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Elisha Make One Ax
Come Up On Top Da Watta
1 Anodda time, da guys dat stay learn how fo talk fo God tell Elisha, “You know wat?! Dis place too small, wea we stay live wit you.
2 Mo betta us go da Jordan Riva, wea erybody can cut one beam fo build one place ova dea fo us guys live.”
Elisha tell, “Go do um.”
3 Den one a dem tell, “We like you come wit us guys, aah? cuz you oua boss.”
Elisha tell, “Shoots. I come wit you.”
4 So he go wit dem.
Dey go by da Jordan Riva, an start fo cut down some trees.
5 Had one guy stay cut down one beam, but da iron part fo da ax fall down inside da watta. Da guy yell, “Ho, boss! I wen borrow um from anodda guy! Cost plenny, you know!”
6 Elisha, da guy dat stay tight wit God, aks, “Wea da iron part wen fall down?” He show Elisha da place. Elisha cut one stick an throw um inside da watta right dea. Dass how he make da iron part come up on top da watta.
7 Den Elisha tell, “Go pick um up.” An da guy put out his hand an grab um.
Elisha Trap Da Aram Army Guys
So Dey No Can See
8 Anodda time, one king fo da Aram peopo stay make war wit da Israel peopo. Da king talk wit his main officer guys fo da army, fo make one plan wat dey goin do. He tell, “I goin go dis place, o dat place, fo make my war camp.”
9 Erytime da Aram king do dat, Elisha, da guy dat stay tight wit God, sen one messenja guy by da Israel king fo tell him, “Watch out! wen you go pass by dat place, cuz dass wea da Aram army guys goin make dea war camp.”
10 So da Israel king sen messenja guys fo go tell da peopo inside da place Elisha tell him wassup. Mo den one time, Elisha tell da Israel king fo watch out, so da king make shua da peopo nea dat place stay ready.
11 Dis make da Aram king come real huhu bout dis. So he tell his army officer guys fo come, an tell um, “You guys betta tell me, who from us guys stay squealing to da Israel king guy!”
12 One a his officer guys tell, “No, my boss da king—no mo nobody stay squealing to dem. Elisha, da guy dat talk fo God, dat stay inside Israel, he da one stay tell da Israel king da words you tell inside yoa bedroom.”
13 Den da king tell, “Go find out wea he stay. I goin sen guys fo catch um.”
Da officer guys go fo find out wea he stay, an dey sen messenja guys back by da king fo tell: “He stay Dotan town.”
14 Den da Aram king sen horses an war wagons ova dea, an plenny army guys. Dey come dea nite time an go all aroun da town.
15 Da nex morning early, wen da guy dat work fo Elisha get up an go outside, he see da army guys wit horses an war wagons all aroun da town. Da worka guy tell Elisha, da guy dat stay tight wit God, “Boss! Wat we goin do?!”
16 Elisha tell, “No sked! Get mo plenny guys hea on oua side den wit dem on dea side.”
17 Den Elisha pray lidis: “Da One In Charge, open my worka guy eyes fo him see.” Den Da One In Charge open da worka guy eyes. He look, an he see all ova da hills aroun da town, get real plenny fire kine horses an war wagons, all aroun Elisha.
18 Wen da Aram army guys start come down by Elisha, he pray to Da One In Charge lidis: “Wack dese guys from anodda place wit one strong light, so dey no can see notting!” Az why Da One In Charge make um so dey no can see notting, jalike Elisha wen tell.
19 Den Elisha tell da army guys, “Eh! Dis not da right road. An dis not da right town. Go come wit me, an I goin bring you by da guy you stay look fo.” An he bring dem inside Samaria town.
20 Wen dey go inside Samaria town, Elisha tell, “Da One In Charge, open dese guys eyes fo dem see.” Den Da One In Charge open dea eyes, an dey look, an dea dey stay, inside Samaria town!
21 Wen da Israel king see dem, he tell Elisha, “My faddah, you like me kill dem, o wat?”
22 Elisha tell, “No kill dem. You not da kine guy dat go kill guys dat you wen go catch fo make prisona wit yoa sword o bow. Give dem food an watta fo dem eat an drink. Den let um go back by dea boss guys.”
23 So da king make one big luau fo dem, an afta dey pau eat an drink, he sen dem away fo go back by dea boss guys. So den da army guys from Aram pau come inside da Israel land fo steal stuff.
Da Aram Army Guys
Go All Aroun Samaria Town
24 Laytas, wen Ben-Hadad come da Aram king, he bring togedda all his army guys, an go agains Samaria town fo take um ova. He put da army guys all aroun da town, fo nobody go inside o come outside.
25 Cuz a dat, no mo food inside Samaria. Az why stay real hard fo dem. Da Aram army guys make camp outside Samaria long time. Az why da head from one donkey fo eat can cost two poun silva, an one small cup pigeon doodoo fo eat can cost bout two ounce silva.
26 One time, wen da Israel king stay walk on top da town wall, an one Samaria wahine yell to him, “My boss da king, help me get outa trouble!”
27 Da king tell, “If Da One In Charge no stay help you, wea I goin find somebody fo help you?! From da place wea dey hemo da junks from da wheat? From da place wea dey step da grapes fo make wine? No ways!”
28 Den he aks her, “Wat kine problem you get?”
She tell, “Get dis wahine dat tell me, ‘Give me yoa boy, fo me an you eat him today! Den tomorra we go eat my boy too!’
29 So we cook my boy an eat him. Da nex day I tell her, ‘Give me yoa boy fo us eat um.’ But she wen hide um awready!”
30 Wen da king hear wat da wahine tell um, he rip his clotheses fo show he stay all bum out. Wen he go by da peopo on top da town wall, dey look at him, an dey see he wear burmbag kine cloth undaneat, on top his skin.
31 He tell, “Elisha gotta mahke today! If not, I like God do someting even mo bad to me!”
32 Elisha, he stay sit inside his house, an da older leada guys fo da Israel peopo stay sit dea wit him too. Da king sen one a his guys fo go kill Elisha. But befo da killa guy come dea, Elisha tell da older leadas, “Fo shua, you guys can see dis king like kill me! He one killa guy, an he stay sen somebody fo cut off my head! Lissen up—befo da guy he sen come, shut da door, an all you guys hold um agains him so he no can come inside! You can hear his boss, da king, dat stay come behind him awready.”
33 Befo Elisha pau tell um dis, da messenja guy come by da door.
Same time, da king tink lidis: “All dis trouble come from Da One In Charge. How come I gotta wait dis long time fo Da One In Charge do someting?!”