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Ka Īnoi a Kīngi Horomona mō te Mātauranga

1 Nā, kua ū a Horomona tama a Rāwiri ki tōna rangatiratanga; i a ia anō a Ihowā, tōna Atua, ā, whakanuia rawatia ana ia e ia.

2 Kātahi a Horomona ka kōrero ki a Īharaira katoa, ki ngā rangatira o ngā mano, o ngā rau, ki ngā kaiwhakawā, ki ngā kāwana katoa o Īharaira katoa, ki ngā upoko hoki o ngā whare o ngā mātua. 3 Heoi, haere ana a Horomona rātou ko te whakaminenga katoa ki te wāhi tiketike i Kipeono; i reira hoki te tapenākara o te whakaminenga a te Atua, i hangā nei e Mohi pononga a te Atua ki te koraha. 4 (Ko te āka ia a te Atua, i mauria mai tērā e Rāwiri i Kiriata Tearimi, ki te wāhi i whakapaia e Rāwiri; kua whakatūria hoki e ia he tēneti mō taua āka ki Hiruhārama.) 5 Ko te āta parāhi anō hoki i hangā e Petarēre tama a Uri, tama a Huru, i reira tērā i mua i te tapenākara o Ihowā; ā, rapua ana he tikanga i reira e Horomona rātou ko te whakaminenga. 6 Nā, haere ana a Horomona ki reira ki te āta parāhi i te aroaro o Ihowā, ki tērā i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, ā, whakaekea ana e ia ki reira kotahi mano ngā tahunga tinana.

7 I taua pō ka puta te Atua ki a Horomona, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Īnoi mai ki ahau ko te aha kia hoatu e ahau ki a koe."

8 Nā, ka mea a Horomona ki te Atua, "Nui atu te aroha i whakaputaina e koe ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri; ā, meinga ana ahau e koe hei kīngi i muri i a ia. 9 Heoi, e Ihowā, e te Atua, whakamanā tāu kupu ki tōku pāpā, ki a Rāwiri; kua meinga nei hoki ahau e koe hei kīngi mō te iwi e rite ana ki te onepū o te whenua te tini. 10 Nā, hōmai ki ahau he ngākau mahara, he mōhio, mō tōku haere atu, haere mai, i te aroaro o tēnei iwi; ko wai hoki hei whakarite mō tēnei iwi nui āu?"

11 Anō rā ko te Atua ki a Horomona, "Nā, i te mea ko tā tōu ngākau tēnei, kīhai hoki koe i tono ki te taonga mōu, ki te rawa, ki te korōria, ki ōu hoariri rānei kia mate, kīhai hoki koe i tono kia maha ōu rā; heoi tāu i tono ai, he ngākau mahara, he mōhio, kia whakarite ai koe mō tāku iwi, kua oti nā koe te mea e ahau hei kīngi mō rātou; 12 tēnei ka hoatu nei ki a koe he ngākau mahara, he mōhio. Ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe he taonga, he rawa, he korōria, kāhore i rite tō ngā kīngi i mua i a koe, e kore anō e rite i muri i a koe."

13 Heoi, ka tae a Horomona i tāna haere ki te wāhi tiketike i Kipeono, i mua i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, ki Hiruhārama, ā, kīngi ana ki a Īharaira.

Te Mana me ngā Rawa a Kingi Horomona

14 Nā, ka huihuia he hāriata e Horomona, he kaieke hōiho; kotahi mano e whā rau ana hāriata, kotahi tekau mā rua mano āna kaieke hōiho, waiho iho e ia ki ngā pā hāriata, ki te kīngi anō ki Hiruhārama. 15 Nā, ka meinga e te kīngi te hiriwa me te kōura o Hiruhārama kia rite ki te kōhatu, i meinga anō e ia ngā hīta kia rite ki te hikamora i te raorao; te tini. 16 Ko ngā hōiho i a Horomona he mea mau ake i Īhipa; i riro rōpū mai i ngā kaihoko a te kīngi, he rōpū me tōna utu. 17 Nā, e ono rau ngā hekere hiriwa i riro mai ai te hāriata, i puta mai ai i Īhipa, kotahi rau e rima tekau i riro ai te hōiho. Ko rātou anō hei kawe hōiho mō ngā kīngi katoa o ngā Hiti, mō ngā kīngi anō o Hīria.

1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2 And Solomon spake unto 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’ houses. 3 So 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 Jehovah had made in the wilderness. 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it. 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before Jehovah, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.

7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead. 9 Now, O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: 12 wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 16 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price. 17 And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.