2 Thessalonians 1

1 ¹Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to di church of di Thessalonians people wey dey inside our Papa and di Oga Jesus Christ: ²Make grace and peace dey with una from our Papa and di Oga Jesus Christ.

We Dey Give Thanks say Una Faith Dey Grow

³Brothers and sisters, e good make we dey always thank our Papa for una—e correct make we do am so—because una faith dey grow more and more, and each one of una dey grow more for di love wey una get for one anoda. ⁴So we ourself dey take una sprik among di churches of our Papa, because of how una dey hold strong and get faith for inside all di persecution and suffering wey una dey bear.

⁵Dis one na proof of our Papa correct judgement, say dem count una worthy for di kingdom of our Papa, wey na because of am una dey suffer too. ⁶Since our Papa dey do wetin correct, e go pay back trouble to dem wey dey give una trouble, ⁷and e go give rest to una wey dey suffer, together with us, wen di Oga Jesus go show himself from heaven with im powerful angels, ⁸inside fire wey dey blaze, e go bring justice on top dem wey no know our Papa, and on top dem wey no dey obey di gospel of our Oga Jesus. ⁹Dem go pay di penalty of ruin wey no dey end, far from di presence of di Oga and im glorious power, ¹⁰for dat day, wen e go come make dem give am glory inside im holy ones, and everybody wey believe go wonder for im matter—because una believe di testimony wey we bring to una.

¹¹Na because of dis one we dey always pray for una, say make our Papa count una worthy for di calling wey e call una, and make e take im power do complete every good desire and every work of faith, ¹²so dat dem go glorify di name of our Oga Jesus inside una, and una too inside am, by di grace of our Papa and di Oga Jesus Christ.