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Paul Gotta Tell Da Peopo Dat Not Jews

¹⁷ “I wen go back to Jerusalem, an I stay praying inside da temple. I wen see someting jalike one dream, an see da Boss talking. ¹⁸ He tell me, ‘Hurry up! Go way from Jerusalem right now, cuz dey no goin like da stuff you say bout me!’ ¹⁹ I tell him, ‘Boss, dey know I wen go from one Jewish church to anodda fo throw da peopo dat stay trus you inside jail, an bus um up. ²⁰ An wen dey kill da guy Stephen dat wen talk fo you, I wen stand dea an tell um, “Dass good!” an I wen take care da clotheses fo da guys dat stay killing him.’ ²¹ But da Boss tell me, ‘Go. I goin send you far away by da diffren peopos dat not Jews.’ ”

²² Da peopo wen listen to Paul till he say dat. Den dey wen start fo yell, “Kill um! Mo betta he no stay no moa!” ²³ Dey yell, an wave dea coats aroun, an throw da kine dust up in da air. ²⁴ Da main captain fo da Rome army guys wen tell his guys fo take Paul inside da army place. Da captain wen tell um fo whip him real hard, an fo make him talk so da captain can know how come da peopo wen yell at him lidat. ²⁵ Wen dey wen stretch him out fo whip him real hard, Paul wen tell da captain dat stay dea, “Dis okay in da rules fo da Rome peopo? fo you fo whip one guy dat get da same rights jalike da Rome peopo? even one guy dat neva do notting wrong?”

²⁶ Wen da captain hear dat, he wen go an tell da main captain, “Wat you goin do? Dis guy get da same rights jalike da Rome peopo!”

²⁷ Da main captain wen go by Paul an tell, “Eh, tell me, you get da same rights jalike one Rome guy, o wat?”

Paul say, “Dass right.”

²⁸ Den da main captain wen say, “I wen pay plenny money fo get da same rights jalike one Rome guy.”

Paul say, “But I wen born wit da same rights jalike one Rome guy.” ²⁹ Right den an dea da guys dat wen start fo make him talk wen go outside. Da main captain, he come scared wen he wen know dat he wen tie up Paul wit chains, an Paul one guy dat get da same rights jalike one Rome guy.

Paul In Front Da Main Leadas

³⁰ Da nex day da main captain wen like find out fo real kine, why da Jewish guys wen poin finga at Paul. He wen let him go outa jail, an tell da main priest guys an all da main leada guys fo come togedda. Den he wen bring Paul, an put him in front dem.

23 Paul wen look strait at da main leada guys an say, “My bruddas, I know dat I wen do all da stuff God wen like me fo do wit good heart even till today.”

² Wen he say dat, Ananias da Head Priest guy wen tell da guys standing by Paul fo slap Paulʼs mout. ³ Den Paul tell him, “God goin hit you. You jalike one wall dey wen cover wit white kine paint. You sit dea fo judge me jalike Godʼs Rules say, but den, you broke Godʼs Rules too, cuz you tell da guys fo slap me!”

⁴ Da guys dat stand near Paul wen say, “Eh, you talking bad to Godʼs Head Priest guy!”

⁵ Paul say, “Bruddas, I neva know he da Head Priest guy. Da Bible say, ‘No talk bad bout da leada fo yoa peopo.’ ”

⁶ Den Paul wen figga dat some a dem was Sadducee guys an da oddas was Pharisee guys. So he wen yell inside dea, “My bruddas, I one Pharisee guy, an one Pharisee guyʼs boy. Dey stay bring me in front da main leadas cuz I stay waiting an I believe dat we goin come back alive from mahke.”

⁷ Wen he say dat, da Pharisee guys an Sadducee guys ova dea wen start fo make argue, an dat wen make um split up. ⁸ Cuz da Sadducee guys say dat nobody goin come back alive from mahke, an no mo angel guys, an no mo spirits. But da Pharisee guys believe all dat stuff. ⁹ Dey wen make big noise, an den some a da Pharisee teacha guys dat teach Godʼs Rules wen stand up an wen make argue real hard. Dey say, “We no can find notting wrong wit dis guy. Maybe one spirit o one angel guy wen talk to him.” ¹⁰ Dey wen make argue even mo hard, an da main captain wen tink dey goin broke up Paul. He wen tell his army guys fo go down, take Paul away from dem, an take him inside da army place.