1 S alomão, filho de Davi, estabeleceu-se com firmeza em seu reino, pois o Senhor, o seu Deus, estava com ele e o tornou muito poderoso.

Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

2 S alomão falou a todo o Israel: os líderes de mil e de cem, os juízes, todos os líderes de Israel e os chefes de famílias.

Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.

3 D epois o rei foi com toda a assembléia ao lugar sagrado, no alto de Gibeom, pois ali estava a Tenda do Encontro que Moisés, servo do Senhor, havia feito no deserto.

So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the Tent of Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Yahweh had made in the wilderness.

4 D avi tinha transportado a arca de Deus de Quiriate-Jearim para a tenda que ele tinha armado para ela em Jerusalém.

But David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

5 O altar de bronze que Bezalel, filho de Uri e neto de Hur, fizera, estava em Gibeom, em frente do tabernáculo do Senhor; ali Salomão e a assembléia consultaram o Senhor.

Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before Yahweh’s tabernacle: and Solomon and the assembly were seeking counsel there.

6 S alomão ofereceu ao Senhor mil holocaustos sobre o altar de bronze, na Tenda do Encontro.

Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Yahweh, which was at the Tent of Meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.

7 N aquela noite Deus apareceu a Salomão e lhe disse: “Peça-me o que quiser, e eu lhe darei”.

In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”

8 S alomão respondeu: “Tu foste muito bondoso para com meu pai Davi e me fizeste rei em seu lugar.

Solomon said to God, “You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

9 A gora, Senhor Deus, que se confirme a tua promessa a meu pai Davi, pois me fizeste rei sobre um povo tão numeroso quanto o pó da terra.

Now, Yahweh God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

10 D á-me sabedoria e conhecimento, para que eu possa liderar esta nação, pois quem pode governar este teu grande povo?”

Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?”

11 D eus disse a Salomão: “Já que este é o desejo de seu coração e você não pediu riquezas, nem bens, nem honra, nem a morte dos seus inimigos, nem vida longa, mas sabedoria e conhecimento para governar o meu povo, sobre o qual o fiz rei,

God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:

12 v ocê receberá o que pediu, mas também lhe darei riquezas, bens e honra, como nenhum rei antes de você teve e nenhum depois de você terá”.

wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you; neither shall any after you have the like.”

13 E ntão Salomão voltou de Gibeom, de diante da Tenda do Encontro, para Jerusalém, e reinou sobre Israel.

So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.

14 S alomão juntou carros e cavalos; chegou a ter mil e quatrocentos carros e doze mil cavalos, dos quais mantinha uma parte nas guarnições de algumas cidades e a outra perto dele, em Jerusalém.

Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

15 O rei tornou tão comuns a prata e o ouro em Jerusalém quanto as pedras, e o cedro tão numeroso quanto as figueiras bravas da Sefelá.

The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

16 O s cavalos de Salomão eram importados do Egito e da Cilícia, onde os fornecedores do rei os compravam.

The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue.

17 I mportavam do Egito um carro por sete quilos e duzentos gramas de prata, e um cavalo por um quilo e oitocentos gramas, e os exportavam para todos os reis dos hititas e dos arameus.

They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.