Luke 15:1-23

¹A heapa people come geda roun Jedus fa yeh wa e say. Dem wa geda tax come an dem oda Jew people dat de Jew dem ain neba mix op wid cause dey ain keep all de Jew Law.

²Dat mek de Pharisee dem an de Law teacha dem staat fa mek chaage say, “Dis man Jedus da mix op wid bad people, an e eben da nyam wid um!”

³So Jedus tell um one paable.

⁴E say, “Sposin a hundud sheep blongst ta one ob oona. Ef one ob dem sheep git loss, wa ya fa do? Sho nuff, ya gwine lef de ninety-nine wa safe een de fiel, an ya gwine saach fa de one wa loss til ya find um, ainty?

⁵Wen ya done find um, ya gwine be too glad, so ya gwine pit um cross ya shoulda.

⁶Wen ya git home, ya gwine hail ya fren dem an ya neighba dem, geda um roun an say, ‘A been loss one ob me sheep, an A saach fa um til now A done find um. Come, we gwine rejaice an mek merry!’

⁷A da tell oona, same fashion, dem wa een heaben rejaice wensoneba eben jes one sinna change e way an do wa God wahn um fa do. Fa true, dey gwine rejaice fa dat one mo den fa ninety-nine oda res wa tink say dey ain haffa change dey way.

⁸“Same way, sposin a ooman hab ten piece ob silba money. Ef one ob dem git loss, wa e gwine do? Sho nuff e gwine light de lamp an sweep de house good fashion. E gwine saach ebryweh til e find um, ainty?

⁹Den, wen e done find um, e gwine hail e fren an neighba dem. E gwine tell um say, ‘A been hab ten piece ob silba money an A loss one. A saach fa um til now A done find um. Come, we gwine rejaice an mek merry!’

¹⁰A da tell oona fa true, jes like dey all rejaice wen dat ooman find e money, same fashion, God angel dem da rejaice tommuch wen eben jes one sinna change e sinful way an do wa God wahn um fa do.”

¹¹Den Jedus tell um say, “One man been hab two son.

¹²De nyounga son say, ‘Fada, mus gii me me share ob de propaty wa A spose fa hab.’ So de man wide op e propaty tween e two son dem.

¹³Ain long atta dat, de nyounga son sell all e hab. E tek e money an e gone ta a place way off. E ron roun dey da lib loose life, an e shrow way all e money.

¹⁴Atta e done spen all e hab, a dry drought come shru oba all dat place an de people ain hab nottin fa nyam. Hongry come ta dat son doorstep. E ain hab nottin.

¹⁵So e gone fa wok fa a man een dat country, an de man sen um ta e fiel fa mind de pig dem.

¹⁶E been so hongry dat e been wahn fa nyam de pig slop. Bot nobody ain gim nottin fa nyam.

¹⁷Wen e come ta e sense, e say ta esef, ‘All dem wa wok fa me fada hab mo den nuff food fa nyam, an A yah da staab!

¹⁸A gwine git op an go ta me fada an tell um say, “Fada, A done sin ginst God an ginst ya.

¹⁹Cause ob wa A done, A ain fit fa ya fa call me ya son no mo. Ya mus treat me same like ya da treat ya wokman dem.” ’

²⁰So de son git op, an e gone back ta e fada. “E still been a long way off fom de house wen e fada shim. E fada been too saary fa um, an e ron quick, gone an hug an kiss um.

²¹E son tell um, ‘Fada, A done sin ginst God an ginst ya. A ain fit fa ya fa call me ya son no mo.’

²²Bot e fada tell e wokman dem say, ‘Mek hace an git de bes cloes fa me son fa weah. Pit a ring pon e finga, an pit shoe pon e foot.

²³Den, oona gwine go git de bes calf an kill um so we kin hab a feas an mek merry.