Matthew 4

4 ¹Den the Holy Spirit lead Jesus go inside di wilderness make di devil fit tempt am. ²And after wey e fast forty days and forty nights, hunger catch am. ³Di one wey dey tempt come tell am say, “If you be the Pikin of God, tell dis stones make dem turn bread.”

⁴But e answer say, “Dem write am say, ‘No be only bread person go take live, but na every word wey comot for our Papa mouth.’”

⁵Den di devil carry am go di holy city, come stand am for di highest place for di temple, ⁶come tell am say, “If you be God Im Pikin, throw yourself down, because Scripture talk say, ‘E go tell im angels concerning you, and dem go carry you for dem hand, so dat you no go hit your leg for stone.’”

⁷Jesus tell am say, “Dem write am again say, ‘You no suppose test your Papa.’”

⁸Di devil carry am again go one mountain wey high well well, come show am all di kingdoms for di world and dia glory. ⁹E tell am say, “All dis things I go give you, if you kneel down worship me.”

¹⁰Den Jesus tell am say, “Comot for here, Satan! Because Scripture talk say, ‘Worship your Papa, and na only am you go serve.’”

¹¹Den di devil leave am, and sharp sharp angels come take care of am.

Di Light Begin Shine For Galilee

¹²Now wey e hear say dem don arrest John, e comot go Galilee. ¹³E leave Nazareth go stay for Capernaum, wey dey near di sea, for di land of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴so dat wetin prophet Isaiah talk go fit happen: ¹⁵“Di land of Zebulun and di land of Naphtali, di road wey dey go di sea, for di other side of Jordan, Galilee of di Gentiles, ¹⁶di people wey dey stay for darkness don see one great light, and for those wey dey stay for di place and shadow of death, light don shine on top dem.”

¹⁷From dat time Jesus start to preach say, “Repent, because di kingdom of our Papa don near.”

Jesus Call Im First Disciples

¹⁸As e dey waka near di Sea of Galilee, e see two brothers, Simon wey dem dey call Peter and im brother Andrew, wey dey throw net inside di sea—na fishermen dem be.

¹⁹E tell dem say, “Follow me, and I go make una fishers of people.”

²⁰Dem sharp sharp leave dia net follow am. ²¹As e comot for there dey go, e see two other brothers—James wey be pikin of Zebedee and John im brother—wey dey inside boat with dia papa Zebedee, dey repair dia net, and e call dem. ²²Dem sharp sharp leave di boat and dia papa follow am.

Di Papa Dey Heal Through Im Pikin

²³E waka round all Galilee, dey teach for dia synagogues, dey announce di good news of di kingdom, and dey heal every disease and sickness wey dey among di people. ²⁴News about am spread go all Syria. Dem bring all di people wey sick come meet am—those wey different different disease and pain hold, those wey demons dey oppress, those wey get epilepsy, those wey no fit move dia body—and e heal dem. ²⁵Plenty plenty people follow am from Galilee, di Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and for di other side of Jordan. ^a a v25 Di Decapolis na group of ten cities wey mostly Gentile people dey stay, wey dey for east and south-east side of di Sea of Galilee.