1 Reyes 4
1 El rey Salomón era rey de todo Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Estos fueron los príncipes que tuvo: Azarías hijo de Sadoc, sacerdote;
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoref y Ahías, hijos de Sisá, escribas; Josafat hijo de Ahilud, registrador;
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 Benaía hijo de Joiada estaba al frente del ejército; Sadoc y Abiatar eran sacerdotes;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Azarías, hijo de Natán, estaba al frente de los oficiales; Zabud, hijo de Natán, era ministro principal, 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 Ahishar estaba al frente de la casa; y Adoniram, hijo de Abda, estaba al frente de los hombres sometidos a trabajos forzados.
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 Salomón tenía doce oficiales sobre todo Israel, que proveían de alimentos al rey y a su casa. Cada uno tenía que hacer provisión para 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 Estos son sus nombres: Ben Hur, en la región montañosa de Efraín;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben Deker, en Makaz, en Shaalbim, Bet Shemesh y Elón Bet Hanan;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben Hesed, en Arubboth (Socoh y toda la tierra de Hefer le pertenecían);
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben Abinadab, en toda la altura de Dor (tenía como esposa a Tafat, la hija de Salomón);
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana hijo de Ahilud, en Taanac y Meguido, y en toda Bet Shean que está junto a Zaretán, debajo de Jezreel, desde Bet Shean hasta Abel Meholá, hasta más allá de Jokmeam;
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 Geber, en Ramot Galaad (las ciudades de Jair hijo de Manasés, que están en Galaad, le pertenecían; y la región de Argob, que está en Basán, sesenta grandes ciudades con murallas y barras de bronce, le pertenecían);
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 hijo de Iddo, en Mahanaim;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ahimaas, en Neftalí (también tomó por esposa a Basemat, hija de Salomón);
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana hijo de Husai, en Aser y Bealot;
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 Simei hijo de Ela, en Benjamín;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Geber hijo de Uri, en la tierra de Galaad, país de Sehón, rey de los amorreos, y de Og, rey de Basán.
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 como la arena que está junto al mar, en multitud, comiendo y bebiendo y alegrándose.
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 Salomón dominaba todos los reinos desde el río hasta el país de los filisteos y hasta la frontera de Egipto. Traían tributo y servían 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 de Salomón para un día era de treinta cors de harina fina, sesenta medidas de harina,
[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 cabezas de ganado gordo, veinte cabezas de ganado de los pastos y cien ovejas, además de ciervos, gacelas, corzos y aves de corral 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 tenía dominio sobre todo lo que había a este lado del río, desde Tiphsah hasta Gaza, sobre todos los reyes de este lado del río; y tenía paz por todos lados alrededor de él.
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 vivían seguros, cada uno bajo su vid y bajo su higuera, desde Dan hasta Beerseba, 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 Salomón tenía cuarenta mil puestos de caballos para sus carros, y doce mil jinetes.
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 Esos oficiales proveían de comida al rey Salomón y a todos los que venían a la mesa del rey Salomón, cada uno en su mes. No dejaron que faltara nada.
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 También llevaron cebada y paja para los caballos y corceles veloces al lugar donde estaban los oficiales, cada uno según su deber.
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 le dio a Salomón abundante sabiduría, entendimiento y amplitud de mente como la arena que está a la orilla 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 La sabiduría de Salomón superó a la de todos los hijos de 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 Porque era más sabio que todos los hombres: más sabio que Etán el ezraíta, Hemán, Calcol y Darda, hijos de Mahol; y su fama se extendía por todas las naciones de alrededor.
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 Habló tres mil proverbios, y sus canciones fueron mil cinco.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Hablaba de los árboles, desde el cedro que está en el Líbano hasta el hisopo que crece en el muro; también hablaba de los animales, de las aves, de los reptiles y de 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 A la sabiduría de Salomón acudían gentes de todas las naciones, enviadas por 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].
