2 Corinthians 1

1 ¹Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus by wetin our Papa want, and Timothy our brother, to di church of our Papa wey dey Corinth, together with all di holy people wey dey everywhere for Achaia: ²Make grace and peace from our Papa and di Lord Jesus Christ dey with una.

Di Papa wey dey give All Comfort

³Make we praise our Papa, di Papa of our Lord Jesus Christ, di Papa wey get tender mercy wey dey pain belle and wey dey give all comfort, ⁴wey dey comfort us for all di suffer wey we dey pass, so dat we fit comfort other people for all di suffer wey dem dey pass, with di same comfort wey we ourself dey receive from our Papa. ⁵As di suffering of Christ dey overflow reach us, na so our comfort too dey overflow through Christ. ⁶If we dey suffer, na for una comfort and salvation; if dem comfort us, na for una comfort, wey dey work as una dey endure wit patience di same suffering wey we dey suffer. ⁷Our hope for una strong well well, because we know say as una dey share for di suffering, na so una go share for di comfort too.

⁸We want make una know, brothers and sisters, about di suffering wey we face for Asia: e heavy for us pass wetin we fit carry, sotay we no even get hope again say we go live. ⁹For inside our heart, e be like say dem don sentence us to die, so dat we no go trust our own self but we go trust our Papa, wey dey raise dead people. ¹⁰Na im save us from dat kind death wey wan finish us, and e go save us again; we don put our hope for am say e go continue to dey save us, ¹¹as una too dey help us with una prayer, so dat plenty people go give thanks for our sake because of di grace-gift wey dem give us through plenty prayer.

How Paul Change im Plan

¹²Because na dis we dey take glory: our conscience dey tell us say na di way wey holy and true, di way wey come from our Papa, we take dey live for dis world—especially di way we take treat una—no be with wisdom of dis world but with di grace of our Papa. ¹³We no dey write una anything except wetin una fit read and even understand, and I dey hope say una go understand am well well, ¹⁴as una don understand us small: for di day of our Lord Jesus, una go take us glory just as we go take una glory.

¹⁵With dis confidence, I bin plan say I go first come meet una, so dat una fit get grace second time. ¹⁶I plan say I go visit una as I dey go Macedonia, come back meet una from Macedonia, and make una send me go Judea. ¹⁷Abi I no steady when I plan dis one? Or na di way of flesh I take dey plan, wey I go dey talk Yes, yes and No, no for di same time? ¹⁸As sure as our Papa dey faithful, di word wey we talk to una no be “Yes” and “No.” ¹⁹Because di Pikin of our Papa, Jesus Christ, wey we preach among una through Silvanus, Timothy, and me, no be “Yes” and “No,” but na always “Yes” dey inside am. ²⁰No matter how many promise our Papa make, inside am dem all na “Yes”; so through am too, we dey talk “Amen” to our Papa, for im glory.

²¹Now na our Papa wey dey make us stand strong together with una inside Christ, and wey don anoint us, ²²wey also put im mark for us and give us im Holy Spirit for inside our heart as guarantee of wetin dey come. ^a a v22 Di Greek word for guarantee na business word — deposit wey person dey pay first. Our Papa dey give the Holy Spirit as di first installment of everything wey still dey come, im promise say e go finish wetin e start. ²³I dey call our Papa make e be my witness, I take my life swear, say na because I wan spare una make I no come back Corinth. ²⁴No be say we dey control una faith, but we dey work together with una for una joy, because na by faith una take dey stand firm.