Den e tell Solomon, “My pikin, I kommand yu sey make yu know yor papa God and make yu use all yor mind and heart take serve am. E know all wetin wi dey tink and wetin wi wont. If yu go meet am, E go take yu, but if yu turn from am, E go abandon yu forever.
“Pipol nor go nid to tish each oda about how to know God, bikos evribody go know mi; both doz wey poor and doz wey get money. I go forgive dia sins and I nor go remember di bad tins wey dem do before. Mi, wey bi God, don tok.”
God sey, “Dis pipol bi like sojas wey don ready dia bows. Dem always dey ready to lie, bikos of dis, dem don get pawa for di land, but na wayo dem take get am. Dem don do many bad tins and dem nor dey tink of mi wey bi dia God.
Den God tell Moses, “Yu go soon die, den di pipol go kon dey sin with strenj gods for di land where dem dey go. Dem go rijet mi kon break my kovenant wey I make with dem.
Dis kind pipol dey sey dem know God, but di way wey dem dey live dia life, show sey dem nor know am, bikos dem get bad mind, dey disobey God and dem nor ever dey like betta tin.
Thru-out di time wey Joshua dey alive with doz leaders wey dey with am (before all of dem die), Israel pipol woship God. Dis leaders don si evritin wey God do for Israel pipol.