¹Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

¹ Nañu nu teg kon ay surgay Kirist, di ay jawriñ yuy xamle mbóoti Yàlla.

²Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

² Li war ci jawriñ mooy mu takku ci liggéeyam.

³But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

³ Ngeen àtte ma walla ñeneen àtte ma, amaluma ko solo. Te man sax duma àtte sama bopp.

⁴For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

⁴ Sama xel yeddu ma ci dara, waaye loolu taxul ma jub; ki may àtte mooy Boroom bi.

⁵Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

⁵ Looloo tax buleen daan kenn ci àtte, bala jamono ji di jot te Boroom bi ñëw. Mooy leeral yi nëbbu ci lëndëm, di làññi mébétu xol yi. Bu ko defee ku nekk dina jot ci Yàlla ngërëm, li mu yelloo.

⁶Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us ye might learn not [to go] beyond the things which are written; that no one of you be puffed up for the one against the other.

⁶ Bokk yi, ci loolu ma leen doon wax lépp nag, misaal naa leen ko ci Apolos ak ci man, ngir ngeen xool ci nun, ba xam li wax jii di tekki: «Bu seen xalaat weesu li Mbind mi wax.» Noonu kenn du màggal kii, suufeel ki ci des.

⁷For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

⁷ Ndaxte yaw, ku la def, ba nga gën a màgg ñi ci des? Loo am lu ñu la mayul? Te bu ñu la ko mayee, lu tax nga di ci tiitaru, mel ni mayuñu la ko?

⁸Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

⁸ Yéen suur ngeen xaat! Woomle ngeen xaat! Tàmbali ngeen di nguuru te agseegunu! Céy ni ma bëgge, ngeen di nguuru, ba nu man a bokk ak yéen di nguuru!

⁹For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.

⁹ Xalaat naa ne, nun ndawi Kirist yi, Yàlla def na ba nu mel ni nit ñu ñu jàppe ci xare te mujj ci sàppe yi, ñu dogal seen dee, nuy ceetaanum mbindeef yépp, muy nit muy malaaka.

¹⁰We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

¹⁰ Nun teg nañu nu ni ay dof ndax Kirist, waaye yéen am ngeen xel ci Kirist. Néew nanu doole, waaye yéen am ngeen doole. Nawees na leen, waaye nun dañu noo xeeb.

¹¹Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

¹¹ Ba fii mu nekk, danoo xiif, mar te rafle; ñu ngi nuy dóor, te dëkkunu fenn;

¹²and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

¹² nu ngi ñaq di jariñoo. Ku nu saaga, nu ñaanal la lu baax. Coono bu ñu nu teg, nu tegoo ko.

¹³being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

¹³ Ku nu ñaawal, nu tontu la tont lu rafet. Fi mu ne noo mujj di mbalitu àddina, di ñu ñàkk njariñ ci lépp.

¹⁴I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

¹⁴ Binduma leen loolu ngir ngeen am yeraange, waaye dama koo def ngir artu leen, ndaxte yéenay samay doom te bëgg naa leen.

¹⁵For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

¹⁵ Su ngeen amee junniy njiit yu leen di sàmm ci Kirist, ba tey benn baay rekk ngeen am, ndaxte maa leen yégal xebaar bu baax bi, ba jur leen ci Kirist.

¹⁶I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

¹⁶ Kon nag maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen roy ci man.

¹⁷For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

¹⁷ Looloo tax ma yebal ci yéen Timote, miy sama doomu diine, di doom ju takku te ma bëgg ko. Dina leen fàttali ni may dunde ci Kirist, te mu dëppook li may jàngale fu nekk ci mboolooy ñi gëm ñépp.

¹⁸Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

¹⁸ Am na ci seen biir ñuy tiitaru, di xalaat ne, duma delluseeti ci yéen.

¹⁹But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.

¹⁹ Waaye bu soobee Boroom bi, léegi ma ñëw ci yéen te seet boroom tiitar yooyu; waxuma seen kàddu, seen doole laay seet.

²⁰For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

²⁰ Ndaxte nguuru Yàlla du waxi kese, waaye doole la.

²¹What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

²¹ Lu leen gënal? Ma ñëw ci yéen, yor ab yar, walla ma ànd ak mbëggeel, te lewet?