8 And disfala haos bae olsem rabis wea olketa hipimap.+ Evriwan wea go pas bae sapraes and bae wisol and sei, ‘Why nao Jehovah duim disfala samting lo land hia and lo disfala haos?’+

8 From datwan, kros blo Jehovah hem kam againstim Judah and Jerusalem,+ and hem mekem olketa for kamap samting wea pipol seke and sapraes lo hem, and for mekem pipol wisol* lo hem, wea iufala seleva lukim lo eye blo iufala.+

9 bae mi kolem kam evri famili lo north,”+ hem nao wanem Jehovah talem, “and mi bae kolem kam King Nebuchadnezzar* blo Babylon, servant blo mi,+ and mi bae tekem kam olketa hia for againstim disfala land,+ and againstim pipol wea stap lo hem and againstim evri nation wea stap raonem hem.+ Mi bae distroem evriwan hia and mi bae mekem olketa kamap samting wea pipol seke lo hem, and kamap samting wea pipol tok spoelem* and olketa bae distroe for olowe.

15 Evriwan wea go pas lo road klapem hand blo olketa for mekfani lo iu.+

Olketa sapraes and wisol+ and sekem hed blo olketa lo dota blo Jerusalem, and sei:

“Diswan nao taon wea olketa sei, ‘Hem barava luk naes tumas and wea mekem evri pipol lo earth for hapi’?”+