Ezekiel 33

33 ¹Di word of our Papa come meet me say:

²"Pikin of man, talk give your people, tell dem say: When I bring sword come fight one land, di people wey dey there go pick one man among demselves make am dem watchman, ³and e see di sword dey come against di land, e blow di trumpet to warn di people, ⁴then if anybody hear di trumpet but e no gree hear di warning, and di sword come take am, im blood dey for im own head. ⁵E hear di trumpet but e no gree hear di warning; im blood dey for im head. If e for take di warning, e for save im life. ⁶But if di watchman see di sword dey come but e no blow di trumpet, and dem no warn di people, and di sword come take one of dem, dat one die for im own sin, but I go collect im blood for di watchman hand.

⁷"You, pikin of man, na watchman I make you for di house of Israel. When you hear word from my mouth, warn dem from me." ⁸When I tell di wicked person say, "Wicked one, you go surely die," and you no talk to warn am make e turn from im way, e go die for im sin, but na you I go hold for im blood. ⁹But if you warn di wicked make e turn from im way, and e no gree turn from am, e go die for im sin; but you don save your own life.

Turn Back Come, Make You Live

¹⁰"And you, pikin of man, talk give di house of Israel say: Na dis una dey talk: ‘Our bad-bad tin and our sins dey for our head, and we dey rotten inside dem. How we go take live?’ ¹¹Tell dem say: As I dey alive, na so di Sovereign Papa talk, I no dey happy when wicked person die, but say make di wicked turn from im way come live. Turn back, turn back from una evil ways! Why una wan die, house of Israel?

¹²"And you, pikin of man, tell your people: Di correct-and-holy way of di correct person no go save am di day wey e rebel, and di evil of di wicked person no go make am fall di day wey e turn from am; di correct person no fit live by im correct-and-holy way di day wey e sin. ¹³If I tell di correct person say, ‘You go surely live,’ and e come dey trust im own correct-and-holy way come do bad tin, dem no go remember any of im correct-and-holy work; e go die for di bad wey e do. ¹⁴If I tell di wicked person say, "You go surely die," and e turn from im sin come do wetin just and correct, ¹⁵if di wicked return di tin wey dem pledge, pay back wetin e tif, follow di laws of life, no dey do any bad tin—e go surely live; e no go die. ¹⁶Dem no go remember any sin wey e do against am. E do wetin just and correct; e go surely live.

¹⁷"Your people dey talk say, ‘Di way of di Sovereign Papa no correct’—but na dem own way no correct. ¹⁸When di correct person turn from im correct-and-holy way come do bad tin, e go die for am. ¹⁹When di wicked turn from im evil come do wetin just and correct, e go live by am. ²⁰But una still dey talk say, ‘Di way of di Sovereign Papa no just.’ I go judge each of una by im own ways, house of Israel."

Jerusalem Don Fall

²¹For di twelfth year of our exile, di tenth month, di fifth day, one man wey run comot from Jerusalem come meet me talk say, "Di city don fall." ²²Di hand of our Papa dey on top me for di evening before di man wey run come reach, and our Papa open my mouth before di man come meet me for morning. My mouth open, and I no dey quiet again.

²³Then di word of our Papa come meet me say:

²⁴Pikin of man, di people wey dey live inside dis broken-broken place for di land of Israel dey always talk say, "Abraham na only one man, but e still take possess di land; but we plenty—for sure dem don give us di land make e be our own possession." ²⁵So tell dem say: Na dis di Sovereign Papa talk: Una dey chop meat wey blood still dey inside, una dey lift una eyes go una idols, and una dey pour blood—so una wan possess di land? ²⁶Una dey lean on una swords, una dey do disgusting tins, and each of una dey commit adultery with im neighbour wife—so una still wan possess di land?

²⁷Tell dem say: Na dis di Sovereign Papa talk: "As I dey alive, di people wey dey inside di broken-broken place go fall by sword, di people wey dey for open field, I go hand dem give wild animals make dem chop, and di people wey dey inside strong-house and cave go die by plague. ²⁸I go make di land turn empty and waste; di proud power wey e get go end; di mountains of Israel go lie down empty, and nobody go pass through dem. ²⁹Then dem go know say na me be their Papa, when I make di land turn waste and ruin because of all di disgusting tins wey dem do."

³⁰You, pikin of man: your people dey talk about you for di walls and for di doorway of dem houses, one to anoda, each with im brother: "Make we go now, come hear di word wey dey come from our Papa. ³¹Dem dey come meet you as people dey do, dem dey sidon for your front like my people, and dem dey hear your words—but dem no dey do dem. Because na love dem dey talk with dem mouth, but dem heart dey run after dem own gain. ³²See, to dem you be like love song, wey person dey sing with fine voice, wey dem dey play well; dem dey hear your words but dem no dey do dem. ³³When e come happen—and e go happen—dem go know say prophet dey among dem."