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

¹ Damu amul jariñ, ba tey war na ma. Kon ma jàll ci nettali gis-gisi Boroom bi ak i peeñu.

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.

² Xam naa taalibeb Kirist boo xam ne yékkati nañu ko ba ca asamaan, si gën a kawe, booba ak léegi mat na fukki at ak ñeent. Xawma ndax ànd na ak jëmmam walla déet. Yàlla rekk a xam.

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

³ Xam naa ne, nit kooku yékkati nañu ko ba fa Yàlla nekk. Bu dee ci jëmmam mbaa ci xelam, xawma; Yàllaa xam. Mu dégg fa baat yu ñu mënul a nettali te yu ñu mayul doom Aadama, mu ŋaaŋ ko.

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

⁵ Dinaa damu ci nit ku mel noonu. Waaye duma damu ci sama bopp, lu dul liy wone sama néew doole.

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

⁶ Su ma bëggoon a damu, du doon yëfi dof, ndaxte dëgg laay wax. Waaye damay moytoo damu, ngir kenn bañ a foog ci man lu weesu li mu gis, may def, te muy dégg, ma di ko wax.

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.

⁷ Te it ngir ma bañ a yég sama bopp ndax peeñu yooyu wees xel, mayees na mbir dal ma ci sama yaram, di ma metital ni dég, muy malaakam Seytaane mu may sonal, ngir ma bañ a yég sama bopp.

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.

⁸ Ñaan naa Boroom bi ñetti yoon ci mbir moomu, ngir mu taqale ma ak moom.

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

⁹ Waaye mu ne ma: «Sama yiw doy na la; sama kàttan a ngi mate cig néew doole.» Kon nag dëgg-dëgg, gën na maa bég ci damu ndax sama néew doole, ngir kàttanu Kirist dëkk ci man.

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.

¹⁰ Looloo tax may bég ci néew doole, yi may wéye ngir turu Kirist, ciy tiis, ciy njàqare, mbaa ñu saaga ma, mbaa ñu fitnaal ma. Ndaxte bu ma néewee doole, booba laay am kàttan.

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.

¹¹ Ci dëgg-dëgg wax naa waxi dof te yéena ma ci dugal, fekk yéen ci seen bopp sax yéena ma waroon a sargal, ndaxte su ma dul dara sax, seen ndaw yooyu ngeen naw ëpplewuñu ma dara.

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.

¹² Kéemaan yi, jaloore yi ak jëf yu màgg, yiy firndeel ndawul Kirist, feeñ nañu ci seen biir, ma ànd ci ak muñ gu mat.

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

¹³ Lan laa defal yeneen mboolooy ñi gëm te defaluma leen ko, xanaa rekk li ma wéeru ci ñoom te wéeruma ci yéen? Baal-leen ma googu tooñ!

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.

¹⁴ Maa ngi leen di waaj a ganesi ñetteel bi yoon, te duma wéeru ci yéen. Wutsiwuma seen alal, yéen laa soxla. Ndaxte du gune moo war a yor waajuram, waaye waajur moo war a yor gune yi.

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.

¹⁵ Man nag nangu naa joxe li ma am lépp ak xol bu sedd, ba joxe sama bopp sax, ngir dimbali leen. Gannaaw bëgg naa leen nii, xanaa kay seen mbëggeel ci man warul a wàññiku?

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

¹⁶ Kon noonu la, nekkuma woon yen ci yéen. Waaye man na am ñu naan, dama leen a nax, ba réeral leen ci sama njublaŋ.

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

¹⁷ Mbaa du damaa lekk seen alal, jaare ko ci kenn ci ñi ma yónni woon?

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

¹⁸ Sant naa Tit, mu ñëw ci yéen, te yebal naa sunu mbokk moomu ak moom. Ndax Tit dafa lekk seen alal? Man ak moom, ndax bokkunu woon xel mu nu yékkati ak tànk yu nuy dox?

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?

¹⁹ Xanaa diirub li ngeen di jàng lii, defe ngeen ne, nu ngi wut aw lay ci seen kanam. Samay xarit, nu ngi leen di wax ci kanam Yàlla ak ci turu Kirist; te lépp ngir seen njariñ la.

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.

²⁰ Ragal naa, bu ma ñëwee ci yéen, fekk leen nu ma neexul, te yéen it ngeen fekk ma nu leen neexul. Ragal naa fekk ay xuloo ci seen biir, ak ñeetaane, xadar ak diiroo mbagg, xas ak jëw, réy-réylu ak yengu-yengu.

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;

²¹ Ragal naa, bu ma leen ganesiwaatee, Yàlla sama Boroom suufeel ma ci seen biir, ma naqarlu ci ñu bare ñu bàkkaaroon te dëdduwuñu seen yàqute, seen njaaloo ak seen ñaawteef, gi ñu doon def.

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.