列王紀上 4
1 [撒羅滿的朝臣]撒羅滿王作王統治全以色列。
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 以下是他所有的官吏﹕匝多克的兒子阿匝黎雅作大司祭，
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 史沙的兩個兒子厄里曷勒夫和阿希雅作書記，阿希路得的兒子約沙特作御史，
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 約雅達的兒子貝納雅統率軍隊，【匝多克和厄貝雅塔爾為司祭，】
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 納堂的兒子阿匝黎雅為太守之長，納堂的兒子匝步得為君王的朋友，
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 阿希沙爾為家宰，阿貝達的兒子阿多尼蘭管理苦役。十二太守
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 撒羅滿另立了十二太守管理全以色列，供應君王和王室的食糧；一年之中每人供應一個月。
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 他們的名字如下﹕胡爾的兒子.....管理厄弗辣因山地；
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 德刻爾的兒子...管理瑪卡茲、沙耳賓、貝特舍默士、阿雅隆及貝特哈南；
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 赫達布的兒子...管理阿魯波特、索苛及赫斐爾全地；
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 阿彼納達布的兒子...管理多爾全境，他娶了撒落滿的女兒塔法特為妻；
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 阿希路得的兒子巴阿納，管理塔納客、默基多直到約刻默罕外，以及位於依次勒耳下邊的全貝特商，曾貝特商直到靠近匝爾堂的阿貝耳默曷拉；
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 革貝爾的兒子...管理辣摩特基肋阿得，和在基肋阿得地的默納協的兒子雅依爾的鄉村；在巴商阿爾哥布地，所有的六十座設有城牆和銅閂的大城市，也歸他管理；
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 依多的兒子阿希納達布管理瑪哈納殷；
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 阿希瑪茲管理納斐塔里，他也娶了撒羅滿的女兒巴色瑪特為妻；
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 胡瑟的兒子巴阿納管理阿協爾和則步隆；
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 帕魯亞的兒童約沙特管理依撒加爾；
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 厄拉的兒子史米管理本雅明；
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 烏黎的兒子革貝爾管理加得，即昔日屬阿摩黎王息紅和巴商王敖格的地區。猶大地區另派太守管理。
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 當時猶大和以色列人數，像海邊的沙粒那麼多；他們有吃有喝，非常快樂。
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 [撒羅滿的富貴]由大河直至培肋舍特人地和埃及邊界諸王國，都在撒羅滿統治下；撒羅滿一生歲月中，這些王國都向他進貢，表示臣服。
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 撒羅滿每月所用的食品﹕細麵十「苛爾，」粗麵六十「苛爾；」
[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 肥牛十隻，牧放的牛二十隻，羊一百隻；此外還有鹿、羚羊、麃子和肥禽。
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 因為他統治大河西岸全境，從提斐撒到迦薩，大河西岸諸王都屬他權下，於是四鄰邊境都相安無事。
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 撒羅滿一生歲月中，從丹到貝爾舍巴的猶大和以色列人，都各安居在自己的葡萄樹和無花果樹下。
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 撒羅滿有四千廄套車的馬，並有一萬二千匹坐騎。
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 那些太守每人各按自己的月份，供應撒羅滿王和所有赴撒羅滿王宴席的人，而一無所缺。
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 每人各按所受的命令，將飼養戰馬及駿馬的大麥和草料，送到所指定的地方。撒羅滿的智慧
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 天主賜給了撒羅滿絕大的智慧和聰明，心胸寬大，有如海邊的沙灘。
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 撒羅滿的智慧超過所有東方人和埃及人的一切智慧。
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 他比所有的人更有智慧﹕比則辣黑人厄堂，比瑪曷耳的兒子赫曼、加耳苛耳和達爾達都更有智慧﹔他的聲譽傳遍周圍列國。
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 他說過三千句箴言，作的詩歌有一千五百首。
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 他講論過草木，從黎巴嫩山上長的香柏，到牆上寄生的牛膝草﹔也講論過走獸和飛禽，爬蟲和魚類。
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 為此，萬民和各國的君王，凡聽說撒羅滿智慧的，都來聽他的智慧。準備建築聖殿
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].
