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{\MT Joel

\par }{\MTB Talk Fo God


\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Da Locust Kine Grasshoppas Go Afta Israel
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{\PP \VerseOne{1}Da message from Da One In Charge dat come fo Joel, Petuel boy:


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Lissen dis, you older peopo!

\par }{\QB Lissen good, erybody dat live inside oua land!

\par }{\Q No mo notting lidis eva happen befo time wen you guys stay alive, aah?

\par }{\QB O wen yoa ancesta guys stay alive.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Tell yoa kids bout dis,

\par }{\QB Fo dem tell dea kids,

\par }{\Q An tell dose kids fo tell dea kids,

\par }{\QB Fo dem tell odda generations afta dat!


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Ova an ova, da locust kine grasshoppas come,

\par }{\QB An eat up eryting!


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Wake up, you piloot guys, an cry!

\par }{\QB All you guys dat suck up da wine, cry loud!

\par }{\Q Cry bout da juice fo make da wine,

\par }{\QB Cuz da locus, dey no let da wine reach yoa mout!


\par }{\Q \VS{6}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 1:6 }{\XO{}}{\XT{1:6:
}}{\XT{JShow 9:8}}}Da grasshoppa army wen attack my land.

\par }{\QB Dey strong an dey plenny.

\par }{\Q Dey get teets jalike one lion,

\par }{\QB Dea big teets, jalike one wahine lion.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Dey wase my grape plants.

\par }{\QB Dey wipe out my fig trees.

\par }{\Q Dey rip da bark an throw um away.

\par }{\QB Dey leave da branches all white.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Cry cuz you stay sad inside,

\par }{\QB Jalike one bride,

\par }{\Q Dat gotta put on burmbag clotheses

\par }{\QB Fo show she stay sad inside,

\par }{\QB Cuz da guy she goin marry, he mahke.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Da wheat an barley sacrifices an da drink sacrifices,

\par }{\QB No mo inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge.

\par }{\Q Da pries guys dat work in front Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB Dey stay sad inside, cuz


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Wasted da fields,

\par }{\QB An poho da groun.

\par }{\Q Da wheat an barley stay all wasted.

\par }{\QB Da juice fo make wine all dry up.

\par }{\QB No good, da olive oil.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Eh you farma guys! Bum out!

\par }{\QB You guys dat grow da grapes, cry loud!

\par }{\Q Stay sore inside bout da wheat an barley,

\par }{\QB Cuz da food fo harves come all wipe out!


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Da grape plant stay all dry.

\par }{\QB Da fig tree stay all any kine.

\par }{\Q Da pomagram tree, da date palm tree, da apple tree,

\par }{\QB All da trees in da field stay all dry.

\par }{\Q Fo shua da peopo no stay good inside

\par }{\QB Cuz dey all hamajang inside.


\par }{\SH Joel Tell Da Peopo Fo Come Sorry
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{\Q \VS{13}You pries guys, put on burmbag clotheses

\par }{\QB Fo show you stay sad inside.

\par }{\Q Cry loud, you guys dat work in front da altar.

\par }{\QB Wear burmbag clotheses all nite,

\par }{\QB You guys dat work in front my God.

\par }{\Q Cuz no mo da wheat an barley sacrifices an da drink sacrifices,

\par }{\QB No mo notting fo bring inside da Temple Fo Yoa God.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Tell da peopo fo no eat,

\par }{\QB So dey can pray spesho kine to Da One In Charge.

\par }{\Q Call dem fo come togedda

\par }{\QB Spesho kine fo Da One In Charge.

\par }{\Q Call da older leadas

\par }{\QB An erybody dat live inside da land.

\par }{\Q Call dem fo come togedda to da Temple Fo Yoa God Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB Fo dem yell to Da One In Charge fo help.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 1:15 }{\XO{}}{\XT{1:15:
}}{\XT{Isa 13:6}}}Bummahs, dat time!

\par }{\QB Cuz pretty soon, Da One In Charge goin come.

\par }{\Q Dat time, Da God Dat Get All Da Powa

\par }{\QB Goin wipe out peopo.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}We can see dat da food stay cut off!

\par }{\QB Da peopo inside da Temple Fo Oua God no stay good inside.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Da seeds stay all dry up unda da dirt.

\par }{\QB Da wheat an barley plants stay all dry up.

\par }{\Q Da storage places fo food,

\par }{\QB An fo da wheat an barley, stay all bus up.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Da cows moan,

\par }{\QB Dey donno wea dey stay going,

\par }{\Q Cuz dey no mo grass.

\par }{\QB Even da sheeps stay suffa.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}Da One In Charge, you da one I yell to fo help!

\par }{\QB Cuz da fire wen burn up da grass inside da boonies,

\par }{\QB An burn all da trees country side.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Even da wild animals like fo you help um.

\par }{\QB Da mos deep streams fo watta stay all dry up.

\par }{\QB Da fire burn up all da place dat get grass inside da boonies.



\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Da Locust Army
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{\Q \VerseOne{1}Blow da sheep horn trumpet

\par }{\QB On top Mount Zion!

\par }{\Q Yell to da peopo on top da hill dat stay spesho fo me,

\par }{\QB An tell um watch out!

\par }{\Q Good, dat erybody dat live inside da land goin shake cuz dey sked.

\par }{\QB Cuz da time stay nea fo Da One In Charge come!


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Goin be one dark an sad time.

\par }{\QB Goin get plenny black clouds.

\par }{\Q One big an strong army goin come,

\par }{\QB Jalike wen da light spread out morning time ova da mountains.

\par }{\Q No mo nobody eva see dat kine befo time,

\par }{\QB An not goin happen one mo time,

\par }{\QB Fo all da years an generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}In front dem, da fire burn up eryting.

\par }{\QB Behind dem, da fire burn too.

\par }{\Q In front dem, da land stay jalike da place God wen plant, Eden side.

\par }{\QB Behind dem, da land stay wasted jalike da boonies.

\par }{\QB No mo notting get away from dem.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:4 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:4:
}}{\XT{JShow 9:7-9}}}Da locust kine grasshoppas look jalike horses.

\par }{\QB Dey run jalike da horses fo one army.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Dey make noise jalike war wagons

\par }{\QB Wen dey jump ova da top a da mountains.

\par }{\Q Dey make noise jalike wen get fire stay burn da dry grass.

\par }{\QB Dey jalike one strong army line up ready fo fight.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Wen da nations spock um, dey come real sked.

\par }{\QB Dea peopo no can handle!


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Da locus, dey run jalike strong guys dat fight.

\par }{\QB Dey climb ova da walls jalike army guys.

\par }{\Q Wen dey march dey make one line.

\par }{\QB Dey no go one side o da odda side.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Dey no push each odda.

\par }{\QB All a dem march strait in front.

\par }{\Q Dey broke thru da walls.

\par }{\QB No mo notting can make um stop.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Dey run fas inside da big town.

\par }{\QB Dey run on top da wall.

\par }{\Q Dey climb inside da houses.

\par }{\QB Dey go inside da windows jalike da steala guys.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:10 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:10:
}}{\XT{JShow 8:12}}}Da earth shake in front um.

\par }{\QB Da sky shake too.

\par }{\Q Da sun an da moon come dark.

\par }{\QB Da stars no shine no moa.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:11 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:11:
}}{\XT{JShow 6:17}}}Da One In Charge make noise jalike da thunda.

\par }{\QB He lead his army guys,

\par }{\Q Mo plenny den can count um.

\par }{\QB Dey strong, an dey do wat he tell um fo do.

\par }{\Q Da time wen Da One In Charge come fo take ova,

\par }{\QB Erybody goin stay sked an suffa.

\par }{\QB No mo nobody can hang in dea.


\par }{\SH Come Sorry An Stay Sore Inside
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{\Q \VS{12}Da One In Charge tell, “No matta I stay come awready,

\par }{\QB Go all out fo come back to me!

\par }{\Q No eat so you can pray.

\par }{\QB Cry, an stay sad inside.”


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Change how you feel inside,

\par }{\QB An no jus rip yoa clotheses

\par }{\QB Fo show you stay sad inside!

\par }{\Q Go come back to yoa God, Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB Cuz he like do good kine tings fo you guys.

\par }{\QB He get love an pity fo you guys.

\par }{\Q He no come huhu real quick.

\par }{\QB He like stay tight wit you guys.

\par }{\QB He stay sad inside wen he gotta punish somebody.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Maybe he goin turn aroun an show pity.

\par }{\QB Maybe he goin do good kine stuff fo you guys—

\par }{\Q Fo you guys make wheat an barley sacrifices an drink sacrifices

\par }{\QB Fo yoa God, Da One In Charge.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Blow da sheep horn trumpet on top Mount Zion!

\par }{\QB Tell da peopo fo no eat so dey can pray to Da One In Charge!

\par }{\QB Tell dem come togedda fo Da One In Charge.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Bring da peopo togedda.

\par }{\QB Make dem spesho fo Da One In Charge.

\par }{\Q Bring da makule guys togedda.

\par }{\QB Bring da kids togedda,

\par }{\Q Even da bebes, da ones dat dea muddahs breas feed dem.

\par }{\QB Da groom goin come outa his room,

\par }{\QB An da bride goin come outa her room.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Let da pries guys dat work in front Da One In Charge

\par }{\QB Cry wen dey go from da temple lanai to da altar.

\par }{\Q Let dem tell, “Da One In Charge, try show pity fo yoa peopo.

\par }{\QB No let da odda peopos talk bad bout yoa property!

\par }{\Q No good da odda peopos tell each odda,

\par }{\QB ‘Wea dea God stay?’ ”


\par }{\SH Da One In Charge Talk To Dem
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{\Q \VS{18}Den Da One In Charge goin go all out fo his land,

\par }{\QB An show pity fo his peopo.


\par }{\PP \VS{19}Da One In Charge goin ansa his peopo lidis:

\par }{\Q “Lissen up! I goin sen wheat an barley, new wine, an olive oil fo you guys,

\par }{\QB Enuff fo you guys come full.

\par }{\QB I no goin let da odda peopos talk bad bout you guys no moa.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}“Da army guys dat like come agains you guys from da north side,

\par }{\QB I goin push dem far away from you guys.

\par }{\Q I goin make dem go inside one dry land wea eryting stay all bus up.

\par }{\QB Da ones in front goin go inside da Big Salt Lake,

\par }{\Q An da ones in da back goin go inside da Mediterranean Sea.

\par }{\QB Dey goin mahke an come haunas.”

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q Fo shua, Da One In Charge do awesome tings!


\par }{\QB \VS{21}You peopo inside da land, no sked!

\par }{\QB Dance an sing an stay good inside!

\par }{\Q Da One In Charge do awesome tings!


\par }{\QB \VS{22}Da wild animals no need come sked,

\par }{\QB Cuz da fields inside da boonies stay come green.

\par }{\Q Da trees stay make dea fruit,

\par }{\QB Da fig tree an da grape plant give plenny good kine fruits.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}You peopo on top Mount Zion, stay real good inside,

\par }{\QB Cuz yoa God, Da One In Charge, give you plenny rain.

\par }{\Q He give rain befo da cold time come.

\par }{\QB Cuz he do da right kine tings.

\par }{\Q He sen plenny rain befo da cold time

\par }{\QB An afta da cold time, jalike befo time.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Da open places wea dey split da wheat an barley from da junk kine stuff

\par }{\QB Goin get plenny wheat an barley.

\par }{\Q Da places wea dey store da wine an oil

\par }{\QB Goin get plenny new wine an olive oil.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{25}I goin pay you guys fo all da years

\par }{\QB Wen da locust kine grasshoppa wen eat up eryting.

\par }{\Q Da young grasshoppas, da worm grasshoppas,

\par }{\QB An da caterpilla grasshoppas,

\par }{\QB I wen sen um jalike one big army agains you guys.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Now you guys goin get plenny food fo eat.

\par }{\QB You guys goin come full.

\par }{\Q You guys goin talk good bout yoa God, Da One In Charge.

\par }{\QB He wen do plenny good kine stuff fo you guys.

\par }{\QB You guys my peopo, an you no goin lose face one mo time.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Den you Israel peopo goin know dat I stay wit you guys.

\par }{\QB I yoa God, Da One In Charge.

\par }{\Q No mo anodda god.

\par }{\QB You guys my peopo, an you no goin come shame one mo time.


\par }{\SH Da Time Da One In Charge \newline  Goin Come Take Ova
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{\R (Jesus Guys 2:17-21)

\par }{\Q \VS{28}An afta dat, I goin make my Spirit take charge all da peopo.

\par }{\QB Yoa boys an girls goin talk fo me.

\par }{\Q Yoa ol guys goin dream plenny dream.

\par }{\QB Yoa young guys goin see spesho tings jalike dreams.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Yeah, dat time I goin make my Spirit

\par }{\QB Take charge da peopo dat work fo me, guys an wahines.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}I goin show awesome kine stuff up in da sky,

\par }{\QB An down hea on top da earth.

\par }{\QB Goin get blood an fire an big kine smoke clouds.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:31 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:31:
}}{\XT{Matt 24:29; Mark 13:24-25; Luke 21:25; JShow 6:12-13}}}Da sun goin come dark,

\par }{\QB An da moon goin come red jalike blood.

\par }{\Q Dat goin happen befo da big an skery time

\par }{\QB Wen Da One In Charge come fo take ova.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:32 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:32:
}}{\XT{JGuys 2:17-21}}}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:32 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:32:
}}{\XT{Rome 10:13}}}An den, erybody dat call to Da One In Charge fo help um

\par }{\QB Cuz dey know wat kine god him,

\par }{\QB He goin get dem outa trouble.

\par }{\Q Cuz Da One In Charge wen tell dis awready:

\par }{\QB “On top Mount Zion an inside Jerusalem,

\par }{\QB Goin get some peopo dat no mahke still yet,”

\par }{\Q Da ones dat still stay alive, dey da ones

\par }{\QB Da One In Charge call fo come.



\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Da One In Charge tell,

\par }{\Q “You know wat?! Dat time, I goin bring back all da good kine tings

\par }{\QB Dat belong to da Judah an Jerusalem peopo.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I goin bring all da nations togedda

\par }{\QB Inside da Jehoshafat Valley.

\par }{\Q I goin come fo judge dem ova dea,

\par }{\QB An punish dem fo how

\par }{\Q Dey wen make any kine to my Israel peopo,

\par }{\QB Cuz da Israel peopo my property.

\par }{\Q Cuz dose nations wen scatta my peopo all ova wea da odda peopos live.

\par }{\QB Dey wen split up my land.


\par }{\QB \VS{3}An dey wen pull straw fo take ova my peopo.

\par }{\Q Dey trade da boy kine slaves fo pay da hoaz.

\par }{\QB An dey sell da girls fo come slave girls,

\par }{\Q An use da money fo buy wine

\par }{\QB Fo dem drink um.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:4 }{\XO{}}{\XT{3:4:
}}{\XT{Isa 23:1-18; Ezek 26:1–28:26; Amos 1:9-10; Zek 9:1-4; Matt 11:21-22; Luke 10:13-14}}}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:4 }{\XO{}}{\XT{3:4:
}}{\XT{Isa 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Ezek 25:15-17; Amos 1:6-8; Zef 2:4-7; Zek 9:5-7}}}“You Tyre an Sidon peopo, an all you Filisha districks, how come you guys stay agains me Da One In Charge? You guys figga you stay pay me back cuz a someting I wen do, o wat?! Cuz if you guys stay pay me back, I goin turn aroun right den an dea, an pay you guys back an make you come shame fo all da tings you guys wen do.

\VS{5}Cuz you guys wen take my silva an my gold, an carry away my bestes rich kine stuffs, an put um inside you guys temples.

\VS{6}You guys wen sell da Judah an Jerusalem peopo to da Greek peopo, fo you guys sen da Israel peopo far from dea land.


\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Look, I goin bring dem outa da place wea dey stay cuz you guys wen sell dem. An I goin pay you guys back fo wat you guys wen do to dem.

\VS{8}I goin let peopo sell yoa boys an girls to da Judah peopo, an dey goin sell dem to da Sabean peopo, dat stay one far place.” Az wat Da One In Charge tell.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Tell all da peopos dis:

\par }{\QB “Make ready fo fight one war fo Da One In Charge!

\par }{\Q Make da strong guys ready fo fight!

\par }{\QB I like all da guys dat fight fo come togedda fo attack.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:10 }{\XO{}}{\XT{3:10:
}}{\XT{Isa 2:4; Micah 4:3}}}Make swords from yoa plows.

\par }{\QB Hamma yoa knifes dat you use fo prune da trees

\par }{\QB Fo make spear poin outa dem.

\par }{\Q Tell even da weak guys fo tell,

\par }{\QB ‘I stay strong!’


\par }{\Q \VS{11}All you guys from da odda nations,

\par }{\QB Come now real fas fo help each odda!

\par }{\Q Go come togedda from all aroun dea

\par }{\QB To da Jehoshafat Valley.

\par }{\QB Da One In Charge, bring down yoa strong guys fo fight!


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}“Make da nations wake up.

\par }{\QB Make um go up inside da Jehoshafat Valley,

\par }{\Q Cuz me, Da One In Charge, I goin sit ova dea,

\par }{\QB Fo judge all da nations from all aroun dea.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:13 }{\XO{}}{\XT{3:13 a:
}}{\XT{JShow 14:14-16;
}}{\XO{b:
}}{\XT{JShow 14:19-20; 19:15}}}Swing da sickle cuz da food stay ready fo harves.

\par }{\QB Go come an step da grapes fo press out da juice,

\par }{\Q Cuz da place stay full a grapes,

\par }{\QB An da wine barrels stay full.

\par }{\QB Dey stay full wit all da bad kine stuff da peopos stay do.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}Plenny peopo stay inside da valley

\par }{\QB Wea da judge make up his mind.

\par }{\Q Cuz da time stay nea wen Da One In Charge goin take ova

\par }{\QB Inside da valley wea da judge make up his mind.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Da sun an da moon goin come dark,

\par }{\QB An da stars no goin shine.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:16 }{\XO{}}{\XT{3:16:
}}{\XT{Amos 1:2}}}Da One In Charge goin make one big noise

\par }{\QB From his temple on top Mount Zion.

\par }{\QB His voice goin soun real loud from Jerusalem.

\par }{\Q Da earth an da sky goin shake.

\par }{\QB But Da One In Charge goin be jalike one place fo hide fo his peopo,

\par }{\QB Jalike one strong place wea da Israel peopo can hide.


\par }{\SH God Goin Do \newline  Good Kine Stuff Fo His Peopo
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{\Q \VS{17}Da One In Charge tell, “Den you guys goin know

\par }{\QB Dat I yoa God, Da One In Charge.

\par }{\QB I live on top Mount Zion, da hill dat stay spesho fo me.

\par }{\Q All Jerusalem goin be spesho fo me.

\par }{\QB Da odda peopos no goin take ova Jerusalem eva one mo time.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}“Dat time, goin be jalike da mountains stay drip wit new wine.

\par }{\QB An jalike milk goin run down da hills jalike rivas.

\par }{\Q All da gulches inside Judah goin get plenny watta.

\par }{\QB One watta spring goin come outa da Temple Fo Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB An goin give watta inside da gulch wea get koa trees.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}But Egypt goin stay all wipe out.

\par }{\QB Edom goin stay ony boonies, all wipe out too.

\par }{\Q Cuz dey wen make any kine to da Judah peopo,

\par }{\QB An dey make peopo bleed an mahke

\par }{\QB Dat neva do notting wrong inside dea land.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Judah goin get peopo dat live dea all da time.

\par }{\QB Jerusalem goin get peopo fo plenny generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}I neva punish da Egypt guys an da Edom guys,

\par }{\QB Da ones dat wen make my peopo bleed an mahke.

\par }{\QB But now I goin punish dem!

\par }{\Q Me, Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB Goin live on top Mount Zion,

\par }{\QB My spesho place!”

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