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Da peopo inside Jericho town, dey wen shut da gates real tight cuz da Israel peopo stay outside. Nobody can go outside an nobody can go inside.
Den Da One In Charge tell Joshua, “Try look! I stay give you Jericho town, an dea king, an dea army guys. You an yoa army guys, go march aroun da town one time. Do dat fo six days. Go get seven pries guys fo go in front da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Me, Da One In Charge Wen Make. Dey goin carry seven sheep horn trumpet. Day numba seven, dey goin march aroun da town seven time. All da time dey goin blow da trumpets. Wen you hear dem blow da sheep horn trumpets one long time, tell all da army guys fo yell real loud. Den da walls fo da town goin fall down, an all da Israel peopo goin go strait inside ova da wall.”
So Joshua, Nun boy, he tell da pries guys come by him. He tell um, “Pick up da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Da One In Charge Wen Make. An tell seven pries guys fo take sheep horn trumpets an go in front da Box.” Den he tell da peopo, “Go! March aroun da town. Some a da army guys take da tings dey need fo fight, an go in front da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Da One In Charge Wen Make.”
Afta Joshua tell da peopo wat fo do, da seven pries guys dat carry da seven sheep horn trumpets in front Da One In Charge go in front, blow dea trumpets, an da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal come nex. Da army guys go firs in front da pries guys dat blow da trumpets, an da Box come nex. All da time da pries guys stay blow da trumpets. 10 Joshua awready tell da peopo, “No yell jalike fo fight, no make noise, an no even talk! Ony da time I tell you guys fo yell, dat time you guys goin yell real loud!” 11 So Joshua tell dem fo take da Box aroun da town one time. Den da peopo go back dea camp an sleep dea dat nite.
12 Early da nex morning, Joshua dem get up. Da pries guys pick up da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Wit Da One In Charge. 13 Da seven pries guys take da seven trumpets an go in front da Box Fo No Foget Da Deal Wit Da One In Charge. Dey blow da trumpets. Da army guys go in front dem, an odda army guys come afta dem. Da pries guys still yet stay blow da trumpets. 14 So day numba two, dey march aroun da town one time an go back dea camp. Dey do same ting fo six days.
15 Day numba seven, dey get up wen almos get light. Dey march aroun da town jalike befo, but dis time, dey do um seven time. 16 Da numba seven time, wen da pries guys blow da trumpets mo loud, Joshua tell da peopo, “Yell! Cuz Da One In Charge wen give you guys dis town! 17 Da town an eryting inside um, come kapu fo erybody. Da town ony fo Da One In Charge, fo come jalike one sacrifice! Ony Rahab, da hoa, an her ohana, no kill dem! Cuz she da one wen hide da guys us wen sen dea fo scope out da land. 18 But watch out! No touch da stuff dat stay kapu fo you guys, cuz make you come pilau. Az why goin come wipe out cuz you take um. Cuz if you do dat, you goin make da Israel camp come pilau, an you guys goin jam up oua peopo too. 19 All da silva, gold, bronze, an iron stuff, az all kapu fo Da One In Charge. Az why all dat gotta stay wit all da odda rich kine stuffs dat stay kapu fo ony God.”
20 Den da pries guys blow da trumpets an da peopo yell. Wen get da loud noise from da trumpets an da peopo, da walls fall down! Den ery Israel army guy go strait inside, an dey take ova da town. 21 Dey make da town spesho fo Da One In Charge, jalike az one big sacrifice. Da Israel guys wipe out eryting inside um—da guys, da wahines, da young guys, da ol guys, da cows, da sheeps, an da donkeys.
22 Joshua tell da two guys dat wen go dea fo scope out da land befo time, “Go inside wea da hoa live an bring her an her ohana outside, jalike you guys wen make one strong promise to her fo do dat.” 23 So da young guys dat wen go dea befo time go inside an bring out Rahab, her faddah, muddah, braddahs, an all her peopo. Dey take her ohana, an put dem one place outside da Israel camp.
24 Den dey burn down da whole town an eryting inside um. But da silva, gold, an da bronze an iron stuffs, dey put um togedda with da odda rich stuffs fo Da One In Charge house. 25 But Rahab, da hoa, Joshua no let nobody hurt her o her ohana. Cuz she wen hide da guys dat Joshua sen befo time fo scope out da land. An she still yet live wit da Israel peopo.
26 Dat time, Joshua make dis strong promise fo erybody know dat God goin do um: “If somebody like go build Jericho town one mo time, in front Da One In Charge I tell dis: Goin cost him plenny. If he put down da foundation, his firs boy goin mahke, an if he put up da gates, his las boy goin mahke.”
27 So Da One In Charge stay tight wit Joshua, an all ova da land Joshua stay famous.
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