Papa Bring Im Case Come Out
Our Papa carry im people go court for front of di mountains and ask wetin e do dem wey tire dem. Di answer to wetin e want dey plain well-well, everybody know am: do justice, love kindness, waka humble with your Papa. Then di judgment come: una go chop but belle no go full, una go plant but una no go harvest.
6 1Hear wetin our Papa talk: Stand up, bring your case come out for front of di mountains; make di hills hear your voice.
2Listen, una mountains, to our Papa case, and una wey be di foundation of di earth wey no dey ever comot; because our Papa get case against im people, and e go argue am with Israel.
3My pikin dem, wetin I do una? How I take tire una? Answer me! 4Because na me carry una comot from di land of Egypt and I buy una back from di house of slavery; I send Moses, Aaron, and Miriam go una front. 5My pikin dem, remember wetin Balak wey be king of Moab plan, and wetin Balaam wey be Beor pikin answer am, from Shittim reach Gilgal, so dat una go sabi di correct-and-holy way wey una Papa dey do. a a v5 Balak pay Balaam make e curse Israel (Numbers 22–25); di journey from Shittim reach Gilgal dey bring to mind how our Papa stay faithful reach di time wey dem enter di Promised Land (Joshua 3–4).
6Wetin I go bring come when I dey come stand for front of our Papa? How I go take bow down for our Papa wey dey up high? I go come meet am with burnt offerings, with calf wey don reach one year? 7Our Papa go happy with thousand thousand ram, with 10,000 river of oil? I go give my first pikin because of my rebellion, di pikin wey comot from my own body because of di sin of my soul? 8E don tell you wetin good; and wetin our Papa want from you if no be say make you do justice, make you love kindness, and make you waka humble-humble with your Papa? b b v8 Where older translation dem write "waka humble-humble with your God," FHB dey hear di closeness wey di word carry: our Papa dey invite im pikin dem make dem waka near am, no be just to obey some God wey dey far.
Papa Correction Come Fall
9Di voice of our Papa dey call di city—and na correct wisdom to fear your name—"Listen, una tribe, and di one wey appoint am! 10Treasure wey dem get through wickedness still dey inside di house of di wicked pesin, and di short measure wey God curse? 11I go call pesin wey dey use scale wey no correct innocent, pesin wey get bag full of weight wey dey deceive? 12Di rich men wey dey inside you full of violence, di people wey dey live inside you dey talk lie, and dia tongue full of deceit. 13So na me myself don start to beat you, dey make you turn empty place because of your sin dem. 14You go chop but you no go belleful, and your hunger go still dey inside you; you go store up but you no go save am, and wetin you save I go hand am over to di sword. 15You go plant but you no go harvest; you go press olive but you no go get oil to use, and press di grape but you no go drink di wine. 16Because you don keep di law dem of Omri and all di work of di house of Ahab, and you don follow dia way dem; so I go make you turn empty place and di people wey dey live inside you turn something wey people go dey laugh, and you go carry di shame wey my pikin dem go put for you." c c v16 Omri and Ahab na two of di kings wey wicked pass for Israel, wey people sabi well-well for how dem carry di nation enter deep idol worship (1 Kings 16–21).
