5 Berɛ a Solomon wɔ Gibeon no, Yehowa yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no wɔ daeɛ mu anadwo; Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Bisa me deɛ menyɛ mma wo.”+ 6 Ɛnna Solomon kaa sɛ: “Woada ɔdɔ kɛseɛ a ɛnni hwammɔ adi akyerɛ me papa, w’akoa Dawid; ɔde nokorɛdie ne tenenee ne akoma a ɛdi mu nantee w’anim. Woakɔ so ada ɔdɔ kɛseɛ a ɛnni hwammɔ yi adi akyerɛ no abɛsi nnɛ; woama no anya ɔba ama no abɛtena n’ahennwa so.+ 7 Na afei Yehowa me Nyankopɔn, mennyinii* koraa na menni suahunu,*+ nanso woasi w’akoa hene de me asi me papa Dawid ananmu. 8 Wo man a woayi wɔn+ no yɛ ɔman a wɔn dodoɔ nti, wɔntumi nkan wɔn na wɔntumi mmu wɔn ano, na w’akoa na ɔda wɔn ano. 9 Enti ma w’akoa ahobrɛaseɛ akoma a ɔde bɛhu papa ne bɔne+ na ɔde abu wo man atɛn,+ ɛfiri sɛ wo man a wɔdɔɔso* yi deɛ, hwan na ɔbɛtumi abu wɔn atɛn?”