Papa Talk Against Gog
Dem turn Gog of Magog around with hook for him jaw and draw am come against land wey people don settle again, wey no get wall, wey e plan to loot. Merchants ask whether na to carry loot e come. Our Papa talk say the invasion na him own doing, and the earth itself go shake.
38 1Di word of our Papa come to me sey:
2Pikin of man, face Gog, wey dey for di land of Magog, di chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against am. 3Talk sey: Na dis di Oga Papa talk: “Gog, I dey against you, you wey be chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. 4I go turn you round, I go put hook for your jaw, and I go bring you comot with your whole army—horses and horse-riders, all of dem wey wear war-cloth well well, one plenty crowd wey carry big and small shield, and every one of dem dey hold sword. 5Persia, Cush, and Put dey with dem, all of dem wear shield and helmet; 6Gomer with all im soldiers, and Beth-togarmah from di far north with all im soldiers—plenty people dey with you.
7Make you ready; prepare yourself, you and all di crowd wey gather round you, and be dia guard. 8After plenty days dem go call you. For di last years you go enter one land wey don recover from war, land wey dem gather im people from plenty nations put for Israel im mountains, wey don spoil tey tey. Dem bring dem comot from di nations, and now all of dem dey live for peace. 9You go come up, dey sweep in like storm, like cloud wey cover di land—you and all your soldiers, and plenty people dey with you.”
10Na dis di Oga Papa talk: “For dat day, thought go come your mind and you go plan bad-bad scheme. 11You go talk sey, ‘I go march go one land of villages wey no get wall; I go attack peaceful people wey dey live for peace, all of dem wey no get wall, no get bar, no get gate,’ 12sey you wan grab loot and carry-carry, wan attack di ruins wey dem don settle back inside, and di people wey dem gather from di nations, wey don get animal and property and dey live for di center of di earth. 13Sheba, Dedan, and di traders of Tarshish with all im young lions go ask you, ‘You come sey you wan grab loot? You gather your crowd sey you wan loot—wan take silver and gold, grab animal and property, carry plenty loot go?’”
14So prophesy, Pikin of man, and tell Gog: Na dis di Oga Papa talk: “For dat day, wen my people Israel dey live for peace, you no go know am? 15You go come from your place for di far north, you and plenty people dey with you, all of una dey ride horse—one big crowd, one strong army. 16You go come up against my people Israel like cloud wey cover di land. For di last days I go bring you against my land, Gog, so dat di nations go know me wen I show my holiness through you for dia eyes.”
17Na dis di Oga Papa talk: You be di one wey I talk about long time ago through my servants, di prophets of Israel, wey prophesy for plenty years dat time sey I go bring you against dem? 18For dat day, wen Gog attack di land of Israel, di Oga Papa talk sey, my hot anger go blaze up. 19“For my jealousy and di fire of my anger I dey talk sey: for dat day one big earthquake go shake di land of Israel. 20Di fish of di sea, di bird of di sky, di animal of di field, every creature wey dey crawl for ground, and every person for di earth go shake for my presence. Mountain go fall down, cliff go scatter, and every wall go fall for ground.” 21I go call sword against Gog for all my mountains, di Oga Papa talk sey; every man im sword go turn against im brother. 22“I go judge am with plague and blood; I go pour heavy-heavy rain, and hailstone, and fire, and sulfur ontop am, ontop im soldiers, and ontop di plenty people wey dey with am. 23So I go show my greatness and my holiness and make dem know me for front of plenty nations. Den dem go know sey I be di Papa.”
