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King Nebukadnezzar Dream Bout One Tree
1 King Nebukadnezzar sen dis letta to all da diffren peopos from ery country an ery language dat stay live all ova da world. He tell:
“I like eryting come mo an mo good fo you guys.
2 “I like tell you guys bout da God Dass Mo Importan Den All Da Odda Gods, an da awesome an unreal tings he wen do fo me. I figga az good fo me tell you guys bout all da stuff he teach me.
3 “Real awesome, all da kine stuff he do!
Da kine stuff he show me, I know he get powa!
He stay da king foeva!
He get da right fo stay in charge
Ova all da peopo dat live today
An ova all da peopo dat goin come bumbye.
4 “Me, Nebukadnezzar, I ony stay inside my house. I stay take it easy. Inside my palace, eryting stay go good fo me.
5 But den one nite, wen I stay lay down on top my bed, I get one dream dat wen make me come sked. Da picha in my head I wen see, make me real sked!
6 So I tell my guys fo bring in front me, all da smart guys inside Babylon fo come tell me wat da dream mean.
7 Den dey all come. Get da kahuna guys dat know how fo tell wat dreams mean. An get da guys dat know how fo stop da bad kine stuff dat happen to you wen somebody put kahuna on top you. Get da Kaldea guys dat know how fo learn stuff from da stars. An get da guys dat look at da animal guts wen dey kill um fo make sacrifice fo find out wass goin happen bumbye. I tell dem bout my dream, but no mo nobody can tell me wat da dream mean.
8 Afta all dese guys come, Daniel come by me. I tell him bout my dream. (Daniel get da name Belteshazzar too, jalike da name fo my god. An da spirit from da spesho gods stay inside him.)
9 “I tell um, ‘Eh Belteshazzar, you stay in charge a da kahuna guys dat know bout da dreams. Fo shua da spirit from da spesho gods stay inside you. An you know how fo find out da secrets nobody know. So, tell me wat da dream mean.
10 “ ‘Dis wat I see
Wen I stay sleep on top my bed.
In front me get one big tree,
An da tree stan
Inside da middo a da world.
An da tree stay real big.
11 Da tree stay grow mo big an strong still yet,
An da top reach da sky.
All da peopo can see um
From da mos far place inside da world.
12 Da tree get leaf dat look real nice an get plenny fruit,
Get food enuff fo erybody an eryting in da world.
Da wild animals from da boonies
Come unda um fo shade.
Da birds from da sky
Live inside da branches.
Eryting dat stay alive
Get dea food from dat tree.
13 “ ‘Wen I stay sleep on top my bed,
I see some mo pichas inside my head:
I look, an in front me, get one angel messenja guy
Dat stay spesho fo God. He stay coming down from da sky.
14 Da angel guy yell loud,
“Cut down da tree!
Chop off da branches!
Pull off da leafs!
Make da fruits go all ova da place!
Make da animals run away from unda da tree!
Make da birds fly off da branches!
15 But let da stump an da roots
Stay dea inside da groun!
Put heavy iron an bronze strap fo tie down da stump,
An let um stay inside da grass inside da field.
Get one guy, let um get all wet
Wit da dew from da sky.
Let da same ting happen to him,
Jalike how da animals
Dat stay live in da grass on top da groun.
16 Make him,
So he no can tink like odda peopo!
Let him tink jalike one animal,
Fo seven year.
17 Us angel messenja guys tell
Wat God make up his mind fo do.
We stay spesho fo God,
An we tell wat goin happen.
Cuz we do dat,
Erybody dat stay alive goin know dis:
Da God Dass Mo Importan Den All Da Odda Gods,
He get da powa fo tell
All da govmens in da world
Wat dey gotta do.
He make whoeva he like
Come da king fo dem.
He even can take one guy
Dat nobody tink he importan,
An make him da govmen leada.”
18 “ ‘Dis da dream dat me, Nebukadnezzar da King, wen dream. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me wat da dream mean. Cuz no mo nobody from da smart guys inside my country can tell me wat da dream mean. But fo shua you can cuz da spirit from da spesho gods stay inside you.’ ”
Daniel Tell Wat Da Tree Dream Mean
19 Wat da king tell wen throw me Daniel off, an I no can figga an I come real bum out. Az why Nebukadnezzar, tell me, “Belteshazzar, no let da dream o wat da dream mean make you sked.”
Me Belteshazzar tell, “Boss, I like if da dream ony tell bout da peopo dat hate you, an if da dream ony talk bout da peopo dat stay agains you. But az not how goin be. Dis dream, az bout you!
20 Da tree you wen see, dat tree stay grow mo big an strong, till da top reach da sky. An all da peopo in da world can see um.
21 Get real nice leaf an plenny fruits an da tree give food fo erybody. Give shade fo all da animals inside da field an get branches fo da birds inside da sky make nes.
22 Dat tree, az jalike one picha a you, King Nebukadnezzar! You wen come big an strong. You come mo an mo importan, so now you come mangus, jalike you stay reach da sky. You get da right fo be da king fo da whole world!
23 “Den, King Nebukadnezzar, you wen see one angel messenja guy dat stay spesho fo God come down from da sky. He tell, ‘Cut down da tree an broke um up! Leave da stump an da roots inside da groun. Tie da stump wit iron an bronze strap an let um stay dea inside da grass field. Let him come wet wit da dew from da sky. Let him live jalike da wild animals till seven year pass!’
24 “An den Belteshazzar tell me, King Nebukadnezzar, dass wat da dream mean. Belteshazzar tell: Dass wat da God Dass Mo Importan Den All Da Odda Gods tell gotta happen, an he stay talking bout you, my boss da king.
25 Da peopo goin make you go way from dem an go stay wit da wild animals. You goin eat grass jalike da cows an come wet wit da dew from da sky. Afta seven year, you goin know dat da God Dass Mo Importan Den All Da Odda Gods, get da powa fo tell all da govmens in da world wat dey gotta do. God can give whoeva he like come da king fo dem.
26 Inside yoa dream, somebody wen tell fo leave da stump an da roots a da tree inside da groun. Dat mean fo shua, da Mos Importan God goin let you come da king one mo time, afta you come shua dat da God In Da Sky stay in charge.
27 “Eh King Nebukadnezzar, az why I like you lissen an do wat I tell you now: Throw out all da bad kine stuff you wen do awready! Do wat stay right! Throw out all da tings you wen do fo go agains God! Make good to da peopo dat suffa plenny! Den maybe you can stay king long time.”
Wat Da King Dream Happen
28 All dis kine stuff wen happen to King Nebukadnezzar.
29 Twelve month afta dat, da king stay walk aroun on top da flat roof on top his palace, inside Babylon town.
30 He tink, “Dis town, Babylon, stay big now! Az cuz I wen build um lidat fo come my house, da king! I do um cuz I stay real strong an peopo goin know I awesome an importan!”
31 He stay talk still yet. But right den an dea, one voice come down from da sky! Da voice tell, “Dis message fo you, King Nebukadnezzar! I take away da powa fo you be king.
32 Da peopo goin make you go way from dem an make you stay wit da wild animals. You goin eat grass jalike da cows. Afta seven year pass, you goin know dat da God Dass Mo Importan Den All Da Odda Gods get da right fo tell all da govmens in da world wat dey gotta do. He can make whoeva he like come da king fo dem.”
33 Right den an dea wat Daniel wen tell bout King Nebukadnezzar happen! Da peopo make him go way from dem, an he eat grass jalike da cows. His body come wet wit da dew from da sky. Bumbye his hair grow long, jalike da feathers from da eagle, an his finganails come long jalike da feets fo da birds.
34 “Afta da seven year, me, Nebukadnezzar da King, wen look up to da One inside da sky. Den I start fo tink one mo time. I tell bout da God Dass Mo Importan Den All Da Odda Gods, how he do good tings fo me!
“I tell good tings bout da One
Dat Stay Live Foeva,
An I tell dat he stay awesome,
An he goin stay king foeva!
He get da right fo stay in charge
Ova all da peopo dat live today
An ova all da peopo dat goin live bumbye.
35 All da peopo inside da world,
God see um, jalike dey notting.
He do wateva he like do
Wit da armies from inside da sky,
An da peopo inside da world.
No mo nobody can hold him back
O aks him how come he do dat.
36 “Dat same time dat I wen start fo tink good one mo time. Da peopo show me plenny respeck now cuz I da king. Dey show me dat I stay importan fo dem an I come awesome one mo time. Da smart guys dat wen teach me wat fo do, an my alii guys wen go all out fo come by me. An I wen come king one mo time. I get even mo plenny powa den befo time.
37 “Now me, Nebukadnezzar da King, I talk good bout da King Inside Da Sky, an tell dat he awesome. Eryting he do stay right. Anybody live his way, dey goin do da right ting too. An he can make da guys dat ack jalike dey big head guys come notting.”