Da Promise Jeftah Had Make

Da Israel guys had bag from Jehovah again an wen worship fake kine gods. Dese bogus gods neva do notting fo help da Israel guys wen da Ammon army had attack dem. Da Israel peopo wen suffa fo plenny years. Dey no could hando um awready, so dey tell Jehovah: ‘We had screw up big time! Please get us outa trouble.’ Da Israel guys had smash dea fake kine idols an had start fo worship Jehovah one moa time. Jehovah neva like see dem suffa no moa.

One warrior named Jeftah wuz picked fo lead da peopo fo fight agains da Ammon guys. Jeftah wen make one promise to Jehovah: ‘If you help us win dis fight, wen I go home, whoeva da firs person dat come out fo meet me I goin give dem to you.’ Jehovah had hea wat Jeftah wen pray an had help him win da fight.

Wen Jeftah had come back home, da firs one fo come out his house wuz his ony kid, his bebe girl. She come out dancing an playing her tammorine. Wat Jeftah goin do now? He rememba wat he had promise to Jehovah an tell: ‘Shucks, bebe girl, I no can believe dis! I had make one promise to Jehovah. Fo keep um, now I gotta sen you away fo work fo Jehovah in Shiloh town.’ But his girl tell him: ‘Dad, you gotta keep um if you wen make dis promise to Jehovah. But befoa I go, I can go up mauka wit my frenz fo two months?’ Afta dat, Jeftah’s girl had go work at da tent in Shiloh fo da res of her life. Her frenz wen go visit her ova dea ery year.