| 3:4 | Uye saka, he went away to Gibeon, so that he might immolate there; for that was the greatest high place. Solomon offered upon that altar, at Gibeon, one thousand victims as holocausts. |
| 3:5 | Then the Lord appeared to Solomon, through a dream in the night, achiti, “Request whatever you wish, so that I may give it to you.” |
| 3:6 | And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to your servant David, baba vangu, because he walked in your sight in truth and justice, and with an upright heart before you. And you have kept your great mercy for him, and you have given him a son sitting upon his throne, just as it is this day. |
| 3:7 | Saka zvino, O Ishe Mwari, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, baba vangu. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure. |
| 3:8 | And your servant is in the midst of the people that you have chosen, an immense people, who are not able to be numbered or counted because of their multitude. |
| 3:9 | Naizvozvo, give to your servant a teachable heart, so that he may be able to judge your people, and to discern between good and evil. For who will be able to judge this people, your people, who are so many?” |
| 3:10 | And the word was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon had requested this kind of thing. |
| 3:11 | And the Lord said to Solomon: “Since you have requested this word, and you have not asked for many days or for wealth for yourself, nor for the lives of your enemies, but instead you have requested for yourself wisdom in order to discern judgment: |
| 3:12 | tarirai, I have done for you according to your words, and I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so much so that there has been no one like you before you, nor anyone who will rise up after you. |
| 3:13 | But also the things for which you did not ask, ndakupa, namely wealth and glory, so that no one has been like you among the kings in the all days before. |
