1 Kings 11

11 ¹King Solomon love plenty foreign women pass Pharaoh im pikin—Moab women, Ammon women, Edom women, Sidon women, Hittite women,

²from di nations wey our Papa don tell di children of Israel say, “Make una no marry dem, dem too no fit marry una, because for sure dem go turn una heart follow their gods.” Na these ones Solomon hold tight for love.

³E get 700 wives wey be princesses and 300 concubines, and im wives turn im heart comot. ⁴As Solomon grow old, im wives turn im heart go other gods, and im heart no give itself well-well to our Papa, like di way David im papa own bin dey. ⁵Solomon follow Ashtoreth di goddess of di Sidon people, and Milcom di abomination of di Ammon people. ⁶Solomon do evil for our Papa eye and e no follow our Papa well-well, like di way im papa David do. ⁷Then Solomon build one high place for di mountain wey dey east side of Jerusalem for Chemosh, di god of Moab wey dey make person belle turn, and for Molech, di god of di Ammon people wey dey make person belle turn. ⁸Na so e do for all im foreign wives, wey dey burn incense and dey sacrifice give their gods.

⁹Our Papa vex with Solomon because im heart don turn comot from our Papa, di God of Israel, wey show imsef to am two times, ¹⁰and command am about this very thing, say make e no follow other gods. But e no keep wetin our Papa command.

¹¹So our Papa tell Solomon, “Since na this be your way and you no keep my Covenant and my laws wey I command you, for sure I go tear di kingdom comot from you and give am to your servant.

¹²“But because of David your papa, I no go do am while you still dey alive; na from your pikin hand I go tear am. ¹³Still, I no go tear di whole kingdom comot; I go give your pikin one tribe, because of David my servant and because of Jerusalem, wey I don choose.”

Our Papa Raise Up Hadad

¹⁴Then our Papa raise up one enemy against Solomon: Hadad di Edom man, wey be from di royal line for Edom. ¹⁵When David fight Edom and Joab di army commander go up to bury di dead people, Joab bin don kill every man for Edom. ¹⁶(Joab and all Israel stay there six months, until e don cut off every man for Edom.). ¹⁷But Hadad run go Egypt with some Edom people from im papa servants; Hadad still be small boy that time. ¹⁸Dem comot from Midian go Paran, carry men join dem from Paran, and go Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, wey give Hadad house, food, and land. ¹⁹Hadad find plenty favour for Pharaoh eye, so e give am for marriage di sister of im own wife, di sister of Queen Tahpenes. ²⁰Tahpenes im sister born am one pikin, Genubath, wey Tahpenes wean for Pharaoh house; Genubath live there among Pharaoh im sons. ²¹When Hadad hear for Egypt say David don rest with im papa dem and Joab di army commander don die, e tell Pharaoh, “Make I go, so I fit return to my own country.”

²²Pharaoh ask, “Wetin you lack for here, wey now you wan go your own country?” E answer, “Nothing, but abeg make I go.”

²³Our Papa also raise another enemy against Solomon: Rezon pikin of Eliada, wey run comot from im master Hadadezer king of Zobah. ²⁴E gather men and lead one raiding band after David kill di men of Zobah. Dem go Damascus, settle there, and make am king for Damascus. ²⁵Rezon stand against Israel all Solomon im days, e add to di harm wey Hadad too cause; e hate Israel and rule over Aram.

Jeroboam Lift Im Hand

²⁶Jeroboam pikin of Nebat, one Ephraim man from Zeredah, Solomon im servant wey im mama na widow wey dem dey call Zeruah, e too rebel against di king. ²⁷Na dis be why e lift im hand against di king: Solomon build di Millo and close di broken part for di city of David im papa. ²⁸Jeroboam na man wey sabi work well-well, and when Solomon see say di young man dey work hard, e put am in charge of all di forced labour of Joseph house. ²⁹For that time Jeroboam comot Jerusalem, and Ahijah di Shiloh man, di prophet, meet am for road. Ahijah cover imsef with new cloth, and na di two of dem waka alone for di field. ³⁰Then Ahijah catch di new cloth wey e wear and tear am into twelve pieces.

³¹E tell Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yoursef, because our Papa, di God of Israel, talk say: ‘See, I dey about to tear di kingdom comot from Solomon hand and give you ten tribes.

³²“But one tribe go remain im own, because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem, di city wey I choose from all di tribes of Israel. ³³I go do this because dem abandon me and worship Ashtoreth goddess of di Sidon people, Chemosh god of Moab, and Milcom god of di Ammon people, and dem no waka for my ways—dem no dey do wetin correct for my eye, and dem no keep my laws and my rules—like di way im papa David do.

³⁴But I no go take di whole kingdom comot from im hand; I go keep am as ruler all im life, because of David my servant, wey I choose, wey keep my commands and my laws. ³⁵But I go take di kingdom comot from im pikin hand and give am to you—ten tribes. ³⁶But to im pikin I go give one tribe, so David my servant fit always get one lamp before me for Jerusalem, di city wey I choose to put my name. ^a a v36 Even for judgment, our Papa dey keep one lamp dey burn for David line—di light wey no dey break, wey e dey guard all di way reach Jesus, di Pikin of David wey inside am that line no dey ever go dark. ³⁷I go take you, and you go rule over everything wey your heart want; you go be king over Israel. ³⁸If you obey all wey I command, waka for my ways, and do wetin correct for my eye by keeping my laws and commandments like David my servant do, I go dey with you and build you one house wey go last, like di way I build for David, and I go give Israel to you. ³⁹I go bring suffering come David offspring because of this, but no be forever.’”

⁴⁰So Solomon try to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam run go Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and stay there until Solomon die.

Solomon Rest With Im Papa Dem

⁴¹Di rest of Solomon im acts, all wey e do and im wisdom, dem no write am for di Book of di Acts of Solomon? ⁴²Di time wey Solomon rule for Jerusalem over all Israel na forty years. ⁴³Then Solomon rest with im ancestors, dem bury am for di city of David im papa, and im pikin Rehoboam rule for im place.