Di Way Titus Come Comfort Am
Titus reach Macedonia with news, and Paul fear break. The letter wey pain dem don make dem sorry, and e half regret say e send am, but the sorrow turn dem. Sorrow wey our Papa want dey lead to repentance wey nobody go regret. E talk am plain say e trust dem again.
7 1So, my loved ones, since we get dis promises, make we clean ourselves comot from every dirty ting wey dey touch body and spirit, and make we complete holiness as we dey fear our Papa.
2Make una open una heart give us. We no do anybody bad, we no spoil anybody, we no cheat anybody. 3No be say I dey talk dis one to condemn una. As I don talk before: una dey inside our heart, make we die together and live together. 4I get plenty confidence for una, I dey proud of una well well. My belle full with comfort, and joy dey overflow for me for inside all our suffering.
5Even wen we reach Macedonia, our body no get rest at all—dem dey worry us for every side, wahala dey outside, fear dey inside. 6But our Papa, wey dey comfort di people wey don cast down, comfort us wen Titus come. 7No be only say e come, but also di comfort wey e receive because of una—e tell us how una dey long for me, how una heart dey pain, how una dey do things hot for my sake—so I rejoice pass before.
8Even though my letter make una heart pain, I no dey regret am—even though I bin regret am small, since I see say dat letter pain una, even if na for small time. 9Now I dey rejoice—no be say una heart pain, but say di pain bring una to repent. Una heart pain di way our Papa want am, so una no lose anytin because of us. 10Because di kind pain wey follow di way our Papa want am dey bring repentance wey dey lead to salvation, and person no go regret am; but di pain wey belong to dis world dey bring death. 11Just look wetin dis pain wey follow di way our Papa want am produce for una: seriousness, mind to clear una name, vex, fear, longing, hot spirit, and readiness make justice happen! For everytin, una don show say una clean for dis matter. 12So even though I write give una, no be because of di person wey do di wrong, or di person wey dem wrong am, but so dat una true heart for us go show clear for una own eye before our Papa. 13Na dis one make we don receive comfort. And on top our own comfort, we rejoice pass because of Titus own joy, because all of una don refresh im spirit. 14Whatever I boast to am about una no shame me. Just as everytin wey we tell una na true, na so di boasting wey we do before Titus come be true too. 15Im heart for una dey grow bigger, as e dey remember how all of una obey, and how una welcome am with fear and shaking. 16I dey rejoice, because for everytin I get complete confidence for una.