¹Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

¹Anakcuan cuan c'a'ak re ru nacuaj xyebal êre chirixeb li neque'âtinac chicuix. Cuan li neque'yehoc chi jo'ca'in: Laj Pablo tûlan nak cuan êriq'uin; abanan nak mâ ani sa' êyânk jalan chic lix na'leb ut nak natz'îbac chak êriq'uin, k'axal cau naâtinac, chanqueb chicuix. Ut lâin nintz'âma chêru nak chexc'oxlak bayak chirix li Jesucristo. A'an tûlan ut k'un xch'ôl.

²Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

²Jo'can nak inc'a' nacuaj âtinac chi cau. Usan cui nak tincuulak êriq'uin inc'a' tento nak toj tinâtinak êriq'uin chi cau. Lâin naru ajcui' nequebinsume li neque'âtinac chicuix ut neque'xye nak li c'a'ru yôquin chixbânunquil, a'an yal xna'leb cuînk.

³For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

³Yâl nak cuînko. Abanan inc'a' yôco chi pletic jo' neque'xbânu li kech cuînkilal arin sa' ruchich'och'. Riq'uin ban li mâusilal yôco chi pletic.

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

⁴Ut li kac'anjelebâl re pletic riq'uin li mâusilal mâcua' jo' li c'anjelebâl re ruchich'och'. Re ban li Dios ut k'axal nim xcuanquil re xsachbal chixjunil lix c'anjel li mâusilal.

⁵throwing 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;

⁵Nakasach xcuanquileb li neque'cuech'in rix lix c'anjel li Dios. Ut nakasach ajcui' xcuanquil chixjunil lix yehom xbânuhom li cuînk li naramoc re chiruheb li kas kîtz'in li rusilal li Dios. Nakacanab sa' ruk' li Dios lix na'lebeb a'an re nak chijalâk lix na'lebeb xban li Cristo ut te'xbânu li c'a'ru naraj a'an.

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

⁶Ninnau nak tincuulak êriq'uin naru tink'useb li toj yôqueb chixbânunquil li inc'a' us. Abanan inc'a' nacuaj texink'us lâex. Nacuaj ban nak têjal lê c'a'ux ut têbânu li naraj li Dios.

⁷Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.

⁷Lâex nequeq'ue retal ca'aj cui' li c'a'ru na-ilman ru ut inc'a' nequexc'oxlac chirix li c'a'ru cuan sa' li râmeb li junjûnk. ¿Ma cuan junak sa' êyânk naxye nak a'an aj c'anjel chiru li Cristo? Cui cuan, us ajcui'. Abanan tento nak tixq'ue retal nak jo'can ajcui' lâo aj c'anjelo chiru li Cristo.

⁸For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

⁸Mâre nequec'oxla nak yôquin chixnimobresinquil cuib riq'uin lin c'anjel. Abanan lin c'anjel q'uebil cue xban li Kâcua' re nak texintenk'a. Mâcua' re êsachbal. Inc'a' ninc'oxlac riq'uin li c'a'ru ninbânu xban nak li Dios xq'ue incuanquil chixbânunquil.

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

⁹Inc'a' nacuaj nak têc'oxla nak yal re xq'uebal êxiu nak nintz'îbac êriq'uin.

¹⁰For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

¹⁰Cuan li neque'âtinac chicuix ut neque'xye chi jo'ca'in: Laj Pablo naxtz'îba lix hu riq'uin cacuil âtin re nak toxucuak xban. Abanan nak cuan sa' kayânk, yô xxiu ut mâc'a' na-oc cui' li c'a'ru naxye, chanqueb chicuix.

¹¹Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

¹¹Li neque'âtinac chi jo'can che'xq'uehak retal nak cau xinâtinac nak xintz'îba li hu a'in êriq'uin. Ut jo'can ajcui' tinbânu nak tincuulak êriq'uin.

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

¹²Inc'a' nakaj xbânunquil jo' neque'xbânu li neque'xnimobresi rib riq'uin li c'a'ru neque'xbânu. Mâc'a' xna'lebeb. Neque'xnimobresi rib riq'uin lix na'lebeb xjuneseb rib.

¹³But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

¹³Lâo inc'a' nakanimobresi kib riq'uin li moco q'uebil ta ke xbânunquil. Li c'a'ru nocoâtinac chirix, a'an li c'anjel q'uebil ke xban li Dios re toc'anjelak ajcui' êriq'uin lâex aj Corinto.

¹⁴For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

¹⁴Lâin li xbên quincuulac êriq'uin chixch'olobanquil resil li colba-ib sa' xc'aba' li Jesucristo. Ut inc'a' xinbânu li mâcua' cue xbânunquil. Tenebanbil sa' inbên xban li Dios xyebal resil li colba-ib êre.

¹⁵not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

¹⁵Inc'a' ninnimobresi cuib riq'uin li c'anjel li neque'xbânu li jun ch'ol chic. Lâin nacuaj raj nak texq'uîk sa' lê pâbâl re nak tinêtenk'a chixyebal resil li colba-ib yalak bar. Abanan inc'a' tinxic bar moco q'uebil ta cue re tinxic.

¹⁶so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

¹⁶Nacuaj xic sa' jalan na'ajej chixch'olobanquil xyâlal li colba-ib bar toj mâji' xrabiomeb resil li colba-ib. Inc'a' nacuaj xnimobresinquil cuib riq'uin li c'anjel ac tiquibanbil xban jalan chic aj c'anjel.

¹⁷But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24

¹⁷Jo'ca'in tz'îbanbil sa' li Santil Hu: Inc'a' takanimobresi kib. Chikanimobresihak ban xlok'al li Kâcua'.Cuan li neque'xye ribeb nak châbileb. Abanan mâc'a' na-oc cui' li neque'xye. A' li k'axal lok', a'an nak li Dios tixye nak li jun a'an châbil.

¹⁸For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

¹⁸Cuan li neque'xye ribeb nak châbileb. Abanan mâc'a' na-oc cui' li neque'xye. A' li k'axal lok', a'an nak li Dios tixye nak li jun a'an châbil.