1 Kings 10

10 ¹Wen di queen of Sheba hear about how Solomon name dey ring, wey tie to di name of our Papa, she come to test am wit hard-hard question. ²She come Jerusalem wit plenty-plenty people wey follow am—camel wey carry perfume tin, gold plenty wella, an precious stone. Wen she reach Solomon, she tok everytin wey dey her mind give am. ³Solomon ansa all her question; notin too deep pass wetin di king fit explain give am. ⁴Wen di queen of Sheba see all di wisdom wey Solomon get, an di house wey he build, ⁵di food wey dey im table, im oga-people wey siddon, im servant-people wey dey serve wit dia fine cloth, im wine-carrier people, an di burnt offering wey he dey make for di house of our Papa—breath comot her body. ⁶She tok give di king say, “Di tori wey I hear for my own land about your word an your wisdom na true-true. ⁷I no bin believe di tori until I come see wit my own eye. Dem no even tell me half! Your wisdom an your riches pass di tori wey I hear. ⁸How your people take dey happy so! How dis your servant-people wey dey stand for your front all di time an dey hear your wisdom take dey happy so! ⁹Make blessing dey for Oga your God, wey take joy for you an put you for Israel throne! Bicos Oga love Israel forever, he make you king to do justice an correct-and-holy way.” ¹⁰She give di king like four ton of gold, plenty perfume tin wella, an precious stone. Perfume neva reach dis kind plenty again like wetin di queen of Sheba give King Solomon.

¹¹Hiram im ship-people, wey bring gold from Ophir, also bring plenty almug wood wella an precious stone from Ophir. ¹²Di king take di almug wood make support for di house of our Papa an for di king im own house, an make lyre an harp for di singer-people. Almug wood like dat neva come or dem neva see am again since dat time.

¹³King Solomon give di queen of Sheba everytin wey she want, whatever she ask, plus wetin he give her from im royal riches. Den she go back to her own land, she an her servant-people.

Solomon Fine-Fine Glory, di Gift wey Come From our Papa

¹⁴Di weight of gold wey come reach Solomon for one single year na like twenty-five ton, ¹⁵asides di money wey come from di trader-people, di profit wey merchant-people make, all di king of Arabia, an di governor-people of di land. ¹⁶King Solomon make 200 big shield wit gold wey dem beat, like fifteen pound of gold dey inside each one. ¹⁷He make 300 small shield wit gold wey dem beat, like 3.75 pound each; di king put dem for di House of di Forest of Lebanon. ¹⁸Di king also make one big throne wit ivory, an cover am wit di finest gold. ¹⁹Di throne get six step, an im top wey dey behind round. Arm-rest dey for each side of di seat, wit two lion wey stand for dia side. ²⁰Twelve lion stand for di six step, one for each end. Notin like am neva dem make for any kingdom. ²¹All di cup wey King Solomon dey take drink na gold, an all di tin for di House of di Forest of Lebanon na pure gold. Notin bin be silver; for Solomon im time, silver no count for anytin. ²²Di king get trading ship for sea wit Hiram im ship-people. Every three year dem dey come back bring gold, silver, ivory, monkey, an baboon.

²³So King Solomon pass all di king of di earth for riches an for wisdom. ²⁴Di whole earth dey find Solomon face, to hear di wisdom wey our Papa don put for im heart. ²⁵Year afta year each person dey bring im gift: silver an gold tin, fine cloth, weapon, perfume tin, horse, an mule.

²⁶Solomon gada chariot an horse-rider people: 1,400 chariot an 12,000 horse-rider, wey he station for di chariot city an wit di king for Jerusalem. ²⁷Di king make silver common like stone for Jerusalem, an cedar plenty like di sycamore-fig wey dey grow for di low hill area. ²⁸Solomon im horse come from Egypt an Kue; di king im trader-people buy dem from Kue for market price. ²⁹Dem dey import one chariot from Egypt for like fifteen pound of silver, an one horse for like four pound; an through dis trader-people, di chariot an horse dey go to all di king of di Hittite people an Aram.