Papa im Light Dey Shine Comot For Inside Us
Dem accuse Paul say e dey do wayo and get hidden motive, Paul answer say na only the truth e dey talk plain-plain. E clear say the power no be im own: trouble dey press am, e dey confuse, dem knock am down, but dem never destroy am. Treasure inside clay pot, and the way the pot fit break na the main point, so that the glory go remain we Papa own.
4 1Na so, since we get dis ministry through di mercy wey dem show us, we no dey lose heart. 2Instead, we don comot for di hidden, shameful things. We no dey use trick or twist our Papa word. But, as we dey openly talk di truth plain, we dey commend ourself to everybody conscience for front of our Papa. 3Even if veil dey cover our gospel, na for di people wey dey perish e cover. 4For dem, di god of dis age don blind di mind of di people wey no believe, so dat dem no fit see di light of di gospel—di glory of Christ, wey be our Papa image. a a v4 For here "di god of dis age" na di enemy wey dey blind people, no be our Papa — di small-letter word dey mark di fake one wey dey tif di light wey Papa mean for im children. 5We no dey preach ourself, but Jesus Christ as Oga—we be una servant because of Jesus.
6For our Papa, wey talk say, "Make light shine comot for inside darkness," na im don shine for inside our heart, dey give light—di knowledge of our Papa glory for di face of Jesus Christ.
7We get dis treasure inside clay pot, so dat dis power wey pass all power go be our Papa own, no be from us. 8Trouble dey squeeze us for every side, but e no crush us; we dey confuse, but we no lose hope; 9dem dey persecute us, but Papa no abandon us; dem knock us down, but e no destroy us. 10We dey always carry Jesus death for our body, so dat Jesus life fit show for our body too. 11We wey dey alive, dem dey always hand us over to death because of Jesus, so dat Jesus life fit show for our body wey go die too. 12So den, death dey work inside us, but life dey work inside una.
13Wit di same spirit of faith wey dem write say: "I believe, so I talk," we too believe, so we too dey talk, 14as we know say di One wey raise Oga Jesus go raise us too wit Jesus, and go set us, wit una, for im front. 15All dis na for una, so dat grace, as e dey reach more and more people, go make thanksgiving overflow to our Papa glory.
16So we no dey give up. Even as our outside person dey rotten, our inside person dey renew day by day. 17For dis small suffering wey no go tey dey produce for us eternal weight of glory wey heavy pass everything wey person fit compare am to, 18so we no dey fix our eye for di things wey we fit see, but for di things wey we no fit see, because di things wey we dey see go pass, but di things wey we no dey see na for ever.
