Ahab Crave Naboth Im Grape Farm
Naboth no gree sell im family vineyard, so Jezebel arrange fasting, two liars wey dem pay, and stoning. Ahab go down to collect the land but na Elijah e meet instead, with we Papa word about dogs and blood. Ahab fast, and the judgment shift go reach im pikin time.
21 1Afta all dis tins, Naboth, di Jezreelite man, get one grape farm for Jezreel, wey dey near di palace of Ahab, di king of Samaria. 2Ahab tell Naboth say, “Gimme your grape farm make I use am plant vegetable, because e dey near my house. I go give you beta grape farm wey pass am, or if you prefer, I go pay you di price for silver.”
3Naboth answer Ahab say, “E no go ever happen! For front of our Papa, I no fit give you di inheritance wey my papa-papa dem leave for me!” a a v3 Under di law of our Papa, family land na trust wey dey last, wey dem dey pass down from generation to generation, and dem no suppose sell am comot forever; Naboth no refuse because e get stubborn head, but because e wan dey faithful.
4Ahab waka go house, im face don swell and e vex because of wetin Naboth di Jezreelite talk say: “I no go give you di inheritance wey my papa-papa dem leave.” E lie down for im bed, turn im face give wall, and e refuse to chop. 5Im wife Jezebel come meet am, come ask am say, “Wetin make your face swell reach so wey you no wan chop?”
6E answer say, “I tell Naboth di Jezreelite say, ‘Make I buy your grape farm, or if you prefer, I go swap anoda one give you,’ but e talk say, ‘I no go give you my grape farm.’”
7Im wife Jezebel talk say, “Na so you dey rule Israel? Get up, chop, make your mind dey happy—na me go give you di grape farm of Naboth di Jezreelite.”
8She write letter for Ahab name, seal am with im seal, come send am give di elders and big-big men wey dey live with Naboth for im town. 9For di letter she write say: “Make una call fasting come put Naboth for front of di people. 10Put two useless men sit down face am, make dem testify against am say: ‘You curse God and di king.’ Come carry am comot go stone am kill.”
11Di men of im town, di elders and big-big men wey dey live dia, do exactly as Jezebel talk for di letter wey she send give dem. 12Dem call fasting come put Naboth for front of di people. 13Two useless men come, sit down face am, come testify against Naboth for front of di people say: “Naboth curse God and di king.” Den dem carry am comot go outside di town come stone am kill. 14Den dem send message give Jezebel say: “Dem don stone Naboth kill.”
15When Jezebel hear say dem don stone Naboth kill, she tell Ahab say, “Get up, go take di grape farm of Naboth di Jezreelite wey e refuse to sell give you. Naboth no dey alive again—e don die.”
16When Ahab hear say Naboth don die, e get up come go down to take di grape farm of Naboth di Jezreelite.
17Den di word of our Papa come reach Elijah di Tishbite say:
18“Get up, go down go meet Ahab, di king of Israel, for Samaria. E dey inside Naboth im grape farm, e don go down to take am own. 19Tell am say, ‘Na dis wetin our Papa talk: Abi you don kill person and come still seize im property?’ Den talk say, ‘Na dis wetin our Papa talk: For di same place wey dog lick Naboth im blood, na dia dem go lick your own too—yes, your own.’”
20Ahab talk give Elijah say, “So you don find me, my enemy!” E answer say, “I don find you, because you don sell yourself to dey do evil for eye of our Papa.”
21“I go bring wahala come meet you, I go finish you, and I go cut comot from Ahab every man-pikin for Israel, slave and free man. 22I go make your house be like di house of Jeroboam, pikin of Nebat, and like di house of Baasha, pikin of Ahijah, because you don provoke me make I vex and you don cause Israel to sin.” 23And about Jezebel too, our Papa talk say: “Dog dem go chop Jezebel finish for di wall of Jezreel. 24Anybody wey belong to Ahab wey die inside di town, na dog go chop am, and anybody wey die for open field, na bird of di sky go chop am.”
25Nobody bin dey like Ahab, wey sell imsef to dey do evil for front of our Papa, because im wife Jezebel dey push am. 26E do tin wey nasty pass, e dey run after idol like di Amorite people, wey our Papa drive comot for front of Israel.
27When Ahab hear dis words, e tear im cloth, e cover im body with sackcloth, e fast, e lie down inside sackcloth, and e dey waka around with mind wey don down.
28Den di word of our Papa come reach Elijah di Tishbite say:
29“You don see how Ahab don humble imsef for my front? Because e don humble imsef for my front, I no go bring wahala for im own time; na for time of im pikin I go bring am come im house.”
