First Buk blo Kings 16:1-34
16 Then toktok blo Jehovah kam lo Jehu, son blo Hanani, for hem go talem againstim Baasha olsem:
2 “Mi liftim iu ap from graon and mekem iu kamap leader ovarem pipol blo mi Israel, bat iu gohed for followim wei blo Jeroboam and mekem pipol blo mi Israel for sin, and olketa sin wea olketa duim mekem mi feel nogud.
3 So mi bae barava finisim Baasha and famili blo hem, and bae mi mekem sem samting wea kasem famili blo Jeroboam, son blo Nebat, for kasem tu famili blo hem.
4 Eniwan lo famili blo Baasha wea dae insaed lo taon, olketa dog bae kaikaim, and eniwan lo famili blo hem wea dae aotsaed lo taon, olketa bird lo skae bae kaikaim.”
5 Evri nara samting abaotem Baasha, wanem hem duim, and olketa big samting wea hem duim, olketa raetem insaed buk blo history blo olketa king blo Israel.
6 Then Baasha hem rest witim olketa grandadi blo hem and olketa berem hem lo Tirzah, and son blo hem Elah kamap king for changem hem.
7 And tu, Jehovah iusim profet Jehu, son blo Hanani for talem toktok againstim Baasha and famili blo hem, bikos Baasha followim wei blo famili blo Jeroboam, and duim staka nogud samting lo eye blo Jehovah wea mekem hem feel nogud, and tu, bikos hem killim dae Nadab, son blo Jeroboam.
8 Lo mek-26 year wea King Asa rul lo Judah, Elah son blo Baasha hem kamap king ovarem Israel lo Tirzah, and hem rul for tufala year.
9 Servant blo hem Zimri, wea hem komanda blo haf lo olketa army wea draevem olketa chariot blo hem, hem mekem plan for killim dae Elah taem Elah drink gogo hem drunk lo haos blo Arza. Arza hem man wea lukaftarem haos blo Elah lo Tirzah.
10 Zimri go insaed lo haos and killim dae Elah, and hem kamap king for changem hem. Diswan happen lo mek-27 year wea King Asa rul lo Judah.
11 Stretawe bihaen hem king and sidaon lo throne, hem killim dae evriwan lo famili blo Baasha. Hem no letem eni man* for stap laef, nomata olketa relative* blo Baasha or olketa fren blo hem.
12 So Zimri finisim evriwan lo famili blo Baasha, followim toktok wea Jehovah iusim profet Jehu for talem againstim Baasha.
13 Diswan hem bikos lo evri sin wea Baasha and son blo hem Elah duim, and olketa mekem Israel for sin taem olketa worshipim olketa iusles idol, wea datwan mekem Jehovah, God blo Israel barava kros.
14 Evri nara samting abaotem Elah, evri samting wea hem duim, olketa raetem insaed buk blo history blo olketa king blo Israel.
15 Lo mek-27 year wea King Asa rul lo Judah, taem olketa soldia camp raonem Gibbethon, lo land blo olketa Philistine, Zimri hem king for sevenfala day lo Tirzah.
16 So olketa soldia wea camp olketa herem samfala sei: “Zimri mekem plan againstim king and killim hem dae.” So lo datfala day evriwan lo Israel lo datfala camp mekem Omri, wea hem komanda lo army, for king ovarem Israel.
17 Omri witim evriwan lo Israel wea followim hem lusim Gibbethon and go attakim taon lo Tirzah.
18 Taem Zimri lukim olketa tekovarem taon hia, hem go insaed lo strongfala taoa lo haos* blo king and bonem datfala haos witim hem insaed and hem dae.
19 Diswan hem bikos lo olketa sin wea hem duim taem hem followim olketa wei blo Jeroboam, and duim olketa nogud samting lo eye blo Jehovah, wea datwan mekem Israel for sin.
20 Evri nara samting abaotem Zimri and plan wea hem mekem for killim dae king, olketa raetem insaed buk blo history blo olketa king blo Israel.
21 Lo taem ia nao pipol lo Israel divaed lo tufala grup. Wanfala grup laekem Tibni, son blo Ginath for hem king, and nara grup olketa followim Omri.
22 Bat pipol wea followim Omri strong winim pipol wea followim Tibni, son blo Ginath. So Tibni hem dae, and Omri kamap king.
23 Lo mek-31 year wea King Asa rul lo Judah, Omri hem king ovarem Israel, and hem rul for 12 years. Hem rul lo Tirzah for sixfala year.
24 Hem baem maunten lo Samaria from Shemer for tufala talent* blo silver, and hem buildim taon antap lo datfala maunten. Taon wea hem buildim, hem nemim lo Samaria,* followim Shemer wea hem owner* blo datfala maunten.
25 Omri gohed for duim samting wea nogud lo eye blo Jehovah, and hem worse winim olketa wea rul firstaem lo hem.
26 Hem followim evri wei blo Jeroboam, son blo Nebat, and mekem Israel for sin taem olketa worshipim olketa iusles idol wea datwan mekem Jehovah, God blo Israel barava kros.
27 Evri nara samting abaotem Omri, wanem hem duim, and olketa bigfala samting wea hem duim, olketa raetem insaed buk blo history blo olketa king blo Israel.
28 Then Omri hem rest witim olketa grandadi blo hem and olketa berem hem lo Samaria. And son blo hem Ahab, kamap king for changem hem.
29 Lo mek-38 year wea King Asa rul lo Judah, Ahab, son blo Omri hem rul ovarem Israel. And Ahab rul lo Samaria for 22 years ovarem Israel.
30 Ahab, son blo Omri hem duim samting wea nogud lo eye blo Jehovah, wea worse winim olketa wea rul firstaem lo hem.
31 Hem samting nating nomoa lo hem for duim olketa sin olsem Jeroboam, son blo Nebat bin duim, and samting wea worse go moa hem maritim tu Jezebel, dota blo Ethbaal, king blo Sidon and start for worshipim Baal and baodaon lo hem.
32 And tu, hem wakem haos* blo Baal lo Samaria and standapim wanfala altar for Baal.
33 Ahab wakem tu post for worship.* Samting wea hem duim hem worse winim wanem evri nara king wea rul firstaem lo hem olketa duim. Datwan mekem Jehovah, God blo Israel barava kros.
34 Lo taem blo Ahab, wanfala man wea stap lo Bethel wea nem blo hem Hiel, hem buildim bak Jericho. Taem hem wakem faondeson blo datfala taon, firstborn son blo hem Abiram hem dae. And taem hem putim ap olketa gate blo datfala taon, lastborn son blo hem Segub hem dae, followim toktok wea Jehovah bin talem lo Joshua, son blo Nun.
Olketa footnote
^ Heb., “eniwan wea mimi go lo wanfala wall.” Diswan hem wanfala Hebrew toktok wea olketa savve iusim for tok daonem olketa man.
^ Diswan hem evri man wea olketa relative blo hem wea garem raet for pei bak.
^ Or, “palace.”
^ Wanfala talent equals 34.2 kg. Lukim App. B14.
^ Mining blo hem “Blo Tribe hia Shemer.”
^ Heb., “masta.”
^ Or, “temple.”
^ Lukim “Post for Worship” lo Dictionary.
