1 Kings 4

4 ¹King Solomon bin be king ova all Israel. ²Na dis people be im officers: Azariah, di pikin of Zadok, na di priest; ³Elihoreph and Ahijah, di pikin dem of Shisha, na di secretary dem; Jehoshaphat, di pikin of Ahilud, na di one wey dey write down tins; ⁴Benaiah, di pikin of Jehoiada, dey ova di army; Zadok and Abiathar, na priest dem; ⁵Azariah, di pikin of Nathan, dey ova di district officer dem; Zabud, di pikin of Nathan, na priest and na di king im padi; ⁶Ahishar dey ova di palace; and Adoniram, di pikin of Abda, dey ova di people wey dem force make dem work.

⁷Solomon get twelve district officer dem ova all Israel wey dey bring chop and provision for di king and im household; each of dem dey provide chop for one month for di year. ⁸Na dis be dem name: Ben-Hur, for di hill kontri of Ephraim; ⁹Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; ¹⁰Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth (Socoh and all di land of Hepher na im own); ¹¹Ben-Abinadab, for all di high place dem of Dor (Taphath, di pikin-woman of Solomon, na im wife); ¹²Baana, di pikin of Ahilud: Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean wey dey near Zarethan for down side of Jezreel, from Beth-shean go reach Abel-meholah, sef go reach di oda side of Jokmeam; ¹³Ben-Geber, for Ramoth-gilead (di village dem of Jair, di pikin of Manasseh, wey dey Gilead na im own, plus di region of Argob for Bashan—sixty big city wey get wall and bronze bar dem); ¹⁴Ahinadab, di pikin of Iddo, for Mahanaim; ¹⁵Ahimaaz, for Naphtali (im too don marry one pikin-woman of Solomon, Basemath, as im wife); ¹⁶Baana, di pikin of Hushai, for Asher and Bealoth; ¹⁷Jehoshaphat, di pikin of Paruah, for Issachar; ¹⁸Shimei, di pikin of Ela, for Benjamin; ¹⁹Geber, di pikin of Uri, for di land of Gilead, di land of Sihon, king of di Amorite dem, and Og, king of Bashan; na im be di only one officer for dat land.

Peace and Plenty for Di Land

²⁰Judah and Israel plenty like di sand for di sea side; dem dey chop, dem dey drink, and dem dey happy. ²¹Solomon rule all di kingdom dem from di River Euphrates go reach di land of di Philistine dem and di border of Egypt. Dem dey bring tribute come give am, and dem serve am for all im life. ²²Di chop wey Solomon dey use every day na: about 180 bushel of fine flour and 360 bushel of meal, ²³ten fat cow, twenty cow wey dem feed for field, and one hundred sheep, without to count deer, gazelle, roe deer, and fat fowl dem. ²⁴Im rule all di region for west side of di River Euphrates, from Tiphsah go reach Gaza, ova all di king dem for dia, and im get peace for every side. ²⁵Judah and Israel dey live safe, each man ondaneat im own grape tree and fig tree, from Dan go reach Beersheba, for all di days of Solomon. ²⁶Solomon get 40,000 place for horse for im chariot dem, and 12,000 horse-rider dem. ²⁷Dat officer dem dey provide chop for King Solomon and for everybody wey come im table, each one for im own month, and dem no let anytin lack. ²⁸Dem also dey bring barley and dry grass for di horse dem and di fast horse dem come di place wey dem need am, each man according to di work wey dem give am.

²⁹Our Papa give Solomon wisdom, plenty-plenty understanding wey big well-well, and heart wey wide like di sand for di sea side. ³⁰Solomon im wisdom pass di wisdom of all di people for di east and all di wisdom of Egypt. ³¹Im get wisdom pass anybody—pass Ethan di Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, di pikin dem of Mahol—and im name spread reach all di nation dem wey dey round am. ³²Im talk 3,000 proverb, and im song dem reach 1,005. ³³Im talk about tree dem, from di cedar of Lebanon go reach di hyssop wey dey grow for wall; and about animal dem, bird dem, tin wey dey crawl, and fish dem. ³⁴People come from all di nation dem to hear Solomon im wisdom, and na all di king dem for di earth wey don hear about am send dem come.