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God Tes Abraham
(Matthew 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; 9:7; Luke 3:22; 9:35; 2 Peter 1:17)
1 ✡Long time afta, God tes Abraham. He tell um, “Eh Abraham!”
Abraham tell, “Yeah, I stay hea.”
2 ✡God tell um, “Go get yoa boy Isaac, da ony one you get, da one you get plenny love an aloha fo. Take um an go Moriah side. Wen you get dea, I goin show you one a da hills ova dea. Take yoa boy on top dat hill, an kill um dea, fo make da kine sacrifice wea you burn up da whole ting.”
3 Da nex morning, Abraham wake up early an put saddle on top his donkey. Den he chop wood fo burn up da sacrifice, an put um on top da donkey. He start fo go da place God tell um fo go, him an his boy Isaac an two young worka guys. 4 Day numba three, Abraham look, an see da place, still far yet. 5 Abraham tell his worka guys, “Kay den. You guys, stay wait hea wit da donkey. Me an my boy, we goin go ova dea. Dass da place we goin go down in front God fo show him love an respeck. Den, we come back by you guys.”
6 Befo dey go, Abraham take down from da donkey, da wood fo burn up da sacrifice. He put um on top his boy Isaac back fo carry um. Abraham carry one pot wit hot charcoal inside, an da knife in da odda hand. Abraham an Isaac go on top da mountain togedda. 7 Afta dey go litto bit, Isaac, he tell: “Eh Daddy!”
Abraham tell, “Yeah, my boy?”
Isaac tell, “Eh look! Get da stuff fo make da fire, an get da wood fo burn. But wea da sheep fo make da sacrifice?”
8 Abraham tell um, “My boy, God da One goin see wat we need an give da sheep fo da sacrifice.” Den dey go some mo togedda.
9 ✡Den dey come da place God tell Abraham fo go. Abraham pile up rocks ova dea fo burn up da sacrifice on top. He put da wood on top da altar. Den he go tie up his boy Isaac an put him on top da altar, on top da wood. 10 Den Abraham pick up da knife fo kill his boy. 11 Right den an dea one angel messenja guy from Da One In Charge yell to him from da air, “Hui! Abraham!”
Abraham tell um, “Yeah! I stay hea.”
12 Da One In Charge tell um, “Put down da knife, no hurt da boy! No do notting to um. You was ready fo kill um cuz az wat I tell you fo do! But now, I know fo shua dat you get awesome respeck fo me, yoa God. Cuz you neva even hold back from me da ony boy you get, az why.” 13 Right den an dea, Abraham look up. He see one big boy kine sheep, dat get da horn stuck inside da bushes an no can get out. Abraham pull da sheep outa da bushes, an take him to da altar. He kill um fo make da sacrifice, an burn up da whole body. Da sheep take da place fo his boy.
14 Abraham give dat place da name Da One In Charge See Um. Dass mean, “Da One In Charge See Wat I Need An Give Me Dat.” Nowdays peopo still yet tell: “On top da mountain wea Da One In Charge stay, God see wat we need an give us dat.”
15 Da messenja guy from da sky, he was Da One In Charge! He talk to Abraham from da air one mo time. 16 ✡He tell, “Eh! Dis me Da One In Charge, an I goin make one strong promise an I da one dat make shua I fo real kine goin do wat I tell I goin do.
“Dis da promise I goin make: Cuz you wen do dis ting, an you neva hold back yoa boy, an he da ony one you get, 17 ✡I goin make eryting come good fo you fo real kine. Da peopo dat goin come from you bumbye, I goin make dem come choke plenny peopo, jalike get plenny stars inside da sky an plenny sand on top da beach. An dey goin take ova da towns wea da peopo dat stay agains dem live. 18 ✡All da diffren peopos all ova da world, bumbye wen dey tink bout da peopos dat come from you, dey goin tell, ‘God do good tings fo us, cuz a da Abraham ohana!’ Dey goin tell dat, cuz today, you wen do wat I tell you fo do.”
19 Den Abraham an Isaac go back by da worka guys, an dey all go home togedda Beer-Sheba side. Dass da place Abraham live, dat time.
Abraham Nephew Guys
20 Laytas, somebody wen tell Abraham, “Eh! You know yoa braddah Nahor? Him an his wife Milkah, dey get kids now! 21 Uz, he da numba one. Afta him get his braddah Buz. Den get Kemuel, dat get one boy Aram awready. 22 An Nahor get odda kids Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Yidlaf, an Betuel.” 23 (Betuel, he Rebecca faddah.) Dass eight boys dat Milkah wen born fo Nahor, an Abraham dea uncle. 24 Nahor wen marry anodda wife, her name Reumah. She get kids too: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, an Maakah.
✡ 22:1 22:1: Heb 11:17-19 ✡ 22:2 22:2: 2Rec 3:1 ✡ 22:9 22:9: James 2:21 ✡ 22:16 22:16: Heb 6:13-14 ✡ 22:17 22:17: Heb 11:12 ✡ 22:18 22:18: JGuys 3:25; Gal 3:8