1 Ar-ari 4
1 Ni ari Solomon ti ari iti entero nga Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Dagitoy dagiti opisialna: Ni Azaria a putot a lalaki ni Zadok ti padi.
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Ni Eleoref ken ni Ahija a putot a lalaki ni Sisa ket dagiti secretario. Ni Ahilud a putot a lalaki ni Jehosafat ti tagasurat.
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 Ni Benaias a putot a lalaki ni Jehoyada ti mangidadaulo kadagiti armada. Da Zadok ken Abiatar ket dagiti papadi.
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Ni Azaria a putot a lalaki ni Natan ti mangidadaulo kadagiti opisial. Ni Zabud a putot a lalaki ni Natan ket maysa a padi ken gayyem ti ari.
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 Ni Ahisar ti mangimatmaton iti sangkabalayan. Ni Adoniram a putot a lalaki ni Abda ti mangbanbantay kadagiti lallaki nga inkapilitan nga agtrabaho.
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 Adda iti sangapulo ket dua nga opisial ni Solomon iti entero nga Israel, a mangipapaay kadagiti taraon para iti ari ken iti sangkabalayanna. Tunggal opisial ket masapul a mangipaay iti pangmaysa a bulan iti tinawen.
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 Dagitoy dagiti naganda: Ni Ben-hur, iti katurturodan a pagilian ti Efraim;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ni Bendeker, kadagiti ili ti Makaz, Saalbim, Betsemes ken Elonbet Hanan;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ni Ben Hesed, iti ili ti Arubot (kukuana met laeng ti Soco ken ti amin a daga ti Hefer);
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ni Ben Abinadab, iti amin a distrito ti Dor (asawana ni Tafat a putot a babai ni Solomon);
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Ni Baana a putot a lalaki ni Ahilud, iti Taanac ken Meggido, ken iti entero a Bet San a kabangibang ti Zaretan baba iti Jezreel, manipud idiay Bet San, agturong idiay Abel Mehola agingga iti bangir a paset ti Jocmeam;
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 Ni Ben Geber, iti ili ti Ramot Galaad (kukuana dagiti ili ni Jair a putot a lalaki ni Manases, nga adda idiay Galaad, ken kukuana pay ti rehion ti Argob nga adda idiay Basan, innem a pulo a siudad dagitoy ti addaan kadagiti pader ken ruangan a rehas a bronse);
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 Ni Ahinadab a putot a lalaki ni Iddo, iti Mahanaim;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ni Ahimaas, iti Naftali (inasawana ni Basemat a putot a babai ni Solomon);
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Ni Baana a putot a lalaki ni Husai, iti Aser ken Bealot;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Ni Jehosafat a putot a lalaki ni Parua, iti Issacar;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Ni Simei a putot a lalaki ni Ela, iti Benjamin;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 ken ni Geber a putot a lalaki ni Uri, iti daga ti Galaad, ti pagilian ni Sihon nga ari dagiti Amorreo ken ni Og nga ari ti Basan, ket isuna laeng ti opisial iti dayta a daga.
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 Nagadu unay dagiti tattao iti Juda ken Israel a kas iti kaadu ti darat iti igid ti baybay. Mangmangan ken umin-inomda ket nagragsakda.
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 Inturayan ni Solomon ti entero a pagarian manipud iti Karayan agingga iti daga dagiti Filisteo ken agingga iti nagbeddengan ti Egipto. Nangyeg dagitoy iti sagut ken pinagserbianda ni Solomon iti unos ti panagbiagna.
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 Ti kasapulan ni Solomon para iti maysa nga aldaw ket tallopulo a kor iti napino nga arina ken innem a pulo a kor iti taraon,
[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 sangapulo a nalulukmeg a baka, duapulo a baka manipud kadagiti pagaraban, ken sangagasut a karnero, malaksid pay kadagitii ugsa, gasela, korso, ken napalukmeg a dadakkel a billit.
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 Ta inturayanna amin dagiti rehion iti daytoy a paset ti Karayan, manipud idiay Tifsa agingga iti Gaza, inturayanna amin dagiti ari iti daytoy a paset ti Karayan, ket addaan isuna ti kapia iti amin a lugar iti aglawlawna.
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 Nagbiag a sitatalged ti Juda ken ti Israel, manipud Dan agingga idiay Beersheba, iti amin nga aldaw ni Solomon. Tunggal pamilya ket addaan iti bukodna a pagmulaan iti ubas ken igos.
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 Ni Solomon ket adda uppat a pulo a kuadra a kabalio para kadagiti karwahena, ken duapulo a ribo a kumakabalio.
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 Ipapaay dagiti opisial ti taraon para kenni Ari Solomon ken para kadagiti amin nga umay iti lamisaan ni Ari Solomon, tunggal opisial iti tunggal bulan a batangna. Saanda nga ipalubos nga adda agkurang.
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 Ipanda met dagiti sebada ken garami iti umiso a pagikabilan a para kadagiti kabalio a mangguyguyod kadagiti karwahe ken para kadagiti masaksakayan a kabalio; mangmangyeg ti tunggal maysa no ania iti kabaelanna.
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 Inikkan ti Dios ni Solomon iti naisangsangayan a kinasirib ken pannakaawat, ken nalawa a pannakaawat a kas iti kadaratan iti igid ti baybay.
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 Naartapan ti kinasirib ni Solomon ti kinasirib dagiti amin a tattao iti daya ken amin a kinasirib iti Egipto.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Nasirsirib isuna ngem kadagiti amin a lallaki—nasirsirib pay ngem ni Etan nga Ezrahita, ni Heman, ni Calcol, ken ni Darda a putot a lallaki ni Mahol—ket nagdinamag ti kinalatakna kadagiti amin a nasion iti aglawlaw.
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 Nangisao isuna iti tallo a ribu a proberbio, ken agdagup sangaribu ket lima dagiti kantana.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Inladawanna dagiti mulmula, manipud iti kayo a sedro nga adda idiay Lebanon agingga iti hisopo nga agtubtubo kadagiti pader. Inlawlawagna pay ti maipanggep kadagiti atap nga ayup, bilbillit, agkarkarayam a parsua, ken lames.
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 Immay dagiti amin a tattao manipud kadagiti amin a nasion tapno dumngegda iti kinasirib ni Solomon, imbaon ida dagiti ar-ari iti daga a nakangngeg iti kinasiribna.
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].
