Dem rijet en rules; di kovenant wey E make with dia grand-grand papa and di laws wey E sey make dem obey. Dem dey respet juju wey nor mean anytin and like dis, dem nor mean anytin to God again. Dem dey bihave like di kountries wey dey around kon make God dey shame for dem.
Make una nor dey sturbon like una papa, but make una obey God as una dey kom en house wey E don make holy forever. Make una serve am forever, so dat E nor go vex for una.
Yu warn dem sey make dem obey wetin Yu tish, but dem rijet yor law bikos of pride and even doh yor law dey give life, dem nor gri obey am, bikos of dia strong head and sturbones.
But dem nor gri listin or obey mi. Instead, dem dey do as dia sturbon and wiked heart tell dem. Na dis make mi curse dem, bikos of my kovenant and dem nor gri do wetin I kommand.”
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.”
“For twenty-three years, from di thirtint year wey Amon pikin, Josaya bi king for Judah kon rish naw, na-im God don dey tok to mi and I nor dey fail to tell una wetin E tok, but una nor gri listin.
My savants wey I send kom meet una, make una dey listin to evritin wey dem tell una. I dey always send dem kom meet una, but una nor gri listin to dem.
But make una first gri sey una don sin against mi wey bi di Oga una God. Make una konfess sey una nor dey obey my kommand and una don show una love to oda gods for under evry green tree.” Mi, wey bi God, don tok.
But wen dem kom dis land kon dey stay as dia own, dem nor kon dey obey yor kommand or do wetin Yu tish dem; dem nor do wetin Yu orda dem to do and na dis make Yu distroy dem.
I send my savant, di profets kom meet una sey make una stop di bad tins wey una dey do kon do di korrect tin. Dem warn una sey make una nor woship and serve oda gods, so dat una go kontinue to stay for dis land wey I give una and una grand-grand papa, but una nor gri listin or hear dem.
So, mi wey bi Israel God dey sey, ‘I go distroy Judah and Jerusalem pipol, even don I bin don promise dem good tins. I go do am, bikos una nor dey gri listin to anytin wey I tok and wen I koll una, una nor dey ansa.’ ”
My God, shebi na trut Yu wont? But even wen Yu ponish dis pipol, dem still nor gri shange and wen Yu nearly distroy dem, dem nor gri take korreshon. Dia heart strong like rock and dem nor won turn from sin kom meet Yu make Yu for forgive dem.
So I ansa, “If I go warn and tok to dem, na who go gri listin? Dia ear block, so dem nor go hear mi, bikos God word dey make dem vex well-well and dem nor like am at-all.
But dem nor gri listin or hear mi. Dem dey do wetin dia sturbon and wiked heart sey make dem do. Instead make dem dey betta, dem kon worse pass as dem bi before.
“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.
Na from una grand-grand papa time, una don turn komot from my law and nor gri obey mi. Make una turn back kom meet mi and I go turn kom meet una. But una dey ask, ‘How wi won take turn kom meet Yu wen wi neva leave Yu before?’
“But wen di farmers si di boy, dem kon tell each oda, ‘Di landlord pikin wey go inherit en papa propaty afta e don die, na-im dey kom so. Make wi kill-am and kollect wetin go bi en own.’
But una sturbones and strong heart nor let una turn from sin kom meet God, so una dey make una ponishment many more-more, for di Day wen God go judge di world, bikos en na judge wey nor dey support bad tins.