1 Kings 4
1 Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
Le roi Salomon régna donc sur tout Israël.
2 and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
Et voici quels furent ses fonctionnaires: Azaryahou, fils de Çadok, le pontife:
3 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.
Elihoref et Ahiyya, fils de Chicha, secrétaires; Josaphat, fils d’Ahiloud, archiviste;
4 Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
Benaïahou, fils de Joïada, chef de l’armée; Çadok et Ebiathar, prêtres;
5 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.
Azaryahou, fils de Nathan, surintendant; Zaboud, fils de Nathan; prêtre, conseiller intime du roi;
6 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].
Ahichar, préposé au palais, et Adoniram, fils d’Abda, à l’impôt.
7 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.
Douze intendants représentaient Salomon en Israël, chargés de l’entretien du roi et de sa maison; chacun d’eux remplissait cette charge pendant un mois de l’année.
8 Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
Et voici leurs noms: Ben-Hour, exerçant sa fonction dans la montagne d’Ephraïm;
9 Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
Ben-Déker, à Mâquaç, à Schaalbim, à Bêth-Chémech et à Elôn-bêth-Hanan;
10 Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
Ben-Héced, à Aroubbot, gouvernant Sokho et tout le canton de Hêfer;
11 Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
Ben-Abinadab, ayant toute la région de Dor (il avait épousé Tafat, fille de Salomon);
12 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];
Baana, fils d’Ahiloud, à Taanakh, à Meghiddo, et dans tout Bêth-Cheân, qui est près de Çarethân, au-dessous de Jezreël, depuis Bêth-Cheân jusqu’à la plaine de Mehola et jusqu’au delà de Yokmeâm;
13 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.
Ben-Ghéber, à Ramot-Galaad, avait les bourgs de Jaïr, fils de Manassé, qui sont situés en Galaad; il avait aussi le district d’Argob, dans le Basan, comprenant soixante grandes villes, avec murailles et verrous d’airain;
14 Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
Ahinadab, fils d’Iddo, à Mahanaïm;
15 Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
Ahimaaç, en Nephtali; il avait, lui aussi, épousé une fille de Salomon, Basmat;
16 Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
Baana, fils de Houchaï, en Aser et à Bealot;
17 Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
Josaphat, fils de Parouah, en Issachar;
18 Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
Séméi, fils d’Ela, en Benjamin;
19 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.
Ghéber, fils d’Ouri, au pays de Galaad, territoire de Sihôn, roi des Amorréens, et d’Og, roi du Basan; il y avait un seul intendant pour cette contrée.
20 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.
Juda et Israël étaient nombreux comme les grains de sable de l’Océan; on mangeait, on buvait et on était tout à la joie.
21 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.
Salomon avait autorité sur tous les pays situés entre le Fleuve et le pays des Philistins, jusqu’à la frontière d’Egypte; ils lui apportaient des présents et lui restèrent soumis toute sa vie durant.
22 [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,
L’Entretien de Salomon exigeait chaque jour: trente kôr de fleur de farine et soixante kôr de farine commune;
23 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.
dix bœufs engraissés, vingt de libre pâture et cent pièces de menu bétail, sans compter les cerfs, chevreuils, daims et volailles grasses.
24 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.
Car il commandait à tout le pays en deçà du Fleuve et à tous les rois de cette région, depuis Tifsah jusqu’à Gaza, et était en paix avec tous ses voisins d’alentour.
25 All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
Juda et Israël, pendant toute la vie de Salomon, demeurèrent en sécurité, chacun sous sa vigne et sous son figuier, depuis Dan jusqu’à Bersabée.
26 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses [that pulled] his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots).
Salomon avait quarante mille attelages de chevaux pour ses chars et douze mille chevaux de selle.
27 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.
Les intendants en question, chacun dans son mois, pourvoyaient le roi Salomon et tous ceux qui étaient admis à sa table, sans les laisser manquer de rien.
28 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.
L’Orge et la paille destinées aux chevaux et autres montures, ils les amenaient, chacun selon sa consigne, à l’endroit où se trouvait le roi.
29 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].
Or, Dieu avait donné à Salomon un très haut degré de sagesse et d’intelligence, et une compréhension aussi vaste que le sable qui est au bord de la mer.
30 He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
La sagesse de Salomon était plus grande que celle de tous les Orientaux, plus grande que toute la sagesse des Egyptiens.
31 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.
Plus savant que tout homme, plus qu’Ethan l’Ezrahite, que Hêman, Kalkol et Darda, les fils de Mahol, sa renommée s’étendit chez tous les peuples voisins.
32 He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
Il composa trois mille paraboles, mille cinq poésies;
33 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.
discourut sur les végétaux, depuis le cèdre du Liban jusqu’à l’hysope qui rampe sur la muraille; discourut sur les quadrupèdes, les oiseaux, les reptiles et les poissons.
34 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].
On venait de chez tous les peuples pour se rendre compte de la sagesse de Salomon, de la part de tous les rois de la terre qui avaient entendu parler de sa sagesse.
