You Be My Papa
One survivor dey sing to di Papa wey flatten di wicked city wey stand over am, and wey cover di poor for inside storm. Wetin e dey prepare next na feast for all people, to swallow death imsef, and to clean tears from every face.
25 1You be my Papa; I go lift you up, I go praise your name, because you don do wonderful things—plans wey you make since long time ago, wey dey faithful and sure. 2Because you don turn one city to heap of broken block, one town wey get strong wall to ruin; di palace of strangers no be city again—e no go ever build am back. 3Na so strong people go honor you; di city of wicked nations go fear you. 4Because you don be hiding place for poor people, hiding place for people wey need help for dem trouble, shelter from storm and shade from di hot sun; because di breath of wicked people be like storm wey dey beat wall. 5Like heat for dry land, you dey quiet di noise of strangers; as di shadow of cloud dey cool heat, na so di song of wicked people go quiet. 6For dis mountain, di Papa wey be Oga of heaven army go prepare feast for all people, feast of rich food, feast of old wine—di best meat and di best wine wey don age well. 7And for dis mountain, e go swallow di cloth wey cover all people, di veil wey dem spread over all nations. 8E go swallow death forever; and di Papa wey be Oga over all go wipe di tears from every face, and e go remove di shame of im people from all di earth—because our Papa don talk am. a a v8 Paul take dis verse apply am to Jesus im resurrection victory — “Dem don swallow death inside victory” (1 Cor 15:54). Di promise wey di Papa make here find im fulfillment for di empty tomb; di day wey our Papa go wipe every tear, na di Pikin wey conquer death open am.
9And for dat day, dem go talk say, “Look, na dis be our Papa; we wait for am, and e save us. Na dis be di Papa; we wait for am—make we rejoice and happy for im salvation.” 10Because di hand of our Papa go rest for dis mountain, but dem go trample Moab for im own place, like as dem dey trample straw for inside dung hole. b b v10 Moab na one old nation wey dey for east side of River Jordan, wey be enemy of Israel for long time; dem take am here as symbol of all people wey dey against God. 11E go spread im hands for inside Moab like as person wey dey swim dey spread im hands to swim, but e go bring dem pride come down together with di trick of dem hands. 12Di high walls of your strong place, e go bring dem down, throway dem low, and cast dem for ground, inside di dust.
