Eliphaz Talk
Eliphaz start with soft voice: Job don hold other people steady, so im own clean heart suppose be im hope. Then di argument come, say innocent person no dey perish, and one night vision wey whisper say no human dey pure before di One wey make am. Na comfort wey get accusation inside.
4 1Den Eliphaz di Temanite answer say: 2"If person try talk small word give you, e go tire you? But who fit hold mouth no talk? 3See, you don teach plenty people, and you don make weak hand strong. 4Your word don lift up di person wey dey stumble, and you don make di knee wey wan bend strong. 5But now e don reach you, and you tire; e touch you, and your mind don scatter. 6Abi no be say you dey fear God na im be your confidence, and di clean way wey you dey waka na im be your hope? 7Remember now: who, wey no do bad, ever perish? Where dem ever destroy di correct-and-holy people? 8As I don see am, di people wey dey plow bad-bad and dey plant wahala, na di same ting dem dey harvest. 9Na di breeze wey commot for God mouth dey kill dem, and na di blow of im anger dey finish dem. 10Di roar of di lion, di voice of di fierce lion, di teeth of di young lion—dem don break. 11Di strong lion dey perish because e no get meat to chop, and di pikin of di mama-lion don scatter. 12Now, dem bring one word give me for secret; my ear catch small whisper of am. 13For inside di thought wey dey disturb person, wey commot for vision of di night, wen deep sleep dey fall on people, 14fear catch me, and I begin shake, and e make all my bone dey shake. 15One spirit slide pass my face; di hair for my body stand up. 16E stand still, but I no fit see wetin e resemble. Some shape dey before my eye; everywhere quiet, den I hear one voice: 17'Man wey go die, e fit be correct-and-holy before God? Man fit dey clean before di One wey make am? a a v17 Eliphaz dey paint God as judge wey dey far, wey no man wey go die fit stand before am — na dis kind register di three friends no go ever comot from, and na dis kind framing di last chapters of di book go show say e no sabi our Papa. 18See, e no dey put trust for im servant dem, and e dey blame im angel dem for mistake; 19how much more di people wey dey live inside house wey dem make with mud, wey dem take dust take lay im foundation, wey dem dey crush like ordinary insect. 20Between morning and evening dem don break scatter; nobody even notice, dem perish forever. 21Abi no be say dem pull di rope of dem tent commot for inside dem? Dem dey die without ever getting wisdom.'" b b v21 Di tent-rope picture dey show life like tent: wen dem pull di rope commot, di whole ting go collapse and e don finish.
