Ezekiel 36

36 ¹And you, pikin of man, prophesy give di mountains of Israel: Mountains of Israel, hear our Papa im word. ²Di Sovereign Papa talk say: Because di enemy talk about una say, “Aha! Di old-old high places don be our own now,” ³therefore prophesy and talk say: Di Sovereign Papa talk say: Because dem make una become empty land and dem trample una from every side, so una come be property for di oda nations wey remain, and di people dey use una gist and talk bad-bad tori,

⁴therefore, mountains of Israel, hear di word of di Sovereign Papa. Na dis di Sovereign Papa talk give di mountains and hills, di deep gully dem and di valleys, di ruins wey don empty and di towns wey dem leave wey come be loot and mockery give di oda nations wey remain all around:

⁵therefore di Sovereign Papa talk say: For inside my jealousy wey dey burn I don talk against di oda nations wey remain and all Edom, wey take joy wey full dem belle and full disrespect claim my land say na dem own, so dem go loot di grazing ground. ⁶So prophesy about di land of Israel; talk give di mountains and hills, di deep gully dem and di valleys: Di Sovereign Papa talk say: I don talk for inside my jealousy and my vex, because una don carry di nations dem insult. ⁷So di Sovereign Papa talk say: I don raise my hand for oath—di nations wey dey around una go carry dem own insult.

⁸But una, mountains of Israel, go bring out branch and bear fruit give my people Israel, because dem dey near to come back home. ⁹Because I dey for una side; I go turn face come meet una, and dem go dig una ground and plant for inside. ¹⁰I go make people plenty for una—di whole house of Israel, all of am. Dem go settle for di towns and dem go build di ruins back. ¹¹I go make people and animals plenty for una; dem go increase and born plenty. I go settle una like for di days wey pass, and I go do una better pass how e be for di start. Then una go know say na me be una Papa. ¹²I go make people waka for una—my children Israel; dem go get una, una go be dem inheritance, and una no go make dem lose dem pikin again.

¹³Di Sovereign Papa talk say: Because dem dey tell una say, “You dey chop people and you dey rob your nation dem pikin,” ¹⁴therefore una no go chop people again or make your nation lose dem pikin, na so di Sovereign Papa talk. ¹⁵I no go let una hear di nations dem insult again; una no go carry di people dem shame again or make your nation fall, na so di Sovereign Papa talk.

¹⁶Di word of our Papa come to me, e talk say:

¹⁷“Pikin of man, when di house of Israel dey live for dem own land, dem make am dirty with dem ways and dem doings. Dem way for my front be like di uncleanness of woman wey dey see her monthly blood. ¹⁸So I pour my anger for dem head because of di blood wey dem pour for di land and because dem make am dirty with dem idols. ¹⁹I scatter dem among di nations, spread dem for di lands; I judge dem according to dem ways and dem doings.’ ²⁰But among di nations wey dem go, dem spoil my holy name, because people dey talk about dem say, ‘Na Oga im people be dis, but dem comot from im land.’ ²¹But I get concern for my holy name, wey di people of Israel don spoil among di nations wey dem go.

²²So tell di house of Israel: Di Sovereign Papa talk say: “No be because of una I dey wan do dis thing, house of Israel, but na because of my holy name, wey una don spoil among di nations wey una go. ²³I go make my great name holy—di name wey dem don spoil among di nations, wey una spoil among dem. Then di nations go know say na me be di Papa, na so di Sovereign Papa talk, when I show sey I holy through una for dem eyes front.

²⁴“I go take una comot from di nations, gather una from all di lands, and bring una come una own land. ²⁵I go sprinkle clean water for una, and una go clean; I go wash una comot from all una dirtiness and all una idols. ²⁶I go give una new heart and I go put new spirit inside una. I go remove di heart wey be like stone comot from una body and give una heart wey be flesh. ²⁷I go put my Spirit inside una and make una waka for my laws, and una go keep my commandments and do dem. ²⁸Una go live for di land wey I give una fathers; una go be my children, and I go be una Papa. ²⁹I go save una from all una dirtiness. I go call di grain make e plenty, and I no go bring hunger come una. ³⁰I go make di fruit of tree and di crops of farm plenty, so una no go suffer di shame of hunger among di nations again.

³¹“Then una go remember una evil ways and una doings wey no good, and una go hate una self because of una sins and una disgusting things.’ ³²No be because of una I dey do dis thing, na so di Sovereign Papa talk—make una know dis. Make shame and disgrace catch una because of una ways, house of Israel.

³³Di Sovereign Papa talk say: “When I make una clean from all una sins, I go settle people for di towns again and build di ruins back. ³⁴Dem go farm di land wey don empty, instead make e just lie waste for front of everybody wey dey pass. ³⁵Dem go talk say, ‘Dis land wey bin empty don become like di garden of Eden; di towns wey bin ruin, wey bin empty, wey dem bin break down, don get strong wall and people dey live inside dem now.’ ³⁶Then di nations wey remain around una go know say na me, di Papa, build back wetin dem bin tear down and plant back di wasteland. Na me, una Papa, talk am and I go do am.’

³⁷Di Sovereign Papa talk say: “Dis one too I go let di house of Israel beg me make I do am for dem: I go make dem people plenty like flock of sheep. ³⁸Like di flock wey dem dey use for offering, like di flock for Jerusalem for her feasts wey dem set, na so di towns wey bin ruin go full with flock of people. Then dem go know say na me be una Papa.”