2 Thessalonians 3

3 ¹For last-last, my brothers and sisters, pray for us make di word of our Oga Jesus fit run go front sharp-sharp and make dem honor am, just like e take be for una middle, ²and make God rescue us from bad-mind and wicked people; because no be everybody get faith. ³But Oga na faithful one, wey go make una strong and go guard una from di evil one. ⁴We trust for inside Oga say una dey do, and una go continue to dey do, wetin we command. ⁵Make Oga lead una heart enter our Papa love and enter Christ patience.

Warning Against Laziness

⁶My brothers and sisters, for di name of our Oga Jesus Christ, we command una: comot yasef from every brother wey dey live for laziness, wey no follow di tradition wey una collect from us. ⁷Una yasef sabi say una suppose copy us, because we no lazy for una middle. ⁸We no chop anybody food for free; instead, we work night and day, for hard work and suffer-suffer, so dat we no go put load for any of una head. ⁹No be say we no get di right, but na to make we be example wey una fit copy. ¹⁰Even wen we dey with una, we order una say: if anybody refuse to work, make e no chop. ¹¹Because we dey hear say some people for una middle dey live for laziness, dem no dey busy with work but na busybody dem be. ¹²We command and beg dis kind people for inside Oga Jesus Christ: make dem work quiet-quiet, make dem chop dem own bread. ¹³As for una, my brothers and sisters, no make una tire to dey do good. ¹⁴If anybody no gree obey our word for inside dis letter, mark am, and no follow am waka, so dat shame fit catch am. ¹⁵But no take am as enemy, rather warn am like brother.

Peace, Greeting, and Grace

¹⁶Make di Oga of peace himself give una peace all di time, for every kind way. Make Oga dey with una all.

¹⁷Na me, Paul, dey write dis greeting with my own hand—na di sign say every letter wey comot from me na di real thing; na so I dey write. ¹⁸Make di grace of our Oga Jesus Christ dey with una all.