STORY 43
Da Time King David Wen Jam Up
Afta Saul mahke, David come king wen he wuz 30 years ol. He wuz king fo litto while awready, wen one day he had spock one good looking wahine from da top of his palace roof. David find out dat she wuz one married lady named Batsheba. Her husband wuz one army guy named Uriah. Still yet, David had Batsheba come up to his palace. Dey had sex togedda an she come hapai. David try fo hide wat he wen do. How he do dat? He wen get Uriah killed in battle. He tell his army general fo put Uriah in da fron lines, an den make da res of da guys back off. Afta Uriah had mahke, David wen go marry Batsheba.
But Jehovah wen see all da bad tings dat had happen. So wat he goin do now? Jehovah had his prophet Nathan go talk to David. Nathan tell: ‘One rich guy had choke sheep, an one pooa guy had ony one small bebe sheep dat he wen love plenny. Da rich guy wen steal da pooa guy’s ony bebe sheep.’ David wuz all wild an tell: ‘Dat rich guy gotta mahke!’ Den Nathan tell David: ‘Dat rich guy iz you!’ Dat had cut David deep an he tell Nathan: ‘I had mess up real bad. I wen sin agains Jehovah.’ Dis sin wen bring all kine problems on David an his ohana. Jehovah punish David, but had let him live cuz he wen fess up an tell dat he wuz wrong.
David had like build Jehovah’s tempo, but Jehovah wen choose David’s boy Solomon fo build um. David help get tings ready fo Solomon an tell his guys: ‘Jehovah’s tempo gotta be da bestes in da world. Solomon still one young boy, but I goin help by getting stuff ready fo him.’ David help wit da building work by giving plenny money from his own pocket. He find guys dat had kno how fo do all kine stuff. He give plenny gold an silva, an even wen bring in cedar wood from Tyre an Sidon. Wen he wuz ol an ready fo mahke, David wen hand ova da building plans fo da tempo to his boy Solomon. He tell: ‘Jehovah had me write dese plans down fo you. He goin kokua you so no be sked. Be strong an go work.’
“Whoeva do stuff agains God, an den try fo cova [um up] . . . no goin come out good fo dem. [But if dey] tell God dey wen do wass wrong, an no make lidat no moa, God give dem chance.”—Smart Guys 28:13