Come Down, Daughter of Babylon
Dem tell Babylon make she comot from her throne, carry slave grinding stone, and sit down for dust. Our Papa use am take punish Israel, but she no show mercy even to old people, and she tell herself say nobody see. Her astrologer dem go burn like dry grass; nobody go rescue am.
47 1"Come down, siddon for dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; siddon for bare ground, no throne, daughter of di Chaldeans. Dem no go call you soft-and-fine pesin again.
2"Take di grinding stone grind flour; comot your veil, comot your fine cloth, show your leg, waka pass di rivers. 3Dem go open your nakedness, and pipol go see your shame. I go bring judgement, and I no go spare anybody."
4Our Redeemer—di Papa of heaven army na im name—di Holy One of Israel, our Papa.
5Siddon quiet, and enter inside darkness, daughter of di Babylon pipol; because dem no go call you di queen of di kingdoms again. 6I vex with my pikin dem; I make my inheritance dirty and I hand dem give you. You no show dem mercy at all; you put very heavy yoke even for di old pipol. 7You talk say, "I go be queen forever"—so you no put dis things for your mind or remember how e go take end.
8So now, hear dis, you wey love enjoyment, wey siddon secure, wey dey talk for her mind say, "Na me be am, and nobody dey besides me; I no go ever siddon like widow or know wetin e mean to lose pikin." 9But dis two things go come meet you sharp-sharp, for one single day: to lose pikin and to be widow. Dem go come meet you full-full, even with all your plenty juju and di big power of your charm.
10You trust your own evil; you talk say, 'Nobody dey see me.' Your wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, so you think say, 'Na only me be am, and nobody dey besides me.' 11So trouble go come meet you wey you no go sabi how to charm comot; wahala go fall on you wey you no fit push away; sudden-sudden, destruction go come meet you, before you even sabi am.
12Continue, then, with your charm and your plenty juju wey you don dey work since you be small pikin. Maybe you go succeed; maybe you go bring fear. 13All your plenty advice don tire you. Make dem stand up come save you—those wey dey map di sky, wey dey look di stars, wey for every new moon dey predict wetin go come meet you. 14See, dem be like dry grass; di fire go burn dem finish. Dem no fit save demsef from di power of di flame. Dis no be coal wey pesin fit warm body, no be fire wey pesin fit siddon near. 15Na so dem be to you—those wey you don work and trade with since you be small pikin. Everyone waka comot for im own direction; nobody dey to save you.
