An e gone out,
da tote e own cross pon e shoulda,
til e come ta a place dey call “De place wa stan like a man head.”
(De Hebrew people call dat place “Golgotha.”)
Dey,
de sodja dem nail Jedus ta de cross.
An dey nail two oda man ta two oda cross,
one ta Jedus lef han side an de oda ta Jedus right han side.
Jedus been dey een de middle ob dem two.
Pilate write pon a paper an mek a sign wa say,
“Jedus,
wa come fom Nazareth,
de King ob de Jew People.”
An Pilate mek um pit dat sign dey pon Jedus cross.
A heapa Jew people read dat sign,
cause de place weh dey been nail Jedus ta de cross been dey close ta de city.
An dey been write dat een shree language,
een Hebrew,
Latin an Greek.
De Jew priest leada dem tell Pilate say,
“Mek um write dat sign noda way.
Mus dohn write,
‘Dis de King ob de Jew People.’
Mek um write,
‘Dis man say,
A de King ob de Jew People.’ ”
Pilate ansa say,
“Wa A done write,
dat wa gwine stay dey.”
Atta de sodja dem been nail Jedus ta de cross,
dey tek e cloes an wide um fo way,
an ebry sodja tek a paat.
Den dey tek e robe,
wa been mek ob jes one piece ob closs fom top ta bottom,
an ain hab no seam een um.
De sodja dem tell one noda say,
“Mus dohn teah de robe.
Leh we shrow dice fa see who gwine git um.”
Wen dis happen wa done been write een God Book come true.
Dat say,
“Dey done wide op me cloes mongst deysef,
an dey shrow dice fa see who gwine git um.”
So dat wa de sodja dem done.
Close ta Jedus cross been some ooman da stanop dey.
Dey been Jedus modda,
e sista,
an Mary wa been Clopas wife,
an Mary Magdalene.
Wen Jedus see e modda an de ciple wa e lob da stanop dey,
e tell e modda say,
“Ooman,
look yah.
Dis yah ya son.”
Den e tell dat ciple say,
“Look yah.
Dis yah ya modda.”
Fom den on,
dat ciple tek Jedus modda fa lib een e own house.
Jedus Gii Op E Life
Wen dat happen,
Jedus know e done done all wa e spose fa do een dis wol,
an e say,
“A tosty.”
Wen e say dat,
wa dey been write een God Book come true.
A jug full op wid winega wine been dey,
so dey soak a sponge een de wine an tie um ta a hyssop branch.
Den dey pit de sponge op ta Jedus mout.
Jedus tek de wine.
Den e say,
“A done done um!”
An e pit e head down an e gii op e life.
Dey Jook Jedus een E Side
Now den,
e been de Preparation Day.
De nex day been de Passoba Woshup Day,
an de Jew leada dem ain been wahn de man dem body fa stay dey pon dey cross pon dat Woshup Day.
Cause dat day been a special big Woshup Day.
So dey gone an aks Pilate fa leh de sodja dem broke de man dem leg an tek um down off ob dey cross.
So de sodja dem gone ta de fus man wa been nail ta e cross an dey broke e leg.
Den dey broke de oda man leg.
Bot wen dey come ta Jedus,
dey see e done dead,
so dey ain broke e leg.
Steada dat,
one ob de sodja dem tek e speah an jook Jedus een e side.
Dat mek blood an wata pour outta Jedus body.
(De man wa see dem ting yah happen,
e tell all dis fa mek oona bleebe.
An wa e say,
e so.
E know fa sho dat all wa e say happen fa true.)
All dis happen so dat wa done been write een God Book gwine come true.
Dat say,
“Dey ain gwine broke none ob e bone dem.”
An dey write een noda place een God Book say,
“Dey gwine look pon de one dey been jook.”