1 Kings 4
1 And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
Salomo telah menjadi raja atas seluruh negeri Israel.
2 And these are the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok was priest;
Inilah pejabat-pejabat tinggi yang diangkat oleh Salomo: Imam-imam: Zadok, Azarya anak Zadok, Abyatar. Sekretaris negara: Elihoref dan Ahia, yaitu anak-anak Sisia. Bendahara negara: Yosafat anak Ahilud. Panglima angkatan bersenjata: Benaya, anak Yoyada. Pengawas para bupati: Azarya, anak Natan. Penasehat raja: Imam Zabud, anak Natan. Kepala rumah tangga istana: Ahisar. Kepala pekerja rodi: Adoniram, anak Abda.
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, chronicler;
4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, the king's friend;
6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy-service.
7 And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel; and they provided food for the king and his household: each man his month in the year had to make provision.
Salomo mengangkat dua belas bupati di seluruh negeri Israel. Tugas mereka ialah mengumpulkan dari wilayah mereka bahan makanan untuk raja dan seisi istananya. Setiap bupati secara bergilir bertanggung jawab atas hal itu selama satu bulan setiap tahun.
8 And these are their names: Ben-Hur, in mount Ephraim.
Kedua belas bupati itu dikepalai oleh seorang gubernur. Inilah nama para bupati itu dan wilayah kekuasaan mereka: Ben-Hur: daerah pegunungan Efraim. Ben-Deker: kota Makas, Saalbim, Bet-Semes, Elon, Bet-Hanan. Ben-Hesed: kota Arubot, Sokho, dan seluruh daerah Hefer. Ben-Abinadab, suami Tafat putri Salomo: seluruh daerah Dor. Baana anak Ahilud: kota Taanakh, Megido, dan seluruh daerah dekat Bet-Sean, dekat kota Sartan di sebelah selatan kota Yizreel sampai sejauh kota Abel-Mehola dan kota Yokmeam. Ben-Geber: kota Ramot di Gilead, kampung-kampung di Gilead milik kaum Yair keturunan Manasye, daerah Argob di Basan; seluruhnya 60 kota besar yang diperkuat dengan benteng dan palang-palang perunggu pada gerbang-gerbangnya. Ahinadab anak Ido: daerah Mahanaim. Ahimaas, suami Basmat putri Salomo: daerah Naftali. Baana anak Husai: daerah Asyer, kota Alot. Yosafat anak Paruah: daerah Isakhar. Simei anak Ela: daerah Benyamin. Geber anak Uri: daerah Gilead, yang dahulu dikuasai Sihon raja Amori, dan Og raja Basan.
9 Ben-Deker in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-Beth-hanan.
10 Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; he had Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher.
11 Ben-Abinadab had all the upland of Dor; Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife.
12 Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam.
13 Ben-Geber, in Ramoth-Gilead; he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bars of bronze.
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, at Mahanaim.
15 Ahimaaz, in Nephtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife.
16 Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar.
18 Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin.
19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, and of Og the king of Bashan; and [he was] the only superintendent that was in the land.
20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
Rakyat Yehuda dan Israel banyaknya seperti pasir di tepi laut. Mereka mempunyai cukup makanan dan minuman serta hidup senang.
21 And Solomon ruled over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Setiap keluarga mempunyai kebun anggur dan kebun ara. Seumur hidup Salomo rakyat di seluruh Yehuda dan Israel dari Dan sampai ke Bersyeba hidup aman dan tentram. Sebab, semua raja di sebelah barat Efrat takluk kepadanya, dan semua bangsa dari negara-negara di sekitar kerajaannya bersahabat dengan dia. Tanah di sebelah barat Sungai Efrat dari Tifsah di tepi Sungai Efrat terus ke barat ke kota Gaza di Filistin sampai ke perbatasan Mesir, seluruhnya dikuasai oleh Salomo. Bangsa-bangsa di negeri itu takluk kepadanya dan membayar upeti. Bahan-bahan makanan yang diperlukan oleh Salomo setiap hari adalah 5.000 liter tepung halus, 10.000 liter tepung kasar, 10 sapi kandang, 20 sapi padang, dan 100 domba. Selain itu, juga rusa, kijang, menjangan dan unggas.
22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,
23 ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
24 For he had dominion over all on this side the river, from Tiphsah as far as Gazah, over all the kings on this side the river; and he had peace on all sides round about.
25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Salomo mempunyai 12.000 tentara berkuda dan 40.000 kandang untuk kuda-kuda yang menarik kereta-keretanya.
27 And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting.
Secara bergilir, selama sebulan, setiap bupati menyerahkan bahan makanan untuk Raja Salomo dan untuk semua orang yang mendapat makanan dari istana, sehingga mereka tidak kekurangan sesuatu pun.
28 And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.
Setiap bupati itu memberikan juga gandum dan jerami untuk semua kuda Salomo, baik kuda tunggangan maupun kuda kereta. Makanan hewan itu dibawa ke kandang-kandang kuda sebanyak yang dibutuhkan.
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
Allah memberikan kepada Salomo hikmat, dan pengetahuan yang luar biasa, serta pengertian yang amat dalam.
30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Di negeri-negeri timur dan di Mesir tak ada orang yang lebih pandai dari dia.
31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
Ia benar-benar terpandai dari semua orang. Ia melebihi Etan orang Ezrahi, Heman, Kalkol dan Darda anak-anak Mahol. Nama Salomo terkenal di mana-mana di negeri-negeri sekeliling kerajaannya.
32 And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
Ada 3.000 pepatah dan lebih dari seribu nyanyian yang dikarangnya.
33 And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Ia sanggup berbicara tentang pohon-pohon dan tanaman-tanaman--dari pohon cemara Libanon sampai kepada rerumput hisop yang tumbuh pada dinding-dinding batu. Ia berbicara juga mengenai binatang-binatang, seperti misalnya unggas, binatang melata dan ikan.
34 And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Raja-raja di seluruh dunia mendengar tentang kepandaian Salomo sehingga mereka mengutus orang kepadanya untuk mendengarkan dia.
