1 Thessalonians 4

4 ¹So den, my brothers and my sisters, we dey beg una and dey encourage una for Oga Jesus say, just as una collect from us how una suppose waka and how una suppose please our Papa—and just as una dey do am—make una do am pass so. ²Because una sabi di instructions wey we give una through Oga Jesus. ³Because na dis be our Papa im will: say una go holy—say una go comot yourself from sexual immorality, ⁴say each one of una go sabi how to take wife for imself for holy way and for honor, ⁵no be say bad desire dey drive una like di nations wey no know our Papa, ⁶say make nobody do im brother bad or take advantage of am for dis matter, because Oga na di one wey dey pay back for all dis things, just as we tell una before and warn una well well. ⁷Because our Papa no call us to dirty life, but to holy life. ⁸So den, anybody wey reject dis one, no be man e dey reject but our Papa, wey dey give una im Holy Spirit. ^a a v8 For here our Papa dey give im Holy Spirit — di Papa and di Spirit dey mention together, dey draw di person wey dey read enter di love wey dey make us holy.

⁹Now, for di matter of brother-love, una no need make anybody write una, because our Papa imself don teach una to love una-na-una. ¹⁰And true true, una dey do dis one to all di brothers and sisters for all Macedonia. But we dey encourage una, my brothers and my sisters, make una do am pass so, ¹¹and make e be your target to live quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hand, just as we tell una, ¹²so dat una fit waka well well for front of di people wey dey outside, and make una no depend on anybody.

Di Papa Dey Carry im Pikin dem Come House

¹³We no want make una no sabi, my brothers and my sisters, about dem wey don sleep for death, so dat una no go cry-cry like di other people wey no get hope. ¹⁴Because since we believe say Jesus die and rise up again, na so our Papa go take Jesus bring dem wey don sleep for death come with am. ¹⁵Dis one we dey tell una by word wey comot from Oga: we wey still dey alive, wey remain reach di time wey Oga go come, we no go go before dem wey don sleep for death at all. ¹⁶Because Oga imself go come down from heaven with loud command shout, with di voice of archangel and with di trumpet of our Papa, and di dead people wey dey inside Christ go rise first. ¹⁷After dat, we wey still dey alive, wey remain, dem go carry us join dem enter inside di cloud, go meet Oga for di air; so we go dey with Oga forever. ¹⁸So den, make una dey encourage una-na-una with dis words.