Luke 19:8-32

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.

¹³Fo de man lef, e call ten ob e wokman dem an gim each a gole coin. E tell um say, ‘See hommuch ya kin mek wid dis money fo A come back.’

¹⁴“Now den, de people wa lib een dat country been hate um. Dey sen messenja dem atta um fa say, ‘We ain wahn dis man fa rule oba we.’

¹⁵“Bot de man git mek king ob dey country, an e come back ta e house. Tareckly e sen fa e ten wokman dem fa come tell um hommuch money dey been mek wid e gole coin.

¹⁶De fus wokman come an say, ‘Sah, A done mek ten mo gole coin wid de one wa ya gii me.’

¹⁷De king tell um say, ‘Ya done good. Ya a good wokman. Cause A able fa trus ya fa do a leetle job, A gwine mek ya rula oba ten city.’

¹⁸De secon wokman come ta de king an say, ‘Sah, A done mek fibe mo gole coin wid de one wa ya gii me.’

¹⁹De king tell um say, ‘Ya gwine rule oba fibe city.’

²⁰Oda wokman come ta de king say, ‘Sah, yah de one gole coin wa ya been gii me. A been tie um op een a hankachief fa keep um safe.

²¹A been scaid ob ya cause ya a haad man. Ya da tek dat wa ain ya own an ya da haabis wa ya ain plant!’

²²De king tell um say, ‘Ya a good fa nottin wokman. De wod wa ya own mout done taak A gwine nyuse fa condemn ya! Ya know A a haad man, ainty? A da tek dat wa ain me own an A da haabis wa A ain plant.

²³Ya oughta hab pit me money een de bank, an den wen A come back, leas A been gwine hab de money an de interest e done git too.’

²⁴Den de king tell de wokman dem wa beena stan dey, say, ‘Oona tek de one gole coin way fom dis man an gim ta de wokman wa hab ten.’

²⁵Dem wokman say, ‘Sah, dat man done hab ten coin!’

²⁶An de king ansa say, ‘A da tell oona say, dat ebry poson wa got sompin, God gwine gim mo. Bot de one wa ain got nottin, God gwine tek way dat leeleetle bit wa e got.

²⁷Now den, me enemy dem wa ain wahn me fa rule oba dem, fetch um yah an kill um een front ob me!’ ”

²⁸Atta Jedus say dat, e gone long head ob de people, da waak ta Jerusalem.

²⁹Wen e git close ta Bethphage an Bethany, dey ta de Mount Olib, e call two ob e ciple dem an e sen um on head ob um.

³⁰E tell um say, “Oona go ta de settlement wa dey head ob oona. Wen oona go eenta de settlement, oona gwine see one nyoung donkey dat dey done tie op dey. Nobody ain neba yet ride pon dat donkey. Mus ontie um an fetch um yah.

³¹Ef anybody aks oona hoccome ya da ontie um, ansa um say, ‘De Lawd need um.’ ”

³²De two ciple dem gone long ta de settlement an dey find ebryting jes like Jedus tell um.