1 Wa 4
1 Alò, Wa Salomon te wa sou tout Israël.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Sila yo se te ofisye pa li yo: Azaria, fis a Tsadok a, prèt la;
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Élihoreph avèk Achija, fis a Schischa yo te sekretè; Josaphat, fis a Achilud la, grefye;
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 epi Benaja, fis a Jehojada a te sou lame a; epi Tsadok avèk Abiathar te prèt;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Azaria, fis a Nathan an te sou depite yo; epi Zabud, fis a Nathan an, yon prèt, te zanmi a wa a;
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 epi Achischar te sou tout afè kay la; epi Adoniram, fis a Abda a te sou mesye travo fòse yo.
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 Salomon te gen douz depite sou tout Israël, ki te fè pwovizyon pou wa a avèk lakay li. Chak mesye yo te oblije bay pwovizyon yo pou yon mwa chak ane.
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 Sila yo se non pa yo: Ben-Hur, nan peyi ti kolin Éphraïm yo.
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Déker nan Makats, Saalbim avèk Beth-Schémesch ak Élon avèk Beth-Hannan.
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-Hésed nan Arubboth (Soco te pou li avèk tout teritwa Hépher);
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-Abinadab nan wotè kote Dor a (Thaphath, fi a Salomon an te madanm li).
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana, fis a Achilud la, nan Thaanac avèk Meguiddo, avèk tout Beth-Schean ki akote Tsarthan anba Jizreel, soti Beth-Schean rive Abel-Mehola, jis rive lòtbò Jokmean.
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-Guéber nan Ramoth-Galaad (vil a Jaïr yo, fis a Manassé, ki Galaad la te pou li: nan zòn Argob, ki Basan an, swasant gran vil avèk mi yo fè an bwonz te pou li);
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, fis a Iddo a nan Mahanaïm;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Achimaats, nan Nephtali. (Li osi te marye avèk Basmath, fi a Salomon an);
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Banna, fis a Huschaï a nan Aser avèk Bealoth;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Josaphat, fis a Parauch la nan Issacar;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Schimeï, fis a Éla a, nan Benjamin;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Guéber, fis a Uri a, nan peyi Galaad la, nan ansyen peyi a Sihon, wa Amoreyen yo ak Og, wa Basan an; epi li te sèl depite nan tout zòn sila a.
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.
20 Juda avèk Israël te anpil tankou sab arebò lanmè an kantite; yo t ap manje, bwè, e rejwi.
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 Alò, Salomon te renye sou tout wayòm yo soti Rivyè Euphrate la, jis rive nan peyi Filisten yo ak nan lizyè a Égypte yo. Yo te mennen pèyman obligatwa e yo te sèvi Salomon tout jou lavi li yo.
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 Pwovizyon pou Salomon pou yon sèl jou se te trant barik farin fen ak swasant barik farin,
[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 dis bèf gra, ven bèf chan, san mouton anplis ke sèf, gazèl, chèvrèt mal ak tout kalite zwazo domestik gra.
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 Paske li te byen domine sou tout sila ki te vè lwès Larivyè a, soti nan Thiphsach, jis rive nan Gaza, sou tout wa yo vè lwès Larivyè a. Epi li te gen lapè sou tout akote ki antoure li yo.
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 Konsa, Juda avèk Israël te viv ansekirite, chak moun anba chan rezen pa yo avèk pye fig etranje pa yo, soti nan Dan jis rive nan Beer-Schéba, pandan tout jou a Salomon yo.
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 Salomon te gen karant-mil kote kouvri pou cheval ki te rale cha yo ak douz-mil chevalye.
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 Depite yo te founi pou Wa Salomon avèk tout sila ki te vini sou tab a Wa Salomon yo, yo chak pandan mwa pa yo. Yo pa t kite li manke anyen.
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 Yo te osi pote lòj avèk pay pou cheval avèk pi bèl sèl cheval byen vit pou mete kote li ta dwe ye a, yo chak selon chaj yo.
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 Alò, Bondye te bay Salomon sajès avèk gran kapasite pou fè bon jijman, avèk entèlijans ki te vast tankou sab arebò lanmè.
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 Sajès a Salomon te depase sajès a tout fis a lès yo ak tout sajès an Égypte la.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Paske li te pi saj pase tout moun, pase Éthan, Ezrachit la, Héman, Calcol, avèk Darda, fis a Machol yo; epi repitasyon li te nan tout nasyon ki te antoure li yo.
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 Li te osi pale plis ke twa-mil pwovèb e chanson li yo te yon mil senk.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Li te pale konsènan pyebwa yo soti nan sèd ki Liban an, jis rive nan izòp ki grandi sou mi an. Li te pale osi de bèt ak zwazo avèk reptil ak pwason.
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 Moun te vini soti nan tout pèp yo pou tande sajès a Salomon, soti nan tout wa sou latè ki te tande afè sajès li a.
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].
