¹King Solomon was king over all Israel.

¹ Bonkoono Suleymanu goono ga te bonkooni Israyla kulu boŋ.

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

² A goy-teeri beerey neeya: Zadok izo Azariya ga ti alfaga*.

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

³ Sisa izey Elihoref da Ahiya, sanni hantumkoy no. Ahilud izo Yehosafat no ga baaru hantum.

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

⁴ Yehoyda ize Benaya, nga mo go wongu marga boŋ. Zadok da Abiyatar, ngey wo alfagayaŋ no.

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

⁵ Natan izo Azariya, nga mo go laabu koy kayney boŋ. Natan izo Zabud, alfaga no da bonkoono coro.

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

⁶ Ahisar mo go bonkoono almayaaley boŋ. Abda izo Adoniram mo go doole izey sanni boŋ.

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.

⁷ Suleymanu gonda laabukoy kayna way cindi hinka Israyla kulu boŋ, kaŋ yaŋ ga bonkoono d'a windo ŋwaaro soola. I ra afo kulu goy neeya a ma soolayaŋ te handu fo jiiro ra.

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

⁸ I maayey neeya: Ben Hur, Ifraymu tondey laabo ra wane.

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

⁹ Ben-Deker go Makaz, da Saalabbin da Bayt-Semes, da Elon-Bayt-Hanan ra.

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

¹⁰ Ben-Hesed go Arubot ra. (Nga no ka bara nda Soko nda Hefer laabo kulu.)

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

¹¹ Ben-Abinadab go Dor tudey kulu ra, (a wande ga ti Suleymanu ize way Tafat.)

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;

¹² Baana, Alihud izo go Taanak da Mejiddo ra, da Bayt-Seyan kulu kaŋ go Zaretan tanjay, Yezreyel cire, za Bayt-Seyan gaa kal a ma koy Abel-Mehola, ka koy hala Yokmeyam jine.

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);

¹³ Ben-Geber mo go Ramot-Jileyad ra. (Nga no ka bara nda Manasse ize Yayir kwaarey, kaŋ yaŋ go Jileyad ra, hala nda Argob laabo mo kaŋ go Basan ra, a wane no. Kwaara beeriyaŋ nooya, ngey boro waydu kaŋ yaŋ i kulu gonda cinari nda guuru-say karangaleyaŋ.)

¹⁴Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

¹⁴ Iddo izo Ahinadab go Mahanayim ra.

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

¹⁵ Ahimaz go Naftali kunda ra. (Nga mo na Suleymanu ize way Basematu sambu ka te nga wande.)

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

¹⁶ Baana Husay izo go Aser kunda nda Beyalot ra.

¹⁷Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

¹⁷ Faruwa izo Yehosafat go Isakar kunda ra.

¹⁸Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

¹⁸ Ela izo Simey go Benyamin kunda ra.

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.

¹⁹ Uri izo Geber go Jileyad laabo ra. Amorancey bonkoono Sihon laabu no waato, da Basan bonkoono Og wano mo. Nga hinne no ga ti laabukoy kayna laabo din ra.

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

²⁰ Yahuda nda Israyla ga baa sanda teeku me gaa taasi cine, baayaŋ se. I go ga ŋwa ka haŋ ka maa kaani.

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.

²¹ Suleymanu go ga may za isa beero gaa kal a ma koy hala Filistancey laabo gaa, ka koy koyne Misira hirro gaa. Laabey din borey kande jangal, i goono ga may Suleymanu se mo a fundo jirbey me-a-me ra.

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

²² Suleymanu windo zaari fo ŋwaari alkama hamni gumbutu waranza no, da sayir* hamni gumbutu waydu.

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.

²³ Haw kaŋ i kuru farro ra mo, iway. Haw kaŋ i kuru saajo ra mo waranka, da feeji zangu, kaŋ waana ganji hamey: jeeriyaŋ da ŋweyaŋ da curoyaŋ.

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.

²⁴ Zama a ga may nangu kulu isa beero se ne-haray, za Tifsa kal a ma koy Gaza, da isa beero se ne-haray bonkooney kulu boŋ. A na laakal kanay goray te nga nda nangey kulu kaŋ yaŋ g'a windi.

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.

²⁵ Yahuda nda Israyla goro baani samay. Boro fo kulu goro nga reyzin* nya do, da nga jeejay* nya cire, za Dan gaa kal a ma koy Beyer-Seba, Suleymanu jirbey kulu ra.

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

²⁶ Suleymanu gonda bari kangay zambar waytaaci nga torkey bariyey se. A gonda mo bari-kari zambar way cindi hinka.

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.

²⁷ Laabukoy kayney din binde na ŋwaari margu Bonkoono Suleymanu se, da borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga kaa Bonkoono Suleymanu do ngey ma ŋwa se, boro fo kulu mo nga hando ra. I mana naŋ i ma jaŋ hay fo kulu.

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.

²⁸ Sayir mo da bari subu bariyey se, da bari kaŋ yaŋ ga zuru nda waasi, i kand'ey nangey kaŋ laabukoy kayney go, boro kulu haŋ kaŋ i n'i lordi din boŋ.

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

²⁹ Irikoy na Suleymanu no bayray da fahamay kaŋ ga baa, da laakal feerante, sanda taasi kaŋ go teeku me gaa cine.

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

³⁰ Suleymanu bayra binde bisa wayna funay haray borey kulu waney, da Misira bayray kulu.

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.

³¹ Zama a bisa borey kulu bayray, a bisa Ezra bora, Etan, da Mahol izey Heman, da Kalkol, da Darda. A maa beera mo go dumi kulu ra kaŋ yaŋ goono g'a windi.

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

³² A na yaasay sanni ize zambar hinza te, a dooney mo zambar fo nda igu no.

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.

³³ A na tuuri-nyaŋey sanni te, za Liban ra sedre* gaa kal a to hissop* gaa kaŋ ga zay cinari gaa. A na almaney da curey mo sanni te, da harey kaŋ gundey ga tuku laabu gaa d'i ga dira, da hamisey.

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

³⁴ Boroyaŋ kaa mo ka fun dumey kulu ra zama ngey ma maa Suleymanu laakalo. Ndunnya bonkooney kulu kaŋ maa a laakalo baaro no k'i donton.