Ezekiel 31

31 ¹For di eleventh year, third month, first day, di word of our Papa come to me:

²"Pikin of Man, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt and im plenty people: Who fit compare to you for your greatness? ³Assyria bin be cedar tree for Lebanon, wey get fine branches and forest shade, e tall well-well, im top dey among di clouds. ⁴Di waters make am great, di deep make am grow tall, im rivers dey flow around di place wey dem plant am, dey send im channels go all di trees of di field. ⁵So im height tall pass all di trees of di field; im big branches multiply and im branches grow long because of di plenty waters as e spread out. ⁶For im big branches all di birds of di sky make dem nest, under im branches all di animals of di field born pikin, and for im shade all di great nations dey live. ⁷E fine for im greatness, with im long branches, because im roots reach down to plenty waters. ⁸Di cedars for di garden of our Papa no fit rival am; di cypresses no fit match im big branches, and di plane trees no be like im branches. No tree for di garden of our Papa be like am for beauty. ⁹I make am fine with im plenty branches, and all di trees of Eden wey dey for di garden of our Papa envy am.'

¹⁰So di Papa wey be Oga talk say: "Because e tall high, put im top among di clouds, and im heart begin proud because of im height, ¹¹'I hand am over give di mighty one of di nations, wey sure say e don deal with am; I drive am comot because of im wickedness. ¹²Foreigners, di most wicked of di nations, cut am down and leave am. Im branches fall for di mountains and inside every valley, im big branches lie broken inside all di land ravines, and all di people of di earth comot from im shade and abandon am. ¹³For im trunk wey fall all di birds settle, and among im branches all di wild animals, ¹⁴so dat no tree wey get plenty water go tall high or put dem top among di clouds, and none wey dey drink water go rise so high. Because dem all dey handed over to death, to di deep part of di earth, among people wey go die, with dose wey dey go down to di pit.'

¹⁵Dis na wetin di Papa wey be Oga talk: "For di day wey e go down to di grave, I make di deep mourn and cover am for di tree; I hold back im rivers, and di plenty waters dem hold back. I make Lebanon dark over am, and all di trees of di field wither because of am. ¹⁶For di sound of im fall I make nations shake, when I throw am down to di grave with dose wey dey go down to di pit. Then for di deep part of di earth, all di trees of Eden, Lebanon finest and best, all wey dey drink water, dem receive comfort. ¹⁷Dem too go down with am to di grave, to dose wey sword kill—dose wey be im strength, wey dey live for im shade among di nations.'

¹⁸"Which tree of Eden match your glory and greatness? Yet with di trees of Eden dem go bring you down to di deep part, to lie among di uncircumcised people, with dose wey sword kill. Dis na Pharaoh and all im plenty people, na so di Papa wey be Oga talk."