1Dispela em ol sampela moa sotpela sotpela tok bilong Solomon. Ol kuskus bilong Hesekia, king bilong Juda, ol i bin raitim ol dispela tok.
2Bikpela i save haitim planti samting long tingting bilong em yet. Olsem na yumi save givim biknem long em. Tasol king i wok long painimaut as bilong planti samting i hait long yumi. Olsem na yumi save givim biknem long em.
3Yumi no inap save long olgeta tingting bilong king, olsem yumi no inap save wanem samting i stap long skai na wanem samting i stap long as bilong solwara.
4Sapos ol i rausim pipia long silva, bai silva i kamap gutpela, na man inap wokim gutpela plet long en.
5Olsem tasol, sapos ol i rausim ol man bilong mekim pasin nogut, na ol i no i stap moa wantaim king, orait bai king i mekim stretpela pasin tru, na kantri bai i kamap strong.
6Sapos yu stap wantaim king, orait yu no ken ting yu bikman na yu mekim wankain pasin olsem ol bikman.
7Nogut yu kisim ples bilong wanpela bikman, na bihain em i kamap na ol i mas rausim yu. Mobeta yu stap wantaim ol man nating na bihain ol i tokim yu long i go i stap wantaim ol bikman. Sapos yu lukim wanpela man i mekim wanpela pasin,
8yu no ken ting em i bin mekim pasin nogut na yu hariap i go sutim tok long em long kot. Sapos narapela man i save tru long dispela samting na bihain em i daunim tok bilong yu, orait bai yu mekim wanem?
9Sapos yu gat tok long wantok bilong yu long wanpela samting, orait yu mas i go na stretim tok wantaim dispela wantok yet. Tasol sapos yu bin harim tok hait long dispela samting, yu no ken autim dispela tok long em.
10Nogut bihain ol man i harim olsem, yu no save pasim tok hait, na bai ol i semim yu. Na bai ol i tingting nogut long yu oltaim.
11Sapos man i autim klia tru wanpela gutpela tingting, orait tok bilong en i olsem gutpela piksa ol i wokim long gol na bilasim long silva.
12Sapos man i gat gutpela tingting, em i stretim wantok bilong en, na sapos dispela wantok i ting dispela tok i gutpela tru, orait i olsem wantok i kisim gutpela bilas gol.
13Sapos man bilong bringim tok, em i autim stret tok ol bosman bilong en i givim em, orait em i mekim ol i amamas, olsem ol man i save amamas long dring kolwara long taim ol i wok long kisim kaikai long gaden.
14Sapos ol manmeri i promis long givim wanpela samting na ol i no givim, orait ol i olsem ol klaut na win i kam, tasol i no gat ren.
15Sapos yu mekim tok isi na yu no kros kwik, orait yu inap tanim bel bilong ol man i no laik harim tok bilong yu. Na yu inap senisim tingting bilong ol hetman tu.
16Sapos yu lukim sampela hani i stap long diwai samting, orait yu mas kaikai inap long skel bilong yu tasol. Nogut yu kaikai planti na bel bilong yu i pulap tru na yu traut.
17Na yu no ken i go long haus bilong wantok bilong yu oltaim. Nogut em i les long yu na em i no laikim yu moa.
18Sapos man i sutim tok giaman long wantok bilong en, orait dispela i olsem man i sutim wantok long bainat o spia, o em i paitim em long hap diwai.