

⁸Ndiwo mazita avo: Bhehuri, munyika yamakomo yaEfuremu;

⁹Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

⁹naBhenedhekeri paMakazi, napaSharibhimi, neBhetishemeshi, neEronibhetihananai;

¹⁰Ben Hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);

¹⁰naBhenihesedhi paArubhoti; iye wakange ane shoko, nenyika yose yeHeferi;

¹¹Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

¹¹naBheniabhinadhabhi panyika yose yeDhori; mukadzi wake wakange ari Tafati, mukunda waSoromoni;

¹²Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

¹²naBhaana mwanakomana waAhirudhi, paTaanaki neMegidho, nenyika yose yeBhetisheani, iri parutivi rweZaretani, pazasi peJezereeri, kubva paBhetisheani kusvikira paAbherimehora seri kweJokimeami;

¹³Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

¹³naBhenigebheri paRamotiGiriyadhi; iye wakange ane misha yaJairi, mwanakomana waManase, yaiva paGiriyadhi; iye wakange ane nyika yeArigobhi, iri paBhashani, maguta makumi matanhatu aiva namasvingo namazariro endarira;

¹⁴Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

¹⁴naAhinadhabhi mwanakomana waIdho, paMahanaimi;

¹⁵Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

¹⁵naAhimaazi paNafitari; iye wakange awanawo Bhasemati mukunda waSoromoni;

¹⁶Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

¹⁶naBhaana mwanakomana waHushai, paAsheri nebhiyaroti;

¹⁷Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

¹⁷naJosafati mwanakomana waParua, paIsakari;

¹⁸Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

¹⁸naShimei mwanakomana waEra, paBhenjamini;

¹⁹Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.

¹⁹naGebheri mwanakomana waUri, waiva panyika yeGiriyadhi, nyika yaSihoni, mambo wavana vaAmori neyaOgi, mambo weBashani; iye wakange ari mutariri mumwe woga panyika iyo.

²⁰Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

²⁰VaJudha navalsiraeri vakanga vari vazhinji, vakanga vakawanda sejecha pagungwa, vakadya, vakamwa, vakafara.

²¹Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

²¹Zvino Soromoni wakabata ushe hwose, kubva paRwizi kusvikira kunyika yavaFirisitia, nokusvikira kumuganhu weEgipita; vanhu vakauya nezvipo, vakashumira Soromoni mazuva ose oupenyu hwake.

²²Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

²²Zvokudya zvaSoromoni zvezuva rimwe zvaiva zviyero zvina makumi matatu zvoupfu hwakatsetseka nezviyero zvina makumi matanhatu zvoupfu;

²³ten head of fat cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.

²³nenzombe dzina makumi maviri dzokumafuro, namakwai ane zana, nenondo, nemhara, nemhembwe, neshiri dzakakodzwa.

²⁴For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.

²⁴nekuti wakabata ushe panyika yose nechokuno koRwizi, kubva paTifisa kusvikira paGaza, namadzimambo ose aiva nechokuno koRwizi; akava norugare kunhivi dzose dzakanga dzakamupoteredza.

²⁵Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

²⁵VaJudha navaIsiraeri vakanga vagere zvakanaka, mumwe nomumwe pasi pomuzambiringa wake napasi pomuwonde wake, kubva paDhani kusvikira paBheerishebha, mazuva ose aSoromoni.

²⁶Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

²⁶Soromoni wakange ane zvidyiro zvine zviuru zvina makumi mana zvamabhiza engoro dzake, navatasvi vane zviuru zvine gumi nezviviri.

²⁷Those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon’s table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.

²⁷Vatariri ava vaitsvakira mambo Soromoni zvokudya, navose vaidya patafura yamambo Soromoni, mumwe nomumwe nomwedzi wake; havana kushaisa chinhu chimwe.

²⁸Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.

²⁸Nebhari nouswa hwamabhiza namabhiza aimhanyisa vakauya nazvo panzvimbo yazvaifanira kuva, mumwe nomumwe sezvaakanga arairwa.

²⁹God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

²⁹Mwari akapa Soromoni kungwara nokunzwisisa kukuru, nomoyo wakaziva zvakanaka, zvakafanana nejecha riri pamahombekombe egungwa.

³⁰Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

³⁰Kungwara kwaSoromoni kwakapfuura kungwara kwavana vamabvazuva, nokungwara kose kwavaEgipita.

³¹For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.

³¹Nekuti wakapfuura vanhu vose nokungwara; wakakunda Etani muEzirahi, naHemani, naKarikori, naDharidha, vana vaMahori; mukurumbira wake ukasvika kundudzi dzose dzakanga dzakavapoteredza.

³²He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.

³²Wakataurawo shumo dzine zviuru zvitatu, uye nziyo dzake dzakasvika chiuru chimwe neshanu.

³³He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.

³³Akataura zvemiti, kubva pamisidhari iri paRebhanoni kusvikira pamuhisopi unomera parusvingo; akataurawo zvemhuka, neshiri, nezvinokambaira, nehove.

³⁴There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

³⁴Vanhu vamarudzi ose vakauya kuzonzwa kungwara kwaSoromoni, vakabva kumadzimambo ose enyika, vakanga vanzwa zvokungwara kwake.