१ राजाहरू 4
1 राजा सोलोमन सारा इस्राएलमाथि राजा भए ।
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 तिनका अधिकारीहरू यी नै हुन्: सादोकका छोरा अजर्याह पुजारी थिए ।
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 शीशाका छोराहरू एलीहोरेफ र अहियाह सचिवहरू थिए । अहीलूदका छोरा यहोशापात लेखापाल थिए ।
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 यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाह सेनापति थिए । सादोक र पुजारी अबियाथार हरू थिए ।
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 नातानका छोरा अजर्याह जिल्ला-जिल्लाका अधिकृतहरूका जिम्मावाल थिए । नातानका छोरा जाबूद पुजारी र राजाका मित्र थिए ।
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 अहीशार राजमहलका जिम्मावाल थिए । अब्दाका छोरा अदोनिराम बेगार काम गर्नेहरूका जिम्मावाल थिए ।
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 सारा इस्राएलमा सोलोमनका बाह्र जना जिल्ला-जिल्लाका जिल्लापाल थिए जसले राजा तथा राज घरानालाई भोजन जुटाउने काम गर्थे । हरेक मानिसले वर्षमा एक-एक महिनाको भोजन जुटाउनुपर्थ्यो ।
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 तिनीहरूका नाउँ यी नै हुन्: एफ्राइमको पहाडी देशमा बेन-हूर;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 माकाज, शाल्बीम, बेथ-शेमेश र एलोन-बेथहानानमा बेन-देकेर;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 अरूब्बोतमा बेन-हेसेद (तिनको जिम्मामा सोको र हेपेरका सबै क्षेत्र थिए);
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 सारा नापोत डोरमा बेन-अबीनादाब (सोलोमनकी छोरी ताफातलाई तिनले विवाह गरेका थिए);
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 तानाक र मगिद्दोसाथै यिजरेलमुनिको सार्तानको छेउमा भएका सारा बेथ-शान, हाबिल-महोला र योक्मामसम्ममा अहीलूदका छोरा बाना;
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 रामोत-गिलादमा बेन-गेबेर (तिनको जिम्मामा गिलादमा भएका मनश्शेका छोरा याईरका सहरहरू र बाशानमा भएको अर्गोबको क्षेत्रसाथै मूल ढोकामा काँसाका बार भएका पर्खालले घेरिएका साठीवटा ठुला-ठुला सहर पनि थिए);
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 महनोममा इद्दोका छोरा अहीनादाब;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 नप्तालीमा अहीमास (तिनले सोलोमनकी छोरी बासमतलाई विवाह गरेका थिए);
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 आशेर र आलोतमा हूशैका छोरा बाना;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 इस्साखारमा पारूहका छोरा यहोशापात;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 बेन्यामीनमा एलाका छोरा शिमी;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 गिलादमा ऊरीका छोरा गेबेर (एमोरीहरूका राजा सीहोन र बाशानका राजा ओगको देश), र तिनी त्यस जिल्लाका एक मात्र जिल्लापाल थिए ।
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 यहूदा र इस्राएलका मानिसहरू समुद्र छेउका बालुवाजत्तिकै असङ्ख्य थिए । तिनीहरू खाँदै र पिउँदै थिए अनि खुसी थिए ।
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 सोलोमनले यूफ्रेटिस नदीदेखि पलिश्तिहरूको देश र मिश्रको सिमानासम्म राज्य गर्थे । सोलोमनको जीवनभर तिनीहरूले तिनीकहाँ कर ल्याए र तिनको सेवा गरे ।
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 सोलोमनको एक दिनको खाना पचहत्तर मुरी मसिनो पिठो, एक सय पचास मुरी अन्न,
[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 पोसिएका दसवटा गाई-गोरु, खर्कमा पालेका बिसवटा गाई-गोरु, एक सयवटा भेडा-बाख्रा अनि मृग, हरिण, बराँठ र कुखुराहरू थिए ।
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 किनकि तिनले युफ्रेटिस नदीको पश्चिमपट्टिका सबै देश अर्थात् तिफसादेखि गाजासम्मा राज्य गर्थे, र तिनको वरिपरि भएकाहरू सबैसित तिनी शान्तिमा बस्थे ।
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 यहूदा र इस्राएल सुरक्षित थिए । सोलोमनको जीवनभर दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्म हरेक मानिस आ-आफ्नै दाख र नेभाराको मुनि सुरक्षितसाथ बस्थ्यो ।
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 सोलोमनका रथहरूका लागि घोडाहरूका चालिस हजारवटा तबेला, र बाह्र हजार घोडचढी थिए ।
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 जिल्ला-जिल्लाका अधिकृतहरूले प्रत्येक महिना पालैपालो राजा सोलोमन र तिनको टेबुलमा बसेर खानेहरू सबैका निम्ति भोजन जुटाउँथे । तिनीहरूलाई कुनै कुराको कमी थिएन ।
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 रथका घोडाहरू र अन्य घोडाहरूका लागि पनि तिनीहरूले तोकिएका आ-आफ्नै जौ र पराल ल्याउने गर्थे ।
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 परमेश्वरले सोलोमनलाई महान् बुद्धि र समुद्रीतटका बालुवाजस्तै फराकिलो समझशक्ति दिनुभयो ।
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 पूर्वका सबै मानिस र मिश्रका सबै बुद्धिभन्दा सोलोमनको बुद्धि श्रेष्ठ थियो । तिनी सबै मानिसभन्दा बुद्धिमानी थिए ।
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 तिनी एज्री एतान, माहोलका छोराहरू हेमान, कलकोल र दर्दाभन्दा बुद्धिमानी थिए अनि तिनको ख्याति वरिपरिका सबै जातिहरूमा फैलिएको थियो ।
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 तिनले तिन हजारवटा हितोपदेशको रचना गरे, र तिनका गीतहरूको सङ्ख्या एक हजार पाँचवटा थियो ।
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 तिनले बोट बिरुवाहरूको विषयमा लेबनानको देवदारुदेखि लिएर भित्तामा उम्रने हिसपसम्मका बिरुवाहरूको वर्णन गरे । तिनले पशुपक्षी, घस्रने प्राणीहरू र माछाको बारेमा पनि वर्णन गरे ।
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 सोलोमनको बुद्धि सुन्न सबै जातिका मानिसहरू आउने गर्थे । तिनको बुद्धि सुनेका पृथ्वीका सबै राजाका प्रतिनिधिहरू तिनीकहाँ आउने गर्थे ।
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].
