1 Tuʻi 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Ko ia naʻe pule ai ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone ki ʻIsileli kātoa.
1So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2Pea ko eni ia ʻae houʻeiki naʻe ʻiate ia; ko ʻAsalia ko e foha ʻo Satoki ko e taulaʻeiki.
2And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3Mo Iliolefi mo ʻAhia, ko e ongo foha ʻo Sisa, ko e ongo tangata tohi; mo Sihosafate ko e foha ʻo ʻAhilute, ko e tangata tohi meʻa ia.
3Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4Pea ko Penaia ko e foha ʻo Sehoiata naʻe pule ki he kautau: pea ko Satoki mo ʻApaiata ko e ongo taulaʻeiki:
4And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
5Pea ko ʻAsalia ko e foha ʻo Netane naʻe pule ia ki he kau matāpule: pea ko Saputi ko e foha ʻo Netane ko e matāpule lahi ia, pea ko e kāinga ia ʻoe tuʻi:
5And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
6Pea naʻe pule ʻa ʻAhisali ki he kakai ʻoe fale: pea naʻe pule ʻa ʻAtonilami ko e foha ʻo ʻApita ki he tukuhau.
6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
7¶ Pea naʻe ʻia Solomone ʻae kau matāpule ʻe toko hongofulu ma ua, naʻe puleʻi ʻa ʻIsileli kātoa, ke tokonaki ʻae meʻakai maʻae tuʻi pea mo hono kau nofoʻanga; naʻe tokonaki ʻi he taʻu ʻe he tangata taki taha ʻi hono māhina.
7¶ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
8Pea ko honau hingoa eni: Ko e foha ʻo Uli, mei he moʻunga ʻo ʻIfalemi:
8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
9Ko e foha ʻo Tekeli, ʻi Makasi, pea ʻi Sealipimi, mo Pete-Semesi, mo ʻEloni-Pete-Hanani:
9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
10Ko e foha ʻo Hesiti, ʻi ʻAlupoti; naʻe ʻaʻana ʻa Soko, pea mo e fonua kotoa pē ʻo Hefeli:
10The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
11Ko e foha ʻo ʻApinatapi, ʻi he fonua kotoa pē ʻo Toa; ko ia ia naʻe maʻu ʻa Tafati ko e ʻofefine ʻo Solomone ko hono uaifi:
11The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
12Ko Paʻana ko e foha ʻo ʻAhilute; naʻe ʻoʻona ʻa Tenaki, mo Mekito, mo Pete-Seani kātoa, ʻaia ʻoku ofi ki Salitana ki lalo ʻi Sesilili, mei Pete-Seani ki ʻEpeli-Mihola, ʻo aʻu ki he potu ki kō atu ʻi Sokiniami.
12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
13Ko e foha ʻo Kepa, ʻi Lemoti-Kiliati: naʻe ʻoʻona ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻo Saili ko e foha ʻo Manase, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Kiliati; naʻe ʻoʻona foki ʻae fonua ʻo ʻAlikopo, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Pesani, ko e kolo lahi ʻe tolungofulu kuo ʻāʻi, pea matapā ʻaki ʻae palasa:
13The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
14Ko ʻAhinatapi ko e foha ʻo Ito, naʻe ʻaʻana ʻa Mehanemi:
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
15Ko ʻAhimasi naʻe ʻi Nafitali; naʻe maʻu foki ʻe ia ʻa Pasimati ko e ʻofefine ʻo Solomone ko hono uaifi:
15Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16Ko Peana ko e foha ʻo Husai, naʻe ʻi ʻAseli pea mo ʻAloti:
16Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
17Ko Sihosafate ko e foha ʻo Palua, naʻe ʻi ʻIsaka:
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
18Ko Simi ko e foha ʻo Ila, naʻe ʻi Penisimani.
18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19Ko Kepa ko e foha ʻo Uli, naʻe ʻi he fonua ʻo Kiliati, mo e fonua ʻo Sihoni ko e tuʻi ʻoe kakai ʻAmoli, pea mo Oki ko e tuʻi ʻo Pesani; pea ko e matāpule tokotaha pe ia ʻi he fonua.
19Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
20¶ Pea naʻe fuʻu tokolahi ʻa Siuta mo ʻIsileli, ʻo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻi he matātahi ʻa honau tokolahi, ʻi he kai, mo e inu, pea mo e fai fakafiefia.
20¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
21Pea naʻe pule ʻa Solomone ki he puleʻanga kotoa pē mei he vaitafe ʻo aʻu atu ki he fonua ʻoe kakai Filisitia, pea ʻe aʻu ki he ngataʻanga ʻo ʻIsipite: naʻa nau ʻomi koloa, ʻo tukuhau kia Solomone lolotonga ʻae ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo ʻene moʻui.
21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22¶ Pea ko e meʻakai ʻa Solomone ki he ʻaho pe taha, ko e fuaʻanga ʻe tolungofulu ʻoe mahoaʻa lelei, mo e fuaʻanga ʻe onongofulu ʻoe mahoaʻa ʻe taha,
22¶ And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
23Ko e fanga pulu sino ʻe hongofulu, mo e fanga pulu ʻe uofulu mei he potu mohukuʻia, mo e fanga sipi ʻe teau, ka ʻoku lau kehe ʻae fanga haʻate mo e fanga ʻanitelope, mo e fanga tia, mo e fanga manupuna naʻe fafangaʻi ke ngako.
23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24He naʻe aʻu atu ʻa ʻene pule ki he potu kotoa pē ʻi he kauvaitafe ki heni, mei Tifisa ʻo ʻalu atu ki Kesa, ki he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻi he kauvai ki heni ʻoe vaitafe: pea naʻe melino pe ia ʻi he potu fulipē naʻe takatakai ʻiate ia.
24For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
25Pea naʻe nofo taʻemanavahē ʻa Siuta mo ʻIsileli, taki taha ʻae tangata ʻi hono lalo vaine mo e lolo fiki ʻoʻona, mei Tani ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa, ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo Solomone.
25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26¶ Pea naʻe maʻu ʻe Solomone ʻae potu tuʻuʻanga ʻe fā mano ki he fanga hoosi ʻo ʻene ngaahi saliote, pea mo e kau heka hoosi ʻe tokotaha mano ma toko ua afe.
26¶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27Pea naʻe tokonaki ʻe he kau matāpule ko ia ʻae meʻakai mā ʻae tuʻi ko Solomone, pea maʻanautolu kotoa pē naʻe haʻu ki he keinangaʻanga ʻa Solomone, ko e tangata taki taha ʻi hono māhina: naʻe ʻikai te nau masiva ʻi ha meʻa.
27And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
28Naʻa nau ʻomi foki, ʻe he tangata taki taha ʻo hangē ko ʻene ngāue ʻaʻana, ʻae paʻale mo e kauʻi koane maʻae fanga hoosi mo e fanga manu veʻevave, ki he potu naʻe ʻi ai ʻae kau matāpule.
28Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
29¶ Pea naʻe foaki ʻe he ʻOtua kia Solomone ʻae poto lahi ʻaupito mo e loto faʻa fakakaukau, mo e loto fuʻu lahi, ʻo hangē ko e ʻoneʻone ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he matātahi.
29¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
30Pea naʻe lahi hake ʻae poto ʻa Solomone ʻi he poto ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fonua fakahahake, mo e poto kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsipite.
30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31He naʻe poto lahi hake ia ʻi he kakai kotoa pē; ʻo lahi hake ʻia Etani ko e tangata Esalai, mo Hemani, mo Kalikoli, mo Talita, ko e ngaahi foha ʻo Maholi: pea naʻe aʻu atu ʻa ʻene ongoongolelei ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē naʻe tuʻu takatakai ai.
31For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
32Pea naʻa ne lea ʻaki ʻae lea fakatātā ʻe tolu afe: pea naʻe taha afe ma nima ʻa ʻene hiva.
32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
33Pea naʻa ne fakamatala ʻae ngaahi ʻakau, mei he ʻakau ko e sita ʻoku ʻi Lepanoni ʻo aʻu hifo ki he ʻisope ʻoku tupu mai mei he funga ʻoe ʻā: naʻa ne lea foki ki he ngaahi fanga manu, mo e fanga manupuna, mo e meʻa ʻoku totolo, pea mo e ngaahi ika.
33And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
34Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae niʻihi mei he kakai kotoa pē ke fanongo ki he poto ʻa Solomone, mei he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo māmani, ʻaia naʻe fanongo ki heʻene poto.
34And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
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