Job 8

8 ¹Den Bildad di Shuhite answer: ²"How long you go dey talk dis kind tin? Di words wey comot for your mouth na just wind wey dey roar. ³Abi God dey twist justice? Abi di Almighty dey twist wetin correct? ⁴If your pikin dem sin against am, e handed dem over give di tin wey dia rebellion carry come. ⁵But if you go really find God, and beg di Almighty for mercy, ⁶if you clean and you dey walk straight, for sure e go wake imsef up now for your sake, and put you back for di place wey be your own. ⁷Even doh your beginning bin small, your later years go plenty pass wetin person fit count. ⁸Ask di generations wey don pass long time, and consider wetin dia fada dem search find. ⁹Because na just yesterday dem born us, and we no sabi anytin; our days for dis earth na just shadow. ¹⁰Abi dem no go teach you and tell you, and bring out words from di understanding wey dem get? ¹¹Papyrus fit grow tall for where marsh no dey? Reed fit flourish where water no dey? ¹²Wen e still green and dem never cut am, e go dry faster pass any grass. ¹³Na so di end go be for everybody wey forget God; na so di hope of di person wey no get God go perish. ¹⁴Di tin wey e trust weak, and di tin wey e lean on na spider web. ¹⁵E lean on im house, but e no stand; e hold am tight, but e no last. ¹⁶E be like plant wey get plenty water for inside sunshine, wey dey spread im branches all over di garden. ¹⁷Im roots dey wrap round heap of stone, and dey search among di rocks for place to grip. ¹⁸But wen dem pull am comot from im place, di place go deny am, say, 'I never see you before.' ¹⁹Na so di joy of im way be—and from di ground, oda ones go spring up for im place. ²⁰God no go reject man wey no get blame, and e no go lend hand give people wey dey do evil. ²¹E go still fill your mouth with laugh, and your lips with shout of joy. ²²Dem wey hate you go wear shame like cloth, and di tent of di wicked people no go dey again."