列王纪上 4
1 所罗门作以色列众人的王。
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 他的臣子记在下面：撒督的儿子亚撒利雅作祭司，
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 示沙的两个儿子以利何烈、亚希亚作书记，亚希律的儿子约沙法作史官，
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 耶何耶大的儿子比拿雅作元帅，撒督和亚比亚他作祭司长，
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 拿单的儿子亚撒利雅作众吏长，王的朋友拿单的儿子撒布得作领袖，
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 亚希煞作家宰，亚比大的儿子亚多尼兰掌管服苦的人。
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 所罗门在以色列全地立了十二个官吏，使他们供给王和王家的食物，每年各人供给一月。
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 他们的名字记在下面：在以法莲山地有便·户珥；
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 在玛迦斯、沙宾、伯·示麦、以伦·伯·哈南有便·底甲；
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 在亚鲁泊有便·希悉，他管理梭哥和希弗全地；
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 在多珥山冈有便·亚比拿达，他娶了所罗门的女儿她法为妻；
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 在他纳和米吉多，并靠近撒拉他拿、耶斯列下边的伯·善全地，从伯·善到亚伯·米何拉直到约念之外，有亚希律的儿子巴拿；
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 在基列的拉末有便·基别，他管理在基列的玛拿西子孙睚珥的城邑，巴珊的亚珥歌伯地的大城六十座，都有城墙和铜闩；
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 在玛哈念有易多的儿子亚希拿达；
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 在拿弗他利有亚希玛斯，他也娶了所罗门的一个女儿巴实抹为妻；
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 在亚设和亚禄有户筛的儿子巴拿；
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 在以萨迦有帕路亚的儿子约沙法；
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 在便雅悯有以拉的儿子示每；
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 在基列地，就是从前属亚摩利王西宏和巴珊王噩之地，有乌利的儿子基别一人管理。
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 犹大人和以色列人如同海边的沙那样多，都吃喝快乐。
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 所罗门统管诸国，从大河到非利士地，直到埃及的边界。所罗门在世的日子，这些国都进贡服事他。
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 所罗门每日所用的食物：细面三十歌珥，粗面六十歌珥，
[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 肥牛十只，草场的牛二十只，羊一百只，还有鹿、羚羊、狍子，并肥禽。
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 所罗门管理大河西边的诸王，以及从提弗萨直到迦萨的全地，四境尽都平安。
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 所罗门在世的日子，从但到别是巴的犹大人和以色列人都在自己的葡萄树下和无花果树下安然居住。
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 所罗门有套车的马四万，还有马兵一万二千。
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 那十二个官吏各按各月供给所罗门王，并一切与他同席之人的食物，一无所缺。
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 众人各按各分，将养马与快马的大麦和干草送到官吏那里。
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 神赐给所罗门极大的智慧聪明和广大的心，如同海沙不可测量。
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 所罗门的智慧超过东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 他的智慧胜过万人，胜过以斯拉人以探，并玛曷的儿子希幔、甲各、达大的智慧。他的名声传扬在四围的列国。
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 他作箴言三千句，诗歌一千零五首。
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 他讲论草木，自黎巴嫩的香柏树直到墙上长的牛膝草，又讲论飞禽走兽、昆虫水族。
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 天下列王听见所罗门的智慧，就都差人来听他的智慧话。
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].
