Sea Island Creole English: De Nyew Testament

De Nyew Testament

De time mos come fa de Feas ob Unleaven Bread, de Jew holiday wen dey nyam bread wa ain hab no yeast een um. Dey call dat de Passoba holiday. De leada dem ob de Jew priest dem an de Law teacha dem beena study dey head fa figga how fa kill Jedus dout nobody find out bout um. Cause dey been scaid ob de people.


Den Satan tek hole ta Judas wa dey call Iscariot. E been one ob de tweb ciple dem. So Judas gone off an taak ta de priest leada dem an dem offisa ob dem wa gyaad God House. Judas taak ta um bout how e kin hep um ketch Jedus. De leada dem been glad fa yeh dat, an dey offa fa pay Judas money fa do um. Judas gree ta dat, an e staat fa saach fa way fa han Jedus oba ta um. Dey been wahn fa do dat wen dey ain gwine be no crowd ob people roun fa know bout um. So Judas look fa dat.


Jurin de Feas ob Unleaven Bread, de day come wen dey haffa kill de lamb fa mek sacrifice ta God, so dey kin nyam um an memba de Passoba wen God done bring e people outta Egypt lan. So Jedus call Peter an John an tell um say, “Oona go git de Passoba food ready fa we fa nyam.”
Dey aks um, “Weh ya wahn we fa git um ready?”
Jedus ansa um, “Wen oona go eenta de city, oona gwine meet a man wa da tote a big jug ob wata. Oona mus folla dat man an go eenta de house weh e go. Tell de man wa own dat house say, ‘De Teacha da aks ya weh de room weh e an e ciple dem gwine nyam de Passoba suppa.’ De man gwine show oona a big room opstair, wid all wa we need dey. Mus git de food ready dey.” Peter an John gone ta de city, an dey find ebryting jes like Jedus tell um. So dey git de food ready fa nyam de Passoba suppa.


Wen de time come fa de Passoba suppa, Jedus come ta de table wid e tweb postle dem. Jedus tell um say, “A been wahn fa nyam dis Passoba suppa wid oona too bad fo A suffa. Cause A da tell oona, A ain gwine nyam um gin til all wa de Passoba stan fa come true, wen God gwine rule oba all ting een dis wol.”
Jedus tek de cup ob wine an e tank God. Den e say, “Oona pass dis cup roun an leh all oona drink. Cause A da tell oona dat atta dis suppa, A ain gwine drink wine no mo til God rule oba dis wol.”
Jedus tek some bread an e tank God. Den e broke op de bread, gim ta e postle dem. E say, “Dis bread me body wa A da gii ta God fa oona sake. Oona mus nyam um fa memba me.” Same way, atta de Passoba suppa, Jedus tek de cup ob wine an gim ta e postle dem. E say, “De wine een dis cup, e de nyew cobnant tween God an e people. A da seal dat cobnant wid me blood, wen A gree fa leh people kill me fa oona sake.
“Bot look yah! De poson wa gwine han me oba ta dem people wa wahn fa kill me, e da nyam wid me! E han right yah pon de table wid me! De Man wa Come fom God gwine dead like God done cide um. Bot e gwine be too bad fa dat man wa da han um oba ta dem wa gwine kill um!”
Den de postle dem staat fa aks one noda say, “Wish one ob we gwine do dis ting wa Jedus taak bout?”

De ciple dem staat fa aagy wid one noda bout wish one ob dem dey oughta tink e great mo den all. Jedus tell um say, “Dey een de wol, de king dem hab chaage oba dey people. An dem people call dey rula ‘De People Fren.’ Bot oona mus dohn neba be like dat. Steada dat, de poson wa greata mongst oona mus be like de nyounga. An oona leada mus be like de one wa da saab. Ef oona hab two people, one wa seddown ta de table fa nyam an de oda poson wa da saab um, wish one de greata? Dat de poson wa da seddown ta de table, ainty? Bot A da stan mongst oona like a poson wa da saab.
“Oona beena stay wid me jurin all me haad time. Me Fada done gii me tority fa rule oba people. Same fashion, A gwine gii oona tority fa rule. Oona gwine nyam an drink ta me table wen A da rule. An oona gwine seddown pon shrone fa jedge de tweb tribe ob Israel.


“Simon, Simon, listen! Satan done aks fa test all ob oona fa wide op de good fom de bad, like a faama da wide op e grain fom de chaff. Bot A done pray ta God fa ya, Simon, dat ya ain gwine loss ya fait een me. An wen ya done ton back ta me, ya mus hep ya broda dem git mo scronga.”
Peter ansa Jedus say, “Lawd, A ready fa go wid ya ta de jailhouse, an fa dead wid ya too!”
Jedus tell um say, “A da tell ya, Peter, fo de roosta crow taday, ya gwine say shree time dat ya ain know me.”

Den Jedus aks e ciple dem say, “Dat time wen A been sen oona fa go an tell de Good Nyews, A been chaage oona dat oona mus dohn tek no money, no bag needa no shoe. Oona ain hab need ob nottin jurin dat time, ainty?”
Dey ansa um, “No, we ain been need nottin den.”
Den Jedus tell um say. “Bot now, ef oona hab money or a bag, mus tek um wid oona. An ef oona ain got no sode, mus sell oona coat an buy um. Cause A da tell oona, wen de prophet write een God Book say, ‘People tink dat e one ob dem wickity people,’ e beena write bout me. All wa God wod say bout me da happen, fa true.”
De ciple dem say, “Look yah, Lawd! We hab two sode.”
Jedus ansa um say, “Dat nuff!”


Jedus lef de city an gone ta de Mount Olib, jes like e nyuse fa do, an de ciple dem gone long wid um. Wen e git ta de place, e tell um, “Oona mus pray ta God so dat wen Satan tempt oona, oona ain gwine fall eenta sin.”
Den Jedus lef um an gone a leetle bit mo, bout one hundud foot way. An e kneel down an pray ta God. E say, “Fada, ef ya gree, do please, tek way dis cup wa A fa suffa. Stillyet, ya mus dohn do wa A wahn. Mus do wa ya wahn fa do.” Den one angel come outta heaben ta Jedus an gim scrent. Jedus beena suffa tommuch, an e pray eben mo haada. E sweat been like blood wa da drop down ta de groun.
Wen Jedus git op fom e pray, e gone back ta de ciple dem. Bot e see dat dey beena sleep, cause dey haat been too hebby. Jedus tell um say, “Oona ain oughta sleep, ainty? Git op an pray ta God so dat wen Satan tempt oona, oona ain gwine fall eenta sin.”


Wiles Jedus beena taak, a crowd come op. Judas, one ob de tweb ciple dem, beena lead de people. An e come op ta Jedus fa kiss um. Bot Jedus aks um say, “Judas, wid a kiss ya da han de Man wa Come fom God oba ta e enemy dem?”
Wen de ciple dem wa been wid Jedus see wa bout fa happen, dey aks Jedus say, “Lawd, kin we fight dem wid we sode?” An one dem ciple tek e sode an scrike de saabant ob de head man ob de Jew priest dem an cut off e right yea.
Bot Jedus chaage e ciple dem say, “Dat nuff. Oona stop dat!” E tetch de saabant head an heal e yea.
Jedus aks de leada dem ob de priest dem an de leada dem wa beena gyaad God House an de oda Jew leada dem wa been come dey fa git um, e say, “Oona haffa come yah fa git me wid sode an stick like A been a robba? A been wid oona ebry day een God House, an oona ain try fa grab hole ta me. Bot dis de time wen God gree fa leh oona tek me, now wen Satan wa da rule oba de daakness dey een chaage.”


Dey grab hole ta Jedus an tek um ta de head man ob de Jew priest dem, eenta e house. Peter folla long hine um bot e ain git close ta um. Now a fire been light dey een de middle ob de head man yaad, an people beena seddown roun dat fire. So Peter gone an jine um. One saabant gyal see Peter da seddown dey, wid de fire light da shine pon um. Dat gyal study Peter good fashion an e tell de people dey, say, “Dis man too been wid Jedus!”
Bot Peter say dat ain so. E tell um say, “Ooman, A ain eben know dat man!”
Atta wile, a man beena watch Peter. Dat man say, “Ya one ob dem wa been wid Jedus dem too!”
Bot Peter ansa say, “Man, A ain!”
Atta bout one hour, noda man tell de people say, “Fa true, dis man yah been wid Jedus, cause e come fom Galilee too.”
Peter ansa um say, “Man, A ain know wa ya da taak bout!”
Dat same time wen e beena say dat, a roosta crow. De Lawd ton roun an look scraight at Peter. An Peter memba dat de Lawd done tell um say, “Fo de roosta crow taday, ya gwine say shree time dat ya ain know me.” Peter gone outta de yaad an e cry bitta teah.


De sodja dem wa beena gyaad Jedus mek fun ob um an beat um. Dey tie a rag oba e eye, den dey knock um an say, “Ef ya a prophet, tell we who dat knock ya!” An dey tell Jedus plenty oda ting fa hole um cheap.


Wen day clean, dey hab meetin ob de Jew Council. De people leada dem, de leada dem ob de priest dem, an de Law teacha dem geda togeda, an de sodja dem tek Jedus fo dat Council. De people ob de Council chaage Jedus say, “Ef ya de Messiah, ya mus tell we.”
Jedus ansa um say, “Ef A tell oona, oona ain gwine bleebe me. An ef A aks oona a queshon, oona ain gwine ansa me. Bot fom now on, de Man wa Come fom God gwine seddown ta de right han ob God, wa hab all powa.”
All de people wa beena jedge um een de Council aks um say, “Well den, ya God Son?”
Jedus ansa um say, “Oona right wen oona say dat.”
Den de people wa beena jedge um say, “We ain need no mo people wod ginst um. Wid we own yea we done yeh wa e say!”

聞く Luke 22