Our Papa Call Im House Come Answer
For di temple gate our Papa tell di worshipers say to dey chant di building name no dey protect anybody. Shiloh na im place too, and im scatter am. Wetin im want na justice for di stranger, orphan and widow. Dem tell Jeremiah make im no pray for dis people.
7 1Di word wey come to Jeremiah from our Papa:
2Stand for di gate of our Papa house, come announce for there say: Hear di word of our Papa, all una people of Judah wey dey enter dis gates come worship am. 3Na dis di Papa of heaven army, our Papa of Israel, talk say: Change una ways and una doings, and I go let una live for dis place.
4No put una trust for dis deceiving words say: ‘Our Papa temple! Our Papa temple! Our Papa temple!’ 5If una really change una ways and doings, and una really do wetin correct with each other, 6if una no oppress di stranger, di pikin wey no get papa and mama, or di widow, or pour blood of person wey no do anything for dis place, and una no follow other gods wey go harm una, 7then I go let una live for dis place, di land wey I give una grand-papa dem long time ago, forever. 8But look—una dey put una trust for deceiving words wey no worth anything. 9Una go tif, kill person, commit adultery, swear lie, make offering to Baal, follow other gods wey una no know, 10then come stand for my front for dis house wey carry my name, come talk say, ‘We dey safe!’—just so una fit continue to dey do all dis nasty things? 11Abi dis house wey carry my name don turn to hideout for tif-tif people for una eye? I myself don see am, na wetin our Papa talk.
12Now go to my place wey bin dey Shiloh, where I first put my name, come see wetin I do am because of di evil of my people Israel. 13Now, because una do all dis thing, na wetin our Papa talk—I talk to una again and again but una no listen, I call una but una no answer,
14so I go do to di house wey dem dey call with my name, wey una dey trust, and to di place wey I give una and una grand-papa dem, just like wetin I do Shiloh. 15I go throw una comot from my front, just like I throw comot all una family people, all di pikin of Ephraim. a a v15 Ephraim na short way to call di northern kingdom of Israel, wey Assyria carry go exile around 722 BC.
16You—no pray for dis people; no raise any cry or prayer for dem; no beg me, because I no go listen to you. 17You no dey see wetin dem dey do for di towns of Judah and di streets of Jerusalem? 18Pikin dem dey gather wood, papa dem dey light fire, women dey knead flour to make cake for di queen of heaven; dem dey pour drink offering to other gods to make me vex. b b v18 Di queen of heaven na pagan goddess of fertility wey dem dey worship for di old Near East — di families bin dey give am house-worship instead of to give am to our Papa. 19But na me dem dey provoke? na wetin our Papa talk. No be demself, to dem own shame?
20So di Sovereign Papa talk say: my anger and vexation go pour out for dis place—for people and animals, for di trees of di field and di fruit of di ground—e go dey burn, dem no go fit quench am.
21Na dis di Papa of heaven army, our Papa of Israel, talk say: Add una burnt offering to una other sacrifice, come chop di meat una-self! 22Because for di day wey I bring una grand-papa dem comot from di land of Egypt, no be just to talk to dem or command dem about burnt offering and sacrifice I do. 23Na dis I command dem: Obey my voice, and I go be una Papa and una go be my pikin. Waka complete for di way wey I command una, so e go dey good for una.
24But dem no listen or bend dem ear; dem waka by dem own plan, dem evil heart hard, and dem go back, no be forward. 25From di day wey una grand-papa dem comot Egypt reach now, I send all my servant di prophets to una, again and again, day after day. 26But still dem no listen to me or pay attention, dem hard head and dem do worse pass dem grand-papa dem.
27You go talk all dis words to dem, but dem no go listen to you; you go call dem, but dem no go answer you.
28Talk to dem say: Na dis be di nation wey no obey di voice of our Papa or accept correction; truth don disappear, dem don cut am comot from dem mouth. 29Cut una hair comot and throw am away; cry loud for di bare high places, because our Papa don reject and leave di generation wey e vex for.
Di Valley Where Dem Dey Kill Kill
30Judah don do evil for my front, na wetin our Papa talk. Dem put dem nasty idols for di house wey carry my name, come make am dirty. 31Dem build di high places of Topheth for di Valley of Ben-Hinnom to burn dem sons and daughters for fire—wey I never command, and e never even enter my mind. c c v31 Topheth na place for di Valley of Ben-Hinnom for south of Jerusalem where dem dey sacrifice pikin dem; na from dis valley di word ‘Gehenna’ later come. 32So di days dey come, na wetin our Papa talk, when dem no go call am Topheth or di Valley of Ben-Hinnom again, but di Valley Where Dem Dey Kill Kill; dem go dey bury for Topheth till space no go remain. 33Di dead bodies of dis people go be chop for di birds of di sky and di animals of di earth, and nobody go dey there to chase dem comot. 34I go make silence for di towns of Judah and di streets of Jerusalem—di sound of joy and celebration, di voice of bridegroom and bride—because di land go turn to place wey waste.
