I Regum 4
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Erat autem rex Salomon regnans super omnem Israël:
1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2et hi principes quos habebat: Azarias filius Sadoc sacerdotis:
2And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
3Elihoreph et Ahia filii Sisa scribæ: Josaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis:
3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
4Banaias filius Jojadæ super exercitum: Sadoc autem et Abiathar sacerdotes:
4and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
5Azarias filius Nathan super eos qui assistebant regi: Zabud filius Nathan sacerdos, amicus regis:
5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend;
6et Ahisar præpositus domus: et Adoniram filius Abda super tributa.
6and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.
7Habebat autem Salomon duodecim præfectos super omnem Israël, qui præbebant annonam regi et domui ejus: per singulos enim menses in anno, singuli necessaria ministrabant.
7And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
8Et hæc nomina eorum: Benhur in monte Ephraim.
8And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
9Bendecar in Macces, et in Salebim, et in Bethsames, et in Elon, et in Bethanan.
9the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
10Benhesed in Aruboth: ipsius erat Socho, et omnis terra Epher.
10the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher;
11Benabinadab, cujus omnis Nephath Dor: Tapheth filiam Salomonis habebat uxorem.
11the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
12Bana filius Ahilud regebat Thanac et Mageddo, et universam Bethsan, quæ est juxta Sarthana subter Jezrahel, a Bethsan usque Abelmehula e regione Jecmaan.
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;
13Bengaber in Ramoth Galaad: habebat Avothjair filii Manasse in Galaad: ipse præerat in omni regione Argob, quæ est in Basan, sexaginta civitatibus magnis atque muratis quæ habebant seras æreas.
13the son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars;
14Ahinadab filius Addo præerat in Manaim.
14Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15Achimaas in Nephthali: sed et ipse habebat Basemath filiam Salomonis in conjugio.
15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife;
16Baana filius Husi in Aser, et in Baloth.
16Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
17Josaphat filius Pharue in Issachar.
17Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18Semei filius Ela in Benjamin.
18Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
19Gaber filius Uri in terra Galaad, in terra Sehon regis Amorrhæi et Og regis Basan, super omnia quæ erant in illa terra.
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 one officer that was over all the officers in the land.
20Juda et Israël innumerabiles, sicut arena maris in multitudine: comedentes, et bibentes, atque lætantes.
20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
21Salomon autem erat in ditione sua, habens omnia regna a flumine terræ Philisthiim usque ad terminum Ægypti: offerentium sibi munera, et servientium ei cunctis diebus vitæ ejus.
21(5-1) And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt; they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22Erat autem cibus Salomonis per dies singulos triginta cori similæ, et sexaginta cori farinæ,
22(5-2) And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;
23decem boves pingues, et viginti boves pascuales, et centum arietes, excepta venatione cervorum, caprearum, atque bubalorum, et avium altilium.
23(5-3) ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, beside harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
24Ipse enim obtinebat omnem regionem quæ erat trans flumen, a Thaphsa usque ad Gazan, et cunctos reges illarum regionum: et habebat pacem ex omni parte in circuitu.
24(5-4) For he had dominion over all the region 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 round about him.
25Habitabatque Juda et Israël absque timore ullo, unusquisque sub vite sua et sub ficu sua, a Dan usque Bersabee, cunctis diebus Salomonis.
25(5-5) 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.
26Et habebat Salomon quadraginta millia præsepia equorum currilium, et duodecim millia equestrium.
26(5-6) And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27Nutriebantque eos supradicti regis præfecti: sed et necessaria mensæ regis Salomonis cum ingenti cura præbebant in tempore suo.
27(5-7) And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
28Hordeum quoque, et paleas equorum et jumentorum, deferebant in locum ubi erat rex, juxta constitutum sibi.
28(5-8) Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge.
29Dedit quoque Deus sapientiam Salomoni, et prudentiam multam nimis, et latitudinem cordis quasi arenam quæ est in littore maris.
29(5-9) And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
30Et præcedebat sapientia Salomonis sapientiam omnium Orientalium et Ægyptiorum,
30(5-10) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31et erat sapientior cunctis hominibus: sapientior Ethan Ezrahita, et Heman, et Chalcol, et Dorda filiis Mahol: et erat nominatus in universis gentibus per circuitum.
31(5-11) 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.
32Locutus est quoque Salomon tria millia parabolas: et fuerunt carmina ejus quinque et mille.
32(5-12) And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
33Et disputavit super lignis a cedro quæ est in Libano, usque ad hyssopum quæ egreditur de pariete: et disseruit de jumentis, et volucribus, et reptilibus, et piscibus.
33(5-13) And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
34Et veniebant de cunctis populis ad audiendam sapientiam Salomonis, et ab universis regibus terræ qui audiebant sapientiam ejus.
34(5-14) And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
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