2 Timothy 2

2 ¹So then, my pikin, make you draw your strength from di grace wey dey inside Christ Jesus. ²And di things wey you hear from me for front of plenty witness, hand am give people wey dey faithful, wey fit teach oda people too. ³Take your own part for di suffering like good soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴No soldier wey dey for duty dey let ordinary-life matter tangle am—im wan please di one wey enlist am. ⁵And dem no dey crown any athlete unless e run di race according to di rules. ⁶Na di farmer wey dey work hard suppose be di first to receive part of di crops. ⁷Think well-well about wetin I dey talk, because Oga go give you understanding for everytin.

⁸Remember Jesus Christ, wey rise from di dead, wey come from David family, just as my gospel dey talk am, ⁹wey I dey suffer for, dem chain me like criminal. But di word of our Papa no dey chained! ¹⁰So I dey endure everytin because of di people wey dem choose, so dat dem too fit gain di salvation wey dey for Christ Jesus, together with glory wey no dey end. ¹¹Dis saying na true-true: If we don die with am, we go also live with am; ¹²if we endure, we go also reign with am; if we deny am, im too go deny us; ¹³if we no dey faithful, im still remain faithful, because im no fit deny imsef.

Worker wey our Papa Approve

¹⁴Remind dem about dis things, and warn dem for front of our Papa make dem no dey quarrel over words—e no get use, and e dey spoil di people wey dey listen.

¹⁵Do your best to present yoursef to our Papa as person wey pass di test, worker wey no get shame, wey dey handle di word of truth di correct way. ¹⁶But run from empty talk wey no get God inside; e dey carry people deeper into wickedness, ¹⁷and dia talk go spread like sore wey dey rotten. Among dem na Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸wey don comot from di truth, dey talk say di resurrection don already happen, and dem dey scatter some people faith. ¹⁹But di strong foundation wey our Papa lay still dey stand, dem seal am: “Im sabi di people wey be im own,” and “Make everybody wey dey call im name turn comot from evil.”

²⁰For big house, e no be only vessel of gold and silver dey there, but also vessel of wood and clay—some na for honour, some na for dishonour. ²¹So if anybody clean imsef comot from dis things, e go become vessel of honour: holy, useful to di Master, ready for every good work.

²²Run comot from di bad desire wey dey worry young person; chase correct-and-holy way, faith, love, and peace together with dem wey dey call on Oga from clean heart. ²³No get anytin to do with foolish and useless argument; you sabi say dem dey born quarrel. ²⁴Oga servant no suppose dey fight, but make e dey gentle to everybody, fit to teach, dey patient when dem do am bad, ²⁵dey gently correct di people wey dey stand against am. E fit be say our Papa go give dem repentance to sabi di truth, ²⁶and dem go come back to dia senses, escape from di devil trap where e don hold dem captive to do wetin e want.