Leviathan Fall Down
Di Papa talk like person wey dey keep vineyard, wey dey water im farm every hour, and e talk am plain, I no dey vex. E even invite di thorns make dem make peace instead of to fight. But one city stand abandoned near dia, and dem dey gather Israel back one by one.
27 1For dat day our Papa go punish, wit im sharp, big, powerful sword, Leviathan dat snake wey dey run comot—Leviathan dat snake wey dey twist imself—and e go kill dat big animal wey dey inside sea. a a v1 Leviathan: one fearful sea dragon for old-time Near East story, wey stand for di first-first comm-commot wey no get order, and evil. 2For dat day—sing about am: one sweet vineyard!
3"Na me, your Papa, dey take care of am; every-every moment I dey water am. So dat nobody go fit spoil am, I dey guard am night and day. 4I no vex. If only briers and thorns go dey wey go stand gainst me for battle, I for march go meet dem, I for burn all of dem togeda. 5Or make dem hold my protection tight, make dem make peace wit me—yes, make dem make peace wit me."
6For di days wey dey come Jacob go put root, Israel go blossom and bud and fill di whole world wit fruit. 7E don beat dem down like as e beat dem wey beat dem? Or dem kill dem like as dem kill di people wey kill dem? 8By as you drive am comot, by as you send am go exile, you struggle wit am; e carry am comot wit im fierce blow wen di east wind blow. 9So na by dis di guilt of Jacob go cover, and dis go be di full fruit of taking im sin comot: wen e go make all di altar stones like chalk wey dem crush, no Asherah pole or incense altar go remain wey dey stand. b b v9 Asherah pole: wooden idol tins wey dem set up for Canaan worship place to honor di goddess Asherah. 10Di city wey get strong wall dey stand im one, one homestead wey dem don leave and abandon like di wilderness; na dia di calf dey chop grass, na dia e dey lie down and dey chop im branch dem finish. 11Wen im branch dem dry, dem go break dem comot; women go come use dem light fire. Because dis na people wey no get understanding; na why dia Maker no show dem tender mercy wey dey pain belle, and di One wey mold dem no show dem favor.
12For dat day our Papa go thresh from di River Euphrates rish di Brook of Egypt, and dem go gather una one by one, una pikin of Israel. 13For dat day one big trumpet go blow, and dem wey dey die for di land of Assyria and dem wey dem drive comot go di land of Egypt go come and worship our Papa for di holy mountain for Jerusalem.
