Had one time, Isaac was real ol an his eye stay bad an he no see good. He tell his older boy Esau fo come by him. Wen Esau get dea, Isaac tell um, “Eh my boy!” Esau tell, “Yeah, I stay hea.”
I feel jalike I stay Inside da real deep place Inside da middo a da ocean. Da watta make big noise, Soun jalike all da wattafalls You wen make. Da watta come all aroun me. Jalike all da big waves Dat you sen on top me.
No matta you wen make me go Thru plenny bad kine trouble, You goin make me come back alive. You goin bring me back up No matta I stay almos inside da grave.
Da time us get fo live, ony seventy year, Maybe eighty, if we strong. But no matta how long us guys live, Da bestes year, Still make us guys come real tired An give us plenny humbug. Cuz da year pass real fas, Jalike we fly away.
“Dat time, wen da army guys come dis land, Dey goin make big noise Jalike wen da ocean stay poun. If anybody go look da land, Dey goin see dat eryting stay dark An erybody get big trouble. Even da day time goin come dark cuz a da clouds.”
“Right afta dat time fo suffa plenny, dis wat goin happen: “ ‘Da sun goin come black. Da moon no goin shine. Da stars goin fall down from da sky. An all da spirits inside da sky dat get plenny powa, Dey goin come all hamajang.’
Wen da guy tell bout Da Box, Eli fall back from da chair, ova dea by da side a da town gate. An cuz he so ol an real fat, his neck broke, an he mahke. Fo forty year, Eli wen lead da Israel peopo.