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Jedus an Zacchaeus, de Man wa da Geda Tax
1 Jedus done gone eenta Jericho an beena pass shru dey. 2 One man been dey name Zacchaeus. E been a head man ob dem wa da geda tax, an e hab a heapa money. 3 Zacchaeus beena try fa see Jedus, bot e ain been able fa shim cause e been a shot man an e ain been able fa see oba de crowd wa been roun Jedus. 4 So Zacchaeus ron head ob de crowd an climb op a sycamo tree fa hab chance fa see Jedus, wa been gwine come long dat way. 5 Wen Jedus git ta de tree weh Zacchaeus been, e look op an tell um say, “Hurry op an come down, Zacchaeus, cause A haffa stay ta ya house taday.”
6 Zacchaeus come down quick. E tek Jedus ta e house an gim haaty welcome. 7 All de people wa shim een Zacchaeus house staat fa grumble say, “Jedus gone fa stay ta de house ob a man wa ain keep de Jew Law.”
8 Zacchaeus stanop an tell de Lawd say, “Look, Lawd! A gwine gii haf ob ebryting A got ta de po people. An ef A done tief fom anybody, A gwine gim back fo time wa A done tief fom um.”
9 Jedus tell um, “Taday God done sabe dis man an e fambly. Dis man one ob Abraham chullun too. 10 Cause de Man wa Come fom God, e come fa saach fa people wa loss, an sabe um.”
De Paable Bout de Ten Wokman an de Money
Matthew 25:14-30
11 De people beena listen ta wa Jedus say. E been mos ta Jerusalem now, an dey beena tink say dat dey gwine see God come down an rule tareckly. So den, Jedus tell um one paable. 12 E say, “One time one man wa fom a king fambly beena gwine ta a country faa way fa leh dem mek um king an den e gwine come back home gin. 13 Fo de man lef, e call ten ob e wokman dem an gim each a gole coin. E tell um say, ‘See hommuch ya kin mek wid dis money fo A come back.’
14 “Now den, de people wa lib een dat country been hate um. Dey sen messenja dem atta um fa say, ‘We ain wahn dis man fa rule oba we.’
15 “Bot de man git mek king ob dey country, an e come back ta e house. Tareckly e sen fa e ten wokman dem fa come tell um hommuch money dey been mek wid e gole coin. 16 De fus wokman come an say, ‘Sah, A done mek ten mo gole coin wid de one wa ya gii me.’ 17 De king tell um say, ‘Ya done good. Ya a good wokman. Cause A able fa trus ya fa do a leetle job, A gwine mek ya rula oba ten city.’ 18 De secon wokman come ta de king an say, ‘Sah, A done mek fibe mo gole coin wid de one wa ya gii me.’ 19 De king tell um say, ‘Ya gwine rule oba fibe city.’ 20 Oda wokman come ta de king say, ‘Sah, yah de one gole coin wa ya been gii me. A been tie um op een a hankachief fa keep um safe. 21 A been scaid ob ya cause ya a haad man. Ya da tek dat wa ain ya own an ya da haabis wa ya ain plant!’ 22 De king tell um say, ‘Ya a good fa nottin wokman. De wod wa ya own mout done taak A gwine nyuse fa condemn ya! Ya know A a haad man, ainty? A da tek dat wa ain me own an A da haabis wa A ain plant. 23 Ya oughta hab pit me money een de bank, an den wen A come back, leas A been gwine hab de money an de interest e done git too.’ 24 Den de king tell de wokman dem wa beena stan dey, say, ‘Oona tek de one gole coin way fom dis man an gim ta de wokman wa hab ten.’ 25 Dem wokman say, ‘Sah, dat man done hab ten coin!’ 26 An de king ansa say, ‘A da tell oona say, dat ebry poson wa got sompin, God gwine gim mo. Bot de one wa ain got nottin, God gwine tek way dat leeleetle bit wa e got. 27 Now den, me enemy dem wa ain wahn me fa rule oba dem, fetch um yah an kill um een front ob me!’ ”
De People Hona Jedus Like a King
Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; John 12:12-19
28 Atta Jedus say dat, e gone long head ob de people, da waak ta Jerusalem. 29 Wen e git close ta Bethphage an Bethany, dey ta de Mount Olib, e call two ob e ciple dem an e sen um on head ob um.
30 E tell um say, “Oona go ta de settlement wa dey head ob oona. Wen oona go eenta de settlement, oona gwine see one nyoung donkey dat dey done tie op dey. Nobody ain neba yet ride pon dat donkey. Mus ontie um an fetch um yah. 31 Ef anybody aks oona hoccome ya da ontie um, ansa um say, ‘De Lawd need um.’ ”
32 De two ciple dem gone long ta de settlement an dey find ebryting jes like Jedus tell um. 33 Wen dey beena ontie de nyoung donkey, dem wa e blongst ta aks um say, “Hoccome oona da ontie um?”
34 Dey ansa say, “De Lawd need um.” 35 Den dey tek de donkey ta Jedus. Dey pit dey cloes pontop de animal an hep Jedus git pon um. 36 Wiles Jedus beena ride long pon e way ta Jerusalem, de people spread some dey cloes pon de road fo um fa sho um hona.
37 Wen Jedus come fom de Mount Olib, da gwine down de hill, e come close ta Jerusalem. An all de big crowd ob people wa beena trabel long wid um staat fa rejaice an tank God. Dey beena holla ta de top ob dey boice, da praise God fa all de miracle dem wa dey beena see Jedus do. 38 Dey say,
“God bless de King wa e done sen fa come een de name ob de Lawd!
Leh dey be peace een heaben. We da gii glory ta God!”
39 Some de Pharisee dem dey een de crowd tell Jedus say, “Teacha, buke dem people wa da folla ya. Chaage um fa hush op dey mout!”
40 Jedus ansa um say, “A da tell oona, ef dem people hush op dey mout, dem rock yah gwine staat fa holla!”
Jedus Cry fa Jerusalem
41 Wen Jedus git close ta de city, e shim an e staat fa cry. 42 E say, “A wish oona dey een Jerusalem been know taday wa ting oona need fa hab peace! Bot oona ain able fa shim now! 43 De time da come wen oona enemy dem gwine build wall roun de city. Dey gwine hab oona pen op an fence op ta ebry side so dat oona ain gwine be able fa git outta dey. 44 Dey gwine stroy de city an all ob oona an eben all oona chullun. Dey gwine knock all de city stone dem ta de groun. Dey ain gwine lef eben one stone weh e stan. Dey gwine do all dat cause oona ain recognize de time wen God beena come fa sabe oona!”
Jedus een God House
Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19; John 2:13-22
45 Den Jedus gone eenside God House. E staat fa dribe out dem people wa beena sell ting eenside dey. 46 E tell um say, “God say een e wod, ‘Me house gwine be place weh people pray ta me!’ Bot oona done ton um ta place weh tief dem da hide!”
47 Jedus beena laan de people een God House ebry day. De leada dem ob de Jew priest dem, de Jew Law teacha dem, an de oda Jew leada dem beena try fa find way fa kill Jedus. 48 Bot dey ain been able fa figga how fa do um, cause all de people been dey, beena geda roun Jedus fa yeh um. Dey ain been wahn fa miss eben one wod e say.

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