Exodus 33

33 ¹Our Papa tell Moses say, "Comot for here, you and di people wey you bring comot for Egypt, go di land wey I swear give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: I go give am to your pikin dem. ²I go send angel go before you and I go drive comot di Canaanite dem, Amorite dem, Hittite dem, Perizzite dem, Hivite dem, and Jebusite dem. ³Go up go one land wey milk and honey dey flow, but I no go go up follow una, because una be stubborn people, and I fit destroy una for road."

⁴When di people hear dis bad news wey pain belle, dem cry, and nobody put im jewelry.

⁵Because our Papa don tell Moses say, "Talk to di people of Israel: Una be stubborn people. If I follow una go even for one moment, I go destroy una. So now, comot una ornament dem, make I fit decide wetin I go do with una."

⁶So di people of Israel comot dem jewelry from Mount Horeb go front.

Di Tent of Meeting

⁷Moses go take di tent go pitch am outside di camp, far from di camp, and e dey call am di tent of meeting. Everybody wey dey find our Papa go comot go di tent of meeting, wey dey outside di camp. ⁸Anytime Moses comot go di tent, all di people go stand up, each person for im own tent door, dey look Moses till e enter. ⁹Anytime Moses enter di tent, di pillar of cloud go come down, stand for di door, and our Papa go talk with Moses. ¹⁰When all di people see di pillar of cloud dey stand for di tent door, dem go stand up worship, each person for im own tent door. ¹¹So our Papa go talk to Moses face to face, as person dey talk with im friend. Moses go come back go camp, but im young servant Joshua, di pikin of Nun, no dey comot for di tent. ^a a v11 To talk "face to face" mean say our Papa talk with Moses direct and close-close, as friend dem dey do — no be say Moses see im open face, wey verse 20 talk say nobody fit see am and still dey alive.

Our Papa Presence Dey With Us

¹²Moses tell our Papa say, "Look, you dey tell me say, 'Bring dis people go up,' but you never tell me who you go send follow me. Yet you talk say, 'I know you by your name, and you don also find favor for my eye.' ¹³So now, if I don find favor for your eye, abeg show me your way dem, make I fit know you and continue to find favor for your eye. Remember too — dis nation na your people."

¹⁴And e talk say, "My presence go follow you go, and I go give you rest."

¹⁵Moses tell am say, "If your presence no follow us go, no bring us comot for here. ¹⁶How else people go take know say I don find favor with you, me and your people? No be say na becos you dey follow us go, so dem go set us apart, me and your people, from every other people for di face of di earth?"

¹⁷And our Papa tell Moses say, "Dis very thing wey you ask, I go do am, because you don find favor for my eye, and I know you by your name."

¹⁸Den Moses talk say, "Abeg show me your glory."

¹⁹E talk say, "I go make all my goodness pass for your front and I go proclaim my name for your front. I go show mercy to who I wan show mercy, and I go show tender mercy wey dey pain belle to who I wan show am." ²⁰But e talk say, "You no fit see my face, because nobody fit see me and still dey alive." ²¹And our Papa talk say, "There be one place near me; you go stand for di rock, ²²and while my glory dey pass, I go put you inside one crack for di rock and I go cover you with my hand till I don pass. ²³Den I go comot my hand, and you go see my back; but nobody go see my face."