1 Siangpahrang 4
1 Hahoi, Siangpahrang Solomon teh Isarel taminaw pueng e lathueng vah siangpahrang lah ao.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Hetnaw teh a kut rahim e bawinaw doeh. Zadok capa Azariah teh vaihma lah ao.
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Shisha capa Elihoreph hoi Ahijah teh cakathutkungnaw lah ao roi teh, Ahilud capa Jehoshaphat teh cayin ka kuenkung lah ao.
Shisha’s sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the [official] secretaries. Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the one who announced to the people the king’s decisions.
4 Jehoiada capa Benaiah teh ransanaw kahrawikung lah ao. Zadok hoi Abiathar teh vaihma lah ao roi.
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Nathan capa Azariah teh ram kaukkung bawinaw e lathueng vah bawi lah ao. Nathan capa Zabud teh vaihmanaw hoi siangpahrangnaw e huiko lah ao.
Nathan’s son Azariah was the administrator of the governors. Another of Nathan’s sons, Zabud, was a priest and the king’s chief advisor.
6 Ahishar teh imthungkhu kaukkung lah ao. Abda capa Adoniram teh thaw katawknaw kahrawikung lah ao.
Ahishar supervised the servants who worked in the palace. Abda’s son Adoniram supervised the men who were forced to do work [for the government].
7 Solomon ni Isarel taminaw lathueng kahrawikung 12 touh a tawn. Ahnimanaw ni siangpahrang hoi a imthungnaw canei hanelah kho ouk a khan pouh awh. Tami buet touh ni kum touh dawk thapa yung touh thung canei hanelah kho ouk a khan pouh awh.
Solomon appointed twelve men, one to govern [each of the regions] in Israel. They also were required to provide food for the king and all the others who lived and worked in the palace. Each man was required to provide from his own region the food for one month each year.
8 Ahnimae minnaw teh Ephraim mon dawkvah Benhur,
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Bendeker, Makaz, Shaalbim, Bethshemesh hoi Elonbeth.
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Arubboth vah Benhesed, ahni ni Sokoh hoi Hepher ramnaw pueng hai a pang sin.
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Dor kho ram dawk e monnaw pueng dawk Abinadab capa, ahni ni Solomon canu Taphath hah a yu lah a la.
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Taanakh vah Ahilud capa Baana, Megiddo hoi Jezreel kho totouh, Zarethan kho teng kaawm e Bethshan ramnaw pueng hoi Bethshean hoi Abelmeholahnaw hoi Jokmeam ramri totouh,
Ahilud’s son Baana, for Taanach and Megiddo [towns], and all the region near Zarethan [city], and from Beth-Shan [city] south of Jezreel as far as Abel-Meholah [town] and Jokmeam [city];
13 Ramothgilead vah Bengeber, ahni ni Manasseh capa Jair kho, Gilead ram e kaawm e naw hai a pang sin. Bashan ram e Argob ram kalenpounge kho 60, rapan hoi tarennae rahumnaw pueng hai a pang sin.
Ben-Geber, for Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and for the villages in Gilead that belonged to Jair, who was a descendant of Manasseh, and the Argob area in [the] Bashan [region]. There were 60 large towns in that region altogether, each town with a wall around it and bronze bars across the gates.
14 Mahanaim vah Iddo capa Ahinadab,
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Naphtali vah Ahimaaz, ahni ni Solomon canu Basemath hah yu lah a la.
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Asher hoi Bealoth vah Hushai capa Baana,
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Issakhar vah Paruah capa Jehoshaphat,
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Benjamin vah Ela capa Shimei,
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Gilead ram vah Uri capa Geber, Amor siangpahrang Sihon hoi Bashan siangpahrang Og ram, hote ram dawk ahni dueng doeh ukkung lah kaawm.
Uri’s son Geber, for the Gilead region, the land that Sihon the king of the Amor people-group [formerly ruled], and the Bashan [area], which was the area that Og [formerly ruled]. [In addition to all those], Solomon appointed one governor for the [territory of the] tribe of Judah.
20 Judah taminaw hoi Isarel taminaw teh talî teng e sadi patetlah apap awh teh, kanawm poung lah a canei awh.
There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand [HYP] on the seashore. They [had plenty to] eat and drink and they were happy.
21 Hahoi, Solomon ni palang hoi Filistinnaw ram hoi Izip ramri totouh, e ramnaw pueng dawk lawk a ceng. Tamuknaw a thokhai awh teh, a hring nathung Solomon e thaw a tawk awh.
Solomon’s kingdom extended from the Euphrates [River in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] and to the border of Egypt [in the south]. The [conquered] people in those areas paid taxes and were under Solomon’s control for the rest of his life.
22 Solomon ni hnin touh dawk rawca a pâbaw e teh tavai nuenae 30 touh hoi cakang nuenae 60 touh ( nuenae buet touh teh galon 58 touh).
[To feed the people in his palace and his guests] Solomon needed people to bring to him every day 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of wheat,
23 Kathâw e maitotan 10 touh, kahrawng e maito 20 touh hoi tu 100 touh a pha. Hahoi sakhi, sayuk, hoi sayukhrenaw hoi tavanaw hai a thei.
ten cattle that were kept in stalls/barns, 20 cattle that were kept in pastures, 100 sheep, and (deer and gazelles and roebucks/three kinds of deer), and poultry.
24 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tui namran e ramnaw pueng Tiphsah hoi Gaza totouh, tui namran hoi siangpahrang pueng a uk. A ramnaw pueng dawk roumnae hoi kho a sak awh.
Solomon ruled over all the area west of the Euphrates [River], from Tiphsah [city in the northeast] to Gaza [city in the southwest]. He ruled over all the kings in that area. And there was peace between his [government] and the [governments of] nearby countries.
25 Hahoi, Solomon ni hring nathung Judah tami hoi Isarel taminaw teh, Dan hoi Beersheba totouh taminaw pueng ni mae misur, mae thaibunglung kung, rahim vah lungmawngcalah kho a sak awh.
All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
26 Hahoi Solomon ni rangleng ka sawn e marang 4,000 touh hoi marang kâcuikathoum e tami 12,000 touh a tawn.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses [that pulled] his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots).
27 Kahrawikungnaw ni ma ni kâtarui e thapa dawk Solomon siangpahrang caboi kavennaw hane pueng canei a pouk pouh awh teh, voutthoupnae awm boihoeh.
His twelve governors supplied the food that King Solomon needed for himself and for all those who ate in the palace. Each governor supplied food for one month each year. They provided everything [LIT] that Solomon required.
28 Taminaw pueng ni tawk hanelah ao e patetlah a onae hmuen dawk marang hoi la thakasaipounge saringnaw hanelah cakong hoi cakang ouk a ta pouh awh.
They also brought [stalks of] barley and wheat for the fast horses [that pulled the chariots] and for the [other work] horses. They brought it to the places where the horses were kept.
29 Hottelah Cathut ni Solomon teh lungangnae hoi panuethainae kalenpounge hoi lungsawnae hai a poe.
God enabled Solomon to be extremely wise and to have great insight/understanding. He understood about more things than the number of grains of sand on the seashore [HYP].
30 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Solomon e lungangnae ni Kanîtholae canaw lungangnae naw hoi Izipnaw e lungangnae naw pueng hah koung a tapuet.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Bangkongtetpawiteh, taminaw pueng hlak a lungang. Mahol capanaw, Ezra tami Ethan, Heman, Khalkol hoi Dardanaw hlak hai a lungang. Hat toteh, a tengpam e miphunnaw koe a min teh a kamthang.
Ethan from Ezrah and Heman and Calcol and Darda and the sons of Mahol were [considered to be] very wise, but Solomon was wiser than all of them. People in all the nearby countries heard about Solomon.
32 Cingthuilawk 3000 touh a pha teh, la 1005 touh a pha.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Thing kong dawk hai thoseh, Lebanon mon e Sidar thing hoi rapan teng ka pâw e dingsala totouh a dei. Saring kong hoi sarang kong, tava kong hoi vonpui hoi kâvanaw kong, tanga kong totouh a dei.
He talked about various kinds of plants, from the [huge] cedar trees in Lebanon to the [tiny] hyssop plants that grow in cracks in walls. He also talked about wild animals and birds and reptiles and fish.
34 Solomon lungangnae ka panuek e taminaw pueng ni talai siangpahrangnaw hoi miphun thung dawk hoi a lungangnae lawk thai hanelah ouk a tho awh.
People came from all over the world to hear the wise things that Solomon said. Many kings sent men to listen to him [and then return and tell them what Solomon said].
