The Epistle to Philemon is one of the books of the Christian New Testament. It is a prison letter, authored by Paul the Apostle (the opening verse also mentions Timothy), to Philemon, a leader in the Colossian church. It deals with the themes of forgiveness and reconciliation.

1. Faylimɔn
CHAPTER 1
1 Pɔl, we na Jizɔs Krays in prizina, ɛn wi brɔda Timoti, to Faylimɔn we wi rili lɛk ɛn we wi
de wok wit.
2 Ɛn to Afia we wi lɛk, ɛn Akippas we na wi kɔmpin sojaman, ɛn to di kɔngrigeshɔn we de
na yu os.
3 Gɔd we na wi Papa ɛn di Masta Jizɔs Krays gɛt gudnɛs ɛn pis.
4 A de tɛl mi Gɔd tɛnki bikɔs a de tɔk bɔt yu ɔltɛm we a de pre.
5 We yu yɛri bɔt di lɔv ɛn fet we yu gɛt fɔ di Masta Jizɔs ɛn ɔl di oli wan dɛn.
6 So dat yu go ebul fɔ no bɔt ɔl di gud tin dɛn we de insay yu wit Krays Jizɔs.
7 Wi gɛt bɔku gladi-at ɛn kɔrej we yu lɛk yu, bikɔs yu de mek di oli wan dɛn at kol, mi
brɔda.
8 So, pan ɔl we a go gɛt maynd fɔ tɛl yu wetin fayn fɔ du.
9 Bɔt bikɔs ɔf lɔv, a de beg yu, bikɔs a tan lɛk Pɔl we dɔn ol, ɛn naw a dɔn bi prizina fɔ
Jizɔs Krays.
10 A de beg yu fɔ mi pikin Ɔnɛsimɔs, we a bɔn we a de na prizin.
11 Trade trade, i nɔ bin de bɛnifit yu, bɔt naw i de bɛnifit yu ɛn mi.
12 A dɔn sɛn am bak, so yu tek am, dat na mi bɔdi.
13 A bin fɔ dɔn kip am wit mi, so dat i go wok fɔ mi insay di gud nyuz.
14 Bɔt if yu nɔ tink, a nɔ go du natin; so dat yu bɛnifit nɔ go tan lɛk se yu nid am, bɔt yu
want fɔ du am.
15 Sɔntɛm i go fɔ sɔm tɛm so dat yu go wɛlkɔm am sote go;
16 Nɔto naw lɛk slev, bɔt pas slev, brɔda we a lɛk, mɔ to mi, bɔt aw i go mɔs bi fɔ yu, we
yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs wit Jiova ɛn di Masta?
17 So if yu si mi as patna, tek am lɛk misɛf.
18 If i dɔn du yu bad ɔ i gɛt fɔ pe yu, na fɔ pe fɔ mi.
19 Mi Pɔl dɔn rayt am wit mi yon an se, ‘A go pe am bak, pan ɔl we a nɔ de tɛl yu aw yu fɔ
pe mi fɔ yusɛf.
20 Yɛs, brɔda, mek a gladi fɔ yu bikɔs ɔf di Masta.
21 A bin gɛt kɔnfidɛns se yu go obe, a rayt to yu, bikɔs a no se yu go du mɔ pas wetin a se.
22 Bɔt una rɛdi bak usay fɔ slip fɔ mi, bikɔs a biliv se na di prea we una de pre go gi mi.
23 Ɛpafras, we na mi kɔmpin prizina fɔ Krays Jizɔs, salut yu.
24 Maks, Aristakɔs, Dimas, Lyuk, mi kɔmpin wokman dɛn.
25 Wi Masta Jizɔs Krays in spɛshal gudnɛs de wit una spirit. Amen.