“Make una go meet and ask God for mi and Judah pipol. Make una find out wetin di words for di book mean. God don dey vex for us, bikos awa grand-grand papa nor gri obey wetin dey dis book at-all.”
Dis tins go happen, bikos dem don forget mi kon dey offa sakrifice give oda gods and dem dey make mi vex, bikos of di juju wey dem make with dia hand. Una go feel my vexnashon for dis place and una nor go fit stop am.” ’
“Make una go pray give God for mi and di pipol wey remain for Judah and Israel. Den ask am about di words wey dey dis book wey dem si, bikos God dey vex for us, bikos awa grand-grand papa nor obey en word as dem rite am for dis book!”
God still tok to am, wen Josaya pikin, Jehoiakim dey rule for Judah. Afta dat time, God still tok to am until di fift mont for di elevent year wen Zedekaya wey Josaya born, dey rule for Judah and na dat same year, dem katch and karry Jerusalem pipol go Babilon.
“Wen yu don tell di pipol about all dis tins, dem go ask, ‘Why God won ponish us like dis? Wetin wi do? Wish kind sin wi kommit wey make di Oga awa God dey vex?’
Israel God wey dey mighty tok: “I go soon ponish dis town and di oda towns wey surround am, bikos una sturbon well-well and una nor gri listin to wetin I tok.”
Dem tell una make una shange di kind life wey una dey live kon stop all di wiked tins wey una dey do, so dat una go kontinue to dey stay for dis land wey God give una and una grand-grand papa.
May bi, if Judah pipol hear di way I won take distroy dem, dem go shange from all di bad-bad tins wey dem dey do, den I go forgive all dia sin and wikedness.”
But naw my oga, make yu listin to mi kon do evritin wey I dey beg yu. Make yu nor let mi go back to dat prison wey dey Jonatan house. Bikos if yu send mi go back, I go die for der.”
Make una keep di kovenant wey una make with mi wey bi una God kon dedikate unasef to mi. If una nor do am and una kontinue di bad tins wey una dey do, my vexnashon go burn una like fire. E go burn well-well and nobody go fit kwensh am.”
kon tell mi: “Abeg, make yu do wetin wi won tell yu so! Make yu help us wey dey alive pray to di Oga awa God. Wi many before, but naw, yusef dey si sey wi nor many again.
“So man pikin, make yu pak yor load like sey yu dey komot di town. For aftanoon wen pipol still dey look, pritend like sey yu dey go Babilon. Komot from where yu dey kon go anoda place. May bi dia mind go tell dem wetin dey happen, even doh dem sturbon well-well.
True-true, mi wey bi God wey get pawa, na mi bi di God wey nor dey die and I dey warn una sey if I vex, I go rule una with strong hand and with all my pawa.
So my vexnashon go end and my ponishment go rest for dia head, den I go dey okay. Wen all dis tins don happen, una go si, undastand and know sey na mi God, tok to una.
So, dem go feel my strong vexnashon. I nor go sorry or pity for dem. Dem go shaut well-well as dem dey pray give mi, but I nor go ansa or listin to dem.”
Dis na wetin make God sey, “Make una turn from sin kom meet mi naw wey time still dey. Make una give mi una heart. Make una fast, kry and mourn as una dey kom meet mi.
Nor bi just to tear una klot, but make una heart show sey una don turn from sin kom meet mi.” Make una kom back kon meet di Oga wey bi una God. E dey kind and dey show mesi; E dey patient and dey keep en promise; E always dey ready to forgive and nor bi to ponish pipol.
Make una nor bi like una grand-grand papa dem. Before-before, my profets prish give dem sey, make dem stop to sin and do evil, but dem nor gri listin or obey dem.
Den God tell Moses, “Yu go soon die, den di pipol go kon dey sin with strenj gods for di land where dem dey go. Dem go rijet mi kon break my kovenant wey I make with dem.
For dat time, I go vex for dem well-well kon leave and hide my face from dem until dia enemies kill dem finish. Many wahala and trobol go ovakom dem and dem go sey, ‘Dis wahala don finish us, bikos God no dey with us again.’