M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Jesus Look Diffren On Top Da Mountain

17 Afta six days, Jesus wen take Peter, James, an James brudda John wit him up on top one big mountain wea neva have nobody. ² Den, da same time dey stay looking at him, Jesus wen start fo look diffren in front dem. His face wen shine jalike da sun, an his clotheses wen come shiny kine jalike one bright light. ³ An you know wat? Right den an dea Moses an Elijah from long time befo wen come outa no wea, an dey stay talking wit Jesus.

⁴ Den Peter tell Jesus, “You know wat, Boss? Good we stay ova hea! If you like, I goin make shacks ova hea, one fo you, one fo Moses, one fo Elijah.”

⁵ Peter still talking, an you know wat? Had one bright cloud go ova dem. Den, one voice from inside da cloud say, “Dis my boy! I get plenny love an aloha fo him. I feel real good inside cuz a him. Eh, listen to him!” ⁶ Da guys hear da voice, an dey come real scared, an dey put dea face on top da groun.

⁷ Jesus go by dem, an touch um, an say, “Get up! No scared!” ⁸ Wen dey look up, dey see ony Jesus.

⁹ Afta dat, Jesus guys stay going down da mountain, an Jesus tell um, “You guys wen see someting real spesho. No tell nobody wat you guys wen see. I Da Guy Dass Fo Real. I goin mahke, an I goin come back alive afta I mahke. Ony dat time, you guys can tell peopo wat you guys wen see.”

¹⁰ Jesus guys aks him, “Eh, da teacha guys dat teach da Rules from God, how come dey say Elijah gotta come back first befo Godʼs Spesho Guy goin show up?”

¹¹ He say, “Dass right. Elijah gotta come back first an make everyting ready fo Godʼs Spesho Guy. ¹² But I telling you, Elijah wen come back awready, an da peopo neva know who him. Dey even wen make um any kine. An me, da Guy Dass Fo Real, same ting, dey goin make me suffa lidat too.” ¹³ Den his guys wen figga dat wen he talk bout Elijah coming back, he mean John Da Baptiza Guy.

Jesus Throw Out Da Bad Kine Spirit From One Boy

¹⁴ Jesus an his three guys come by choke peopo. One guy from ova dea wen go by him, an go down on his knees. He say, ¹⁵ “Boss, try pity my boy! He fall down an start fo shake plenny, an suffa real bad. Plenny times he fall down inside da fire o inside da water. ¹⁶ I wen bring um ova hea by da guys you stay teaching, but dey no can make him come good.”

¹⁷ Jesus say, “You guys! Nowdays nobody stay trus God! You guys, yoa head, all kapakahi! How much time still I gotta put up wit you guys? Bring da boy ova hea!” ¹⁸ Den Jesus talk strong to da bad kine spirit. Den da spirit let go da boy. Right den an dea da boy wen come good.

¹⁹ Jesus guys go by him wen neva have nobody, an aks him, “How come we no can throw um out?”

²⁰ He say, “Cuz you guys neva trus God nuff, az why. An I telling you guys dis too: if you guys trus God ony litto bit, jalike da smalles mustard seed, you can tell dis mountain, ‘Go move ova dea,’ an da mountain goin go. No goin get notting dat you guys no can handle. ²¹ [But ony get one way fo make dis kine bad spirit let peopo go, you know. You gotta skip food so you can pray mo hard.]”

One Mo Time Jesus Say He Gotta Mahke An Come Back Alive

²² Den all Jesus guys wen come togedda wit him, Galilee side, an Jesus wen tell um, “I da Guy Dass Fo Real, you know. But den get peopo dat goin set me up an bus me. ²³ Dey goin kill me, an afta dat, day numba three, I goin come back alive.” Dat make Jesus guys come real sad.

Jesus Pay Da Tax Fo Da Temple

²⁴ Den Jesus an his guys go Capernaum town, an da guys who take money fo tax go by Peter an say, “Yoa teacha pay da tax fo da temple, yeah?”

²⁵ He say, “Yeah, he pay um.”

Wen Peter go home, Jesus talk first, an say, “Eh Simon! Try tell me wat you tink bout dis: All da kings inside da world, from wea dey take da tax from? From dea own peopo, o from da odda peopos?”

²⁶ He say, “From da odda peopos.”

Jesus say, “Den dea own peopo no need pay, yeah? ²⁷ But if us guys no pay um, da tax guys goin tink bad bout us guys. So, go by da lake, an drop one line inside da water. Da first fish you catch, open da mout. You goin find one silva coin inside. Take dat coin to da tax guys. Dat goin be nuff fo me an you.”

Inside Tessalonika

17 Dey wen go thru Amfipolis an Apollonia, an wen come Tessalonika. Had one Jewish church ova dea. ² Paul wen go da Jewish church, jalike he everytime wen go. Fo three week on da Rest Day he wen talk to dem bout da Bible. ³ He wen teach um an show um dat da Spesho Guy God Wen Send gotta suffa an come back alive from mahke. He say, “Dis guy Jesus I stay tell you guys bout, he da Spesho Guy God Wen Send.” ⁴ Some a da Jewish peopo wen trus wat he say, an wen go wit Paul an Silas. An plenny guys dat not Jewish dat get plenny respeck fo God, an plenny wahines dat stay importan, dey wen trus da Good Stuff Bout Jesus too.

⁵ But da Jewish guys wen come jealous. So dey wen get togedda some bad kine guys from da market place, an dey wen come one big gang, an wen start one big beef inside da town. Dey wen run by one guy name Jasonʼs house fo look fo Paul an Silas so dey can bring um outside by da peopo. ⁶ But dey no can find um. Az why dey wen drag Jason an some odda bruddas in front da town leadas. Dey wen yell, “Dese guys, dey wen make big trouble all ova da whole world, an now dey stay come ova hea. ⁷ Dis guy Jason wen tell dem fo make house his place. An dey all stay broke King Cesarʼs rules, cuz dey say get one nodda King, one guy name Jesus.” ⁸ Wen dey hear dat, all da peopo an da town leadas, wen bodda dem plenny. ⁹ Den dey wen make Jason an da odda guys pay some money, an dey wen let um go.

Inside Berea

¹⁰ Dat nite da bruddas wen send Paul an Silas away to Berea. Wen dey wen come ova dea, dey wen go da Jewish church. ¹¹ Da Berea peopo, dey mo betta den da Tessalonika peopo, cuz dey wen like take in da Good Stuff Bout Jesus, an dey wen check out wat da Bible wen say from befo time, every day, fo find out if wat Paul wen say stay true. ¹² Plenny Jewish peopo, an plenny wahines dat not Jewish dat stay importan, an plenny guys dat not Jewish, dey all wen trus da Good Stuff Bout Jesus. ¹³ Wen da Jewish guys inside Tessalonika wen know dat Paul stay teach wat God say inside Berea, dey wen go ova dea too, an dey wen make plenny peopo like beef. ¹⁴ Da bruddas wen send Paul da coast side fast, but Silas an Timoty wen stay inside Berea. ¹⁵ Da guys dat wen go wit Paul wen take him to Athens. Den dey wen go back an wen tell Silas an Timoty fo go by Paul fast.

Inside Athens

¹⁶ Paul wen wait fo dem inside Athens, an he wen bum out wen he wen see had plenny idol kine gods ova dea. ¹⁷ He wen go da Jewish church an wen talk wit da Jewish peopo bout da Good Stuff, an da Greek peopo dat had plenny respeck fo God, he wen talk wit dem too. An, he wen go da market place every day an talk to da peopo dat stay come dea. ¹⁸ Some teachas dat tink like da guy Epicureas an odda teachas dat tink like da Stoic guys, dey wen come fo talk wit Paul. Some a dem wen say, “Wat dis mynah bird guy trying fo say?” Odda guys wen say, “Sound like he telling bout odda peopoʼs gods.” Dey wen say, dat cuz Paul stay teaching da Good Stuff Bout Jesus, an telling peopo dat Jesus wen come back alive from mahke. ¹⁹ Den dey wen take Paul in front da leada guys dat stay come togedda on top Ares Hill. Dey say, “Tell us bout dis new kine stuff you stay teach. ²⁰ You stay tell us some stuff we no can figga, an we like know wat dat mean.” ²¹ (You know, all da peopo from Athens an da peopo from odda places dat stay dea, dey everytime talk bout an listen to da new kine stuff. Dass all dey do.)

²² Paul wen stand up in da middle a dem guys on top Ares Hill, an say, “You guys from Athens, I see dat you guys everytime do da religious kine stuff. ²³ Cuz wen I wen walk aroun an see all da places wea you guys go down an pray, I even wen find one altar place dat get one writing on top um dat say, ‘Fo Da God We Donno.’ Now I goin tell you bout da god dat you go down an pray to, dat you donno. ²⁴ Da God dat wen make da world an all da stuff inside um, he da Boss fo da sky an da earth. He no stay inside da temples da peopo make. ²⁵ Peopo no need take care him jalike if he stay need someting. Cuz he da One dat stay make all da peopo alive, an he give dem air fo breathe, an all da odda stuff. ²⁶ From one guy, God wen make all da peopos, so dey can stay all ova da world. He wen make da times an da places fo dem fo stay. ²⁷ God wen do dat so da peopo can go look fo him. Den might be dey goin reach out an find him. But he no stay far from every one a us guys.

Jalike yoa own poet guys wen say,

²⁹ Cuz we stay his kids, no good if we tink dat God stay jalike one idol kine god dat one guy wen tink bout an make from gold o silva o one stone. ³⁰ Befo time God wen let da peopo tink dat stuff, cuz dey neva know, but now he stay tell all da peopo all ova da world dat dey gotta come sorry fo all da bad kine stuff dey wen do, an pau do um. ³¹ He wen make one day wen he goin judge everybody inside da world. He goin send one guy fo judge um da right way. He wen show dat dis stay true cuz he wen bring dat guy back alive from mahke.”

³² Wen dey wen hear him say dat one guy wen come back alive from mahke, some a dem guys wen make fun a him. But odda guys say, “We like hear you talk bout dis stuff one mo time.” ³³ Den Paul wen go way from da main leadas. ³⁴ Some guys wen go wit Paul an trus da Good Stuff Bout Jesus. One a dem guys name Dionysius, he wen stay one leada guy, an one wahine name Damaris, an odda peopo, dey wen trus Jesus.