uol

[…] Bot sumadi a uol it bak. An di wan we a uol it bak a-go gwaan uol it til im get muuv outa di wie.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Tesiluoniyan 2:7:

[…] however he who now restrains it will continue to do so until he is out of the way.


komiin

Jiizas aks dem se, “Ou Gad kindom tan? Wa it komiin laik?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 13:18:

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

Wen yu tingk bout Jeuova Gad, wa yu tingk im komiin laik? Yu tingk im big an powaful bot im de faar faar fram yu, laik di staar dem we wie op iina spies? Ar yu tingk im komiin laik wan orikien, we big an powaful bot na’av no fiilinz? Bot wa Jeuova riili komiin laik?

2021, “Wa Jeuova Komiin Laik?”, in JW.org:

When you think about Jehova, what do you imagine him to be like? Do you think of him as big and powerful but far from you, like the stars in space? Or do you picture him like a hurricane, big and powerful but having no feelings? But what does Jehova really look like?


priich

So mi wel waahn fi kom priich di Gud Nyuuz tu aal a unu we de a Ruom tu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 1:15:

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.


yuuz

Nou wi nuo se di Laa a gud sopm, ef it yuuz laik ou it fi yuuz.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Timoti 1:8:

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully.


powa

Gad gi Paal powa fi du som powaful mirikl.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 19:11:

God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles.


kyari

Kaaz evribadi mos kyari dem uona luod.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Gyalieshan 6:5:

for each one should carry their own load.


apm

Dem did a chat bout evriting wa apm.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 24:14:

And they talked together of all these things which had happened.


iivn

Kaa no iivn im uona breda dem did biliiv iina im.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 7:5:

For even his brothers didn't believe in him.


liida

jam-noun

liida (plural liida dem, quantified liida)

Wel, di man lef go we go tel di Juu liida dem se a Jiizas did mek im get beta.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 5:15:

Then the man went to the Jewish leaders to inform them, "It was Jesus who healed me!"


tingk

Unu si siem laik ou Krais Jiizas tan, a siem so unu fi tan tu, an unu fi tingk jos laik ou im tingk

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Filipiyan 2:5:

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus.


chrang

Siem taim Jiizas waan im aaf chrang chrang an sen im we.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 1:43:

Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning.


tiich

Taitos, yu afi tiich wa rait; yu afi tiich di chuut.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Taitos 2:1:

You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.


priis

priis (plural priis dem, quantified priis)

Nou a uol iip a priis yu did afi av. Kaaz priis wuda ded an so ada priis wuda afi kom tek uova.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Iibruu 7:23:

When one of the other priests died, he could not continue being a priest. So there were many priests.


enibadi

Enibadi we kluos wid Gad pikni av laif. Bot enibadi we no kluos wid Gad pikni no av laif.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Jan 5:12:

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.


likl

jam-adj

likl (comparative likla, superlative liklis)

likla (comparative)
liklis (superlative)

Likl bit fram nou unu naa go si mi no muo, den likl bit afta dat unu gweehn si mi.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 16:16:

A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.


andastan

So Jiizas se tu dem se, "So a andastan unu stil no andastan?"

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 8:21:

Then Jesus said to them, "Don’t you understand yet?"


wikid

Di Laad tel dem se, "Unu ier wa di wikid joj se?"

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 18:6:

And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says."


ruul

Aal a dem ruul ya a taak bout fuud an jringk we onggl yuuz wan taim an we no wot notn afta dat.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Koloshan 2:22:

Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.


ruul

An im aalwiez a-go ruul uova Jiekob piipl, Izrel; an im a-go ruul fi eva an eva.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 2:28:

He will rule over the people of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.


evriting

Kaaz a Gad mek evriting! A im kaaz evriting fi liv an evriting mek fi sorv im. Gad fi get priez fi eva an eva! Iemen!

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 11:36:

For out of him, the sustainer of everything, came everything, and now everything finds fulfillment in him. May all praise and honor be given to him forever! Amen!


mesij

jam-noun

mesij (plural mesij dem, quantified mesij)

Im wi priich wan mesij tu yu. Da mesij de wi tel yu an evribadi iina yu ous ou unu kyan get siev.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 11:14:

He will bring you a message through which you and all your household will be saved.


chuut

chuut (plural chuut dem, quantified chuut)

Unu gweehn nuo di chuut, an di chuut gweehn frii unu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 8:32:

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.


buguyaga

buguyaga (plural buguyaga dem, quantified buguyaga)

buguyaga dem (plural)
buguyaga (quantified)

Caribbean English bugo-bugo (“rough/crusty”) + Ewe yakayaka (“slovenly?”) + Hausa buguzunzum (“fat slob”)

Bwai a de-so piipl a-go sofa. Choch memba ar no choch memba. Big shot ar buguyaga.

1973, 02:44 from the start, in The Heart of Man:

Boy, there [hell] people are going to suffer. Church members or not. Big shot or poor worthless person.

(derogatory) sloppy, low-class, worthless person


tiicha

tiicha (plural tiicha dem, quantified tiicha)

Derived from English teacher. By surface analysis, tiich + -a.

Den som a di Laa tiicha an di Farisii dem se tu Jiizas se, ‘Tiicha wi waahn fi si yu shuo wi wan sain.’

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 12:38:

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you."


ya-so

Som a dem liv faar faar fram ya-so.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 8:3:

Some of them live very far away from here.


sidong

‘Di Laad se tu fi mi Laad se:
“Sidong a mi rait-an-said
til mi put yu enimi dem anda yu fut”’

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 22:44:

The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet"'?


impuotant

jam-adj

impuotant (comparative muo impuotant, superlative muos impuotant)

muo impuotant (comparative)
muos impuotant (superlative)

Di sekan muos impuotant Laa a dis: ‘Yu fi lov yu nieba siem laik ou yu lov yuself.’ No ada Laa no muo impuotant laik dem tuu ya.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 12:31:

The second most important law is this: You must love your neighbour the same as you love yourself. No other law is more important than these two.


kopl

Afta kopl die Jiizas go baka Kyaporniyom an nyuuz pred aal bout se im kom uom.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 2:1:

And when he returned to Capernaum after some' days, it was reported that he was at home.


siikrit

jam-noun

siikrit (plural siikrit dem, quantified siikrit)

siikrit dem (plural)
siikrit (quantified)

So im ansa dem se, “Unu get di chaans fi nuo di siikrit sitn dem bout Gad kindom. Bot di piipl dem we de outsaid, mi yuuz tuori tel dem evriting,

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 4:11:

And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables,

We di piipl dem ina wan sosaiyati waahn, afi bi di foundieshan a di aatariti a di govament; dis we di piipl dem waahn afi kom out chruu regyula an fier ilekshan, we afi bies pan worlwaid an iikwal raits fi vuot, an dis mos bi bai siikrit vuot ar a simila frii vuotin sistim

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 21:

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures


miself

Ef a onggl mi wan a tel piipl bout miself, den wa mi se no wot notn.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 5:31:

If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true.


yuself

kum aafa di kraas an siev yuself no!

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 15:30:

Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!


uufa

Jiizas se tu dem se, "A uufa picha an niem dis?"

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 22:20:

Jesus asked, "Whose picture and title are stamped on it?"


wiself

Derived from English ourselves. By surface analysis, wi + -self

Non a wi a liv fi wiself wan an non a wi naa ded fi wiself wan.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 14:7:


imself

An ef Sietan iet imself an a fait imself, im no wuda luuz im powa, im kindom no wuda mash op an no don im wuda don fa?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 3:26:

And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.


unuself

Mi pikni, kip unuself fram faalz gad.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Jan 5:21:

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.


wikidnis

Kaaz di Laad a wach uova aal a di piipl dem we a liv rait an im a lisn tu dem wen dem prie, bot im no iina notn wid di piipl dem we a du wikidnis

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Piita 3:12:

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil


arself

Shi did a se tu arself se, "Ef a kuda onggl toch im kluoz, mi wi get beta."

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:21:

She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."


nyuuz

Dong de-so dem gwaan priich di gud nyuuz.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 14:7:


mongks

Jiizas kaal wan pikni an mek im tan op mongks dem.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 18:2:

He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.


evri

Evriting wa rang a sin, bot a no evri sin sen piipl go ded.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Jan 5:17:

All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death.


kudn

Dem kudn ansa dat niida.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 14:6:


lisn

Enibadi we av iez, lisn gud.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 13:9:


iip

Wan big big kroud a piipl gyada op roun im. Im did afi go iina wan buot go sidong wail di iip a piipl dem tan op pan di liek-said.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 13:2:

And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.


tingz

Bot nuo dis, iina di laas die dem tingz a-go get aad aad.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Timoti 3:1:

But know this, that in the last days things are going to get very hard.


prafit

prafit (plural prafit dem, quantified prafit)

Dis apm fi mek wa di prafit did se kom chuu. Di prafit did se,

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 21:4:

This was to bring about what the prophet had said


sorvant

sorvant (plural sorvant dem, quantified sorvant)

sorvant dem (plural)
sorvant (quantified)

Wen ada sorvant laik im si wa apm, dem beks bad bad an go we go tel di king evriting.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 18:31:

So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened.


biesik

Evribadi av di rait tu a gud soluushan fram di kuot a jostis dem we ina dem konchri we wel kiepebl an nuo we dem a du, fi di akshan dem we disrispek di biesik raits dem we smadi av fram di ruul dem we govan dem konchri ar fram di laa.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 8:

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.


praid

praid (plural praid dem, quantified praid)

Siin az di piipl dem we iina di Yuunaitid Nieshan av wan pormit we mek dem kyan put dem chros ina di biesik raits dem we evribadi av, iina di diisensi an praid an valyu we smadi av, an ina di iikwal raits dem we man an uman av, an disaid fi big op (promuot) di faawod muuvment (pruogres) ina sosaiyati an a beta kwaliti a laif we gi di piipl dem wol iip muor ruum fi du we dem frii fi du,

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl Inchrodokshan:

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,


disorv

Evribadi disorv ful iikwaliti tu a fier an poblik kuot kies[…]

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 10:

Everybody deserves full equality to a fair and public court case […]


kraim

kraim (plural kraim dem, quantified kraim)

Yu no av dis ya rait ya if yu get chaaj fi kraim we no involv govament bizniz ar wen yu do tingz we go gens di mishan an ruul dem a di Yuunaitid Nieshan.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 14.2:

This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.


tugeda

Evribadi av di rait fi bi frii tu get tugeda ina piis an jain wid dem wan aneda ina gruup fi taak bout tingz we bada dem ar we dem sopuot.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 20.1:

Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.


sopuot

Evribadi, uu a paat a sosaiyati, av di rait tu di sopuot an protekshan we di govament gi fi elp dem out ina laif wen dem kyaahn elp demself, til tingz get bak beta fi dem.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 22:

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security […]


disrispek

Siin az disrispek an iet sieka piipl raits kaaz som wikid tingz fi apm,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts […]


jostis

jostis (plural jostis dem, quantified jostis)

Siin az wi nuo se di biesik diisensi an praid (digniti) we kom fram di iikwal raits dem we evri smadi ina wan fambili av, we nobadi kyaahn tek we fram dem, a di foundieshan fi we dem frii fi du, fi wa fier (jostis) an fi av piis ina di worl,

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,


chros

chros (plural chros dem, quantified chros)

Fordamuor, no kaina baiyas no fi bies pan govament, di powa an aatariti fi paas laa ar di worlwaid (intanashinal) pozishan (stietos) we di konchri av ar teritori we smadi kom fram, weda it bi a konchri wid dem ouna govament (indipendent), a konchri we no govan itself an anda di aatariti a di Yuunaitid Nieshan (chros), a konchri we no fuli govan itself ar anda eni ada rischrikshan wid ai powa an aatariti fi govan itself.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 2:

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.


bifuo

Kaaz Adam did mek bifuo Iiv.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Timoti 2:13:


diil

(Di paat we diil wid laa an aada in sosaiyata)

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 28:

The part that deals with law and order in society


krievn

jam-adj

krievn (comparative muo krievn, superlative muos krievn)

muo krievn (comparative)
muos krievn (superlative)

Di Man we Gad Pik kom a nyam an a jringk, an dem se, ‘Luk ya, da man ya krievn an im a jongkad. Fi im fren dem a taks kalekta an sina!’ Di piipl we fala di rait wie pruuv se Gad waiz an im wie rait.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 11:19:

God's son came to eat and drink, and they said "Look, he's a glutton and drunkard! And his friends are tax collectors and sinners!"


Juu

Nou, a did nieli taim fi di Juu dem Paasuova alidie.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 6:4:

Now it was nearly time for the Jews' Passover holiday.


ou kom

Unu a tiich ada piipl, so ou kom unu naa lorn? Ou kom unu naa fala wa unu tiich? Ou kom unu a priich se piipl no fi tiif bot unu a tiif?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 2:21:

You teach other people, so how come you don't learn? How come you don't follow what others teach? How come you preach that people shouldn't steal but you are a thief?

how come, why (used for asking "why" questions)


weehn

Kaaz mi did onggri an unu neehn gi mi notn fi nyam. Wen mi chuot weehn jrai unu neehn gi mi notn fi jringk.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 25:42:

Because I hungered and you gave me nothing to eat. When my throat was dry you gave me nothing to drink.

A wen wi si yu, no nuo yu, an weehn tek yu iina wi ous?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 25:38:

We saw you, didn't know you, yet took you into our house?

So Piita se, “Di tuori we yu weehn tel di Farisii piipl dem, a wa yu did miin?”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 15:15:

So Peter said "The story that you told the Pharisees, what did it mean?

Auxilliary to its following verb, used to mark past tense.

an se tu dem se, “A dis unu fi tel evribadi se, ‘Im falara dem kom iina di nait an kom tiif im badi wen wi weehn a sliip.’

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 28:13:

and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him [Jesus' body] away while we were asleep.’

combined with a, da or de to show durative or progressive action in the past


Jamiekan

jam-noun

Jamiekan (plural Jamiekan dem, quantified Jamiekan)

Jamiekan dem (plural)
Jamiekan (quantified)

Juu tu ou Jamiekan a di wan langwij we bring evri Jamiekan tugeda;

2019, “Recognize Patois As An Official Language; Says UWI”, in JamaicanInsider.com:

Due to how Jamaican is the language that brings all Jamaicans together;


liklis

It wuda kwika fi evn an ort mash op dan fi di liklis leta iina di Laa chienj.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 16:17:

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for the littlest letter in the Law to change.


likla

It komiin laik wan likl likl siid we sumadi plaant iina di grong. It likla dan aal ada siid,

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 4:31:

It's like a tiny seed you plant in the ground. It's littler than all other seeds,


onggl

Dem se tu im se, “A onggl faiv bred an tuu fish wi av ya-so yu no.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 14:17:

They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”

Marij kyan onggl apm ef di tuu smadi dem we a get marid fuli agrii se a dis dem waahn fi du widout nobadi fuos dem.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 16.2:

Marriage can only happen if the two being married fully agree that it's what they want, without anybody forcing them into it.


jriim

jriim (plural jriim dem, quantified jriim)

Afta dem go we, wan a di Laad ienjel dem jriim Juozif an se, “Git op! Tek di pikni an im mada an ron we go a Iijip. Tan de til mi tel yu, kaa Erad a-go luk fi di pikni fi kil im.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 2:13:

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him."


mountn

mountn (plural mountn dem, quantified mountn)

Wen Jiizas si di kroud a piipl dem, im go op pan di mountn go sidong, an im falara dem kom tu im.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 5:1:

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him

mountain (elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit)


flowa

Nobadi naa go bai dem siniman, spais, insens, dier ail we dem kaal mor, ar dem swiit powda we dem kaal frangkinsens. Dem wain, aliv ail, speshal flowa an wiit, nobadi naa go bai dem. Dem kou, shiip, aas an bogi, an di piipl we dem tek ton sliev, nobadi naa go bai dem.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 18:13:

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.

Im tel dem wan neda tuori we soun laik rigl: “Gad kindom komiin laik yiis we wan uman tek miks iina uol iip a flowa — se fifti poun — an miks it til it swel op.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 13:33:

He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."


flowaz

flowaz (plural flowaz dem, quantified flowaz)

Outsaida di siti nier di giet, dem did av wan ous fi di piipl we worship Zuus. Di ed priis fi Zuus kom wid som bulkou an som flowaz kaaz im an di piipl did waahn fi bon sakrifais gi Baanabas an Paal dem.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 14:13:

And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

Wen di son kom op an jrai op di plaant dem, di flowaz jrap aaf so it no priti no muo. A di siem ting a-go apm tu rich piipl we bizi a luk bout dem bizniz.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jiemz 1:11:

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.


nalij

So Timoti, gyaad di sitn dem we Gad gi yu fi tek kier a. Mek shuor yu kip dem sief. Stie faar fram taak we no av notn fi du wid Gad. No lisn tu di fuulinish wa som piipl taak chuu dem tingk dem waiz. Dem waahn fi kaal we dem a se nalij bot a no nalij dat.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Timoti 6:20:

O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"

Piipl widoutn nalij a deh paas ischri, harijin ah kolcha komiin laka chrii widoutn ruut — Marcus Garvey

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots — Marcus Garvey


myuuzik

Mek wi chek out hou liriks a mek ina Daans Haal kolcha . Di myuuzik we piipl a kaal Daans Haal nou, staat wie bak ina di liet 1960s an orli 1970s. Ina dem - de taim, wan diijie ena smadi we plie myuuzik ina di daans. Nof 45 rpm[…]

“Di biga bwai pikni did de a grong. Wen im riich nier di ous, im ier myuuzik a plie.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 15:25:

"Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.


tek kier a

“Roun dem taim de Muoziz did baan. Im a did wan priti-priti biebi. Im faada an mada did av im iina dem ous a tek kier a im fi chrii mont.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 7:20:

At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house,


tiif

Aal di tiif dem we did niel pan di kraas wid im did kos im out tu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 27:44:

And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.


tiif

Siem taim dem a go de-so, som a di gyaadi dem go iina di toun go tel di ed priis dem evriting we apm. Afta dat, di ed priis dem miit op wid di elda dem an kuk op wan plan. Dem gi di suoja dem wan uol iip a moni an se tu dem se, “A dis unu fi tel evribadi se, ‘Im falara dem kom iina di nait an kom tiif im badi wen wi weehn a sliip.’

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 28:11-13:

While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13and said, "Tell people, 'His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.


mordara

mordara (plural mordara dem, quantified mordara)

mordara dem (plural)
mordara (quantified)

Wen di piipl si se di siniek eng an pan Paal an, dem se tu wan aneda se, “Da man ya a mos wan mordara! Iivn duo im get we fram di sii, di gad we niem Jostis se im no fi liv."

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 28:4:

When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."


devl

Afta dat, di devl tek Jiizas kyari im go Jeruusilem, di uoli siti. Im mek im go tanop pan di taalis paat a Gad ous,

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 4:5:

Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple


graasapa

graasapa (plural graasapa dem, quantified graasapa)

graasapa dem (plural)
graasapa (quantified)

Den som sitn we luk laik graasapa kom outa di sumuok pan di ort. An dem get powa fi bait laik wen skaapiyan bait piipl.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 9:3:

Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.


mash op

Derived from English smash up or mash up.

Uu jrap pan da stuon ya a-go brok op iina piisiz, an uu it jrap pan a-go mash op bad bad.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 21:44:

The person who falls on this stone will be broken, and on whomever that stone falls, that person will be crushed.

Bot di LAAD jos sen wahn chrang piis a briiz pan di sii, an it ton out iina wahn staam so chrang it shiek op di ship til it nieli mash op.

2023, Book of Jonah [Buk af Juona], Wycliffe Bible Translators Caribbean, Juona 1:4:

But the Lord sent a terrible wind across the sea, creating a violent storm that threatened to break up the ship.

Notn ina dis ya dakyument ya bout Di Raits dem we Evribadi Av ina di Worl fi get yuuz outa plies bai eni konchri, gruup ar smadi fi get involv ina eni saat a diilinz we fi mash op eni a di raits an sitn dem we piipl frii fi du we rait dong ina ya so.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 30:

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.


tandad

Sens lietli, di Jumiekan LangwijYuunit op a Yunivoersiti a di Wes Indiz tek di Cassidy sistim fi divelopi, kandok pailat prajek ina skuul, ah inchajuusi tu di poblikaz di tandad atagrafi.

2014 May 28, Larry Chang, Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language, Gnosophia Publishers, →ISBN, page 63:

Latterly, the Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies took the Cassidy system to develop it, conduct pilot projects in schools, and introduce it to the public as standard orthography.


daata

daata (plural daata dem, quantified daata)

Bot a Erad bortdie paati, Eruodiyas daata did daans fi Erad an im ges dem an dat did mek im api.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 14:6:

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,


av seks

Unu no nuo se enibadi we sliip wid wan uman we sel ar badi fi moni, ton paat a ar badi tu? Kaaz it rait dong iina Gad wod se, “Wen man an uman av seks, it komiin laik se dem badi ton wan.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 6:16:

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."


kluoz

Evribadi av di rait tu a kwaliti a laif we gud inof fi di elt an welnes (welbiin) a imself an im fambili, dis miin se dem fi av fuud, kluoz, ous, an elt kier, an di sorvis dem we dem niid ina sosaiyati, an di rait fi get govament sopuot ef dem no av no wok, if dem sik, if dem disiebl (av speshal niidz ar andikyap), uman uufa ozban ded an man uufa waif ded, uol iej ar smadi we no av no saat a pie ar moni a kom iin ina wan sityuwieshan we dem no av no kanchruol ova

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 25:

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control

Den Jiizas tel dem se, “Nobadi no tier nyuu kluoz fi pach op uol kluoz, kaaz di pach fram di nyuu wan naa go mach di uol wan.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 5:36:

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

Shi did a se tu arself se, "Ef a kuda onggl toch im kluoz, mi wi get beta."

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 9:21:

She said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed."

“So mi a tel unu, no bada fret bout unu laif, a wori op unuself bout wa unu a-go iit ar jringk, ar wa unu a-go wier. Kaaz laif no muo impuotant dan fuud, iihn? An di badi no niid muo dan kluoz?

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:25:

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?