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Malta Side
1 We come to da land okay, an we find out dis Malta Islan. 2 Da local peopo show us plenny aloha. Dey make one fire an tell us fo come cuz stay rain an cold. 3 Paul bring some wood fo da fire. Wen he put um on top da fire, one snake come outa da wood, cuz stay hot. Da snake bite Paul hand. 4 Wen da local peopo spock da snake dat hang from Paul hand, dey tell each odda, “Eh, fo shua dis guy wen kill somebody. He get outa da ocean okay, but da gods no goin let um stay alive.” 5 But Paul shake off da snake from his hand inside da fire, an notting happen to Paul. 6 Da peopo tink he goin swell up o mahke fas. Dey wait plenny, an dey neva see notting funny kine happen. So dey change dea mind an tell, “Eh! Fo shua he one god!”
7 Had one big place nea dea fo da govna fo da islan, his name Publius. He show us aloha an tell us come inside his house. We stay dea fo three day, an he take kea us real good. 8 His faddah stay sick in bed. He get one feva an da runs. Paul go by him an pray an put his hands on top um, an he make um come good. 9 Afta dat, da peopo bring all da odda sick peopo on da islan, an Paul make dem come good too. 10 Dey give us guys plenny stuffs cuz dey get respeck fo us. Wen we ready fo ride boat, dey give us all da stuffs we need.
From Malta To Rome
11 Afta three month we ride boat on top one boat dat stay Malta Islan all winta. Da boat come from Alexandria an had da twin gods Castor an Pollux on da front. 12 We come Syracuse an stay ova dea three day. 13 We ride boat from dea an come Regium. Da nex day da south wind come, an da nex day we come Puteoli. 14 Ova dea we meet some braddahs. Dey tell us fo come stay dea house fo one week. An den we go way from dea fo go Rome. 15 Da braddahs ova dea hear dat we stay come, an dey come to da Appius Market an da Three Taverns fo meet us. Wen Paul spock dem, dat kokua him, an he tell God “Mahalo plenny.”
Inside Rome
(Isaiah 6:9-10)
16 We go inside Rome, an dey let Paul stay inside one place wea ony he stay, an one army guy guard um.
17 Afta three day Paul tell da leadas fo da Jew guys fo come. Wen dey come, Paul tell um, “My braddahs, I neva do notting agains oua peopo o agains wat oua ancesta guys wen do. But dey wen jail me inside Jerusalem an hand me ova to da Rome guys. 18 Da Rome guys aks me plenny stuffs, an dey like let me go, cuz I neva do notting fo make me mahke. 19 ✡But da Jew guys neva like dem fo let me go. So den, I tell I gotta come in front da Big King Cesar. But I no mo notting fo poin finga my peopo. 20 So I tell dese guys, ‘I like talk to you guys. I stay shua dat God goin take da Israel peopo outa da bad kine stuff dey stay in. Dass why dey tie me up wit dis chain.’ ”
21 Da Jew guys tell, “We neva get no lettas from Judea bout you. An da braddahs dat come from ova dea neva tell notting bad bout you. 22 But we like lissen wat you tell. We know dat da peopo all ova da place stay grumble bout dis kine stuff you teach.”
23 Den da Jew guys tell dey goin come togedda one spesho day. An dat time even mo peopo come to da place wea Paul stay. Wen da sun come up till da sun go down, he tell um all da stuff bout how fo get God fo dea king. He try help um fo trus da Good Stuff Bout Jesus. He start wit da stuff Moses write down inside da Rules, an den he talk bout da odda guys dat talk fo God befo time. 24 Some guys trus da Good Stuff Paul tell um, but da odda guys neva like trus um. 25 Dey go way an make argue wit each odda. But firs Paul tell, “Da Good An Spesho Spirit wen tell yoa ancesta guys da trut! Isaiah talk fo God 26 ✡an tell,
“ ‘God tell me fo go by dis peopo an tell,
“You guys goin hear,
But you no goin undastan.
You guys goin see,
But you not goin see fo real.
27 Cuz dis peopo, dey hard head,
Dey no can hear good wit dea ears.
Dey shut dea eyes,
Cuz dey no like see fo real.
Dey no like hear wass fo real.
Inside dey no like undastan fo real.
Dey no like change
Fo me make um come good.” ’
Dass wat Isaiah tell.”
28 Paul tell, “I like you guys know dat God sen his guys by da peopo dass not Jew guys, fo him take dem outa da bad kine stuff dey do. An dey goin lissen!” 29 [So da Jew guys go way an make argue real hard wit each odda.]
30 Fo two year, Paul stay ova dea inside one house he wen rent. He show aloha fo all da peopo dat come by him. 31 He teach um how fo get God fo dea king an all bout Da One In Charge, Jesus, da Spesho Guy God Wen Sen. He not sked fo tell um all dat, an nobody try make him shut up.
✡ 28:19 28:19: JGuys 25:11 ✡ 28:26 28:26: Isa 6:9-10