Job 42

42 ¹Den Job answer our Papa: ²"I know say You fit do everytin, and say nobody fit spoil any plan wey You get. ³You ask, ‘Who be dis wey dey cover my counsel wit talk wey no get sense?’ Na true, I talk about tins wey I no understand, tins wey too wonderful pass me, wey I no know. ⁴You talk say, ‘Hear now, and I go talk; I go ask You question, and You must answer me.’ ⁵My ear don hear about You before, but now my eye don see You. ^a a v5 Na only hear Job hear about God before; now e dey see our Papa face to face, and dat picture of God as somebody wey dey far don comot forever. ⁶Na why I dey take my word back, and I dey repent for inside dust and ashes."

Mercy for di Three Friends

⁷Afta our Papa don talk dis words give Job, E tell Eliphaz di Temanite man say, "My vex dey burn against you and your two friends, because una no talk correct tin about Me, di way my servant Job talk. ^b b v7 Di friends talk about God like say na deity wey dey far, wey dey collect account; but Job, for inside all im pain and im cry, no stop to dey reach toward our Papa — and our Papa honour am. ⁸So now take seven bulls and seven rams go meet my servant Job, and offer dem as burnt offering for una sef. My servant Job go pray for una, and I go accept im prayer and I no go treat una accordin to una foolishness. Because una no talk correct tin about Me, di way my servant Job talk."

⁹So Eliphaz di Temanite man, Bildad di Shuhite man, and Zophar di Naamathite man go and do wetin our Papa tell dem, and our Papa accept Job im prayer.

¹⁰And wen Job pray for im friends, our Papa bring back im better tins, and give am double of wetin e get before. ¹¹Den all im brothers and sisters and everybody wey know am before come and chop bread wit am for im house. Dem console am and comfort am ova all di trouble wey our Papa bring on am, and each person give am one piece of silver and one gold ring.

¹²Our Papa bless Job im later years pass im early ones. E get 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pairs of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. ¹³E get seven sons and three daughters too. ¹⁴E name di first daughter Jemimah, di second Keziah, and di third Keren-happuch. ^c c v14 Di daughters dia names dey celebrate beauty and joy wey come back: Jemimah mean ‘dove,’ Keziah mean ‘cinnamon,’ and Keren-happuch mean ‘horn of eye cosmetics.’ ¹⁵For all di land, no woman fine reach Job im daughters, and dia papa give dem inheritance together wit dia brothers. ^d d v15 For di ancient world, daughters no dey often collect inheritance together wit sons — Job im gift to dem na extraordinary act of grace and equality. ¹⁶Afta dis, Job live 140 years, and e see im children and im children dia children, four generations. ¹⁷So Job die, e don old well-well and e don full wit days.