Di Papa Altar Rise Again
Before any temple stand, di people wey return rebuild our Papa altar for im old foundation — as dem dey fear di people wey dey around dem — and start di daily offering dem again. When dem lay di foundation, old men wey remember di first house cry as loud as di others dey shout.
3 1For di seventh month, wen Israel don settle for dia towns, di people gada as one for Jerusalem. 2Den Jeshua di pikin of Jozadak wit im fellow priests, and Zerubbabel di pikin of Shealtiel wit im people, start work and build di altar of our Papa, so dey fit offer burnt offerings ontop am, as dem write am for di Law of Moses, di man of our Papa. 3Dem set di altar ontop im foundations, bicos dem dey fear di people wey surround dem, and dem offer burnt offerings ontop am to our Papa for morning and for evening. 4Dem keep di Feast of Booths as dem write am, wit di burnt offerings for evriday, di number wey each day need. 5Afta dat, dem offer di regular burnt offerings, di new moon offerings, all di sacred feasts of our Papa, and gifts from anybody wey bring free-heart offering to our Papa. 6From di first day of di seventh month, dem start to dey offer burnt offerings to our Papa, even doh dem never lay di foundation of our Papa temple yet. 7Dem pay masons and carpenters, and dem give di Sidonians and Tyrians food, drink, and oil, so dem go bring cedar logs from Lebanon by sea go Joppa, as Cyrus king of Persia don gi dem permission.
Di House of our Papa Start to Rise
8For di second month of di second year afta dem reach di house of our Papa for Jerusalem, Zerubbabel di pikin of Shealtiel and Jeshua di pikin of Jozadak start di work, wit di rest of dia people—di priests, di Levites, and evribody wey don return come Jerusalem from captivity. Dem put Levites wey be twenty years and above ova di work for di house of our Papa. 9Den Jeshua, im sons and brodas, and Kadmiel wit im sons, sons of Judah, join hand togeda to oversee dose wey dey work for di house of our Papa—togeda wit di sons of Henadad, dia sons and brodas, di Levites.
10Wen di builders lay di foundation of di temple of our Papa, priests wey wear robes stand wit trumpets, and di Levites, sons of Asaph, wit cymbals, to praise our Papa as David king of Israel don order. 11Dem sing dey answer one anoda, dey praise and dey tank our Papa: “E good; im faithful love for Israel go last forever.” All di people shout big shout of praise, bicos dem don lay di foundation of di house of our Papa.
12Plenty ol priests, Levites, and clan heads wey bin see di first house cry loud loud as dem dey lay di foundation of dis house for dia very eye, wail plenty odas dey shout for joy. 13Nobody fit tell di joyful shout apart from di crying, bicos di people shout so loud tay dem hear am from far.
