Pikin Dem, Papa Dem, and Oga Dem
Children, parents, slaves and masters, each one get word, and e remind masters say dem too get Master. Den our Papa armor: truth, righteousness, readiness, faith, salvation, di word — because di real enemies no be di people wey dey your front. Paul beg make dem pray for im own boldness.
6 1Pikin dem, obey una papa-and-mama for inside Oga, because na correct thing be dis.
2“Respect your papa and your mama” (dis na di first commandment wey carry promise), 3“so that e go dey well with you and you go live long for di land.”
4Papa dem, no dey provoke una pikin make dem vex; raise dem up for inside Oga im correction and teaching.
5Slave dem, obey una oga wey dey for dis earth with respect and shaking body, with true-true heart, as you go do for Christ. 6No be only to make person happy wen dem dey watch you, but as Christ im slave dem wey dey do our Papa im wish from una heart, 7dey serve with good mind, as to Oga and no be to people, 8sabi say everybody go collect back from Oga anyhow good wey e do, whether na slave or free person.
9Oga dem, do dem di same way—stop to dey threaten dem—sabi say una Master and their own dey for heaven, and e no dey favor anybody pass anoda.
Di Papa Im Full Armor
10For last, make you strong for inside Oga and for di power of im strength. 11Wear our Papa im full armor, so that you fit stand gidigba against di devil im tricky plan dem. a a v11 Di armor wey dem talk about here no be di soldier im own — na our Papa im own armor, wey e give im pikin dem for di day of battle. 12Our fight no be against flesh and blood, but na against di rulers and di powers wey dey rule, against di powers of dis darkness wey dey now, and against evil spirit forces for di heavenly places. 13So, wear our Papa im full armor, so that you fit stand strong for di evil day, and after you don do everything, you go still stand gidigba. 14So stand, tie di belt of truth for your waist, and wear di breastplate of correct-and-holy way, 15and make your leg ready with di readiness wey dey come from di gospel of peace. 16For every situation, carry di shield of faith, wey fit quench all di fire arrow dem of di evil one. 17Take di helmet of salvation and di sword of di Spirit—di word of our Papa. 18Dey pray for inside di Spirit all di time, with every prayer and request. Dey watch well-well with all endurance, dey pray for all di saints dem, 19and for me—say make dem give me word wen I open my mouth, so that I go boldly make di gospel im mystery known, 20wey I be ambassador for am, even as I dey inside chain, so that I go talk am with mind as I suppose talk am.
Last Greetings
21So that you too go sabi how I dey and wetin I dey do, Tychicus, di brother wey I love and di servant wey person fit trust for inside Oga, go tell you everything. 22Na for dis reason I send am come to you: so that you go sabi how we dey, and make e encourage una heart.
23Peace and love wey full with faith to di brothers and sisters, from our Papa and Oga Jesus Christ. 24Make grace dey with everybody wey love our Oga Jesus Christ with love wey no dey die.
