1 Thessalonians 5

5 ¹Now, my brothers and sisters, about di times and di seasons, we no need write anytin give una. ²Una una sabi well well say di day of our Lord Jesus go come like tif for di night. ³Wen people dey talk say, “Peace and safety dey,” na so sudden-sudden destruction go jam dem—like pain wey dey catch woman wey wan born—and dem no go fit escape. ⁴But una, my brothers and sisters, una no dey inside darkness make dat day catch una by surprise like tif. ⁵Una all na pikin of light and pikin of day; we no belong to night or to darkness. ⁶So den, make we no dey sleep like di oda people, but make we dey alert and make our head dey correct. ⁷Because di people wey dey sleep, na for night dem dey sleep, and di people wey dey drink drunk, na for night dem dey drunk. ⁸But since we belong to di day, make we dey sober, wey we wear faith and love as breastplate, and hope of salvation as helmet. ⁹Because our Papa no put us for di road of anger, but say we go gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰wey die for us, so dat weda we dey awake or we dey sleep, we go live togeda with am. ¹¹So den, make una dey encourage each oda and dey build each oda up, just as una dey already do am.

How to Live as Pikin of Light

¹²My brothers and sisters, we dey beg una make una respect di people wey dey work hard among una, wey dey lead una for di Lord, and wey dey correct una. ¹³Make una honour dem well well with love because of di work wey dem dey do. Make una dey live peace with each oda.

¹⁴My brothers and sisters, we dey beg una: make una correct di lazy ones, comfort di ones wey don loss heart, support di weak ones, and dey patient with everybody. ¹⁵Make una watch am well make nobody pay bad for bad give anybody, but make una always dey run afta wetin good for each oda and for everybody.

¹⁶Make una dey rejoice all di time, ¹⁷make una dey pray wey una no go stop, ¹⁸make una dey give thanks for everytin; because na dis be di will of our Papa for Christ Jesus concerning una. ¹⁹No quench di Holy Spirit. ²⁰No dey look prophecy down, ²¹but make una test everytin; hold tight to wetin good. ²²Comot yourself for every kind bad tin.

²³Make our Papa of peace imself make una holy complete-complete, and make una whole spirit and soul and body dey kept wey e no get blame wen our Lord Jesus Christ go come. ²⁴Di One wey call una na faithful person; e go surely bring am to pass.

²⁵My brothers and sisters, make una pray for us.

²⁶Greet all di brothers and sisters with holy kiss. ²⁷I dey charge una for front of di Lord make una read dis letter give all di brothers and sisters.

²⁸Make di grace of our Lord Jesus Christ dey with una.