Job 37

¹ The storm dey make my heart dey beat fast.

² All of una, make una listen to the voice of God, to the thunder wey dey commot from him mouth.

³ He dey send lightning across sky, from one end of earth to the other.

⁴ Dem hear the shout of him voice, the sound of thunder wey dey great, and the lightning dey flash.

⁵ When God command amazing thing dey happen, wonderful things wey we no fit understand.

⁶ He command snow make e fall on top earth, and send rush of rain wey dey flood.

⁷ He dey stop our work; he dey show us wetin he fit do.

⁸ The terrible animal dey go to their house.

⁹ Na from the south storm and wind dey come from, and cold wey dey bite dey come from north.

¹⁰ God breath dey freeze the water and e dey turn them to ice wey solid.

¹¹ Lightning dey flash from cloud,

¹² as dem move when God want. Dem dey do everything God command, for everywhere throughout the world.

¹³ God dey send rain to water earth; he fit send am make e punish us or show us him favor.

¹⁴ Calm down small, Job, make you dey hear; think of the wonderful things wey God dey do.

¹⁵ You know how God dey give him command and how he dey make lightning flash from cloud?

¹⁶ You know how cloud dey float for sky, the work of God wey dey amazing?

¹⁷ No, na only inside heat you fit suffer when wind from the south oppress the land.

¹⁸ You fit help God stretch out the sky and make am hard like iron wey dey shine?

¹⁹ Teach us wetin we go tell God; our mind dey empty, we no get anything to say.

²⁰ I no go ask make I follow God talk; why I go give him chance make he destroy me?

²¹ And now the light for sky dey sparkle, e dey too bright for us to look am; and wind don sweep the sky clean.

²² Golden glow dey show for north, and glory of God dey fill us with wonder.

²³ God power dey great so tey we no fit come near am; he dey righteous and just as he dey deal with us.

²⁴ Na why everybody dey fear and respect him. He no dey show respect to those wey claim say dem wise.