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.

Then Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had vowed, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, which he placed 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.

After this, he gathered together those greater by birth of Israel, and all the leaders of the tribes, and the heads of the families, from the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, so that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion.

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

And so, all the men of Israel went to the king, on the solemn day of the seventh month.

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

And when all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites carried the ark,

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

and they brought it in, along with all the equipment of the tabernacle. Then too, the priests with the Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle.

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

Now king Solomon, and the entire assembly of Israel, and all who had gathered together before the ark, were immolating rams and oxen without any number, for so great was the multitude of the victims.

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.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, in the Holy of Holies, under 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.

so that the cherubim extended their wings over the place where the ark was positioned, and they covered the ark itself and its bars.

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.

But concerning the bars by which the ark was carried, because they were a little longer, the ends were able to be seen before the oracle. Yet truly, if anyone were a little ways toward the exterior, he would not be able to see them. And so the ark has been in that place, even to the present 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.

And there was nothing else in the ark, except the two tablets, which Moses had placed there at Horeb when the Lord gave the law to the sons of Israel, at the departure from 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.

And having gone out from the Sanctuary, the priests (for all the priests who were able to be found there were sanctified, and in that time the turns and orders of the ministries had not yet been divided among them)

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.

with both the Levites and the singing men, that is, those who were under Asaph, and those who were under Heman, and those who were under Jeduthun, with their sons and brothers, clothed in fine linen, sounded out with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing toward the eastern side of the altar. And with them were one hundred twenty priests, sounding out with 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.

And when they all sounded out together, with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and pipes, and with various kinds of musical instruments, lifting their voice on high, the sound was heard from far away, so that when they had begun to praise the Lord, and to say, “Confess to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is eternal,” the house of God was filled with a cloud.

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

Neither were the priests able to stand and to minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.