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Trouble Fo Da Rich Peopo
1 Eh! You rich peopo! Lissen! Mo betta you cry plenny now, an feel sad! Cuz bumbye, you goin suffa plenny fo shua. 2 ✡All da rich kine stuff you get, poho! awready no good. Yoa clotheses, poho! da bugs wen eat um up awready. 3 All da gold an silva stuff you get, poho! awready get rus all ova. Wen you guys stan in front God da Judge, dat rus goin be jalike one picha fo show erybody how you guys stay pilau inside, an dat goin eat up yoa body jalike da fire. Da world goin come pau, you know! But still yet, you guys like stash plenny stuffs fo you!
4 ✡Tink bout da guys dat wen bus ass inside yoa fields. You guys was suppose to pay dem fo da work dey wen do, but you guys neva. Dat show fo real kine how bad you guys stay. Da same guys dat wen harves da ripe food, dey stay make big noise. But you know wat? Da One In Charge Ova All Da Armies, he stay lissen dem! 5 You guys party up all da time hea inside dis world, an you guys tink you gotta get ony da bestes kine stuffs fo you. You guys jalike da cows. You stay eat all day an come all fat, fo da time dey goin bring you guys to da slaughterhouse! 6 You guys, you make trouble wit da judge fo da peopo dat do da right ting erytime, an den you kill um. An dey no fight back.
Hang In Dea An Pray
7 But eh, my braddahs an sistahs! Hang in dea, till Da One In Charge, Jesus, come back.
Tink bout da farma guys. Dey wait fo dea plant fo come up outa da groun, you know. Dey gotta hang in dea from da time dey put da seed inside da groun, till get da firs rain, to da las rain.
8 You guys, same ting. Hang in dea! Stay strong inside! Almos time fo Jesus Da One In Charge fo come back. 9 Eh my braddahs an sistahs, no grumble bout each odda. Bumbye Jesus da Judge goin check you guys out. He stay ready fo come back!
10 Eh my braddahs an sistahs! Tink bout da guys dat wen talk fo Da One In Charge long time befo time. Dey wen suffa plenny, but dey wen hang in dea. So, make jalike dem. 11 ✡You know wat? Wen we tink bout da peopo dat suffa an no give up, we tell, dey can stay good inside. You no foget da guy Job dat da Bible tell bout? He wen suffa plenny, but he neva give up. An bumbye Da One In Charge wen make eryting good. Cuz Da One In Charge feel pity fo us guys, an give us chance.
12 ✡Main ting, my braddahs an sistahs, no tell, “I swea to God fo make one promise.” Wen you make one promise, no tell “I swea to God by da earth dat I goin do um.” An no tell “I swea to God by da sky” o by any odda ting. Mo betta, ony tell “Yeah” wen you mean aah, an “No” wen you mean no. O if not, bumbye God da Judge goin punish you.
13 Anybody ova dea by you guys get trouble? Good dey pray! Anybody feel good inside? Good dey sing to God! 14 ✡Anybody sick? Good dey tell da older church leadas fo come by dem, pray fo dem, an put olive oil on top dem, cuz Da One In Charge give um da right fo use his name wen dey do all dat, cuz dey his guys. 15 An wen da leada guys pray an trus Da One In Charge, dat goin make da sick guy come good. Da One In Charge goin make him get up. If he wen do someting bad, Da One In Charge goin let um go fo dat, an hemo da shame fo him. 16 So den, if you wen do someting bad, go tell each odda wat kine tings you wen do. Pray fo each odda, fo you come good. Da guy dat get um right wit Da One In Charge an do wass right, wen he pray he get da powa an can do plenny.
17 ✡Elijah was jalike us guys. One time, he wen pray real hard an aks God fo go hold back da rain. An God wen hear him an do um. Dass why neva had rain ova dea fo three an a half year, dat time. 18 ✡Den he wen pray one mo time, an wen rain. An dey wen plant seed, an bumbye, had plant come up outa da groun.
19 Eh, my braddahs an sistahs! If one a you guys start fo do da wrong ting an go way from wass true, an anodda guy help him fo come back an do da right ting, dass good. 20 ✡No foget dis: if you help anodda guy dat wen do someting bad fo come back to God an no do bad kine stuff no moa, you goin save da guy fo him no get cut off from God foeva, an God goin hemo all da shame fo da bad kine tings dat guy wen do, an let um go.
✡ 5:2 5:2: Matt 6:19 ✡ 5:4 5:4: Rules2 24:14-15 ✡ 5:11 5:11 a: Job 1:21-22; 2:10; Songs 103:8 ✡ 5:12 5:12: Matt 5:34-37 ✡ 5:14 5:14: Mark 6:13 ✡ 5:17 5:17: 1Kings 17:1; 18:1 ✡ 5:18 5:18: 1Kings 18:42-45 ✡ 5:20 5:20: Smart 10:12; 1Pet 4:8