the story of the birth of jesus, in Hawai’i Pidgin .
Enjoy.
Dat time, da king fo da Rome peopo, Cesar Augustus, wen make all da peopo sign up fo find out how much peopo get every place. 2Dis da first sign up dey wen make wen Quirinius stay governa fo Syria. 3Everybody wen go back to da town dea ohana come from fo sign up.
4So Joseph wen go from Nazaret town Galilee side, to Betlehem Judea side, King David’s town, cuz he come from King David’s ohana. 5He go ova dea fo sign up wit Mary, da wahine da ohana wen promise fo marry him. She stay hapai. 6Wen dey stay dea, da time come fo her fo born her baby. 7An she wen born her numba one boy, an wrap him up inside some cloths, an lay him down inside one ting fo hold da cows food, cuz no mo room fo dem inside da small hotel.
8Dat nite, ova dea inside da fields, get sheep farmas taking care dea sheeps. 9Right den an dea one angel messenja guy from da Boss Up Dea Inside Da Sky come by dem. All aroun dem one awesome light wen shine from da Boss. An dey wen come real scared. 10But da angel guy say, “No scared. I come fo tell you guys Good Stuff From God dat goin make you guys an all da peopo stay good inside. 11Dis day inside King David’s town, one boy wen born dat goin take you guys outa da bad kine stuff you stay doing. He da Christ Guy, da Spesho Guy God Wen Send. He da Boss. 12Dis how you goin know him. You goin find one baby dat stay wrap up inside plenny cloths, lying down inside one ting fo hold da cows food.”
13Right den an dea uku paila angel guys from da sky wen show up wit da first angel guy. Dey saying good stuff bout God lidis:
He stay awesome!
An ova hea on top da earth,
If God like wat peopo doing,
He goin make dea heart rest inside.”
15Den da angel guys wen go way from dem an go back by God inside da sky. Da sheep farmas tell each odda, “Eh brahs, we go Betlehem fo see dis ting dat wen happen, dat da Boss Up Dea Inside Da Sky wen tell us.”
16So dey run an find Mary an Joseph, an da baby stay dea, lying down inside one ting fo hold da cows food. 17Wen dey see da baby, dey tell everybody wat da angel guys wen say bout dis boy. 18Everybody dat wen hear dat, stay tinking bout wat da sheep farmas wen tell dem. 19But Mary wen put all dese tings inside her heart, an tink plenny how spesho dey stay. 20Da sheep farmas wen go back, an dey tell everybody how God stay plenny good an awesome, cuz all da stuff dey wen hear an see, was jalike da angel guy wen tell dem.
