1 Kungaboken 4
1 Alltså vardt Salomo Konung öfver hela Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Och desse voro hans Förstar: AsarJa, Zadoks son, Prestens,
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoreph och AhiJa, Sisa söner, voro skrifvare; Josaphat, Ahiluds son, var canceller.
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 Benaja, Jojada son, var härhöfvitsman; Zadok och AbJathar voro Prester.
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 AsarJa, Nathans son, var öfver ämbetsmännerna; Sabud, Nathans son, Prestens, var Konungens vän.
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 Ahisar var hofmästare; Adoniram, Abda son, var räntomästare.
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 Och Salomo hade tolf befallningsmän öfver hela Israel, som försörjde Konungen och hans hus; hvar hade en månad om året till att försörja.
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 Och de heto alltså: Hurs son på Ephraims berg;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Dekers son i Makaz, och i Saalbim, och i BethSemes, och i Elon BethHanan;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Heseds son i Aruboth, och hade dertill Socho, och hela landet Hepher;
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 AbiNadabs son hela landet Dor; och hade Taphath, Salomos dotter, till hustru;
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana, Ahiluds son, i Taanach, och i Megiddo, och öfver hela BethSean, hvilket ligger vid Zarthana under Jisreel, ifrå BethSean intill den planen Mehola, intill hinsidon 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 Gibers son i Ramoth i Gilead; och hade de städer Jairs, Manasse sons, i Gilead; och hade den ängden Argob, som i Basan ligger, sextio stora städer murade, och med kopparbommar;
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, Iddo son, i Mahanaim;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ahimaaz i Naphthali; och han tog också Basmath, Salomos dotter, till hustru;
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana, Husai son, i Asser och i Aloth;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Jasaphat, Paruahs son, i Isaschar;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Simei, Ela son, i BenJamin;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Geber, Uri son, i Gileads land, i Sihons, de Amoreers Konungs land; och Ogs, Konungens i Basan; en befallningsman var i de samma landena.
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 Men Juda och Israel voro månge, såsom sanden i hafvet, och de åto och drucko, och voro glade.
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 Alltså var Salomo en herre öfver all rike, ifrån älfvene intill de Philisteers land, och allt intill de Egyptiers gränso; hvilke honom förde skänker, och tjente honom i hans lifstid.
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 Och Salomo måste dagliga hafva till spisning tretio corer semlomjöl, sextio corer annat mjöl,
[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 Tio gödda oxar, och tjugu oxar af betene, och hundrade får; förutan hjort och rå, stengetter, och hvad man på stall höll.
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 Ty han var rådandes i hela landena, på denna sidon älfven, ifrå Tiphsah allt intill Gasa, öfver alla de Konungar på denna sidon älfven; och hade frid med alla sina grannar allt omkring;
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 Så att Juda och Israel bodde trygge, hvar och en under sitt vinträ, och under sitt fikonaträ, ifrå Dan allt intill BerSeba, så länge Salomo lefde.
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 Och Salomo hade fyratiotusend vagnhästar, och tolftusend resenärar.
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 Och befallningsmännerna försörjde Konung Salomo, och allt det som till Konungens bord hörde, hvar och en i sin månad; och läto intet fattas.
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 Sammalunda ock korn, och halm för hästar och mular, förde de dit som han var, hvar och en efter som honom befaldt var.
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 Och Gud gaf Salomo ganska stor visdom och förstånd, och ett fritt mod, såsom sanden som ligger på hafsens strand;
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 Så att Salomos visdom var större, än alla österländningabarnas, och alla Egyptiers visdom;
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Och var visare än alla menniskor, och visare än Ethan den Esrahiten, Heman, Chalchol och Darda, Mahols söner; och var namnkunnig ibland alla Hedningar allt omkring.
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 Och han talade tretusend ordspråk; och hans visor voro tusende och fem.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Och han talade om trä, ifrå ceder, som är i Libanon, allt intill isop, som växer utu väggene; desslikes talade han om djur, om foglar, om matkar, om fiskar.
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 Och utaf all folk kommo till att höra Salomos visdom, ifrån alla Konungar på jordene, som af hans visdom hört hade.
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].
