No Papa Dey for Israel?
Di long fall of Israel and Judah till dem go exile. Even as judgment dey fall, di book still dey catch glimpse of Papa wey no dey quick give up on Im pikin dem.
1 1After Ahab die, Moab rebel against Israel.
2Ahaziah fall through di lattice for im upstairs room for Samaria, and e injure imsef. E send messengers: “Go, ask Baal-zebub, di god of Ekron, whether I go recover from dis injury.”
3But di messenger of our Papa tell Elijah di Tishbite, “Get up, go meet di messengers wey Samaria king send, and ask dem, ‘No Papa dey for Israel, wey make una dey go consult Baal-zebub, di god of Ekron?’
4So our Papa talk say: ‘You no go comot from di bed wey you climb enter; you go sure die.’” And Elijah comot.
5As di messengers come back to di king, e ask dem, “Why una come back?”
6Dem answer, “One man come meet us and talk say, ‘Go back to di king wey send una, and tell am: Na dis our Papa talk: No Papa dey for Israel, wey make you dey send men go ask Baal-zebub, di god of Ekron? So you no go comot from di bed wey you climb enter; you go sure die.’”
7Di king ask, “Wetin be di kind man wey come meet una and tell una dis thing?”
8Dem talk, “E wear cloth wey dem make with hair, with leather belt for im waist.” Di king talk, “Na Elijah di Tishbite.”
9Di king send one captain with im fifty men go meet Elijah. Di captain go up to am as e siddon for top hill, and talk to am, “Man of our Papa, di king talk say, ‘Come down.’”
10Elijah answer di captain, “If I be man of our Papa, make fire fall from heaven come chop you and your fifty men.” And fire fall from heaven come chop am and im fifty men.
11Di king send anoda captain again with fifty men, wey talk, “Man of our Papa, di king talk say: ‘Come down quick-quick.’”
12Elijah answer, “If I be man of our Papa, make fire fall from heaven come chop you and your fifty men.” And di fire of our Papa fall from heaven come chop am and im fifty men.
13Di king send di third captain with im fifty. Dis one go up, kneel down for Elijah front, and beg, “Man of our Papa, abeg make my life and di life of your servants, dis fifty, dey precious for your eye. 14Fire come from heaven come chop di two captain wey come before with dem fifty men. Now make my life dey precious to you.”
15Di messenger of our Papa tell Elijah, “Go down with am; no fear am.” So Elijah go down with am to di king.
16E tell di king, “Na dis our Papa talk: You send messengers go consult Baal-zebub, di god of Ekron—no Papa dey for Israel wey you fit ask im word?—so you no go comot from di bed wey you climb enter; you go sure die.”
17Ahaziah die, as di word of our Papa wey come through Elijah talk. Since Ahaziah no get son, Jehoram take over from am, for di second year of Jehoram, king of Judah, wey be son of Jehoshaphat. 18Di rest of di things wey Ahaziah do, no be inside di Book of di Chronicles of di Kings of Israel dem write am?
