M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Fo Da Church Peopo Efesus Side

2 Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo dat come togedda fo church Efesus side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da One dat hold da seven stars inside his right hand, an walk aroun wea get da seven gold stands fo put lamps on top, dis wat he tell:

Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, I goin give um da right fo eat from da tree dat make peopo come alive fo real, dat stay inside Godʼs Beautiful Place.’ ”

Fo Da Church Peopo Smyrna Side

⁸ Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo dat come togedda fo church Smyrna side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da One dass first an last, da One dat wen mahke an den come back alive, dis wat he say:

Fo Da Church Peopo Pergamum Side

¹² Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo who come togedda fo church Pergamum side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Da guy dat get da sword dat get two side sharp -- dis wat he tell:

Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, I goin give um some a da manna kine bread fo eat dat God wen hide fo dem befo time. An I goin give um one white stone wit one new name dat God wen write on top um. Da guy dat get dat name, he da ony one goin know um.’ ”

Fo Da Church Peopo Tyatira Side

¹⁸ Den da One I wen see tell me, “Da angel messenja guy I wen send fo help da peopo who come togedda fo church Tyatira side, write one letta to him, an say dis: ‘Dis wat Godʼs Boy say, da One dat get eyes dat shine jalike one big hot fire, an feets dat look jalike brass metal dat shine:

An dass da kine power my Fadda wen give me. ²⁸ “Everybody dat fight an win ova da bad kine stuff, dey goin be awesome, jalike da early morning star. ²⁹ You can hear dis, you betta listen an go do wat Godʼs Spirit stay telling da church peopo!”

Wat God Say Make Us Come Alive Inside

1 Da time everyting had start, had one Guy. “Godʼs Talk,” dass who him. Dat Guy an God, dey stay togedda, an da Guy stay God fo real kine. ² Dass da Guy, da time everyting had start, him an God stay togedda. ³ God wen make everyting, but da way he do um, he tell dis Guy fo do um. No mo notting dis Guy neva make. ⁴ He da Guy, if you like come alive fo real kine, you come by him, cuz dat kine life come from him. Wen peopo come alive lidat, jalike dey stay inside one place dat get plenny light. Den dey can see an undastan. ⁵ No matta stay dark, da dark no can pio da light. Everytime get light.

⁶ Had one guy God wen send, name John. ⁷ God wen send John fo tell all da peopo wat he know bout Godʼs light, so dey can trus God cuz a him. Dass his kuleana.

⁸ John, he not da light. He ony come fo tell da peopo dat da light stay fo real. ⁹ Dat time wen John stay teaching, jalike da light dass fo real was coming inside da world. Dass da light dat show everybody wass true.

¹⁰ Dat time, da light dass fo real wen stay inside da world. Wen God wen make da world, he da Guy wen do um. But da peopo inside da world, dey neva know who him. ¹¹ He wen come his own country, but even his own peopo neva take him in. ¹² But everybody dat take him in an trus him, God give dem da right fo come his kids, cuz dey know who him. ¹³ Da way dey born, not da regula way, wit one guy fo dea fadda dat like get kids. Dey wen come Godʼs kids cuz God wen give um life inside.

¹⁴ Dat “Godʼs Talk” Guy, he wen come one guy jalike us guys. He wen stay wit us. We wen see how awesome he stay. He awesome, cuz he da one an ony Boy dat come from da Fadda. He like do plenny good stuff fo us, cuz dass how he stay. Everyting he say bout God, stay fo real.

¹⁵ John, he wen tell peopo wat he know bout dat Guy. He talk real strong so all da peopo can hear. He tell, “Dis da Guy I wen talk bout wen I wen say, ‘Bumbye one Guy goin show up, an dat Guy mo importan den me, cuz he stay awready from befo I born.’ ”

¹⁶ John talk lidat cuz dat Guy like do so plenny good kine stuff, an he do um fo all us guys, ova an ova. ¹⁷ Moses wen give our ancesta guys Godʼs Rules. Den Jesus Christ, Godʼs Spesho Guy, he wen do plenny good stuff fo us, an everyting he tell us bout God, stay fo real. ¹⁸ No mo nobody dat wen see God fo real kine. But get dat Guy. No mo odda guy jalike him cuz he God too. An he stay mo tight wit his Fadda den all da oddas. He da One dat wen make clear how God stay.

Wat John Da Baptiza Guy Tell

¹⁹ One time, da Jewish leada guys wen send priest guys an odda guys from da Levi ohana dat help da priest guys. Dey send um by John fo aks, “Eh, who you?” Dis wat he wen tell um:

²⁰ He neva bulai. He tell um strait out, “Listen! I not da Christ, da Spesho Guy God Goin Send.”

²¹ Dey aks him, “Den who you? You Elijah?” He tell, “No, I not.”

Dey say, “Den you da Spesho Guy dat goin come an talk fo God?” He tell, “No, I not.”

²² Dey tell him, “Kay den. Tell us who you. Wat you say bout yoaself? We gotta tell da guys dat wen send us someting, you know!”

²³ He say, jalike Isaiah wen say, da guy who talk fo God long time ago,

²⁴ Some a da guys da Jewish leadas wen send by John, dey Pharisees. ²⁵ Dem guys aks him, “Kay den. If you not da Spesho Christ Guy Dat God Goin Send, an you not Elijah, an you not da Spesho Guy dat goin come an talk fo God, den how come you stay baptize da peopo?”

²⁶ John tell um, “I stay baptize da peopo wit water. Anodda guy stay hea wit you guys, but you guys donno who him. ²⁷ I wen start fo teach first befo him, but I not spesho nuff even fo help him hemo his slippa.” ²⁸ All dis wen happen inside Betany town, da one dat stay da odda side da Jordan River. Dass wea John stay baptize da peopo.

Jesus Jalike Godʼs Baby Sheep

²⁹ Da nex day John spock Jesus coming by him, an he say, “Eh, you guys, try look da guy ova dea! You know wat? He jalike Godʼs baby sheep fo da sacrifice. He can hemo da shame fo da bad kine stuff dat everybody inside da whole world stay do! ³⁰ Dis da guy I wen talk bout wen I wen say, ‘Bumbye one guy goin show up afta me, but he stay mo importan den me, cuz he stay befo I born.’ ³¹ I neva know who him befo time. But I stay hea so da Israel peopo can know who him. Dass why I stay baptize peopo wit water.”

John tell mo bout wat he know. He say dis: “God wen send me fo baptize peopo wit water. He tell me, ‘You goin see my Spesho Spirit come down an stay wit one guy. He da guy goin let my Good an Spesho Spirit take ova my peopo.’ Dat time I wen see one guy, an I neva know who him. But den I wen see Godʼs Spesho Spirit come down from da sky jalike one dove, an stay wit da guy.

³⁴ I wen see dat, an I tell you guys, dat guy, he Godʼs Boy.”

Da First Guys Jesus Pick Fo Teach

³⁵ Da nex day John stay standing dea again wit two guys he teaching. ³⁶ Wen John spock Jesus walking by him, he say, “Look! Dis guy jalike Godʼs baby sheep fo da sacrifice.”

³⁷ Da two guys hear him say dat, an dey go wit Jesus. ³⁸ Jesus turn aroun an see dem going wit him. He tell, “Eh, wat you guys looking fo?”

Dey say, “Rabbi, wea you stay live?” (Now, “Rabbi,” dat mean “Teacha.”)

³⁹ Jesus say, “Come look.” So dey go wit him an see wea he stay, an dey stay dea wit him dat day. Was bout four clock in da aftanoon.

⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peterʼs brudda, he one a da two guys dat wen hear John Da Baptiza guy, an go wit Jesus. ⁴¹ Da first ting, Andrew find his brudda Simon an tell him, “We wen find da Messiah.” (Now, “Messiah,” dat mean “Da Christ Guy, da Spesho Guy God Wen Send,” dea language.) ⁴² Den he bring Simon to Jesus.

Jesus look at um an say, “You Simon, an yoa faddaʼs name John, yeah? but not da Baptiza Guy. From now dey goin call you ‘Cefas.’ ” (Dat mean “Peter,” o “Da Rock,” in dea language.)

Jesus Tell Philip an Natanael fo Come

⁴³ Da nex day Jesus wen tink fo go Galilee side. He find Philip an tell him, “Eh, come wit me, an be my guy.” ⁴⁴ Now, Philip come from Betsaida town, da same place Andrew an Peter live. ⁴⁵ Philip find Natanael an tell him, “We wen find da Guy dat Moses wen write bout in da book wit Godʼs Rules inside. An da guys dat wen talk fo God long time ago, dey wen write bout him too. He Jesus from Nazaret town, Josephʼs boy.”

⁴⁶ Natanael say, “Nah! No mo notting good come from Nazaret!”

Philip say, “Come look!”

⁴⁷ Jesus see Natanael coming by him, an he say, “Dis guy one fo real Israel guy. No mo notting fake inside him! He everytime tell da trut.”

⁴⁸ Natanael say, “How come you know who me?”

Jesus say, “I wen see you da time you was undaneat da fig tree, befo Philip tell you fo come.”

⁴⁹ Den Natanael tell him, “Teacha, you Godʼs Boy fo real kine! You da King fo da Israel peopo!”

⁵⁰ Jesus wen tell him, “You trus me jus cuz I tell you dat I wen see you undaneat da fig tree? Eh, you goin see mo betta stuff den dat!”

⁵¹ Den he tell him, “Dass right! An I like tell all you guys dis: You guys goin see da sky open up, an Godʼs angel messenja guys going up an going down by me, da Guy Dass Fo Real.”