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\par }{\MTB Talk Fo God


\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Da One In Charge Tell How \newline  Da Judah Peopo Goin Come Wipe Out
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{\PP \VerseOne{1}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 1:1 }{\XO{}}{\XT{1:1:
}}{\XT{2Kings 22:1–23:30; 2Rec 34:1–35:27}}}Da One In Charge give dis message to me, Zefaniah, Cushi boy, Gedaliah grankid, Amariah great-grankid, King Hezekiah great great-grankid. I pass on da message da time Josiah, Amon boy, stay king fo da Judah peopo.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Da One In Charge tell, “I goin wipe out eryting

\par }{\QB From on top da earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I goin wipe out all da peopo an all da animals.

\par }{\QB I goin wipe out da birds in da sky.

\par }{\QB An da fish in da ocean.

\par }{\Q Da idol kine statues dat look jalike dem

\par }{\QB Goin come wipe out too.

\par }{\Q Same time, da bad kine peopo goin come wipe out,

\par }{\QB Wen I cut off all da peopo from on top da earth.”

\par }{\MM Az wat Da One In Charge tell.


\par }{\SH Da One In Charge \newline  Talk Bad Bout Da Judah Peopo
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{\Q \VS{4}“I goin use my powa agains da Judah peopo,

\par }{\QB An erybody dat live inside Jerusalem.

\par }{\Q I goin wipe out from dis place eryting dat still stay bout da Baal god.

\par }{\QB I goin wipe out even da names fo da pries guys fo da idol kine gods,

\par }{\QB An fo da pries guys dat wen bag from me, Da One In Charge.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I goin wipe out da peopo dat go on top dea flat roofs

\par }{\QB Fo go bow down in front

\par }{\QB Da sun, da moon, an all da star gods.

\par }{\Q An I goin wipe out da peopo dat use my name ‘Da One In Charge’ fo pray to me,

\par }{\QB An same time dey use da Molek god name fo pray to him too.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}An I goin wipe out da peopo dat wen bag from me, Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB An tell me fo help dem,

\par }{\QB O try find out from me wass good fo dem do.


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{\Q \VS{7}“Shhh! No talk notting in front da Boss,

\par }{\QB Da One In Charge!

\par }{\Q Cuz pretty soon, da time goin come

\par }{\QB Wen Da One In Charge goin judge an punish erybody!

\par }{\Q Cuz Da One In Charge make ready fo kill da Judah an Jerusalem peopo,

\par }{\QB Jalike dey one sacrifice!

\par }{\Q Da One In Charge tell da nations

\par }{\QB Dat stay agains Judah fo come fo kill dem.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Da time wen me Da One In Charge make dat sacrifice,

\par }{\QB I goin punish da leadas an da king ohana peopo,

\par }{\QB An all da peopo dat pray to da gods from anodda place.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Dat time, I goin punish

\par }{\QB Erybody dat jump ova da flat stone

\par }{\QB Unda da door a da temple

\par }{\QB Fo show respeck fo dea gods.

\par }{\Q Dose guys bulai peopo an bus um up,

\par }{\QB Fo dem fill up dea bosses house

\par }{\Q Wit stuff dey get

\par }{\QB From rip off peopo.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Da One In Charge tell, “Dat time, somebody goin yell fo help from da Fish Gate.

\par }{\QB Dey goin cry from da Secon Districk.

\par }{\QB Dey goin hear one loud crash from da hills.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Cry, you guys dat live aroun da market place!

\par }{\QB Cuz all da guys dat come fo do biznis wit you guys,

\par }{\QB Goin come wipe out!

\par }{\Q An all da guys dat weigh da silva fo you guys,

\par }{\QB Goin get kill!


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Dat time I goin use small olive oil lamps

\par }{\QB Fo look all ova Jerusalem town,

\par }{\QB An punish da peopo dat no kea wat God tink.

\par }{\Q Dey jalike da wine dat jus sit wit da junk kine stuff inside.

\par }{\QB Dey figga, ‘Da One In Charge no goin do notting to us guys,

\par }{\QB Good o bad!’


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Dat kine peopo, goin get all dea rich kine stuffs rip off.

\par }{\QB An dea houses all bus up.

\par }{\Q Dey goin build houses,

\par }{\QB But dey no goin live inside um.

\par }{\Q Dey goin plant grape fields,

\par }{\QB But dey no goin drink da wine.”


\par }{\SH Da Day Da One In Charge Come Da Judge
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{\Q \VS{14}“Da day stay nea wen me Da One In Charge come fo judge da peopo!

\par }{\QB Goin happen fas!

\par }{\Q Lissen! Da peopo goin yell real hard.

\par }{\QB Da guys dat fight goin scream ova dea.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Dat time goin be one day

\par }{\QB Wen me Da One In Charge goin come real huhu.

\par }{\QB One day wen peopo goin come bum out an get stress.

\par }{\Q One day wen peopo goin get plenny trouble an come wipe out.

\par }{\QB One day wen goin come dark, jalike da dark stay thick.

\par }{\QB One day wen goin get plenny clouds an black sky.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}One day wen dey goin hear da sheep horn trumpets an yelling fo fight

\par }{\QB Agains da big towns dat get strong wall,

\par }{\QB An towas on top da cornas fo da wall.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Me, Da One In Charge, I goin make da peopo come bum out.

\par }{\QB Dey goin walk jalike dey no can see notting,

\par }{\Q Cuz dey wen do bad tings agains me, Da One In Charge.

\par }{\QB Dea blood goin pour out jalike watta.

\par }{\QB Dea guts goin come out jalike doodoo.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Dea silva an gold no can get dem outa trouble dat day

\par }{\QB Wen Da One In Charge go wild wit dem.

\par }{\Q He goin be jealous, jalike one fire

\par }{\QB Dat goin burn up all da peopo inside da world.

\par }{\Q Cuz az fo real, dat he goin bring one skery end

\par }{\QB Fo all da peopo dat live on top da earth!”



\par }\PoetryChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}You Judah guys dat no shame,

\par }{\QB Bring da whole nation togedda!


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Go come togedda befo da time start

\par }{\QB Dat Da One In Charge come huhu!

\par }{\Q Dat time goin come fas,

\par }{\QB Jalike wen da wind blow da junks outa da wheat!

\par }{\Q Go come togedda befo Da One In Charge catch up you guys,

\par }{\QB Cuz he real huhu wit you!

\par }{\Q Do um befo he punish you guys,

\par }{\QB Cuz he real mad!


\par }{\Q \VS{3}All you peopo inside da land dat no mo big head,

\par }{\QB Dat do wateva Da One In Charge tell you fo do,

\par }{\Q Try know Da One In Charge mo betta!

\par }{\QB Try do da right kine stuff.

\par }{\QB Try no ack big head.

\par }{\Q Maybe he goin let you guys stay hide,

\par }{\QB Da time wen he goin show he stay real huhu.


\par }{\SH Da One In Charge Talk \newline  Agains Da Filisha Peopo
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{\Q \VS{4}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:4 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:4:
}}{\XT{Isa 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Ezek 25:15-17; Joel 3:4-8; Amos 1:6-8; Zek 9:5-7}}}No mo nobody goin stay inside Gaza town.

\par }{\QB An Ashkelon goin stay all bus up.

\par }{\Q Befo noon time dey goin throw erybody outa Ashdod.

\par }{\QB Dey goin pull up da Ekron peopo like weeds.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Az why hard! You guys dat live by da shore!

\par }{\QB You Keret peopo,

\par }{\Q You Canaan peopo, wea da Filisha peopo stay,

\par }{\QB Da One In Charge grumble bout all you guys.

\par }{\Q He tell, “I goin wipe you out!

\par }{\QB No mo nobody goin stay dea!”


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{\Q \VS{6}Da land by da sea, wea da Keret peopo stay,

\par }{\QB Goin get ony sheep guys an sheep pens ova dea.


\par }{\SH Da One In Charge Talk Bad Bout \newline  Da Moab An Ammon Peopo
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{\Q \VS{7}Dat land goin be fo da peopo from da Judah ohana dat still stay,

\par }{\QB Dey goin find green grass ova dea fo dea animals.

\par }{\Q Wen come dark, dey goin lay down

\par }{\QB Inside da houses wea da Ashkelon peopo stay befo time.

\par }{\Q Dea God, Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB Goin bring back da Judah ohana

\par }{\QB From wea dey was prisonas,

\par }{\QB An take kea dem.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:8 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:8 a:
}}{\XT{Isa 15:1–16:14; 25:10-12; Jer 48:1-47; Ezek 25:8-11; Amos 1:13-15;
}}{\XO{b:
}}{\XT{Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 21:28-32; 25:1-7; Amos 1:13-15}}}Da One In Charge tell: “I wen hear da Moab peopo

\par }{\QB Talk bad bout my peopo.

\par }{\Q I hear da Ammon peopo make fun a my peopo,

\par }{\QB An talk bad bout um too.

\par }{\QB Dey tell dey goin take ova da land wea my peopo live.”


\par }{\PP \VS{9}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:9 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:9:
}}{\XT{Start 19:24}}}But Da One In Charge, Da God Ova All Da Armies, da God fo da Israel peopo, he tell dis too:

\par }{\Q “Fo shua I stay alive!

\par }{\QB Az why da Moab peopo goin come jalike da Sodom peopo,

\par }{\QB An da Ammon peopo goin come jalike da Gomorrah peopo.

\par }{\Q Inside dea land, ony goin get

\par }{\QB Da kine weed dat make yoa skin itch,

\par }{\Q An dry pukas full a salt,

\par }{\QB Eryting goin stay all wipe out, foeva.

\par }{\Q My peopo dat still stay alive goin rip dem off.

\par }{\QB My peopo dat still stay alive, goin take ova dea land.”


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Cuz dey get big head.

\par }{\QB Dey talk bad an talk big

\par }{\Q To da peopo fo Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB Da God Ova All Da Armies,

\par }{\QB Dis wat goin happen to dem:


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Da One In Charge goin make awesome an unreal kine to dem,

\par }{\QB Wen he make all da gods all ova da world come weak.

\par }{\Q Den even da peopos dat live on top da far islans,

\par }{\QB Goin show Da One In Charge love an respeck inside dea land.


\par }{\SH Da One In Charge Talk Bad Bout \newline  Da Sudan An Assyria Peopo
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{\Q \VS{12}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:12 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:12:
}}{\XT{Isa 18:1-7}}}“You Sudan peopo too,

\par }{\QB I goin kill you wit my sword!”


\par }{\Q \VS{13}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:13 }{\XO{}}{\XT{2:13:
}}{\XT{Isa 10:5-34; 14:24-27; Nahum 1:1–3:19}}}An Da One In Charge goin use his powa agains da peopo north side too.

\par }{\QB He goin wipe out da Assyria peopo.

\par }{\Q Wen he pau, dea main town Nineveh goin stay wasted

\par }{\QB An all dry jalike da boonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}All kine wild animals goin lay down wea Nineveh was,

\par }{\QB Da diffren animal nations.

\par }{\QB Da owl an da heron goin sleep on top da poses fo da buildings.

\par }{\QB Can hear um thru da windows.

\par }{\Q Goin get bus up stuff all ova da places wea had doors.

\par }{\QB Da fancy kine cedar wood goin come wasted from da sun an rain.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Dis da big town wea da peopo wen stay amp out.

\par }{\QB Dey figga dey safe dea.

\par }{\Q Dey tell each odda,

\par }{\QB “Us guys, Numba One! No mo nobody stay jalike us!”

\par }{\Q But bummahs! Dea big town wen come all bus up.

\par }{\QB Ony get wild animals live ova dea!

\par }{\Q Erybody dat walk by um

\par }{\QB Ack sked an feel good cuz da town gone awready!



\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Wat Goin Happen To Da Jerusalem Peopo
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{\Q \VerseOne{1}Bummahs, fo Jerusalem town!

\par }{\QB Da peopo dea put presha on top odda peopo!

\par }{\QB Dey go agains me! Dey make um come pilau!


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Dey no lissen nobody.

\par }{\QB Dey tell “Laytas” wen somebody teach um how fo do da right ting.

\par }{\Q Dey no trus Da One In Charge.

\par }{\QB Dey no come nea dea God.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Dea leadas, dey jalike da lions dat make big noise.

\par }{\QB Da govmen guys, dey jalike da wild dogs dat hunt wen almos dark.

\par }{\Q Dey eat up eryting,

\par }{\QB So no mo notting dea, morning time.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Da guys ova dea dat tell dey talk fo God,

\par }{\QB Dey stay buckaloose.

\par }{\QB Dey da kine guys you no can trus.

\par }{\Q Dea pries guys make pilau da place dat stay spesho fo God.

\par }{\QB Dey make da Rules From God come jalike dey no mean notting.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}But Da One In Charge, he stay dea inside da town,

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

\par }{\QB He no do wass wrong!

\par }{\Q Ery morning he judge da peopo da right way.

\par }{\QB Ery new day he no let nobody down.

\par }{\Q Still yet, dose peopo dat no do wass right,

\par }{\QB Dey no mo shame!


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Da One In Charge tell: “I wen wipe out plenny peopos.

\par }{\QB Dea big towns dat get strong wall stay all bus up.

\par }{\Q No mo nobody stay inside dea streets.

\par }{\QB No mo nobody go thru dea.

\par }{\Q Dea big towns stay all wipe out.

\par }{\QB No mo nobody stay dea.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Me, Da One In Charge, I tell da Jerusalem peopo,

\par }{\QB ‘Fo shua you guys goin get choke respeck fo me now,

\par }{\QB An lissen wen I teach you how fo do da right kine stuff.’

\par }{\Q If dey do dat, den I no need wipe out da place wea dey live,

\par }{\QB An I no need punish dem all da ways I wen tink bout.

\par }{\Q But still yet, dey stay amping out

\par }{\QB Fo do all kine pilau kine stuff.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Da One In Charge tell: “Az why wait fo me,

\par }{\QB Fo da day I goin stan up fo poin finga da Jerusalem peopo.

\par }{\Q Cuz I make up my mind awready

\par }{\QB Fo bring togedda all da peopos an dea kings.

\par }{\QB An I goin make dem know dat I stay real huhu wit dem.

\par }{\Q I goin burn up all da peopo inside da world,

\par }{\QB Cuz I go all out fo no let um go down in front odda gods!


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}“Dat time, I goin clean up da way all da peopos talk,

\par }{\QB So dey talk good kine bout me!

\par }{\Q Den all a dem goin call out to me, Da One In Charge, fo help um,

\par }{\QB Cuz dey know wat kine god me.

\par }{\QB Dey all goin work togedda fo me.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}From da odda side a da Sudan rivas,

\par }{\QB My peopo dat show me love an respeck,

\par }{\Q Da ones dat come from my peopo dat stay scatta all ova,

\par }{\QB Dey goin bring presents fo me.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Dat time, you guys no goin get shame,

\par }{\QB Fo all da wrong kine stuff you guys wen do agains me!

\par }{\Q Cuz den, I goin take away from Jerusalem town

\par }{\QB All da peopo dat feel good cuz dey get big head.

\par }{\Q You guys no goin ack high makamaka no moa,

\par }{\QB On top da hill dat stay spesho fo me.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But I goin let da peopo stay inside Jerusalem

\par }{\QB Dat stay suffa, an no mo notting.

\par }{\Q But dey trus me Da One In Charge,

\par }{\QB Fo take kea dem.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:13 }{\XO{}}{\XT{3:13:
}}{\XT{JShow 14:5}}}“Da Israel peopo dat still stay alive,

\par }{\QB Dey no goin do wrong kine stuff.

\par }{\Q Dey no goin bulai peopo.

\par }{\QB Dey no goin tell stuff you no can trus.

\par }{\Q Jalike sheeps dat eat grass an den res,

\par }{\QB No mo notting goin make dem run away sked.”


\par }{\SH God Goin Bring Back His Peopo
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{\PP \VS{14}Zefaniah tell:

\par }{\Q “Eh! You peopo dat come Zion hill fo pray!

\par }{\QB Yell cuz you stay good inside!

\par }{\QB You Israel peopo! Yell out loud,

\par }{\Q Go all out fo dance an sing,

\par }{\QB You Jerusalem peopo!


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Cuz Da One In Charge no goin punish you guys.

\par }{\QB He wen make da peopo dat stay agains you go way.

\par }{\Q Da One In Charge, da king fo us Israel peopo, he stay wit you guys!

\par }{\QB No sked dat one bad ting goin happen one mo time!


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Dat time, da Jerusalem peopo goin hear dis:

\par }{\QB ‘No sked, you peopo dat go Zion hill fo pray!

\par }{\QB No lose fight!


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Yoa God, Da One In Charge, stay right dea wit you guys!

\par }{\QB He get plenny powa fo make you guys da winnas!

\par }{\Q He goin dance an sing bout you guys.

\par }{\QB He goin make you guys come so notting bodda you,

\par }{\Q Cuz he get love an aloha fo you guys.

\par }{\QB He goin yell, cuz he stay real good inside bout you guys!’ ”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}Da One In Charge tell, “You guys dat stay sad inside

\par }{\QB Cuz you no can go to da spesho religious ceremonies,

\par }{\QB I goin take away yoa hard time an yoa shame.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Wat I goin do dat time, I goin do wat I gotta do

\par }{\QB To all da peopo dat put presha on top you guys.

\par }{\Q I goin help da ones dat no can walk good,

\par }{\QB An bring togedda da ones dat stay scatta.

\par }{\Q Right now, dose peopo get shame.

\par }{\QB But I goin make peopo all ova da world

\par }{\QB Talk good bout dem, an show respeck fo dem!


\par }{\Q \VS{20}An dat same time, I goin bring you guys togedda.

\par }{\QB I goin bring you guys back to yoa place.

\par }{\Q I goin make da peopos all ova da world

\par }{\QB Know wat kine peopo you guys,

\par }{\QB An make um talk good bout you guys.

\par }{\Q Dat time, I goin bring you guys back

\par }{\QB So you no goin stay prisonas no moa,

\par }{\QB An you guys goin see all dat happen!”

\par }{\MM Dass wat Da One In Charge tell.

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