Job 31

31 ¹"I make Covenant with my eyes; so how I go take dey look virgin? ²Because wetin be my own share from God for up, wetin be my inheritance from di Almighty for high place? ³No be wahala dey wait for di people wey no dey do correct, and trouble dey wait for dem wey dey do evil? ⁴No be say im dey see all my ways, and dey count every step wey I dey take?

⁵"If I don live my life inside lie, and my leg don rush go inside deceit, ⁶make im weigh me for correct scale, and make God know say my heart clean, ⁷if my steps don comot from di way, and my heart don follow my eyes, and any dirty don stick for my hand, ⁸then make I plant and anoda person chop am, and make wetin grow for me dem pull am comot from ground.

⁹"If woman don sweet-mouth my heart, and I don hide dey wait for my neighbor door, ¹⁰then make my wife serve anoda man, and make oda men sleep with am. ¹¹Because dat one go be crime wey full with shame, sin wey deserve judgment; ¹²because na fire wey dey chop go reach Destruction, and e go burn all my harvest finish.

¹³"If I don refuse to do justice for my man-servant or woman-servant wen dem bring complain against me, ¹⁴then wetin I go do wen God stand up? Wen im call me to answer, wetin I go tell am? ¹⁵No be di same one wey make me inside belle na im make my servant too? No be di same one form di two of us inside belle?

¹⁶"If I don hold back di poor people from wetin dem need, or make di widow eyes tire from waiting, ¹⁷or chop my food alone wen di pikin wey no get papa no get anytin, ¹⁸even though from my young days I raise am like papa go do, and from my mama belle I dey guide di widow, ¹⁹if I don see person wey dey die because e no get cloth, or person wey dey need help wey no get anytin to cover imsef, ²⁰if im whole body no bless me because I use my sheep wool make am warm, ²¹if I don raise my hand against di pikin wey no get papa because I sabi say I get backing for court, ²²then make my shoulder comot from im joint, and make my arm break for di place wey e dey connect. ²³Because wahala wey dey come from God be big fear for me, and I no fit do anytin for front of im greatness.

²⁴"If I don put my trust for gold, or tell fine gold say, 'Na you be my security,' ²⁵if I don dey shine teeth say my money plenty, say my hand don gada plenty tin, ²⁶if I don look di sun wen e dey shine, or di moon wey dey move for im glory, ²⁷so that my heart come dey sweet-mouth for hidden place, and my hand blow dem kiss to worship dem, ²⁸dis one too go be sin wey deserve judgment, because I for don betray God wey dey up.

²⁹"If I don rejoice wen di person wey hate me spoil, or my belle sweet wen trouble catch am. ³⁰I never let my mouth sin by calling curse on im life, ³¹if di men for my house never talk say, 'Who dey wey im no chop belleful from im table?', ³²no stranger ever sleep for street for night, because I open my door for di traveler, ³³If I don cover my sins like oda people dey do, dey hide my guilt for inside my heart, ³⁴because I fear di crowd well well, and di way di clans dey scorn me put fear for my body, so that I keep quiet and no gree comot outside.

³⁵"Ah, I wish say person go hear me! See my signature—make di Almighty answer me! Make di person wey dey accuse me write down im charge! ³⁶For sure I go carry am for my shoulder, I go tie am for my head like crown. ³⁷I go give am account of every step wey I take; I go go near am like prince.

³⁸"If my land don cry against me, and im ground-line dem don cry togeda, ³⁹if I don chop di food wey e produce without pay, or crush di life comot from di people wey own am, ⁴⁰then make thorn grow instead of wheat, and bad-smell grass instead of barley." Na so di words of Job end.