I Dey Here, I Dey Here
Our Papa talk say e dey tell people 'I dey here' but dem no ever ask, dem prefer grave and secret ritual. Judgment dey separate: im servants dey chop while odas dey hungry. Den e make new heavens and new earth, where crying go stop and nobody go build house for anoda person.
65 1I let make people wey no ask for me find me; I let make people wey no dey look for me see me. I talk say, “I dey here, I dey here,” to one nation wey no dey call my name. a a v1 Paul quote dis verse for Romans 10:20 as our Papa open invitation wey reach di Gentile dem — di nation dem wey dem no call by im name find am. 2Di whole day I don spread my hand to people wey dey stubborn, wey dey waka for road wey no good, dey follow their own plan, 3people wey dey provoke me for my face every time, dey make sacrifice for garden and dey burn incense for brick; 4wey dey sidon among di grave and dey sleep for hidden place; wey dey chop pig meat, with soup of forbidden things for their pot; 5wey dey talk say, “Stay for your own side, no come near me, because I holy pass you.” Dis kind people na smoke for my nose, fire wey dey burn di whole day. 6Look, e dey written for my front: I no go keep quiet, but I go pay back; I go pay back inside their lap, 7both your own sin and di sin of your ancestor dem together, na so our Papa talk; because dem burn incense for di mountain and insult me for di hill, I go measure full payment inside their lap for the things wey dem do before.
8Na dis our Papa talk: As dem dey find new wine inside di bunch, and person talk say, “No spoil am, because blessing dey inside am,” na so I go do for my servant dem sake, and I no go destroy all of dem. 9“I go bring pikin dem comot from Jacob, and from Judah person wey go inherit my mountain dem; di people wey I choose go inherit am, and my servant dem go stay there. 10Sharon go turn to grazing place for sheep, and di Valley of Achor go be resting place for cattle, for my people wey don look for me. 11But una wey dey abandon me, wey dey forget my holy mountain, wey dey set table for Fortune and dey fill cup of mixed wine for Destiny. b b v11 Fortune and Destiny na pagan god of luck and fate — di people set feast for dem instead make dem trust di Papa wey don dey pursue dem. 12I go destine una for sword, and all of una go bow down for slaughter, because I call and una no answer, I talk and una no listen; una do wetin be evil for my eye and choose wetin no give me joy.”
13Na why dis na wetin di Sovereign Papa talk: Look, my servant dem go chop, but hunger go catch una; my servant dem go drink, but thirst go catch una; my servant dem go rejoice, but shame go catch una; 14“look, my servant dem go sing because their heart dey glad, but una go cry because una heart dey pain and go wail because una spirit don break. 15Una go leave una name to di people wey I choose as curse, and di Sovereign Papa go kill una; but im servant dem, na another name e go call dem, 16so that anybody wey dey call blessing for di land go bless imself by di Papa of truth, and anybody wey dey swear oath for di land go swear by di Papa of truth; because di old trouble dem don forget and dem hide from my eye.
New Heaven, New Earth
17“Because look, I dey create new heaven and new earth, and dem no go remember di old things again or make e come their mind. c c v17 John see dis promise wey fulfil for im vision of di new heaven and new earth — Rev 21:1. Peter call am “di home of correct-and-holy way” wey we dey wait for — 2 Pet 3:13. 18But make una dey glad and rejoice forever for wetin I dey create; because look, I dey create Jerusalem make e be joy, and her people make dem be gladness. 19I go rejoice over Jerusalem and dey glad for my people; dem no go hear di sound of crying inside her again, or di cry of trouble. 20Small pikin wey go live only few days no go dey inside am again, or old man wey no go live finish im years; because di young man go die when e reach one hundred years, and di person wey no reach one hundred, dem go count am say curse dey am. 21Dem go build house and live inside am; dem go plant grape farm and chop the fruit. 22Dem no go build make another person live inside am, or plant make another person chop; because my people days go be like di days of tree, and di people wey I choose go enjoy di work of their hand tay tay. 23Dem no go work for nothing or born pikin for sudden fear, because dem be di offspring of people wey our Papa don bless, and their pikin dem go dey with dem. 24Before dem call, I go answer; while dem still dey talk, I go hear.” 25Di wolf and di lamb go graze together, and di lion go chop straw like di ox, but dust go be di snake food. Dem no go harm anybody or destroy anything anywhere for my holy mountain, na so our Papa talk.
