1 Peter 1

1 ¹Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to di chosen people wey dey live for foreign land, wey scatter go Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. ²Our Papa, wey sabi una before-before, na im choose una; the Holy Spirit don make una holy, so that una go obey Jesus Christ and im blood go sprinkle una: make grace and peace full una plenty plenty.

Dem Born Us Enter Hope wey Dey Alive

³Make we praise our Papa, di Papa of our Oga Jesus Christ: as im mercy dey plenty so tey, im born us again enter hope wey dey alive through di way wey Jesus Christ rise from death, ⁴enter inheritance wey no fit ever spoil, wey no fit rotten, wey no fit fade, wey dem keep for heaven for una, ⁵our Papa dey use im power protect una through faith, for di salvation wey don ready to show for di last time. ⁶Una dey rejoice well well for dis one, even as, for small time now, different-different trials fit don make una heart heavy. ⁷Dis tins happen so that una faith—wey dem test come see say e real, wey worth pass gold wey dem refine with fire but wey still dey fit spoil—go bring praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ go appear. ⁸Even as una never see am, una love am; even as una no dey see am now, una trust am, dey rejoice with joy wey mouth no fit talk and wey full of glory, ⁹because una dey receive di end of una faith, di salvation of una soul.

¹⁰Prophets wey talk about di grace wey be for una bin investigate come search well well about dis salvation, ¹¹dem dey find di time and how e go be, wey di Spirit of Christ wey dey inside dem point to, when e talk before-before about how Christ go suffer and di glory wey go follow after. ¹²Dem show dem say: no be demsef dem dey serve but na una, when dem talk about dis tins wey dem don announce give una now through di people wey preach di good news give una by the Holy Spirit wey dem send from heaven. Even angels dey wish say make dem look inside dis tins.

Dem Call Una make Una Holy

¹³So, make una ready una mind for action, make una hold body well well, and make una put una hope complete for di grace wey dem go bring give una when dem go reveal Jesus Christ. ¹⁴As pikin wey dey obey, make una no allow di bad desires wey una bin dey follow before, for di time wey una no sabi, come shape una. ¹⁵But just as di one wey call una holy, make una too holy for everytin wey una dey do;

¹⁶because dem write am say: “Make una holy, because I holy.”

¹⁷Since una dey call on Papa wey dey judge everytin wey person do without favor-favor, make una take reverent fear live di time wey una dey for dis foreign land. ¹⁸Una sabi say silver and gold—tins wey dey spoil—no be dem save una comot from di empty life wey una ancestors hand over give una, ¹⁹but na with Christ im precious blood, wey be like lamb wey no get any defect or stain. ²⁰Dem choose am before dem lay di foundation of di world, but dem reveal am for dis last times because of una. ²¹Through am una believe for our Papa, wey raise am from death come give am glory, so that una faith and una hope dey for our Papa.

²²As una don clean una soul by obeying di truth so that una go get true love for una brothers, make una love each other deep-deep from clean heart. ²³Because dem don born una again—no be from seed wey dey spoil but seed wey no dey spoil—through di living word of our Papa wey dey stand forever. ²⁴Because, “All people be like grass, and all their glory be like di flowers for di field; di grass dey dry and di flowers dey fall, ²⁵but di word of our Papa dey stand forever.” And na dis word dem preach give una.