But I nor go take di whole kingdom from am. Instead, I go leave one tribe for am bikos of David, my savant and bikos of Jerusalem, di town wey I dey stay.”
but I go let Solomon pikin keep one tribe, so dat my savant David, shidren-shidren go fit dey rule for Jerusalem, di town wey I don choose sey dem go for woship mi.
Rehoboam wey bi Solomon pikin, na forty-one years e bi wen e start to rule Judah and e rule for seventeen years from Jerusalem, di town wey God don choose from all Israel aria, as di place where dem go for dey woship am. King Rehoboam mama name na Naamah wey kom from Ammon.
‘From di time wey I bring my pipol kom out from Egypt, I neva choose any town among Israel land where dem go build temple put to woship mi, but I choose yu, David, so dat yu go rule my pipol.’ ”
My Oga God, make Yu listin to dia prayer. For heaven wey Yu dey, make Yu hear and do wetin dem sey make Yu do, so dat evribody for di world go know and obey Yu, just as yor pipol Israel dey do. Den dem go know sey dis temple wey I build, na di place where dem go for dey woship Yu.
God tell am, “I don hear yor prayers. Dis temple wey yu build for mi, I don make am holy for mysef and na der dem go for woship mi forever. I go wosh and kare for am always.
My God, make Yu listin well-well! Make Yu open yor eye si tins for yorsef! Listin to di message wey Sennakerib send kom and as e curse Yu wey dey alive!
E put Asherah juju wey e make for di temple, di place where God don tell David and en pikin, Solomon sey, “Dis temple for Jerusalem wey I don choose from all di tribes for Israel, go bi where I go stay forever.
God sey, “Just as I komot Israel from my eye, na so too I go komot Judah pipol. I go rijet dis town wey I choose, both Jerusalem and di temple wey I sey, ‘I go stay.’ ”
E klear sey na God dey wosh di whole world and E dey ready to give pawa to doz wey trust am. Yu nor use sense for dis matter, so from naw go, na so-so war yu go dey fight.”
Di juju image wey e make, e put am for God Temple, di place wey God tell David and Solomon en pikin sey, “Dis temple for Jerusalem, na-im I don choose among Israel land, as my house forever.
My Oga God, make Yu look mi kon hear my prayers for yor savants, Israel pipol, both for day and nite. I konfess sey wi, Israel pipol don sin. Wi and awa grand-grand papa dem don sin.
But if una turn back from una sin kom meet mi and do wetin I kommand una, I go bring una kom di place wey I don choose sey una go for woship mi, even doh una skata for evriwhere for dis world.’
I bow kon woship Yu for yor holy temple. I dey praiz yor name, bikos of yor faithfulnes and love wey nor dey fail; bikos Yu don make yor promise and e high pass di sky.
“ ‘Make una use mud build altar for mi kon sakrifice una animals and do peace ofrins for mi. Anywhere wey una for honor my name, I go kom meet and bless una for der.
Wen Daniel hear wetin happen, e kon go en house. E klimb go one room for up wey en window face Jerusalem. Just as e dey do before, e knee down for di window wey open kom pray give God and e dey do am three times evriday.
Oga God sey, “For dat time, I go make all di horse dey fear and di pipol wey dey ride dem nor go know wetin dem dey do. I go guide Judah pipol kon blind dia enemies horse eye.
una must bring evritin wey I kommand una: una burnt ofrin; sakrifice ofrin; tithe and vow ofrin kom di place wey God choose as where dem go for woship and honor en name.
Una Passova sakrifice go bi from di animal wey una get and una must sakrifice am give di Oga una God for di place wey E sey make una woship am; where E choose make dem honor en name.
Una go only sakrifice am for di place wey dem for dey woship God; di place wey di Oga una God choose sey dem go for honor en name. As di sun dey go down, una go sakrifice am der for evening to take celebrate and remember wen una komot from Egypt.
make una put some of di first fruits and plant wey una harvest inside one basket kon bring dem kom di place wey God don choose for woship and where dem go for honor en name.