Dis tin happen, bikos Israel pipol sin against di Oga wey bi dia God kon break di agriment wey dem make. Dem nor gri listin or obey evritin wey God kommand dem thru Moses, en savant.
E ribuild di high place dem wey en papa Hezekaya bin distroy; e build altars for Baal juju kon make Asherah juju, just as King Ahab do for Israel. E dey bow and woship stars for sky.
E nor go bi like di old kovenant wey I make with dia grand-grand papa, wen I karry dem komot from Egypt. Even doh I bi like dia husband, dem nor gri keep di kovenant wey wi make.
I go ponish doz wey break di kovenant wey dem make with mi kon make dem bi like melu wey dem divide into two kon waka pass di centre. I go do am bikos dem nor gri keep di agriment wey dem make for my present.
I go ponish una with war, bikos una nor keep di kovenant wey I make with una and if una gada for una towns make una for dey save, I go send diziz wey dem nor dey fit cure among una and una enemies go win una.
Make no man, woman, tribe or family among una leave di Oga una God kon go woship gods for oda kountries. Make nobody among una get any tree wey go bear fruit wey bitter or fit kill.
Bikos afta I don bring dem kom di land wey I promise dia grand-grand papa; di land wey get milk and honey; where dem go chop beleful kon get body, dem go turn go serve anoda god kon rijet and break my kovenant.
So make una dey kareful, so dat una nor go break di kovenant wey una make with di Oga una God. Make una nor make any juju for unasef, bikos una God nor like am.
If una go against di Oga una God kovenant wey E kommand make una keep kon follow, woship and dey bow to oda gods, God go vex for una well-well and una go kwik-kwik vanish komot from dis good land wey E give una.”
Israel pipol don sin; dem don go against my kommandment! Dem take some tins wey I sey make dem keep for mi from Jeriko; dem tif dem kon put dem join dia own propaty.
But Joash tell di pipol wey kom meet am, “Why una dey fight for di juju? Una dey defend am? Anybody wey won fight or defend di juju, dem go kill-am before morning! If Baal really bi god, den make e defend ensef kon distroy and kill di pesin wey skata en altar!”