1 Kings 4
1 Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
O rei Salomão foi rei sobre todo Israel.
2 and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
Estes eram os príncipes que ele tinha: Azarias, filho de Zadoque, o sacerdote;
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.
Eliorefe e Ahijah, os filhos de Sísha, escribas; Jeosafá, filho de Ailude, o gravador;
4 Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
Benaia, filho de Jehoiada, estava sobre o exército; Zadoque e Abiatar eram sacerdotes;
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.
Azarias, filho de Natan, sobre os oficiais; Zabud, filho de Natan, era ministro chefe, amigo do rei;
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].
Ahishar, sobre a casa; e Adoniram, filho de Abda, sobre os homens sujeitos a trabalhos forçados.
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.
Salomão tinha doze oficiais em todo Israel, que forneciam alimentos para o rei e sua casa. Cada homem tinha que fazer provisões durante um mês do ano.
8 Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
Estes são seus nomes: Ben Hur, na região montanhosa de Efraim;
9 Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
Ben Deker, em Makaz, em Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh e Elon Beth Hanan;
10 Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
Ben Hesed, em Arubboth (Socoh e toda a terra de Hepher lhe pertenciam);
11 Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
Ben Abinadab, em toda a altura de Dor (ele tinha Taphath, a filha de Salomão, como esposa);
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, filho de Ahilud, em Taanach e Megiddo, e toda Beth Shean que está ao lado de Zarethan, abaixo de Jezreel, de Beth Shean a Abel Meholah, até mais além de Jokmeam;
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 Geber, em Ramoth Gilead (as cidades de Jair, filho de Manasseh, que estão em Gilead, pertenciam a ele; e a região de Argob, que está em Bashan, sessenta grandes cidades com muros e barras de bronze, lhe pertenciam);
14 Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
Ahinadab, filho de Iddo, em Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
Ahimaaz, em Naftali (também tomou Basemath, filha de Salomão, como esposa);
16 Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
Baana, filho de Hushai, em Asher e Bealoth;
17 Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
Jehoshaphat o filho de Paruah, em Issachar;
18 Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
Shimei o filho de Ela, em 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.
Geber o filho de Uri, na terra de Gilead, o país de Sihon rei dos amorreus e de Og rei de Basã; e ele era o único oficial que estava na terra.
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.
Judah e Israel eram numerosos como a areia que está à beira-mar em multidão, comendo, bebendo e alegrando.
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.
Solomon governou sobre todos os reinos desde o rio até a terra dos filisteus, e até a fronteira do Egito. Eles trouxeram tributo e serviram a Salomão todos os dias de sua vida. A provisão do
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,
Solomon para um dia era de trinta coros de farinha fina, sessenta medidas de farinha,
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.
ten cabeça de gado gordo, vinte cabeças de gado dos pastos e cem ovelhas, além de veados, gazelas, corços e galinhas engordadas.
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.
For ele tinha domínio sobre todos deste lado do rio, desde Tiphsah até Gaza, sobre todos os reis deste lado do rio; e ele tinha paz em todos os lados ao seu redor.
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.
Judah e Israel vivia em segurança, cada homem sob sua videira e sob sua figueira, desde Dan até Beersheba, todos os dias de Salomão.
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).
Solomon tinha quarenta mil baias de cavalos para suas carruagens, e doze mil cavaleiros.
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.
Those os oficiais forneciam comida para o rei Salomão, e para todos os que vinham à mesa do rei Salomão, cada homem em seu mês. Eles não deixaram faltar nada.
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.
They também trouxe cevada e palha para os cavalos e corcéis velozes para o lugar onde estavam os oficiais, cada homem de acordo com seu dever.
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].
God deu a Salomão abundante sabedoria, compreensão e amplitude de espírito como a areia que está à beira-mar. A sabedoria do
30 He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
Solomon superou a sabedoria de todas as crianças do oriente e toda a sabedoria do Egito.
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.
For ele era mais sábio do que todos os homens - mais sábio do que Ethan, o Ezraíta, Heman, Calcol e Darda, os filhos de Mahol; e sua fama estava em todas as nações ao redor.
32 He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
He falava três mil provérbios, e suas canções eram de mil e cinco.
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.
He falava de árvores, desde o cedro que está no Líbano até o hissopo que cresce fora do muro; ele também falava de animais, de pássaros, de coisas rastejantes e de peixes.
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].
People de todas as nações veio para ouvir a sabedoria de Salomão, enviada por todos os reis da terra que tinham ouvido falar de sua sabedoria.
