1  ✡ 1:1: JGuys 18:1Aloha! Dis one letta from me, Paul. God wen sen me all ova fo tell peopo da Good Stuff bout da Spesho Guy God Wen Sen. Az Jesus! Braddah Timoty, he da one stay hea, an he tell da same ting.

I stay write dis fo all da peopo dat come togedda fo church an stay spesho fo God, inside Corint town an all ova Akaia side. 2 I like God oua Faddah an Jesus Christ Da One In Charge a us guys do plenny good tings fo you guys an make eryting work out fo you guys.

3 We like erybody talk good bout God. He da God an Faddah fo Da One In Charge a us guys, az Jesus Christ. He da Faddah dat pity us an give us plenny chance, an he da God dat erytime give us good kine words. 4 He give us good kine words weneva we get hard time, an cuz a dat, us can give good kine words to da odda peopo dat get any kine hard time. We give dem good kine words jalike God wen give us. 5 Christ, God Spesho Guy, wen suffa plenny fo us guys. Cuz Christ wen do dat, his Faddah give us choke plenny good kine words wen we suffa. 6 Weneva me an Timoty get hard time, God give us good kine words. Same time, good you guys figga God goin give you good kine words too an bring you outa da bad kine stuff dat happen to you. Weneva you guys suffa jalike us, God give you guys good kine words too. Den you guys goin know you can handle da whole ting. 7 Az why we stay shua eryting goin work out okay fo you guys. We know dat wen you guys suffa jalike us, God goin kokua you guys jalike he kokua us.

8  ✡ 1:8: 1Cor 15:32Oua braddahs an sistahs, we like you guys know da hard time we wen get ova hea West Asia side. Us had plenny presha, mo plenny presha den us can handle. Us even wen give up an figga we goin mahke. 9 We wen come bum out plenny, jalike how one crook feel wen da judge tell um he gotta mahke. But all dat wen happen fo us learn fo trus God an fo no trus us. God, he get da powa fo even make da peopo come alive one mo time dat wen mahke. 10 Wen we almos mahke, he wen take us outa da bad kine stuff dat wen happen to us guys. An he goin take us outa da bad kine stuff nex time too. We still stay shua he goin take us outa da bad kine stuff ova an ova. 11 If you guys stay pray fo us too, den dat goin help us guys cuz God goin do plenny stuffs fo us. He goin do dat cuz plenny peopo wen pray. Den plenny peopo goin tell God “Mahalo plenny” wen dey tink bout us guys.

12 Dis how come we talk big. Fo shua us guys know we do wat God like us fo do. Us do um jus cuz we like do um, fo erybody see dat God make us guys do wass fo real. Us no do um wit da kine smarts da peopo get, but wit da kine smarts dat God give us cuz he get one good heart. Az how us wen live in dis world, an even mo plenny how us guys wen make fo help you guys. 13 Da stuff us write to you guys, you can read um an undastan um. Da stuff you guys undastan litto bit now, I stay shua dat bumbye you goin undastan um mo betta. 14 Right now, you guys ony undastan litto bit bout us guys. But wen Da One In Charge, Jesus, come back, I know fo shua you guys goin undastan plenny. Den you guys goin talk big bout us, jalike we goin talk big bout you guys.

15 Cuz I know fo shua, da firs ting I wen plan fo do was fo go back fo help you guys one mo time. 16  ✡ 1:16: JGuys 19:21I wen figga I goin come see you guys wen I go Macedonia side, an one mo time wen I stay come back, cuz I like you guys kokua fo me go Judea side. 17 Wen I figga fo come by you guys, you guys tink I change my mind erytime? No ways! Wen I figga fo do someting, you guys tink I like do um ony da way I like do um, jalike all da odda peopo inside da world? I no tell “Yeah!” an “No ways!” same time.

18 Jalike us trus God fo do wat he tell he goin do, wen I tell you guys “Yeah,” goin be “Yeah,” an “No way” goin be “No way.” 19  ✡ 1:19: JGuys 18:5Me, Silas, an Timoty wen teach you guys bout Jesus Christ, God Boy. Jesus, he not one guy dat tell “Yeah” an “No way” same time. He tell “Yeah” erytime! 20 Da stuff God wen promise fo do, you guys figga he can do um, o wat?! Jesus tell, “Yeah!” An us guys goin tell, “Az right!” cuz us know wat Jesus Christ wen do. We tell dat fo show how awesome God stay. 21 God, he da One dat make us guys an you guys all come Christ peopo, an no mo notting goin change dat. God wen pick us fo come his guys. 22 God wen put his awesome Spirit in charge us guys fo show wat he goin do fo us bumbye. Dass jalike he wen put his mark on top us fo show he own us.

23 Wen I tell dis, I tell God fo back me up, cuz he know how I stay inside. He know how come I neva go Corint side fo visit you guys yet. I no like make you guys come shame, dass why I neva go visit you guys yet. 24 Us no ack jalike one boss fo tell you guys who you gotta trus. Us work wit you guys fo you stay good inside. An cuz you guys trus God, you guys can stan strong.