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Dey Come Togedda Jerusalem Side
(Amos 9:11-12; Isaiah 45:21)
1 ✡Some Jew guys dat follow Jesus come from Judea to Antiok an dey teach da braddahs an sistahs. Dey tell, “If you no cut skin jalike Moses wen tell oua ancesta guys fo do, you no can get outa da bad kine stuff you stay do.” 2 Paul an Barnabas no take wat dey tell an make one big argue agains all dat. Cuz a dat, da Antiok church leadas pick Paul an Barnabas an some odda guys dat trus Jesus. Dey sen um Jerusalem side fo talk bout dis cut skin stuff wit da guys Jesus wen sen all ova, an wit da older Jerusalem leadas.
3 Da Antiok church guys sen um. Dey stop by Fonecia an Samaria. Dey tell all da braddahs an sistahs dea, “Get plenny peopo Antiok side dat trus Jesus, an dey not Jew guys.” Az why all da braddahs an sistahs feel real good inside wen dey hear all dat. 4 Wen Paul an Barnabas guys come Jerusalem, da peopo dat come togedda fo church, an da guys Jesus wen sen all ova, an da older leadas, dey all show dem aloha. An Paul an Barnabas tell um all da stuff God do wit dem. 5 But some a da Pharisee guys dat trus da Good Stuff Bout Jesus stan up an tell, “Da guys dass not Jew guys, no matta dey trus Jesus, dey gotta cut skin too an do all da odda stuff Moses wen write down inside da Rules.”
6 Da guys Jesus wen sen all ova an da older leadas come togedda fo talk bout dat. 7 ✡Dey talk long time. Den Peter stan up an tell, “Braddahs, you know dat befo time God pick me fo go tell da peopo dass not Jew guys da Good Stuff Bout Jesus fo dem trus him. 8 ✡God, he know wat us guys tink. He show us dat he take in da peopo dass not Jew guys, cuz he make his Good An Spesho Spirit take charge a dem, jalike he wen do fo us guys. 9 God see dem same same jalike he see us. He make dem clean inside cuz dey trus him. 10 How come now you guys try go agains God?! You ack jalike God see da guys dass not Jew, da same jalike he see us Jew guys? How come you guys put heavy kine rules on top da guys dass not Jew but stay tight wit Jesus? You guys know dat us guys an oua ancesta guys no can follow all dose rules. 11 No ways can! We trus dat we get outa da bad kine stuff we do, but az not cuz we do wat da Rules tell us fo do. Az cuz Jesus, Da One In Charge, do plenny good tings fo us guys, jalike he do fo da peopo dass not Jew guys.”
12 All da guys come quiet an lissen wat Paul an Barnabas tell bout all da awesome stuff God do fo show his powa wen dey stay wit da peopo dass not Jew guys. 13 Wen dey pau talk, James tell, “Braddahs, lissen up. 14 Simon Peter wen tell us bout da time God show dat he take kea da peopo dass not Jew guys, cuz he pick some peopo fo come his guys from da guys dass not Jews. 15 Da guys dat wen talk fo God long time befo time, dey tell da same ting. Dey write dis down inside da Bible dat God tell dis:
16 ✡“ ‘Afta dis I goin come back
An I goin make David ohana come good one mo time,
Jalike wen peopo fix up one bus up house.
17 Den all da odda peopos,
Dey can look fo Da One In Charge,
An all da peopo dat stay mines
Dass not Jew guys,
Dey can look fo me too.
18 Dass wat Da One In Charge tell,
He da One dat do all dis stuff
An he tell us dis long time befo time.’ ”
19 An James tell dis too: “Dis how I figga. Mo betta we no make rules dat goin make um mo hard fo da diffren peopos dass not Jew guys fo trus God. 20 ✡Mo betta we write um one letta fo help da Jews an da odda peopo come togedda fo tell um:
No eat da food da peopo give to da idol kine gods, an
No fool aroun nobody, an
No eat da meat from da animals dey wen choke, an
No eat da blood too.
21 “Cuz da Rules Moses wen write down, get peopo teach dat stuff in all da towns from long time befo time, an dey read um in all da Jew churches ery Res Day.”
Da Letta Fo Da Peopo
Dat Trus Jesus Dass Not Jews
22 Den da guys Jesus wen sen all ova, an da older leadas, an all da Jerusalem church guys, dey pick some a dea guys fo sen um Antiok side wit Paul an Barnabas. Dey pick Judas Barsabbas, an Silas, two guys dat lead oua braddahs an sistahs. 23 Dey sen dis letta wit dem:
“Dis letta from da guys Jesus wen sen all ova, an from da older leadas. We yoa braddahs. Aloha, all you braddahs an sistahs dass not Jew guys inside Antiok town, an inside Syria an Cilicia. 24 We wen hear dat some guys from ova hea go by you guys, but we neva sen um. Dey bodda you guys wen dey tell bout gotta cut skin. An dat wen mess you guys up.
25 “Az why us guys wen talk togedda, an figga az good fo pick some guys fo sen um by you guys, wit oua good frenz Barnabas an Paul. 26 Barnabas an Paul almos mahke cuz dey stay tight wit Da One In Charge, Jesus, da Spesho Guy God Wen Sen. 27 Dass why we sen Judas an Silas too, fo dem tell you guys dat wat we write stay true.
28 “Da Good An Spesho Spirit an us guys figga no good fo us put heavy kine rules on top you guys, but ony dis: 29 No eat da meat from sacrifices dey make fo da idol kine gods, o da blood, o da meat from da animal dey choke, an no fool aroun nobody. You guys goin do good if you no do dat kine stuff.
“Dass it!”
30 Dey sen da guys an dey go Antiok town. Dey tell all da church guys fo come togedda an dey give um da letta. 31 Da peopo read um an dey come good inside, cuz da letta kokua dem. 32 Judas an Silas, dey talk fo God. So dey kokua da braddahs an sistahs fo come strong an help um trus God moa. 33 Dey stay dea long time, an den da braddahs sen um back ova hea Jerusalem side wit aloha fo dem go by da guys dat wen sen um befo time. 34 [But Silas like stay ova dea.] 35 An Paul an Barnabas stay inside Antiok town. Dem an plenny odda guys, dey teach wat Da One In Charge, Jesus, tell, an dey tell da Good Stuff From God.
Paul An Barnabas Split Up
36 Afta long time Paul tell Barnabas, “We go back an stay wit da braddahs an sistahs in all da towns wea we wen teach wat Da One In Charge tell fo know how dey stay.” 37 Barnabas like take John Mark wit dem. 38 ✡But Paul no like take um, cuz John Mark wen go way from dem befo time in Pamfylia, an neva work wit dem from dat time. 39 Paul an Barnabas make argue plenny bout dat. So dey split up. Barnabas take da guy John Mark an ride da boat up Cyprus side. 40 Paul pick Silas, an afta da braddahs an sistahs tell God fo take kea dem wit his aloha, dey go way. 41 Paul dem go Syria an Cilicia side, an kokua da church guys ova dea.
✡ 15:1 15:1: Pries 12:3 ✡ 15:7 15:7: JGuys 10:1-43 ✡ 15:8 15:8: JGuys 10:44; 2:4 ✡ 15:16 15:16: Amos 9:11-12 ✡ 15:20 15:20 a: Outa 34:15-17; Pries 18:6-23; Pries 17:10-16 ✡ 15:38 15:38: JGuys 13:13