1 Salaateen 4

sulemaan kay sarkaaree afsaron kee faherist

¹ab sulemaan pooray israaeel par hukoomat karta tha. ²yah us kay aala afsar thay :

imaam-ay-aazam : azariyaah bin sadoq,

³meeramunshee : seesa kay betay ileehoorif aur akhiyaah,

baadshaah ka musheer-ay-khaas : yahoosafat bin akheelood,

⁴fauj ka kamaandar : binaayaah bin yahoyada,

imaam : sadoq aur abiyaatar,

⁵zilaon par muqarrar afsaron ka sardaar : azariyaah bin naatan,

baadshaah ka qareebee musheer : imaam zabood bin naatan,

⁶mahel ka inchaarj : akheesar,

begaariyon ka inchaarj : adooneeraam bin abdaa

⁷sulemaan nay mulk-ay-israaeel ko baarah zilaon men taqseem karkay har zila par ek afsar muqarrar kiya tha. in afsaron kee ek zimmaadaaree yah thee ki darbaar kee zarooriyaat pooree karen. har afsar ko saal men ek maah kee zarooriyaat pooree karnee theen. ⁸darj-ay-zail in afsaron aur un kay ilaaqon kee faherist hai. bin hoor : ifraaeem ka pahaadee ilaaqa,

⁹bin diqar : maqas, saalbeem, bait-shams aur ailon-bait-hanaan,

¹⁰bin hasad : arubbot, soka aur hifar ka ilaaqa,

¹¹sulemaan kee betee taafat ka shauhar bin abeendaab : saahilee shaher dor ka pahaadee ilaaqa,

¹²baana bin akheelood : taanak, majiddo aur us bait-shaan ka poora ilaaqa jo zartaan kay pados men yazrael kay neechay vaaqay hai, neez bait-shaan say lay kar abeel-mahoola tak ka poora ilaaqa bashmool yuqmiaam,

¹³bin jabar : jiliaad men raamaat ka ilaaqa bashmool yaaeer bin manassee kee bastiyaan, phir basan men arjoob ka ilaaqa. is men 60 aisay faseeldaar shaher shaamil thay jin kay darvaazon par peetal kay kunday lagay thay,

¹⁴akheendaab bin iddoo : mahenaaim,

¹⁵sulemaan kee betee baasmat ka shauhar akheemaaz : naftaalee ka qabaailee ilaaqa,

¹⁶baana bin hoosee : aashar ka qabaailee ilaaqa aur baalot,

¹⁷yahoosafat bin farooh : ishkaar ka qabaailee ilaaqa,

¹⁸simaee bin aila : binyameen ka qabaailee ilaaqa,

¹⁹jabar bin ooree jiliaad ka vah ilaaqa jis par pahelay amoree baadshaah seehon aur basan kay baadshaah oj kee hukoomat thee. is pooray ilaaqay par sirf yahee ek afsar muqarrar tha.

sulemaan kee hukoomat kee azmat

²⁰us zamaanay men israaeel aur yahoodaah kay log saahil kee ret kee maanind beshumaar thay. logon ko khaanay aur peenay kee sab cheezen dastayaab theen, aur vah khush thay.

²¹sulemaan darya-ay-furaat say lay kar filistiyon kay ilaaqay aur misree sarhadd tak tamaam mamaalik par hukoomat karta tha. us kay jeetay jee yah mamaalik us kay taabay rahay aur usay kharaaj detay thay.

²²sulemaan kay darbaar kee rozaana zarooriyaat yah theen : taqreeban 5,000 kilograam baareek maida, taqreeban 10,000 kilograam aam maida, ²³10 motay-taazay bail, charaagaahon men palay huay 20 aam bail, 100 bhed-bakriyaan, aur is kay ilaava hiran, ghazaal, marg aur mukhtalif qism kay motay-taazay murgh.

²⁴jitnay mamaalik darya-ay-furaat kay maghrib men thay un sab par sulemaan kee hukoomat thee, yaanee tifsah say lay kar ghazza tak. kisee bhee padosee mulk say us ka jhagda naheen tha, balki sab kay saath sulah thee. ²⁵us kay jeetay jee pooray yahoodaah aur israaeel men sulah-salaamatee rahee. shimaal men daan say lay kar junoob men bair-saba tak har ek salaamatee say angoor kee apnee bel aur anjeer kay apnay darakht kay saay men baith sakta tha.

²⁶apnay rathon kay ghodon kay liyay sulemaan nay 4,000 thaan banvaaay. us kay 12,000 ghoday thay. ²⁷baarah zilaon par muqarrar afsar baaqaaidagee say sulemaan baadshaah aur us kay darbaar kee zarooriyaat pooree kartay rahay. har ek ko saal men ek maah kay liyay sab kuchh muhayya karna tha. un kee mehanat kee vajah say darbaar men koee kamee na huee. ²⁸baadshaah kee hidaayat kay mutaabiq vah rathon kay ghodon aur doosray ghodon kay liyay darkaar jau aur bhoosa baraah-ay-raast un kay thaanon tak pahunchaatay thay.

²⁹allaah nay sulemaan ko bahut ziyaada hikmat aur samajh ata kee. usay saahil kee ret jaisa vasee ilm haasil hua. ³⁰us kee hikmat israaeel kay mashriq men rahenay vaalay aur misr kay aalimon say kaheen ziyaada thee. ³¹is lihaaz say koee bhee us kay baraabar naheen tha. vah aitaan izraahee aur mahol kay beton haimaan, kalkool aur darda par bhee sabqat lay gaya tha. us kee shuharat ird-gird kay tamaam mamaalik men phail gaee. ³²us nay 3,000 kahaavaten aur 1,005 geet likh diay. ³³vah tafseel say mukhtalif qism kay paudon kay baaray men baat kar sakta tha, lubnaan men deodaar kay baday darakht say lay kar chhotay pauday zoofa tak jo deevaar kee daraadon men ugta hai. vah mahaarat say chaupaaiyon, parindon, rengnay vaalay jaanvaron aur machhliyon kee tafseelaat bhee bayaan kar sakta tha. ³⁴chunaanchay tamaam mamaalik kay baadshaahon nay apnay safeeron ko sulemaan kay paas bhej diya taaki us kee hikmat sunen.