Concerning Judah and Jerusalem
The nations come by demsef to learn our Papa ways and dem stop to train for war. Then the eye turn go Judah imsef, wey full with silver, horse and idols, and everytin wey tall dem mark am to flat am. The last word straight: stop to trust man, wey be only breath.
2 1Di word wey Isaiah, di pikin of Amoz, see concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2For di last days, di mountain of our Papa house go stand strong pass all di oda mountains, e go raise high pass di hills, and all di nations go dey rush come am. 3Plenty people go come and talk say, “Make we come, make we climb go di mountain of God, go im house, so e go fit teach us im ways and we go fit waka for im paths.” Because instruction go comot from Zion, and di word of our Papa from Jerusalem. 4E go judge between di nations and settle palava for plenty people. Dem go beat dia swords make dem turn plow-iron and dia spears make dem turn cutlass for cutting vine; nation no go raise sword against nation again, and dem no go learn war again. a a v4 Plow-iron na di iron cutting blade wey dey for front of plow; di cutlass for cutting vine na curved blade wey dem dey take trim vine — di two of dem na peaceful farm tools wey dem take weapon make.
Waka For di Light of our Papa
5House of Jacob, make we come, make we waka for di light of our Papa. 6Because you don leave your people, di house of Jacob, becos dem full with tins from di east and with people wey dey tell fortune like di Philistines, and dem don join hand with strangers.
7Dia land full with silver and gold, dia riches no get end; dia land full with horses, dia chariots no get end. 8Dia land full with idols; dem dey bow down to di work of dia hand, to wetin dia own finger make. 9So man don come down low, and everybody don dey humble—no forgive dem. 10Enta inside di rock and hide for di dust, comot from di fear of our Papa and from di shine of im greatness. 11Di proud eye of man go come down low, and di pride of men go dey humble; na our Papa only go dey lifted high for dat day. 12Because di Papa of heaven army get one day wey e keep against everything wey proud and wey lift imsef high, against everything wey dem raise up, so dat e go come down low, b b v12 Di Day of di LORD for di prophets na di day wey our Papa go rise to judge pride and rescue im pikin dem — no be day of yeye anger, but day of holy correction wey go end with only am being lifted high. 13against all di cedar tree of Lebanon, wey high and wey lift up, and against all di oak tree of Bashan, 14against all di high mountain and against all di hills wey lift up, 15against every high tower and against every wall wey dem build strong, 16against all di ships of Tarshish and against every fine-fine boat. 17Di pride of man go dey humble, and di proud way of men go come down low; na our Papa only go dey lifted high for dat day, 18and di idols go comot finish. 19People go run enter di cave of di rock and enter hole for ground, comot from di fear of our Papa and from di shine of im greatness, wen e rise to shake di earth. 20For dat day, people go throway dia idols of silver and dia idols of gold give di rat and bat, wey dem bin make for demsef make dem worship. 21Dem go enter inside di crack of di rock and enter di split of di cliff, comot from di fear of our Papa and from di shine of im greatness, wen e rise to shake di earth. 22Stop to trust for ordinary man, wey get only breath for im nose. Wetin e fit do?
