15 Sapos olsem, iufala mas appointim wanfala king wea Jehovah, God blo iufala, hem chusim.+ Iufala mas appointim wanfala king from pipol blo iufala. Iufala mas no appointim wanfala foreigner wea hem no from pipol blo iufala for rulim iufala.

17 And hem mas no maritim staka waef tu nogud nao heart blo hem go difren.+ And hem mas no garem staka silver and gold.+

11 Bat King Solomon laekem staka woman from olketa nara ples.+ Nomata hem maritim finis dota blo Pharaoh,+ hem laekem moa olketa woman lo Moab,+ olketa woman lo Ammon,+ olketa woman lo Edom, olketa woman lo Sidon,+ and olketa Hittite+ woman. 2 Olketa woman hia from olketa nation wea Jehovah sei lo olketa Israelite: “Iufala mas no go join tugeta witim olketa,* and olketa tu shud no kam join tugeta witim iufala, bikos olketa bae tanem tingting blo iufala for followim olketa god blo olketa.”+ Bat Solomon hem klos lo olketa and laekem olketa. 3 Hem garem 700 waef wea olketa princess and 300 concubine,* and olketa waef blo hem isisi pullim tingting blo hem for no followim God.*

26 Ino diswan nao sem samting wea mekem King Solomon blo Israel for sin? Lo evri nation, no eni king olsem hem,+ and God lovem hem tumas+ and mekem hem king ovarem full Israel. Nomata olsem, olketa waef blo hem wea foreigner mekem hem tu for sin.+