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Spies To Canaan
1 Da One In Charge tell Moses,
2 “Sen some guys fo go find out wat get inside da Canaan land. I stay ready fo give dat land to da Israel peopo. All da guys you sen gotta be da leada fo one big ohana.”
3 So jalike Da One In Charge tell him, Moses sen dem out from da Paran Boonies. All a da guys stay leadas fo da Israel peopo.
4 Dis dea names:
from da Reuben ohana, Shammua, Zakkur boy;
5 from da Simeon ohana, Shafat, Hori boy;
6 from da Judah ohana, Caleb, Jefunneh boy;
7 from da Issakar ohana, Igal, Joseph boy;
8 from da Efraim ohana, Hoshea, Nun boy;
9 from da Benjamin ohana, Palti, Rafu boy;
10 from da Zebulun ohana, Gaddiel, Sodi boy;
11 from da Joseph ohana, dass da Manasseh ohana, Gaddi, Susi boy;
12 from da Dan ohana, Ammiel, Gemalli boy;
13 from da Asher ohana, Setur, Michael boy;
14 from da Naftali ohana, Nahbi, Vofsi boy;
15 from da Gad ohana, Geuel, Maki boy.
16 Dese da names a da guys Moses sen fo find out wat get inside da land. (Moses give Hoshea, Nun boy, da name Joshua.)
17 Wen Moses sen dem fo find out wat get all ova da Canaan land, he tell, “Go up thru da Negev Boonies, den go inside da hill land.
18 Scope wat get inside da land. Da peopo dat live dea, dey stay strong, o dey weak? Get plenny a dem, o not?
19 Wat kine land dey live in dea? Good kine, o bad? Wat kine towns? Dey get strong strong wall, o no mo wall?
20 Wat kine dirt? Da kine can grow plenny stuff o not? Get trees o not? Try bring back some fruits from da land. (Was da time fo da firs ripe grapes.)”
21 Az why dey go up an look all ova da land, from da Zin Boonies south side, all da way to Rehob north side, wea you can go Lebo-Hamat side.
22 Dey go up thru da Negev, an come Hebron town, wea Ahiman, Sheshai, an Talmai live, dat come from Anak. (Da Anak ohana guys wen build Hebron seven year befo somebody wen build Zoan town Egypt side.)
23 Wen da guys dat wen go fo scope da place come by da Eshkol Stream, dey cut off one branch dat get one bunch grapes. Need two a dem fo carry da bunch on top one pole, wit some pomagrams an figs too.
24 Dey call dat place da Eshkol Stream, cuz a da big bunch grapes da Israel guys cut off ova dea an bring um back.
25 Afta forty days dey scope out da land, dey come back dea camp.
Dey Tell Wat Dey Wen See
26 Dey come back by Moses an Aaron, an all da Israel peopo, dat stay Kadesh town inside da Paran Boonies. Ova dea dey tell da peopo eryting dey wen see, an show dem all da fruit from da land.
27 Dey tell Moses dis: “We wen go inside da land wea you wen sen us. Fo shua, ery place ova dea get plenny milk an honey. Hea, some fruits from ova dea.
28 But you know wat?! Da peopo dat live on top dat land, dey stay real strong! Da towns stay big an get strong wall. We even see some Anak ohana guys ova dea.
29 Da Amalek peopo live inside da Negev. Da Het peopo, da Jebus peopo, an da Amor peopo live up country inside da hill part. Da Canaan peopo live nea da ocean an da Jordan Riva.”
30 Den Caleb tell da odda guys fo shut up awready in front Moses, an he tell dem, “Mo betta us guys go up dea an take ova da land, cuz we can do um fo shua!”
31 But da guys dat wen go up wit him tell, “Us no can go agains dose peopo! Dey mo strong den us!”
32 An dey tell da Israel peopo all da stuff dey wen see bout da land dey scope out, an az bad! Dey tell, “Da land us guys wen go fo scope out, az one land goin eat up da peopo dat stay dea. All da peopo we see ova dea, real real tall.
33 We see da Nefil peopo ova dea. (Da Anak peopo come from da Nefil peopo, you know.) Wen we look at dem guys, us guys look small, jalike grasshoppas. An az how us guys wen look to dem too.”