Isaiah 57

57 ¹Di correct-and-holy person dey die, and nobody dey put am for heart; faithful people dey comot go, and nobody understand say na from di evil wey dey come dem save di correct-and-holy people. ²E dey enter inside peace; dem dey rest for dem bed—every person wey dey waka for correct-and-holy way.

³But una—come here, una pikin of woman wey dey do juju, una seed of man wey dey follow another man wife and of ashawo! ⁴Na who una dey laugh scorn? Na who una dey open una mouth wide give and dey show tongue put? Una no be pikin of rebellion, seed of lie-lie, ⁵una wey una body dey hot with bad-bad desire for inside di oak trees, under every green tree, wey dey kill una pikin for inside di valley, under di crack of di rock? ⁶Among di smooth stone dem for di valley na una share dey; yes, na dem be una portion. Na for dem una don pour drink offering, una don bring grain offering. I suppose belle-full with all dis one? ⁷For high and tall mountain una don set una bed; na dia too una climb go offer sacrifice. ⁸For back di door and di doorpost una don put una symbol. Una comot leave me, una uncover una bed; una climb go on top am and make am wide. Una make Covenant with dem; una love dem bed, una dey look dem nakedness. ⁹Una travel go meet di king with oil and pack plenty una perfume; una send una messenger dem go far, and send dem go down reach even di place of di dead. ^a a v9 'Di king' most likely dey point to Molech, one Canaan god wey dem connect with di killing of pikin as sacrifice. ¹⁰Di long distance of una road tire una, but una no talk say, "Na hopeless." Una find new strength, so una no come weak. ¹¹Na who una fear and dey shake for reach dat one wey make una tell lie, and una no remember me, and una no even think am for mind? No be say I don keep quiet for so long dat una no dey fear me again? ¹²I go show una una correct-and-holy way and una deeds for open, but dem no go profit una. ¹³Wen una cry out, make di whole collection of una idol dem save una! Wind go carry all of dem comot, one breath go take dem waka. But whoever hide inside me go own di land and inherit my holy mountain.

Clear Di Road Wey Dey Go Home

¹⁴And dem go talk say: "Build am up, build am up, prepare di road! Comot every obstacle from di path of my people."

¹⁵Na so di high and lifted-up One talk—our Papa, wey dey live forever, wey im name na Holy: "I dey stay for di high and holy place, and also with di person wey heart don break and wey low for spirit, to give life again to di spirit of di low person and to give life again to di heart of di one wey heart don break. ^b b v15 Our Papa dey live for di high and holy place — and E still dey make im home with di people wey heart don break. Na dis na di heart of God wey show clear: di same Papa wey dey live forever bend down come stay with anybody wey spirit don crush. ¹⁶I no go continue to fight forever, and I no go dey vex all di time; if not so, di spirit for weak for my front—di very breath of life wey I make. ¹⁷Because of im sinful greed I vex; I strike am, I hide my face, and I vex—but e continue to turn comot, dey follow di path of im own heart. ¹⁸I don see im ways, but I go heal am; I go lead am and restore comfort give am and give di people wey dey mourn for am, ¹⁹dey bring praise come dem lips. Peace, peace to di one wey dey far and to di one wey dey near," na so our Papa talk, "and I go heal dem." ^c c v19 Paul apply dis peace-to-far-and-near straight to Jesus: 'E come and preach peace to una wey dey far away and peace to dem wey dey near' (Eph 2:17). Di promise of peace wey come from our Papa reach both Jew and Gentile through di Pikin.

²⁰But di wicked people dey like di sea wey dey toss anyhow, wey no fit dey still, wey im water dey stir up mud and dirty.

²¹"No peace dey," na so our Papa talk, "for di wicked people."