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Akan Do One Bad Ting
1 But da Israel peopo no do wat God tell um fo do fo no touch da kapu stuff. Akan, Zimri boy an Zerah grankid, from da Judah ohana, rip off some a da kapu tings. Az why God come huhu wit da Israel peopo.
2 Joshua sen guys from Jericho to Ai, nea Bet-Aven, da east side Bethel. He tell dem, “Go up dea fo scope out da land.” So da guys go an scope out Ai.
3 Wen dey come back by Joshua, dey tell um, “No need sen all da army guys agains Ai. Cuz ony get litto bit guys ova dea. Ony need two o three tousan guys fo win ova um. No need make all da peopo come all had it.” 4 So ony bout three tousan army guys go up dea. But da Ai guys chase um away from da town gate. 5 Da Ai guys chase um from in front da town gate an down da hill, to da place wea dey cut stone blocks. Dey kill bout thirty-six a da Israel guys. Den da odda Israel guys come bum out an lose fight, jalike dea heart come weak.
6 Joshua rip his clotheses, an go down an put his face on top da groun in front da Box Fo No Foget Da One In Charge. He stay dea till litto mo dark. Da older leadas fo da Israel peopo do da same ting, an throw dirt on top dea head fo show dey stay sad inside. 7 Joshua tell, “Haah, Da One In Charge?! You da Boss! But how come you bring dese peopo across da Jordan Riva fo let da Amor peopo wipe us out?! Mo betta us wen stay da odda side a da Jordan Riva! 8 Eh my Boss, try help me! Wat I can tell afta dis?! Now, us Israel guys wen turn aroun an run away from da guys dat stay agains us! 9 Da Canaan peopo an da odda peopo inside da land goin hear bout dis, an dey goin make one circle aroun us an wipe us out. Den us no goin be no moa! Den wat you goin do fo show peopo dat you get powa?”
10 Da One In Charge tell Joshua, “Stan up! Wat you stay doing down dea wit yoa face inside da dirt?! 11 Da Israel peopo wen do someting bad! Dey broke da deal I wen make wit dem, dat I wen tell you guys fo respeck. Dey wen take some a da kapu tings! Dey steal um, dey bulai bout um, an dey put um wit dea stuffs! 12 Az why da Israel peopo no can stan up agains da guys dat stay agains dem. Dey goin turn aroun an run away! Az cuz da Israel peopo wen come da ones dat gotta come wipe out jalike one sacrifice! If you guys no wipe out wateva kapu stuff you guys get, I no goin stay wit you guys no moa!
13 “Go! Tell da Israel peopo make one sacrifice fo dem come spesho fo me. Tell dem: Make spesho fo Da One In Charge. Get ready fo tomorra. Dis wat Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo tell: You Israel peopo, da kapu stuff you guys get, you no goin win ova da guys dat stay agains you wen you get dat stuff. You gotta throw um out.
14 “In da morning, ery ohana, one by one, gotta come in front me, Da One In Charge. Da ohana I goin pick, gotta come from da diffren blood lines. From da blood line I goin pick, da ohanas gotta come one by one. Den da ohana I pick, all dem gotta come one by one. 15 Da guy I goin pick, he da one dat get da tings dat kapu fo erybody. Kill him an burn up da body, an burn all his stuffs. Cuz he broke da Deal I wen make, an he do someting stupid dat no make sense, agains da Israel peopo az why.”
16 Da nex morning, still early, Joshua make da Israel peopo come, ery big ohana firs, den anodda. Da One In Charge pick da Judah ohana. 17 Den da Judah peopo come, an from dem he pick da Zerah blood line. Den he tell da Zerah blood line peopo fo come, an from dem he pick da Zimri ohana. 18 Den Joshua tell da Zimri ohana fo come one guy afta anodda guy, an he pick Akan, Karmi boy. Karmi, Zimri boy, an Zimri, Zerah boy, all dem from da Judah ohana.
19 Den Joshua tell Akan, “My boy, show respeck fo Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo! Tell dat he good! Den tell me wat you wen do! No hide notting from me!”
20 Akan tell, “Wat you tell, az true! I wen do one bad ting agains Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo! Dis wat I wen do: 21 Wen us guys take all da stuff from Jericho, I see one nice looking Babylon robe, wit five poun silva an one gold bar dat weigh mo den one poun. I wen like um, so I take um. I hide um unda da groun inside my tent, an da silva unda da odda stuff.”
22 So Joshua sen messenja guys. Dey run to Akan tent. Da stuff he hide was dea, wit da silva undaneat. 23 Dey take da stuff from inside da tent. Dey bring um by Joshua an all da Israel peopo, an spread um out in front Da One In Charge.
24 Den Joshua an all da Israel peopo take Akan from da Zerah blood line, da robe, da silva, an da gold bar, to da Achor Valley (dat mean Trouble Valley). Dey take his boys an girls dea too, an da cow he use fo plow da groun, his donkey, his sheeps an goats, his tent, an all da odda stuff he own. 25 Wen dey reach da valley, Joshua tell Akan, “How come you bring dis trouble on top us? Da One In Charge goin bring trouble on top you today!”
Den all da Israel peopo throw big stones at Akan fo kill him an all his peopo, an dey burn up all da bodies. 26 Dey put one big stack rocks on top Akan body, an da rocks stay dea still yet. Den Da One In Charge no stay huhu no moa. Az why dey call dat place Achor Valley from dat time. (Dat mean, Trouble Valley.)