1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
1 Bii mooy ñetteel bi yoon, ma di leen ganesi. «Bépp àtte dina aju ci seedes ñaar walla ñetti nit.»
2I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
2 Li ma waxoon ci sama ñaareelu ngan, ci ñi bàkkaaroon bu yàgg ak ñi ci des, maa ngi koy waxaat léegi, bala maa dikkaat: su ma dellusee, duma yërëm kenn.
3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
3 Bu fekkee ne dangeen a bëgg firnde juy wone ne, Kirist mooy wax jaarale ko ci man, dingeen ko am. Digganteem ak yéen du ànd ak néew doole, waaye dafay feeñal kàttan ci seen biir.
4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
4 Néewoon na doole, ba ñu koy daaj ca bant ngir rey ko, waaye mi ngi dund ci kàttanu Yàlla. Nun itam néew nanu doole ci sunu bokk ci moom, waaye dinanu dund ak moom ci kàttanu Yàlla, bu nuy jëfante ak yéen.
5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
5 Xool-leen seen bopp bu baax, ba xam ndax ngëm a ngi ci yéen. Seetluleen seen bopp. Xanaa xamuleen ne, Yeesoo ngi ci yéen? Walla boog ngeen gis ne, ay naaféq ngeen.
6But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
6 Waaye yaakaar naa ne dingeen gis ne, man nanoo wone nun, firndeg ngëm.
7Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
7 Nu ngi ñaan Yàlla, ngeen bañ a def dara lu bon. Waxuma ne danoo bëgg a wone noonu sunu firndeg ngëm, waaye sunu yéene mooy ngeen jëf lu baax, boo yaboo sax ñu jiiñ nu ag naaféq.
8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
8 Ndaxte manalunu dara dëggu Yàlla gi; mënunu lu dul taxawal ko.
9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
9 Bu nu néewee doole, fekk am ngeen doole, bég nanu ci. Te sax nu ngi ñaan, ngeen jublu cig mat.
10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
10 Looloo tax ma leen di binde nii, bala maa ñëw; bëgguma leen a duma ci sañ-sañ bi ma Boroom bi jox. Jox na ma ko, ngir ma yokk seen ngëm, waaye du ngir seen kasara.
11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
11 Kon nag bokk yi, bégleen, jublu cig mat, di déglu soññante bi ma leen di dénk, am benn xalaat te dëkk ci jàmm; noonu Yàlla miy mbëggeel te di Yàllay jàmm dina ànd ak yéen.
12Greet one another with an holy kiss.
12 Saafoonteleen ak xol bu laab.
13All the saints salute you.
13 Mboolem gaayi Yàlla yépp ñu ngi leen di nuyu.
14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
14 Na yiwu sunu Boroom Yeesu Kirist, ak mbëggeelu Yàlla ak booloo, gi nu am ak Xel mu Sell mi, ànd ak yéen ñépp.