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Inside Iconium
1 Wen Paul an Barnabas come Iconium town, dey go inside da Jew church jalike dey erytime go. Wat dey tell inside dea stay right on. Az why plenny Jew guys an peopo dass not Jew guys trus da Good Stuff Bout Jesus. 2 But da Jew guys dat no like trus um, dey talk to da guys dass not Jew guys an turn um agains Paul an Barnabas guys. 3 Paul an Barnabas stay dea long time an dey no sked fo talk fo Da One In Charge. Dey tell da peopo he get plenny aloha fo do plenny good tings fo dem. Da One In Charge show da peopo dat wat Paul an Barnabas tell stay true, cuz he give um da powa fo do all kine awesome stuff fo show who dem. 4 Az how some peopo inside Iconium stay tight wit da guys Jesus wen sen all ova, an da odda peopo stay tight wit da Jew guys. An da peopo inside da town go two ways.
5 Da guys dass not Jew guys, an da Jew guys, an da Jew guy leadas make one plan fo how dey can make any kine to Paul an Barnabas an kill um wit stones. 6 Wen da guys Jesus wen sen all ova hear dat, dey bag to Lystra an Derbe towns, Lycaonia side, an all da place aroun dea. 7 Dey tell all da Good Stuff From God ova dea too.
Lystra An Derbe
(Outa Egypt 20:11; Songs 146:6)
8 Had one guy inside Lystra dat no can walk cuz he born lidat. 9 He lissen wat Paul tell bout da Good Stuff Bout Jesus. An Paul look him in da eye, an know dat da guy trus dat he can come good. 10 So Paul tell um real loud, “Stan up!” An da guy jump up an walk. 11 Wen all da peopo see wat Paul do, dey yell in da Lycaonia language, “Da gods wen come down by us, an dey look jalike peopo!” 12 Dey call Barnabas “Zeus,” dea main god, an call Paul “Hermes,” cuz he da talka guy. 13 Da pries guy fo Zeus, dat get one temple outside da town, he bring cows an leis by da gate fo da town cuz all da peopo like make one sacrifice fo Barnabas an Paul.
14 Wen Jesus guys Barnabas an Paul find out wat da peopo stay trying fo do, dey rip dea clotheses fo show dat wat da peopo stay do not pono. Dey run inside da middo a da peopo an yell 15 ✡“Eh you guys! How come you guys do all dis? Us ony peopo jalike you guys too! We come fo tell you guys da Good Stuff From God. We tell you guys ‘Turn away from all dis no good stuff, an look to da God dat stay alive foeva. He da God dat make da sky, da earth, an da ocean, an eryting inside um. 16 Befo time, he let all da diffren peopos inside da world do wateva dey like do. 17 But he show dem who him cuz he do good stuff fo dem. He give you guys rain from da sky an plenny fruit fo harves time. He give you guys plenny food fo eat an make you guys come real good inside.’ ” 18 Wen Paul pau tell dat, all da peopo try mo hard fo make sacrifice fo dem.
19 Den some a da Jew guys come from Antiok Pisidia side, an from Iconium, an dey make da Lystra peopo come dea side. Az why dey throw stones at Paul, an drag him outside da town cuz dey figga he mahke awready. 20 But da guys dat stay tight wit Jesus come aroun, an Paul stan up, an go back inside da town. Da nex day Paul an Barnabas go Derbe town.
Dey Come Back Antiok, Syria Side
21 Paul an Barnabas tell da Good Stuff From God inside Derbe town, an plenny peopo learn bout Jesus an come his guys. Den dey go back Lystra town, an Iconium, an den go Antiok Pisidia side. 22 Dey give good kine words to da peopo dat stay tight wit Jesus fo help um stick wit da Good Stuff Bout Jesus fo dem trus Jesus. Dey tell, “Us guys gotta suffa plenny befo us guys see God come oua king.” 23 Paul an Barnabas pick some guys fo be da older leadas, ery place wea da peopo come togedda fo church. Dey no eat so dey can pray, an dey tell Da One In Charge fo take kea da older leadas cuz he da One dey trus.
24 Den dey go da odda side Pisidia, an come Pamfylia. 25 Dey tell wat God tell inside Perga town, an den dey go Attalia. 26 Den dey ride boat back from Attalia, an come Antiok Syria side. Dass wea dey wen start befo time, wen da braddahs tell God fo take kea dem an show dem aloha. Cuz now dey pau do all da stuff dey wen plan fo do.
27 Wen dey come ova dea, dey tell all da church peopo fo come togedda, an dey tell um all da stuff God help um fo do, an how God let da peopo dass not Jew guys trus da Good Stuff too. 28 Dey stay long time ova dea wit da peopo dat stay tight wit Jesus.
✡ 14:15 14:15: Outa 20:11; Songs 146:6