The 10 Commandments in Cajun
- God is number one… and das’ all.
- Don’t pray to nuttin’ or nobody… jus’ God.
- Don’t cuss nobody… ‘specially da’ good Lord.
- When it be Sabbath… pass yo’self by God’s house.
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Yo mama an’ yo daddy dun’ did it all… lissen to dem’.
- Killin’ duck an’ fish, das’ OK… people – NO!
- God done give you a wife… sleep wit’ jus’ her.
- Don’t take nobody’s boat… or nuttin’ else.
- Don’t go wantin’ somebody’s stuff.
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Stop lyin’… yo’ tongue gonna’ fall out yo’ mouf!
The Ten Commandments
And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. “You shall have no other gods before Me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
"Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
"You shall not murder.
"You shall not commit adultery.
"You shall not steal.
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Exodus 20:1-17
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