¹It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

¹ A ga tilas ay ma fooma, baa kaŋ a sinda nafa. Kulu nda yaadin ay ga kande diyaŋey da bangayyaŋey kaŋ fun Rabbi do baaru.

²I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

² Ay ga Almasihu boro fo bay kaŋ sohõ a to jiiri way cindi taaci. (Hal a go gaahamo ra waato din, wala a fun gaahamo ra, woodin ay si bay, Irikoy no ga bay.) To, bora din Irikoy n'a hamay ka konda hala beene hinzanta ra.

³And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

³ Ay binde ga bora din bay (hal a go gaahamo ra, wala a fun gaahamo ra, woodin ay si bay, Irikoy no ga bay).

⁴How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

⁴ Irikoy n'a hamay ka konda hala Paradiso*, hal a maa hay fooyaŋ kaŋ si ci, kaŋ Irikoy si yadda boro m'i dede.

⁵Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

⁵ Bora din sabbay se no ay ga fooma, amma ay bumbo se ay si fooma, kala day ay gaabi-jaŋa se.

⁶For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

⁶ Baa d'ay ga ne ay ga fooma nd'a, manti saamotaray no ay go ga te, zama cimi no ay go ga ci. Amma ay ga fooma din naŋ, zama boro kulu ma s'ay guna sanda ay bisa haŋ kaŋ nga ga di ay do, wala haŋ kaŋ nga ga maa ay do.

⁷And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

⁷ Bangandi bambatey din sabbay se, zama ay ma si te boŋbeeray, Irikoy n'ay no karji fo ay gaahamo ra. Karjo din Saytan diya no, a m'ay gooru-goora, zama ay ma si te boŋbeeray gumo.

⁸For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

⁸ Ay na Rabbi ŋwaaray sorro hinza woodin ciine ra, hal a m'a moorandi nd'ay.

⁹And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

⁹ Amma a ne ay se: «Ay gomno ga wasa ni se, zama ay dabaro ga kubay londibuunay ra.» Woodin sabbay se binde, ay ga farhã no gumo ka fooma nd'ay londibuuna, hal Almasihu dabaro ma goro ay gaa.

¹⁰Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹⁰ Woodin se no ay go ga maa kaani londibuunay ra, da kayna, da jaŋay, da gurzugay, da kankami ra mo Almasihu sabbay se. Zama waato kaŋ ay jaŋ gaabi, waato din no ay te gaabikooni.

¹¹I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

¹¹ Ay te saamo, amma araŋ no k'ay tilasandi, kaŋ doŋ a ga hima araŋ m'ay sifa. Zama ay mana gaze «diyey kaŋ ga bisa ikulu» din gaa hari kulu ra, baa kaŋ ay wo manti hay fo no.

¹²Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

¹² Haciika, alaamayaŋ kaŋ yaŋ cabe ay ya diya no te araŋ game ra da suuru kuuku, alaamayaŋ da dambara hariyaŋ da dabari goyyaŋ do.

¹³For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

¹³ Man haray no araŋ jaŋ kaŋ n'araŋ ganji araŋ ma to Almasihu marga cindey gaa, da manti kaŋ ay bumbo mana ciya jaraw araŋ se? Araŋ ma taalo din yaaf'ay se!

¹⁴Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹⁴ Guna, sohõ ay go ga soola ka kaayaŋ hinzanta te araŋ do. Ay si ciya araŋ se jaraw mo, zama araŋ no ay go ga ceeci, manti araŋ harey. Izey mana hima ka arzaka jisi ngey hayrey se, amma hayrey no ga jisi ngey izey se.

¹⁵And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

¹⁵ Ay binde ga nooru wi da farhã, ay g'ay boŋ pati mo araŋ fundey sabbay se. Zama ay ga ba araŋ gumo, woodin se baakasina kaŋ araŋ gonda ay se ga zabu no?

¹⁶But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

¹⁶ Amma baa da woodin te, kulu nda yaadin ay mana jaraw dake araŋ boŋ me! Amma zama ay gonda hiila, ay n'araŋ di da carmay.

¹⁷Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

¹⁷ Borey kulu kaŋ ay donton araŋ do, ay n'i daŋ i m'araŋ ŋwa no?

¹⁸I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

¹⁸ Ay na Titos ŋwaaray k'a donton da nya-ize fo. Titos n'araŋ ŋwa no? Manti alhaali folloŋ ra no iri n'iri dirawo te? Manti ay ce tanka ra no a na nga ca daŋ?

¹⁹Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

¹⁹ Za gayyaŋ araŋ go ga tammahã iri go g'iri boŋ hananyaŋ ceeci araŋ jine. To, iri go ga salaŋ Irikoy jine Almasihu ra no. A kulu mo, ay baakoy, araŋ jina-koyyaŋo se no iri go g'a te.

²⁰For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

²⁰ Zama ay ga humburu, waati kaŋ ay ga kaa, hambara ay s'araŋ gar mate kaŋ cine ay ga ba. Ay mo araŋ m'ay gar mate kaŋ cine araŋ si ba. A ma si ciya da mate kaŋ no kulu ay ma gar yanje go no, wala canse, wala futay, wala kakaw, wala wowi, wala ciinay, wala boŋbeeray, wala kosongu.

²¹And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

²¹ Waati kaŋ ay ga kaa mo, a ma si ciya ay Irikoyo m'ay no boŋ-kaynandiyaŋ araŋ jine. Ay bina mo ma si sara boro boobo sabbay se kaŋ yaŋ na zunubi te waato, i mana tuubi mo da ngey ziibo, da ngey zina, da doonay laaley kaŋ i te.