Remember Am for Your Young Days
Remember your Creator while you still young, before di body begin fail small-small, di guards dey shake, di windows don dark, di pitcher break, and di dust go back to di ground and di spirit go back to God. Everything dey pass quick; but still, fear God and keep im commands. God go judge every hidden thing wey person do.
12 1Remember di One wey create you for di days wey you still young, before di days of wahala go come and di years go near wey you go talk say, “I no dey find any joy for dem,” 2before di sun and di light and di moon and di stars go dark, and di clouds go come back after di rain; 3for di day wey di people wey dey guard di house go dey shake, and di strong men go bend down, and di women wey dey grind go sidon idle because na small dem remain, and dem wey dey look through di windows go dark; a a v3 Dis verses na one long poetry picture of di body wey dey fail for old age and death wey dey come near — di hands wey dey shake, di back wey don bend, di teeth wey don komot, and di eyes wey no dey see well again. 4when dem lock di doors wey dey face di street and di sound of di grinding go dey low; when person go wake up for di cry of one bird, and all di daughters of song go dey low; 5when dem dey fear high place, and fear dey lie for di road; when di almond tree go blossom, and di grasshopper go dey drag imsef along, and desire go fail—because man dey go im home wey no dey end, and di people wey dey mourn dey waka for di streets; 6before dem cut di silver cord, or di golden bowl go break, or di pitcher go break for di spring, or di wheel go break for di well, 7and di dust go return to di ground as e bin dey, and di spirit go return to God wey give am. 8“Everytin dey pass sharp-sharp,” na wetin di Teacher talk. “Everytin dey pass.”
Di Teacher Work
9Di Teacher get wisdom, and e still teach people knowledge—e dey weigh, e dey search, e dey arrange plenty proverbs. 10Di Teacher try to find words wey sweet, and wetin e write na correct and na true. 11Wise words dey like sharp stick wey dey push animal; proverbs wey dem gather togeda, dem dey like nails wey dem knock well-well—na one Shepherd give dem. 12Pass all dis ones, my pikin, make you take warning: to dey make plenty book no get end, and plenty reading dey tire di body.
13Di end of di matter, when dem don hear everytin: fear God, keep im commands—na dis na di whole work of man. b b v13 Ecclesiastes close for di same place wey e start — Qoheleth dey talk about God for di far register of person wey dey search “under di sun.” Jesus come to bring our Papa near (John 14:9). 14Because God go bring every wetin person do come judgment, plus every hidden tin, whether e good or e bad.
