1 Rois 4
1 Salomon régnait donc sur Israël.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Et voici les chefs qui étaient avec lui: Azarias, fils de Sadoc;
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Eliaph et Achia, fils de Séba, scribes; Josaphath, fils d'Achilud, gardien des actes publics.
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.
4 Banaïas, fils de Joïada, général de l'armée; Sadoc et Abiathar, prêtres;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Ornia, fils de Nathan, chef de ceux qui se tenaient près du roi, et Zabuth, fils de Nathan, ami du roi.
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.
6 Achisar était économe; et Eliac économe; Eliab, fils de Saph, était chef des tribus, et Adoniram, fils d'Audon, intendant des impôts.
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].
7 Et Salomon avait douze officiers sur tout Israël, pour approvisionner le roi et toute sa maison; chaque tribu faisait l'approvisionnement d'un mois par année.
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.
8 Voici leurs noms: Béen, fils de Or, en la montagne d'Ephraïm; le premier.
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Dacar, à Macès, à Salabin, à Bethsamys et à Elon, jusqu'à Géthanan; le second.
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-Esdi en Araboth, Socho et tout le territoire d'Opher.
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-Aminadab avait tout Nephthador; il avait épousé Téphath, fille de Salomon; encore un.
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Bana, fils d'Achilud, avait Ithaanach, Mageddo et toute la maison de Dan, vers Saséthan sous Esraé, et le territoire depuis Bethsan jusqu'à Sabelmaüla, et jusqu'à Maèber-Lucam; encore un.
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];
13 Ben-Naber était à Rhaboth-Galaad, et avait tout le territoire d'Ergab en Bitsan, soixante villes grandes et fortes avec des verrous d'airain; encore un.
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.
14 Achinadab, fils de Saddo, avait Manaïm.
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Achimaas était en Nephthali; celui-ci avait épousé Basemmath, fille de Salomon; encore un.
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baanan, fils de Chusi, était en Aser et en Baaloth; encore un.
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Josaphat, fils de Phuasud, en Issachar.
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Sémeï, fils d'Ela en Benjamin.
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Gaber, fils d'Adaï, en la terre de Gad, de Séhon, roi d'Esebon, et de Og, roi de Basan, et il était Naseph (Nasib) en la terre de Juda.
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.
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.
21 Ainsi, les officiers approvisionnaient le roi Stillemon, et chacun avait son mois pour subvenir à ce qui était demandé pour sa table; et ils n'intervertissaient jamais l'ordre établi. Ils faisaient transporter l'orge et la paille pour les chevaux de selle et les attelages du roi, en tout lieu où il se trouvait, chacun selon ce qui lui était prescrit.
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.
22 Et voici ce qu'il fallait chaque jour à Salomon: trente mesures de fleur de farine, et soixante mesures de farine pétrie.
[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,
23 Dix veaux choisis, vingt bœufs pris au pâturage, et cent brebis, et en outre des cerfs, des chevreuils parqués et engraissés.
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.
24 Car il était chef de toute la contrée en deçà de l'Euphrate, et la paix régnait tout alentour de ses territoires.
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.
25 Et le Seigneur avait doué Salomon d'une grande intelligence, d'une grande sagesse, et d'une richesse de cœur abondante comme le sable du rivage de la mer.
All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees.
26 Et le Seigneur avait doué Salomon d'une grande intelligence, d'une grande sagesse, et d'une richesse de cœur abondante comme le sable du rivage de la mer.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses [that pulled] his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots).
27 Et le Seigneur avait doué Salomon d'une grande intelligence, d'une grande sagesse, et d'une richesse de cœur abondante comme le sable du rivage de la mer.
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.
28 Et le Seigneur avait doué Salomon d'une grande intelligence, d'une grande sagesse, et d'une richesse de cœur abondante comme le sable du rivage de la mer.
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.
29 Et le Seigneur avait doué Salomon d'une grande intelligence, d'une grande sagesse, et d'une richesse de cœur abondante comme le sable du rivage de la mer.
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].
30 La sagesse de Salomon s'accrut et surpassa celle des anciens, celle de tous les sages de l'Égypte.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Et il était le plus sage des hommes; il était plus sage que Géthan le Zarite, qu'Enan, que Chalcad et que Darala, fils de Mal.
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.
32 Et il dit trois mille proverbes et cinq mille cantiques.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Et il disserta sur tous les arbres, depuis le cèdre du Liban jusqu'à l'hysope qui sort des murailles; il parla de tous les quadrupèdes, de tous les oiseaux, de tous les reptiles et de tous les poissons.
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.
34 Et tous les peuples venaient pour entendre la sagesse de Salomon; et combien y eut-il de rois de la terre qui vinrent entendre la sagesse de Salomon!
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].
