Two Kings March Go Fight Jerusalem
Two kings march come Jerusalem and Ahaz heart shake like tree for breeze. Isaiah carry our Papa word come say di plan no go stand, and e tell am make e ask any sign wey e want. Ahaz refuse, dey form holy, so di sign come anyhow — Immanuel.
7 1For di days of Ahaz pikin of Jotham, pikin of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram and Pekah pikin of Remaliah king of Israel march go Jerusalem to fight am, but dem no fit conquer am. 2Wen di house of David hear say, "Aram don join hand with Ephraim," di heart of Ahaz and im people shake like bush tree wey wind dey blow.
3Den our Papa tell Isaiah, "Go meet Ahaz, you and your pikin Shear-jashub, for di end of di channel of di upper pool, for di road wey dey go di Launderer im Field, a a v3 Shear-jashub mean "remnant go return" — di boy im name na message of hope wey dem carry go one king wey fear catch. 4and tell am: Take time, cool your mind, no fear or make your heart no faint because of dis two smoking stub of firewood — because of di fierce vex of Rezin, Aram, and Remaliah im pikin. 5Because Aram, with Ephraim and di pikin of Remaliah, don plan bad thing against you, dey talk say,
6'Make we march go against Judah, make we put fear for am, tear am open for wiaselves, and put di pikin of Tabeel as king ontop am,' 7na dis one di Sovereign Papa talk: E no go stand, and e no go happen. 8Because di head of Aram na Damascus, and di head of Damascus na Rezin. Bifor sixty-five years pass, dem go scatter Ephraim — e no go be one people again. 9Di head of Ephraim na Samaria, and di head of Samaria na di pikin of Remaliah. If you no stand strong for faith, you no go stand at all."
Papa Talk to Ahaz Again
10Our Papa talk to Ahaz again, say,
11"Ask your Papa for one sign; make e deep like di grave or high like di heavens."
12But Ahaz talk say, "I no go ask, and I no go put our Papa to test."
13Isaiah talk say, "Listen, house of David! E no do you say una dey tire people? You wan tire my Papa too? 14So di Sovereign Papa imsef go give you one sign: See, di virgin go get belle, born one pikin, and call im name Immanuel. b b v14 Matthew take dis prophecy point straight to Jesus, wey di virgin Mary born (Matt 1:22-23). "Immanuel" mean "God dey with us" — our Papa dey come near for im Pikin. 15E go dey chop curd and honey by di time wey e sabi to refuse bad and choose good. 16Bifor di boy sabi to refuse bad and choose good, di land wey im two kings dey make you fear go dey empty.
17Our Papa go bring on you, your people, and your papa im house, days wey never happen since Ephraim comot from Judah — di king of Assyria.
18For dat day our Papa go whistle for di fly from di far streams of Egypt and for di bee for di land of Assyria, 19and dem all go come settle for di steep valley and for di crack of di rocks, ontop all di thornbush and for all di watering hole.
20For dat day di Sovereign Papa go shave — with razor wey dem hire from di oda side of di Euphrates, di king of Assyria — di head and di leg hair, and go sweep di beard comot too. 21For dat day one man go keep one young cow and two sheep alive, 22and because plenty milk dey, e go chop curd; everybody wey remain for di land go chop curd and honey.
23For dat day, every place wey get 1,000 vine wey worth 1,000 silver piece go turn to thorns and thornbush. 24People go come there with arrow and bow, because all di land go be thornbush and thorns. 25You no go go di hills wey dem bin dey work with hoe, because you dey fear di thornbush and thorns; dem go turn place wey cattle dey graze and ground wey sheep dey trample."
