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Kokua Oua Braddahs An Sistahs
(Smart Guys 11:24; 22:9; Songs 112:9)
1 I no need write you guys fo tell how you goin kokua da peopo dat stay spesho fo God.
2 Cuz I know how you guys fo real kine like help um, an I stay tell da Macedonia church peopo how plenny you guys like kokua dem. I wen tell um dat from las year you guys from Akaia side was ready fo give money, an da way you guys was ready fo go all out, wen make da odda peopo like give money too.
3 But I goin sen da braddahs fo show dat all da good stuff we tell bout you guys stay fo real, an dat you guys goin be ready, jalike I tell.
4 You know, if some Macedonia guys come wit me an find you guys not ready wit da money, us guys goin get plenny shame, cuz we wen trus you guys plenny. An you guys goin get plenny shame too, you know.
5 Dass why I wen figga, good if da braddahs go ova dea firs, an make eryting ready, fo you guys give da money da way you tell you goin give um. Dass goin be someting you guys like go all out fo give, not someting you no like give.
6 But I tell you guys dis: “Da guy dat plant litto bit seed, he goin get one small crop. Da guy dat plant plenny seed wit one good heart, he goin get mo plenny crop, an he goin stay good inside.”
7 All da guys gotta figga how much fo give. No good somebody get one “I no like give!” kine attitude wen he give um. No mo nobody suppose to make um give. Cuz God get plenny love an aloha fo da guy dat give wit one good heart an feel good inside.
8 God da one can give you guys mo plenny stuffs den you need, so dat erytime you guys need someting, you guys goin get mo den enuff tings fo do ery good ting.
9 Da Bible tell befo time,
“God give stuffs to da pooa peopo
Wit one good heart.
He erytime do da right ting,
An he stay lidat foeva.”
10 God give seed to da farma guys dat plant seed. God give us bread fo eat. Dat same God goin help you guys do da right ting mo an moa, jalike you farma guys an he goin give you guys mo an mo seed fo plant.
11 God goin give you guys choke plenny mo tings den you guys goin need fo you guys erytime kokua peopo cuz you get one good heart. Den wen we give God peopo Jerusalem side da money from you guys, dey goin tell God “Mahalo plenny.”
12 Da help you guys goin give da peopo ova dea dat stay spesho fo God, dat goin kokua dem plenny, an same time goin make plenny peopo tell God “Mahalo plenny!”
13 Wen you guys kokua da peopo, dat goin show proof dat you guys fo real. Den peopo goin talk plenny good kine bout God. Az cuz dey goin see dat you guys fo real kine mean um wen you guys tell dat you trus da Good Stuff From Christ. Az how you guys goin do wat you wen tell you goin do. Wen all you guys give wit one good heart fo da Jerusalem peopo an fo all da odda peopo, den dey goin talk plenny good kine bout God too.
14 Da Christian peopo Jerusalem side goin pray fo you guys, an dey goin like see you guys mo an moa, cuz God do choke plenny good tings fo you guys.
15 “Mahalo plenny” to God fo Jesus! He da awesome gif God wen give us, an dat worth mo plenny den anyting.