1 Kings 6

6 ¹For di 480th year afta Israel comot for Egypt, for Solomon fourth year wey e dey rule Israel, for Ziv, di second month, e start to build di house of our Papa. ²Di house wey King Solomon build for our Papa long reach like ninety feet, e wide reach thirty feet, and e high reach forty-five feet. ³Di porch for front of di main hall long reach thirty feet, e match di wide of di house, and e deep reach like fifteen feet for im front. ⁴And for di house e make windows wey get frame wey dey inside di wall.

⁵E build wan structure follow di wall of di house, e go round am—follow di walls of di house all around—for di main hall and di inner sanctuary bof; and e make side rooms all around. ⁶Di lowest story wide reach seven-and-half feet, di middle one nine feet, and di third one ten-and-half feet; for di outside e set steps for di wall, so dat di beams no go enta di walls of di house. ⁷Dem build di house wit stone wey dem don finish for di place wey dem dey cut am, so dat dem no hear hammer, axe, or any iron tool for inside am wen dem dey build am. ⁸Di door of di lowest side room dey for di south side of di house; stairs dey lead go up to di middle story, and from dia go di third one. ⁹So e build di house and finish am, e roof am wit beams and cedar planks. ¹⁰E build di side structure follow di whole house, every level high reach like seven-and-half feet, e join am to di house wit cedar wood.

¹¹Den di word of our Papa come to Solomon, e talk say:

¹²“About dis house wey you dey build: if you waka for my laws, do wetin I command, and keep all my commandments by following dem, I go do for you di promise wey I make to David your papa. ¹³I go dwell among di pipo of Israel and I no go leave my pipo Israel.”

¹⁴So Solomon build di house and finish am. ¹⁵E cover di walls inside wit cedar boards; from di floor to di ceiling rafters e cover dem wit wood inside, and e floor di house wit cypress boards. ¹⁶E build di back thirty feet of di house wit cedar boards, from floor to di walls, e set am apart inside as di inner sanctuary, di Most Holy Place. ¹⁷Di house—di main hall wey dey before di inner sanctuary—long reach like sixty feet. ¹⁸Dem carve di cedar wey dey inside di house wit gourds and flowers wey open; na cedar all of am, no stone show. ¹⁹E prepare di inner sanctuary inside di house to put di ark of di Covenant of our Papa dia. ²⁰Di inner sanctuary long reach thirty feet, e wide reach thirty feet, and e high reach thirty feet; e cover am wit pure gold, and e cover di cedar altar too. ²¹Solomon cover di inside of di house wit pure gold, e draw gold chains across di front of di inner sanctuary, and e cover am wit gold. ²²E cover di whole house wit gold until di entire house finish; also di whole altar of di inner sanctuary e cover am wit gold.

²³For di inner sanctuary e make two cherubim wit olive wood, every one high reach like fifteen feet. ²⁴One wing of di cherub na seven-and-half feet, di oda one seven-and-half feet; fifteen feet from di tip of one wing go di tip of di oda. ²⁵Di second cherub too measure like fifteen feet; di two cherubim get one measure and one shape. ²⁶Di height of one cherub na like fifteen feet, and na so di oda one be too. ²⁷E set di cherubim inside di inner house, dia wings open, so dat di wing of one touch one wall and di wing of di oda touch di oda wall, and dia wings touch each oda for di middle of di house. ²⁸E cover di cherubim wit gold.

²⁹For all di walls around di house, for di inner and outer rooms, e carve cherubim, palm trees, and flowers wey open. ³⁰E cover di floor of di house wit gold, for di inner and outer rooms.

³¹For di door of di inner sanctuary e make doors wit olive wood; di top beam and di doorposts make five sides. ³²Di two doors na olive wood; for dem e carve cherubim, palm trees, and flowers wey open, den e cover dem wit gold, e hammer am onto di cherubim and di palm trees. ³³Na so also for di door of di main hall e make doorposts wit olive wood, four-sided, ³⁴and two doors wit cypress wood; di two leaves of one door dey fold, and di two leaves of di oda one dey fold. ³⁵E carve cherubim, palm trees, and flowers wey open for dem, and e cover dem wit gold wey e spread even ontop di carving.

³⁶E build di inner court wit three rows of dressed stone and one row of cedar beams.

³⁷For di fourth year dem lay di foundation of di house of our Papa, for di month of Ziv. ³⁸Dem finish di house for di eleventh year, for di month Bul, di eighth month, for every detail as dem plan am. E take seven years build am.