1 Dis wat Da One In Charge tell: “Go down by da palace fo da Judah king. Wen you come ova dea, tell um:
2 ‘You, da king fo da Judah peopo! Lissen up wat Da One In Charge tell. You da one from King David blood line dat get da right fo be king. You, yoa palace guys, an yoa peopo dat come inside dese gates—all you guys, lissen up!
3 “‘Dis wat Da One In Charge tell: Inside dis place, judge da right way an do wat stay right. Make shua da guys dat rip off peopo no hassle da ones dey wen steal from da firs time. Fo da guys not from dis place, an da guys dat no mo faddah o muddah, o da wahines dat no mo husban, no go do stuff fo hurt dem o bus um up. No go kill somebody dat neva do notting wrong.
4 Cuz if you guys make shua you do all dis stuff I tell, den da kings from King David blood line goin come inside da gates fo dis palace. Dey goin ride inside war wagons an on top horses, wit dea palace guys an dea peopo.
5 But if you guys make deaf ear all dis stuff dat I tell, den me, Da One In Charge, I promise I goin do dis fo shua—I goin make dis palace come all bus up.’”
6 Dis wat Da One In Charge tell bout da palace fo da Judah king:
7 I goin make guys come fo wipe out da palace.
8 Peopo from plenny lands goin pass by dis big town.
9 Odda peopo goin tell, ‘Cuz da peopo broke
10 No cry fo da mahke king Josiah
11 You know, dis wat Da One In Charge tell bout Shallum. He da one dat get da name King Jehoahaz afta his faddah Josiah mahke, da king fo Judah. But he gone awready from dis place, an Da One In Charge tell: “He no goin come back hea no moa.
12 He goin mahke inside da place wea da Babylon guys wen take um cuz he one prisona. He no goin see dis land one mo time.”
13 Da One In Charge tell dis:
14 He tell, ‘I goin build my big palace.
15 “If you like fo real kine fo build house
16 He wen make shua da judge guys do da right ting
17 “But you, Jehoiakim, you ony like get
18 Az why dis wat Da One In Charge tell bout Jehoiakim, Josiah boy, dat come king fo da Judah peopo afta King Josiah mahke:
19 Dey goin bury him jalike he one mahke donkey.
20 Eh, you Jerusalem peopo!
21 “Dat time eryting stay okay fo you, I wen tell you watch out!
22 I goin make all yoa leada guys come prisonas
23 You da king dat live inside Lebanon kine palaces,
24 Da One In Charge tell: “Fo shua, I da God dat stay alive. An I stay shua too bout you, Koniah (yoa faddah Jehoiakim was da king fo Judah). I stay shua dat no matta you stay tight wit me jalike one ring on top my finga, I still goin hemo you off my finga. Cuz you no stay tight wit me, I goin dump you!
25 I goin give you to da guys dat like kill you. Dey da ones make you come sked. Dass Nebukadnezzar, da king fo Babylon, an da Babylon army guys.
26 I goin throw you out, an yoa muddah too dat wen born you, an make you go anodda land. You an her neva born ova dea, but you two guys goin mahke ova dea.
27 You guys no goin come back dis land, no matta you like come back fo real kine.”
28 Peopo tell: “Dis guy Koniah—
29 Lissen up! Even da Judah land
30 Dis wat he tell: “Write down dis Koniah guy name inside da records