2 John 1

1 ¹Me, di elder, I dey write to di lady wey God choose and her pikin dem, wey I love for truth—no be only me, but everybody wey sabi di truth, ^a a v1 ‘Di lady wey God choose and her pikin dem’ fit dey talk about one local church and di people wey dey inside am. ²bicos of di truth wey dey live inside us and go dey with us forever. ³Grace, mercy, and peace go dey with us from our Papa and from Jesus Christ, our Papa im Pikin, for truth and love.

⁴My belle sweet me well well as I see say some of your pikin dem dey waka for truth, just as our Papa command us. ⁵Now, dear lady, I dey beg you: no be new command, but di one wey we don get from di start—make we love one anoda. ⁶Na dis be love: say we go waka according to im commands. Na dis be di command, just as una hear am from di beginning: say una go waka for love.

⁷Bicos plenty deceiver don comot go inside di world, wey dey deny say Jesus Christ come for flesh. Na dis person na di deceiver and di antichrist. ⁸Watch unasef well, so that una no go lose wetin we don work for, but make una receive full reward. ⁹Anybody wey dey overstep, wey no dey remain inside Christ teaching, no get our Papa; but anybody wey dey remain inside di teaching get our Papa and di Pikin, di two of dem. ^b b v9 To deny di Pikin na to lose di Papa. John im letter make am clear say dem no fit separate di two—to remain inside Jesus teaching na to get our Papa and im Pikin togeda. ¹⁰If person come meet una wey no carry dis teaching, no welcome am into una house, no greet am sef, ¹¹bicos anybody wey greet am dey share for im bad-bad work.

¹²I get plenty tin to write, but I no wan use paper and ink. I dey hope say I go come talk with una face to face, so that our joy go full complete. ¹³Di pikin dem of your sister wey God choose dey greet una.