2 Chronicles 1
1 David’s son [King] Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful.
Pea naʻe fakamālohi ʻa Solomone ko e foha ʻo Tevita ʻi hono puleʻanga, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova ko hono ʻOtua, ʻo ne fakahikihiki ia ke lahi ʻaupito.
2 [When] David [was king, he had arranged for a new] Sacred Tent [to be] made in Jerusalem. Then David [and the Israeli leaders] had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim [city] to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But [when Solomon became the king, ] the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon [city]. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God [well], had [arranged to be] made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. [One day] Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon [where the Sacred Tent was], and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there.
Pea naʻe toki lea ʻa Solomone ki ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ki he houʻeiki pule ʻoe ngaahi toko afe, mo e ngaahi toko teau, pea ki he kau fakamaau, pea ki he ngaahi pule fonua kotoa pē ʻi ʻIsileli, ko e kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻi he ngaahi tamai.
Pea ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Solomone, mo e fakataha kotoa pē mo ia, ki he potu māʻolunga naʻe ʻi Kipione; he naʻe ʻi ai ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakataha ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻi he toafa ʻe Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova.
Ka kuo ʻomi ʻe Tevita ʻae puha ʻoe fuakava ʻae ʻOtua mei Kesa-Sialimi ki he potu naʻe teuteu ʻe Tevita ki ai: he naʻa ne fokotuʻu ha fale fehikitaki ki ai ʻi Selūsalema.
Pea ko e feilaulauʻanga palasa foki, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Pesalili ko e foha ʻo Uli ko e foha ʻo Hua naʻa ne tuku ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fale fehikitaki ʻo Sihova: pea naʻe kumi ki ai ʻe Solomone pea mo e fakataha.
6 Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar].
Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ki ai ʻa Solomone ki he feilaulauʻanga palasa ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakataha, pea ne ʻatu ai ʻi hono funga ha ngaahi feilaulau tutu ʻe taha afe.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
Pea ʻi he pō ko ia naʻe hā mai ʻa Sihova kia Solomone, mo ne pehē kiate ia, “Kole mai ha meʻa te u foaki kiate koe.”
8 Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Solomone ki he ʻOtua, “Kuo ke fakahā ʻae ʻaloʻofa lahi kia Tevita ko ʻeku tamai, pea kuo ke tuku au ke u fetongi ia ʻi he pule.
9 So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David.
Pea ko eni, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, tuku ke fakapapau ʻae talaʻofa naʻe fai ki heʻeku tamai ko Tevita: he kuo ke tuku au ko e tuʻi ki ha kakai ʻoku lahi ʻo hangē ko e efu ʻoe kelekele.
10 Please enable me to be wise and to know [what I should do], in order that I may rule these people [well], because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours [without your help].”
Foaki mai eni ʻae poto mo e ʻiloʻilo, koeʻuhi ke u faʻa feʻaluʻaki ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai: he ko hai ʻoku faʻa fakamaau ʻa hoʻo kakai lahi ni?”
11 God replied, “[I am pleased with what] you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that [I enable] you [to] be wise and [to] know [what you should do] in order that you may govern [well] my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kia Solomone, “Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻi ho loto ʻae meʻa ni pea kuo ʻikai te ke kole ha koloa, pe ko e maʻu meʻa, pe ko e ongoongo lahi, pe ko e moʻui ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fili, pe te ke kole ke ke moʻui fuoloa: ka kuo ke kole ki he poto mo e ʻiloʻilo maʻau, koeʻuhi ke ke faʻa fakamoʻui ai ʻa hoku kakai, ʻaia kuo u tuku koe ke ke tuʻi ki ai:
12 Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know [what you should do to rule my people well]. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.”
Kuo foaki kiate koe ʻae poto mo e ʻiloʻilo: pea te u foaki kiate koe ʻae koloa mo e maʻu meʻa, mo e ongoongo lahi, kuo teʻeki ke maʻu ʻo lahi pehē ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi kuo ʻi muʻa ange ʻiate koe, pea ʻe ʻikai maʻu ʻo tatau mo ia ʻe ha tokotaha ʻe muimui kiate koe.”
13 Then Solomon [and the people who were with him all] left from being in front of he Sacred Tent [on the hill in Gibeon], and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people.
Pea hili eni naʻe haʻu ʻa Solomone mei he potu māʻolunga naʻe ʻi Kipione ki Selūsalema, mei he ʻao ʻoe fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakataha, pea naʻa ne pule ki ʻIsileli.
14 Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on horses]. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities.
Pea naʻe tānaki ʻe Solomone ʻae ngaahi saliote mo e kau tangata heka hoosi: pea naʻa ne maʻu ʻae saliote ʻe taha afe ma fāngeau, mo e kau heka hoosi ʻe taha mano ma ua afe, pea naʻa ne tuku ʻakinautolu ki he ngaahi kolo tukunga saliote, pea ke nofo mo e tuʻi ʻi Selūsalema.
15 During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and [lumber from] cedar trees were as plentiful as [lumber from] ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe he tuʻi ʻae siliva mo e koula ke hangē ko e maka ʻi Selūsalema, pea naʻa ne maʻu ʻo lahi ʻae ngaahi ʻakau sita ke tatau mo e ngaahi ʻakau sukamino ʻi he potu talalo.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
Pea naʻe ʻomi kia Solomone ʻae fanga hoosi mei ʻIsipite, ʻaia naʻe tānaki: pea naʻe maʻu ʻaia naʻe tānaki ʻe he kau fakatau ʻae tuʻi ʻi he totongi.
17 In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups.
Pea naʻe ʻalu atu mo ʻohake ha saliote mei ʻIsipite ko hono totongi ko e [konga ]siliva ʻe onongeau: pea ko e totongi ki ha hoosi ʻe taha ko e teau ma nimangofulu: pea naʻe pehē ʻenau taufetuku foki ia ki he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻoe kakai Heti pea mo e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Silia.
