Grace Dey Overflow Through Open-Hand Giving
The help collection wey dem start one year ago never finish. Paul no gree command am. E point to the Macedonians, wey poor and dey suffer, but dem give pass wetin dem get by our Papa grace. E only ask make fairness dey between the churches, and e send Titus with witness so nobody go fit question the money.
8 1We want make una know, my brothers and sisters, about di grace wey our Papa give for di churches for Macedonia. 2As big trouble test dem, di joy wey full dem well-well and di deep poverty wey dem dey inside come overflow into rich open-hand giving. 3Because I dey testify: dem give as dem fit, and even pass wetin dem fit, with dia full mind. 4Dem dey beg us serious-serious make dem get di favour and di partnership to serve di holy people. 5E no be wetin we expect—dem first give dem-self to di Oga, then to us, according to wetin our Papa want. 6So we beg Titus make e come finish dis work of grace for una middle, sote e don already start am. 7But as una dey shine for everything—for faith, for how una dey talk, for knowledge, for all seriousness, and for di love wey we get for una—make una make sure say una shine for dis open-hand offering too. 8Dis one no be command—na to test whether una love na true-true one I dey do, by di seriousness of other people. 9Una know di grace of our Oga Jesus Christ: even as e rich, e come poor because of una, so dat im poverty fit make una rich. 10Dis na wetin I think about am: e go good for una, una wey one year ago start—no be only to do am but to want am too. 11Now make una finish di doing sef, so dat as una eager to want am, e go match how una go complete am from wetin una get. 12If di eager mind dey, e dey acceptable according to wetin person get, no be wetin person no get. 13I no mean say make other people get rest while load dey press una, but say make things dey balance. 14Right now, di extra wey una get suppose meet dia need, so dat dia own extra go fit meet una need, and everybody go dey equal. 15As dem write am: “Di person wey gather plenty no get extra; di person wey gather small no lack anything.”
Dem Send Titus With Serious Care
16Thank you to our Papa, wey put di same serious care wey I get for una inside Titus heart. 17E no just accept wetin we beg am, but—as e sef dey more serious—e dey come una by im own choice. 18Together with am, we dey send di brother wey all di churches dey praise because of im work for di gospel. 19No be only dat—di churches sef choose am make e travel with us for dis open-hand gift wey we dey handle, for di Oga im own glory and to show say we eager. 20We arrange am like dis so dat nobody fit blame us over dis big gift wey we dey handle, 21because we wan do wetin honorable, no be only for front of di Oga but for front of people too. 22We dey send our brother with dem, di one wey we test many times come find say e dey serious for plenty things, and now e even dey more serious, because of di big confidence wey e get for una. 23As for Titus: na my partner, my fellow worker for una. As for our brothers: na messengers of di churches, na di glory of Christ. 24So make una show dem, for front of di churches, di proof of una love and di boasting wey we dey boast about una.
