1 Raja-raja 4
1 Maka Salomo menjadi raja atas seluruh Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Inilah para pembesarnya: Azarya bin Zadok menjadi imam;
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoref dan Ahia, anak-anak Sisa menjadi panitera negara; Yosafat bin Ahilud menjadi bendahara negara;
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 Benaya bin Yoyada menjadi panglima; Zadok dan Abyatar menjadi imam.
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Azarya bin Natan mengawasi para kepala daerah; Zabut bin Natan, seorang imam, menjadi sahabat raja;
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 Ahisar menjadi kepala istana; Adoniram bin Abda menjadi kepala rodi.
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 Salomo mempunyai dua belas orang kepala daerah atas seluruh Israel yang harus menjamin makanan raja dan seisi istananya: adalah tanggungan tiap-tiap kepala daerah untuk menjamin makanan selama sebulan dalam setahun.
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 Inilah nama-nama mereka: Ben-Hur di pegunungan Efraim;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Deker di Makas, di Saalbim, di Bet-Semes dan di Elon-Bet-Hanan;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-Hesed di Arubot; wilayahnya ialah Sokho dan seluruh tanah Hefer;
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-Abinadab memegang seluruh tanah bukit Dor, dan Tafat binti Salomo menjadi isterinya;
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana bin Ahilud memegang Taanakh, Megido dan seluruh Bet-Sean yang di sebelah Sartan di sebelah hilir Yizreel, dari Bet-Sean sampai Abel-Mehola sampai ke seberang Yokmeam.
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 Selanjutnya Ben-Geber di Ramot-Gilead; wilayahnya ialah Hawot-Yair yang di Gilead; Yair ialah anak Manasye. Juga wilayah Argob yang di Basan dipegangnya, enam puluh kota besar, berpagar tembok dan berpalang pintu tembaga;
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 Ahinadab bin Ido memegang Mahanaim.
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Selanjutnya Ahimaas di Naftali; ia juga mengambil seorang anak Salomo menjadi isterinya, yakni Basmat.
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Selanjutnya Baana bin Husai di Asyer dan di Alot.
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Lalu Yosafat bin Paruah di Isakhar
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 dan Simei bin Ela di Benyamin.
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Geber bin Uri di tanah Gilead memegang tanah Sihon, raja orang Amori, dan tanah Og, raja Basan; dan dialah satu-satunya kepala daerah yang ada di tanah itu.
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 Orang Yehuda dan orang Israel jumlahnya seperti pasir di tepi laut. Mereka makan dan minum serta bersukaria.
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 Maka Salomo berkuasa atas segala kerajaan mulai dari sungai Efrat sampai negeri orang Filistin dan sampai ke tapal batas Mesir. Mereka menyampaikan upeti dan tetap takluk kepada Salomo seumur hidupnya.
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 Adapun persediaan makanan yang diperlukan Salomo untuk sehari ialah tiga puluh kor tepung yang terbaik dan enam puluh kor tepung biasa,
[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 sepuluh ekor lembu gemukan dan dua puluh lembu gembalaan dan seratus ekor domba, belum terhitung rusa, kijang, rusa dandi dan gangsa piaraan,
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 sebab ia berkuasa atas seluruh tanah di sebelah sini sungai Efrat, mulai dari Tifsah sampai ke Gaza, dan atas semua raja di sebelah sini sungai Efrat; ia dikaruniai damai di seluruh negerinya,
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 sehingga orang Yehuda dan orang Israel diam dengan tenteram, masing-masing di bawah pohon anggur dan pohon aranya, dari Dan sampai Bersyeba seumur hidup Salomo.
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 Lagipula Salomo mempunyai kuda empat puluh ribu kandang untuk kereta-keretanya dan dua belas ribu orang berkuda.
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 Dan para kepala daerah itu menjamin makanan raja Salomo serta semua orang yang ikut makan dari meja raja Salomo. Mereka membawanya masing-masing dalam bulan gilirannya dengan tidak mengurangi sesuatu apapun.
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 Jelai dan jerami untuk kuda-kuda biasa dan kuda-kuda teji dibawa mereka ke tempat yang semestinya, masing-masing menurut tanggungannya.
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 Dan Allah memberikan kepada Salomo hikmat dan pengertian yang amat besar, serta akal yang luas seperti dataran pasir di tepi laut,
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 sehingga hikmat Salomo melebihi hikmat segala bani Timur dan melebihi segala hikmat orang Mesir.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Ia lebih bijaksana dari pada semua orang, dari pada Etan, orang Ezrahi itu, dan dari pada Heman, Kalkol dan Darda, anak-anak Mahol; sebab itu ia mendapat nama di antara segala bangsa sekelilingnya.
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 Ia menggubah tiga ribu amsal, dan nyanyiannya ada seribu lima.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Ia bersajak tentang pohon-pohonan, dari pohon aras yang di gunung Libanon sampai kepada hisop yang tumbuh pada dinding batu; ia berbicara juga tentang hewan dan tentang burung-burung dan tentang binatang melata dan tentang ikan-ikan.
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 Maka datanglah orang dari segala bangsa mendengarkan hikmat Salomo, dan ia menerima upeti dari semua raja-raja di bumi, yang telah mendengar tentang hikmatnya itu.
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].
