Woe to Una Wey Dey Enjoy and No Send Anybody
Woe to those wey dey lie down for ivory bed, dey chop better lamb, dey invent songs, and Joseph ruin no worry dem. Dia enjoyment na di charge. Our Papa don swear by imself: dem go lead di line go exile, and e go raise nation wey go oppress dem.
6 1Woe to una wey dey rest for Zion, and to una wey feel say una dey safe for di mountain of Samaria—di big-big men of di number-one nation, wey di house of Israel dey run come! 2Cross go Calneh go look; from there comot go Hamath di big one; then go down go Gath of di Philistines. Una pass these kingdoms? Or their land big pass una own? 3Una dey push di day of disaster far away, but una dey pull di reign of violence come near. 4Dem dey lie down for bed wey dem take ivory make, and dem dey spread body for their couch, dey chop young sheep from di flock and young cow from di pen wey dem dey fatten am. 5Dem dey scratch harp anyhow and, like David, dem dey invent music instrument for their own body. 6Dem dey drink wine full bowl and dem dey rub di finest oil for their body, but dem no dey feel any sorry for di way Joseph don spoil finish. 7Na because of dis, dem go now enter exile for di front of everybody wey dem carry go, and di enjoyment of those wey dey spread body dey rest go finish.
8Di Sovereign Papa don swear by imsef—na so di Papa wey get all di army of heaven talk am: I hate di pride of Jacob and I no fit stand im strong-place dem, and I go hand over di city and everything wey dey inside am.
9And if ten men remain for one house, dem too go die.
10And when person family, di one wey dey burn di dead body, carry am comot di bone from di house, and e call di person wey dey for di inside-inside room say, “Anybody still dey with you?” and e answer say, “Nobody,” then e go talk say, “Keep quiet! We no must call di name of our Papa.”
11For see, our Papa dey give di command, and di big house go scatter into piece-piece and di small house into small-small bit. 12Horse fit gallop for top rock? Person fit take cow plough di sea? But una don turn justice into poison and di fruit of correct-and-holy way into bitter poison. 13Una wey dey rejoice over Lo-debar and dey talk say, “No be we take our own power capture Karnaim for ourself?” a a v13 Di two towns wey Israel dey brag say dem capture carry meaning wey dey mock dem: Lo-debar sound like “thing wey be nothing,” and Karnaim mean “horn” — sign of power. Their proud brag just be like dem dey glory inside nothing.
14But see—I dey raise up one nation come fight una, house of Israel, na so di Papa wey get all di army of heaven talk am, and dem go press una down from Lebo-hamath reach all di way go di Brook of di Arabah.
