¹Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

¹Me o Pavlo, phenav tumenge, me kai sim sar mothon lazhano kana sim tumensa, numa kana chi mai sim tumensa, chi mai sim lazhano. Mangav ma tumendar katar o kovlimos ai o lashimos le Kristosko.

²yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

²Na keren te na mai lazhav tumendar kana avava tumen; ke zhanav ke sai sikavav ke chi lazhav mashkar kodola kai gindin ke keras le dieli le statoske.

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

³Chaches traiisaras andek stato manushesko, numa chi maras ame sar le manush.

⁴(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),

⁴Numa e armia kai si ame te maras ame, nai armia le manushengi kai si pe kadia phuv, numa e armia e zurali le Devleski kai sai peravel le dieli le bengeske.

⁵casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

⁵Ame peravas le dieli kai nai chache angla Del; Ame peravas so godi vazden andel barimata karing e goji le Devleski; ai ame astaras so godi gindo te pachal o mui le Kristosko.

⁶and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.

⁶Ai gata sam te dosharas so godi chi pachal o mui le Krstosko, kana tume pachana vorta o mui le Kristosko.

⁷Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.

⁷Tume dikhen avrial te mothola vari kon ke wo si le Kristosko? Ai te mothol peske mishto wo ande peste, ke sar wo si le Kristosko iame sam.

⁸For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:

⁸Ke nai mange lazhav, marka ke luvudisailem, xantsi but andai putiera kai O Del dia ame, e putiera kai si te barion ando pachamos, ai na te rimon tume.

⁹that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

⁹Chi mangav te miazol ke rodav te daravav tumen le lilensa kai tradav tumenge.

¹⁰For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

¹⁰Ke eta so mothon, "Le lila kai tradel o Pavlo defial zuralele, numa kana si mashkar amende o Pavlo kovlo lo, ai lesko divano nai lasho."

¹¹Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.

¹¹Kodo kai mothol kadia, mangav te zhanel mishto ke saikfielo ande so ramosaras ande amare lila kana chi sam tumensa, ai so kerasa kana avasa mashkar tumende.

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

¹²Ame chi tromas te avas iek fielo vai te miazuas sar uni kai miazol lenge mai lashe le sar savorhe. Ke won chi haliaren! Won keren pengi musura te musurin pe, ai keren kris pe pende sar won gindin!

¹³But we will not glory beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.

¹³Numa ame, chi mangas te luvudisavas opral pai musura kai O Del thodia amenge, kai dia ame te avas zhi tumende.

¹⁴For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

¹⁴Chi nakhas amare musuri sar te avilino te na aviliamas zhi tumende, numa aresliam zhi tumende, ai andiam tumenge e lashi viasta le Kristoski.

¹⁵not glorying beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,

¹⁵No chi anklias avri andal musuri kai sas thodine. Chi luvudisavas andai buchi kai kerde le kolaver, numa inker ame pachas ame ke tumaro pachamos bariola, ai ke ame sai kerasa iek buchi but mai bari mashkar tumende, numa beshas sagda andel musuri kai O Del thodia amenge.

¹⁶so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.

¹⁶Porme ame sai phenas e lashi viasta andel gava kai si mai dur tumendar, bi te luvudisavas anda so le kolaver vunzhe kerde ande penge gava.

¹⁷But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

¹⁷Numa sar mothol E Vorba le Devleski, "Kodo kai mangel te luvudilpe, luvudilpe anda so kerdia O Del."

¹⁸For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

¹⁸Chaches o manush kai si chaches lasho, nai kodo kai mothol peske wo ke lasho lo, numa kodo si lasho kai mothol O Del pa leste ke lasho lo.