| 1 Le roi Salomon régnait sur tout Israël. | 1 King Solomon was king over all Israel, |
| 2 Voici les fonctionnaires qu’il avait à son service: Azarias fils de Sadoq était prêtre, | 2 and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; |
| 3 Élihaf et Ahiya fils de Chicha étaient secrétaires, Yochafat fils d’Ahiloud était le porte-parole, | 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; |
| 4 (Bénayas, fils de Yoyada commandait l’armée, Sadoq et Ébyatar étaient prêtres,) | 4 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; |
| 5 Azarias fils de Nathan, chef des préfets; Zaboud fils de Nathan, familier du roi; | 5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend; |
| 6 Ahichar était maître du palais; Éliab fils de Joab, chargé de l’armée; Adoram fils d’Abda, chef de la corvée. | 6 Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. |
| 7 Salomon avait douze gouverneurs pour tout Israël; ils approvisionnaient le roi et son palais, chacun durant un mois par an. | 7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man had to make provision for one month in the year. |
| 8 Voici leurs noms: Ben-Hour dans la montagne d’Éphraïm; | 8 These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; |
| 9 Ben-Déker à Mahas, Chaalbim, Beth-Chémech, Ayyalon et Beth-Hanan, | 9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, Sha-albim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan; |
| 10 Ben-Hézed à Aroubot, il avait aussi en charge Soko et tout le pays de Héfer; | 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher); |
| 11 Ben-Abinadab sur les coteaux de Dor, sa femme Tabaat était fille de Salomon; | 11 Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); |
| 12 Baana fils d’Ahiloud, à Tanak et Méguiddo et jusqu’au-delà de Yoknéam: il avait également Beth-Chéan au-dessous de Yizréel et de Beth-Chéan jusqu’à Abel-Méhola en direction de Sartan; | 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam; |
| 13 Ben-Guéber à Ramot de Galaad: il avait les Douars de Yaïr fils de Manassé en Galaad, et le territoire d’Argob dans le Bashan, soit 60 villes fortifiées, entourées de remparts et munies de verrous de bronze. | 13 Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (he had the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); |
| 14 Ahinadab fils d’Iddo, à Mahanayim; | 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; |
| 15 Ahimaas en Nephtali: il épousa lui aussi une fille de Salomon nommée Basmat. | 15 Ahima-az, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); |
| 16 Baana fils de Houchaï pour Asher et pour la côte rocheuse; | 16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; |
| 17 Yochafat fils de Parouah pour Issacar; | 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; |
| 18 Chiméï fils d’Éla pour Benjamin; | 18 Shime-i the son of Ela, in Benjamin; |
| 19 Guéber fils d’Ouri pour le pays de Gad et le pays de Sihon, roi des Amorites, et d’Og, roi du Bashan. En outre, un préfet demeurait dans le pays de Juda. | 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 there was one officer in the land of Judah. |
| 20 (Juda et Israël étaient aussi nombreux que le sable sur le bord de la mer, on mangeait, on buvait et on vivait heureux.) | 20 Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy. |
| 21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. |
| 22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal, |
| 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl. |
| 24 For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates; and he had peace on all sides round about him. |
| 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. |
| 26 Solomon also had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. |
| 27 And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month; they let nothing be lacking. |
| 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge. |
| 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and largeness of mind like the sand on the seashore, |
| 30 so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. |
| 31 For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about. |
| 32 He also uttered three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five. |
| 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. |
| 34 And men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. |
