A House for di Name of our Papa
Hiram wey be king for Tyre, wey love David, send timber and people wey sabi work am for the house wey go carry we Papa name; Solomon send wheat and oil back give am, and the two kings make agreement. To cut the stone and carry everything, Solomon force plenty-plenty thousands of Israel people to work, dem dey change shift one after the oda.
5 1Hiram, di king of Tyre, hear say dem don anoint Solomon as king afta im papa, so e send im servants come meet am, because Hiram bin dey always love David. 2And Solomon send dis message go give Hiram: 3You sabi say David my papa no fit build house for di name of our Papa, because war surround am for every side, until our Papa put im enemies for under di sole of im foot. 4But now my Papa don give me rest for every side; no enemy, no wahala.
5I plan say I go build house for di name of my Papa, just as our Papa promise my papa David: “Your son, wey I go put for your throne for your place, na im go build di house for my name.”
6So make dem cut cedar tree for me from Lebanon. My servants go work togeda wit your own; I go pay whatever wages you fix, because you sabi say nobody among us fit cut wood like di Sidonians.
7As Hiram hear di words wey Solomon talk, im heart gladi well well, and e say, “Make dem praise Oga today, wey don give David wise son wey go rule dis big people.” 8Hiram send word go give Solomon: “I don hear di message wey you send; I go do everything wey you want wit cedar and cypress wood. 9My servants go bring di logs come down from Lebanon reach di sea, den I go make dem float like raft for sea reach di place wey you go point, break dem apart for dia, and you go carry dem go. You go meet my need by providing food for my household.”
10So Hiram give Solomon all di cedar and cypress wood wey im heart want, 11and Solomon give Hiram about 120,000 bushel of wheat for im household and about 120 bushel of press oil, every year. 12Our Papa give Solomon wisdom, just as e promise. Peace hold between Hiram and Solomon, and di two of dem cut Covenant.
13King Solomon raise labour force from all Israel, and di number of di levy na 30,000 men. 14E dey send 10,000 go Lebanon every month for shift—one month for dia, two months for house. Adoniram na im dey oversee di labour force. 15Solomon get 70,000 wey dey carry load and 80,000 wey dey cut stone for di hill country, 16apart from Solomon im 3,300 chief officers wey dey supervise di work and dey direct di people wey dey do am. 17For di king im command, dem cut big, costly stones so dem go take lay di foundation of di house wit cut stone. 18Solomon im builders, Hiram im own, and di people of Gebal shape and prepare di wood and stone to build di house.
