1 Matsɛmɛ
9 Benɛ Salomo gbe Yehowa we ɔ kɛ matsɛ we ɔ mami, kɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ Salomo suɔ kaa e maa pee ɔ nya pɛ ɔ, 2 Yehowa je e he kpo kɛ tsɔɔ Salomo si enyɔne kaa bɔ nɛ e je e he kpo kɛ tsɔɔ lɛ ngɛ Gibeon ɔ. 3 Yehowa de lɛ ke: “I nu sɔlemi nɛ o sɔle, kɛ pɛɛ nɛ o kpa ngɛ ye hɛ mi kɛ bi mɔbɔ nami ɔ. I pee we nɛ ɔ nɛ o ma a klɔuklɔu kɛ gu ye biɛ nɛ i kɛ fɔ nɔ kɛ yaa neneene ɔ nɔ, nɛ ye hɛngmɛ kɛ ye tsui maa hi lejɛ ɔ be fɛɛ be. 4 Nɛ moo lɛɛ, ke o kɛ tsui klɔuu kɛ dami nyɛɛ ngɛ ye hɛ mi kaa bɔ nɛ o tsɛ David nyɛɛ ɔ, kɛ gu nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ i fã mo nɛ o maa pee ɔ nɔ, nɛ o ye ye blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ kɛ ye kojomi ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, 5 lɛɛ ma ha nɛ o matsɛ yemi sɛ ɔ maa ma si ngɛ Israel nɔ kɛ ya neneene kaa bɔ nɛ i wo o tsɛ David si ɔ. I de lɛ ke, ‘E be bae kɔkɔɔkɔ kaa be ko maa ba nɛ o nina be Israel matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ hie.’ 6 Se ke o kɛ o binyumu ɔmɛ kpale ngɛ ye se, nɛ nyɛ yi ye kita amɛ kɛ ye blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ nɛ i kɛ fɔ nyɛ hɛ mi ɔ nɔ, nɛ nyɛ ya sɔmɔ mawu kpahi nɛ nyɛ kplã si ha mɛ ɔ, 7 ma po Israel ngɛ zugba nɛ i kɛ ha mɛ ɔ nɔ kɛ fɔ he, nɛ ma je we ɔ nɛ i pee lɛ klɔuklɔu kɛ ha ye biɛ ɔ kɛ je ye hɛ mi, nɛ Israel maa pee he guɛ gbemi nɔ́* kɛ he fɛu yemi nɔ́ ngɛ nihi tsuo a kpɛti. 8 Nɛ we nɛ ɔ maa pee we doku. Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ maa be ngɛ he ɔ maa na, nɛ e nya maa kpɛ e he, nɛ e ma kpa nyagba nɛ e ma bi ke, ‘Mɛni he je nɛ Yehowa pee zugba nɛ ɔ kɛ we nɛ ɔ kikɛ nɛ ɔ?’ 9 Nɛ a ma de ke, ‘Ejakaa a kua Yehowa, a Mawu ɔ, nɔ nɛ e ngɔ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ kɛ ba a, nɛ a ya mɛtɛ mawu kpahi a he, nɛ a kplã si ha mɛ nɛ a sɔmɔ mɛ. Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ Yehowa ngɔ amanehlu nɛ ɔ tsuo kɛ ba a nɔ ɔ nɛ.’”
10 Ngɛ jeha 20 nɛ Salomo kɛ ma we enyɔ ɔmɛ, nɛ ji Yehowa we ɔ kɛ matsɛ we ɔ se ɔ, 11 Hiram nɛ ji Tiro matsɛ ɔ ha Salomo seda tsohi kɛ junipa tsohi kɛ sika tsu abɔ nɛ e ngɛ hlae ɔ, nɛ Matsɛ Salomo ha Hiram mahi 20 ngɛ Galilea zugba a nɔ. 12 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Hiram je Tiro kɛ ya hyɛ mahi nɛ Salomo ha lɛ ɔ, se a mwɔɛ e hɛ. 13 E bi lɛ ke: “Ye nyɛmi, mɛni mahi o ha mi nɛ ɔ?” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a tsɛɛ ma amɛ ke Kabul Zugba* kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ. 14 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi nɔuu ɔ, Hiram tsɔ nɛ a kɛ sika tsu talɛnt* 120 ya ha matsɛ ɔ.
15 Nihi nɛ Matsɛ Salomo nyɛ a nɔ nɛ a tsu ní tsumi kpakpataa kɛ ma Yehowa we ɔ, lɛ nitsɛ e we ɔ,* Milo* ɔ, Yerusalem gbogbo ɔ, Hazor, Megido, kɛ Gezer a, a he sane ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. 16 (Farao nɛ ji Egipt matsɛ ɔ kuɔ kɛ ba, nɛ e ba ngɔ Gezer, nɛ e kɛ la sã ma a, nɛ e gbe Kanaanbi nɛ a ngɛ ma a mi ɔ hulɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e ngɔ ma a kɛ ha e biyo ɔ, nɛ ji Salomo yo ɔ kaa blɔ womi nɔ́.*) 17 Salomo kpale po Gezer, Dɔ Si Je Bet Horon, 18 Baalat kɛ Tamar ngɛ nga a nɔ ngɛ zugba a nɔ, 19 kɛ mahi tsuo nɛ Salomo toɔ ní ngɛ a mi ɔ, ta zugba lɛ ma amɛ, okpɔngɔ nɔ hili a ma amɛ, kɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ Salomo suɔ kaa e maa ma ngɛ Yerusalem, Lebanon, kɛ zugbahi tsuo nɛ e yeɔ a nɔ ɔ. 20 Se Amorbi, Hitbi, Perizbi, Hivbi kɛ Yebusbi ɔmɛ a kpɛti nihi tsuo nɛ piɛ nɛ a pi Israelbi ɔ, 21 a nina nɛ piɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nɛ ji ni nɛmɛ nɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ nyɛ we nɛ a kpata a hɛ mi ɔ, Salomo nyɛ a nɔ nɛ a tsu ní tsumi kpakpataa kaa nyɔguɛhi kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ. 22 Se Salomo pee we Israelbi ɔmɛ a ti nɔ ko nyɔguɛ, ejakaa mɛ ji e tatsɛmɛ, e sɔmɔli, e ma nikɔtɔmahi, asafoatsɛmɛ, kɛ e zugba lɛ hɛɛli kɛ e we okpɔngɔ nɔ hili a nya dali. 23 Nɔ hyɛli a nya dali 550 ngɛ nɛ a hyɛɛ Salomo ní tsumi ɔ nɔ, mɛ ji hɛ mi nyɛɛli nɛ a hyɛɛ ní tsuli ɔmɛ a nɔ.
24 Farao biyo ɔ kuɔ kɛ je David Ma a mi kɛ ba lɛ nitsɛ e we nɛ Salomo ma ha lɛ ɔ mi; lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Salomo ma Milo* ɔ.
25 Salomo sãã sami afɔlehi kɛ tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi ngɛ afɔle sami latɛ nɛ e ma kɛ ha Yehowa a nɔ si etɛ ngɛ jeha mi, jehanɛ hu ɔ, e haa nɛ afɔle sami lasuku jeɔ ngɛ afɔle sami latɛ nɛ ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi ɔ nɔ, nɛ e gbe we ɔ mami nya.
26 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, Matsɛ Salomo pee melehi fuu ngɛ Eziongeber, ngɛ Elat kasa nya ngɛ Wo Tsu ɔ nya, ngɛ Edom zugba a nɔ. 27 Hiram pɔɔ lɛ nitsɛ e sɔmɔli, nɛ ji wo nɔ ní tsuli nɛ a he be ɔ tsɔmi kɛ mele ɔmɛ konɛ a ya piɛɛ Salomo sɔmɔli ɔmɛ a he kɛ tsu ní. 28 A yaa Ofir, nɛ a ya ngɔɔ sika tsu talɛnt 420 kɛ jeɔ lejɛ ɔ kɛ ba haa Matsɛ Salomo.