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1 Il re Salomone regnava su tutto Israele. E questi erano i suoi principali ufficiali:
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Azaria, figliuolo del sacerdote Tsadok,
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoref ed Ahija, figliuoli di Scisa, erano segretari; Giosafat, figliuolo di Ahilud, era cancelliere;
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 Benaia, figliuolo di Jehoiada, era capo dell’esercito, Tsadok e Abiathar erano sacerdoti;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Azaria, figliuolo di Nathan, era capo degl’intendenti; Zabud, figliuolo di Nathan, era consigliere intimo del re.
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 Ahishar era maggiordomo, e Adoniram, figliuolo di Abda, era preposto ai tributi.
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 Salomone avea dodici intendenti su tutto Israele, i quali provvedevano al mantenimento del re e della sua casa; ciascuno d’essi dovea provvedervi per un mese all’anno.
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 Questi erano i loro nomi: Ben Hur, nella contrada montuosa di Efraim;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Deker, a Makats, a Shaalbim, a Beth-Scemesh, a Elon di Beth-Hanan;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-Hesed, ad Arubboth; aveva Soco e tutto il paese di Hefer;
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-Abinadab, in tutta la regione di Dor; Tafath, figliuola di Salomone era sua moglie;
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana, figliuolo d’Ahilud, avea Taanac, Meghiddo e tutto Beth-Scean, che è presso a Tsarthan, sotto Jizreel, da Beth-Scean ad Abel-Mehola, e fino al di là di Iokmeam;
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-Gheber, a Ramoth di Galaad; egli aveva i villaggi di Jair, figliuolo di Manasse, che sono in Galaad; aveva anche la regione di Argob ch’è in Basan, sessanta grandi città murate e munite di sbarre di rame;
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, figliuolo d’Iddo, a Mahanaim;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ahimaats, in Neftali; anche questi avea preso per moglie Basmath, figliuola di Salomone;
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana, figliuolo di Hushai, in Ascer e ad Aloth;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Giosafat, figliuolo di Parna, in Issacar;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Scimei, figliuolo di Ela, in Beniamino;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Gheber, figliuolo di Uri, nel paese di Galaad, il paese di Sihon, re degli Amorei, e di Og, re di Basan. V’era un solo intendente per tutta questa regione.
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 Giuda e Israele erano numerosissimi, come la rena ch’è sulla riva del mare. Essi mangiavano e bevevano allegramente.
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 E Salomone dominava su tutti i regni di qua dal fiume, fino al paese dei Filistei e sino ai confini dell’Egitto. Essi gli recavano dei doni, e gli furon soggetti tutto il tempo ch’ei visse.
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 Or la provvisione de’ viveri di Salomone, per ogni giorno, consisteva in trenta cori di fior di farina e sessanta cori di farina ordinaria;
[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 in dieci bovi ingrassati, venti bovi di pastura e cento montoni, senza contare i cervi, le gazzelle, i daini e il pollame di stia.
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 Egli dominava su tutto il paese di qua dal fiume, da Tifsa fino a Gaza, su tutti i re di qua dal fiume, ed era in pace con tutti i confinanti all’intorno.
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 E Giuda ed Israele, da Dan fino a Beer-Sceba, vissero al sicuro ognuno all’ombra della sua vite e del suo fico, tutto il tempo che regnò Salomone.
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 Salomone avea pure quarantamila greppie da cavalli per i suoi carri, e dodicimila cavalieri.
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 E quegli intendenti, un mese all’anno per uno, provvedevano al mantenimento del re Salomone e di tutti quelli che si accostavano alla sua mensa; e non lasciavano mancar nulla.
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 Facevano anche portar l’orzo e la paglia per i cavalli da tiro e da corsa nel luogo dove si trovava il re, ciascuno secondo gli ordini che avea ricevuti.
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 E Dio diede a Salomone sapienza, una grandissima intelligenza e una mente vasta com’è la rena che sta sulla riva del mare.
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 E la sapienza di Salomone superò la sapienza di tutti gli Orientali e tutta la sapienza degli Egiziani.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Era più savio d’ogni altro uomo, più di Ethan l’Ezrahita, più di Heman, di Calcol e di Darda, figliuoli di Mahol; e la sua fama si sparse per tutte le nazioni circonvicine.
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 Pronunziò tremila massime e i suoi inni furono in numero di mille e cinque.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Parlò degli alberi, dal cedro del Libano all’issopo che spunta dalla muraglia; parlò pure degli animali, degli uccelli, dei rettili, dei pesci.
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 Da tutti i popoli veniva gente per udire la sapienza di Salomone, da parte di tutti i re della terra che avean sentito parlare della sua sapienza.
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].
