1 Kings 4
1 Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
IL re Salomone adunque fu re sopra tutto Israele.
2 and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
E questi [erano] i principali signori della sua corte: Azaria, figliuolo di Sadoc, [era] Governatore;
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 ed Ahia, figliuoli di Sisa, [erano] Segretari; Iosafat, figliuolo di Ahilud, [era] Cancelliere;
4 Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
Benaia, figliuolo di Ioiada, [era] Capo dell'esercito; e Sadoc ed Ebiatar [erano] Sacerdoti;
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.
ed Azaria, figliuolo di Natan, [era] sopra i commissari; e Zabud, figliuolo di Natan, [era] principale Ufficiale, famigliare del re;
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].
ed Ahizar [era] il gran Maestro di casa; e Adoniram, figliuolo di Abda, [era] sopra i tributi.
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.
Or Salomone avea dodici commissari sopra tutto Israele, i quali provvedevano di vittuaglia il re e la sua casa; ciascuno di essi avea la cura di provvedere di vittuaglia un mese dell'anno.
8 Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
E questi [erano] i nomi loro: Il figliuolo di Ur [era commissario] nel monte di Efraim.
9 Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
Il figliuolo di Decher, in Macas, ed in Saalbim, ed in Bet-semes, ed in Elon, [ed] in Bet-hanan.
10 Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
Il figliuolo di Hesed, in Arubbot; del suo ripartimento [era] Soco, e tutto il paese di Hefer.
11 Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
Il figliuolo di Abinadab, in tutta la contrada di Dor; costui ebbe per moglie Tafat, figliuola di Salomone.
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, figliuolo di Ahilud, in Taanac, ed in Meghiddo, ed in tutta [la contrada di] Bet-sean, che [è] presso di Sartan, disotto ad Izreel, da Bet-sean fino ad Abel-mehola, fin di là da Iocmeam.
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.
Il figliuolo di Gheber, in Ramot di Galaad; del suo ripartimento [erano] le villate di Iair, figliuol di Manasse, che [sono] in Galaad; ed anche la contrada di Argob che [è] in Basan; sessanta gran città murate, con isbarre di rame.
14 Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
Ahinadab, figliuolo d'Iddo, in Mahanaim.
15 Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
Ahimaas, in Neftali; ancora costui prese una figliuola di Salomone, [cioè: ] Basmat, per moglie.
16 Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
Baana, figliuolo di Husai, in Aser, ed in Alot.
17 Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
Iosafat, figliuolo di Parua, in Issacar.
18 Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
Simi, figliuolo di Ela, in Beniamino.
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.
Gheber, figliuolo di Uri, nel paese di Galaad, [che fu] il paese di Sihon, re degli Amorrei, e di Og, re di Basan; [ed era] solo commissario in quel paese.
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.
Giuda ed Israele [erano] in gran numero; [erano] come la rena ch'[è] in sul [lito del] mare, in moltitudine; mangiavano, e beveano, e si rallegravano.
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.
E Salomone signoreggiava sopra tutti i regni di qua dal Fiume, infino al paese de' Filistei, ed infino a' confini di Egitto; essi portavano presenti a Salomone, e furono suoi soggetti tutto il tempo della vita sua.
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,
Ora la provvisione della vittuaglia di Salomone, per ciascun giorno, era di trenta cori di fior di farina, e di sessanta cori d' [altra] farina;
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.
di dieci buoi grassi, e di venti buoi di pasco, e di cento montoni, oltre a' cervi, e cavriuoli, e daini, e pollame di stia.
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.
Perciocchè egli signoreggiava in tutto [il paese] di qua del Fiume, da Tifsa fino in Gaza, sopra tutti i re [ch'erano] di qua dal Fiume; ed avea pace d'intorno a sè da ogni lato.
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.
E Giuda ed Israele dimoravano in sicurtà, ciascuno sotto alla sua vite, e sotto al suo fico, da Dan fino in Beerseba, tutto il tempo di Salomone.
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).
Salomone avea ancora quarantamila luoghi da cavalli per li suoi carri, e [per] dodicimila cavalieri.
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.
E que' commissari, un mese dell'anno per uno, provvedevano di vittuaglia il re Salomone, e tutti quelli che si accostavano alla sua tavola; non lasciavano mancar cosa alcuna.
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.
Facevano eziandio venir l'orzo e la paglia, per i cavalli e per i muli, nel luogo dove erano; ciascuno secondo la sua commissione.
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].
E IDDIO diede sapienza a Salomone, e grandissimo senno, ed un animo capace di tante cose, quant'[è] la rena ch'[è] in sul lito del mare.
30 He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
E la sapienza di Salomone fu maggiore che la sapienza di tutti gli Orientali, e che tutta la sapienza degli Egizi;
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.
talchè egli era più savio che alcun [altro] uomo; più ch'Etan Ezrahita, e che Heman, e che Calcol e che Darda, figliuoli di Mahol; e la sua fama andò per tutte le nazioni d'ogn'intorno.
32 He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
Ed egli pronunziò tremila sentenze; ed i suoi cantici furono in numero di mille e cinque.
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.
Parlò eziandio degli alberi, dal cedro ch'[è] nel Libano, fino all'isopo che nasce nella parete; parlò anche delle bestie, e degli uccelli, e de' rettili, e de' pesci.
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].
E da tutti i popoli, da parte di tutti i re della terra, che aveano udito [parlare] della sapienza di Salomone, si veniva per udire la sua sapienza.
