Our Papa Renew Im Covenant
Dem cut new tablets and put dem inside the ark, and dem separate Levi, with our Papa imself as their inheritance. Then the question: wetin our Papa dey ask from you? Make you fear Am, love Am and serve Am. E love the stranger and E dey give am food, so make you love strangers too.
10 1For dat time our Papa tell me, “Cut two stone tablet like di first one, come up meet me for di mountain, and make wooden ark. 2I go write for di tablet di words wey dey di first tablet wey you break, and you go put dem inside di ark.”
3So I make ark wit acacia wood, cut two stone tablet like di first one, and climb di mountain wit di two tablet for my hand. 4E write for di tablet, like before, di ten commandment wey our Papa don talk to una for di mountain from inside di fire, for di day wey una gada. And our Papa give dem to me. 5I turn, come down di mountain, and put di tablet inside di ark wey I don make; na dia dem dey stay, as our Papa command me.
6Di Israel people travel from Beeroth Bene-jaakan go Moserah, na dia Aaron die and dem bury am; im pikin Eleazar serve as priest for im place. 7From dia dem travel go Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah go Jotbathah, land wey get water stream. 8For dat time our Papa set apart Levi tribe make dem carry di Covenant ark, make dem stand before am, serve am, and bless for im name, as dem dey do till today. 9Na why Levi no get portion or inheritance wit im brothers; our Papa na im inheritance, as our Papa don promise am.
10I stay for di mountain, like di first time, forty days and forty nights; our Papa listen to me again; our Papa no wan destroy una.
11And our Papa tell me, “Get up, go ahead of di people, make dem fit enter and take di land wey I swear to dia fathers say I go give dem.”
Wetin Our Papa Dey Ask From You
12And now, Israel, wetin our Papa dey ask from you if no be say make you fear am, waka for all im ways, love am, and serve am wit all your heart and wit all your soul, 13and make you keep di commands of our Papa and im statutes wey I dey command you today, for your own good? 14Look, na our Papa own di heavens, di highest heavens, di earth, and everytin wey dey inside am. 15But still, our Papa love your fathers, choose dia pikin dem wey come afta dem—na una, pass all di oda people—as e be today. 16So circumcise di foreskin of your heart, and no dey stubborn again. a a v16 “Circumcise di foreskin of your heart” dey picture cutting away anytin wey dey make heart hard and lock — opening am well well to our Papa. 17Bicos our Papa na God of gods, Oga of ogas, di great, mighty, awesome God, wey no dey take sides and no dey collect bribe. 18E dey do justice for di orphan and widow, and E love di stranger, dey give am food and cloth. 19So you too must love di stranger, bicos una bin be strangers for di land of Egypt. 20Fear our Papa, serve am, hold am tight, and swear by im name. 21Na im be your praise, your Papa, wey don do dis great and awesome tins wey your eyes don see for you. 22Your fathers go down go Egypt, seventy for number; now our Papa don make you plenty like di stars for heaven.
