¹For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

¹ Hanantey gaakasina ciine ra, manti tilas no ay ma hantum araŋ se,

²For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

² zama ay g'araŋ anniya bay. A se no ay ga fooma nd'araŋ Masidoniya borey jine ka ne: Akaya waney na ngey soola te za manaŋ. Araŋ anniya mo n'i borey baayaŋ no kookari.

³Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

³ Amma ay ga nya-izey din donton hal a ma si koy te iri fooma kaŋ iri te araŋ boŋ, i m'a gar yaamo sanno wo ra, hala mo mate kaŋ cine ay n'a ci d'a, araŋ ma bara soolante.

⁴Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

⁴ A ma si ciya, da Masidoniya boro fooyaŋ kaa ay banda, i m'araŋ gar araŋ mana soola jina. Yaadin gaa haawi g'iri di naanayo wo sabbay se, sanku fa binde araŋ!

⁵Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

⁵ Ay di mo kaŋ a ga hagu ay ma nya-izey yaamar i ma gana ka koy araŋ do jina, i ma nooyaŋ yulwante margu kaŋ araŋ jin k'a alkawlo sambu. Yaadin gaa no a ga bara soolante, gomni hari no, manti tilas wane no.

⁶But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

⁶ Wa fongu woone gaa: Boro kaŋ ga duma nda kamba sanday, kayna no a ga wi. Boro kaŋ ga duma nda albarka, a ga wi mo da albarka.

⁷Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

⁷ Boro kulu ma te mate kaŋ cine a miila nga bina ra, manti nda bine saray, manti mo da tilas. Zama Irikoy ga ba nooko kaŋ g'a te da bine kaani.

⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

⁸ Irikoy gonda dabari mo kaŋ ga naŋ gomni kulu ma yulwa araŋ se, hal alwaati kulu hay kulu ra araŋ ma bara nda haŋ kaŋ ga wasa k'araŋ muraadey feeri, hala mo araŋ ma yulwa ka tonton goy hanno kulu teeyaŋ ra.

⁹(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

⁹ Mate kaŋ i n'a hantum ka ne: «A zaban ka no alfukaarey se, a adilitara ga duumi hal abada.»

¹⁰Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

¹⁰ Nga kaŋ ga dumi no dumako se, da ŋwaari mo kaŋ a ga ŋwa, yaadin no a ga dumi no araŋ se, ka naŋ a ma baa dumayaŋ se, a g'araŋ adilitara albarka tonton mo.

¹¹Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

¹¹ Araŋ ga goro nda arzaka hay kulu ra hal araŋ ma du ka nooyaŋ kulu dumi no da bine folloŋ. Woodin mo ga naŋ i ma Irikoy saabu iri do.

¹²For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

¹² Zama gaakasino wo teeyaŋo, manti hanantey jaŋa hinne no a ga kaa bo, amma a ga tonton ka naŋ boro boobo ma Irikoy saabu gumo.

¹³Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

¹³ Gaakasino wo teeyaŋo g'araŋ alhaalo cabe kaŋ ga naŋ borey ma Irikoy beerandi araŋ ganayaŋo seeda se kaŋ araŋ te Almasihu Baaru Hanna se. I ga Irikoy beerandi mo da nooyaŋey kaŋ araŋ te da bine folloŋ i se da boro kulu se mo.

¹⁴And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

¹⁴ I ŋwaarayey mo kaŋ i ga te araŋ se ra, i ga faaji nd'araŋ Irikoy gomni beero sabbay se kaŋ go araŋ se.

¹⁵Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

¹⁵ Iri ma Irikoy saabu a nooyaŋo se kaŋ sinda cine.