Jeremiah 27

27 ¹For di time wey Zedekiah, Josiah im pikin, start to reign as king of Judah, dis word come to Jeremiah from our Papa:

²Na dis our Papa talk give me: Make strap and yoke-wood for yourself, and put am for your neck. ³Den send word to di kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through di messenger dem wey don come Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

⁴Give dem order make dem tell dia oga dem: Na dis di Papa wey be Oga of heaven army talk: “Tell una oga dem dis one: ⁵Na me myself make di earth, with di people and animal dem wey dey im surface, with my big power and my hand wey I stretch out, and I dey give am to anybody wey I see sey e correct for my eye. ⁶Now I don give all dis land dem to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant; even di bush animal dem of di field I don give am make dem serve am. ⁷All di nation dem go serve am, and im pikin, and im pikin-pikin, until di time of im own land reach; den plenty nation and big king dem go make am serve dem.”

⁸But di nation or kingdom wey no go serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or put im neck under im yoke, dat nation I go punish with sword, hunger, and sickness, na so our Papa talk, until I finish dem with im hand. ⁹“So no listen to una prophet dem, di people wey dey read future, di people wey dey dream, di people wey dey do juju, or witch dem, wey dey tell una, ‘Una no go serve di king of Babylon.’ ¹⁰Dem dey prophesy lie give una, to carry una comot far from una land; I go drive una comot, and una go die. ¹¹But di nation wey go bring im neck under di yoke of Babylon im king and serve am, I go leave am for im own land, na so our Papa talk, make e work am and live inside am.”

¹²I talk dis same word dem to Zedekiah king of Judah: Put una neck under di yoke of di king of Babylon, serve am and im people, and make una live. ¹³Why una and una people go die by sword, hunger, and sickness, as our Papa don talk concerning di nation wey no go serve Babylon im king?

¹⁴No listen to di prophet dem wey dey tell una, ‘Una no go serve di king of Babylon,’ because na lie dem dey prophesy give una. ¹⁵I no send dem, na so our Papa talk, but dem dey prophesy lie with my name, so I go drive una comot and una go perish—una and di prophet dem wey dey prophesy give una.

¹⁶Den I tell di priest dem and all dis people: Na dis our Papa talk: No listen to una prophet dem wey dey prophesy, ‘Look, di vessel dem of our Papa house go soon come back from Babylon’—na lie dem dey prophesy give una. ¹⁷No listen to dem. Serve Babylon im king and make una live. Why una wan make dis city turn to rubbish?

¹⁸But if dem be prophet, and di word of our Papa dey with dem, make dem beg di Papa wey be Oga of heaven army sey di vessel dem wey remain for im house, di house of Judah im king, and Jerusalem, no go enter Babylon. ¹⁹Because na dis di Papa wey be Oga of heaven army talk concerning di pillar dem, di Sea, di stand dem, and di rest of di vessel dem wey remain for dis city, ^a a v19 Here “di Sea” no be water; na di big bronze basin wey dey stand for di temple courtyard, wey di priest dem dey use wash.

²⁰wey Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon no carry when e carry Jeconiah, Jehoiakim im pikin, king of Judah, comot as prisoner from Jerusalem go Babylon, with all di big men of Judah and Jerusalem,

²¹yes, na dis di Papa wey be Oga of heaven army talk concerning di vessel dem wey remain for di house of our Papa, di house of Judah im king, and Jerusalem:

²²Dem go carry dem go Babylon and dem go stay there until di day wey I go come for dem, na so our Papa talk. Den I go bring dem up and put dem back for dis place.