1 Reyes 4
1 Reinaba el rey Salomón sobre todo Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Sus ministros eran estos: Azarías, hijo de Sadoc, era el sacerdote;
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihóref y Ahías, hijos de Sisa, secretarios; Josafat, hijo de Aquilud, cronista;
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 Banaías, hijo de Joiadá, jefe del ejército; Sadoc y Abiatar, sacerdotes;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Azarías, hijo de Natán, jefe de los intendentes; Zabud, hijo de Natán, sacerdote, amigo del rey;
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 Aquisar, prefecto del palacio; y Adoniram, hijo de Abdá, prefecto de los tributos.
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 Tenía Salomón doce intendentes sobre todo Israel, los cuales proveían de víveres al rey y su casa. Cada uno tenía que proveer los víveres durante un mes del año.
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 He aquí los nombres de ellos: Ben-Hur, en la montaña de Efraím;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Déquer en Macas, Saalbim, Betsemes, Elón y Bethanán;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-Hésed, en Arubot; él tenía Socó y toda la tierra de Héfer.
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben- Abinadab tenía toda Nafat-Dor; su mujer era Tafat, hija de Salomón.
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baaná, hijo de Aquilud, tenía Taanac y Megiddó, y todo Betseán, que está al lado de Saretan, por debajo de Jesreel, desde Betseán hasta Abel-Meholá, hasta más allá de Jocneam.
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-Géber, en Ramot-Galaad, tenía las Villas de Jaír, hijo de Manasés, situadas en Galaad. Tenía también la región de Argob, que está en Basan, sesenta ciudades grandes con muros y con barras de bronce.
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 Aquinadab, hijo de Addó, en Mahanaim;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Aquimaas, en Neftalí; este también había tomado por mujer una hija de Salomón (de nombre) Basemat;
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baaná, hijo de Husai, en Aser y en Alot;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Josafat, hijo de Parúa, en Isacar;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Semeí, hijo de Elá, en Benjamín;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Géber, hijo de Urí, en la tierra de Galaad, país de Sehón, rey amorreo, y de Og, rey de Basan. Había en aquella tierra un solo intendente.
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 Judá e Israel eran numerosos; su multitud era como las arenas que hay a orillas del mar; y comían y bebían y se alegraban.
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 Reinaba Salomón sobre todos los reinos desde el río hasta la tierra de los filisteos, y hasta la frontera de Egipto. Ellos traían tributos y estuvieron sujetos a Salomón todos los días de su 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 La provisión para la mesa de Salomón consistía cada día en treinta coros de flor de harina y sesenta coros de harina común,
[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 diez bueyes cebados, veinte bueyes de pasto, y cien ovejas, sin contar los corzos, gacelas, ciervos y aves cebadas.
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 él reinaba sobre toda la tierra al lado de aquí del río, desde Tafsah hasta Gaza, sobre todos los reyes de esta parte del río; y gozaba de paz por todos lados en derredor suyo.
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 Judá e Israel habitaban seguros, cada cual bajo su parra y su higuera, desde Dan hasta Bersabee, todos los días de Salomón.
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 Tenía Salomón cuarenta mil pesebres para los caballos de sus carros, y doce mil caballos de silla.
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 Aquellos intendentes proveían de víveres al rey Salomón y a cuantos tenían acceso a la mesa del rey Salomón, cada cual en su mes, sin dejar que faltase cosa alguna.
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 Llevaban también cebada y paja para los caballos y para las bestias de carga a cualquier lugar donde él estaba, cada uno cuando le tocaba el turno.
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 Dios otorgó a Salomón sabiduría, y una inteligencia y grandeza de corazón tan inmensa como la arena que está en las playas del 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 de modo que la sabiduría de Salomón superaba a la sabiduría de todos los hijos del Oriente y a toda la sabiduría de Egipto.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Era más sabio que todos los hombres: más que Etán; el ezrahita, más que Hernán, Calcol y Dardá, hijos de Macol, y su nombre se celebraba en todas las naciones comarcanas.
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 Compuso tres mil proverbios, y sus cantos fueron mil cinco.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Disertó acerca de los árboles, desde el cedro del Líbano hasta el hisopo que brota en el muro. Discurrió asimismo sobre las bestias, las aves, los reptiles y los peces.
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 Para oír la sabiduría de Salomón venían hombres de todos los pueblos, enviados de todos los reyes de la tierra, que habían oído hablar de su sabiduría.
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].
