2 Berɛsosɛm 5

1 Ɛberɛ a Salomo wiee Awurade Asɔredan no sie ho dwumadie no, ɔde akyɛdeɛ a nʼagya, Ɔhene Dawid, de maa Awurade, a ɛyɛ dwetɛ, sikakɔkɔɔ ne nneɛma a aka no baeɛ. Wɔkoraa yeinom nyinaa wɔ Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no sikakorabea mu.

So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

2 Afei, Salomo frɛɛ mmusuakuo ne mmusua ntuanofoɔ a wɔwɔ Israel nyinaa sɛ wɔmmɛhyia Yerusalem. Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyi Awurade Apam Adaka no firi baabi a ɛsi wɔ Dawid kuro a na wɔsane frɛ hɔ Sion no, de kɔ beaeɛ foforɔ wɔ Asɔredan no mu hɔ.

At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

3 Bosome Bul (bɛyɛ Ahinime) a wɔredi afirinhyia Asese Afahyɛ no, wɔn nyinaa bɛhyiaa ɔhene anim.

So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

4 Ɛberɛ a mpanimfoɔ no bɛduruu Israel no, Lewifoɔ no pagyaa Adaka no

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

5 ne ntomadan sononko ne ɛho nneɛma kronkron no nyinaa. Lewifoɔ asɔfoɔ no soa kɔɔ Asɔredan no mu.

and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

6 Ɔhene Salomo ne Israel manfoɔ no nyinaa de nnwan ne anantwie a wɔn dodoɔ nni ano bɔɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ Adaka no anim.

There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

7 Afei, asɔfoɔ no maa Awurade Apam Adaka no so, de kɔɔ Asɔredan no kronkronbea a ɛhɔ yɛ Kronkron mu Kronkron hɔ, de kɔhyɛɛ Kerubim no ntaban ase.

Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

8 Kerubim no trɛɛ wɔn ntaban mu wɔ Adaka no so, ma ɛyɛɛ sɛ kyiniiɛ wɔ Adaka no ne ne nnua a ɛsosɔ mu no so.

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

9 Na nnua no woware yie; enti sɛ obi gyina Asɔredan no ano kwan ano a ɔhunu. Ne nyinaa da so wɔ hɔ bɛsi ɛnnɛ.

The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

10 Na biribiara nni adaka no mu sɛ aboɔ apono mmienu a Mose de guu mu wɔ Horeb wɔ ɛberɛ a Awurade ne Israelfoɔ a na wɔatu afiri Misraim no yɛɛ apam no.

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

11 Afei, asɔfoɔ no firii kronkronbea hɔ. Saa ɛberɛ yi, na asɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa, sɛ wɔwɔ dwuma bi die anaa wɔnni hwee yɛ, adwira wɔn ho.

Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

12 Lewifoɔ nnwomtofoɔ, Asaf, Heman, Yedutun, wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn nuanom nyinaa hyehyɛɛ nwera mmatakari gyinagyinaa afɔrebukyia no apueeɛ fam, na wɔbɔɔ kyankyan, mmɛnta ne nsankuten. Asɔfoɔ ɔha aduonu a wɔrehyɛn totorobɛnto bɛkaa wɔn ho.

all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

13 Ntotorobɛntohyɛnfoɔ ne nnwomtofoɔ no nyinaa bɔɔ mu too dwom de kamfoo Awurade, daa no ase. Wɔde ntotorobɛnto, kyankyan ne nnwontodeɛ ahodoɔ bɛkaa wɔn ho, maa wɔn nne so, kamfoo Awurade sɛ: “Ɔyɛ! Na nʼadɔeɛ wɔ hɔ daa!” Saa ɛberɛ no mu ara, omununkum bɛhyɛɛ Awurade asɔredan no ma.

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

14 Asɔfoɔ no antumi antoa wɔn adwuma no so, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade animuonyam bɛhyɛɛ Onyankopɔn Asɔredan no ma.

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.