MAL - Jamaican [First draft] Malakai

BIBLE SOCIETY OF THE WEST INDIES

Draft Old Testament Selections from Malachi 3 & 4 in Jamaican Creole
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Dis a wa di LAAD se, "Unu taak bad

a-go chriit dem gud siem laka ou wan faada chriit im son gud wen wen im ier we im se.
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gens mi. An siem taim unu a aks, 'Wa wi

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taak bad gens yu bout?' 14 Bot a dis ya unu se, 'It no wot a ting wen yu sorv Gad. Wi du aal a wa di LAAD we ruul uova evriting tel wi fi du an wi waak roun wid wi fies fieva puo ting infront-a imbot ou dat elp wi? 15 So, a da wie
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An, sieka wa mi gwain du, unu a-go kyan si

an nuo, fi wan muo taim, se sumadi we du wa rait difrant fram sumadi we du bie wikidnis; dat sumadi we sorv Gad difrant fram sumadi we no sorv im.
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ya wi si it rait ya nou: a di buosi worliyan dem bles. Fi chuu-chuu, tingz a gwaan gud fi wikid piipl. Matarafak, dem aal paint op dem fingga iina Gad fies an get we wid it.'"
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Bot, a dis ya gwain apm tu di uol unu

we av nof rispek fi mi an mi niem: jos

laka ou di son kom op iina di skai an di lait fram it shain dong an waam op di ort, a sed wie so jostis a-go kom op an shain dong pan unu an mek unu beta iina evri wie. Unu glad-bag a-go bos an it a-go mek unu jomp op an praans laka ou kou jomp op an praans wen dem uona luus dem an let dem go.
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Wen di piipl

dem we av nof rispek fi di LAAD ier wa dem piipl ya se, dem taak tu dem wan aneda bout it an di LAAD si we dem du an im lisn we dem se. Sumadi put wan rimainda-buk infront-a im, an sopm did rait dong iina it bout di piipl dem av nof rispek fi im.
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Maak oh! Mi gwain sen Ilaija di prafit tu

A dis ya di LAAD we ron tingz se bout di

unu. Mi gwain sen im jos bifuo di big an fraitnful taim we mi, di LAAD, a-go mek kom pan di ort. 6 Im a-go mek faada an pikni kom
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piipl dem we rispek im, "Wen di taim we mi mek fi kya dong jojment pan di ort kom, dem a-go bilang tu mi. Dem a-go speshal tu mi laka ou guol, silva an dem ting de speshal tu piipl. Mi naa go mek dem fies jojment; mi

bak kom lov dem wan aneda, ka ef dat no apm bitaim mi kom, mi gwain mash op di uol a Izrel.
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HOW TO READ JAMAICAN

The following is a summary of the Cassidy-JLU writing system for Jamaican Single Vowels ------------------------------------------------------------------a similar to a in bat e similar to e in bed i similar to i in it o similar to o in cow u similar to oo in cook Long Vowels ------------------------------------------------------------------Doubling of vowels indicates a holding of the sound for a prolonged period of time. aa similar to a in bath ii similar to ee in teeth uu similar to oo in boot Double Vowels ------------------------------------------------------------------Jamaican also has what are called double vowel sounds. These are a combination of two single vowel sounds. ai similar to i in bite ie similar to ai in nail ou similar to ow in cow uo similar to oa in throat Consonants ------------------------------------------------------------------b as in bag / d as in den / ch as in chat / f as in fat g as in gad / h as in hat / j as in jam / k as in ke l as in lap / m as in men / n as in nag / ng as in sing / p as in pat / r as in ran / s as in sav / sh as in sham / t as in tag / v as in van / w as in wet / y as in yam / z as in zam / zh as in version Other Symbols ------------------------------------------------------------------or similar to the sound in early hn similar to the sound in kyaahn, waahn, naahn

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