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Fighting One War
Wen you guys go fight one war wit da peopo dat stay agains you, an you see dey get horses an war wagons, an one army wit mo plenny guys den you get, no sked dem. Cuz yoa God, Da One In Charge, he goin stay wit you guys. He da One wen bring you guys hea from Egypt. Wen you guys almos ready fo fight dem, da pries guy goin come in front yoa army guys fo talk. He goin tell, “Lissen you Israel guys! Today you guys stay ready fo go fight da peopo dat stay agains you. No lose fight. No sked dem. No come sked an shaking cuz a dem. Cuz yoa God, Da One In Charge, he da One go wit you guys an fight fo you guys. He goin fight da peopo dat stay agains you guys. Az how you guys goin win ova dem.”
Den da main army officers goin tell da army guys, “Anybody hea jus wen build one house, an no make party fo start fo live inside still yet? Okay fo dem go home, cuz if dey mahke bumbye wen dey fight, den some odda guy goin start fo live inside dat house. Get anybody hea dat jus wen plant one grape farm, an no harves da grapes yet? Okay fo dem go home, cuz if dey mahke wen dey fight, den some odda guy goin harves da grapes. Get anybody hea dat wen make one promise to one wahine dat he goin marry her, but neva marry her still yet? He can go home, cuz if he mahke wen he fight, den some odda guy goin marry her.” Den da army leadas goin tell da army guys dis too, “Anybody hea dat stay lose fight an donno how fo make up his mind, he can go home, cuz bumbye his braddah guys goin lose fight jalike him.”
Wen da main army officers pau tell da guys all dis, dey goin put main army leadas fo da war in charge a da army guys.
10 Wen you go up fo fight in one big town, firs ting tell da peopo dea you no like fight. Try make one deal wit dem fo no go fight wit dem. 11 Den if dey tell az good wat you tell, an dey open da gates fo da town, den you goin make all da peopo dea work fo you guys. 12 But if dey tell dey no like wat you tell dem, an like fight you guys, den put army guys all aroun da town fo nobody go inside o come outside. 13 Wen yoa God, Da One In Charge, give dem to you guys, kill all da guys ova dea wit swords. 14 Az okay fo you guys take da wahines, da kids, da animals, an all da odda stuff inside da town fo you use um. Az how yoa God, Da One In Charge, tell you guys fo make to da guys dat stay agains you. 15 Az okay fo you guys make lidat to all da towns dat stay far from you guys. But mo betta no do um fo da towns nea you guys.
16 Inside da towns a da peopos dat stay live nea you guys, dat yoa God, Da One In Charge, stay give you guys fo come yoa property, no leave nobody alive, not even da animals. 17 You guys gotta wipe um all out, jalike you make one big sacrifice fo Da One In Charge—da Het peopo, da Amor peopo, da Canaan peopo, da Periz peopo, da Hiv peopo, an da Jebus peopo, jalike yoa God, Da One In Charge, wen tell you guys fo do. 18 If you no wipe um out lidat, bumbye dey goin teach you guys fo do da same kine real pilau kine stuff dey do wen dey go down in front dea gods. You goin do bad kine stuff agains yoa God, Da One In Charge.
19 Wen you guys put yoa army guys all aroun one town fo long time fo you take um ova, no cut down dea trees wit one ax, cuz you guys can eat da fruit from da trees. Eh! Da trees, dey not peopo, you know, dat you guys gotta fight dem. 20 Da ony kine trees you guys can cut down, dey da trees dat you know no give fruit. Cuz den you guys can use da wood fo make laddas an towas fo go up ova da top a dea big town wall, till you make um give up.