Luke 7:11-27

¹¹De day atta dat, Jedus gone ta one town wa dey call Nain, an e ciple dem an a heapa oda people gone long wid um.

¹²Wen dey git ta de gate ob de wall wa go roun de town, dey meet plenty people gwine fa bury a man. Dat man wa dead been e modda onliest son. E been a wida ooman, an a whole crowd ob people fom de town been long wid um.

¹³Wen de Lawd see de ooman, e haat been hebby fa um, an e tell um say, “Mus dohn cry!”

¹⁴E gone oba an tetch de coffin, an de man dem wa beena tote de coffin, dey stop. Jedus tell de dead man say, “Nyoung man, A da tell ya say, mus git op.”

¹⁵De nyoung man wa been dead, e set op an staat fa taak. An Jedus gim ta e modda.

¹⁶All de people been scruck an stonish, an dey praise God, say, “We done see one prophet mongst we!” An dey say, “God done come fa hep e people!”

¹⁷Dis nyews bout Jedus git roun shru Judea an all de arie close by.

¹⁸John ciple dem gone tell um bout all dem ting.

¹⁹John call two ob e ciple dem, sen um ta de Lawd Jedus fa aks um say, “Ya de one wa been gwine fa come, or we spose fa look fa somebody else?”

²⁰Wen de man dem git ta Jedus, dey tell um say, “John wa Bactize sen we fa aks ya ef ya de one wa been gwine fa come, or we spose fa look fa somebody else.”

²¹Dat same time, Jedus beena heal plenty people. E heal dem wa sick, an e dribe out ebil sperit wa been een some ob de people, an e mek a heapa bline people see.

²²So Jedus ansa dem wa John sen, say, “Mus go back, tell John wa oona done see an wa oona done yeh. De people wa been bline, dey kin see. De cripple op people da waak. Dem wa hab leposy, dey git clean. De deef people able fa yeh, an dem wa done dead git op an lib gin. An de po people da yeh de Good Nyews.

²³De one wa ain got no doubt bout me, e bless fa true!”

²⁴Now wen dem wa John sen done gone back, Jedus tell de great crowd bout John. E say, “Wen oona gone ta John een de wildaness, wa oona been spect fa see? Oona spect fa see a piece ob grass wa da bend down wen de breeze da blow? No, oona ain gone fa see dat.

²⁵Den wa oona gone fa see? Oona gone fa see a man dress op een fine cloes? No, oona ain gone fa see dat. Cause dem wa rich an dress op een fine cloes, dey lib een house wa blongst ta king dem.

²⁶Bot fa true, wa oona gone fa see? Oona gone fa see a prophet, ainty? An A da tell oona de trute, oona done see de man wa a heap mo greata den de oda prophet dem.

²⁷John de one dey been write bout een God wod, say, ‘A gwine sen me messenja fa go head ob ya fa cleah de road an mek um ready fa ya.’