열왕기상 4
1 솔로몬 왕이 온 이스라엘의 왕이 되었고
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 그의 신하들은 이러하니라 사독의 아들 아사리아는 제사장이요
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 시사의 아들 엘리호렙과, 아히야는 서기관이요 아힐룻의 아들 여호사밧은 사관이요
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 여호야다의 아들 브나야는 군대장관이요, 사독과 아비아달은 제사장이요
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 나단의 아들 아사리아는 관리장이요, 나단의 아들 사붓은 대신이니 왕의 벗이요
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 아히살은 궁내대신이요, 압다의 아들 아도니람은 감역관이더라
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 솔로몬이 또 온 이스라엘 위에 열 두 관장을 두매 그 사람들이 왕과 왕실을 위하여 식물을 예비하되 각기 일년에 한달씩 식물을 예비하였으니
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 그 이름은 이러하니라 에브라임 산지에는 벤훌이요
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 마가스와, 사알빔과, 벧세메스와, 엘론벧하난에는 벤데겔이요
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 아룹봇에는 벤헤셋이니 소고와 헤벨 온 땅을 저가 주관하였으며
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 돌 높은 땅 온 지방에는 벤아비나답이니 저는 솔로몬의 딸 다밧으로 아내를 삼았으며
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 다아낙과, 므깃도와, 이스르엘 아래 사르단 가에 있는 벧소안 온 땅은 아힐룻의 아들 바아나가 맡았으니 벧소안에서부터 아벨므홀라에 이르고 욕느암 바깥까지 미쳤으며
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 길르앗 라못에는 벤게벨이니 저는 길르앗에 있는 므낫세의 아들 야일의 모든 촌을 주관하였고 또 바산 아르곱 땅의 성벽과 놋빗 장 있는 큰 성읍 육십을 주관하였으며
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 마하나임에는 잇도의 아들 아히나답이요
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 납달리에는 아히마아스니 저는 솔로몬의 딸 바스맛으로 아내를 삼았으며
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 아셀과 아롯에는 후새의 아들 바아나요
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 잇사갈에는 바루아의 아들 여호사밧이요
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 베냐민에는 엘라의 아들 시므이요
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 아모리 사람의 왕 시혼과 바산왕 옥의 나라 길르앗 땅에는 우리의 아들 게벨이니 그 땅에서는 저 한사람만 관장이 되었더라
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 유다와 이스라엘의 인구가 바닷가의 모래 같이 많게 되매 먹고 마시며 즐거워하였으며
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 솔로몬이 하수에서부터 블레셋 사람의 땅에 이르기까지와 애굽지경에 미치기까지의 모든 나라를 다스리므로 그 나라들이 공을 바쳐 솔로몬의 사는 동안에 섬겼더라
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 솔로몬의 일일분 식물은 가는 밀가루가 삼십석이요, 굵은 밀가루가 육십석이요,
[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 살진 소가 열이요, 초장의 소가 스물이요, 양이 일백이며, 그 외에 수사슴과, 노루와, 암사슴과, 살진 새들이었더라
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 솔로몬이 하수 이편을 딥사에서부터 가사까지 모두 다스리므로 하수 이편의 모든 왕이 다 관할한 바 되매 저가 사방에 둘린 민족과 평화가 있었으니
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 솔로몬의 사는 동안에 유다와 이스라엘이 단에서부터 브엘세바에 이르기 까지 각기 포도나무 아래와 무화과나무 아래서 안연히 살았더라
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 솔로몬의 병거의 말의 외양간이 사만이요, 마병이 일만 이천이며
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 그 관장들은 각각 자기 달에 솔로몬왕과 왕의 상에 참여하는 모든 자를 위하여 먹을 것을 예비하여 부족함이 없게 하였으며
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 또 저희가 각기 직무를 따라 말과 준마에게 먹일 보리와 꼴을 그 말의 있는 곳으로 가져왔더라
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 하나님이 솔로몬에게 지혜와 총명을 심히 많이 주시고 또 넓은 마음을 주시되 바닷가의 모래 같이 하시니
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 솔로몬의 지혜가 동양 모든 사람의 지혜와 애굽의 모든 지혜보다 뛰어난지라
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 저는 모든 사람보다 지혜로와서 예스라 사람 에단과, 마홀의 아들 헤만과 갈골과, 다르다보다 나으므로 그 이름이 사방 모든 나라에 들렸더라
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 저가 잠언 삼천을 말하였고 그 노래는 일천 다섯이며
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 저가 또 초목을 논하되 레바논 백향목으로부터 담에 나는 우슬초까지 하고 저가 또 짐승과 새와 기어 다니는 것과 물고기를 논한지라
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 모든 민족 중에서 솔로몬의 지혜의 소문을 들은 천하 모든 왕 중에서 그 지혜를 들으러 왔더라
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].
