STORY 47
Jehovah Make Elijah Come Strong
Jezebel wuz all wild wen she hea about wat had happen to her Baal prophets. She send somebody fo tell Elijah: ‘Tomorrow, I goin kill you jalike you wen kill da Baal prophets.’ Elijah come supa sked an run away to da desert. He pray: ‘Jehovah, I no can take dis anymoa. Jus let me die awready.’ Elijah wen knock out unda one tree cuz he wuz all burn out.
One angel had wake him up an tell: ‘Try get up an go grind.’ Elijah spock one loaf bread on some hot stones an one wattah jug. He eat an drink, an go back sleep. Da angel had wake him up again an tell: ‘Eat up, cuz you goin need energy fo yoa trip.’ So Elijah wen go eat some moa. Den he walk fo 40 days an 40 nights, until he get to Mount Horeb. Ova dea, Elijah wen go inside one cave fo go crash out. But Jehovah talk to him an tell: ‘Elijah, wat you doin ova hea?’ Elijah ansa: ‘Da Israel peopo neva keep dea promise to you. Dey buss up yoa altars an kill yoa prophets. Now dey afta me fo kill me too.’
Jehovah tell him: ‘Go stand outside da cave.’ Firs, one strong wind wen blow pas him. Nex, da groun wen shake. Den one fiyah had blaze tru. Wen Elijah hea one calm, sof voice, he cova his face wit his robe an stand outside da cave. Jehovah ask him: ‘How come you run away?’ Elijah tell: ‘Becuz, no moa nobody but me.’ But Jehovah tell: ‘You not all by yoaself. Get 7,000 odda Israel guys dat still yet worship me. Go make Elisha one prophet fo take yoa place.’ So right away, Elijah do wat Jehovah tell him fo do. You tink Jehovah goin help you too wen you do da tings he like you fo do? Yessah! We go look at wat had happen da time wen neva have rain.
“Eh, no worry bout notting! Mo betta, eryting dat happen, pray bout um, an go aks God fo do wateva you guys like him fo do. An same time, no foget tell him, “Mahalo plenny!””—Fo Da Philippi Peopo 4:6