Hezekiah Clean di Papa House
For him first month, Hezekiah open di doors wey him father lock, and make di Levites carry all di dirt comot from di Holy Place. Offerings, cymbals, harps and trumpets come back, and di service for our Papa house restore — sharp sharp, and everybody happy.
29 1Hezekiah become king wen e be twenty-five years, and e rule for twenty-nine years for Jerusalem. Im mama na Abijah, di pikin-woman of Zechariah. 2E do wetin correct for our Papa eyes, just like im papa David bin do. 3For di first year of im rule, for di first month, e open di doors of our Papa house and e repair dem. 4E bring in di priests and di Levites, and e gada dem for di open place wey dey for east side. 5E tell dem, “Una hear me, Levites! Make una dedicate una-self now, and dedicate our Papa house, di God of una fathers, and comot di dirty from di Holy Place. 6Our ancestors no be faithful, dem do evil for our Papa eyes; dem leave am, dem turn dem face from di place where our Papa dey stay, and dem turn dem back give am. 7Dem still lock di doors of di entrance hall, dem quench di lamps, and dem no burn incense or offer burnt offerings for di holy place give our Papa, di God of Israel. 8So our Papa vex fall on Judah and Jerusalem, and e make dem tin wey go make person shake, wey go make person fear, and wey people go laugh, just as una dey see with una own eyes. 9Because our fathers fall by sword; our sons, daughters, and wives dey for captivity because of dis. 10Now I get mind to make Covenant with our Papa, di God of Israel, so dat im hot vex go turn comot from us. 11My sons, no dey careless now—our Papa choose una to stand before am, to serve am, to be im servants, and to burn incense.”
12Di Levites stand up: from di Kohathites—Mahath, di pikin of Amasai, and Joel, di pikin of Azariah; from di Merarites—Kish, di pikin of Abdi, and Azariah, di pikin of Jehallelel; from di Gershonites—Joah, di pikin of Zimmah, and Eden, di pikin of Joah; 13from di sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; from di sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14from di sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from di sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. 15Dem gada dem brothers, dem make dem-self holy, and dem go clean our Papa house, just as di king command dem, according to di words of our Papa. 16Di priests enter inside our Papa house to clean am, and dem carry all di dirty tins wey dem find inside our Papa temple comot go di courtyard. Di Levites carry am comot go di Kidron stream. 17Dem start to dedicate for di first day of di first month; by di eighth day of dat month, dem reach di entrance hall of our Papa. Dem dedicate di house of our Papa for eight days, and dem finish for di sixteenth day of di first month. 18Den dem come meet King Hezekiah and dem talk say, “We don clean all of our Papa house—di altar of burnt offering with all im tools, and di table of di Bread of di Presence with all im tools. a a v18 Di Bread of di Presence: twelve bread wey dem dey keep for special table for di Holy Place as offering wey dey continue before God. 19All di tools wey King Ahaz throway during im time wey e no dey faithful, we don prepare dem and dedicate dem—dem dey stand before di altar of our Papa.”
Worship Come Back to di Papa House
20King Hezekiah wake up early, e gada di officials of di city, and e go up to our Papa house. 21Dem bring seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, seven male goats as sin offering for di kingdom, di holy place, and Judah, and e command di sons of Aaron, di priests, to offer dem for di altar of our Papa. 22Dem kill di bulls; di priests collect di blood and dem splash am on di altar. Dem kill di rams and dem splash di blood on di altar, den dem kill di lambs and dem splash di blood on di altar. 23Dem bring di goats for sin offering before di king and di assembly, and dem put dem hands on dem. 24Di priests kill dem and dem make sin offering with dem blood on di altar to make atonement for all Israel, because di king don order di burnt offering and di sin offering for all Israel.
25E put di Levites for our Papa house with cymbals, harps, and lyres, just as David, Gad wey be di king seer, and Nathan di prophet command—because di command come from our Papa through im prophets. 26Di Levites stand with di instruments of David, and di priests with di trumpets. 27Hezekiah order say make dem offer di burnt offering for di altar; wen e start, di song of our Papa start too, with di trumpets and di instruments of David, king of Israel. 28Di whole assembly bow down, di singers sing, di trumpet people blow, until di burnt offering finish.
29Wen di offering end, di king and everybody wey dey with am bow down and worship. 30King Hezekiah and di officials tell di Levites make dem praise our Papa with di words of David and Asaph di seer. Dem sing with joy, dem bow down low, and dem worship.
31Den Hezekiah talk say, “Una don dedicate una-self now to our Papa. Make una come near, bring sacrifices and thank offerings to our Papa house.” So di assembly bring sacrifices and thank offerings; everybody wey dem heart dey willing bring burnt offerings. 32Di assembly bring seventy bulls, one hundred rams, 200 lambs—all as burnt offering to our Papa. 33And di offerings wey dem set apart na 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. 34Di priests too few to peel skin comot for all di burnt offerings, so dem Levite brothers help dem until di work finish and until di priests make dem-self holy; di Levites get honest heart pass di priests to make dem-self holy. 35Apart from di plenty burnt offerings, fat dey from di peace offerings and drink offerings dey for dem. So di service of our Papa house come back again. 36Hezekiah and all di people happy well well because of wetin our Papa prepare for dem, since e happen sharp-sharp.
