Job 41

41 ¹"You fit drag Leviathan comot with fishhook, or press im tongue down with rope? ^a a v1 Leviathan na di big sea-creature wey nobody fit tame — e be picture of one power wey no human being fit master, but wey our Papa dey hold anyhow. ²You fit put rope for im nose, or bore im jaw with hook? ³E go beg you plenty? E go talk soft-soft word give you? ⁴E go make Covenant with you, so that you go take am as your servant forever? ⁵You go play with am like bird, or tie am for rope give your small girls dem? ⁶Traders go bargain over am? Dem go share am among di merchants dem? ⁷You fit fill im skin with harpoon, or im head with fishing spear? ⁸Put your hand for am; remember di battle—you no go do am again. ⁹Any hope say you fit conquer am na lie; na just to see am go make you fall down flat. ¹⁰Nobody get mind reach to wake am up. So who fit stand before me? ¹¹Who don rise against me, wey I must pay am back? Everything wey dey under di whole heaven na my own. ^b b v11 Paul echo dis verse — nobody don ever give our Papa anything wey go make Papa owe am; everything na Papa own already (Romans 11:35).

¹²"I no go keep quiet about im leg dem, im mighty strength, or how im body take fine. ¹³Who fit strip im outside covering comot, or come near am with double bridle? ¹⁴Who fit open di door of im mouth? Fear full round im teeth wey dey line up. ¹⁵Im back na rows of shield, wey lock tight like say dem seal am. ¹⁶One dey so close to di odar one wey no air fit pass between dem. ¹⁷Dem join one to anoda one; dem hold each other tight and nothing fit separate dem. ¹⁸As e dey sneeze, light dey flash comot, and im eyes dey like di eyelid of morning wey just dey break. ^c c v18 "Eyelid of morning" na Hebrew picture for di red shine of first light — im eyes dey glow red like fiery sunrise. ¹⁹Fire wey dey burn like torch dey comot for im mouth; spark of fire dey jump comot. ²⁰Smoke dey comot for im nose-hole, like from pot wey dey boil ontop burning reed. ²¹Im breath dey set coal on fire, and flame dey jump comot for im mouth. ²²Strength dey live for im neck, and fear dey dance before am. ²³Di fold of im flesh stick togeda, dem set firm ontop am and nothing fit move dem. ²⁴Im heart hard like stone, hard like di grinding stone wey dey ground. ²⁵Wen e rise up, even di mighty ones dey fear; as e dey crash, dem no know weda dem dey come or go. ²⁶Even if sword reach am, e no dey hold, and spear, dart, or javelin sef no fit do am anything. ²⁷E dey count iron like say na dry grass, and bronze like rotten wood. ²⁸Arrow no fit make am run; for am, sling stone don turn like chaff. ²⁹E dey count club like chaff; e dey laugh di rattle of javelin. ³⁰Im belle-side dey like sharp broken pot; e dey spread out like threshing board ontop mud. ^d d v30 Threshing board na plank wey dem fix sharp stone ontop, wey dem dey drag over grain — Leviathan belle dey leave di same scatter-scatter mark. ³¹E dey make di deep water boil like pot; e dey stir di sea like kettle of ointment wey dey turn-turn. ³²Behind am, e dey leave shining path for water; you go tink say di deep don grow white hair. ³³For ground, nothing dey like am, one creature wey dem make wey no dey fear anything. ³⁴E dey look down on everything wey high; e be king over all di proud ones."