Nobody Fit Escape di Papa Im Hand
No place to hide from our Papa — not di grave, not heaven, not di bottom of sea. But di shaking na like sieve, and not even one small stone go fall. Di last word na rebuilding: David shelter wey fall go rise again, people go live for di cities wey spoil, and dem go plant Israel and nobody go uproot am again.
9 1I see di Sovereign Papa dey stand near di altar, and E talk say: “Hit di top of di pillar dem make di doorway shake, and break dem for di head of everybody; di ones wey remain I go kill dem with sword. Not even one go run comot, not even one go escape. 2Even if dem dig go down inside grave, from there my hand go carry dem comot; even if dem climb go up for heaven, from there I go bring dem come down. 3Even if dem hide for di top of Carmel, from there I go search dem out and grab dem; even if dem hide comot from my eye for di bottom of di sea, there I go command di snake, and e go bite dem. 4Even if dem go captivity for front of dem enemies, there I go command di sword, and e go kill dem; I go fix my eye on top dem for bad and not for good.”
5Di Sovereign, di Papa wey be Oga of heaven army—E wey touch di earth and e melt, and everybody wey dey live inside am dey mourn; all of am dey rise like di Nile and dey sink like di Nile of Egypt, 6E wey build im upstairs room for heaven and set im sky-roof on top di earth, E wey call di water of di sea and pour am out on top di face of di earth—our Papa na im name.
7“Una no be like di pikin dem of di Cushite people to me, una pikin of Israel?” na so our Papa talk. “No be me bring Israel comot from di land of Egypt, and di Philistine dem from Caphtor and di Aramean dem from Kir? 8Look, di eye of di Sovereign Papa dey on top di sinful kingdom, and I go destroy am comot from di face of di earth—but I no go completely destroy di house of Jacob,” na so our Papa talk. 9“Because look, I go give di order, and I go shake di house of Israel among all di nations like as person dey shake grain inside sieve, but not even one small stone go fall for ground. 10All di sinners among my people go die by sword—di ones wey dey talk say, ‘Wahala no go catch us or meet us.’”
Di Papa Go Restore Im People
11“For that day I go raise up di shelter of David wey don fall, and repair di places wey break, and raise up im ruins, and build am back like for di days of before-before, 12so that dem fit possess di remnant of Edom and all di nations wey dem dey call by my name,” na so our Papa talk, E wey dey do dis thing.
13“Di days dey come,” na so our Papa talk, “when di person wey dey plow go catch up di person wey dey harvest, and di person wey dey press grape go catch up di person wey dey plant seed; di mountains go dey drip sweet wine, and all di hills go dey flow with am. a a v13 Di picture: harvest go plenty so tey say di time to harvest grain go join di next planting and di grape-pressing go enter into di planting season — na miracle of plenty wey no suppose possible. 14I go restore di fortune of my people Israel, and dem go build back di cities wey scatter and live inside dem; dem go plant vineyard and drink dem wine, and make garden and chop dem fruit. 15I go plant dem for dem own land, and nobody go ever comot dem again from di land wey I don give dem,” na so your Papa talk.
