Di Judgement wey Go Catch Nineveh
Nineveh sell nations with her juju, and our Papa strip her comot cloth and expose her, nobody go comfort her. Thebes fall di same way, including small pikin dem. Her trader dem strip di land and fly go like locust. Di wound no get cure, and everybody wey hear dey clap.
3 1Trouble dey for di city wey full of blood, wey full of lie and tiff-tiff— dem no dey ever stop to catch prey! 2Di sound of koboko, di rumble of wheel, horse wey dey gallop, and chariot wey dey jump! 3Horse-rider wey dey charge, sword wey dey shine, spear wey dey glitter—plenty people wey dem don kill, heap of dead body, corpse wey no get end; dem dey trip for di dead body. 4Na all because of di plenty ashawo work of dis sweet-mouth ashawo, di master of juju, wey dey sell nation through her ashawo work and people through her juju.
5“Look, I dey against you,' na so di Papa of heaven army talk, 'and I go raise your wrapper cover your face; I go show di nations your nakedness and di kingdoms your shame. 6I go throw dirty for you, treat you like rubbish, and make you turn something wey people go dey gaze.' 7And everybody wey see you go run comot from you and talk say, 'Nineveh don scatter finish; who go cry for am?' Where I fit find people wey go comfort you?'”
8You better pass Thebes? Wey sidon for di side of River Nile with water surround am, wey im wall na di sea, wey im fence na di waters? a a v8 Thebes — di big capital of upper Egypt — na Assyria sef destroy am; Nahum dey use im fall as warning say Nineveh no safe pass am at all. 9Cush na im strength, and Egypt wey no get end; Put and di Libya people dey among di ones wey dey support am. 10But still, she turn person wey dem carry comot for im land; dem carry am go captivity. Dem knock im small pikin dem to pieces for every street corner. Dem cast lot for im big-big men, and dem tie all im great men with chain. 11You too go drunk; you go go hide; you too go dey find place to hide from di enemy. 12All your strong-place dem be like fig tree wey get di first fig wey ripe—when person shake am, e go fall inside di mouth of di person wey wan chop am. 13Look, your soldier dem be like woman for your midst. Di gate of your land open wide-wide give your enemies; fire don chop your bar dem. b b v13 For those days, to call soldier woman na insult wey mean say dem don lost all dia mind to fight.
14Draw water put for di siege; make your strong-place dem strong; enter di clay go tread di mortar; hold di brick mold well! 15Na there di fire go chop you; di sword go cut you down; e go chop you like small locust. Multiply yourselves like small locust; multiply like di locust wey dey swarm! 16You don multiply your traders pass di stars for di sky. Di small locust dey strip di land finish and fly comot. 17Your guards dem be like locust, and your officials dem be like plenty locust wey dey settle for di wall when cold dey—but when sun rise, dem fly comot, and nobody know where dem dey.
18Your shepherd dem dey sleep, king of Assyria; your big men dem don lie down. Your people don scatter for all di mountains, and nobody dey to gather dem. 19No medicine dey for your injury; your wound na death-wound. Everybody wey hear di news about you dey clap hand over you—because who never feel your wickedness wey no dey end, wey dey pass over dem again and again?
