De Postle Dem 16:18-40

¹⁸De gyal beena do dat same ting ebry day. Atta plenty day, Paul git burden down. E ton roun ta de slabe gyal an tell de ebil sperit eenside um say, “Een Jedus Christ name an by e powa, A da chaage ya fa come outta dis gyal.” Dat same time dey, de ebil sperit come outta de gyal an lef um.

¹⁹De massa dem ob de slabe gyal see dat de gyal ain gwine be able fa mek money fa um gin. Dey grab hole ta Paul an Silas an drag um ta de maakut place, ta de leada dem dat hab tority dey.

²⁰Dey tek um ta de Roman court ta de jedge dem, an dey tell um say, “Dem man yah, dey Jew people an dey da mek a heapa trouble een we city.

²¹Dey da laan we ting dat we Roman law say we ain oughta do. We Roman people, an we ain gwine gree fa do wa dem man yah tell we fa do.”

²²An de crowd ob people come jine een ginst Paul an Silas. De jedge dem chaage de sodja dem fa teah off Paul an Silas cloes an beat um.

²³Atta dey beat um bad, de jedge dem mek um chunk um eenta de jailhouse. Dem jedge chaage de gyaad fa keep um lock op good so dey ain able fa ron way.

²⁴Wen de jedge dem tell de gyaad dat, de gyaad gone an chunk Paul an Silas een de jailhouse. Den e pit dey foot tween two hebby piece ob wood, an e lock um good fa keep um dey.

²⁵Dat night een de middle ob de night, Paul an Silas been dey een de jailhouse, da pray ta God an da sing hymn fa praise um. An de oda people dat been dey wid um een de jailhouse beena listen ta um.

²⁶All ob a sudden, de groun staat fa shake too bad. E shake til de jailhouse esef beena shake way down ta de foundation. Same time, all de jailhouse door come open an de chain loose fom all de people dey.

²⁷De jailhouse gyaad wake op. An wen e see all de door dem open, e beena tink all de people een de jailhouse done ron way. So e tek out e sode an been ready fa kill esef.

²⁸Bot Paul holla loud say, “Mus dohn haam yasef. All ob we right yah.”

²⁹De jailhouse gyaad tell somebody fa come bring um light. E ron quick eenside. E beena tremble an e git down pon de groun fo um.

³⁰Den e tek Paul an Silas outta de jailhouse an aks um say, “Sah, wa A haffa do fa git sabe?”

³¹Paul an Silas ansa de gyaad say, “Ya haffa bleebe pon de Lawd Jedus, an God gwine sabe ya, an all de people dat lib een ya house.”

³²Den Paul an Silas tell de gyaad an all de people een e house de wod ob de Lawd.

³³Dat same time een de middle ob dat night, de gyaad tek Paul an Silas an wash off dey bruise. An right den Paul an Silas bactize de gyaad an all de people een e house.

³⁴De gyaad tek Paul an Silas eenta e own house an gim sompin fa nyam. An de gyaad an all de people een e house been too heppy, cause now dey bleebe pon God.

³⁵Wen day clean, de Roman jedge dem sen dey police offisa ta de jailhouse gyaad fa chaage um say, “Leh dem man go free.”

³⁶So de gyaad tell Paul say “De jedge dem done sen fa chaage me fa leh ya an Silas go free. Oona kin go now. A da aks God fa leh e peace be wid oona.”

³⁷Paul tell dem jedge police offisa say, “De Roman jedge dem ain neba jedge we fa see ef we done bad. Stillyet, dey done beat we out een de open, een front ob all de people. An we Roman people too! Den dey chunk we eenta de jailhouse. Now dey wahn fa mek we go dout nobody know bout dat, ainty? We ain gwine go dat way! Leh dem Roman jedge deysef come yah, an leh we go wid dem outta de jailhouse.”

³⁸De police offisa dem gone an tell de Roman jedge dem wa Paul say. Wen dey yeh say Paul an Silas been Roman people, de jedge dem been scaid.

³⁹So dey gone ta Paul an Silas een de jailhouse an tell um dey saary. Dey leh Paul an Silas loose an gone wid um outta de jailhouse. An dey beg um say, mus go way outta we city.

⁴⁰Wen Paul an Silas gone outta de jailhouse, dey gone ta Lydia house. Dey meet wid de oda Christian bredren dey an courage um. Den dey gone way.