1 King 2:9-21

⁹Tasol yu mas mekim save long em. Yu gat gutpela tingting, na yu save long wanem rot yu mas bihainim long kilim em i dai.”

¹⁰Na bihain, Devit i dai na ol i planim em long Jerusalem, dispela taun ol i kolim “Taun Bilong Devit.”

¹¹Em i bin i stap king bilong kantri Israel inap 40 yia. Em i stap king long taun Hebron inap 7-pela yia na long Jerusalem inap 33 yia.

¹²Devit i dai pinis na pikinini bilong en, Solomon, i kisim ples bilong en na i kamap king. Na Solomon i kamap strongpela king na i no gat wanpela samting inap daunim em.

¹³Wanpela de Adoniya, pikinini bilong Hagit, i kam lukim Batseba, mama bilong Solomon. Na Batseba i askim em olsem, “Yu kam bilong mekim gutpela tok, a?” Na Adoniya i bekim tok olsem, “Yes, mi kam bilong mekim gutpela tok tasol.”

¹⁴Na em i tok moa olsem, “Mi gat wanpela liklik tok tasol.” Na Batseba i tokim em, “I orait, yu ken tokim mi.”

¹⁵Na Adoniya i tok, “Yu save, pastaim olgeta man bilong Israel i ting mi bai kamap king. Na mi mas kamap king, tasol laik bilong Bikpela yet na brata bilong mi i kamap king, na mi nogat.

¹⁶Orait nau mi gat wanpela askim tasol. Na mi laik bai yu mas orait long dispela askim bilong mi.” Na Batseba i tok, “Yu tokim mi na mi harim.”

¹⁷Orait na Adoniya i tokim em, “Mi laik yu go askim King Solomon na bai em i ken orait long mi long maritim Abisak, dispela meri bilong ples Sunem. Mi save, king bai i no inap sakim tok bilong yu.”

¹⁸Na Batseba i tokim Adoniya olsem, “I orait, bai mi go askim em.”

¹⁹Batseba i go lukim King Solomon long askim em long givim Abisak long Adoniya. King i lukim Batseba i kam, na em i sanap na brukim skru na daunim het, bilong givim biknem long mama bilong en. Na em i sindaun gen long sia king na i tokim ol wokboi na ol i bringim wanpela sia i kam na putim klostu long sia king bilong Solomon long han sut, na Batseba i sindaun long dispela sia.

²⁰Na Batseba i tok olsem, “Mi laik askim yu long wanpela liklik samting na mi laik bai yu mas orait long dispela askim bilong mi.” Na Solomon i bekim tok olsem, “Mama, yu ken askim tasol. Yu save, mi no inap tok nogat long askim bilong yu.”

²¹Orait na Batseba i tok, “Mi laik bai yu larim brata bilong yu, Adoniya, i maritim Abisak.”