¹But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you with sorrow.

¹ Man nag fas yéene naa lii: duma dellusi ci yéen ci naqar.

²For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me?

² Ndaxte su ma leen tegee naqar, kuy seddal sama xol ku dul yéen ñi ma teg aw naqar?

³And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.

³ Looloo tax ma binde noonu, ngir bañ a agsi, am naqar ci ñi ma waroon a bégal. Am naa kóolute ci yéen ñépp ne, sama mbég mooy seen mbég.

⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

⁴ Ci biir tiis ak xol bu jeex laa leen bind, samay bët taa ak ay rangooñ. Binduma leen ngir teg leen naqar, waaye ngir ngeen xam xóotaayu mbëggeel gi ma am ci yéen.

⁵But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

⁵ Su kenn tegee moroomam naqar, du man la ko teg, waaye man nanu ne, yéen ñépp la ko teg — matul may réyal mbir mi.

⁶Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was [inflicted] by the many;

⁶ Àtte bi ko mbooloo mi teg, doy na.

⁷so that contrariwise ye should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his overmuch sorrow.

⁷ Léegi nag baal-leen ko te dëfël xolam, ngir bañ mu sóobu ci naqar wu ëpp.

⁸Wherefore I beseech you to confirm [your] love toward him.

⁸ Kon maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen feddali seen mbëggeel ci moom.

⁹For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.

⁹ Nattu leen moo tax ma bind leen it, ngir seet ba xam dingeen dégg ndigal ci lépp.

¹⁰But to whom ye forgive anything, I [forgive] also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes [have I forgiven it] in the presence of Christ;

¹⁰ Ku ngeen baal, ma baal ko itam. Man nag, su ma baalee --fekk am lu ma war a baale — yéena tax ma def ko ci kanamu Kirist,

¹¹that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

¹¹ ngir Seytaane bañ a am bunt bu mu jaar ba nax nu, ndaxte réerewunu mbir ay pexeem.

¹²Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

¹² Ba ma àggee Torowas nag, ngir yégle fa xebaar bu baax bi ci Kirist, Boroom bi ubbil na ma ci bunt.

¹³I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

¹³ Waaye sama xel dalul benn yoon, ndax li ma fa fekkul sama mbokk, Tit. Noonu nag ma tàggu leen, daldi dem diiwaanu Maseduwan.

¹⁴But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.

¹⁴ Waaye cant ñeel na Yàlla! Ci sunu booloo ak Kirist, daf nuy yóbbaale saa su nekk ci gawari ndamam, tey jaar ci nun ngir turu Kirist jolli fu nekk, ni xetu latkoloñ di tasaaroo.

¹⁵For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

¹⁵ Ndaxte ci Yàlla, xetu Kirist gu neex lanu, di gilli jëm ci ñiy mucc ak ñiy sànku;

¹⁶to the one a savor from death unto death; to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

¹⁶ ci ñu mujj ñii, xet gu sedd lanu, guy jëme ci dee; ci ñu jëkk ñi, xetu dund lanu, guy jëme ci dund. Kon ku man a àttan yen boobu!

¹⁷For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

¹⁷ Nun nag melunu ni ñu bare, ñiy baana-baana ci kàddug Yàlla, waaye ci sunu booloo ak Kirist, nu ngi waare ak xol bu laab fa kanam Yàlla, ni yonenti Yàlla.