Første Kongebog 4

¹ Kong Salomo var Konge over hele Israel

¹ Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.

³ Elihoref og Ahija, Sjisjas Sønner, var Statsskrivere; Josjafat, Ahiluds Søn, var Kansler;

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

⁵ Azarja, Natans Søn, var Overfoged; Præsten Zabud, Natans Søn, var Kongens Ven;

⁵ and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s friend;

⁷ Fremdeles havde Salomno tolv Fogeder over hele Israel, som skulde sørge for Kongens og Hoffets Underhold, hver af dem en Måned om Året.

⁷ Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year.

⁹ Dekers Søn i Makaz-Sja'albim, Bet-Sjemesj og Elon indtil Bet-Hanan;

⁹ Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;

¹¹ Abinadabs Søn havde hele Dors Højland; han var gift med Salomos Datter Tafat;

¹¹ Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife);

¹³ Gebers Søn i Ramot i Gilead; han havde Manasses Søn Ja'irs Teltbyer i Gilead, og han havde Argoblandet i Basan, tresindstyve store Byer med Mure og Kobberportstænger;

¹³ Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his);

¹⁵ Ahima'az i Naftali; han var ligeledes gift med en Datter af Salomo, Basemat;

¹⁵ Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);

¹⁷ Josjafat, Paruas Søn, i Issakar;

¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

¹⁹ Geber, Uris Søn, i Gads Land, det Land, der havde tilhørt Amoriiterkongen Sihon og Kong Og af Basan; der var kun een Foged i det Land.

¹⁹ Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land.

²¹ Og Salomo herskede over alle Rigerne fra Floden til Filisternes Land og Ægyptens Grænse og de bragte Gaver og tjente Salomo, så længe han levede.

²¹ Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

²³ ti Stykker Fedekvæg, tyve Stykker Græskvæg og hundrede Stykker Småkvæg foruden Hjorte, Gazeller, Antiloper og fede Gæs.

²³ ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

²⁵ og Juda og Israel boede trygt, så længe Salomo levede, hver Mand under sin Vinstok og sit Figentræ, fra ban til Be'ersjeba.

²⁵ So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

²⁷ Og de nævnte Fogeder sørgede for Underhold til Kong Salomo og alle, der havde Adgang til hans Bord, hver i sin Måned, og de lod det ikke skorte på noget;

²⁷ Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon’s table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.

²⁹ Gud skænkede Salomo Visdom og Kløgt i såre rigt Mål og en omfattende Forstand, som Sandet ved Havets Bred,

²⁹ Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.

³¹ Han var visere end alle andre, ja visere end Ezraiten Etan og visere end Heman, Kalkol og Darda, Mabols Sønner, og hans Ry nåede ud til alle Folkeslag rundt om.

³¹ For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.

³³ Han talte om Træerne lige fra Cederen på Libanon til Ysopen, der vokser frem af Muren; og han talte om Dyrene, Fuglene, Krybdyrene og Fiskene.

³³ He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.