1 Kings 4
1 Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
Solomoon Mootichis akkasiin Israaʼel hunda bulche.
2 and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
Jarri kunneenis qondaaltota isaa ol aantota turan: Azaariyaa ilmi Zaadoq luba ture;
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.
Eliihoorefii fi Ahiiyaan, ilmaan Shiishaaʼaa barreessitoota turan; Yehooshaafaax ilmi Ahiiluud galmeessaa ture;
4 Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
Benaayaa ilmi Yehooyaadaa ajajaa loltootaa ol aanaa ture; Zaadoqii fi Abiyaataar immoo luboota turan;
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.
Azaariyaa ilmi Naataan itti gaafatamaa bulchitoota aanaalee biyyaa ture; Zaabuud ilmi Naataan lubaa fi gorsituu mootichaa kan dhuunfaa ture;
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].
Ahiishaar, itti gaafatamaa masaraa mootummaa ture; Adooniiraam ilmi Abdaa itti gaafatamaa warra hojii humnaa hojjetanii ture.
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.
Solomoonis Israaʼel hunda irratti bulchitoota aanaalee kudha lama kanneen mootichaa fi warra mana mootichaa jiraataniif nyaata dhiʼeessan qaba ture. Tokkoon tokkoon isaaniis waggaa keessatti jiʼa tokko tokko nyaata dhiʼeessu ture.
8 Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
Maqaan isaaniis kanaa dha: Ben-Huur, biyya gaaraa Efreemitti;
9 Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
Ben-Deqeer Maqaazitti, Shaʼalbiimitti, Beet Shemeshittii fi Eeloon Beet Haanaanitti;
10 Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
Ben-Heseed Aruboot keessaa, Sookootii fi biyyi Heefer guutuun kan isaa ture;
11 Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
Ben-Abiinaadaab, Naafoot Dooritti Xaafati intala Solomoon fuudhee ture;
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];
Baʼanaan ilma Ahiiluud, biyya Taʼanaakii fi Megidootti akkasumas Beet Sheʼaan Zaaretaanitti aanee Yizriʼeel gad jiru guutuutti, Beet Sheʼaanii jalqabee hamma Yoqemiʼaam ishee Abeel Mehoolaa gamatti;
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-Geeber Raamoot Giliʼaad keessatti qubatawwan Yaaʼiir ilma Minaasee kanneen Giliʼaad keessaa, akkasumas biyyi Argobbi kan Baashaan keessatti argamuu fi magaalaawwan gurguddaan dallaan itti ijaaramee danqaraawwan balbalaa kanneen naasii irraa hojjetaman qaban jaatamni kan isaa turan.
14 Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
Ahiinaadaab ilma Iddoo, Mahanayiim keessatti;
15 Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
Ahiimaʼaz, Niftaalemitti; innis Baasmati intala Solomoon fuudhee ture;
16 Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
Baʼanaan ilmi Huushaayi, Aasheerii fi Baʼaalooti keessatti;
17 Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
Yehooshaafaax ilmi Faaruuwaa, Yisaakor keessatti;
18 Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
Shimeʼiin ilmi Eelaa, Beniyaam keessatti,
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.
Geber ilmi Uuri biyya Giliʼaad jechuunis biyya Sihoon mooticha Amoorotaatii fi biyya Oogi mooticha Baashaan keessatti; isa qofatu biyya sana bulchaa ture.
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.
Namoonni Yihuudaatii fi Israaʼel akkuma cirracha qarqara galaanaa baayʼee turan; isaanis nyaatanii dhuganii gammadan.
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.
Solomoonis mootummoota Laga Efraaxiisii hamma biyya Filisxeemotaatti, hamma daarii Gibxitti jiran hunda bulchaa ture. Biyyoonni kunneenis gibira isaaf fidanii bara jireenya isaa guutuu Solomooniif bulan.
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,
Nyaanni guyyuma guyyaatti Solomooniif galu daakuu qulqulluu Koorii soddoma, midhaan koorii jaatama,
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.
sangoota coccoomoo kudhan, loon kaloo dheedan digdama, hoolotaa fi reʼoota dhibba tokko, akkasumas borofa, kuruphee, gadamsaa fi indaanqoo dha.
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.
Inni mootummoota Laga Efraaxiisiin gama dhiʼa biiftuu jiran hunda, Tifsaadhaa hamma Gaazaatti bulchaa tureetii; karaa hundaanis nagaa qaba ture.
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.
Bara Solomoon keessa Yihuudaa fi Israaʼel Daanii jalqabanii hamma Bersheebaatti nagaan jiraatan; tokkoon tokkoon namaas muka wayiniitii fi muka harbuu ofii isaa jala boqote.
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).
Solomoonis gola fardeen gaarii harkisan keessa bulan kuma afurii fi fardeen kuma kudha lama qaba ture.
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.
Bulchitoonni aanaalee sunis yeroo jiʼi isaanii gaʼutti tokkoon tokkoon isaanii mootichaa fi warra maaddii Solomoon mootichaa irraa nyaatan hundaaf nyaata dhiʼeessu ture. Akka wanni tokko iyyuu hin hanqanneefis ni toʼatu turan.
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.
Akkasumas fardeen gaarii harkisanii fi fardeen kaaniif iddoo barbaadameefitti garbuu fi cidii dhiʼeessu turan.
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].
Waaqnis ogummaa fi hubannaa guddaa akkasumas garaa balʼaa akka cirracha qarqara galaanaa Solomooniif kenne.
30 He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
Ogummaan Solomoon ogummaa namoota baʼa biiftuu jiraatanii hunda caala; ogummaa Gibxi hundas ni caala.
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.
Inni nama kam iyyuu caalaa ogeessa; Eetaan namicha gosa Izraahi sana caalaa, Heemaan, Kalqoolii fi Dardaa ilmaan Maahool caalaa ogeessa. Maqaan isaas saboota naannoo sana jiraatan hunda biratti beekame.
32 He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
Inni fakkeenya kuma sadii dubbate; baayʼinni faarfannaa isaas kuma tokkoo fi shan ture.
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.
Inni birbirsa Libaanoon jalqabee hamma hiisophii dallaa irratti guddatuutti jireenya biqiltuuwwanii ibse. Waaʼee bineensotaatii fi waaʼee simbirroo, waaʼee uumamawwan lafa irra looʼaniitii fi waaʼee qurxummii illee dubbateera.
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].
Namoonni biyyoota hundaa ogummaa Solomoon dhagaʼuuf mootota addunyaa kanneen waaʼee ogummaa isaa dhagaʼan hunda biraa dhufaa turan.
