列王紀上 4
1 所羅門作以色列眾人的王。
And king Solomon is king over all Israel,
2 他的臣子記在下面：撒督的兒子亞撒利雅作祭司，
and these [are] the heads whom he hath: Azariah son of Zadok [is] the priest;
3 示沙的兩個兒子以利何烈、亞希亞作書記，亞希律的兒子約沙法作史官，
Elihoreph and Ahiah sons of Shisha [are] scribes; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer;
4 耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅作元帥，撒督和亞比亞他作祭司長，
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests;
5 拿單的兒子亞撒利雅作眾吏長，王的朋友拿單的兒子撒布得作領袖，
and Azariah son of Nathan [is] over the officers; and Zabud son of Nathan [is] minister, friend of the king;
6 亞希煞作家宰，亞比大的兒子亞多尼蘭掌管服苦的人。
And Ahishar [is] over the household, and Adoniram son of Abda [is] over the tribute.
7 所羅門在以色列全地立了十二個官吏，使他們供給王和王家的食物，每年各人供給一月。
And Solomon hath twelve officers over all Israel, and they have sustained the king and his household — a month in the year is on each one for sustenance;
8 他們的名字記在下面：在以法蓮山地有便‧戶珥；
and these [are] their names: Ben-Hur in the hill-country of Ephraim;
9 在瑪迦斯、沙賓、伯‧示麥、以倫‧伯‧哈南有便‧底甲；
Ben-Dekar in Makaz, and Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan.
10 在亞魯泊有便‧希悉，他管理梭哥和希弗全地；
Ben-Hesed [is] in Aruboth, hath Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;
11 在多珥山岡有便‧亞比拿達，他娶了所羅門的女兒她法為妻；
Ben-Abinadab [hath] all the elevation of Dor, Taphath daughter of Solomon became his wife.
12 在他納和米吉多，並靠近撒拉他拿、耶斯列下邊的伯‧善全地，從伯‧善到亞伯‧米何拉直到約念之外，有亞希律的兒子巴拿；
Baana Ben-Ahilud [hath] Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean, which [is] by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-Shean unto Abel-Meholah, unto beyond Jokneam.
13 在基列的拉末有便‧基別，他管理在基列的瑪拿西子孫睚珥的城邑，巴珊的亞珥歌伯地的大城六十座，都有城牆和銅閂；
Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead, hath the small towns of Jair son of Manasseh, which [are] in Gilead; he hath a portion of Argob that [is] in Bashan, sixty great cities [with] wall and brazen bar.
14 在瑪哈念有易多的兒子亞希拿達；
Ahinadab son of Iddo [hath] Mahanaim.
15 在拿弗他利有亞希瑪斯，他也娶了所羅門的一個女兒巴實抹為妻；
Ahimaaz [is] in Naphtali; he also hath taken Basemath daughter of Solomon for a wife.
16 在亞設和亞祿有戶篩的兒子巴拿；
Baanah Ben-Hushai [is] in Asher, and in Aloth.
17 在以薩迦有帕路亞的兒子約沙法；
Jehoshaphat Ben-Paruah [is] in Issachar.
18 在便雅憫有以拉的兒子示每；
Shimei Ben-Elah [is] in Benjamin.
19 在基列地，就是從前屬亞摩利王西宏和巴珊王噩之地，有烏利的兒子基別一人管理。
Geber Ben-Uri [is] in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king of the Amorite, and of Og king of Bashan: and one officer who [is] in the land.
20 猶大人和以色列人如同海邊的沙那樣多，都吃喝快樂。
Judah and Israel [are] many, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21 所羅門統管諸國，從大河到非利士地，直到埃及的邊界。所羅門在世的日子，這些國都進貢服事他。
And Solomon hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River [to] the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life.
22 所羅門每日所用的食物：細麵三十歌珥，粗麵六十歌珥，
And the provision of Solomon for one day is thirty cors of flour, and sixty cors of meal;
23 肥牛十隻，草場的牛二十隻，羊一百隻，還有鹿、羚羊、誁子，並肥禽。
ten fat oxen, and twenty feeding oxen, and a hundred sheep, apart from hart, and roe, and fallow-deer, and fatted beasts of the stalls,
24 所羅門管理大河西邊的諸王，以及從提弗薩直到迦薩的全地，四境盡都平安。
for he is ruling over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and unto Gaza, over all the kings beyond the river, and he hath peace from all his servants round about.
25 所羅門在世的日子，從但到別是巴的猶大人和以色列人都在自己的葡萄樹下和無花果樹下安然居住。
And Judah dwelleth — and Israel — in confidence, each under his vine, and under his fig-tree, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 所羅門有套車的馬四萬，還有馬兵一萬二千。
And Solomon hath forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 那十二個官吏各按各月供給所羅門王，並一切與他同席之人的食物，一無所缺。
And these officers have sustained king Solomon and every one drawing near unto the table of king Solomon, each [in] his month; they let nothing be lacking.
28 眾人各按各分，將養馬與快馬的大麥和乾草送到官吏那裏。
And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.
29 上帝賜給所羅門極大的智慧聰明和廣大的心，如同海沙不可測量。
And God giveth wisdom to Solomon, and understanding, very much, and breadth of heart, as the sand that [is] on the edge of the sea;
30 所羅門的智慧超過東方人和埃及人的一切智慧。
and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;
31 他的智慧勝過萬人，勝過以斯拉人以探，並瑪曷的兒子希幔、甲各、達大的智慧。他的名聲傳揚在四圍的列國。
and he is wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, sons of Mahol, and his name is in all the nations round about.
32 他作箴言三千句，詩歌一千零五首。
And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs [are] five, and the chief one;
33 他講論草木，自黎巴嫩的香柏樹直到牆上長的牛膝草，又講論飛禽走獸、昆蟲水族。
and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that [is] in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,
34 天下列王聽見所羅門的智慧，就都差人來聽他的智慧話。
and there come out of all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who have heard of his wisdom.
