I Regum 4
1 Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israel:
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
2 et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis:
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
3 Elihoreph, et Ahia filii Sisa scribae: Iosaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis:
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
4 Banaias filius Ioiadae super exercitum: Sadoc autem, et Abiathar sacerdotes.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi: Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis:
Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
6 et Ahisar praepositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
7 Habebat autem Salomon duodecim praefectos super omnem Israel, qui praebebant annonam regi et domui eius: per singulos enim menses in anno, singuli necessaria ministrabant.
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 Et haec nomina eorum: Benhur, in monte Ephraim.
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
9 Bendecar, in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.
Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
10 Bethhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
11 Benabinadab, cuius omnis Nephath Dor, Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);
12 Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quae est iuxta Sarthana subter Iezrael, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Iecmaan.
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;
13 Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad: habebat Avothiair filii Manasse in Galaad, ipse praeerat in omni regione Argob, quae est in Basan, sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis, quae habebant seras aereas.
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);
14 Ahinadab filius Addo praeerat in Manaim.
Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;
15 Achimaas in Nephthali: sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in coniugio.
Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
16 Baana filius Husi, in Aser, et in Baloth.
Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;
17 Iosaphat filius Pharue, in Issachar.
Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;
18 Semei filius Ela, in Beniamin.
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
19 Gaber filius Uri, in terra Galaad, in terra Sehon regis Amorrhaei et Og regis Basan, super omnia quae erant in illa terra.
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 Iuda et Israel innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque laetantes.
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
21 Salomon autem erat in ditione sua, habens omnia regna secum a flumine terrae Philisthiim usque ad terminum Aegypti: offerentium sibi munera, et servientium ei cunctis diebus vitae eius.
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.
22 Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similae, et sexaginta cori farinae,
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
23 decem boves pingues, et viginti boves pascuales, et centum arietes, excepta venatione cervorum, caprearum, atque bubalorum, et avium altilium.
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
24 Ipse enim obtinebat omnem regionem, quae erat trans flumen, quasi a Thaphsa usque ad Gazan, et cunctos reges illarum regionum: et habebat pacem ex omni parte in circuitu.
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.
25 Habitabatque Iuda, et Israel absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua, et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee cunctis diebus Salomonis.
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 Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia praesepia equorum currulium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
27 Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis praefecti: sed et necessaria mensae regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura praebebant in tempore suo.
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 Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum, et iumentorum deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, iuxta constitutum sibi.
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
29 Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam, quae est in littore maris.
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
30 Et praecedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Aegyptiorum,
Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 et erat sapientior cunctis hominibus: sapientior Ethan Ezrahitae, et Heman, et Chalcol, et Dorda filiis Mahol: et erat nominatus in universis gentibus per circuitum.
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 Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina eius quinque millia.
Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.
33 Et disputavit super lignis a cedro, quae est in Libano, usque ad hyssopum, quae egreditur de pariete: et disseruit de iumentis, et volucribus, et reptilibus, et piscibus.
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 Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terrae, qui audiebant sapientiam eius.
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.
