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Dey Give Wit One Good Heart
(Outa Egypt 16:18)
1 My braddahs an sistahs, us guys like fo you guys know da plenny good tings God wen do fo da church peopo dat come togedda fo him all ova Macedonia.
2 Dey had real hard time an wen suffa plenny, but still yet dey feel real good inside. Dass why, no matta dey no mo notting, dey still yet wen give plenny money wit dea good heart fo da Jerusalem church peopo.
3 I tell you guys dat dey wen like give all dey can give, an dey wen give even moa. An dass wat dey wen do. No was cuz somebody tell um dey gotta do um.
4 Dey wen beg us plenny fo let dem help give money fo kokua da peopo dat stay spesho fo God, Jerusalem side.
5 Dey neva do jalike wat we wen figga dey goin do—dey wen do mo plenny! Firs ting, dey tell Da One In Charge fo take ova dem. Den dey tell, “We like go fo broke fo do wat you guys like us do. Az wat God like us do.”
6 Befo time, Titus wen start fo help you guys kokua God peopo dat get hard time. So we wen tell him fo help you guys some moa, fo you guys pau dis spesho job.
7 You guys stay doing one good job. Az good how you guys trus God, how you guys talk, da stuff you guys know, how you guys go all out fo do all da tings you guys do, an how you guys get plenny love an aloha fo us guys. Az why I like fo you guys do one good job fo dis ting too: give plenny to da odda church peopo dat come togedda fo God.
8 I no tell you guys wat fo do, but I like see if you guys get plenny love an aloha fo real kine, an go all out, jalike da Macedonia church guys.
9 You guys know dat Da One In Charge a us guys, Jesus Christ, wen do plenny good tings fo you guys. Befo time he was rich, but he wen come pooa fo help you guys fo come rich.
10 Las year you guys wen like start fo help. You guys not ony wen give money, but you guys wen give cuz you like give. Dis wat I figga stay good fo you guys do:
11 Give da res a da money now. I know you guys wen like help out da peopo dat stay spesho fo God Jerusalem side. So do um awready, from wat you guys get.
12 If you guys like kokua dem, wateva you give, az good. But give wat you can, not wat you no can.
13 I no mean dat you guys get all da presha, an da odda guys no mo presha. We like erybody be same same.
14 Right now you guys get plenny money fo you guys kokua da odda peopo. Bumbye dey goin get plenny money, an dey goin kokua you guys. Den erybody goin be same same.
15 Az jalike da Bible tell befo time,
“Da peopo dat wen pick up plenny,
Dey neva have mo plenny den dey need.
An da peopo dat wen pick up litto bit,
Dey neva need mo plenny.”
Titus An His Frenz
(Smart Guys 3:4)
16 But I tell God “Mahalo plenny!” cuz he wen make Titus like go all out fo help you guys, jalike me.
17 Titus wen like do wat we wen tell him fo do, an he goin go all out fo go by you guys ova dea. I neva need tell him fo do dat. Was him wen tink fo go see you guys.
18 We goin sen one braddah wit Titus. All da church guys talk good bout da braddah cuz he work hard fo tell peopo da Good Kine Stuff From God.
19 An da church guys wen pick da braddah fo go wit us fo do dis good ting fo kokua da peopo dat need help. We do um fo show how awesome Da One In Charge stay. Az cuz fo real kine we like kokua dem guys ova dea.
20 We figga hard fo do um da safe way fo how Titus an da odda braddah goin carry all dis money ova dea Jerusalem side, so no mo nobody can blame us guys fo neva take kea.
21 We figga hard how fo do da right ting, not ony in front Da One In Charge, but in front da peopo too.
22 Az why oua braddah da one we stay send wit da guys dat goin carry da money, we wen check him out plenny times an plenny ways awready. We know dat he goin go all out fo you guys. An now he stay go all out even moa, cuz he know you guys goin do da right ting.
23 My braddah Titus erytime stay work wit me fo you guys. An da diffren peopos from all ova da place dat come togedda fo God, dey wen pick dese odda braddahs fo carry da money. Titus an da odda braddahs, dey goin help show da peopo how awesome Christ stay.
24 Az why, show all dem guys dat goin carry da money how plenny love an aloha you guys get fo dem. An show um how come we talk so good bout you guys. Den da church peopo all ova da place goin know fo shua dat you guys get love an aloha fo dem.