Philippians 1

1 ¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all di holy ones wey dey inside Christ Jesus for Philippi, wit di overseers and deacons: ²Make grace and peace from our Papa and di Oga Jesus Christ dey wit una.

Tank God for Partners for di Gospel

³I dey tank my Papa evritime wey I remember una, ⁴and I dey always pray for all of una wit joy for evri prayer, ⁵bicos of di way una join hand wit me for di gospel from di first day rich now. ⁶I sure of dis one very-well: di One wey start good work inside una go finish am rich di day of Christ Jesus. ⁷E correct make I feel dis way about una—I dey hold una for my heart, all of una wey dey share grace wit me, for my chain and for defending and confirming di gospel. ⁸For our Papa na my witness, how my belle dey long for una all wit di deep love of Christ Jesus.

⁹Dis na my prayer: make una love overflow more and more, wit knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰so dat una fit sabi wetin best pass, dey stay pure and wit-out blame rich di day of Christ. ¹¹Make una full wit di fruit of correct-and-holy way through Jesus Christ, for our Papa glory and praise.

Chain wey Dey Push di Gospel Forward

¹²I want make una know, my broda and sista dem, say di tins wey happen to me don actually push di gospel forward, ¹³so dat my chain for Christ come dey known to di whole imperial guard and evribody else. ¹⁴Most of di broda and sista dem, wey my chain don make dem sure inside di Oga, now dey dare more to yarn di word wit-out fear. ¹⁵Na true say some dey preach Christ from jealousy and competition, but oda pipo dey do am from good mind. ¹⁶Dis ones dey act from love, sabi say na to defend di gospel dem assign me. ¹⁷Di odas dey proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, no be wit true heart, dey tink say dem go fit cause wahala for me for my chain.

¹⁸So wetin? Na only say for evri way—whether na for pretend or for true—dem dey proclaim Christ, and I dey rejoice for dis. Yes, I go continue to rejoice. ¹⁹Bicos I sabi say dis one go bring my rescue, through una prayers and di help of di Spirit of Jesus Christ. ²⁰My deep expectation and hope na dis: I no go ever shame, but wit full boldness, now as always, dem go praise Christ for my body, whether na by life or by death.

²¹Bicos for me, to dey live na Christ, and to die na gain. ²²If I go continue to live for di body, dis go mean fruitful work for me. But I no know which one to choose. ²³I dey torn between di two: I wan comot go dey wit Christ—wey better pass, ²⁴but to remain for di body dey more necessary for una sake. ²⁵Sinci I sure of dis, I know say I go remain and stay wit una all, for una progress and joy for di faith, ²⁶so dat una boasting for Christ Jesus fit overflow bicos of me, wen I come back to una again.

Stand wey Fit di Gospel

²⁷Only make una live life wey fit di gospel of Christ, so dat whether I come see una, or I no dey, I go hear say una dey stand firm for one spirit, dey fight together wit one mind for di faith of di gospel, ²⁸and una no dey fear una enemies at all—dis na proof to dem of dia destruction, but of una salvation, and dat one na from our Papa. ²⁹Bicos dem don graciously give una, for Christ sake, no be only to bilив for am but also to suffer for am, ³⁰as una dey pass through di same fight wey una see me face, and now una dey hear say I still dey face am.