1 Raja-raja 4
1 Salomo telah menjadi raja atas seluruh negeri Israel.
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
2 Inilah pejabat-pejabat tinggi yang diangkat oleh Salomo: Imam-imam: Zadok, Azarya anak Zadok, Abyatar. Sekretaris negara: Elihoref dan Ahia, yaitu anak-anak Sisia. Bendahara negara: Yosafat anak Ahilud. Panglima angkatan bersenjata: Benaya, anak Yoyada. Pengawas para bupati: Azarya, anak Natan. Penasehat raja: Imam Zabud, anak Natan. Kepala rumah tangga istana: Ahisar. Kepala pekerja rodi: Adoniram, anak Abda.
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7 Salomo mengangkat dua belas bupati di seluruh negeri Israel. Tugas mereka ialah mengumpulkan dari wilayah mereka bahan makanan untuk raja dan seisi istananya. Setiap bupati secara bergilir bertanggung jawab atas hal itu selama satu bulan setiap tahun.
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
8 Kedua belas bupati itu dikepalai oleh seorang gubernur. Inilah nama para bupati itu dan wilayah kekuasaan mereka: Ben-Hur: daerah pegunungan Efraim. Ben-Deker: kota Makas, Saalbim, Bet-Semes, Elon, Bet-Hanan. Ben-Hesed: kota Arubot, Sokho, dan seluruh daerah Hefer. Ben-Abinadab, suami Tafat putri Salomo: seluruh daerah Dor. Baana anak Ahilud: kota Taanakh, Megido, dan seluruh daerah dekat Bet-Sean, dekat kota Sartan di sebelah selatan kota Yizreel sampai sejauh kota Abel-Mehola dan kota Yokmeam. Ben-Geber: kota Ramot di Gilead, kampung-kampung di Gilead milik kaum Yair keturunan Manasye, daerah Argob di Basan; seluruhnya 60 kota besar yang diperkuat dengan benteng dan palang-palang perunggu pada gerbang-gerbangnya. Ahinadab anak Ido: daerah Mahanaim. Ahimaas, suami Basmat putri Salomo: daerah Naftali. Baana anak Husai: daerah Asyer, kota Alot. Yosafat anak Paruah: daerah Isakhar. Simei anak Ela: daerah Benyamin. Geber anak Uri: daerah Gilead, yang dahulu dikuasai Sihon raja Amori, dan Og raja Basan.
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.
20 Rakyat Yehuda dan Israel banyaknya seperti pasir di tepi laut. Mereka mempunyai cukup makanan dan minuman serta hidup senang.
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21 Setiap keluarga mempunyai kebun anggur dan kebun ara. Seumur hidup Salomo rakyat di seluruh Yehuda dan Israel dari Dan sampai ke Bersyeba hidup aman dan tentram. Sebab, semua raja di sebelah barat Efrat takluk kepadanya, dan semua bangsa dari negara-negara di sekitar kerajaannya bersahabat dengan dia. Tanah di sebelah barat Sungai Efrat dari Tifsah di tepi Sungai Efrat terus ke barat ke kota Gaza di Filistin sampai ke perbatasan Mesir, seluruhnya dikuasai oleh Salomo. Bangsa-bangsa di negeri itu takluk kepadanya dan membayar upeti. Bahan-bahan makanan yang diperlukan oleh Salomo setiap hari adalah 5.000 liter tepung halus, 10.000 liter tepung kasar, 10 sapi kandang, 20 sapi padang, dan 100 domba. Selain itu, juga rusa, kijang, menjangan dan unggas.
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates —over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
26 Salomo mempunyai 12.000 tentara berkuda dan 40.000 kandang untuk kuda-kuda yang menarik kereta-keretanya.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
27 Secara bergilir, selama sebulan, setiap bupati menyerahkan bahan makanan untuk Raja Salomo dan untuk semua orang yang mendapat makanan dari istana, sehingga mereka tidak kekurangan sesuatu pun.
Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
28 Setiap bupati itu memberikan juga gandum dan jerami untuk semua kuda Salomo, baik kuda tunggangan maupun kuda kereta. Makanan hewan itu dibawa ke kandang-kandang kuda sebanyak yang dibutuhkan.
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
29 Allah memberikan kepada Salomo hikmat, dan pengetahuan yang luar biasa, serta pengertian yang amat dalam.
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
30 Di negeri-negeri timur dan di Mesir tak ada orang yang lebih pandai dari dia.
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 Ia benar-benar terpandai dari semua orang. Ia melebihi Etan orang Ezrahi, Heman, Kalkol dan Darda anak-anak Mahol. Nama Salomo terkenal di mana-mana di negeri-negeri sekeliling kerajaannya.
He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
32 Ada 3.000 pepatah dan lebih dari seribu nyanyian yang dikarangnya.
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33 Ia sanggup berbicara tentang pohon-pohon dan tanaman-tanaman--dari pohon cemara Libanon sampai kepada rerumput hisop yang tumbuh pada dinding-dinding batu. Ia berbicara juga mengenai binatang-binatang, seperti misalnya unggas, binatang melata dan ikan.
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
34 Raja-raja di seluruh dunia mendengar tentang kepandaian Salomo sehingga mereka mengutus orang kepadanya untuk mendengarkan dia.
So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
