2 Chronicles 7

7 ¹Wen Solomon finish to pray, fire fall komot for heaven come chop di burnt offering and di sacrifice dem, and our Papa glory full di house. ²Di priest dem no fit enter our Papa house, bikos our Papa glory full am. ³Wen all di Israel pipol see di fire fall and our Papa glory dey for di house, dem kneel down, put dia face for di ground for di pavement, dey worship and dey thank our Papa: “E good; im faithful love wey no dey change go dey forever.”

⁴Den di king and all di pipol offer sacrifice for our Papa front. ⁵King Solomon sacrifice 22,000 cow and 120,000 sheep; di king and all di pipol dedicate di house of our Papa. ⁶Di priest dem stand for dia place; di Levite dem stand wit di musical instrument dem for our Papa wey King David make for giving thanks to our Papa—“bikos im faithful love no dey change go dey forever”—wenever David dey praise wit di instrument dem. For dia front di priest dem blow di trumpet, and all Israel stand.

⁷Solomon dedicate di middle of di courtyard, for front of our Papa house, bikos na dia e offer di burnt offering dem and di fat of di peace offering dem, sote di bronze altar wey e make no fit hold di burnt offering, grain offering, and fat.

⁸For dat time Solomon keep di feast for seven days, and all Israel dey wit am—plenty plenty pipol gada togeda—from Lebo-hamath rish di Brook of Egypt. ⁹For di eight day dem hold closing assembly, sote dem don keep di dedication of di altar for seven days and di feast for seven days. ¹⁰For di twenty-tird day of di seventh month, e send di pipol go house, wit joy and gladness for dia belle bikos of di goodness wey our Papa show David, and Solomon, and Israel im pipol.

Our Papa Talk to Solomon

¹¹Solomon finish di house of our Papa and di king palace. Everytin wey Solomon put im heart to do for di house of our Papa and im own house, e do am well well.

¹²Den our Papa show imsef to Solomon for night come tell am: “I don hear your prayer come choose dis place for mysef as house wey dem go dey sacrifice.

¹³“If I lock di sky so rain no go fall, or command locust to chop di land, or send plague among my pikin dem, ¹⁴if my pikin dem—wey dey carry my name—humble diasef, pray, seek my face, and turn komot from dia bad ways, I go hear from heaven, forgive dia sin, and heal dia land. ¹⁵Now my eye go dey open and my ear go dey listen well to di prayer wey dem dey offer for dis place. ¹⁶Now I don choose and dedicate dis house, so my name go stay dia forever; my eye and my heart go dey dia all di time.

¹⁷As for you—if you waka for my front as David your papa waka, dey do everytin wey I command you and dey keep my law dem and my judgment dem, ¹⁸den I go make your kingdom throne stand strong, as I make Covenant wit David your papa: ‘One man from you go dey rule Israel all di time.’

¹⁹But if you turn komot, throway my law dem and my command dem wey I put for your front, come go serve oda gods and worship dem, ²⁰den I go pull Israel komot from my land wey I give dem, throway from my sight dis temple wey I set apart for my name, and make am sometin wey pipol go take as example and dey yab among all di pipol. ²¹Dis house, wey dem lift up so high before, go make everybody wey pass by shock, dey ask, “Wetin make di LORD do dis kind tin to dis land and dis house?”

²²Dem go answer, “Na bikos dem throway di LORD, God of dia ansesta dem, wey bring dem komot from di land of Egypt, come hold oda gods tight, dey bow and dey serve dem—na im make e bring all dis wahala come on dem.”