Micah 1

1 ¹Di word wey our Papa give Micah wey come from Moresheth, for di time wey Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah bin dey rule as kings of Judah—na wetin e see about Samaria and Jerusalem. ²Make una hear, all una people; listen, earth, and everytin wey full inside am—make di Sovereign Papa be witness against una, di Sovereign Papa from im holy temple. ³Look—our Papa dey comot from im place; e go come down and waka on top di high places of di earth. ⁴Di mountains go melt for under im leg, and di valleys go split open, like wax wey dey front of fire, like water wey dem pour down for steep hill. ⁵All dis na because Jacob rebel and di house of Israel do sin. Wetin be Jacob im rebellion? No be Samaria? And wetin be Judah im high place? No be Jerusalem? ⁶So I go turn Samaria to heap of broken tins for open field, place wey dem go plant vineyard. I go pour her stones down into di valley and open her foundation bare. ⁷All her carved images go break scatter, all her wages go burn for fire; all her idols I go destroy. Because na from prostitute pay she gather dem, and na to prostitute pay dem go go back.

⁸Because of dis I go cry and wail; I go waka naked wey dem strip me clothes. I go howl like jackal and moan like ostrich. ⁹Because her wound no get cure; e don reach all di way come Judah. E don reach di gate of my people, all di way go Jerusalem. ¹⁰No tell am for Gath; no cry at all. For Beth-le-aphrah roll una body inside dust. ^a a v10 Di town names for dis passage dey inside di prophet im words as play-on-words—Beth-le-aphrah dey sound like di Hebrew word for “house of dust,” so dem tell di people wey dey there make dem roll for dust. ¹¹Waka pass for una road, una wey dey live for Shaphir, naked and with shame. Dem wey dey live for Zaanan no come out; di wailing of Beth-ezel no leave una any place to stand. ¹²Because dem wey dey live for Maroth dey wait with worry for good tin, because wahala don come down from our Papa reach di gate of Jerusalem. ¹³Tie di horses to di chariot, una wey dey live for Lachish. Na she be di beginning of sin to di daughter of Zion, because na inside una dem find di rebellions of Israel. ¹⁴So you go give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; di houses of Achzib go be deceit to di kings of Israel. ¹⁵One more time I go bring conqueror against una, una wey dey live for Mareshah; di glory of Israel go come reach Adullam. ¹⁶Shave your head and cut all your hair because of di children wey you love; make your head bald like eagle, because dem go comot from you go into exile. ^b b v16 Di bird wey dem dey talk about fit be di griffon vulture, wey dem know for im bare head wey no get feather—di picture na of complete baldness wey person fit see.