Pray for Us
1 Finally, our friends, please pray for us. This will help the message about the Lord to spread quickly, and others will respect it, just as you do. 2 Pray that we may be kept safe from worthless and evil people. After all, not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord can be trusted to make you strong and protect you from harm. 4 He has made us sure that you are obeying what we taught you and that you will keep on obeying. 5 I pray that the Lord will guide you to be as loving as God and as patient as Christ.
Warnings against Laziness
6 My dear friends, in the name of the Lord Jesus, I beg you not to have anything to do with any of your people who loaf around and refuse to obey the instructions we gave you. 7 You surely know that you should follow our example. We didn't waste our time loafing, 8 and we didn't accept food from anyone without paying for it. We didn't want to be a burden to any of you, so night and day we worked as hard as we could.
9 We had the right not to work, but we wanted to set an example for you. 10 We also gave you this rule: If you don't work, you don't eat. 11 Now we learn that some of you just loaf around and won't do any work, except the work of a busybody. 12 So, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, we ask and beg these people to settle down and start working for a living. 13 Dear friends, you must never become tired of doing right.
14 Be on your guard against any followers who refuse to obey what we have written in this letter. Put them to shame by not having anything to do with them. 15 Don't consider them your enemies. Instead, speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.
Final Prayer
16 I pray that the Lord, who gives peace, will always bless you with peace. May the Lord be with all of you.
17 I always sign my letters as I am now doing: PAUL.
18 I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to all of you.
Ali duwaa ǹ ye
1 Baadiŋolu*, labaŋo la m̀ be ali daani la ka duwaa ǹ ye fo Maariyo la kumoo si janjaŋ katabake, aniŋ ka horoma baa soto ko a keta ali kono ñaameŋ. 2 Ali duwaa fanaa fo ǹ si tanka moo kuruŋolu niŋ moo jawoolu ma, kaatu a maŋ ke ko, moolu bee le ye lannoo soto. 3 Bari Maariyo foroyaata le, a be ali bambandi la le, aduŋ a be ali tankandi la Seetaanoo* ma le. 4 Ŋà dankeneyaa soto Maariyo kono le ali la kuwo to ko, ali be kuwolu le ke kaŋ, ŋà ali yaamari mennu la, aniŋ ali be tenteŋ na le ka wo kuwolu ke. 5 Allamaa Maariyo ye ali sondomoolu tilindi Alla la kanoo kaŋ, aniŋ ka wakiili ko Kiristu* wakiilita ñaameŋ.
Dookuubaliyaa dandalaaroo
6 Baadiŋolu, saayiŋ m̀ be ali yaamari la kendeke m̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu too la ko, ali jamfa baadiŋ-wo-baadiŋ na, meŋ maŋ lafi dookuwo la, aduŋ a maañaa niŋ karandiroo maŋ taa ñoo la, ali ye meŋ soto ntolu bulu. 7 Kaatu alitolu faŋolu ye a loŋ ne, ali ñanta ntolu la simfaa nooma la ñaameŋ. M̀ maŋ ke dookuubaloolu ti, kabiriŋ m̀ be ali fee, 8 aduŋ m̀ maŋ moo-wo-moo le la domoroo domo, m̀ maŋ feŋ joo meŋ kunna. Ǹ keta katalaa baa le ti ǹ na dookuwo kono suutoo niŋ tiloo, fo ǹ kana ke dunoo ti moo-wo-moo ye ali kono. 9 A maŋ ke ko, m̀ maŋ siloo soto ka maakoyiroo kaniŋ ali bulu, bari ŋà ñiŋ ke le, fo ǹ si misaaloo dii ali la, ali be meŋ nooma la. 10 Hani kabiriŋ m̀ be ali fee, ŋà ñiŋ yaamaroo dii ali la le ko: Niŋ moo meŋ buka dookuwo ke, wo maarii kana domoroo ke.
11 Ŋà ñiŋ fo, kaatu ŋà a moyi le ko, moo doolu le be alitolu kono jee, mennu maŋ soŋ dookuwo la. Ì bulu buka tara mutariŋ feŋ na, bari yaayoo doroŋ ka ì daa bula wandi kuwolu to. 12 M̀ be wo moo siifaalu dandalaa la, aniŋ ka ì yaamari kendeke Maarii Yeesu Kiristu too la ka ì la dookuwo ke tenkuŋo kono ka feŋ soto, ì be ì daañini la meŋ na. 13 Baadiŋolu, ali kana bataa kuu bete kewo la.
14 Niŋ moo-wo-moo balanta yaamaroolu la, ŋà mennu fo ñiŋ leetaroo kono, ali si ali hakiloo tu wo maarii to. Ali niŋ a kana kafu ka kuu ke, fo a si malu. 15 Hani wo, ali kana a muta ko ali jawoo, bari ali si a dandalaa ko ali baadiŋo.
Kontondiri labaŋo
16 Allamaa Kayiroo Maariyo faŋo ye kayiroo dii ali la waatoo bee la, aniŋ kuwolu bee to. Maariyo ye tara ali bee fee.
17 Nte, Pawulu le ye ñiŋ kontondiroo safee ali ye m faŋo buloo la. Ñiŋ ne mu taamanseeroo ti n na leetaroolu bee kono, n ka safeeroo ke wo le ñaama. 18 M̀ Maarii Yeesu Kiristu la hiinoo ye tara ali bee fee.
