Isaiah 54

54 ¹Sing, you woman wey no fit born pikin; open your mouth sing loud and shout with joy, you wey never feel labor pain! Because di pikin dem of di woman wey dem leave alone go plenty pass di pikin dem of di woman wey get husband, na so our Papa talk.

²Make your tent big, and let di curtain dem of your house spread wide; no hold back. Make your rope dem long and knock your peg dem enter deep, ³because you go spread go right hand and go left hand; your pikin dem go take di nations own and go settle for di cities wey don empty. ⁴No fear, because shame no go catch you; no let your heart weak, because you no go see disgrace. You go forget di shame of your young days and you no go remember again di disgrace of di time wey you be widow. ⁵Because di One wey make you na your husband—di Papa of heaven army na im name; di Holy One of Israel na di One wey buy you back, dem dey call am our Papa of di whole earth. ^a a v5 Our Papa tie imself to im people with Covenant love — na di marriage picture wey Paul come use later for Christ and im Bride (Ephesians 5:25-27). ⁶Because our Papa don call you come back like wife wey dem leave and wey heart don break, like di wife of person young days wey dem bin comot am, na so your Papa talk.

⁷For small small moment I leave you, but with plenty tender mercy wey dey pain belle I go gather you come back. ⁸For di flood of vex I hide my face from you for one moment, but with love wey no dey ever finish my belle dey pain me for you, na so our Papa, di One wey buy you back, talk. ⁹For me, dis one be like di days of Noah, wey I swear say di water of Noah no go ever cover di earth again; so now I don swear say I no go vex with you or scold you. ¹⁰Even if di mountain dem go comot and di hill dem shake, my love wey dey faithful no go comot from you, and my Covenant of peace no go shake, na so our Papa talk, di One wey im belle dey pain am for you with tender mercy. ¹¹"You wey dey suffer, wey storm dey toss and wey no get comfort, look: I go set your stone dem for antimony and I go lay your foundation dem with sapphire. ^b b v11 Antimony: na dark mineral paste wey dem bin dey use for old-time building to set and show precious stone dem, to make dem shine. ¹²I go make your tower dem with ruby, your gate dem with jewel wey dey sparkle, and all your wall dem with precious stone. ¹³Na our Papa go teach all your pikin dem, and di peace of your pikin dem go plenty well well. ^c c v13 Jesus quote dis verse to talk about everybody wey di Papa dey draw come to im (John 6:45). ¹⁴For correct-and-holy way I go make you stand strong; you go dey far from oppression, because you no go get anything wey go make you fear, and far from terror, because e no go come near you. ¹⁵If anybody come stir up wahala against you, e no come from me; anybody wey attack you go fall down for your front. ¹⁶Look, na me create di blacksmith wey dey blow di coal make e turn fire and wey dey forge weapon wey fit im work; and na me create di destroyer to scatter things." ¹⁷No weapon wey dem forge against you go work, and you go answer every tongue wey rise against you for court. Na dis be di inheritance of di servant dem of our Papa, and na from me dem dey get their vindication, na so our Papa talk.