Serve Your Masters as Brothers
Instructions for slaves, then picture of teachers wey dey use devotion as way to make profit. Contentment na di real gain, and to dey crave money don wound some people for inside. Paul charge Timothy make e fight di good fight, and e tell rich people make dem hope for we Papa instead of money.
6 1Everybody wey dey under di yoke of slavery suppose count dem own masters as people wey deserve full respect, so dat our Papa name and di teaching no go get bad talk. 2Dem wey get masters wey be believers no suppose disrespect dem becos dem be brothers; instead make dem serve dem beta well well, becos di ones wey dey benefit na believers, people wey dem love well well. Teach and dey urge dem for dis things.
False Teaching Dey Bear Bitter Fruit
3If anybody dey teach anoda thing, wey no gree with di correct words of our Oga Jesus Christ and di teaching wey fit person wey dey serve God with im whole heart, 4e don blow imsef up, e no sabi anything, but e dey sick with di way e dey obsess over arguments and word-fight, wey dey bring jealousy, quarrel, bad talk, and evil suspicion, 5and constant wahala among people wey dem mind don spoil, wey no get truth again, wey dey think say to serve God na way to make money.
6But to serve God with heart wey dey satisfy na big gain, 7becos we no carry anything come dis world, and we no fit carry anything comot from am. 8But if we get food and cloth, we go dey satisfy with dis ones. 9But dem wey want to rich dey fall inside temptation, inside trap, and plenty foolish and harmful desires wey dey drag people go inside ruin and destruction. 10To love money na root of all kind evil; as some dey crave am, dem don wander comot from di faith and pierce demsef with plenty pain.
Fight di Good Fight of Faith
11But you, man of our Papa, run comot from all dis things. Chase after di correct-and-holy way, to serve God, faith, love, to endure, and gentle heart. a a v11 "Man of our Papa" dey render one phrase wey oda Bibles dey give as "man of God" — e dey name Timothy as person wey belong to di Papa, no be just some deity wey far. 12Fight di good fight of di faith; hold tight di life wey no dey end wey dem call you to, and wey you confess di good confession for front of plenty witness. 13For front of our Papa, wey dey give life to all things, and Christ Jesus, wey testify di good confession for front of Pontius Pilate, I dey charge you b b v13 Jesus im 'good confession' for front of Pilate na di bold way wey e declare say e be king and say e come to bear witness for di truth (look John 18:33–37). 14make you keep di command clean-clean and without any blame, until our Oga Jesus Christ go show imsef, 15wey di blessed and only Ruler, di King of kings and Oga of ogas, go bring to pass for di correct time. 16Na only am no dey ever die, wey dey live inside light wey person no fit near, wey nobody don see or fit see. To am make honour and dominion wey no dey end dey. Amen.
17Tell di rich people for dis present age make dem no dey proud or put dem hope for wealth wey no sure, but for our Papa, wey dey give us everything richly make we enjoy. 18Command dem make dem dey do good, make dem rich for good works, make dem get open hand, and dey ready to share, 19so dat dem go dey lay up for demsef good foundation for di future, so dat dem fit grab di life wey be true-true life.
20Timothy, guard wetin dem put for your hand. Run comot from godless, empty talk and di things wey dey contradict wetin dem dey call knowledge, 21becos as some dey confess am, dem don wander comot from di faith. Make grace dey with una all.
