2 Chronicles 5

5 ¹Solomon finish all di work for di house of our Papa. Den e carry all di things wey im papa David don set apart—silver, gold, and all di vessels—come inside, and e put dem for di storeroom dem of di house of our Papa.

²Den Solomon gather di elders of Israel, all di head of di tribe dem, and di leaders of di ancestral families of Israel for Jerusalem, so dem go carry di ark of di Covenant of our Papa comot from di City of David, wey dem dey call Zion. ³So all di men of Israel gather come meet di king for di feast for di seventh month. ^a a v3 Di feast for di seventh month na di Festival of Shelters, di big autumn harvest celebration of Israel. ⁴Wen all di elders of Israel don come, di Levites lift up di ark. ⁵Di priests and di Levites carry di ark, di tent of meeting, and all di holy vessels wey dey inside am, come up. ⁶King Solomon and di whole assembly of Israel wey gather come meet am stand for front of di ark, dey sacrifice sheep and cattle wey plenty pass wetin person fit count or number. ⁷Di priests carry di Covenant ark of our Papa come im place, di inner sanctuary of di house, di Most Holy Place, under di wings of di cherubim. ⁸For di cherubim spread dem wings over di place of di ark, dey cover am and im poles from up. ⁹Di poles long reach so tay dem ends dey show from di ark for front of di inner sanctuary, but dem no dey show for outside; dem still dey there till today. ¹⁰Nothing dey inside di ark except di two tablets wey Moses put there for Horeb, di place wey our Papa make Covenant with di Israelites wen dem comot from Egypt.

¹¹Den di priests comot from di holy place. (All di priests wey dey there don make demself holy, no matter dem divisions, ^b b v11 Di priests dey serve for duty groups wey dey rotate, wey dem dey call divisions, and dem give each one im own week for di temple calendar. ¹²and all di Levite singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, dem sons and dem relatives—stand for east side of di altar, wear fine linen, dey play cymbals, harps, and lyres, with 120 priests wey dey blow trumpets.). ¹³Di trumpeters and di singers, as one, praise and thank our Papa with one voice—dem raise dem voice with di trumpets, cymbals, and instruments, dem praise am say: “E good; im Covenant love go last forever.” Den one cloud fill di house of our Papa, ¹⁴so di priests no fit stand to serve because of di cloud, for di glory of our Papa fill di house of our Papa.