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Army Guys Dat Go Wit David
1 Dese da guys dat wen come by David Ziklag side, da time Saul, Kish boy, no let David come in front him. Dey some a da real good fighta guys dat help David fo fight. 2 Dey use bow an arrow, an dey can sling stones wit da right hand o da lef hand. Dey Saul relatives from da Benjamin ohana.
3 Ahiezer dea main guy, an his braddah Joash his helpa. Dea faddah, Shemaah from Gibeah town. Da odda army guys was Jeziel an Pelet, an Azmawet boys Berakah an Jehu from Anatot town, 4 an Ishmaiah from Gibeon town, one a da bestes army guys from da thirty main guys. He one leada fo dem. 5 Eluzai, Jerimot, Bealiah, Shemariah, an Shefatiah from Haruf town, 6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, an Jashobeam dat com from da Korah blood line, 7 Joelah an Zebadiah, Jeroham boys from Gedor.
8 Some Gad guys go ova by David inside da strong place wea nobody can attack him, dat he get inside da boonies. Dey real good army guys, an dey stay ready fo make war. Dey know how fo use da heavy shield an da spear. Dea face look jalike da lion face, an dey run fas on top da mountains, jalike da deer.
9 Ezer dea leada guy. Obadiah da numba two guy, Eliab numba three,
10 Mishmannah numba four, Jeremiah numba five,
11 Attai numba six, Eliel numba seven,
12 Johanan numba eight, Elzabad numba nine,
13 Anodda Jeremiah numba ten,
14 Dese Gad guys, da main leada guys fo da odda Gad guys in da army. Da mos weak one a dem can fight one hundred guys, an da mos strong guy can fight one tousan guys. 15 Dey da guys dat wen go da odda side a da Jordan Riva high watta time March an April, wen da riva stay ovaflow. Dey make all da peopo dat live inside da Jordan valley run away da east side an da west side.
16 Had odda Benjamin guys an some guys from Judah come by David too, inside da strong place wea Absalom no can attack him. 17 David go outside fo meet dem. He tell, “If you guys come by me fo do good, fo help me, den you guys an me can do stuff togedda. But if you guys come fo trick me an sell me out to da guys dat stay agains me, wen I neva do notting fo hurt nobody, den I like da God fo oua ancesta guys see wat you guys do, an punish you guys.”
18 Den God Spirit take ova Amasai, da leada fo da thirty bestes army guys. He tell,
“Us, yoa guys, David!
Us stay tight wit you, Jesse boy!
Us like eryting come real good fo you fo real kine,
An same ting fo da guys dat help you win,
Cuz yoa God help you.”
So David take dem, an make dem da leadas fo his raida kine army guys.
19 Befo time, wen David like go wit da Filisha guys fo fight Saul, some a da Manasseh guys change to David side. (But David an his guys neva help da Filisha guys fo real, cuz afta da Filisha guys talk bout him going wit dem, dea main leadas sen David away. Dey tell each odda, “Goin be us guys dat mahke if David change his mind an go back by his boss, Saul, from befo time.”) 20 Wen David go Ziklag, dese da Manasseh guys dat go his side: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, da odda Jozabad, Elihu, an Zilletai. All dem lead tousan Manasseh guys. 21 Dey help David go afta da steala guys dat come togedda fo rip off peopo. Cuz all dem Manasseh guys, dey real good army guys, an dey stay ready fo make war. Dey come da main leada guys fo David army. 22 Ery day mo guys come fo help David, till he get one big awesome army.
Odda Guys Go Wit David
Befo Time Hebron Side
23 Dis da numbas, fo how plenny guys get stuff fo fight, an go by David Hebron side fo turn ova da Saul govmen to David, jalike Da One In Charge wen tell um fo do:
24 Judah guys wit shield an spear, 6,800 guys wit stuff ready fo fight.
25 Simeon guys ready fo fight, 7,100.
26 Levi guys, 4,600.
27 Jehoiada, da leada fo da Aaron ohana, 3,700.
28 Zadok, one young guy dat no sked fo fight, get 22 officer guys from his ohana.
29 Benjamin guys, from Saul ohana, 3,000. Plenny a dem wen stay Saul side till dat time.
30 Efraim guys dat fight an no sked, 20,800. Erybody inside dea ohanas know dem.
31 From half da Manasseh ohana, 18,000 guys dat dea braddah guys wen pick fo make David da king.
32 Issakar guys, dat undastan how come tings happen dat time an know wat da Israel peopo gotta do cuz a dat, 200 leada guys, an all dea ohana unda dem.
33 Zebulun guys dat go out fo fight, an stay ready fo war wit all kine stuffs fo fight, 50,000 guys dat go all out fo help David.
34 Naftali guys, 1,000 officers an 37,000 guys wit shields an spears.
35 Dan guys ready fo fight, 28,600.
36 Asher guys, 40,000 guys dat know how fo fight an stay ready.
37 An from da odda side a da Jordan Riva, Reuben, Gad, an half da Manasseh ohana, 120,000 guys dat get all kine stuff fo fight.
38 All dese guys volunteer fo fight inside da army. Dey go Hebron an dey tink az good fo make David da king fo all da Israel peopo. All da odda Israel peopo tink da same ting fo make David dea king. 39 Da guys stay dea three days wit David. Dey stay eat an drink, cuz dea blood line peopo sen food wit dem fo eat. 40 An da guys dat live nea dem all da way from Issakar, Zebulun, an Naftali, come an bring food on top donkeys, camels, mules, an cows. Get plenny flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, oil, cows an sheeps, cuz all da Israel peopo stay good inside.