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John 19:2-17 in Sea Island Creole English

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John 19:2-17 in De Nyew Testament

2 De sodja dem tek some sticky briah an mek a crown, an dey pit um pon Jedus head. Den dey pit a long purple robe pon um fa weah.
3 Dey beena op ta um an mek fun ob um, da say, “Ya mus lib faeba, ya de King ob de Jew people!” An dey slap um.
4 One mo time Pilate gone out ta de Jew dem. E tell um say, “Oona look yah, A gwine mek um bring um back ta oona so dat oona gwine know dat A ain find nottin bad wa e done fa mek me condemn um.”
5 So Jedus come out, an e beena weah de briah crown an de long purple robe. Pilate tell de people say, “Oona look! Yah de man!”
6 Wen de leada dem ob de priest dem an de gyaad dem see Jedus, dey holla loud say, “Nail um ta de cross! Nail um ta de cross!” Pilate tell um say, “Oonasef tek um den an go nail um ta de cross. Cause A mesef, A ain find nottin bad wa e done fa mek me condemn um.”
7 Bot de Jew people ansa back, “We hab a law wa say e haffa dead, cause e say e God Son.”
8 Wen Pilate yeh wa dey say, e been eben mo scaid.
9 E gone back eenside de bighouse an aks Jedus say, “Weh ya come fom?” Bot Jedus ain ansa um.
10 Pilate aks um say, “Ya ain gwine taak ta me? Ain ya know dat A hab de powa fa leh ya go, an A hab de powa too fa mek um nail ya ta de cross?”
11 Jedus ansa say, “Ya hab powa oba me jes cause God gii ya dat powa dey. So den, de man wa han me oba ta ya, e de mo wossa sinna.”
12 Wen Pilate yeh wa Jedus say, e try fa find a way fa leh Jedus go. Bot de Jew people holla say, “Ef ya leh dis man yah go, ya ain no fren ob de Roman rula Caesar. De one wa say e a king, e de enemy ob Caesar.”
13 Wen Pilate yeh wa de people say, e mek um bring Jedus out. Den Pilate seddown een de chair weh dey seddown fa jedge people, een de place dey call De Stone Pabement. (De Hebrew people call um Gabbatha.)
14 Now by den, e been bout midday ob de Preparation Day. Dat de day fo de Passoba staat. Pilate tell de Jew people say, “Oona look! Yah oona King!”
15 Bot de people holla say, “Tek um way! Tek um way! Nail um ta de cross. Kill um!” Pilate aks um say, “Oona wahn me fa nail oona king ta de cross an kill um?” De leada dem ob de priest dem ansa say, “We ain hab no oda king cep Caesar!”
16 So den, Pilate han Jedus oba ta um fa leh de Roman sodja dem go nail um ta de cross. So de sodja dem tek chaage ob Jedus.
17 An e gone out, da tote e own cross pon e shoulda, til e come ta a place dey call “De place wa stan like a man head.” (De Hebrew people call dat place “Golgotha.”)
John 19 in De Nyew Testament