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Daniel Tink Bout
Wat God Tell Jeremiah
(Jeremiah 25:11-12)
1 Darius, Xerxes boy from da Mede peopo, come da king fo da Babylon land.
2 Da firs year he stay king, me, Daniel, I stay study my books bout God dat year. I try fo figga out wat Da One In Charge mean, wen he tell Jeremiah, da guy dat talk fo him, dat afta Jerusalem come bus up an erybody bag, den Jerusalem goin stay all bus up fo seventy year.
3 Az why I no eat so I can pray, an put on burmbag kine clotheses an put ash on top my head cuz I stay real sore inside. I tink ony bout God, my Boss, an I pray. I beg him fo help me.
Daniel Pray Fo His Peopo
4 I tell my God, Da One In Charge, I know wat oua peopo wen do wass wrong. Dis how I pray:
“Bummahs, Boss, you da big God! You awesome an unreal! Wen you make one deal, you do eryting you wen tell you goin do. You stay tight wit da peopo dat get love an aloha fo you an dey lissen wat you tell um fo do.
5 But us guys wen go buckaloose an do bad kine tings. Us guys do wass wrong. Us guys do da kine stuff we not suppose to do. Us guys go agains you, Da One In Charge, an us make deaf ear fo wat you tell us fo do. We wen bag from da rules you make dat show us wass right an wass wrong cuz you da Judge.
6 We neva lissen da guys dat work fo you an talk fo you. Dey talk fo you cuz dey know wat kine god you. Dey wen talk to oua king guys, oua leada guys, an oua ancesta guys, an all da odda peopo inside da land.
7 “Boss, you do da right ting erytime. But today, even mo den befo time, us guys get plenny shame an lose face cuz a wat us wen do. Us peopo from Judah an Jerusalem an all ova Israel, no matta we stay nea o far, us wen broke yoa rules an no stay tight wit you. An same ting inside all da odda lands wea you wen make us go.
8 Da One In Charge, us an oua king guys, oua leada guys, an oua ancesta guys get plenny shame cuz we wen do bad kine stuff agains you.
9 God, you da Boss. You da One show pity an let us go, no matta us wen go agains you.
10 Us neva lissen you, oua God, dass Da One In Charge a us, fo live da way you wen teach us, da way yoa worka guys dat talk fo you wen tell us.
11 All da Israel peopo wen make deaf ear fo da rules you wen teach, an go da odda way from you, an tell dat dey no goin lissen you.
“Az why, jalike you wen drop on top us guys all da bad tings dat Moses yoa worka guy wen write down inside da rules. You wen make one promise dat dese bad tings goin happen if us guys no do da tings we wen make one deal wit you fo do. All dat bad stuff stay happen to us cuz we do bad kine stuff agains you.
12 You make happen da stuff you wen tell you goin do fo punish us an oua govmen guys wen you make happen all dis bad kine stuff to us. All ova da world, no mo nobody eva do notting lidis befo, jalike you wen do to Jerusalem.
13 Jalike Moses wen write inside da Rules, all dis bad kine stuff wen happen to us guys. But still yet we no come back to you, oua God, Da One In Charge a us. Us guys still yet stay do da bad kine stuff. An we no tink bout how eryting you tell stay true.
14 You, oua God, dass Da One In Charge, you no wait fo drop da bad kine stuff on top us, cuz you do da right ting erytime. But still yet we no lissen you.
15 “Da way I figga, you oua Boss an oua God! You wen bring yoa peopo outa Egypt wit yoa strong powa. You wen do dat fo let erybody know from dat time till now, wat kine god you. But us guys do bad kine tings. We no do how we suppose to do.
16 Boss, you do eryting right. So I tell I like you fo pau stay huhu agains us guys, an no stay mad no moa. We come from Jerusalem, yoa big town, da hill dat stay spesho fo you. All da peopo aroun us stay laugh at us guys an poin finga us cuz a all da bad kine stuff we stay do, an da bad kine stuff oua ancesta guys wen do.
17 “But God, I yoa worka guy, an I stay pray to you an aks you fo lissen me. Cuz a who you, Boss, try smile an do good kine stuff fo yoa spesho temple, dat stay all bus up, an fo da peopo wen bag from dea.
18 “God, try lissen. An try open yoa eyes an look how us stay all bus up! Try look yoa bus up big town, Jerusalem, dat carry yoa name! Cuz us stay pray an aks you fo do dis. Az not cuz us guys do da right kine stuff, but cuz you give plenny chance!
19 “Boss, try lissen! Boss, hemo oua shame an let us go! Boss, try lissen, an do um! My God, cuz a who you, no wait! Cuz yoa big town an yoa peopo, dey carry yoa name!”
Seventy Times Seven
20 I stay pray an tell God all da bad kine stuff I wen do, an all da bad kine stuff my Israel peopo wen do. I tell my God, Da One In Charge, fo make da hill dat stay spesho fo him come good one mo time.
21 Befo I pau pray, Gabriel, da angel guy dat look jalike one regula guy dat I wen see in my odda dream da firs time, wen come fly fas fo reach me. Dat happen late aftanoon time, da same time da pries guys stay make sacrifice.
22 He tell me, “Eh Daniel! I come hea fo help you undastan wass happening.
23 Wen you wen start fo pray, God ansa you. Az why I come hea fo tell you dis cuz he tink real good bout you. So, tink bout wat I goin tell, an try fo undastan wat you wen see:
24 “Seventy times seven year, az da time God wen make fo yoa peopo an fo yoa town dat stay spesho fo God:
fo make da peopo dat go agains God stop,
fo make da ones stay do bad kine stuff stop,
fo make sacrifice, fo make da peopo dat do wass wrong come pono wit God,
fo make dem do da right kine stuff all da time,
fo put seal fo show dat wat da guy dat talk fo God dream stay fo real,
an fo make da Real Real Spesho Place inside da Temple come spesho fo God one mo time.
25 “Know dis an tink plenny bout um: From da time da message come fo go build Jerusalem town one mo time, till one guy come dat God goin pick fo lead da peopo. Dat goin be seven times seven year, an den sixty-two times seven year. Dey goin build Jerusalem town wit open spaces inside an one real strong wall, no matta goin get big trouble dat time.
26 “Afta da sixty-two times seven year, somebody goin kill da one dat God wen pick. He no goin get nobody his side. Goin get one leada dat goin come wit his army. Dey goin wipe out Jerusalem town an da Temple dat stay spesho fo God. Den da end goin come quick, jalike wen one flood come. Goin get war till da end, an erybody goin bag an eryting goin come wipe out.
27 Da leada dat come goin make good one solid deal wit plenny peopos fo seven year. But in da middo a da seven year, he goin stop all kine sacrifice. On top one end a da temple he goin put up idol kine gods dat God hate plenny. Wat he goin do so horraz, goin make eryting come hamajang, an make erybody bag from dea, till da time dat God tell he goin make him stop.”