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Pray fa We
1 We Christian bredren, dis de las wod wa we da say een dis letta. Pray fa we. Pray dat de wod ob de Lawd gwine spread all oba too quick an people gwine gii hona ta de Lawd an tell um tankya fa e wod, jes like wa happen wen oona yeh um. 2 Pray, too, dat God gwine sabe we fom wickity an ebil people, cause ebrybody ain bleebe de wod ob de Lawd.
3 Bot de Lawd, e faitful. E gwine mek oona mo scronga an keep oona safe fom de ebil one. 4 De Lawd gii we trus een oona, so dat mek we know fa sho dat oona da do wa we chaage oona fa do, an oona gwine keep on do um.
5 We pray dat de Lawd gwine show oona mo an mo how God da lob oona, an how Christ done beah op onda suffrin fa do wa God wahn, an how e da mek oona beah op too.
All People Mus Wok
6 We Christian bredren, een de name ob we Lawd Jedus Christ, we chaage oona say, oona mus keep way fom all de Christian dem wa ain wahn fa do nottin an wa ain da do wa we done been laan um fa do. 7 Oonasef know fa true dat ya oughta do jes like we beena do. We ain been lazy none tall wen we been dey wid oona. 8 We beena pay fa all de food people gii we. We beena wok haad, fa true, day an night, fa wa we been need, cause we ain been wahn fa mek none ob oona haffa pay fa hep we. 9 Dat ain fa say we ain got no right fa tell oona fa gii we food an a place fa sleep. Bot we beena do all dat wok dey an ain aks oona fa nottin, cause we been wahn fa show oona how fa do same way we done. 10 Wen we been dey wid oona, we beena chaage oona say, “Mus dohn gii no food ta nobody dat ain wahn fa wok.”
11 We yeh say some people dey mongst oona ain wahn fa do no wok. Dey ain do nottin tall cep pit dey mout pon oda people bidness. 12 We waan dem people dey, een de name ob we Lawd Jedus Christ. We chaage um say, dey mus lib de right way, da wok fa dey libin.
13 Bot oona, we Christian bredren, mus dohn git weary da do good. 14 Ef somebody dey dey wa ain do wa we tell um een dis letta, mus memba um an mus dohn mix wid um, so dat e gwine be too shame. 15 Stillyet, mus dohn tink like e oona enemy. Mus waan um same like ya waan ya broda.
Paul Las Wod een Dis Letta
16 We pray dat de Lawd esef, wa da mek we hab peaceable haat, gii oona peace all de time een all ting. We da pray dat de Lawd gwine be dey wid all ob oona.
17 Now wid me own han A da write dis yah: A, Paul, da tell oona hey. Een all me letta, dis de way A kin show dat fa true A write um. Dis de way A set um down.
18 We pray dat we Lawd Jedus Christ bless all ob oona.