1 Kings 4
1 राजा सुलेमानले इस्राएलका जनता माथि शासन गर्न थाले।
2 शासन गर्नमा उनलाई सहयोग गर्ने प्रमुख अधिकारीहरूको नाम यी हुन्।सादोकका छोरा अजर्याह। अजर्याह पूजाहारी थिए।
3 शीशाका छोराहरू एलीहोरेप र अहियाह। एलीहोरेप र अहियाह लेखकहरू थिए।अहीलूदका छोरा यहोशापात। यहोशापात जनगणको इतिहासको विवरण लेख्ने गर्दथे।
4 यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाह। बनायाह सेनापति थिए।सादोक र एबीयातार। यिनीहरू पूजाहारीहरू थिए।
5 नातानका छोरा अजर्याह। अजर्याह जिल्ला राजापालको हाक्किम थिए।नातानका छोरा याबूद। याबूद राजा सुलेमानका सल्लाहकार अनि पूजाहारी थिए।
6 अहीशार। अहीशार महलको प्रत्येक वस्तुका लागि जिम्मेवार थिए।अब्दाका छोरा अदोनीरामः अदोनीराम दासहरूको अध्यक्ष थिए।
7 इस्राएललाई बाह्रवटा क्षेत्रहरूमा विभाजन गरिएको थियो जसलाई जनपद भनिन्थ्यो। सुलेमानले प्रत्येक जनपदको राजपाल छान्ने गर्दथे। राजपाललाई आफ्नो जनपदबाट खाद्य संकलन गर्ने अनि राजा तथा उनको परिवारलाई खाद्यान दिने आदेश दिइएको थियो। प्रत्येक वर्षको एक महीनामा राजालाई खाद्यान सामग्री जम्मा गर्ने दायित्व बाह्र जना राजपालहरू माथि थियो।
8 बाह्रजना राजपालहरूका नाउँ यी हुन्;बेनहर एप्रैमको पार्वत्य प्रदेशको राजपाल थिए।
9 माकश, शाल्बीम, बेतशेमेश अनि एलोनरबेत-तनानका राजपाल बेन्दकेर थिए।
10 अरूबोत, सोको अनि हेपेरका राजपाल बेन-हेसेद थिए।
11 बेन अबीनादाब नपोत दोरका राजपाल थिए। उनले सुलेमानकी छोरी तापत-सँग विवाह गरेका थिए।
12 अहीलूदका छोरा बाना तानाक अनि मगिद्दो तथा सारतानको छेउमा भएको सबै बेतशानको राजपाल थिए। यो यिज्रेलको तल बेत-शानदेखि लिएर योकमाम पारि आबेल-महोलासम्म थियो।
13 बेन-गेबेर रामोत गिलादका राज्यपाल थिए। उनी गिलादमा मनश्शेका छोरा याईरको सबै शहरहरू अनि गाउँका पनि राज्यपाल थिए। उनी बाशानमा अर्गोब अञ्चलका पनि शासक थिए। यस इलाकामा वरिपरि ठूला-ठूला पर्खालले घेरेका साठीवटा शहरहरू थिए। अनि शहरहरूको मूल ढोकामा काँसाका बारहरू थिए।
14 इद्दोका छोरा अहीनादाब महनेमका राजपाल थिए।
15 अहीमास नप्तालीका राजपाल थिए। उनको विवाह सुलेमानकी छोरी बासमत सँग भएको थियो।
16 हूशैका छोरा बाना आशेर र आलोतका राजपाल थिए।
17 पारूहका छोरा यहोशापात इस्साकारका राजपाल थिए।
18 एलाका छोरा शिमी बिन्यामीनका राजपाल थिए।
19 ऊरीका छोरा गेबेर गिलादका राजपाल थिए। गिलाद त्यो प्रदेश थियो जहाँ एमोरीहरूका राजा सीहोन अनि बाशानका राजा ओग शासन गर्दथिए। तर गेबेर मात्र यस जनपदका राजपाल थिए।
20 यहूदा र इस्राएलमा धेरै संख्यामा मानिसहरू थिए। मानिसहरूको संख्या समुद्रतटका बालुवाका कण जति नै थिये। मानिसहरू सुखी जीवन व्यतीत गर्दैथिएः तिनीहरू खानपीन गर्दथिए अनि खुशी थिए।
21 सुलेमान यूफ्रेटिस नदी देखि लिएर पलिश्ती मानिसहरूको धर्ती-सम्म शासन गर्दथे। उनको राज्य मिश्र देशको सीमानासम्म फिंजिएको थियो। यी देशहरूले सुलेमानकहाँ उपहार पठाए अनि जीवनभरि नै आज्ञा पालन गरिरहे।
22 सुलेमानलाई प्रत्येक दिन चाहिने खाध्य सामग्री यो थियो ऊ आफ्नै निम्ति अनि उनीसँगै मेजमा भोजन गर्ने सबै मानिसहरूका निम्तिः30
23 मुरी राम्रो पिठो,60 मुरी अन्न,10 वटा राम्रो अन्न खाने गाईहरू,20 वटा मैदानमा पालीएको गाईहरू,100 वटा भेडाहरू,जंगली जनावरहरू जस्तो मृग, जराया,चित्तल अनि शिकार गरिएका चराहरू।
24 सुलेमान यूफ्रेटिस नदीको पश्चिम तिरका सबै देशहरूमा शासन गर्दथे। यो क्षेत्र तिप्सादेखि गाजाँसम्म थियो। सुलेमानले राज्यको चारैतिर शान्ति कायम गरेका थिए।
25 सुलेमानको जीवनकालमा यहूदा अनि इस्राएलमा, दानदेखि बेर्शेबासम्मका सबै मानिसहरू शान्ति अनि सुरक्षामा थिए। मानिसहरू आफ्नै अंजीरका रूख अनि दाखको लहरा मुनी शान्तिका साथ बस्ने गर्दथे।
26 सुलेमानसित उनका रथहरूका 4,000घोडाहरू राख्ने र घोड सैनिकहरू बस्ने ठाउँ थियो अनि उनीसित 12,000 घोडाको हेरविचार गर्ने मानिसहरू (सएसहरू) थिए।
27 प्रत्येक महीना बाह्र जनपद मध्ये एक जना राजपालले सुलेमानलाई ती जिनिसहरू दिने गर्दथे जो उनलाई चाहिन्थ्यो। राजाको मेजमा भोजन गर्ने प्रत्येक मानिसका लागि यो पर्याप्त थियो।
28 शासकहरूले यी पशुहरूका निम्ति प्रचुर मात्रमा खाना अनि जौं जुटाउने गर्थे। तिनीहरूले ती अन्नहरू निश्चित ठाउँमा ल्याए।
29 परमेश्वरले सुलेमानलाई ज्यादै बुद्धिमान बनाउनुभयो। सुलेमान धेरै किसिमका कुरा बुझ्न सक्थे। उनको बुद्धि यति महान, थियो, कल्पना गर्न सकिन्न।
30 सुलेमान पूर्वी देशहरूका सबै मानिसहरू अनि सबै मिश्रीहरू भन्दा ज्ञानी थिए।
31 उनी विश्वमा सबै मानिसहरूभन्दा बढी बुद्धिमानी थिए। उनी एज्रही एतानभन्दा पनि बढी बुद्धिमान थिए। उनी हेमान, कलकोल अनि दर्दा भन्दा बढी बुद्धिमान थिए। यिनीहरू माहोलका छोरा थिए। राजा सुलेमान इस्राएल र यहूदाको वरिपरिका सबै देशहरूमा प्रख्यात भए।
32 आफ्नो जीवन-कालमा सुलेमानले 3,000 ज्ञानवर्द्धक शिक्षाहरू अनि 1,005 गीतहरू रचे।
33 सुलेमान प्रकृतिको विषयमा धेरै जान्दथे। उनले लबानोनका विशाल देवदारू रूखहरूको विषयमा शिक्षा दिंद थिए, बाबरी बिरूवाको विषयमा जो भित्ताहरू माथि उम्रिन्थ्ये। उनले जनावरहरू, चराचुरूङ्गी, घस्रने जन्तुहरू अनि माछाको विषयमा पनि वार्तालाप गर्दथे।
34 सबै राष्ट्रहरूका मानिसहरू राजा सुलेमानको ज्ञानका कुरा सुन्न आउने गर्दथे। सबै राष्ट्रका राजाहरू आफ्ना बुद्धिमान मानिसहरूलाई राजा सुलेमानको कुरा सुन्न पठाउँने गर्दथे।
1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:
6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
21 And Solomon reigned over all 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.
22 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
25 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.
26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
13 And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.