1 Kings 16

16 ¹Den di word of our Papa come to Jehu, di pikin of Hanani, against Baasha, say:

²"I carry you comot from di dust and make you ruler over my people Israel, but you waka for Jeroboam road and make my people Israel sin, dey provoke me to vex with dia sins. ³So I don ready to sweep Baasha comot, im and im house, and I go make your house be like di house of Jeroboam, di pikin of Nebat. ⁴Anybody wey belong to Baasha wey die for inside di city, na dog go chop am, and anybody of im own wey die for open bush, na di bird of di sky go chop am."

⁵Di oda tins wey Baasha do, wetin he do and im power, dem no write am for inside di Book of di Record of di Kings of Israel? ⁶Baasha come rest with im papa-papa dem and dem bury am for Tirzah; im pikin Elah come rule for im place.

⁷Di word of our Papa also come through di prophet Jehu, di pikin of Hanani, against Baasha and im house, becos of all di evil wey he do for di eye of our Papa—dey provoke am to vex with di work of im hand, dey come be like di house of Jeroboam—and becos he strike down di house of Jeroboam.

Elah Rule and Fall for Israel

⁸For di twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah di pikin of Baasha come be king over Israel for Tirzah, and he rule for two years. ⁹Im servant Zimri, wey be commander of half im chariots, plan bad against am while Elah dey for Tirzah, dey drink dey drunk for di house of Arza, wey be di one wey dey manage di palace for Tirzah. ¹⁰Zimri enter, strike am down, and kill am for di twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and he rule for im place.

¹¹As he just become king, wey he siddon for im throne, he strike down di whole house of Baasha. He no leave am even one man—no one relative or friend. ¹²So Zimri destroy di whole house of Baasha, dey make our Papa word wey he talk against Baasha through Jehu di prophet come true, ¹³becos of all di sins of Baasha and di sins of im pikin Elah, wey dem commit and make Israel commit, dey make our Papa, di God of Israel, vex with dia useless idols. ¹⁴Di oda tins wey Elah do, all wetin he do—dem no write am for inside di Book of di Record of di Kings of Israel?

Zimri Rule Seven Days for Israel

¹⁵For di twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri rule for seven days for Tirzah. Di army bin camp against Gibbethon, wey be one Philistine town. ¹⁶Wen di soldiers wey camp for dia hear say Zimri don plan bad and strike di king down, for dat same day for inside di camp all Israel come make Omri, di army commander, king over Israel. ¹⁷Den Omri and all Israel with am go up from Gibbethon and dem surround Tirzah. ¹⁸Wen Zimri see say dem don take di city, he enter di strong part of di king palace, burn di palace down for imsef inside, and he die, ¹⁹becos of di sins wey he commit, dey do evil for di eye of our Papa, dey follow di road of Jeroboam and im sin, wey lead Israel to sin. ²⁰Di oda tins wey Zimri do, and di betrayal wey he commit—dem no write am for inside di Book of di Record of di Kings of Israel?

Omri Rule for Israel

²¹Den Israel come divide into two: half follow Tibni, di pikin of Ginath, to make am king, and half follow Omri. ²²Di people wey follow Omri overpower di people wey follow Tibni, di pikin of Ginath. So Tibni die, and Omri come be king. ²³For di thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri come be king over Israel, and he rule for twelve years, six for Tirzah. ²⁴He buy di hill of Samaria from Shemer for around 150 pound of silver, build one city for dia, and call di name Samaria, after Shemer, wey bin get di hill. ²⁵Omri do evil for di eye of our Papa, worse pass all di people wey dey before am. ²⁶He follow every road of Jeroboam, di pikin of Nebat, and di sins of Jeroboam, wey Jeroboam lead Israel to commit, dey make our Papa, di God of Israel, vex with dia useless idols. ²⁷Di oda tins wey Omri do, wetin he do and di power wey he show—dem no write am for inside di Book of di Record of di Kings of Israel? ²⁸Omri come rest with im papa-papa dem and dem bury am for Samaria; im pikin Ahab come rule for im place.

Ahab Rule and Marry Jezebel

²⁹For di thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab di pikin of Omri come be king over Israel, and he rule for Samaria over Israel for twenty-two years. ³⁰Ahab di pikin of Omri do evil for di eye of our Papa, pass all di people wey dey before am. ³¹As if to say make he waka for di sins of Jeroboam, di pikin of Nebat, be small tin, he come marry Jezebel, di pikin of Ethbaal king of di Sidonians, den go serve Baal and worship am. ³²He set up one altar for Baal for inside di temple of Baal wey he build for Samaria. ³³Ahab also make one Asherah pole, dey provoke our Papa, di God of Israel, to vex pass all di kings of Israel wey dey before am. ³⁴For im days na Hiel of Bethel build Jericho back. He lay di foundation of am with di cost of Abiram im firstborn, and he set di gates of am with di cost of Segub im last-born, just as our Papa bin talk through Joshua di pikin of Nun.