1 Thessalonians 2

2 ¹For una sef sabi, my brothers and sisters, say di time wey we come see una no waste for nothing. ²But even as we don already suffer and dem treat us bad for Philippi, as una sabi, we find bold-face for inside our Papa to talk im good news give una, even as plenty people stand gidigba against us. ³For wetin we dey beg una no come from wrong-doing or dirty heart, and we no dey try deceive anybody. ⁴Instead, since our Papa don accept us make e fit put di gospel for our hand, na so we take dey talk—no be to please people, but na to please our Papa, wey dey test our heart. ⁵We never take sweet-mouth talk una, as una sabi, and we no take am cover greedy eye—our Papa na witness. ⁶We no dey find praise from people—no be from una, no be from anybody else—even as we for fit press our authority as Christ im apostles. ⁷But we soft ourself among una, like mama wey dey breastfeed and dey take tender heart care for her own pikin. ⁸So, as we dey hungry for una well-well, e sweet us to share with una no be only our Papa im good news but our own self too, because una don dear us so-tay. ⁹For una remember, my brothers and sisters, how we labour and suffer: we work night and day, so we no go put load for any of una neck, while we dey preach di good news of our Papa give una. ¹⁰Una and our Papa na witness how we take waka holy, correct-and-holy, and without blame for una wey believe. ¹¹As una sabi, we treat each one of una like papa wey dey handle im pikin—we dey encourage una, dey comfort una, and dey beg una, ¹²make una live life wey fit our Papa, wey dey call una enter im own kingdom and glory.

¹³We dey always thank our Papa too for dis: when una collect our Papa im word wey una hear from us, una welcome am no be as message wey come from person but as wetin e true-true be—im word, wey dey work inside una wey believe. ¹⁴My brothers and sisters, una copy our Papa im churches wey dey inside Christ Jesus for Judea, because una suffer di same thing for hand of una own people as dem suffer for hand of di Jews, ¹⁵wey kill di Oga Jesus and di prophets, chase us comot, no dey please our Papa, and dey against everybody, ¹⁶as dem dey stop us to talk give di Gentiles so dem fit be saved, always dey full up di measure of dem sin. Now vex-anger don catch dem for last.

We Dey Hungry To See Una Again

¹⁷My brothers and sisters, as dem tear us comot from una for small time—for body, no be for heart—we come dey hungry pass to see una face, with plenty longing. ¹⁸We wan come see una—me, Paul, again and again—but Satan stop us. ¹⁹For wetin be our hope, our joy, or our crown wey we go take gbaye before our Oga Jesus for di time wey e go come? No be una? ²⁰Yes, na una be our glory and our joy.