Di Papa Correction Wey Dem No Gree Hear
Women wey dey enjoy dey demand drink, and crowds wey dey rush go Bethel with neat offerings — dem accuse both. Five times dia Papa call one hardship — hunger, drought, blight, plague, overthrow — and five times di same word: yet una no return to me. So make una prepare to meet am.
4 1Hear dis word, una cows of Bashan wey dey for di mountain of Samaria, una wey dey oppress poor people, wey dey crush people wey dey need, wey dey tell una masters say, “Bring something make we drink!” a a v1 Di “cows of Bashan” na di prized, well-fat cattle of dat rich region — for here e be sharp picture for di pampered, selfish women of Samaria wey dey chop for di back of poor people.
2Di Sovereign Papa don swear by im holiness say: “Di days dey come wey dem go drag una comot with hook, and di last one among una with fish-hook. b b v2 Assyrian army dey lead captives for chain with hook or ring wey dem put for nose or jaw — di picture dey show one brutal, shameful exile. 3Una go comot through di broken places for di wall, each one straight, and dem go throw una comot go Harmon side,” na so our Papa talk.
4“Come Bethel come rebel; come Gilgal, come rebel pass! Bring una sacrifice every morning, una tithe every three days. 5Burn bread wey get yeast as thank-offering, announce una freewill offering, shout am loud—because na wetin una love to do be dis, people of Israel!” na so di Sovereign Papa talk.
6“I give una empty belle for every city and lack of bread for every place, but still una no come back to me,” na so our Papa talk.
7“I still hold di rain from una wen e remain three months make harvest reach. I go send rain on one city and hold am from another; one farm go get rain, and di farm wey no get rain go dry. 8So two or three cities go stagger go another city find water but dem no go get enough drink, but still una no come back to me,” na so our Papa talk.
9“I strike una with blight and mildew; di locust chop una plenty garden and vineyard, una fig tree and una olive tree, but still una no come back to me,” na so our Papa talk.
10“I send plague come una like di one for Egypt; I kill una young men with sword and carry una horses go. I make di smell of una camp rise enter una nose, but still una no come back to me,” na so our Papa talk.
11“I overthrow some of una like as I overthrow Sodom and Gomorrah, and una be like stick wey dem snatch comot from fire, but still una no come back to me,” na so our Papa talk.
12“Na because of dis, na dis be wetin I go do to una, Israel; and because I go do dis to una, prepare to meet your Papa, O Israel!”
13Because na him dey form di mountains and create di wind, wey dey reveal im thoughts to mankind, wey dey turn morning-light to darkness and dey waka on di high places of di earth—di Papa of heaven army na im name.
