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Da Story Bout Joseph
An His Braddah Guys
1 Dis da Jacob story bout him an his ohana peopo.
Jacob, he stay live da same land wea his faddah Isaac put up his tent befo time. Dat land, Canaan.
2 Jacob boy Joseph, he was ony one young guy, seventeen year ol, dat time. He stay take kea da sheeps an da goats wit his braddah guys. Dey all get da same faddah Jacob, jalike him, but dea muddahs was Bilhah an Zilpah, Jacob odda wifes. All da time, Joseph tell his faddah bout da bad kine stuffs his braddah guys stay do. 3 Israel get plenny love an aloha fo Joseph, mo plenny den he get fo all da odda boys. Israel ol awready befo Joseph wen born, so Joseph spesho fo him. Israel wen make one spesho robe fo Joseph from all fancy kine cloth. 4 Da braddah guys see dat Joseph was da one dea faddah love mo plenny den he love dem. Az why dey hate Joseph. Dey hate um so plenny dey no can even talk nice to him.
Joseph Tell Wat He Dream
5 One nite time Joseph had one dream. He no wait fo tell his braddah guys bout um. Wat he tell dem make um hate Joseph even mo plenny. 6 Dis wat he tell um: “Eh! Try lissen! I like tell you guys wat I wen dream. 7 All us guys was outside, inside da wheat field. Us was tying up da wheat plants we wen harves. An you know wat? Da wheat plants I wen tie, go stan up! Den da odda wheat plants you guys wen tie, make circle aroun mines, an go down in front my wheat fo show um respeck!”
8 Da braddah guys tell um, “Wot! You tink you goin come king ova us guys? You tink you goin tell us guys wat we gotta do?” Cuz a da dream, an cuz a wat Joseph stay tell um, dey hate um mo plenny den befo time.
Joseph Get Anodda Dream
9 Den anodda time, Joseph get anodda dream. He tell his braddah guys wat he wen dream. He tell: “You know wat I wen dream? Had da sun, da moon, an eleven stars. Dey all stay go down in front me fo show me respeck.” 10 Dis time, Joseph tell his faddah too, not ony his braddah guys.
Da faddah Jacob scold Joseph. He tell um, “Wat dream you stay talking bout? You tink dass fo real, me an yoa muddah an all yoa braddah guys, bumbye we all goin go down in front you jalike you somebody importan, o wat?” 11 ✡Cuz a dat, Joseph braddah guys come mo huhu an jealous wit Joseph. But Jacob, Joseph faddah, he tink plenny bout all dat.
Joseph Go Look Fo His Braddah Guys
12 Had one time, Joseph braddah guys go Shekem fo take kea dea faddah sheeps an goats ova dea. 13 Israel tell his boy Joseph, “Eh! Yoa braddah guys, dey all stay Shekem side, you know, fo take kea da sheeps an goats ova dea. I like you go ova dea by dem.”
Joseph tell, “Okay.”
14 Joseph faddah tell um, “Go ova dea. Find out if yoa braddahs stay okay, an if da sheeps an goats stay okay too. Den come back hea an tell me.”
So Joseph go from da Hebron Valley all da way Shekem side.
15 Wen Joseph get dea, he go all aroun da fields, but he donno wea he goin go. One guy see um an aks um, “Eh! Wat you stay looking fo?”
16 Joseph tell um, “I stay looking fo my braddah guys. Try tell me wat side dey stay fo take kea dea sheeps an goats.”
17 Da guy tell um, “Yeah, but dey no stay hea. I wen hear um talking, ‘Eh! We go Dotan town!’ Den dey go way.” So Joseph go Dotan side fo look fo his braddahs. Dass wea he find um.
Da Braddah Guys Make Plan
Fo Kill Joseph
18 Befo Joseph get dea, his braddah guys see um far away. Dey make one plan fo make Joseph tink eryting okay, den dey plan fo kill um. 19 Dis wat dey all tell each odda: “Eh! Da Big Dreama Guy, he stay come! 20 So dis wat us guys gotta do: Firs, we go kill um. Den we throw da body inside one a da big holes dat get aroun hea. Den we tell oua faddah, ‘One wild animal wen eat um!’ Den we see wat goin happen wit da kine stuff he stay dream!”
21 But da oldes braddah, Reuben, he hear wat dey like do, so he go do someting fo get Joseph outa trouble from dem. Dis wat he do: Reuben tell his braddah guys, “No good we bus up Joseph so bad dat he mahke, you know. 22 No make da buggah bleed an mahke. Ony need throw um down inside dat big hole ova hea inside da boonies. No go bus um up!” Reuben talk lidat cuz he figga, he goin come back layta an get Joseph outa dea an sen um back by his faddah.
Dey Grab Joseph
23 Wen Joseph come by his braddah guys, dey grab um, an pull off da spesho robe he stay wear, da one wit all kine fancy kine cloth. 24 Den dey take Joseph by da big hole an throw um down inside. Nobody use da hole dat time an no mo watta inside.
25 Afta dat, da braddah guys sit down fo eat. Dey look, an spock plenny guys from da Ishmael ohana stay come from Gilead side. Da guys all go Egypt side togedda. Dey get plenny camels, an da camels stay carry stuff fo sell Egypt side, sap from da trees dat smell nice, diffren kine sap fo make perfume, an bark from da trees fo incense.
Da Braddah Guys Sell Joseph
26 Den Judah tell his braddah guys, “Eh! If us guys go kill oua braddah Joseph, an den cova ova wat we do, you guys figga somebody goin pay us fo do dat? No way! 27 Mo betta us guys sell um to da Ishmael ohana guys! Az how no need fo us kill da buggah. Cuz he oua braddah, you know. Us get da same blood an da same bone.” Da odda braddah guys, dey like wat Judah tell.
28 ✡Dat time, da Ishmael ohana guys from Midian side dat buy an sell stuffs go by dem. Da braddah guys pull up Joseph outa da big hole. Dey sell um to da Ishmael ohana guys. Da Ishmael guys, dey pay twenny piece silva fo Joseph, an dey take Joseph Egypt side wit dem.
29 Laytas, Reuben come back an go by da big hole, an you know wat? No mo Joseph inside dea! Reuben come plenny sore inside. He rip his clotheses fo show he stay hurt inside. 30 He go back by da odda braddah guys, an tell um, “Da boy! He no stay! An wat I goin do now?!”
Da Braddah Guys Cova Up
Wat Dey Wen Do
31 Den Joseph braddah guys go kill one a dea goats. Dey throw Joseph fancy robe inside da blood. 32 Den dey sen somebody by dea faddah Jacob wit da fancy robe fo tell him, “Us guys wen find dis ova dea. Try check out da robe. Dis yoa boy robe, o wat?”
33 Jacob check out da robe, an he tell, “Dass my boy robe fo shua! One wild animal wen go eat um! Gotta be Joseph all bus up!” 34 Den Jacob rip his clotheses fo show he hurt plenny inside. From den, aroun da middo he wear ony itchy kine clothes da kine dey make from goat hair, an fo long time he stay cry fo his boy. 35 All Jacob odda kids, guys an wahines, go by him fo try help um come good inside. But he no like lissen dem. He tell, “No way. Bumbye wen I go down da Mahke Peopo Place, I still goin stay cry fo my boy.” An he stay sad inside lidat, long time.
Joseph One Slave, Egypt Side
36 Same time, da guys from Midian side, dey go Egypt. Afta dey get dea, dey sell Joseph to Potifar, an he buy um. He one officer dat work fo Pharaoh da King. He da main guy fo da army guys dat kill da prisonas dat da king like kill.
✡ 37:11 37:11: JGuys 7:9 ✡ 37:28 37:28: JGuys 7:9