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Da Prince, Da Levi Ohana,
An Da Pries Guys
1 Den da bronze looking guy bring me back by da outside gateway fo da Place Dat Stay Spesho Fo God. Dass da gateway dat face da east side. But dat one stay shut. 2 Da One In Charge tell, “Dis gateway goin stay shut. No mo nobody goin open um. No mo nobody goin come inside thru um. Cuz me, Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo, wen go thru dea fo go inside. Az why goin stay shut. 3 Da prince, he da ony guy dat can sit inside da gateway place fo eat in front Da One In Charge. He goin come in thru da lanai fo da gateway, an go out da same way.”
4 Den da bronze looking guy bring me inside thru da north gate. He take me in front da temple. I look, an you know wat I wen spock?! I see da awesome light dat stay aroun Da One In Charge fill up da temple! Den I fall down wit my face on top da groun.
5 Da One In Charge tell, “Eh! Fo Real Kine Guy! Tink real good bout all dis! Lissen up real good to eryting I tell you bout all da rules bout da Temple fo me, Da One In Charge. Tink real good bout da peopo dat can go inside da Temple, an all da ones dat gotta stay outside da Place Dat Stay Spesho Fo Me. 6 Tell da Israel ohana peopo dat stay agains me, ‘Dis wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell: You Israel ohana peopo, nuff awready, all da pilau kine stuff you guys do! 7 You guys wen do plenny bad kine stuff in my face! An mo worse, get guys aroun hea from odda places dat no mo da mark fo show dey mines on top dea bodies o inside dem. But you guys, you bring dem inside da Temple dat stay spesho fo me. Dass how you guys make my Temple come pilau. Da same time you guys make one sacrifice wit fat an blood fo give me food, but you guys broke da deal I wen make wit you guys. 8 You guys get da kuleana fo proteck da tings dat stay spesho fo me! But you neva do wat you suppose to do. You guys hire dese guys from odda places fo be in charge a da place dat stay spesho fo me. 9 Dis wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell: If get one guy from anodda place dat no mo da mark fo show dat he mines on top his body an inside him, he betta not go inside da place dat stay spesho fo me, not even if he live wit da Israel peopo.
10 “ ‘Da Levi guys dat go far away from me, da time da Israel peopo wen go scatta all ova da place fo go afta dea idol kine gods, dey goin had it from me wen I punish dem fo hamajang eryting. 11 Dese Levi ohana guys can work inside da place dat stay spesho fo me, an take charge a da gates fo da temple, an work inside um. Dey can kill da animals fo make da burn up kine sacrifice, an make sacrifices fo da regula kine peopo, an stan in front da peopo, an work fo dem. 12 But cuz wen dey work fo da Israel peopo, dey do um jalike dey da pries guys fo dea own pilau idol kine gods, not fo Da One In Charge. Dey make da Israel peopo do bad kine stuff! An az why I make one strong promise dat dey goin had it from me wen I punish dem. Az wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell. 13 No way dey goin come nea me fo work an make jalike dey pries guys! An no way dey can come nea my spesho tings, o my mos spesho sacrifices. I goin punish dem fo da bad kine stuff dey wen do. 14 But still yet I goin make dem stay in charge fo work inside da temple, an all da work dat dey gotta do inside um.
15 “ ‘But get da fo real kine pries guys dat come from da Levi ohana, da Zadok blood line. Dey da ones dat do all da kine stuff dey suppose to do fo da place dat stay spesho fo me. No matta da Israel peopo go away from me, dey goin come fo work in front me. Dey goin come nea me an stan in front me fo give da sacrifices wit da fat an da blood. Az wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell. 16 Dey da ony ones dat goin go inside da place dat stay spesho fo me. Dey da ony ones dat goin come nea my table fo work in front me.
17 ✡“ ‘Wen dey go inside da gateways fo da inside open lanai, dey gotta wear linen kine clotheses. Dey betta not wear wool kine clotheses wen dey work by da gateways fo da inside open lanai o inside da Temple. 18 Dey gotta wear da linen kine pries hat on top dea head an linen kine undawear aroun dea wais. Dey betta not wear notting dat make um sweat. 19 ✡Wen dey go outside fo go da outside open lanai wea da peopo stay, dey gotta hemo dea work clotheses, an leave um inside da spesho rooms, an put on dea regula kine clotheses, fo dem no make da regula kine peopo come spesho fo God if dey touch dea spesho clotheses.
20 ✡“ ‘Dey betta not shave dea heads fo come bolohead o let dea hair grow long, but dey gotta cut hair. 21 ✡Da pries guys betta not drink wine befo dey go inside da inside open lanai. 22 ✡Dey betta not marry one widow o one wahine dat stay divorce. Dey ony can marry one Israel wahine dat neva sleep wit one guy, o one pries guy widow. 23 ✡Dey goin teach my peopo dat da stuff dass spesho fo me an da regula kine stuff stay diffren. Dey goin teach my peopo fo know dat da pilau kine stuff an da stuff dass spesho fo me stay diffren too.
24 “ ‘Wen two guys go court, da pries guys goin come da judge an use my rules. Dey goin do wat my rules tell bout all da spesho religious ceremonies too, an dey goin show respeck fo my Res Days.
25 ✡“ ‘One pries betta not come pilau cuz he go nea one mahke body. But if da mahke body his faddah o muddah, his boy o girl, his braddah o sistah dat no marry yet, den okay fo him come pilau. 26 Afta he come clean from dat, he gotta wait seven days. 27 Da day he go back inside da inside open lanai fo work in da place dat stay spesho fo me, he gotta make da kine sacrifice dat peopo make wen dey do bad kine stuff. Az wat me Da One In Charge, da Boss, tell.
28 ✡“ ‘Da pries guys no goin get property inside da Israel land. Me, Da One In Charge da ony property dey goin get! 29 ✡Dey goin eat da wheat an barley sacrifices, da sacrifices da peopo make cuz dey do bad kine stuff, an da sacrifices dat hemo da blame dey get. Eryting inside da Israel land dat stay fo me, Da One In Charge, goin be dea property. 30 Da bestes fruits from da firs fruits da peopo pick ery year, an all yoa spesho gifs goin be fo da pries guys. You goin give dem da firs batch a yoa wheat an barley you grind fo make flour. Wen you do all dis, I goin do good kine stuff fo yoa ohana. 31 ✡Da pries guys betta not eat notting dass awready mahke, birds o animals, o someting dat one wild animal wen bus up.
✡ 44:17 44:17: Outa 28:39-43; Pries 16:4 ✡ 44:19 44:19: Pries 16:23 ✡ 44:20 44:20: Pries 21:5 ✡ 44:21 44:21: Pries 10:9 ✡ 44:22 44:22: Pries 21:7, 13-14 ✡ 44:23 44:23: Pries 10:10 ✡ 44:25 44:25: Pries 21:1-4 ✡ 44:28 44:28: Census 18:20 ✡ 44:29 44:29: Census 18:8-19 ✡ 44:31 44:31: Pries 22:8