Hebrews 11

11 ¹Now faith na di assurance of di things wey we dey hope for, di sure-conviction of di things wey we no dey see. ²Na through am di people of before-before take collect dia commendation. ³Na through faith we take understand say na our Papa word form di whole universe, so di things wey we dey see no come from wetin eye fit see.

⁴Na through faith Abel take bring our Papa offering wey better pass Cain own, and na through am dem take prove say im dey correct-and-holy, as our Papa commend am by accepting im gifts. Even as im don die, im still dey talk through im faith.

⁵Na through faith dem take carry Enoch go up, so im no see death, and dem no find am, because our Papa don carry am go. Before dem carry am go, dem commend am say im dey please our Papa. ⁶Without faith person no fit please am: whoever wan come near our Papa must believe say im dey and say im dey reward those wey dey take true heart seek am.

⁷Na through faith Noah, wey dem warn about wetin eye never fit see yet, take build ark with reverence to save im household. Na through dis one im take condemn di world and become heir of di correct-and-holy way wey dey come through faith.

⁸Na through faith Abraham take obey di call to go one place wey im go collect as inheritance, and im comot without knowing where im dey go. ⁹Na through faith im take settle for di land of promise like say na strange land, dey live inside tent with Isaac and Jacob, wey be co-heirs of di same promise. ¹⁰Because im dey wait for di city wey get foundation, wey our Papa na di designer and di builder.

¹¹Na through faith Sarah imself take collect power to carry belle, even as im don pass di age, because im trust say di One wey promise dey faithful. ¹²So from one man—wey be like say im don die already—plenty pikin take born, plenty like di stars for sky, wey person no fit count like di sand for river-side.

¹³All dese people die inside faith, without collecting wetin dem promise dem—but dem see am from far, welcome am, and admit say dem be strangers and travellers for dis earth. ¹⁴Because those wey dey talk like dis dey show say na dia own homeland dem dey find. ¹⁵If dem for remember di land wey dem comot from, dem for get chance to go back. ¹⁶But as e be so, na better country dem want—one wey dey heaven. So our Papa no dey shame to make dem call am dia Papa: im don prepare one city for dem. ^a a v16 Hebrews dey echo di Old Testament Covenant formula—'I go be dia God, and dem go be my people'—wey our Papa always mean for family way: 'I go be dia Papa, and dem go be my pikin.' Im no dey shame di family name.

¹⁷Na through faith Abraham, as dem dey test am, take offer Isaac; im wey don collect di promises dey offer im only-one son,

¹⁸im wey dem talk about am say, “Na through Isaac dem go take name your offspring.”

¹⁹Im reason am say our Papa fit even raise am from di dead—and, for picture way, na from there im take get am back.

²⁰Na through faith Isaac take call down future blessings on Jacob and Esau.

²¹Na through faith Jacob, as im dey die, take bless each one of Joseph pikin, and im worship, dey lean on top of im staff.

²²Na through faith, as im dey die, Joseph take mention di exodus of Israel pikin and give order about im bones.

²³Na through faith Moses papa and mama take hide am three months afta dem born am, because dem see say im na fine pikin, and dem no fear di king edict.

²⁴Na through faith Moses, when im don grow, take refuse make dem call am di son of Pharaoh pikin-woman, ²⁵im choose to suffer bad treatment together with our Papa people pass to enjoy sin sweetness wey no dey last. ²⁶Im count di disgrace of Christ as wealth wey big pass Egypt treasures, because im dey look toward di reward. ²⁷Na through faith im take comot Egypt, without fearing di king vex, im endure like person wey dey see our Papa, wey eye no fit see. ²⁸Na through faith im take keep di Passover and di sprinkling of blood, so di destroyer of di firstborn no go touch dem.

²⁹Na through faith dem take cross di Red Sea like say na dry land dem dey waka; but di Egyptians, wey try di same thing, water swallow dem.

³⁰Na through faith di walls of Jericho take fall down afta dem don go round am for seven days.

³¹Na through faith Rahab di ashawo no die with those wey no obey, because im welcome di spies for peace.

³²Wetin more I fit talk? Time no dey enough for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David and Samuel and di prophets, ³³wey through faith take conquer kingdoms, run justice, collect promises, lock di mouth of lions, ³⁴quench di power of fire, escape di edge of sword, from weakness dem take strong, dem become mighty for war, and dem chase foreign armies go back. ³⁵Women collect dia dead people back through resurrection; but others dem torture, and dem refuse make dem free dem, so dem fit get better resurrection. ³⁶Others still suffer mockery and flogging, and even chains and prison. ³⁷Dem stone dem, dem cut dem into two with saw, dem kill dem with sword. Dem waka up and down inside sheep-skin and goat-skin—dem no get anything, dem suffer, dem treat dem bad. ³⁸Di world no fit reach dem—dem waka for desert, for mountains, inside caves, and inside holes for ground.

³⁹And all dese people, even as dem commend dem for dia faith, dem no collect wetin dem promise, ⁴⁰because our Papa don prepare something better for us, so dem no go fit reach perfect without us.