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Message For Zedekaya
1 Wen King Nebukadnezzar for Babilon, en sojas with oda sojas from di kingdoms wey e dey rule, attack Jerusalem and Judah, God kon tok to mi.
2 Di Oga wey bi Israel God sey, “Make yu go tell King Zedekaya for Judah sey, ‘Mi, wey bi God, go give dis town to Babilon king and e go burn am rish groun.
3 Yu nor go fit eskape and dem go katch yu give di king. Yu go si and tok to am one-on-one, den dem go take yu go Babilon.
4 Zedekaya, make yu listin to wetin I dey tok about yu. Dem nor go kill yu for war and
5 yu go die for peace. Just as pipol burn incense wen dem beri yor grand-grand papa wey bi king before yu, na so too dem go burn incense for yu. Dem go mourn for yu kon sey, “Awa king don die!”
Mi, wey bi God, don tok.’ ”
6 Den I kon go tell King Zedekaya dis message for Jerusalem
7 and dat time, Babilon king and en sojas dey attack di town. Di sojas still attack Lakish and Azeka, di only oda strong town wey remain for Judah.
8 God tok to mi afta King Zedekaya and Jerusalem pipol don make agriment sey make dem free
9 dia Hibru slaves, both man and woman, so dat nobody go use en own broda or sista as slave again.
10 So all di pipol and dia leaders kon gri to free dia slave and nor sofa dem again.
11 But afta, dem shange dia mind kon force dem to work as slave again.
12 Den di Oga wey bi
13 Israel God tell mi sey make I tell di pipol: “I make kovenant with una grand-grand papa wen I take dem komot from Egypt kon free dem from dia sofa. I tell dem sey,
14 ‘For di sevent year, dem must free any Hibru pesin wey don serve dem for six years.’ But una grand-grand papa nor gri hear or listin to wetin I tok.
15 Una bin shange kon dey do wetin I wont. All of una gri to free una slave and una enter kovenant for my present; for di temple where dem for dey woship mi.
16 But naw, una don shange again and una nor gri respet mi. All of una don take di slave wey una don free before back kon force dem to serve una again.
17 “Naw, mi wey bi God sey, ‘Una don disobey mi; una nor gri free una brodas and sistas. Since na like dat, I go free una so dat war, honga and diziz, go kill una. I go make evry nashon for di world fear for wetin I go do to una.
18 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.
19 I go ponish Judah and Jerusalem leaders, ofisas, priests and all di pipol for di land wey make di kovenant with mi.
20 I go make dia enemies katch and kill dem, den birds and wiked animals go chop dia dead body.
21 I go still give King Zedekaya and en ofisas to pipol wey won kill dem. I go make Babilon sojas katch dem, even doh dem don stop di fight for naw.
22 Bikos mi God don sey, I go orda dem and dem go kom di town again. Dem go attack, seize and burn am rish groun. I go turn Judah town to desert where nobody dey stay.’ ”