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Jeftah
1 Jeftah from da Gilead land, he one strong army guy. His faddah Gilead, an his muddah, one hoa.
2 Gilead wife born boys fo him too. Wen dose boys grow up, dey make Jeftah go way from dea home. Dey tell um, “You no goin get notting from oua faddah wen he mahke, cuz yoa muddah anodda wahine, her not oua muddah!”
3 So Jeftah run away from his half braddahs to da Tov land, an make house dea. Get some no good buckaloose guys hang out wit him an rip off stuff from peopo.
4 Laytas, da time wen da Ammon peopo make war agains da Israel peopo,
5 da older leadas from Gilead go da Tov land fo bring back Jeftah.
6 Dey tell um, “Go come! Be da leada fo oua army guys, fo us guys fight da Ammon guys!”
7 But Jeftah tell da Gilead leada guys, “Eh! You guys wen hate me, an make me leave my faddah house. So! How come you guys come by me now, wen you guys get trouble?!”
8 Da Gilead leada guys tell Jeftah, “Still yet, us guys come back by you now. Go come wit us fo fight da Ammon guys, an you goin come da main man ova all da peopo dat live inside Gilead!”
9 Jeftah tell da Gilead leada guys, “Kay den. If you guys bring me back fo fight da Ammon guys, an if Da One In Charge let me win ova dem, den az fo real dat I goin stay in charge you guys, aah?!”
10 Da older leadas from Gilead tell Jeftah, “Da One In Charge da one dat hear wat us guys tell you. Fo shua we goin do wat you wen tell!”
11 Den Jeftah go wit da older leada guys from Gilead, an da peopo make him da main guy, an put him in charge. An Jeftah go Mizpah in front Da One In Charge, an he tell Da One In Charge eryting he wen tell da leada guys.
12 Den Jeftah sen messenja guys by da Ammon king, an aks him, “Wassup wit me an you?! How come you come agains me fo fight inside my land?”
13 Da Ammon king guy tell Jeftah messenja guys, “Wen da Israel peopo come outa Egypt, dey take away my land from da Arnon Riva to da Jabbok Riva, all da way ova to da Jordan Riva. Now give um back an no fight!”
14 Jeftah sen back messenja guys to da Ammon king.
15 Dey tell, “Dis wat Jeftah tell: Da Israel peopo neva take da Moab peopo land o da Ammon peopo land!
16 But wen da Israel peopo come outa Egypt, dey go thru da boonies to da Red Sea. Den dey go Kadesh.
17 “Da Israel peopo sen messenja guys by da Edom king, an tell, ‘Let us go thru yoa land.’ But da Edom king neva lissen. Dey sen messenja guys by da Moab king too, an he neva lissen. So da Israel peopo stay Kadesh side.
18 “Nex, dey go thru da boonies, aroun da outside a da Edom land an da Moab land, an go by da east side a da Moab land. Dey make camp da odda side a da Arnon Riva. Dey no go inside da Moab land, cuz da Arnon Riva stay on da edge.
19 “Den da Israel peopo sen messenjas by Sihon, da king fo da Amor peopo, dat stay in charge inside Heshbon town. Dey tell him, ‘Try let us go thru yoa land fo go oua place.’
20 But Sihon neva trus da Israel peopo fo go thru his land. He bring togedda his army guys, an make camp Jahaz side, an fight da Israel army guys.
21 “Den Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo, make da Israel guys win ova Sihon an all his army guys. So da Israel peopo take ova all da land wea da Amor peopo live.
22 Dey take um all ova from da Arnon Riva to da Jabbok Riva, an from da boonies to da Jordan Riva.
23 “Kay den! Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo, wen push out da Amor peopo in front da Israel peopo. Az why you guys no can take ova!
24 Keep da property yoa god Kemosh wen give you. Same ting, us guys goin keep da property dat oua God, Da One In Charge, wen give us.
25 You guys tink you mo betta den Balak, Zippor boy, da Moab king, o wat?! He neva make argue wit da Israel guys o fight dem.
26 Fo three hundred year da Israel peopo stay inside Heshbon town, Aroer town, da odda towns aroun dea, an all da towns by da Arnon Riva. How come you guys neva take um back dat time?
27 Me, I neva do notting wrong agains you guys, but you guys do da wrong ting agains us, cuz you make war agains us. Let Da One In Charge, da Judge, tell who stay wrong today, da Israel peopo o da Ammon peopo!”
28 But da Ammon king no lissen wat Jeftah tell him.
29 Den da Spirit from Da One In Charge take ova Jeftah. He go ova da Gilead land, an da Manasseh land, go thru Mizpah inside Gilead, an from dea he get da army fo go agains da Ammon guys.
30 Jeftah make one strong promise to Da One In Charge. He tell, “If you make us guys win ova da Ammon guys,
31 den wateva come out da door from my house fo meet me wen I go back, afta we win ova da Ammon guys, I goin give um to Da One In Charge fo come one burn up kine sacrifice!”
32 Den Jeftah dem go ova fo fight da Ammon guys, an Da One In Charge make dem win.
33 He wack da peopo inside twenny towns from Aroer town to nea Minnit, all da way to Abel Keramim town. Az how da Israel peopo win ova da Ammon guys.
34 Wen Jeftah come home Mizpah side, his girl come out fo meet him, dancing wit one tammorine! She his ony kid. He no mo boy o odda girl.
35 Wen he spock her, he rip his clotheses. He yell, “Bummahs! My girl! You wen bring me down, an jam up my life! Cuz I wen make one strong promise to Da One In Charge, dat I no can broke!”
36 She tell, “My faddah, you wen make one promise to Da One In Charge. So den, make to me jalike you wen tell. Cuz Da One In Charge let you pay back da Ammon peopo dat stay agains you.
37 But I get someting fo aks. I can go holoholo wit my frenz inside da hill country an cry fo two month, cuz I no goin marry, o not?”
38 He tell her, “You can go.” So he let her go fo two month. Her an da odda girls go inside da hills an cry, cuz she no goin marry.
39 Afta two month she come back. Her faddah make to her how he wen make one strong promise fo do. An she neva sleep wit one guy.
From dat come one custom fo da Israel peopo:
40 Ery year da young Israel wahines go out fo four days fo tell da sad story bout Jeftah girl from Gilead.