The Letter Paul Write to the Philippians
1 This letter from Paul and Timothy and we slaves for Jesus Christ. We writing to all the brother dem* who for Jesus Christ and also the elders and the ministerial servant dem* da in Phi·lipʹpi.
2 Let our God and Father and our Lord Jesus Christ give yor peace, and let their special kindness be with yor.
3 I can always tell my God thank you when I remember yor. 4 And I can really be happy every time I praying to God with my whole heart for all of yor. 5 I can do this one because of the work yor na do in preaching the good news from the first day yor hear about it up to now. 6 I sure da God will help yor to finish the good work he start among yor until the day Jesus Christ come. 7 Because I really love yor from my heart, it alright for me to think about yor like this. Yor support me the time I wor in jail. Yor also support me when I wor defending the good news and when I wor using the law to get the right to preach the good news. And because of da, yor and myself benefit from God special kindness.
8 God seh know how I really want see all of yor because I really love yor the same way Jesus Christ love yor. 9 And I continue to pray da the love yor get will continue to get strong more and more. And also for yor to know the correct teaching and to really understand what God want yor to do. 10 I pray da yor will make sure about the thing dem da more important, so da nobody can’t blame yor for anything, and so da yor can’t be making other people to sin until the day Christ come. 11 And I also pray for yor to do plenty good work through Jesus Christ da will bring honor and praise to God.
12 My brother dem, I really want yor to know da the thing dem I going through na help to spread the good news more and more. 13 And da because all the bodyguard dem for the palace and all the other people know da I in jail because of Christ. 14 Plenty of the brother dem who doing the Lord work na get more courage because I in jail. They showing da they really brave to preach about God Word and they not scare.
15 Da true, some people preaching about Christ because they jealous and they want run competition. But other people doing it for good reason. 16 Da love make the second group of people to preach about Christ, because they know da God na choose me to defend the good news. 17 But the other people can do it because they jealous and they like making palaver. They not get clear heart, and they thinking about causing trouble for me the way I in jail. 18 So wetin na happen? They making people to know about the Christ, whether they pretending to do it or they doing it with their whole heart, and this one made me happy. So I will continue to really be happy, 19 because I know this one will save me through the way yor can pray to God with your heart and through the holy spirit da Jesus Christ can give. 20 I really sure and I get hope da nothing will make me shame. I will not be scare to talk and because of me* Christ will get honor just how he use to get it before, whether I living or I die.
21 For me if I live, I will live my life for Christ, and if I die, I will still benefit. 22 And if I continue living in this body,* I will be able to do more work for the Christ. But I will not say which one I will choose. 23 It hard for me to choose between this two thing dem because I want be free from this body so da I can be with Christ. And to talk the truth, this one really better. 24 But it alright to continue living in this body* because of yor. 25 So because I really sure about this one, I know da I will continue to live in this body and be with all of yor so da yor will continue to be strong and happy because of your faith. 26 So when I come back to yor again, yor will be happy even more because yor following Jesus Christ.
27 Yor live your life in the way da in line with the good news about the Christ. Then whether I visit yor or not, I will hear good-good thing dem about yor and know da yor standing strong. And I will also know da yor united in the way yor can think and yor working together to get faith in the good news. 28 Yor mon not be scare of the people dem da against yor. And this one da proof da they will be destroy. But for yor, yor will be save, and this one coming from God. 29 Yor get the opportunity to put faith in Christ, and also to suffer for him. 30 Yor going through the same hard time da yor saw me going through, and yor know da I still going through this hard time.