¹I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

¹Ka kiuangsak himhim ding ahi. Ka metna ding jaw om het keia, himehleh Toupa kianga kipan kilakna leh theihsakna thu ka gen zom mai deh.

²I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

²Krisa mi khat ka thei; huai mi mah tuh kum sawm leh kum li a hita (pumpiin hia a om ka theikei, pumpi louin hia a om ka thei sam kei: Pathianin a thei) van thumna hialah lak touhin a oma.

³And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),

³Huan, huai mi mahmah (pumpiin hia a om, pumpi louin hia ka theikei; Pathianin a thei; )

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

⁴Paradisa lak touha a om dan, thugen vual louh, mihing gensiang loute a ja chih ka thei.

⁵On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in [my] weaknesses.

⁵Mi huchibang a hihleh ka suang ding; himahleh, ka hatlouhna lou jaw keimah ka kisuang kei ding.

⁶For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or heareth from me.

⁶Suan ut mahleng mi hai ka hi kei ding, thu taktak ka gen dek ngala; himahleh ka kidek ding, huchilou injaw kuapeuhin honmuh bang uleh ka laka thu a jak bang sang un honngai thupi zo kha ding hi.

⁷And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

⁷Huan, theihsaknate a thupi mahmah jiaka ka kingaihlet luat louhna dingin saa ling honpia ahi, Setan sawltak, khutthak nuhna dia honzang ding ngei tuh; huchilouin jaw ka kingailian kha ding hi.

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

⁸Huai thil tungtang thuah hon awngsut theihna dingin Toupa thumvei ka ngena.

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

⁹Huan, aman ka kiangah, Ka hehpihna nang din a hun hi, ka thilhihtheihna hat louhnaah ahi hihkima a om a chi a. Huchiin, Kris thilhihtheihna ka tunga a om theihna dingin kipak takin ka hatlouhna te ka suang zo ding hi.

¹⁰Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹⁰Huaijiakin, Kris jiaka hatlouhna ah, liamna ah, taksapna ah, sawina ah, lungngaihna ah ka kipak jel ahi; ka hatlouh peuhpeuhin ahi ka hat jawk.

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

¹¹Hai ka nahita: nou hai lou theilou in non bawl ua ahi: kei pen noumau honpahtawi ding kei ve, bangmah hi kei mahleng, banglam peuhah leng sawltak lianpente ka pha lou kei ngala.

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

¹²Sawltak hih chiamtehnate kuhkalna chiteng toh chiamtehnate, thillamdangte, thilhihtheihnate-in na lak ua hih ahi taktak ve.

¹³For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except [it be] that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

¹³Bang lamah ahia, saptuam pawl dangte sanga niam jawa bawla na omna uh? keimah ngeingeiin kon hihbuai louhna lam thu ah a hih kei ngalleh. Huai diklouhna ah honngaidam un.

¹⁴Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹⁴Ngai un, hiai na kiang ua hong dinga ka man a thum veina ding ahi; huan, kon hihbuai kei ding, nou-a zong ka hi ngal keia, noumau honzong ka hi jaw; taten nu leh pate dingin a kholkhawm sak ding uh ahi keia, nu leh pate dingin a kholkhawm sak jaw ding uh ahi ngala.

¹⁵And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

¹⁵Huan, ken jaw na kha ua dinga kipak takin ka zang bei dinga, ka kizangbei vek lai ding hi. Akan avala nou kon it jiakin, ken itna tawmjaw muhna-in ka nei ahi maw?

¹⁶But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

¹⁶Ahihhangin, keimahmahin honhihbuai lou hita leng, ka lepciah a zekhemna-in kon man, na sa uh ahi dinge.

¹⁷Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?

¹⁷Na kiang ua ka sawlte lakah kuahiam bek zangin nou kon hamphatpih ahia?

¹⁸I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? [walked we] not in the same steps?

¹⁸Tita ka hasuana, amah toh unaupa ka sawl ahi. Tita-in nou a honhamphatpih himhim hia? Kha kibanga gamta khawm ka hi kei ua hia? Khap kibanga pai ka hi kei ua hia?

¹⁹Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, [are] for your edifying.

¹⁹Tusung tenga noumau kianga kou leh kou kiphalam non sa ua, Kris ah Pathian mitmuhin ahi thu ka gen uh. Himahleh, deihtakte aw, bnagkim noumau bawl hoihna ding ahi hi.

²⁰For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

²⁰Ka hong chiangin bangchihiama ka ut banga kon muh kei leh kei deih bangin non mu kei kha ding uh, chih leh, banchihiamin kitainate, kihazatnate, hehnate, kilangkhennate, kigennate, kihuaukhumnate, kingaihlet luatnate, buainate a hongom kha ding,Chih leh ka hong chiangin ka Pathianin na lak uah honhihzahlak nawnin, tualama thil hihkhialte laka thil sianglou hihte, kingaihte, hukte chinga kisik tuanlo mi tampite ka kah kha ding e, chih, lau kei ve.

²¹lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.

²¹Chih leh ka hong chiangin ka Pathianin na lak uah honhihzahlak nawnin, tualama thil hihkhialte laka thil sianglou hihte, kingaihte, hukte chinga kisik tuanlo mi tampite ka kah kha ding e, chih, lau kei ve.