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Babylon Jalike God Sword
1 Get anodda message from Da One In Charge fo me: 2 “Eh! Fo Real Kine Guy! Face Jerusalem town an tell da peopo ova dea dat I stay agains da places ova dea dat stay spesho fo dea odda gods! Tell um dat me Da One In Charge stay agains da Israel land! 3 Tell da peopo dat live inside da Israel land: ‘Dis wat Da One In Charge tell: I stay agains you guys. I goin take my sword outa da sword bag, an cut off da peopo dat do da right kine stuff, an da peopo dat do da bad kine stuff too. 4 An cuz I goin cut off yoa good peopo an yoa bad peopo, dat mean my sword goin come outa da sword bag fo cut off erybody from da south side to da north side. 5 Den erybody goin know dass me Da One In Charge, da one wen take out my sword, an I no goin put um away till I pau.’
6 “Eh! Fo Real Kine Guy! Az why you gotta moan fo da peopo see you. Show um you wen come all bus up inside an stay suffa real bad. 7 Wen dey tell, ‘How come you stay moaning?’ you goin tell, ‘I stay moaning cuz a da bad kine stuff I stay hear. Erybody goin lose fight. Dea hands goin come weak. Inside, dey all goin give up, an dey goin piss dea pants cuz dey sked. Bad kine stuff goin happen fo shua!’ ” Az wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell.
8 Den Da One In Charge tell me: 9 “Eh! Fo Real Kine Guy! Talk fo me to da peopo. Tell um, ‘Dis wat Da One In Charge tell:
“ ‘I get one sword!
One sword I wen make sharp an polish real good!
10 Da sword stay sharp fo kill plenny peopo.
An stay polish fo flash jalike da lightning.’
“ ‘Da Judah peopo no can feel good bout dis, cuz my sword no respeck da spesho stick da Judah king carry fo show he da king.
11 “ ‘Dis one sword somebody can polish
An somebody can grab um fo use um.
You know how come stay all sharp an polish lidat?
Cuz dass fo kill peopo!’
12 “ ‘Eh! Fo Real Kine Guy! Yell an make big noise!
Cuz da killa guy goin use dat sword agains my peopo.
An all da leadas fo da Israel peopo goin get kill too.
Az why you gotta poun yoa ches
Fo show you stay bum out an sore inside.
13 “ ‘Cuz da killa guy goin challenge erybody wit da sword. An if da guy wit da sword no give a rip bout da stick da Judah kings carry, dass how goin be, you know! Az wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell.
14 “ ‘Eh! Fo Real Kine Guy! So den, talk fo me.
Clap yoa hands togedda.
Let da sword wack peopo
Two-three time.
Az one sword fo kill,
One sword fo kill choke plenny peopo.
No can figga wea da buggah come from!
15 Dis goin happen fo erybody come sked,
An plenny peopo goin mahke.
I put da guy wit da sword in da place fo kill plenny peopo
By all da town gates.
Bummahs fo dem! I make da sword shine jalike da lightning!
Da guy grab um fo kill peopo.
16 Tell da killa guy fo swing da sword to da right side,
An den to da lef side,
Wea eva he like swing um.
17 Me, Da One In Charge, goin clap my hands togedda too
Fo tell da killa guy fo use da sword.
An den, I goin tell um res,
Cuz den I no goin stay huhu no moa.
Az me Da One In Charge wen tell all dis.’ ”
Da Sign Fo Da Babylon King
18 Den dis message come to me from Da One In Charge. He tell me: 19 “Eh! Fo Real Kine Guy! Make one map fo show two roads dat da Babylon king an his guys wit swords can take. Da two roads start togedda from da same land. Make one sign dat poin wea da roads split an one a dem go da big town ova dea. 20 Go mark one road wea da guys wit swords can take fo attack Rabbah an da Ammon peopo. Mark da odda road wea da guys wit swords can take fo attack Judah an da strong wall aroun Jerusalem. 21 Cuz da Babylon king goin stop wea da two roads split fo hear from his gods wat one fo take. He goin make one kahuna kine ceremony fo find out wea fo go—drop arrows from his arrow bag an see how dey fall, aks da small kine idol gods he bring wit him wat fo do, an kill one animal fo see wat da liver tell. 22 Da ansa come fo take da right side road, cuz dat mean ‘Go Jerusalem! Make big kine wagons fo swing da big tree trunks fo bus down da town gates an open um up! Tell yoa army guys fo kill erybody! Yell fo make sked da peopo you stay fighting! Put da wagons wit da big tree trunks fo smash da town gates! Pile up dirt by da town wall fo da army guys run ova da top! Build towas wit wheels fo da bow an arrow guys shoot down!’ 23 Da Jerusalem peopo goin tink dat no mean notting wen Nebukadnezzar make one kahuna kine ceremony wit arrows. Cuz dey awready make one strong promise fo stay tight wit da Babylon guys. But Nebukadnezzar, he goin make dem no foget dat dey get blame cuz dey neva do wat dey promise fo do, az why. Cuz a dat, he goin make dem prisonas.
24 “Az why dis wat Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell: You guys make me no foget da blame you get cuz you go agains me. All da bad kine stuff you do ova an ova make me tink bout all dat. An cuz how you ack, I goin use my powa fo make you guys prisonas.
25 “Eh! Zedekiah! You da prince ova da Israel peopo! But you one pilau crook! Now, yoa time stay come fo get punish. Dis mean, dis da end fo you! 26 Dis wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell: Hemo da cloth you wind aroun yoa head fo show you da king! Take off yoa crown! Now, no goin be jalike was befo time. Da peopo dat not importan befo time, dey goin come importan. Da peopo dat importan befo time, dey no goin be importan no moa. 27 All bus up! Jerusalem town goin come all bus up! Me, Da One In Charge, goin bus um up! Eryting goin stay all bus up till da one dat come get da right fo take um ova. Dass da one I goin give um to!”
One Message Fo Da Ammon Peopo
28 ✡“An you, Real Kine Guy! Go talk fo me. Tell wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell—bout da Ammon ohana peopo, an bout da way dey mout off an make fun a da Israel peopo. Tell um dat get one sword! Da sword come outa da sword bag ready fo kill you Ammon peopo! All polish fo kill cuz dat sword flash jalike da lightning! 29 Goin get tings peopo see jalike dreams dat ony goin bulai you Ammon guys, wen yoa guys make ceremony fo tell wass goin happen,
“Wat da dreams tell you Ammon guys no goin be true.
Da sword goin wack da pilau crooks an kill um.
Dis da time fo punish you Ammon guys.
Goin be da end fo you guys!
30 Nebukadnezzar, put yoa sword back inside da sword bag.
Cuz I goin judge you,
Inside da place wea I wen make you,
Inside da land wea yoa ancesta guys wen live.
31 I goin show dat I stay huhu
An pay you back.
I goin turn you ova to da skery hit men,
Guys dat know how fo take peopo out.
32 Dey goin burn you up.
Dey goin kill you inside yoa land.
Nobody goin rememba you no moa.
Cuz dis me, Da One In Charge, tell all dis.”
✡ 21:28 21:28: Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 25:1-7; Amos 1:3-15; Zef 2:8-11