John 11:5-16

⁵Jedus lob Martha an e sista an Lazarus.

⁶Stillyet, wen Jedus yeh dat Lazarus been sick, e stay two mo day een de place weh e been.

⁷Atta de two day done pass, e tell e ciple dem say, “Leh we go back ta Judea.”

⁸E ciple dem tell Jedus say, “Teacha, jes a leetle time back, de Jew dem wa lib dey beena try fa stone ya. Now ya wahn fa go back dey?”

⁹Jedus ansa um say, “Dey tweb hour fom sunop til sundown, ainty? So ef somebody da waak een de daytime, e ain gwine stumble, cause e da see de light wa dey een dis wol.

¹⁰Bot de one wa da waak een de night time gwine stumble, cause e ain got no light een um.”

¹¹Jedus say dat an den e say fodamo, “We fren, Lazarus, done gone fa sleep, bot A gwine wake um op.”

¹²De ciple dem say, “Lawd, ef Lazarus da sleep, e gwine git well.”

¹³Wen Jedus say Lazarus done gone fa sleep, e wahn fa mek e ciple dem ondastan dat Lazarus done dead. Bot de ciple dem beena tink Jedus mean fa say Lazarus jes da sleep.

¹⁴So Jedus tell um plain say, “Lazarus done dead.

¹⁵Bot fa oona sake, A glad A ain been dey wid um, cause dat gwine leh oona laan fa bleebe pon me. Leh we gone ta um.”

¹⁶Thomas, wa dey call de Twin, e tell de oda ciple dem say, “Leh we all go long wid de Teacha too, so we kin dead wid um.”