STORY 17
Moses Wen Choose Fo Worship Jehovah
Ova dea Egypt side, Jacob’s ohana wuz known az da Israel peopo. Afta Jacob an Joseph wen mahke, one new Pharaoh wen start fo rule. He wuz sked dat da Israel guys wuz coming moa strong den da Egypt guys. So dis Pharaoh wen make da Israel guys slaves. He wen force dem fo make bricks an fo work supa hahd in da fields. Da moa hahd dey wen make da Israel guys work, da moa guys Israel wen get. Cuz Pharaoh neva like dat, he wen tell fo kill all da Israel boys dat wuz jus born. How sked you tink da Israel peopo wuz?
One Israel wahine name Jokebed had born one good looking bebe boy. She wen put him in one basket an hide um in da reed plants inside da Nile Riva fo proteck him. Da bebe’s sistah, Miriam, wen stay close by fo see wat wuz goin happen.
Pharaoh’s daughtah wen go da riva fo take one bath, an den she had see da basket. Inside dea she had find one bebe crying, an she wen feel bad fo him. Miriam wen ask, ‘Eh, you like me find one Israel lady fo feed da bebe fo you?’ Wen Pharaoh’s daughtah told her yeah, Miriam had bring back her own maddah, Jokebed. Pharaoh’s daughtah told her, ‘Hea, take dis bebe an feed um. I pay you.’
Wen da kid wen come moa ol, Jokebed wen bring um to Pharaoh’s daughtah. She wen name um Moses, hanai um, an raise um. Moses wen grow up az one prince an coulda had anyting he like. But Moses neva forget Jehovah. He wen know he wuz really one Israel guy, not one Egypt guy. An he wen choose fo serve Jehovah.
Wen Moses wuz 40, he wen choose fo help his peopo. Wen he had see one Egypt guy bussing up one Israel slave guy, Moses wen crack da guy so hahd dat da Egypt guy mahke. Moses wen hide da body in da sand. Wen da Pharaoh had find out, he wen try fo kill Moses. But Moses wen run away to Midian. Jehovah wen take kea him ova dea.
“Moses, he wen trus God . . . he no let nobody make to him jalike he King Pharaoh daughtah hanai boy . . . Moses figga az mo betta he stay tight wit God peopo, an suffa plenny wit dem.”—Fo Da Hebrew Peopo 11:24, 25