1 Chronicles 16

16 ¹Dem carry di ark of our Papa come, put am inside di tent wey David don pitch for am, and dem offer burnt offerings and peace offerings for front of our Papa. ²As David don finish to offer di burnt offerings and di peace offerings, e bless di people for di name of our Papa. ³And e share give every Israel person, man and woman, one loaf of bread, one date cake, and one raisin cake.

⁴E pick some of di Levite people make dem minister for front of di ark of our Papa, to call on am, to give thank-you, and to praise our Papa. ^a a v4 "To call on am" mean say make dem call God name — dey call am for prayer and dey announce am for open place. ⁵Asaph na di chief, and di one wey follow am na Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with harp and lyre; and Asaph dey bang di cymbal. ⁶Benaiah and Jahaziel di priest dem, na dem go dey blow di trumpet always for front of di ark of di Covenant of our Papa.

David Song of Thank-You to our Papa

⁷For dat day, na di first time David pick Asaph and im brothers to dey give thank-you to our Papa: ⁸Give thank-you to our Papa; call on im name; announce di things wey e don do among di people dem! ⁹Sing to am; sing praise to am; talk all di wonderful work wey e don do! ¹⁰Make una glory for im holy name; make di heart of dem wey dey find our Papa dey glad! ¹¹Find our Papa and im strength; find im face all di time! ¹²Remember di wonderful work wey e don do, im miracle dem and di judgement wey e talk, ¹³Una pikin of Israel wey be im servant, una son of Jacob, im chosen ones! ¹⁴Na im be our Papa; im judgement dey for di whole earth. ¹⁵Remember im Covenant forever, di word wey e command for 1,000 generations, ¹⁶di Covenant wey e make with Abraham, im swear-swear promise to Isaac, ¹⁷wey e confirm to Jacob as law, to Israel as Covenant wey no go end, ¹⁸e talk say, "Na to you I go give di land of Canaan as di inheritance wey I share for you." ¹⁹For di time wey una plenty small, wey una no be anybody, and una be stranger for di land, ²⁰wey una dey waka from one nation go anoda, from one kingdom go anoda people, ²¹e no gree make anybody oppress dem; e talk hard to kings because of dem,

²²"No touch my anointed ones, and no do my prophet dem any bad thing!"

²³Sing to our Papa, all di earth! Announce im salvation day after day. ²⁴Make di things wey e don do wey get glory known among di nations; tell every people di amazing thing wey e don do! ²⁵Because our Papa great well-well, and e deserve praise pass anybody; dem suppose fear am pass all di gods. ²⁶Because all di gods of di people dem na idol, but na our Papa make di heavens. ²⁷Fine-fine glory and greatness dey for im front; strength and joy dey for di place wey e dey stay. ²⁸Give to our Papa, all di families of di people dem, give to our Papa glory and strength! ²⁹Give to our Papa di glory wey im name deserve; bring offering and come im front! Worship our Papa for di fine-fine beauty of holiness. ³⁰Shake for im front, all di earth! For true, di world stand strong; e no go ever move. ³¹Make di heavens dey glad, and make di earth rejoice, and make dem talk among di nations say, "Our Papa dey reign!" ³²Make di sea roar, and everything wey full am; make di field dem rejoice, and everything wey dey inside dem! ³³Then di trees of di forest go sing for joy for front of our Papa, because e dey come to judge di earth. ³⁴Give thank-you to our Papa, because e good; because im Covenant love dey last forever! ³⁵Talk am too say: "Save us, our Papa; gather us and rescue us from among di nations, so dat we go fit give thank-you to your holy name and glory for your praise." ³⁶Make dem bless our Papa, from everlasting to everlasting! Then all di people talk say, "Amen!" and dem praise our Papa.

Dem Set Up Worship for Front of our Papa Ark

³⁷So David leave Asaph and im brothers dia for front of di ark of di Covenant of our Papa, make dem minister always for front of di ark as each day need, ³⁸and Obed-edom with im sixty-eight brothers; Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah, na dem go be gatekeeper. ³⁹And Zadok di priest and im fellow priests dey serve for front of di tabernacle of our Papa for di high place wey dey for Gibeon, ^b b v39 One "high place" na outside worship site, wey dem plenty times build for ground wey high. ⁴⁰make dem offer burnt offerings to our Papa for di altar of burnt offering always, morning and evening, according to everything wey dem write for di law of our Papa, wey e command Israel. ⁴¹With dem na Heman and Jeduthun and di rest of dem wey dem choose and call by name to give thank-you to our Papa, because im Covenant love dey last forever. ⁴²Heman and Jeduthun get trumpet and cymbal with dem make dem sound am, and instrument dem for di sacred songs of our Papa. Di sons of Jeduthun stand for di gate. ⁴³Then all di people comot, each one go im house, and David turn go bless im own family.