Papa Judge Pharaoh
Pharaoh na the big river monster wey dey claim say Nile na him own because na him make am. Our Papa hook him jaw and drag am enter desert. Egypt be like reed wey dey split for Israel hand. After forty years wey e go remain empty, e go come back as the lowest kingdom.
29 1For di tenth year, tenth month, di twelfth day, our Papa word come reach me:
2Pikin of man, face Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against am and against all Egypt.
3Talk and say: Na so di Sovereign Papa talk: "Look, I dey against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you big monster wey sprawl for inside your canals, wey dey talk say, 'My Nile na my own; na me make am for myself.' 4But I go put hook for inside your jaw, and make di fish of your channels stick for your scales; I go drag you comot from di middle of your channels, wit all di fish of your channels wey stick for your scales. 5I go throway you go inside di wilderness, you and all di fish of your channels. You go fall for di open field; dem no go gather you or pack you together. To di wild animals and di birds of di sky I don give you as food. 6Den all di people wey dey live for Egypt go know say na me be di Papa, because dem don be staff of reed to di house of Israel. 7Wen dem grab hold of you, you splinter and tear enter dia shoulder; and wen dem lean for you, you break and make dia leg give way."
8So di Sovereign Papa talk: Look, I dey bring sword come against you, and I go cut off human being and animal comot from you.
9Egypt land go turn wasteland and ruin, and dem go know say na me be di Papa—because Pharaoh talk say, "Di Nile na my own; na me make am."
10"Natoreason I dey against you and against your channels, and I go make di land of Egypt turn complete ruin and desolate place, from Aswan reach di border of Cush. 11No human foot go cross am, no animal foot go cross am; nobody go live dia for forty years. 12I go make Egypt land turn wasteland among wasted lands, and her cities go be wasteland among ruined cities for forty years. I go scatter di Egyptians among di nations and spread dem through di lands."
13For di Sovereign Papa talk: "For di end of forty years I go gather di Egyptians from di peoples wia dem scatter go. 14I go restore Egypt fortune and bring dem back to di land of Pathros, dia own native land, and dia dem go be small-small kingdom. 15E go be di lowest of all di kingdoms, e no go ever raise imsef again pass di nations. I go make dem so small say dem no go rule over di nations again. 16Egypt no go ever be di confidence of di house of Israel again, but e go be sometin wey go remind dem of dia guilt anytime dem turn go her side. Den dem go know say na me be di Sovereign Papa."
17For di twenty-seventh year, first month, first day, di word of our Papa come reach me:
18Pikin of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon work im army hard against Tyre. Every head rub bald, every shoulder rub raw, but still, am and im army no collect any wages from Tyre for di work wey he do against am. 19So di Sovereign Papa talk: I dey give di land of Egypt now to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He go carry her wealth comot, seize her spoil, plunder her plunder—as pay for im army. 20As pay for di work wey he do, I don give am di land of Egypt, because na for me dem do am, na so di Sovereign Papa talk.
21For dat day I go make horn sprout for di house of Israel, and I go open your mouth among dem. Den dem go know say na me be di Papa. a a v21 Di horn wey dey sprout na sign of strength wey dey rise and rescue; e dey point ahead to di horn of salvation wey our Papa raise up for Jesus, wey born from David line.
