Di Queen of Sheba Come Visit Solomon
Di queen of Sheba come test Solomon and leave wit no breath, she give im God credit say na im put am for throne. Gold, ivory, ships and tribute pile up until silver no count for anything — and kings dey come hear di wisdom wey we Papa put for im heart.
9 1When di queen of Sheba hear di kind name wey Solomon get, she come Jerusalem to test am wit hard-hard questions—she carry plenty-plenty people follow bodi, camel wey dey carry sweet-smell tinz, gold wey plenty, and precious stones. When she reach Solomon, she tell am everytin wey dey im mind. 2Solomon answer all her questions; notin too hard for am to explain give her. 3When di queen of Sheba don see di wisdom wey Solomon get, and di palace wey he build, 4and di food wey dey im table, im officials wey siddon, im servants wey dey serve, di cloth wey dem wear, im cup-carriers and dia own cloth, and di burnt offerings wey he dey offer for di house of our Papa—everytin just take her breath comot.
5She tell di king, “Di tori wey I hear for my own land about your words and your wisdom na true-true. 6I no bin believe di tori until I come see am wit my own eye. Dem no even tell me half of how big your wisdom be; you pass di tori wey I hear. 7How your people take dey happy so! How dese servants wey dey stand for your front all di time, dey hear your wisdom, take dey happy so! 8Make blessing dey for Oga your God, wey take joy for you and put you for im throne as king for Oga your God! Because your God love Israel, and he wan make dem stand strong forever, na im make he make you king to do judgement wey correct and correct-and-holy way.”
9She give di king like nine thousand pound of gold, plenty-plenty sweet-smell tinz, and precious stones. No sweet-smell tin ever match wetin di queen of Sheba give King Solomon.
10Huram im servants and Solomon im servants, wey bring gold from Ophir, also bring sandalwood and precious stones. a a v10 Dem dey also call am ‘algum’ or ‘almug’ — na rare wood wey dey smell sweet wey dem dey import, e fit be sandalwood. 11From di sandalwood di king make steps for di house of our Papa and for im palace, and he make lyres and harps for di singers—dem never see anytin like am for Judah before. 12King Solomon give di queen of Sheba everytin wey she want, wetin she ask for, wey pass wetin she bin bring give am. Den she go back to her own land wit her servants.
Solomon Money and Im Fine-Fine Glory
13Di weight of gold wey come reach Solomon for one year alone na like twenty-five ton, 14apart from wetin traders and merchants dey bring; all di kings of Arabia and di governors of di land dey bring gold and silver come give Solomon. 15King Solomon make two hundred big shields wit gold wey dem beat, and every one carry like fifteen pound of gold. 16He make three hundred small shields wit gold wey dem beat, like seven and half pound each. Di king put dem for di House of di Forest of Lebanon. 17Di king make one big throne wit ivory and cover am wit pure gold. 18Di throne get six steps wit gold footstool wey dem join to am; arm-rest dey for di two side of di seat, and two lion dey stand for dia side, 19and twelve lion dey stand dia, one for each end of di six steps. Dem never make anytin like am for any kingdom before. 20All King Solomon im cups na gold, and every vessel for di House of di Forest of Lebanon na pure gold. Silver no count as anytin for Solomon time, 21because di king ship dem dey sail go Tarshish wit Huram im servants; every three years di Tarshish ships go come back wit gold, silver, ivory, monkey, and peacock.
22So King Solomon pass all di kings of di earth for riches and wisdom. 23All di kings of di earth dey find Solomon face to hear di wisdom wey our Papa put for im heart. 24Everyone dey bring im gift—tinz wey dem make wit silver and gold, cloth, weapon, sweet-smell tinz, horse, and mule—every year, year after year. 25Solomon get four thousand place for horse and chariot, and twelve thousand horsemen, wey he keep for di chariot cities and wit di king for Jerusalem. 26He rule all di kings from di River Euphrates go reach di land of di Philistines, go reach di border of Egypt. 27Di king make silver plenty for Jerusalem like ordinary stone, and cedar wood plenty like sycamore-fig wey dey grow for di low land. 28Dem dey import horse for Solomon from Egypt and from all di lands.
How Solomon Die
29Di oda tinz wey Solomon do, from first go last—dem no write am for di words of Nathan di prophet, and for di prophecy of Ahijah of Shiloh, and for di visions of Iddo di seer about Jeroboam pikin of Nebat? 30Solomon rule for Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31Solomon rest wit im ancestors, and dem bury am for di city of David im papa. Im pikin Rehoboam come rule for im place.
