1 Kungaboken 4
1 Konung Salomo var nu konung över hela Israel.
Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel,
2 Och dessa voro hans förnämsta män: Asarja, Sadoks son, var präst;
and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest.
3 Elihoref och Ahia, Sisas söner, voro sekreterare; Josafat, Ahiluds son, var kansler;
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, Jojadas son, var överbefälhavare; Sadok och Ebjatar voro präster;
Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests.
5 Asarja, Natans son, var överfogde; Sabud, Natans son, en präst, 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 överhovmästare; Adoniram, Abdas son, hade uppsikten över de allmänna arbetena.
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 satt över hela Israel tolv fogdar, som skulle sörja för vad konungen och hans hus behövde; var och en hade årligen sin månad, då han skulle sörja för dessa behov.
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 följande voro deras namn: Ben-Hur i Efraims bergsbygd;
Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Ben-Deker i Makas, Saalbim, Bet-Semes, Elon, Bet-Hanan;
Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan [cities];
10 Ben-Hesed i Arubbot, vilken hade Soko och hela Heferlandet;
Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh [towns] and the area near Hepher [town];
11 Ben-Abinadab i hela Nafat-Dor -- denne fick Salomos dotter Tafat till hustru --;
Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district;
12 Baana, Ahiluds son, i Taanak och Megiddo och i hela den del av Bet-Sean, som ligger på sidan om Saretan, nedanför Jisreel, från Bet-Sean ända till Abel-Mehola och bortom 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 i Ramot i Gilead; han hade Manasses son Jairs byar, som ligga i Gilead; han hade ock landsträckan Argob, som ligger i Basan, sextio stora städer med murar och 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, Iddos son, i Mahanaim;
Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim [city east of the Jordan River];
15 Ahimaas i Naftali; också han hade tagit en dotter av Salomo, Basemat, till hustru;
Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for [the territory of the tribe of] Naphtali;
16 Baana, Husais son, i Aser och Alot;
Hushai’s son Baana, for [the territory of the tribe of] Asher and for Aloth [town];
17 Josafat, Paruas son, i Isaskar;
Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for [the territory of the tribe of] Issachar;
18 Simei, Elas son, i Benjamin;
Ela’s son Shimei, for [the territory of the tribe of] Benjamin;
19 Geber, Uris son, i Gileads land, det land som hade tillhört Sihon, amoréernas konung, och Og, konungen i Basan; ty allenast en enda fogde fanns i det landet.
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 Juda och Israel voro då talrika, så talrika som sanden vid havet; och man åt och drack och var glad.
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 Så var nu Salomo herre över alla riken ifrån floden till filistéernas land och ända ned till Egyptens gräns; de förde skänker till Salomo och voro honom underdåniga, så länge han levde.
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 vad Salomo för var dag behövde av livsmedel var: trettio korer fint mjöl och sextio korer vanligt 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, tjugu valloxar och hundra far, förutom hjortar, gaseller, dovhjortar och gödda fåglar.
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 rådde över hela landet på andra sidan floden, ifrån Tifsa ända till Gasa, över alla konungar på andra sidan floden; och han hade fred på alla sidor, runt 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 sutto i trygghet, var och en under sitt vinträd och sitt fikonträd, ifrån Dan ända till Beer-Seba, så länge Salomo levde.
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 fyrtio tusen spann vagnshästar och tolv tusen ridhästar.
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 de nämnda fogdarna sörjde var sin månad för konung Salomos behov, och för allas som hade tillträde till konung Salomos bord; de 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 Och kornet och halmen för hästarna och travarna förde de, var och en i sin ordning, till det ställe där han uppehöll sig.
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 gav Salomo vishet och förstånd i mycket rikt mått och så mycken insikt, att den kunde liknas vid sanden på havets 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 vishet var större än alla österlänningars vishet och all Egyptens vishet.
He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt.
31 Han var visare än alla andra människor, visare än esraiten Etan och Heman och Kalkol och Darda, Mahols söner; och ryktet om honom gick ut bland alla folk runt 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 Han diktade tre tusen ordspråk, och hans sånger voro ett tusen fem.
He composed/wrote 3,000 (proverbs/wise sayings) and more than 1,000 songs.
33 Han talade om träden, från cedern på Libanon ända till isopen, som växer fram ur väggen. Han talade ock om fyrfotadjuren, om fåglarna, om kräldjuren och om fiskarna.
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 från alla folk kom man för att höra Salomos visdom, från alla konungar på jorden, som hade hört talas om hans visdom.
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].
