1 Reis 4
1 Assim foi Salomão rei sobre todo o Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 E estes eram os príncipes que tinha: Azarias, filho de Zadok, sacerdote;
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoreph e Ahia, filhos de Sisa, secretários; Josaphat, filho de Ahilud, chanceler;
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, filho de Joiada, sobre o exército; e Zadok e Abiathar eram sacerdotes;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 E Azarias, filho de Nathan, sobre os provedores; e Zabud, filho de Nathan, oficial-mór, amigo do rei;
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 E Ahisar, mordomo; Adoniram, filho de Abda, sobre o tributo.
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 E tinha Salomão doze provedores sobre todo o Israel, que proviam ao rei e à sua casa: e cada um tinha a prover um mês no ano.
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 E estes são os seus nomes: Ben-hur, nas montanhas de Ephraim;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-deker em Makas, e em Saalbim, e em Beth-semes, e em Elon, e em Bethanan:
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-hesed em Arubboth; também este tinha a Sochó e a toda a terra de Hepher;
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-abinadab em todo o termo de Dor: tinha este a Taphath, filha de Salomão, por mulher;
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana, filho de Ahilud, tinha a Tanach, e a Megiddo, e a toda a Beth-sean, que está junto a Zartana, abaixo de Jezreel, desde Beth-sean até Abel-meola, até de além de Jokneam;
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 O filho de Geber em Ramoth-gilead; tinha este as aldeias de Jair, filho de Manassés, as quais estão em Gilead; também tinha o termo de Argob, o qual está em Basan, sessenta grandes cidades com muros e ferrolhos de cobre;
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, filho de Iddo, em Mahanaim;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ahimaas em Nafthali; também este tomou a Basmath, filha de Salomão, por mulher;
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana, filho de Husai, em Aser e em Aloth;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Josaphat, filho de Paruah, em Issacar;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Simei, filho de Ela, em Benjamin;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Geber, filho de Uri, na terra de Gilead, a terra de Sihon, rei dos amorreus, e de Og, rei de Basan; e só uma guarnição havia naquela terra.
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 Eram pois os de Judá e Israel muitos, como a areia que está ao pé do mar em multidão, comendo, e bebendo, e alegrando-se.
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 dominava Salomão sobre todos os reinos desde o rio até à terra dos philisteus, e até ao termo do Egito; os quais traziam presentes, e serviram a Salomão todos os dias da sua vida
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 Era pois o provimento de Salomão, cada dia, trinta coros de flor de farinha, e sessenta coros de farinha:
[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 Dez vacas gordas, e vinte vacas de pasto, e cem carneiros; a fora os veados e as cabras montezes, e os corços, e aves cevadas.
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 Porque dominava sobre tudo quanto havia da banda de cá do rio de Tiphsah até Gaza, sobre todos os reis da banda de cá do rio: e tinha paz de todas a bandas em roda dele.
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 Judá e Israel habitavam seguros, cada um debaixo da sua videira, e debaixo da sua figueira, desde Dan até Berseba, todos os dias de Salomão.
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 Tinha também Salomão quarenta mil estrebarias de cavalos para os seus carros, e doze mil cavaleiros.
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 Proviam pois estes provedores, cada um no seu mes, ao rei Salomão e a todos quantos se chegavam à mesa do rei Salomão: coisa nenhuma deixavam faltar.
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 E traziam a cevada e a palha para os cavalos e para os ginetes, para o lugar onde estava, cada um segundo o seu cargo.
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 deu Deus a Salomão sabedoria, e muitíssimo entendimento, e largueza de coração, como a areia que está na praia do mar
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 era a sabedoria de Salomão maior do que a sabedoria de todos os do oriente e do que toda a sabedoria dos egípcios.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 E era ele ainda mais sábio do que todos os homens, e do que Ethan, ezrahita, e Heman, e Calcal, e Darda, filho de Mahol: e correu o seu nome por todas as nações em redor.
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 E disse três mil provérbios, e foram os seus cânticos mil e cinco.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Também falou das árvores, desde o cedro que está no líbano até ao hissopo que nasce na parede: também falou dos animais e das aves, e dos réptis e dos peixes.
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 E vinham de todos os povos a ouvir a sabedoria de Salomão, e de todos os reis da terra que tinham ouvido da sua sabedoria.
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].
