Isaiah 19

19 ¹Na message about Egypt. Look—our Papa dey ride cloud wey dey fly fast enter Egypt. Egypt idol dem dey shake for im front, and Egypt heart melt for inside.

²I go turn Egypt against Egypt, and dem go fight, each person against im brother and each person against im neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. ³Di spirit of Egypt go pour comot for inside am, and I go swallow im plan; dem go go ask di idol dem and di people wey dey call spirit, di ghost dem and di people wey dey talk to dead. ⁴I go hand Egypt give one wicked master wey go hold dem tight, and one king wey no get mercy go rule dem—na so di Papa wey dey command di army of heaven talk.

⁵Di water of di sea go dry, and di river go dry patapata. ⁶Di canal dem go dey smell; di small river of Egypt go reduce and dry comot; reed and rush go dry finish. ⁷Di bare ground dem wey dey along di River Nile, for di mouth of di Nile, and everything wey dem plant near di Nile go dry, breeze go blow am comot, and e no go dey again. ⁸Di fishermen go cry; everybody wey dey throw hook enter di Nile go dey mourn, and dem wey dey spread net for on top water go waste away. ⁹Di people wey dey work with combed flax go shame, and di people wey dey weave white cloth too. ¹⁰Dem go crush her weaver dem, and everybody wey dey work for pay go dey sick for heart. ¹¹Di prince dem of Zoan na fool sotay; Pharaoh im wisest adviser dem dey give advice wey no get sense. How you fit tell Pharaoh say, “I be pikin of di wise people, pikin of di old kings”? ¹²Na where your wise men dem dey now? Make dem tell you and make known wetin di Papa wey dey command di army of heaven don plan against Egypt. ¹³Di prince dem of Zoan don turn fool, dem don deceive di prince dem of Memphis; di cornerstone of her tribe dem don lead Egypt go astray. ¹⁴Our Papa don pour spirit of confusion enter inside her, and dem don make Egypt dey stagger for everything wey e dey do, like drunkard wey dey stagger inside im own vomit. ¹⁵Nothing dey wey Egypt fit do, whether na head or tail, palm branch or reed. ^a a v15 Head and tail, palm branch and reed: na Hebrew way of talk wey dey cover everybody from di biggest reach di smallest.

¹⁶For dat day di Egypt people go be like woman—dem go dey shake with fear because of di hand wey di Papa wey dey command di army of heaven raise against dem. ¹⁷Di land of Judah go put fear for Egypt body; everybody wey hear dem call im name go dey fear, because of wetin di Papa wey dey command di army of heaven dey plan against dem. ¹⁸For dat day five city for Egypt go dey speak di language of Canaan and go swear say dem go follow di Papa wey dey command di army of heaven. Dem go call one of dem City of di Sun. ^b b v18 Di language of Canaan na Hebrew, di native language of Israel.

¹⁹For dat day one altar for our Papa go dey for di middle of Egypt, and one pillar for am go dey for im border. ²⁰E go be sign and witness to di Papa wey dey command di army of heaven for di land of Egypt. When dem cry to our Papa because of di people wey dey oppress dem, e go send dem savior and defender, and go rescue dem. ²¹Our Papa go show imself to Egypt; for dat day di Egypt people go know am, dem go worship with sacrifice and offering, and dem go make vow to am and go do wetin dem promise. ²²Our Papa go strike Egypt—e go strike and e go heal. Dem go return to am; e go hear dem beg and go heal dem. ^c c v22 When our Papa dey discipline, im goal no be to destroy but na for im pikin dem to come back home — e dey strike just so e fit heal, and e dey heal di moment wey im pikin dem turn back to am.

²³For dat day one big road go dey from Egypt reach Assyria. Assyria people go enter Egypt and Egypt people go enter Assyria, and Egypt go worship together with Assyria.

²⁴For dat day Israel go be di third one join Egypt and Assyria, one blessing for di middle of di earth,

²⁵because di Papa wey dey command di army of heaven don bless dem: “Make blessing dey for Egypt my pikin dem, Assyria di work of my hand, and Israel my inheritance.” ^d d v25 Our Papa call Egypt — di ancient enemy wey bin dey oppress Israel — say na im people, join with Assyria as di work of im hand and Israel as im inheritance. Our Papa im heart dey reach every nation bring dem come home.