Luke 7:17-38

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.’

²⁸A da tell oona say, John mo greata den all de people wa eba lib. Stillyet, de poson wa leas ob all dem people wa God da rule, dat poson mo greata den John!”

²⁹Wen all de people, eben dem wa da geda tax, yeh Jedus, dey gree wid um, say dat God way, e right. Cause dey done hab John bactize um.

³⁰Bot de Pharisee dem an de Jew Law teacha dem, dey ain gree fa do wa God wahn um fa do, cause dey ain hab John bactize um.

³¹Jedus say, “De people dat lib een dis day yah, wa kin A say dey like? How dey stan?

³²Dem people stan like chullun wa da seddown ta de maakut. An dey da holla ta oda chullun, say, ‘We done play music fa oona, bot oona ain dance! We done sing sompin saaful, bot oona ain cry!’

³³Wen John wa Bactize come, e fast fa woshup God an e ain drink no wine. Bot oona say, ‘A ebil sperit een John.’

³⁴Now wen de Man wa Come fom God come, e da nyam an drink. An oona say, ‘Look, dis man yah da pack e gut an e a dronka! Dem people wa da geda tax an dem oda people wa ain fit fa mix wid Jew people, dem e fren!’

³⁵Stillyet, dem wa da do wa God tell um fa do, dey gwine show dat God wise fa true.”

³⁶One Pharisee come aks Jedus fa nyam wid um. Jedus gree an gone wid de Pharisee ta e house an seddown fa nyam.

³⁷A ooman been dey een dat town wa beena lib loose life. Wen de ooman yeh say Jedus beena nyam ta de Pharisee house, e cyaa a white stone bottle dat been full op wid spensiz pafume, an e gone ta de house.

³⁸De ooman stanop hine Jedus, close ta e foot. E staat fa cry, an e cry sommuch til de wata outta e eye wet op Jedus foot. So den, e dry Jedus foot wid e hair. E kiss e foot an e tek de pafume an rub um pon Jedus foot.