Solomon Find our Papa for Gibeon
Di reign of Judah kings from Solomon reach di exile, with di temple for di heart of di nation life. Di promise wey people love pass for dis book na Papa wey dey wait to forgive and heal people wey turn back.
1 1Solomon, David im pikin, hold im kingdom tight-tight; our Papa dey with am, and E make am big well-well.
2Solomon talk give all Israel—di ogas wey dey lead thousand-thousand and hundred-hundred soja, di judge dem, and every leader for Israel, di head of dem family dem. 3Solomon and di whole gathering waka go di high place for Gibeon, wia our Papa im tent of meeting bin dey, wey Moses, our Papa im servant, make for di wilderness. 4But David don carry di ark of our Papa comot from Kiriath-jearim go di place wey e prepare for am, and e pitch tent for am for Jerusalem. 5Di bronze altar wey Bezalel, Uri im pikin, wey be Hur im pikin, make, dey dia for front of di tabernacle of our Papa; so Solomon and di gathering find our Papa for dia. 6Solomon go up to di bronze altar for front of our Papa for di tent of meeting, and e offer 1,000 burnt offering ontop am.
7Dat night our Papa show imsef to Solomon and tell am, “Ask wetin you want make I give you.”
8Solomon tell our Papa, “You show plenty Covenant love to David my papa, and you make me king for im place. 9Now, my Papa, make your promise to my papa David stand, because you don make me king ova plenty people wey plenty like di dust of di ground. 10Give me wisdom and knowledge now make I fit lead dis people, because who fit rule dis your big people?”
11Our Papa tell Solomon, “Because dis one dey your heart—you no ask for riches, wealth, or honor, you no ask make your enemy dem die, you no ask for long life, but you ask for wisdom and knowledge to rule my people, wey I make you king ova dem, 12wisdom and knowledge I don give you. I go also give you riches, wealth, and honor wey no king wey dey before you ever get, and wey no king after you go get.”
13So Solomon comot from di high place for Gibeon, from front of di tent of meeting, go Jerusalem, and e rule ova Israel.
14Solomon gada chariot and horse-rider dem; e get 1,400 chariot and 12,000 horse-rider, wey e put for di chariot cities and with di king for Jerusalem. 15For Jerusalem di king make silver and gold plenty like stone, and cedar wood plenty like di sycamore-fig wey dey full di lowland. 16Solomon im horse dem come from Egypt and Kue; di king im traders buy dem from Kue for di price wey dem dey sell for market. a a v16 Kue na region for di place wey be southern Turkey now, wey dem value well-well for di old world because of im horse dem. 17Dem bring one chariot come from Egypt for about fifteen pound of silver, and one horse for about four; through dem, dem carry dis ones go sell give all di king of di Hittite dem and Aram.
