Job 15

15 ¹Den Eliphaz di Temanite man answer sey: ²"Person wey get sense suppose answer wit empty knowledge wey be like wind, and fill im belle wit di east wind? ^a a v2 Di east wind na di hot desert sirocco wind — wey dey show emptiness and destruction plenty times for inside Job book. ³E suppose argue wit talk wey no get use, wit words wey no dey do any good? ⁴But you dey comot di fear of God, and you dey block person from siddon quiet dey tink about God. ⁵Na your sin dey teach your mouth wetin to talk, and you choose di tongue of cunny people. ⁶Na your own mouth condemn you, no be me; your own lips dey talk against you. ⁷Na you be di first man wey dem born? Dem born you before di hills come? ⁸You bin dey hear for inside di council of God? Na only you get all wisdom? ^b b v8 Di "council of God" na di heaven gathering wey God dey lead wit im heaven beings — Eliphaz dey mock Job as if Job dey feel sey e sabi wetin dey go on inside. ⁹Wetin you sabi wey we no sabi? Wetin you understand wey no dey inside us too? ¹⁰People wey dem hair don white and wey don old dey among us, men wey old pass your papa. ¹¹Di comfort wey God dey give too small for you, di word wey dem talk soft-soft give you? ¹²Wetin make your heart dey carry you commot, and wetin make your eyes dey shine, ¹³sotay you dey turn your spirit against God, and you dey let dis kind words dey pour comot for your mouth? ¹⁴Wetin man be, wey e go fit clean? Wetin person wey woman born be, wey e go fit be correct-and-holy? ¹⁵See, God no dey put im trust for im holy ones, and even di heavens no clean for im eye; ¹⁶how much more person wey nasty and wey don spoil, man wey dey drink wickedness like water! ¹⁷I go show you; hear me well; I go tell you wetin I don see, ¹⁸wetin people wey get sense don talk, wey dem no hide wetin dem collect from dem papa dem, ¹⁹na only dem dem give di land, when no stranger never enter among dem. ²⁰Di wicked man dey suffer pain all im days, for all di years wey dem keep for di person wey no get mercy. ²¹Sound wey dey put fear full im ears; even when tins dey sweet am, di destroyer go come meet am. ²²E no dey believe sey e go comot for di darkness; dem don mark am for sword. ²³E dey waka up and down dey find bread, dey ask, ‘Where e dey?’ E sabi sey day of darkness dey near. ²⁴Wahala and heavy sorrow dey put am for fear; dem dey overpower am like king wey ready for war, ²⁵because e stretch im hand against God, and e challenge di Almighty, ²⁶e run go meet am wit hard head, wit thick shield wey dem make strong; ²⁷because e cover im face wit fat, and e pack flesh round im waist, ²⁸e go stay for cities wey don scatter, for houses wey nobody suppose live inside, wey ready to turn to heap of rubbish. ²⁹E no go rich; im wealth no go last, and im property no go spread reach for di land. ³⁰E no go comot for darkness; fire go dry im young branch dem, and di breath from God mouth go blow am comot. ³¹Make e no put im trust for empty tin, dey deceive imsef, because emptiness go be im pay. ³²Dem go pay am im full pay before im time reach, and im branch no go green. ³³E go shake off im unripe grape dem like vine, and e go drop im flower dem like olive tree. ³⁴Because di gathering of people wey no get God no go born anytin, and fire go chop di houses wey dem build wit bribe. ³⁵Dem dey carry wahala for belle and dem dey born evil; dem belle dey prepare deceit."