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Dey Cuse Paul Fo Felix
1 Wen fibe day pass, Ananias, de head man ob de Jew priest dem, an some some ob de oda leada dem an a lawya name Tertullus, dey gone ta Caesarea fa tell Gobna Felix wa Paul done do. 2 Wen de Gobna call Paul fa come een, Tertullus tell e case ginst Paul ta de Gobna.
E say, “Ya Excellency, Gobna Felix! Ya one big leada dat hab sense. Cause ob dat we beena hab peace een we country fa a long time. Ya beena do plenty good wok fa change ting fa mek we country betta. 3 We heppy all de time fa wa ya do ebryweh, an we tell ya tankya fa true. 4 A ain wahn fa waste ya time so A da beg ya please fa listen ta wa we come fa taak bout fa jes a leetle wile. 5 We find out dat dis man yah beena mek heapa trouble. E beena stir op ruckus mongst de Jew people all oba de wol. An e de leada fa de group dey call Nazarene. 6 One time dis man yah eben try fa mek God House so dat e ain clean een God eye, bot we grab hole ta um. An we been wahn fa jedge um like we Jew Law say fa do. 7 Bot de commanda, Lysias, come an jomp pon we an tek um fom we. 8 Den Lysias gii orda dat we wa cuse Paul haffa come fo ya. Ef ya quizzit dis man Paul, ya kin find out fom um dat all dat we tell ya ginst um, e true.”
9 An de Jew dem too say dem same ting ginst Paul, an say dat dem ting de trute.
Paul Gii Ansa ta de Gobna
10 Gobna Felix mek sign ta Paul, fa tell um bout dis ting. Paul ansa say, “A know ya been jedge oba de people een dis country fa many yeah. So den, A heppy dat ya gii me de chance fa ansa bout dis ting yah. 11 Ef ya aks, ya kin find out dat no mo den tweb day gone by since A gone op ta Jerusalem fa woshup een God House. 12 De Jew dem ain find me da aagy wid nobody dey een God House. Dey ain find me da stir op de crowd een de Jew meetin house, an dey ain find me da stir op de people een no oda side ob de city needa. 13 An dey cyahn show dat wa dey da say ginst me, e true. 14 Bot A da tell ya dis: Wen A da lib coddin ta de Way, A da woshup de God dat we ole people beena woshup. An de Jew people say dis Way yah ain true. A bleebe all de ting dem wa dey een de Law dat God gii Moses, an all dat de prophet dem done write. 15 A hab de same hope jes like de Jew dem hope, dat God gwine mek all people, de good an de bad, lib gin. 16 So den, A da try all de time fa do all A kin fa hab a clean haat een God eye an fo people too.
17 “Now, atta some yeah done pass wen A been gone fom Jerusalem, A come dey fa cyaa some money fa gii ta me Jew people an fa offa sacrifice ta God. 18 A beena offa de sacrifice fa mek mesef clean een God eye wen some people come an find me dey een God House. Ain been no crowd dey wid me an no ruckus. 19 Bot some Jew dat come outta de arie ob Asia been dey. Dey oughta come yah fo ya an cuse me, ef dey hab sompin ginst me. 20 Ef dem fom Asia ain do dat, leh dem people yah tell ya wa bad ting dey done find A done wen dey beena jedge me een de Jew Council. 21 Wen dey beena jedge me, dey ain find nottin cep de one ting A holla wiles A beena stan fo um. A say, ‘Oona da jedge me taday cause A bleebe fa true dat God gwine mek de people dat done dead lib gin.’ ”
22 Gobna Felix know too well bout de Way ob de Lawd, an e tell um fa wait. E say, “A gwine cide ya case wen Lysias, de commanda ob de sodja dem, git yah.” 23 E gii orda ta de offisa ob de sodja dem fa hab um keep on da gyaad Paul. Bot e say dey mus dohn keep Paul like a prisona een de jailhouse all de time, an dey haffa leh Paul fren dem come bring um wa e need.
Paul Gii Ansa bout E Case ta Felix an Drusilla
24 Atta some time pass, Felix come, long wid e Jew wife name Drusilla, an e sen fa Paul. Dey listen ta wa Paul tell um bout wa dey mean wen dey say dey bleebe pon Jedus Christ. 25 Paul gone on fa splain bout wa dey mean wen dey say somebody da waak scraight, how e able fa trol esef, an bout de day wen God gwine jedge all people. Wen Felix yeh dat, e been scaid, an e tell Paul say, “Ya kin go, now. Some oda time wen A git de chance, A gwine sen fa ya.” 26 Same time, Felix beena hope dat Paul been gwine gim some money fa free um. Cause ob dat, Felix beena sen fa Paul plenty time an taak wid um.
27 Atta two yeah been pass, Porcius Festus tek Gobna Felix place. Bot Felix been wahn fa mek de Jew people like um, so e ain free Paul fom de jailhouse fo e gone.