Papa Break di Clay Bottle
For our Papa word, Jeremiah carry elders go di valley wey dem don burn pikin for there, e change di name to Valley of Slaughter, and e smash one clay jar for dia front. E no be like di potter pot — dis one no fit rework. E carry di word come back di temple court.
19 1Na dis be wetin our Papa talk: Go buy one clay bottle wey potter make, and carry some of di elders of di people and some of di elders of di priests, 2and comot go di Valley of Ben-Hinnom, wey dey for di entrance of di Potsherd Gate, and preach dea di words wey I go tok give you. a a v2 A potsherd na piece of clay pot wey don break; dem call di gate im name because of di broken pot pieces wey dem throway near dea.
3Tok say: Hear di word of our Papa, una kings of Judah and una people of Jerusalem. Na dis be wetin di Papa of heaven army, di Papa of Israel, tok: Look, I dey bring such kind trouble on dis place wey go make di ear of everybody wey hear am ring. 4Because dem lef me and make dis place turn strange place, dey burn incense hia give oda gods wey dem no sabi, wey dia papa-papa no sabi, and wey di kings of Judah no sabi, and because dem fill dis place with blood of innocent people. 5Dem build di high places of Baal, so dat dem go burn dia sons for fire as burnt offering give Baal—wey I never command or talk say make dem do, wey e no even enter my mind at all. 6So look, di days dey come, our Papa tok, wen dem no go call dis place Topheth or di Valley of Ben-Hinnom again, but dem go call am di Valley of Killing. 7For dis place I go pour comot di plan of Judah and Jerusalem, and make dem fall by sword for front of dia enemies, by di hand of dose wey dey find dia life. I go give dia dead body as food to di birds of di sky and di beasts of di ground. b b v7 Di word for "pour comot" hia sound like di word for di clay bottle wey Jeremiah carry — di empty bottle dey show di empty plan of Judah. 8I go make dis city turn something wey go make person fear, something wey people go hiss for; everybody wey pass go wonder and hiss because of all im wound. 9I go make dem chop di flesh of dia sons and dia daughters, everyone go dey chop im neighbor flesh during di siege and di suffer wey dia enemies and dose wey dey find dia life go press dem with.
10Den you go break di bottle for front of di men wey follow you go,
11and tok give dem say: Na dis be wetin di Papa of heaven army tok: Na di same way I go break dis people and dis city, just as person go break potter pot wey no fit ever repair again. And dem go bury for Topheth because dia no oda place to bury. 12Na dis be wetin I go do to dis place and di people wey dey live inside, our Papa tok—I go make dis city be like Topheth. 13Di houses of Jerusalem and di houses of di kings of Judah go turn unclean like Topheth—every house wey for im roof dem burn incense give di whole army of heaven and pour drink offering give oda gods.
14Jeremiah come from Topheth, wey our Papa send am go prophesy, and e stand for di courtyard of our Papa house and tok give all di people:
15Na dis be wetin di Papa of heaven army, our Papa of Israel, tok: I dey bring on dis city and all im towns every trouble wey I don tok against am, because dem stiff dia neck and refuse to hear my words.
