¹If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹ Su nu Kirist mayee fit nag ak mbëggeel guy dëfël sunu xol, su nu amee cér ci Xel mu Sell mi, su amee cofeel ak yërmande ci sunu bokk ci moom,

²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

² kon mottalileen sama mbég, ci bokk benn xalaat ak genn mbëggeel, benn bakkan ak menn xel.

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

³ Buleen def dara ci kaw wut aw tur walla wonu, waaye jiital-leen seeni moroom cig woyof.

⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

⁴ Buleen yem ci topptoo seen bopp rekk, waaye booleleen ci seeni moroom.

⁵Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

⁵ Te ngeen soloo xel mi nekkoon ci Kirist Yeesu:

⁶Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

⁶ Njàlbéen ga fekk na Kirist yor melow Yàlla,waaye aakimowul taxawaayamci li mu mengoo ak Yàlla.

⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

⁷ Waaye daa wàcce boppam,ba tollook nit ñi,def boppam surga.Te bi mu yoree bindu nit,

⁸And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁸ daa suufeel boppam,di dégg ndigal, ba joxe boppam,ñu daaj ko sax ci bant.

⁹Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

⁹ Moo tax Yàlla kaweel ko lool,jox ko tur wi tiim yépp,

¹⁰That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

¹⁰ ngir turu Yeesoo tax ñépp sukk,ci asamaan, ci kaw suuf, ci biir suuf;

¹¹And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹¹ te ñépp bokk genn kàddu naan:Yeesu Kirist mooy Boroom bi;ci màggug Yàlla Baay bi.

¹²Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹² Noonu samay soppe, xam naa ne, musuleen a jóg ci dégg ndigal, waxuma sax bi ma nekkee ak yéen rekk, waaye rawatina bi ma leen soree. Kon nag maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen biral seen mucc ci seeni jëf, te def ko ci ragal Yàlla gu dëggu.

¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹³ Ndaxte Yàlla ci boppam mooy jëf ci yéen, ngir ngeen fonk coobareem te di ko jëfe.

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

¹⁴ Lépp lu ngeen di def nag, buleen ci boole xultu mbaa xuloo.

¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

¹⁵ Noonu dingeen am xol bu laab bu àndul ak ŋàññ, di guney Yàlla yu amul sikk ci biir jamono ju yàqu te rëb. Dangeen di leer ci seen biir ni weer ci àddina si,

¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

¹⁶ di jottali kàddug dund gi. Noonu bu bésu Kirist ñëwee, dinaa man a bég, xam ne dawuma lu amul njariñ, te sonnuma cig neen.

¹⁷Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

¹⁷ Te bu sama deret waree tuuru sax, ngir seen ngëm mat sëkk, ma mel ni naan gu ñu boole ak sarax su jëm ci Yàlla, ba tey bég naa ci, te dinaa ci bégati.

¹⁸For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.

¹⁸ Yéen itam nag bégleen, waaw fekksileen ma ci sama mbég.

¹⁹But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.

¹⁹ Gannaaw loolu, bu soobee Boroom bi Yeesu, yaakaar naa ne, dinaa leen yónnee Timote balaa yàgg, ngir sama xel dal ci xam nan ngeen def.

²⁰For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

²⁰ Ndaxte amu fi kenn gannaaw Timote, ku bokk ak man xalaat te fonk leen bu wér.

²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

²¹ Ñi ci des ñépp, seen bopp lañuy xalaat, waaye du mbiri Yeesu Kirist.

²²But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

²² Waaye xam ngeen takkuteg Timote, ci ni mu ànde ak man ci tas xebaar bu baax bi, ni doom di taxawoo baayam.

²³Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

²³ Moom laa yaakaar a yónni fi yéen nag, waxtu wu ma yégee, nu sama mbir di tëdde.

²⁴But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

²⁴ Waaye wóor na ma ne, Boroom bi dina ma may, man ci sama bopp, ma seetsi leen balaa yàgg.

²⁵Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

²⁵ Ci lu jëm ci sama mbokk Epafrodit nag, miy sama nawle ci liggéey bi ak ci xeex bi, te di seen ndaw ci faj samay soxla, jàpp naa ne, war naa leen koo delloo.

²⁶For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

²⁶ Ndaxte namm na leen lool, te tiisoo na li ngeen yég jagadeem.

²⁷For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁷ Ci dëgg-dëgg woppoon na ba xaw a dee, waaye Yàlla yërëm na ko, ba fëgg boppam, rax-ca-dolli siggil na ma man itam, ngir ma bañ a am tiis ci kaw tiis.

²⁸I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁸ Noonu delloo naa leen ko ci lu gaaw, ngir ñëwam bégal seeni xol, te man itam sama xol féex.

²⁹Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:

²⁹ Teeruleen ko teeru bu rafet nag ngir Boroom bi, te teral ñi mel ni moom.

³⁰Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

³⁰ Ndaxte liggéeyal na Kirist, ba riisu dee, te gar na bakkanam ci taxawal leen ci topptoo, bi ngeen yéene woon ci man.