Job 21

21 ¹Then Job answer say: ²"Hear my words well well, and make dis one be di comfort wey una give me. ³Bear wit me while I dey talk, and afta I don talk, una fit continue to dey mock me. ⁴As for me, na against ordinary man I dey complain? Why I no go loss my patience? ⁵Look me and make fear catch una, and put una hand for una mouth. ⁶Wen I remember am, fear dey catch me, and my body dey shake. ⁷Why wicked people dey continue to live, dey old and dey grow strong pass? ⁸Dem pikin dey settle and secure wit dem for dem eye, and dem grandpikin dey dem front. ⁹Dem house dey safe and no get fear, and no rod of God dey fall on dem. ¹⁰Dem bull dey breed and e no dey fail; dem cow dey born and e no dey lost belle. ¹¹Dem dey allow dem small pikin run free like flock of sheep, and dem pikin dey jump around. ¹²Dem dey sing wit tambourine and lyre and dem dey celebrate wit di sound of flute. ¹³Dem dey spend dem days for prosperity, and wit peace dem dey go down enter grave. ¹⁴But dem dey tell God say, 'Leave us alone! We no wan know your ways. ¹⁵Wetin be di Almighty, wey we go serve am? And wetin we go gain if we pray to am?' ¹⁶But dem prosperity no dey dem own hand; I no wan get anytin to do wit di plan of wicked people. ¹⁷How many times di lamp of wicked people dey quench? How many times dem disaster dey fall on dem? How many times God dey share pain for im vex? ¹⁸How many times dem dey like dry grass wey wind dey blow, like chaff wey storm dey carry comot? ¹⁹Una dey talk say, 'God dey keep man punishment for im pikin.' Make He pay di man imsef, so dat e go learn am. ²⁰Make im own eye see im ruin, and make e drink di anger of di Almighty. ²¹For wetin e go care about im household afta im don go, wen dem cut im months short? ²²Anybody fit teach God knowledge, since na Him dey judge dem wey dey up there? ²³One person dey die wit full strength, wit total ease and secure, ²⁴im body well well feed and di marrow of im bone still dey fresh. ²⁵Anoda person dey die wit bitter soul, wey never taste any good tin. ²⁶Together dem dey lie down for di dust, and worm dey cover di two of dem. ²⁷Look, I know una thought, and una plan to do me bad. ²⁸For una dey talk say, 'Where di house of di big man dey now? Where di tent wey di wicked man dey live?' ²⁹Una never ask di people wey dey travel di road? Una no go accept di proof wey dem give, ³⁰say dem dey spare di evil man for di day of disaster, say dem dey deliver am for di day of anger? ³¹Who dey face am to tell am about im conduct, and who dey pay am back for wetin e don do? ³²Dem dey carry am go grave, and dem dey watch im tomb. ³³Di soil of di valley dey sweet am; everybody dey follow am, and dem wey go before am plenty pass count. ³⁴So how una fit comfort me wit empty words? Una answer na lie, notin else."