¹Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

¹Huan, kei Paula, na lak ua na mitmuh ua thunuailut taka oma, na kiang ua om louh taka noumau lama khauh ngal nakin, Kris lungnemna leh nunnemnain honngen ahi;

²But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

²A hi, na kiang ua ka om chiangin, khenkhat sa banga oma honsepte tunga hang taka om ka tup ngamna bangin, kon khauhkhum akul louhna dingin kon ngen ahi.

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

³Sa ah om mahleng, sa kidou bangin i dou kei ua,

⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

⁴Eite kigalvannate jaw sa leng ahi keia, kulhpi kip tak phelna dinga Pathian jiaka thilhih thei tak galvan ahi jaw.

⁵Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

⁵Lunga gel pansante leh thil sang chiteng Pathian theihna dal dinga sang taka bawlte i phuk jel; ngaihtuahna chiteng Kris thumanna sikhaa piin;

⁶And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

⁶Na thumandan uh hihkima a om chiangin, thumanlouhna tengteng phula ding nangawn aleng mansaa omin.

⁷Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

⁷Na mitmuh ua, thil omte en jel un. Kuamahin Krisa hia a kigintak leh, hiai tuh amah ngaihtuah nawn hen, amah Krisa hi mahbangin, koute leng ka hi sam uhi.

⁸For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

⁸Ka thuneihna uh (nou hihsiatna ding ahi keia, noumau bawl hoih jawkna dinga Toupan a honpiak) suang nawn semsem mahle ung ka zahlak kei ding uhi.

⁹That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

⁹Ka lai khakte-a nou honhihlau tum banga ka lat louhna dingin huai ka chi ahi.

¹⁰For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

¹⁰A laikhakte jaw a gikin, a khauha, a pumpi lam bel a jawngkhala, apau leng a hawmthohhuai ahi, a chi ngal ua.

¹¹Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

¹¹Ka om mang chiang ua ka laikhakte ua ka thu gelh uleh, huailaia na kiang ua ka om chiang ua ka hih ding uh a kibatlouhna a om kei chih huchibang miten a theisiam ding uh ahi.

¹²For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

¹²Khenkhat amau kiphatte lakah ka kisim khawm ngam kei ua, amau toh leng ka kitenpih ngam sam uh ahi keia, ahihhangin, amau jaw amau leh amau kitehin, amau leh amau kitehpihin lungsim neilouin a om uhi.

¹³But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

¹³Kou jaw ka tehna hun val un ka uang kei ding uh, Pathianin uk a hontang saka, huai tehna bang jelin ka uang zo ding uhi, noumaute leng uk hial dinga tehna.

¹⁴For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

¹⁴Uk phal louhpi honuk bangin ka huap lian lo ngal kei ua; Kris Tanchin Hoih genin na kho pha un leng ka hongpai uhi.

¹⁵Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

¹⁵Ka tehna hun val uh, midang sepgimte jaw, ka suang kei ua; na ginna uh a khandan bang jelin, na lak ua ka louma uh nakpitaka hihletin leh om chih lametna ka nei jaw uhi,

¹⁶To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

¹⁶Midang loumaa a sepsa suang louin, na khen lam gam uh phaa leng Tanchin Hoih ka gen theihna ding un.

¹⁷But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

¹⁷Himahleh, a suang peuhin Toupa suang hen.Amah kiphatin phat a loh ngal keia, Toupan a gen hoihin phat a loh jaw ahi.

¹⁸For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

¹⁸Amah kiphatin phat a loh ngal keia, Toupan a gen hoihin phat a loh jaw ahi.