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1 At ang haring Salomon, ay hari sa buong Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 At ito ang mga naging prinsipe na napasa kaniya: si Azarias, na anak ng saserdoteng si Sadoc.
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Si Elioreph at si Ahia, na mga anak ni Sisa, ay mga kalihim; si Josaphat na anak ni Ahilud, ay kasangguni;
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 At si Benaia, na anak ni Joiada ay nangungulo sa hukbo; at si Sadoc at si Abiathar ay mga saserdote;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 At si Azarias na anak ni Nathan ay nangungulo sa mga pinuno; at si Zabud na anak ni Nathan ay pangulong tagapangasiwa, na kaibigan ng hari;
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 At si Ahisar ay katiwala sa kaniyang bahay; at si Adoniram na anak ni Abda ay nasa mga magpapabuwis.
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 At si Salomon ay may labing dalawang katiwala sa buong Israel, na sila ang nag-iimbak ng pagkain ukol sa hari, at sa kaniyang sangbahayan: bawa't isa sa kanila'y nag-iimbak ng pagkain na isang buwan sa bawa't taon.
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 At ito ang kanilang mga pangalan: si Ben-hur sa lupaing maburol ng Ephraim:
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Si Ben-dacer, sa Maccas, at sa Saalbim, at sa Beth-semes, at sa Elonbeth-hanan:
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Si Ben-hesed, sa Aruboth (sa kaniya'y nauukol ang Socho, at ang buong lupain ng Ephet: )
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Si Ben-abinadab sa buong kataasan ng Dor (na ang asawa'y si Taphat na anak ni Salomon: )
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Si Baana na anak ni Ahilud sa Taanach, at sa Megiddo, at sa buong Beth-san na nasa siping ng Zaretan, sa ibaba ng Jezreel, mula sa Bethsan hanggang sa Abel-mehola, na may layong hanggang sa dako roon ng Jocmeam:
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 Si Ben-geber, sa Ramoth-galaad; (sa kaniya nauukol ang mga bayan ni Jair na anak ni Manases, na nasa Galaad; sa makatuwid baga'y sa kaniya nauukol ang lupain ng Argob, na nasa Basan, anim na pung malaking bayan na may mga kuta at mga halang na tanso: )
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 Si Ahinadab, anak ni Iddo sa Mahanaim:
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Si Ahimaas, sa Nephtali; (Ito rin ang nagasawa kay Basemath na anak na babae ni Salomon.)
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Si Baana, na anak ni Husai sa Aser at sa Alot.
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Si Josaphat, na anak ni Pharua sa Issachar:
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Si Semei, na anak ni Ela sa Benjamin:
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Si Geber, na anak ni Uri sa lupain ng Galaad, na lupain ni Sehon na hari ng mga Amorrheo, at ni Og na hari sa Basan; at siya lamang ang katiwala sa lupaing yaon.
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 Ang Juda at ang Israel ay marami, na gaya ng buhangin sa tabi ng dagat sa karamihan, na nagkakainan, at nagiinuman, at nagkakatuwa.
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 At si Salomon ay nagpupuno sa lahat ng kaharian na mula sa Ilog hanggang sa lupain ng mga Filisteo, at hanggang sa hangganan ng Egipto: sila'y nagsipagdala ng mga kaloob, at nagsipaglingkod kay Salomon lahat ng kaarawan ng kaniyang buhay.
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 At ang pagkain ni Salomon sa isang araw ay tatlong pung takal ng mainam na harina, at anim na pung takal na 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 Sangpung matabang baka, at dalawang pung baka na mula sa pastulan, at isang daang tupa, bukod pa ang mga usang lalake at babae, at mga usang masungay, at mga pinatabang hayop na may pakpak.
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 Sapagka't sakop niya ang buong lupain ng dakong ito ng Ilog, mula sa Tiphsa hanggang sa Gaza, sa lahat ng mga hari sa dakong ito ng Ilog: at siya'y may kapayapaan sa lahat ng mga dako sa palibot niya.
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 At ang Juda at ang Israel ay nagsitahang tiwasay, na bawa't tao'y sa ilalim ng kaniyang puno ng ubas at sa ilalim ng kaniyang puno ng igos, mula sa Dan hanggang sa Beer-seba, sa lahat ng kaarawan ni Salomon.
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 At mayroon si Salomong apat na pung libong kabayo sa kaniyang mga silungan para sa kaniyang mga karo, at labing dalawang libong mangangabayo.
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 At ipinag-imbak ng mga katiwalang yaon ng pagkain ang haring Salomon, at ang lahat na naparoon sa dulang ng haring Salomon, bawa't isa'y sa kaniyang buwan: walang nagkulang na anoman.
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 Sebada naman at dayami sa mga kabayo, at sa mga matuling kabayo ay nagsipagdala sila sa dakong kinaroroonan ng mga pinuno, bawa't isa'y ayon sa kaniyang katungkulan.
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 At binigyan ng Dios si Salomon ng karunungan, at di kawasang katalinuhan at kaluwagan ng puso, gaya ng buhanging nasa tabi ng dagat.
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 At ang karunungan ni Salomon ay mahigit kay sa karunungan ng lahat na anak ng silanganan, at kay sa buong karunungan ng Egipto.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Sapagka't lalong pantas kay sa lahat ng mga tao; kay sa kay Ethan na Ezrahita, at kay Eman, at kay Calchol, at kay Darda, na mga anak ni Mahol: at ang kaniyang kabantugan ay lumipana sa lahat ng mga bansa sa palibot.
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 At siya'y nagsalita ng tatlong libong kawikaan; at ang kaniyang mga awit ay isang libo at lima.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 At siya'y nagsalita ng tungkol sa mga punong kahoy, mula sa sedro na nasa Libano hanggang sa isopo na sumisibol sa pader: siya'y nagsalita rin ng tungkol sa mga hayop, at sa mga ibon, at sa nagsisiusad at sa mga isda.
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 At naparoon ang mga taong mula sa lahat na bayan, upang marinig ang karunungan ni Salomon na mula sa lahat na hari sa lupa, na nakabalita ng kaniyang karunungan.
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].
