Luke 19:4-12

⁴So Zacchaeus ron head ob de crowd an climb op a sycamo tree fa hab chance fa see Jedus, wa been gwine come long dat way.

⁵Wen Jedus git ta de tree weh Zacchaeus been, e look op an tell um say, “Hurry op an come down, Zacchaeus, cause A haffa stay ta ya house taday.”

⁶Zacchaeus come down quick. E tek Jedus ta e house an gim haaty welcome.

⁷All de people wa shim een Zacchaeus house staat fa grumble say, “Jedus gone fa stay ta de house ob a man wa ain keep de Jew Law.”

⁸Zacchaeus stanop an tell de Lawd say, “Look, Lawd! A gwine gii haf ob ebryting A got ta de po people. An ef A done tief fom anybody, A gwine gim back fo time wa A done tief fom um.”

⁹Jedus tell um, “Taday God done sabe dis man an e fambly. Dis man one ob Abraham chullun too.

¹⁰Cause de Man wa Come fom God, e come fa saach fa people wa loss, an sabe um.”

¹¹De people beena listen ta wa Jedus say. E been mos ta Jerusalem now, an dey beena tink say dat dey gwine see God come down an rule tareckly. So den, Jedus tell um one paable.

¹²E say, “One time one man wa fom a king fambly beena gwine ta a country faa way fa leh dem mek um king an den e gwine come back home gin.