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De Postle Dem 19:21-41 in Sea Island Creole English

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De Postle Dem 19:21-41 in De Nyew Testament

21 Atta all dat happen, Paul cide fa go shru Macedonia an Achaia pon e way ta Jerusalem. Paul say, “Atta A gone dey, A haffa go an wisit Rome too.”
22 Timothy an Erastus been two ob dem dat beena hep Paul dey. Paul sen um on ta Macedonia, an e stay on fa a leetle wile mo een de arie ob Asia.
23 Bot dat same time, a ruckus come op mongst de people dey een Ephesus. Dey beena fight bout de Way ob de Lawd.
24 One man dey name Demetrius beena tek silba an mek ting. E beena mek dem leetle house wa da look like de same house weh de people go fa woshup op de idol wa name Diana. Demetrius an e wokman dem beena mek a whole heapa money dat way.
25 So Demetrius call togeda all e wokman dem, an de oda wokman dem dat beena do de same kinda wok. E tell um say, “Bredren, oona know dis wok da mek we a whole heapa money.
26 Oona da see an oona da yeh fa oonasef wa dis man Paul da do an say. E say dat god dat people mek wid dey han ain no true god tall. E taak so good dat plenty people yah een Ephesus an people all oba de arie ob Asia done bleebe wa e tell um.
27 So den, A ain jes da taak bout we wok an how de people kin hole we cheap an say de wok we do ain mount ta nottin. A da taak bout de great god Diana, an de house weh people da go fa woshup um op. De people gwine suck dey teet an say e ain wot nottin. Den de great glory an powa ob Diana ain gwine mount ta a ting needa. An Diana de god dat de people all oba Asia an een all de wol da woshup op!”
28 Wen de crowd yeh wa Demetrius say, dey been mad down. Dey staat fa holla say, “Diana, de god ob de Ephesus people, e great fa true!”
29 Fus ting ya know, de whole city been een a ruckus. De people grab hole ta Gaius an Aristarchus. Dem two man been fom Macedonia an beena trabel long wid Paul. De crowd tote um an gone quick ta de place weh de people been.
30 Wen dat crowd geda dey, Paul been wahn fa go een fa taak ta de people. Bot de Christian bleeba dem ain leh um go dey.
31 Some ob de big tority dem dey een de arie ob Asia been Paul fren. Dey sen wod fa beg Paul, say e mus dohn go eenta dat place weh de people beena geda.
32 Dey been a big mixop gwine on een dat place. Some beena holla one ting. Oda dem holla sompin else. Cause mos all dem wa been dey ain know hoccome dey been dey fa staat wid.
33 De Jew people dey shob Alexander een front ob de whole crowd. An some ob de crowd beena holla ta Alexander an try fa tell um wa fa do. E mek sign ta de people fa mek um hush some ob dey racket, cause e been wahn fa splain ta de people.
34 Bot wen de people see dat Alexander been a Jew, dey all staat fa holla. Dey beena holla fa two solid hour say, “Diana, de god ob de Ephesus people! E great fa true!”
35 Den de man wa been hab chaage oba de city, e aks de people fa hole dey peace, an e tell um say, “Oona me bredren wa lib yah een Ephesus, ebrybody know dat Ephesus de city sponsable fa de house weh people da woshup de great Diana, ainty? Ain dey all know dis city sponsable fa de holy stone dat been faddown outta de sky pon de city?
36 Nobody ain gwine say we da tell lie bout dis. So den, oona mus shet oona mout an tink fo oona cyaa on so.
37 Oona done bring dem man yah, bot dey ain tief nottin fom de house weh de god Diana dey. An dey ain taak bad ginst we god Diana needa.
38 Ef Demetrius an e wokman dem got sompin ginst somebody an wahn fa cuse um, de courthouse wide open. Leh um go ta de court an mek dey chaage.
39 Bot ef oona wahn fa taak bout sompin else, oona haffa tell de city leada dem fa call all de people togeda an do wa de law say, een a open meetin.
40 Cause ob wa we da do yah, A scaid de Roman tority dem gwine say we sponsable fa a ruckus. Ef dey cuse we, we ain gwine be able fa splain all dis ruckus, cause dey ain no reason fa um.”
41 Atta e say dat, e tell de people wa been geda togeda dey fa go home.
De Postle Dem 19 in De Nyew Testament