¹King Solomon was king over all Israel.

¹In kralj Salomon je kraljeval vsemu Izraelu.

²These were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

²In ti so knezi, ki jih je imel: Azarija, sin Zadokov, duhovnik;

³Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

³Elihoref in Ahija, sinova Sisova, sta bila pisarja; Josafat, sin Ahiludov, je bil deželni letopisec;

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

⁴in Benaja, sin Jojadov, je bil nad vojsko, in Zadok in Abiatar sta bila duhovnika;

⁵and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, the king’s friend;

⁵Azarija pa, sin Natanov, je bil nad uradniki, in Zabud, sin Natanov, je bil prvi dvorjan, kraljev prijatelj;

⁶and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor.

⁶in Ahisar je bil nad dvorcem in Adoniram, sin Abdov, je bil nad davščinami.

⁷Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

⁷In Salomon je imel dvanajst uradnikov nad vsem Izraelom, ki so oskrbovali kralja in družino njegovo z živežem: vsak je imel oskrbovati po en mesec v letu.

⁸These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

⁸In ta so njih imena: Benhur na Efraimskem gorovju,

⁹Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

⁹Bendeker v Makazu in v Saalbimu in Betsemesu in Elon-bethananu;

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

¹⁰Benhesed v Arubotu, njemu je pripadalo Soko in vsa pokrajina Heferska;

¹¹Ben Abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

¹¹Ben-abinadab na vsem hribovju Dorskem; on je imel Tafato, hčer Salomonovo, za ženo;

¹²Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;

¹²Baana, sin Ahiludov, v Taanahu in Megidu in v vsem Betseanu, ki je poleg Zaretana pod Jezreelom, od Betseana do Abel-mehole, tja daleč nasproti Jokmeamu;

¹³Ben Geber, in Ramoth Gilead (to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);

¹³Bengeber v Ramot-gileadu; njemu so pripadali trgi Jaira, sina Manaseja, ki so v Gileadu, njegov je bil kraj Argob, ki je v Basanu, šestdeset velikih mest z okopi in bronastimi zapahi;

¹⁴Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

¹⁴Ahinadab, sin Idov, v Mahanaimu;

¹⁵Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);

¹⁵Ahimaaz v Neftaliju; on je tudi vzel Basemato, hčer Salomonovo, za ženo;

¹⁶Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

¹⁶Baana, sin Husajev, v Aserju in Alotu;

¹⁷Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

¹⁷Josafat, sin Parnahov, v Isaharju;

¹⁸Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

¹⁸Simej, sin Elov, v Benjaminu;

¹⁹Geber 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 officer who was in the land.

¹⁹Geber, sin Urijev, v Gileadski pokrajini, v deželi Sihona, kralja Amorejcev, in Oga, kralja v Basanu; in on je bil edini uradnik v pokrajini.

²⁰Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

²⁰Juda in Izrael sta bila mnogoštevilna kakor pesek, ki ga je ob morju obilo; jedli so in pili ter se veselili.

²¹Solomon 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.

²¹In Salomon je gospodoval vsem kraljestvom od velereke do dežele Filistejcev in do egiptovske meje: prinašali so mu darila in služili Salomonu vse dni življenja njegovega.

²²Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal,

²²In Salomonov potrebni živež na dan je bil: trideset meric bele moke in šestdeset meric druge moke,

²³ten head of fat cattle, and twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.

²³deset pitanih volov in dvajset pašnih volov in sto ovac razen jelenov, srn in srnjakov in pitane perutnine.

²⁴For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.

²⁴Kajti imel je gospostvo nad vsemi pokrajinami na tej strani velereke, od Tifsaha do Gaze, nad vsemi kralji tostran reke; in imel je mir na vseh straneh naokoli.

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

²⁵In Juda in Izrael je prebival brez skrbi, vsak pod svojo trto in pod svojo smokvo, od Dana do Bersebe vse dni Salomonove.

²⁶Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

²⁶In Salomon je imel štirideset tisoč jasli za vprežne konje in dvanajst tisoč konj za ježo.

²⁷Those 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 lacking.

²⁷In tisti uradniki so oskrbovali živež kralju Salomonu in vsem, ki so jedli pri kraljevi mizi, vsak v svojem mesecu, in so pazili, da ni ničesar primanjkalo.

²⁸Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his duty.

²⁸Tudi ječmen in slamo za konje in mezge so spravljali na mesto, kjer je bilo treba, vsak po svojem naročilu.

²⁹God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

²⁹In Bog je dal Salomonu modrosti in razumnosti jako obilo in širokosti srca kakor peska, ki je ob morskem bregu.

³⁰Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

³⁰In večja je bila modrost Salomonova nego modrost vseh sinov na Jutrovem in vsa modrost Egipčanov.

³¹For 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 all around.

³¹Kajti modrejši je bil nego vsi ljudje, nego Etan Ezrahovec in Heman in Kalkol in Darda, sinovi Maholovi, in glas imena njegovega je šel po vseh narodih naokrog.

³²He spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were one thousand five.

³²In govoril je tri tisoč pregovorov in pesmi njegovih je bilo tisoč in pet.

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

³³In govoril je o drevju, od cedre, ki je na Libanonu, do izopa, ki raste iz stene; govoril je tudi, o živini in o pticah in o laznini in o ribah.In prihajali so izmed vseh ljudstev poslušat modrost Salomonovo, od vseh kraljev zemlje, ki so začuli o modrosti njegovi.

³⁴There came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

³⁴In prihajali so izmed vseh ljudstev poslušat modrost Salomonovo, od vseh kraljev zemlje, ki so začuli o modrosti njegovi.