1 Kings 4

1 So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

1 وَكَانَ ٱلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكًا عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;

2 وَهَؤُلَاءِ هُمُ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُ: عَزَرْيَاهُو بْنُ صَادُوقَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ،

3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

3 وَأَلِيحُورَفُ وَأَخِيَّا ٱبْنَا شِيشَا كَاتِبَانِ. وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ أَخِيلُودَ ٱلْمُسَجِّلُ،

4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

4 وَبَنَايَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَادَاعَ عَلَى ٱلْجَيْشِ، وَصَادُوقُ وَأَبِيَاثَارُ كَاهِنَانِ.

5 Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;

5 وَعَزَرْيَاهُو بْنُ نَاثَانَ عَلَى ٱلْوُكَلَاءِ، وَزَابُودُ بْنُ نَاثَانَ كَاهِنٌ وَصَاحِبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

6 Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.

6 وَأَخِيشَارُ عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَأَدُونِيرَامُ بْنُ عَبْدَا عَلَى ٱلتَّسْخِيرِ.

7 Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,

7 وَكَانَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ وَكِيلًا عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَمْتَارُونَ لِلْمَلِكِ وَبَيْتِهِ. كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْوَاحِدِ أَنْ يَمْتَارَ شَهْرًا فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ.

8 and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;

8 وَهَذِهِ أَسْمَاؤُهُمُ: ٱبْنُ حُورَ فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ.

9 Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

9 ٱبْنُ دَقَرَ فِي مَاقَصَ وَشَعَلُبِّيمَ وَبَيْتِ شَمْسٍ وَأَيْلُونِ بَيْتِ حَانَانَ.

10 Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);

10 ٱبْنُ حَسَدَ فِي أَرُبُوتَ. كَانَتْ لَهُ سُوكُوهُ وَكُلُّ أَرْضِ حَافَرَ.

11 Ben-abinadab in Naphath-dor (Taphath, a daughter of Solomon, was his wife);

11 ٱبْنُ أَبِينَادَابَ فِي كُلِّ مُرْتَفَعَاتِ دُورٍ. كَانَتْ طَافَةُ بِنْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ لَهُ ٱمْرَأَةً.

12 Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

12 بَعْنَا بْنُ أَخِيلُودَ فِي تَعْنَكَ وَمَجِدُّو وَكُلِّ بَيْتِ شَانٍ ٱلَّتِي بِجَانِبِ صُرْتَانَ تَحْتَ يَزْرَعِيلَ، مِنْ بَيْتِ شَانَ إِلَى آبَلَ مَحُولَةَ، إِلَى مَعْبَرِ يَقْمَعَامَ.

13 Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

13 ٱبْنُ جَابَرَ فِي رَامُوتِ جِلْعَادَ. لَهُ حَوُّوثُ يَائِيرَ ٱبْنِ مَنَسَّى ٱلَّتِي فِي جِلْعَادَ، وَلَهُ كُورَةُ أَرْجُوبَ ٱلَّتِي فِي بَاشَانَ. سِتُّونَ مَدِينَةً عَظِيمَةً بِأَسْوَارٍ وَعَوَارِضَ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ.

14 Ahinadab son of Iddo in Mahanaim;

14 أَخِينَادَابُ بْنُ عُدُّو فِي مَحَنَايِمَ.

15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

15 أَخِيمَعَصُ فِي نَفْتَالِي، وَهُوَ أَيْضًا أَخَذَ بَاسِمَةَ بِنْتَ سُلَيْمَانَ ٱمْرَأَةً.

16 Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

16 بَعْنَا بْنُ حُوشَايَ فِي أَشِيرَ وَبَعَلُوتَ.

17 Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

17 يَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ فَارُوحَ فِي يَسَّاكَرَ.

18 Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

18 شِمْعِي بْنُ أَيْلَاَ فِي بَنْيَامِينَ.

19 Geber son of Uri in the land of Gilead, including the territories of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. There was also one governor in the land of Judah.

19 جَابِرُ بْنُ أُورِي فِي أَرْضِ جِلْعَادَ، أَرْضِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَعُوجَ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ. وَوَكِيلٌ وَاحِدٌ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ.

20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

20 وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلُ كَثِيرِينَ كَٱلرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ فِي ٱلْكَثْرَةِ. يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْرَبُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ.

21 And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

21 وَكَانَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُتَسَلِّطًا عَلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْمَمَالِكِ مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى أَرْضِ فِلِسْطِينَ، وَإِلَى تُخُومِ مِصْرَ. كَانُوا يُقَدِّمُونَ ٱلْهَدَايَا وَيَخْدِمُونَ سُلَيْمَانَ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.

22 Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,

22 وَكَانَ طَعَامُ سُلَيْمَانَ لِلْيَوْمِ ٱلْوَاحِدِ: ثَلَاثِينَ كُرَّ سَمِيذٍ، وَسِتِّينَ كُرَّ دَقِيقٍ،

23 ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

23 وَعَشْرَةَ ثِيرَانٍ مُسَمَّنَةٍ، وَعِشْرِينَ ثَوْرًا مِنَ ٱلْمَرَاعِي، وَمِئَةَ خَرُوفٍ، مَا عَدَا ٱلْأَيَائِلَ وَٱلظِّبَاءَ وَٱلْيَحَامِيرَ وَٱلْإِوَزَّ ٱلْمُسَمَّنَ.

24 For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

24 لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مُتَسَلِّطًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَا عَبْرَ ٱلنَّهْرِ مِنْ تَفْسَحَ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، عَلَى كُلِّ مُلُوكِ عَبْرِ ٱلنَّهْرِ، وَكَانَ لَهُ صُلْحٌ مِنْ جَمِيعِ جَوَانِبِهِ حَوَالَيْهِ.

25 Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

25 وَسَكَنَ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلُ آمِنِينَ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ تَحْتَ كَرْمَتِهِ وَتَحْتَ تِينَتِهِ، مِنْ دَانَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، كُلَّ أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

26 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.

26 وَكَانَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ مِذْوَدٍ لِخَيْلِ مَرْكَبَاتِهِ، وَٱثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفَ فَارِسٍ.

27 Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

27 وَهَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْوُكَلَاءُ كَانُوا يَمْتَارُونَ لِلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَلِكُلِّ مَنْ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى مَائِدَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ سُلَيْمَانَ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ فِي شَهْرِهِ. لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَى شَيْءٍ.

28 Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

28 وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَ بِشَعِيرٍ وَتِبْنٍ لِلْخَيْلِ وَٱلْجِيَادِ إِلَى ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي يَكُونُ فِيهِ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ قَضَائِهِ.

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.

29 وَأَعْطَى ٱللهُ سُلَيْمَانَ حِكْمَةً وَفَهْمًا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا، وَرَحْبَةَ قَلْبٍ كَٱلرَّمْلِ ٱلَّذِي عَلَى شَاطِئِ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

30 وَفَاقَتْ حِكْمَةُ سُلَيْمَانَ حِكْمَةَ جَمِيعِ بَنِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَكُلَّ حِكْمَةِ مِصْرَ.

31 He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

31 وَكَانَ أَحْكَمَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلنَّاسِ، مِنْ إِيثَانَ ٱلْأَزْرَاحِيِّ وَهَيْمَانَ وَكَلْكُولَ وَدَرْدَعَ بَنِي مَاحُولَ. وَكَانَ صِيتُهُ فِي جَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ حَوَالَيْهِ.

32 Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

32 وَتَكَلَّمَ بِثَلَاثَةِ آلَافِ مَثَلٍ، وَكَانَتْ نَشَائِدُهُ أَلْفًا وَخَمْسًا.

33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

33 وَتَكَلَّمَ عَنِ ٱلْأَشْجَارِ، مِنَ ٱلْأَرْزِ ٱلَّذِي فِي لُبْنَانَ إِلَى ٱلزُّوفَا ٱلنَّابِتِ فِي ٱلْحَائِطِ. وَتَكَلَّمَ عَنِ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ وَعَنِ ٱلطَّيْرِ وَعَنِ ٱلدَّبِيبِ وَعَنِ ٱلسَّمَكِ.

34 So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

34 وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ لِيَسْمَعُوا حِكْمَةَ سُلَيْمَانَ، مِنْ جَمِيعِ مُلُوكِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا بِحِكْمَتِهِ.