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Messages Wen No Mo Rain
Dis wat Da One In Charge tell me Jeremiah bout how come one time no mo rain:
“Da Judah peopo stay sad inside.
Da big towns no mo biznis.
Da peopo sit on top da groun
An cry bout da land, jalike get one funeral.
All da Jerusalem peopo stay yell fo help.
Dea alii guys sen dea worka guys fo go carry watta.
Dey go da watta storage places,
But no mo watta ova dea.
Dey come back wit empty watta jars.
Dey shame an dey lose face,
Az why dey cova dea head.
Da groun all dry an stay crack,
Cuz no mo rain inside da land.
Da farma guys stay shame.
Az why dey cova dea heads too.
Even da muddah wild deer
Go way from da bebe she jus wen born
Cuz no mo grass dea.
Da wild kine donkeys
Stan on top da high hills wea no mo grass.
Dey breave hard jalike da wild jackal kine dogs cuz no mo watta.
Dea eyes no can see good cuz no mo notting grow dea fo eat.”
 
Den dis how us guys pray: “I know us guys wen do wass wrong,
An az why all dis stuff happen.
You Da One In Charge.
Try do someting fo show wat kine god you,
Cuz us guys wen run away from you
An do plenny bad kine stuff agains you.
You da One us Israel peopo wait fo.
You da One stay get us outa trouble
Wen we get hard time.
So! How come you ack
Jalike one guy from anodda place dat donno us?!
How come you ack
Jalike you ony stay hea one nite?!
How come you ack
Jalike you donno wass happening?!
How come you ack
Jalike one army guy dat no can get us outa trouble?!
You stay right hea wit us, Da One In Charge.
Erybody know dat us guys yoa peopo. So no leave us!”
 
10 Dis wat Da One In Charge tell bout how his peopo stay:
“Dey like go check out any kine place.
Dey no pick da right way fo go.”
Az why Da One In Charge no like how dey ack.
Da way tings stay now,
He no goin foget da wrong tings dey stay do.
He goin punish dem cuz a da bad tings dey do.
11 Den Da One In Charge tell me, “No pray fo dis peopo one mo time! No aks me fo do good tings fo dem! 12 No matta dey skip food wen dey pray, I no goin lissen wat dey yell to me fo do. No matta dey make burn up kine sacrifices an wheat an barley kine sacrifices, I had it wit wat dey stay do. I goin be da One dat goin wipe dem out cuz a da war, an cuz dey no mo food, an cuz a da real bad kine sick.”
13 But me, I tell, “Ho, my boss, Da One In Charge a me! I know you stay in charge a eryting! But da guys dat suppose to talk fo you stay tell da peopo: ‘You guys no goin see war, an you guys no goin come hungry. Fo shua, Da One In Charge goin make eryting stay okay an no goin get war inside dis place.’ ”
14 Den Da One In Charge tell, “Dose guys dat tell dey talk fo me, dey use my name fo bulai you guys! No matta dey tell dey talk fo me, I neva sen dem. I neva tell dem fo talk lidat. I neva even talk to dem! Dey tell dey see dreams dat come from me, but dey bulai! Dey aks da gods fo da odda peopos fo tell um wat goin happen, but all dat, ony wase time! Dey make jalike all da stuff dey tell you guys stay fo real, but dey ony bulai you guys! Dem guys, dey tell all dat stuff to you guys jalike dey stay talking fo me! But dey not. 15 Az why dis wat I tell bout da talka guys dat use my name an tell dey talk fo me, Da One In Charge: Me, I neva sen dem guys, no matta dey tell ‘Inside dis land, no goin get war. Da peopo no goin come hungry.’ Dose same talka guys goin get wipe out wit war, an dey goin come hungry an mahke. 16 An da peopo dat lissen dem, dey goin mahke too inside Jerusalem, cuz dey no mo food, an da army guys goin kill dem wit swords too. Da army guys goin throw out da mahke bodies on top da streets. No goin get nobody fo bury dem, o dea wifes bodies, o dea boys bodies, o dea girls bodies. I goin make all da bad kine stuff dey do happen to dem.
 
17 “Tell um dis: ‘Let me cry plenny fo you guys
Day time an nite time.
I cry fo my peopo
Cuz I love dem
Jalike I love my young girl,
Cuz dey all bus up an hurt bad!
18 If I go out da country side,
I see da guys dat da army guys wen kill wit swords.
If I go aroun inside Jerusalem town,
I see all da peopo dat stay sick
Cuz no mo food.
Da guys dat talk fo God an da pries guys
Stay go all ova da land fo do dea work,
But dey donno wat dey stay do!’ ”
 
19 You Da One In Charge fo real kine!
So how come you make deaf ear to da Judah peopo?!
You hate da Jerusalem peopo, o wat?!
How come you wack us guys
Fo us no come good, aah?!
We wait fo eryting come okay an no mo war,
But notting good stay happen.
We wait fo tings come good,
But we ony stay real sked.
 
20 You Da One In Charge,
An us guys know we wen do bad kine stuff.
Fo shua, wat oua ancesta guys wen do was wrong.
All us guys do bad kine stuff agains you.
21 Cuz you get one good rep, no make to us guys like we no good.
If you make to us jalike we stupid kine,
Den da odda peopos goin tink you not one awesome king.
No foget da deal you wen make wit us guys,
An no broke da deal.
 
22 Da idol kine gods fo da diffren peopos,
Dey good fo notting—
Dey no can bring rain, aah?!
Da sky not da one sen down rain showas!
You da One, Da One In Charge, do all dat.
You oua God, an us guys stay wait fo you help us,
Cuz you da One stay do all dis stuff.