Job 5

5 ¹"Shout now—person dey wey go answer you? Which one of di holy ones you go turn go? ²Because vex dey kill di fool, and jealousy dey slay di person wey no get sense. ³Me myself, I don see fool dey take root, but sharp-sharp I curse im house. ⁴Im pikin dem dey far from safety; dem dey crush dem for court, and nobody dey to rescue dem. ⁵Hungry people dey chop im harvest, dey carry am comot even from inside thorn, and thirsty people dey pant after im wealth. ⁶Because suffer no dey comot from di dust, and trouble no dey sprout from di ground. ⁷But dem born man for trouble, sure as di fire spark dey fly go up.

⁸"As for me, na God I go seek, and na to God I go hand over my matter. ⁹E dey do big-big things wey person no fit understand, wonders wey no get number. ¹⁰E dey give rain for di face of di earth and dey send water for di fields. ¹¹E dey put di lowly ones for high place, and those wey dey mourn, E dey lift dem go safety. ¹²E dey scatter di plans of di cunning people, so dat dem hand no fit achieve anything. ¹³E dey catch di wise ones inside dem own cunning, and di scheme of di sharp people dey sweep comot. ¹⁴Dem dey meet darkness for daytime and dey grope for afternoon like say na night. ¹⁵But E dey save di needy from di sword of dem mouth, and from di hand of di mighty. ¹⁶So di poor get hope, and injustice go close im mouth.

¹⁷"See how blessed di person wey God dey correct be; so no despise di discipline of di Almighty. ^a a v17 Na Eliphaz talk dis words—no be di Papa verdict on Job. For 42:7 di Papa rebuke Eliphaz say e no talk correct thing about am; wetin sound like settled wisdom, dem dey use am like weapon to imply say Job suffer must prove say hidden sin dey. ¹⁸Because E dey wound, but E dey tie am up; E dey shatter, but im hand dey heal. ¹⁹From six troubles E go deliver you, and for seven no harm go touch you. ²⁰For famine E go redeem you from death, and for war from di power of di sword. ²¹Dem go hide you from di lash of di tongue, and you no go fear destruction wen e come. ²²For destruction and famine you go laugh, and you no go fear di wild beasts of di earth. ²³Because you go get Covenant with di stones of di field, and di wild beasts of di field go dey for peace with you. ²⁴You go know say your tent dey secure; you go inspect your fold and find say nothing dey miss. ²⁵You go know say your pikin dem go plenty, and your descendants go dey like di grass of di earth. ²⁶You go reach your grave for ripe old age, like sheaf wey dem gather for im season.

²⁷"Yes, dis one we don search am out, and e true. Hear am, and know am for yourself."